Hourly liquidations of long positions on #Binance:
- $262M at 3am UTC
- $163M at 8am UTC#Bitcoin pic.twitter.com/iVmD4TXCpZ— glassnode (@glassnode) November 26, 2020



$94,188.00
-0.05%$1,801.37
0.23%$2.10
-2.37%$596.76
1.56%$144.49
0.03%$0.999995
0.01%$0.168038
-1.39%$0.655763
-2.78%$0.248114
0.24%$1,798.43
0.17%$94,206.00
0.01%$3.29
-0.14%$13.47
-3.32%$19.52
-2.74%$8.66
-4.53%$0.255772
-4.19%$0.999941
-0.01%$2,166.14
0.61%$0.00001255
-1.57%$2.98
-1.28%$0.171591
-2.71%$351.67
-0.77%$20.16
-0.42%$82.04
-4.14%$3.88
-2.51%$0.999923
0.45%$1,800.83
0.16%$274.68
-0.08%$4.30
0.12%$1.001
-0.02%$0.58505
-0.59%$94,175.00
-0.12%$28.50
0.01%$1,928.94
0.63%$0.00000784
-4.07%$369.11
6.45%$50.73
-0.90%$4.86
-5.61%$1.05
0.01%$4.90
-2.84%$1.00
0.00%$2.31
-1.78%$0.85831
-0.90%$172.93
0.37%$21.27
-0.00%$0.087795
0.07%$4.57
-1.25%$0.092681
-0.05%$15.87
-1.21%$0.713575
-0.39%$29.80
0.77%$4.32
0.33%$11.03
-0.87%$0.02480972
-1.97%$0.999034
0.48%$1.17
0.10%$0.219949
-3.96%$94,014.00
-0.09%$4.29
0.12%$4.05
-2.44%$2.59
-3.51%$0.65677
0.26%$0.197682
-1.29%$0.50652
-2.00%$0.263596
-7.85%$4.06
-0.14%$0.999409
-0.20%$0.306809
-2.17%$2.33
-2.97%$94,057.00
0.10%$10.76
0.53%$0.00001692
1.48%$1,530.26
0.31%$1.24
2.49%$0.423542
-1.72%$83.26
-4.17%$0.01874581
-5.78%$151.84
0.42%$0.8695
-6.39%$0.762283
0.75%$0.072504
-0.62%$1.095
-0.03%$1,801.05
0.71%$0.698861
-1.96%$1.62
-0.80%$0.63104
-6.39%$1,874.99
0.46%$0.99981
-0.07%$0.199104
-1.90%$3.67
-3.87%$0.543533
-1.35%$0.674095
-2.23%$9.18
-1.73%$1.00
0.61%$0.99961
0.01%$0.090767
-0.22%$14.89
3.12%$2,044.83
0.68%$3,389.58
3.52%$3,389.23
3.37%$0.999716
-0.03%$0.20182
-2.23%$596.98
2.16%$186.20
-0.22%$94,153.00
-0.21%$0.01531263
-2.94%$37.00
-0.31%$0.00007609
1.45%$159.81
-0.02%$94,277.00
-0.74%$93,960.00
0.34%$0.719936
-2.31%$0.573884
-1.36%$0.77168
-3.67%$0.694478
-0.09%$2.38
-9.21%$0.0000007
-0.97%$0.01093738
5.54%$3.75
-0.95%$1,916.12
0.13%$0.01511583
-2.57%$0.273539
-1.50%$0.112511
0.03%$0.998245
0.05%$1.97
2.12%$0.994333
-0.30%$1.12
0.24%$2.83
-11.26%$0.373068
0.62%$35.95
0.30%$17.39
-1.01%$1,884.45
0.39%$0.53715
0.26%$0.297786
0.61%$0.543265
-0.76%$0.01610481
-3.35%$1.00
0.06%$1.61
1.26%$3.15
-1.83%$0.051128
-5.66%$0.137653
-0.60%$0.00539944
-0.17%$0.998111
-0.03%$95,603.00
0.16%$0.00849341
-1.37%$0.067296
4.72%$0.592167
-5.04%$1,886.56
0.92%$94,110.00
-0.09%$0.508774
-0.14%$0.401154
2.80%$0.999998
0.01%$110.94
0.02%$0.181589
7.37%$6.94
-4.22%$0.41692
-7.45%$0.179812
-0.77%$0.577925
-1.11%$93,963.00
-0.06%$15.34
-2.89%$87,997.00
-3.90%$0.168196
-0.89%$1.23
-2.06%$0.00002132
0.88%$0.00000042
0.64%$1.67
9.15%$1.085
-0.00%$0.999989
0.03%$1,800.53
0.27%$5.64
-0.30%$0.127997
-5.96%$1.42
-1.28%$1,801.19
0.21%$0.486075
-1.40%$1,915.38
0.18%$0.00734978
-2.40%$0.400691
-1.04%$0.03908502
