Crypto liquidations: over $1 billion in bullish positions wiped out in 24 hours
Crypto liquidations: over $1.1 billion in bullish bets forcefully closed in 24 hours, and $430 million in outflows from Bitcoin ETFs. The article Crypto liquidations: more than a billion dollars in bullish positions…
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Thursday, November 5, the Nasdaq fell 5.5%, its worst session in more than a year, and the sale then spread to Asia, as far as Seoul.
The shock is starting from American politics. With Congress entirely in favor of Democrats, investors fear a brake on the construction of data centers that are fueling the race for AI. Crypto followed suit.
In this stalling market, leverage has done damage. Positions automatically closed weighed $1.27 billion in 24 hours, according to data collected by CoinDesk.
The wave carried away almost exclusively bullish positions. Those who were counting on a decline emerged almost unscathed from the episode.
The diagnosis is shared by professionals: Carlos Guzman, vice-president of research at GSR, summarizes the session:
“A decline in risk appetite, amplified by leverage. »
On derivatives, leverage allows you to bet $1,000 as if you had ten times as much. As long as the price rises, the gains are multiplied, but as soon as it drops, the stake no longer covers the losses.
For example, with a leverage of ten, a drop of around 10% is enough to wipe out the stake, and the platform then closes the position at the market price. The bitcoin holder has not sold anything and keeps his coins.
The circle can be self-sustaining. Each closed position dumps a sell order onto the market, and this pressure pushes the price back, which in turn triggers new closes.
In the spot market, support was overdue, as US spot Bitcoin ETFs lost $430.2 million on Thursday, November 5, according to CoinDesk.
These funds, launched in January 2024, had nevertheless established themselves as the main buyer on the market. Nearly 200 million dollars had already left them at the start of the week. Bitfinex analysts warned that “sustaining this rebound would require real spot demand.”
Rates are adding to the pressure, and the October employment report, published Friday, November 6, will set the tempo for the day.
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