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Bitcoin Bears Boost Shorts, Will Bulls Liquidate Them And Reverse BTC Price?
BTC
BTC/USDT
$84,078.30
+0.08%
$84,078.30
+0.08%
(24s)24h Volume
$15,429,391,700.81
24h H/L
$85,255.00 / $83,183.00
Change: $2,072.00 (2.49%)
Long/Short
58.4%
Long: 58.4%Short: 41.6%
Funding Rate
+0.0009%
Longs pay
Data provided by COINOTAG DATALive data
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Cointelegraph Staff(07:28 PM UTC)
1 min read
Key takeaways:
- Over-leveraged Bitcoin short positions between $63,000 and $66,000 have created a potential $2.6 billion squeeze trap for bears.
- Negative perpetual funding rates indicate that bulls have fully deleveraged, significantly reducing downside risk.
The Bitcoin (BTC) crash to $61,100 on Friday wiped out $335 million in leveraged long positions. However, after a 21% decline in Bitcoin's…
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