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3 Bitcoin price metrics show bulls were not fazed by today’s $1.6B liquidation
22.2.2021
Today’s $1.6 billion Bitcoin liquidation event might have flushed out some over-leveraged retail investors, but the overall market is still positioned in favor of bulls
Troubled NZ Crypto Exchange Cryptopia Suffers Another Hack in the Midst of Liquidation Process
20.2.2021
Controversy still surrounds a liquidated New Zealand cryptocurrency exchange, which allegedly got hacked again. Adding to the $30 million stolen in 2019, Cryptopia reports that it was the target of a another theft incident on February 1, 2021. Hackers Accessed a Dormant Wallet Which Holds...
Cryptopia Got Hacked While In Liquidation Due To a Hack
18.2.2021
Adding to the controversies surrounding New Zealand’s collapsed crypto exchange Cryptopia, the platform has allegedly been hacked again, allowing perpetrators to steal a further NZD 62,000 (USD 45,000) worth of crypto after a January 2019 attack captured an estimated USD 30m in cryptoassets.
The...
$1.89 billion liquidated: Why did Bitcoin and ETH price correct sharply overnight?
15.2.2021
More than $1.89 billion worth of cryptocurrency futures positions were liquidated in the last 24 hours, as Bitcoin and Ether sharply dropped
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%
Bitcoin hit by $2.7 billion futures liquidation frenzy: What happens next?
11.1.2021
After a massive cascade of liquidations, Bitcoin price could be heading towards recovery, based on network fundamentals
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...
South African Court Grants Order to Liquidate Mirror Trading International After Investors Fail to Withdraw Their BTC
1.1.2021
A South African High Court recently granted a provisional liquidation order against Mirror Trading International (MTI) following an application for relief by two investors who failed to withdraw their bitcoin. According to a statement released by lawyers of one of the aggrieved investors, this...
Compound refused to compensate victims of unfair liquidation — Here's why
16.12.2020
Compound governance refused to compensate COMP farmers right now, but the proposal may come back
MakerDAO Loans Can Be Gamed to Hold Out Funds From Liquidation, Startup Finds
16.11.2020
A loophole in MakerDAO’s collateralized debt market enables positions to be closed far more leniently than intended due to an oversight in the auction process
Quadriga CX Trustee Raises $30 Million for Reimbursements to Creditors, Claimants Want $171 Million Instead
7.11.2020
The trustee of the now-defunct crypto exchange, Quadriga CX says the sell-off of the platform’s assets raised $30 million. This contrasts with the $171 million in claims that has been filed with the trustee by Quadriga creditors. Consequently, Ernst and Young (EY), the accounting firm...
A Spain Based Crypto Ponzi Scheme Abruptly Freezes Accounts of 120,000 Investors
17.9.2020
A Spain based crypto Ponzi scheme, Arbicorp abruptly froze accounts of more 120,000 investors on September 12, after the discovery of an error that causes one of its cryptocurrency trading bots to overpay. Arbicorp claims that the error, which went unnoticed for almost a year, led to its trading...
Fishy Business: What Happened to $1.2B DeFi Protocol SushiSwap Over the Weekend
7.9.2020
SushiSwap experienced a tumultuous weekend after its founder sold $13 million' worth of his stake in the project before turning the reigns over to investor and FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried
Bitcoin Pioneer LN Markets Raises Capital, Builds 'Liquidation Killer'
17.7.2020
LN Markets, the first bitcoin (BTC) derivatives exchange built on top of the Lightning Network (LN), reached USD 6m in total aggregate trading volume and is now raising capital in order to accelerate its growth.
The platform was launched in December 2019 in Beta, while their Alpha version went...
3 Things to Know About BTC Futures and Crypto Exchange Liquidation Engines
22.6.2020
Some Bitcoin derivatives exchanges profit massively from position liquidations but traders can avoid this by actively managing stop-losses
Bitcoin’s 8% Drop Triggers Largest Liquidation on BitMEX in 2 Months
11.5.2020
BitMEX liquidated over $250 million-worth of bitcoin long-short positions after spot prices fell sharply Sunday
Factom Facing Liquidation After Creditor Refuses Request for Funding
6.4.2020
In an April 2 letter to investors, FastForward Director Ed McDermott stated blockchain company Factom would go into receivership
Factom Faces Liquidation After Investors Refuse Request for More Funding
2.4.2020
The blockchain firm's biggest investor, FastForward, is now its receiver
How to Trade Bitcoin Using Leverage and Not Worry About Liquidation
1.4.2020
Options trading provides a unique type of insurance to traders and limits the possibility of being liquidated, a frequent occurrence in futures trading
Crypto Exchanges Overwhelmed on Bitcoin’s Most Volatile Day of the Year
12.3.2020
Binance chief Changpeng Zhao referred to it as “Bloodbath day,” and many in the cryptosphere will echo those sentiments, as fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic reverberates through global markets. As crypto exchanges were thronged by frantic traders looking to capitalize on –...