Why is the Crypto Market Suddenly Crashing: $538 Million Long Liquidates in Just an Hour
Highlights
- Bitcoin crashed below $120k hours after hitting a new ATH, dragging the entire crypto market down.
- U.S. PPI data at 3.3% YoY triggered panic selling, crashing most digital assets.
- $1.04 billion in positions were liquidated, and $538 million in long positions were affected in just one hour.
Despite the visible greed sentiments in the crypto market, the digital assets are crashing again, staining the heatmap in red. Bitcoin, which just today created a new ATH at $124.4k, has moved below the $120k psychological resistance. Ethereum, XRP, and the rest of the altcoins also declined as fear binds investors, resulting in the liquidation of $538 million long crypto positions in less than an hour.
U.S. PPI Shock Crashes Crypto Market
The U.S. Producer Price Index (PPI) has left investors in complete turmoil, as July 2025 data came in much hotter than expected, crashing the crypto market. The U.S. PPI has increased 3.3% in YoY, much higher than economists’ anticipations of 3.0% and higher than the June data.
- Source: CoinMarketCap, Crypto Heat Map
Notably, fear built in the crypto investors, affecting the broader market, as the PPI jumped 0.9%, the highest in more than two years (since June 2022). Additionally, the digital assets were on a significant uptrend until now, so the sellers jumped on the opportunity to get the profits before the fear builds on the chances of September rate cuts.
It is significant as U.S. netizens have been awaiting rate cuts. Even Donald Trump has pressured Jerome Powell for the same. Although hope was built with the July CPI data release, results could vary with the PPI.
Crypto Market Crash Liquidated $538 Million Long
Moments after the PPI data release, investor sentiment was triggered, resulting in a mass sell-off, liquidating long positions. CoinGlass data reveals that $1.04 billion has been liquidated in 24 hours, affecting 218,017 traders. Out of this, $565 million has been liquidated in just an hour, and $538 million came from long crypto positions alone.
- Source: CoinGlass, Crypto Liquidation Data
The biggest liquidation in an hour has happened on Ethereum, wiping out $110.93 million ($102.33 million long and $8.61 million short). Bitcoin comes next with $103.33 million crypto liquidation ($100.34 million long and $2.99 million short), followed by XRP, and others.
- Source: CoinGlass, Crypto Liquidation Heatmap
Notably, the largest single wipeout has taken place on Bybit, losing $10 million on the BTCUSD long. Many experts have already indicated this possibility of a major correction. This is because the macro events leave a major impact on the crypto market and its performance.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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