Crypto Market Sees Widespread Long Position Liquidations Totaling $532 Million
Over the past 24 hours, a significant amount of positions were liquidated in the crypto market, totaling $532 million. The majority of these liquidations, approximately 87%, were long positions, with $463.9 million being closed out. In contrast, only $68.5 million in short positions were liquidated.
BTC and ETH saw substantial losses, with $120.7 million and $108.5 million respectively being liquidated. This market action was described as showing 'no mercy to longs' today.
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