OMG ...How much liquidate on sudden crash 😯🤯
Bitcoin price falls to $65K as $400M crypto market liquidation rocks BTC and altcoins
Bitcoin price sees sharp sell-off as today’s downside move liquidates heaps of BTC and altcoin traders who were caught offside.
BTC price saw a sudden 5% drawdown on April 12 as traders with leveraged positions in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies incurred over $400 million in losses within one hour.
BTC dropped 5% from $68,341 to as low as $65,110 in less than 60 minutes in late New York session trading hours on April 12.
Futures market data from Coinglass show Bitcoin’s flash crash resulted in more than $417 million in leveraged positions wiped out within one hour, with over $77.93 million in Bitcoin longs and more than $63.35 million in Ether longs accounting for the bigger part of that figure.
The most short and long liquidations occurred on Binance, totaling $171 million, while crypto exchange OKX traders saw combined losses of $158 million.
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