Top cryptocurrencies—including Bitcoin and Ethereum—are down bad as $200 million in long positions have been liquidated.

The price of Bitcoin now stands at just under $68,008 per coin, according to CoinGecko. That's a drop of over 3% in 24 hours—and a fair drop from its March all-time high price of $73,737. 

Meanwhile, Ethereum's price has taken a bigger 24-hour hit of 5%; the coin is now trading hands for $3,413.

Faring worse are Solana, the fifth biggest cryptocurrency, which has nosedived by nearly 7%; and Toncoin, which had been on a roll this week—and nearly flipped Dogecoin in the process. It's now priced at $6.65, having dropped by over 7%.

The crypto market has dipped, and traders betting on the price of major cryptocurrencies going up in price have had their positions liquidated. CoinGlass data shows that in the past hour alone, over $200 million in positions have been liquidated.

Over the past day, that number stands at close to $359 million.

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Solana Price Falls Amid Network Congestion as Wormhole Plunges After Airdrop

Solana (SOL) has seen the biggest losses in the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap today, down about 7% in the past 24 hours according to data CoinGecko, as congestion issues plague the network. The coin is down about 6% over the past week and is now priced at $175. But the fifth-biggest digital asset by market cap isn't the only one suffering: some of the prominent tokens that run on its network have been hit even harder. Wormhole (W), which held its airdrop earlier this week, has been rocke...

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Mat Di Salvo

Longs are derivative contracts that allows investors to bet that the price of an asset is going up. If a long is liquidated, then the trader has lost the bet and their position is closed.

Edited by Andrew Hayward

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