$117M in long positions liquidated from crypto market in 24 hours

Summary

In the past 24 hours, $117 million worth of long positions were liquidated in the crypto market, reflecting a significant sell-off among leveraged traders. This level of liquidations suggests that many investors positioned for rising prices were impacted by a market decline, a trend seen previously when $404.15 million in long positions were liquidated during a brief drop in Bitcoin's price. Long liquidations are not equivalent to actual cash losses, as they represent the notional value of closed futures positions, and the recent figures also mirror a prior event where $113.33 million in long liquidations were recorded out of a total of $152.36 million overall.

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