{"id":41862,"date":"2026-04-23T07:00:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=41862"},"modified":"2026-04-23T07:00:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:00:50","slug":"bitcoin-rally-catches-shorts-offside-200m-liquidated-as-price-hits-79000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=41862","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Rally Catches Shorts Offside\u2014$200M Liquidated As Price Hits $79,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

Data shows a large amount of Bitcoin short positions have been liquidated following the cryptocurrency\u2019s surge to the $79,000 level.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin Has Surpassed $79,000 For The First Time Since Early February<\/h2>\n

Bitcoin has seen a continuation<\/a> of its recent bullish momentum during the past day as its price has hit the $79,300 level after a jump of nearly 5%. The below chart shows how the recent trajectory of the cryptocurrency has looked.<\/p>\n

\"Bitcoin<\/p>\n

Bitcoin also made an attempt at recovery last week, but that push ended up fizzling out as the asset approached the $78,000 level. This new surge has taken the cryptocurrency beyond this mark, to levels not seen since the first few days of February.<\/p>\n

Since the rally has been sharp, it has unleashed a wave of chaos over on the derivatives side of the sector.<\/p>\n

A Large Amount Of BTC Liquidations Have Piled Up On Exchanges<\/h2>\n

According to data from CoinGlass<\/a>, Bitcoin has seen a notable amount of liquidations following the volatility of the last 24 hours. \u201cLiquidation<\/a>\u201d here refers to the forceful closure that any open contract undergoes after it has amassed losses of a certain degree.<\/p>\n

Below is a heatmap that shows how daily liquidations have compared between the various assets in the sector.<\/p>\n

\"Bitcoin<\/p>\n

It would appear that Bitcoin has been the number one contributor of liquidations in the market like usual, with more than $222 million in positions related to the asset getting flushed during the past day. About $205 million of these positions were short ones, meaning that bearish bets made up for an extreme majority of the liquidations.<\/p>\n

Shorts being the most heavily affected side is naturally down to the fact that the cryptocurrency has seen a sharp surge inside this window. Ethereum, which has seen the second-largest derivatives flush, also saw the shorts make up for $99 million of its $115 million in total liquidations.<\/p>\n

In total, the digital asset sector as a whole has witnessed nearly $449 million in liquidations over the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n

\"Crypto<\/p>\n

From the table, it\u2019s apparent that $365 million or over 80% of these liquidations involved short positions, reinforcing the bullish wave that the sector as a whole has seen in this period.<\/p>\n

A mass liquidation event like today\u2019s is popularly known as a squeeze. Since the latest event has involved mostly shorts, it would be called a short squeeze<\/a>. Generally, these events kickstart after a sharp swing in the price unleashes an initial wave of liquidations. This flush then feeds back into the move, which causes even more liquidations in the market.<\/p>\n

In the cryptocurrency sector, these events aren\u2019t exactly a rare sight due to the volatility that coins tend to see on the regular and leverage use being widespread among derivatives traders.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Bitcoin Has Surpassed $79,000 For The First Time Since Early February Bitcoin has seen a continuation of its recent bullish momentum during the past day as its price has hit the $79,300 level after a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-41862","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin"},"yoast_head":"\nBitcoin Rally Catches Shorts Offside\u2014$200M Liquidated As Price Hits $79,000 - Cryptomag<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=41862\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bitcoin Rally Catches Shorts Offside\u2014$200M Liquidated As Price Hits $79,000 - Cryptomag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Data shows a large amount of Bitcoin short positions have been liquidated following the cryptocurrency\u2019s surge to the $79,000 level. 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