{"id":144402,"date":"2024-12-10T15:30:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T13:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/?p=144402"},"modified":"2024-12-10T15:15:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T13:15:54","slug":"bitcoin-liquidations-surge-to-three-year-high-as-smaller-traders-drive-market-downturn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/bitcoin-liquidations-surge-to-three-year-high-as-smaller-traders-drive-market-downturn\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Liquidations Surge to Three-Year High as Smaller Traders Drive Market Downturn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ltrd_\/status\/1866294055946072222\" rel=\"nofollow\">Research<\/a> <\/strong>from Ltrd revealed that smaller traders, rather than large investors, drove this crash. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/cryptocurrency\/bitcoin\/\">Bitcoin<\/a> <\/strong>dipped to $94,000, fulfilling predictions made earlier in the week and filling a market gap created on December 5.<\/p>\n<p>Coinbase was identified as a key player, with aggressive selling beginning nearly an hour before the price collapse. This selling pressure triggered a liquidation cascade, forcing overleveraged positions to close.<\/p>\n<p>The total value of crypto <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coinglass.com\/LiquidationData\" rel=\"nofollow\">liquidations<\/a> <\/strong>reached $1.57 billion, with Bitcoin longs suffering $171.27 million in losses, while <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/cryptocurrency\/ethereum\/\">Ethereum<\/a> <\/strong>longs saw $235.04 million in liquidations. Ltrd pointed out that this marked the largest liquidation event since 2021, signaling a massive shift in market dynamics.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"read-more pb-3 pt-3 pt-md-2 px-3 my-4 border bg-light\">\n    <h5 class=\"text-uppercase border-bottom mb-3 pb-1\">Read More:<\/h5>\n    <a class=\"article row post-144368\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/dogecoin-targets-10-as-whale-activity-and-accumulation-surge\/\" title=\"Dogecoin Targets $10 as Whale Activity and Accumulation Surge\">\n        <div class=\"contentRight col-4\">\n            <span class=\"imgContainer mt-0\">\n                <img class=\"image img-defer\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/dogecoin-blog1.png\">\n            <\/span>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"contentLeft col-8\">\n            <h4 class=\"title mb-0\">Dogecoin Targets $10 as Whale Activity and Accumulation Surge<\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Despite the carnage, some traders view the wipeout of excessive leverage as a positive step toward market stability. The forced liquidations are seen as a necessary correction, helping to reset the market and stabilize altcoins, with several flipping key resistance levels into support.<\/p>\n<p>Ltrd also noted unusual behavior in the altcoin market, with assets like XRP dropping by over 5%, sparking speculation about potential market manipulation or other factors behind the sudden volatility. The overall market\u2019s reaction reflects both a reset and lingering uncertainty about underlying forces at play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin\u2019s recent price drop has sparked a record surge in liquidations, with the total crypto market losing up to 11% on December 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":70869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[270,72,280,424,271,108,223],"coin_category":[],"class_list":["post-144402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitcoin","tag-altcoins","tag-bitcoin","tag-coinbase","tag-crypto","tag-ethereum","tag-price","tag-xrp"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ 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