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Incoming Squeeze? Bitcoin Shorts on Bitfinex Spike, BTC Long Positions Tap Fresh New Highs
12.7.2021
The entire market capitalization of all 10,800 cryptocurrencies in existence is down 2.8% on Monday as bitcoin has lost over 2.4% during the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, bitcoin shorts are rising again after bitcoin shorts tapped a two-year high on the derivatives exchange Bitfinex on June 25. Bitcoin...
Bitcoin dips below $33K as shorts spike, trader warns of 'violent' BTC price squeeze
12.7.2021
It may even be boring for traders right now, but Bitcoin is preparing a rare event which will shake up price action definitively, argues trader John Wick
Bitcoin price dips below crucial $33K support as Bitfinex whales shorts with over 5,000 BTC
8.7.2021
Short selling pressure returns to the market with a trader eyeing a retest of $31,000 as a result of support weakness
Bitfinex shorts crumble, bears capitulate after Bitcoin holds above $30K
28.6.2021
$726 million in Bitfinex shorts were quickly closed after Bitcoin price bounced at $30,500, leading traders to speculate whether bears have given up
Data fails to conclude that Bitfinex shorts are depressing Bitcoin price
26.6.2021
A significant surge in Bitfinex short contracts is being attributed to Bitcoin’s current downturn but there are other major factors at play
Bad call? Bitfinex bears closed a block of Bitcoin shorts before the drop below $32K
22.6.2021
Bitcoin short positions at Bitfinex soared as BTC price dropped below $40,000, so why did the majority of them close before the largest part of the correction?
Bears batter Bitcoin market sentiment as Bitfinex margin shorts surge 378%
7.6.2021
The latest rally in BTC shorts is similar to what appeared ahead of the Elon Musk-led May 19 market crash
Dogecoin gets back to pre-crash prices as $16M in DOGE shorts get liquidated
2.6.2021
Dogecoin bull run is not over thanks to Coinbase listing and simultaneous DOGE price rally
Summer shorts: NANO price spike gives traders a chance to bet against the rally
15.5.2021
Bearish signals flashed bright red as NANO went on a tweet-induced (but short-lived) rampage. How can traders take advantage of social media-driven crypto rallies?
Bitcoin Hits New ATH Above USD 62K, Liquidating Millions In Shorts
13.4.2021
The most popular cryptocurrency, bitcoin (BTC) has started discovering its new all-time highs (ATHs), moving above USD 62,000 for the first time in its history and liquidating almost USD 200m in short trading positions in one hour.
A the time of writing (08:25 UTC), BTC is trading at around...
Bitcoin Hits $50K, Crypto Asset Jumps 200% in 3 Months, USD Shorts Touch a Decade High
16.2.2021
The price of bitcoin touched an all-time high surpassing the $50k handle on February 16, 2021. Cryptocurrency advocates celebrated the milestone as bitcoin has spiked more than 200% during the last 90 days and 400% against the U.S. dollar for the entire year. Bitcoin (BTC) has crossed...
Stablecoin flows hint at $50K Bitcoin after Tesla pump liquidates $500M in BTC shorts
9.2.2021
Around $500 million worth of positions were liquidated within hours as the Tesla news caused Bitcoin to spike over $46,000
Goldman and Interactive Brokers Execs Claim Wallstreetbets Trend Could ‘Take Down the System’
31.1.2021
The heavy hitters in traditional finance have been concerned about the recent stock market action fueled by Redditors and a colossal number of retail investors. This week a Goldman Sachs executive warned that if these short squeezes continue it could “snowball through the market.”...
Elon Musk-Prompted Bitcoin Price Surge Causes Liquidation of $387M in Shorts
29.1.2021
The shorts were liquidated after Elon Musk added "Bitcoin" to his Twitter bio and prices rose by over 15%
Massive Gamestop Short Squeeze Highlights the Fragility of Today’s Financial System
27.1.2021
The bigwigs trading stocks on Wall Street have been upset this week as billion-dollar hedge funds have been crippled by Redditors and memes. Not too long ago, the firm Gamestop’s shares were plummeting, and Wall Street veterans lined up a mountain of short bets against the company’s...
While Bitcoin Tapped New Price Highs, 78,000 Short Positions Worth Over $800 Million Got Liquidated
2.1.2021
While bitcoin has crossed a new all-time price high in 2021, traders are leery toward shorting the crypto asset. Data from Bitfinex shows the number of short contracts has been extremely low in comparison to the total number of shorts in mid-March 2020. On Saturday, January 2, 2021, when the price...
Bitcoin price quickly climbs to $31K, liquidating $100M of shorts
2.1.2021
Bitcoin plays shorters for fools as a surge to $30,950 liquidates a huge number of risky positions
Ether hits 2020 high as Bitcoin tops $22K
17.12.2020
While all eyes are on Bitcoin’s new all-time highs, some analysts are predicting four-figure Ethereum in the coming months
Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin Shorts In, MicroStrategy Stock Downgraded, Bitwise Index Trades
9.12.2020
Bitcoin’s options market has flipped bearish for the short term while Citi analysts downgrade MicroStrategy's stock
CME Leveraged Funds Double Down on Shorts as Bitcoin Maintains $19,000
5.12.2020
Short open interest for leveraged funds grows on CME as likely hedge trades continue to increase