Tron Founder Justin Sun Bursts Rumors of Leverage Trading Liquidations
Highlights
- Justin Sun denies all rumors of leveraged trading positions getting liquidated.
- Crypto market liquidations surge past $1 billion in 24 hours as BTC collapse to $50K.
- Market analysts believe that the situation can turn worse once US market goes live on Monday.
The 18% drop in the broader crypto market over the past 24 hours has sent major shockwaves leading to huge liquidations in the leveraged positions. With the Ethereum price tanking over 20%, several rumors started floating that Tron founder Justin Sun got rekt with more than $152 million in liquidations of the leveraged positions. However, the Tron founder denied these developments clearing the air on the liquidation process.
Justin Sun Clears Air on Liquidations
The recent sell-off in the crypto market in the Asian trading hours on Monday has led to more than $1 billion in total crypto market liquidations. Most of the traders with leveraged long positions got Rekt with rumors suggesting that Justin Sun was one of them.
Justin Sun potentially getting liquidated could be the reason for that nasty -20% wick on $ETH https://t.co/amPsbnmrbu
— Johnny (@CryptoGodJohn) August 5, 2024
The Tron founder, however, has dismissed the rumors stating that he and his team rarely engage in any leverage trading strategies. As per Justin Sun, leverage trades bring no benefit to the crypto market.
Instead, the Tron founder said that he and his team focus more on activities that support the crypto industry and entrepreneurs. He added that the Tron team remains focused on activities such as working on blockchain projects, staking, running nodes, or assisting project teams in providing liquidity.
The rumors about our positions being liquidated are false. We rarely engage in leveraged trading strategies because we believe such trades do not significantly benefit the industry. Instead, we prefer to engage in activities that provide greater support to the industry and…
— H.E. Justin Sun 孙宇晨 (@justinsuntron) August 5, 2024
Also Read: Crypto Prices Today August 5: BTC Tanks 10%, ETH Crashes 20%, & Altcoins In Bearish State
Liquidations On the Rise
There’s a strong volatility in the crypto market as the Bitcoin price tanked further all the way to $50,000. However, it has recovered at press time to $52,800 levels. The daily trading volumes have shot up by 161% to a staggering $71.8 billion.
Bitcoin critic Peter Schiff believes that the situation can worsen once the US market trading begins on Monday. The US futures are already down heavily as of now. Schiff predicts a strong liquidation coming in the Bitcoin ETF market, expecting a 30% gap down.
As I warned #Bitcoin has taken out the March low. It’s now trading $51K. That’s a 20% decline from where it was trading when the #BitcoinETFs closed on Friday. So this is a #Crypto Black Monday. Look out below! https://t.co/CK1rHutgly
— Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) August 5, 2024
Amid fears of a US recession and hard landing, there are talks about the hard landing in the US economy. However, some reports also suggest that the Fed could intervene even before September to announce a 50 bps rate cut.
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