-1.11%$2.31
-2.12%$0.140952
7.09%$0.376141
3.61%$0.071802
-1.03%$0.00530298
0.96%$1,800.79
0.17%$3.02
3.64%$0.219653
-4.22%$1.35
0.13%$1,797.08
0.44%$32.39
-0.80%$21.60
-0.98%$0.99768
-0.34%$0.076664
-3.44%$0.03531961
-0.25%$0.173162
-2.21%$38.38
-2.77%$0.01770188
-1.39%$0.00397133
-0.65%$0.348458
-1.31%$1,834.02
-0.00%$0.999564
0.53%$0.7676
-1.01%$0.00005875
-1.04%$0.99994
0.03%$0.999735
-0.03%$0.492667
-7.07%$0.999967
-0.02%$94,388.00
0.07%$0.669233
-0.39%$0.515286
13.56%$0.648182
-4.83%$0.00000143
-7.87%$1,795.00
0.61%$0.289238
0.28%$20.07
-1.37%$0.260283
1.23%$108.86
-0.93%$3,330.93
2.13%$2.50
1.48%$0.133738
-0.86%$94,064.00
0.56%$0.223157
-0.06%$0.999297
0.01%$1.098
0.04%$19.57
-2.67%$0.193674
-0.34%$21.65
-1.53%$2.81
0.06%$0.0026359
-3.04%$1,907.97
0.74%$0.525145
0.90%$0.259649
-0.38%$0.03036317
4.30%$0.03610801
1.46%$0.999612
0.01%$1.51
1.37%$1,892.05
-0.00%$1,977.35
0.23%$0.999293
0.00%$14.50
-0.31%$2.90
-1.07%$1,960.92
0.15%$0.00267355
-1.43%$0.0000006
7.05%$2.97
6.84%$1,801.75
-0.27%$0.087033
0.35%$0.01195789
0.46%$0.999263
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Bitcoin’s not called a volatile asset for nothing. Just as the overall sentiment among crypto circles was turning from bullish to extremely bullish, Bitcoin did its thing and dropped over 11% this morning—liquidating nearly $556 million across three popular crypto exchanges along with it.
Of that, over $262 million in Bitcoin longs were liquidated on crypto exchange Binance in a single hour alone.
Hourly liquidations of long positions on #Binance:
- $262M at 3am UTC
- $163M at 8am UTC#Bitcoin pic.twitter.com/iVmD4TXCpZ— glassnode (@glassnode) November 26, 2020
Liquidations are a process in which futures trading positions are automatically closed by the exchange, due to traders borrowing high amounts—i.e. using leverage—from bourses to bet on amounts bigger than their capital. When the price reaches a predefined threshold, such leveraged positions are closed, and can cause a cascading effect that, in turn, drives market prices even lower.
Today's liquidations were those of "long" positions, meaning of those traders who borrowed capital to bet Bitcoin's price would go up. But Bitcoin's downward moves spoiled all that.
Binance oversaw the most liquidations this morning, with over $425 million gone in the wee hours. Meanwhile, traders on crypto exchanges BitMEX and Bitfinex lost over $117 million and $14.7 million respectively in the same period.
The correction came after consecutive weeks of rising prices and Bitcoin nearing its all-time highs earlier this week. However, some technical and sentiment indicators were pointing towards an upcoming drop anyway.
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