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Bitcoin (BTC) Flash Crash Triggers $680M in Market Liquidations

Bitcoin price is experiencing a flash crash, an unprecedented correction that has triggered a more than $680 million in total liquidations
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Bitcoin (BTC) Flash Crash Triggers $680M in Market Liquidations

Highlights

  • Bitcoin price has reversed its growth, dropping 5.2%
  • This has triggered a $680 million in total crypto liquidations
  • Current selloff is likely a necessary correction to trigger new price run

Shortly after hitting its All-Time High (ATH) of $69,170.63, the premier digital currency is now recording unprecedented profit-slashing.

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Bitcoin Price Triggers Market-Wide Selloff

Thus far this week, the price of Bitcoin has remained on a sustained growth course, until now. Current market data shows that the price of the digital currency is down by 5.2% in what marks its most epic sharp flash crash since the start of the year. At the time of writing, the coin is now valued at $65,215.38 with a market capitalization of $1,284,039,233,283.

The unexpected price correction has also triggered more than $680 million in total liquidations within the past 24 hours, per data from CoinGlass. The analytics platform pegs the number of liquidated traders at 200,243 with the long traders suffering the biggest brunt of it.

Of the assets profiled, Bitcoin recorded the biggest liquidations worth a total of $201.14 with impacted long traders coming in at $111.45 million and short traders worth $89.69 million.

Ethereum also suffered intense liquidations after its price soared above the $3,500 range for the first time since November 2021. The coin’s liquidation comes in at $109.6 million in 24 hours with the longs accounting for $37.24 million and the shorts coming in at $72.36 million.

Other crypto assets like Dogecoin (DOGE) and Shiba Inu (SHIB) also saw a slip in their bullish momentum with their respective liquidations coming in at $35 million and $33 million.

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Temporary But Necessary Slip

The correction in the price of Bitcoin is considered a necessary one considering the massive uptrend the digital currency has picked over the past week. Bitcoin has jumped by more than 12% in the trailing 7-day period and by more than 50% over the past month.

With this correction now underway, analysts are optimistic this will serve as a major springboard to drive the price higher to new heights.

The selloff in the price of Bitcoin is best a knee jerk reaction considering the majority of addresses are in profit. The influence of the spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) has served as its major catalyst for close to 2 months. With the inflows and Bitcoin halving sentiments, the price of the coin is poised to regain its pace in the short term.

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