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Live Markets: Bitcoin crashes to $62,000 as billions of longs get liquidated
BTC
BTC/USDT
$79,615.81
-1.76%
$79,615.81
-1.76%
(24s)24h Volume
$17,253,211,122.35
24h H/L
$81,423.03 / $78,660.00
Change: $2,763.03 (3.51%)
Long/Short
52.6%
Long: 52.6%Short: 47.4%
Funding Rate
-0.0014%
Shorts pay
Data provided by COINOTAG DATALive data
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CoinDesk Staff(02:11 AM UTC)
1 min read
Panic has crept back into the crypto market, as bitcoin continues its decline to $62,000, spurring demand for options bets that protect against potential price losses below $50,000.
In the past 24 hours, the $50,000 strike put expiring on June 26 is the most traded bet on Deribit, the world's largest crypto options exchange by volume. A put option offers insurance against price losses in the…
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