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XRP Army Shrinks as Liquidations Passed $263M in 2019
20.4.2020
Analytics firm The Tie issued a quarterly report stating members of the XRP Army had declined 82% since January 2018
‘Black Thursday’ Liquidations Sparks $28M Lawsuit Against Maker Foundation
15.4.2020
The Maker Foundation is being sued in a class-action lawsuit for $28 million over the March 12 event that caused over $2 million in liquidations. The lawsuit alleges that the team behind the Makerdao project did not explain the extreme risk of loss to investors. Also read: ETH Price Strains Defi...
Maker Foundation Faces New Lawsuit Demanding $28M for Black Thursday Liquidations
14.4.2020
New class action demands $28 million from Maker Foundation for negligence and misrepresentation leading to March 12 catastrophe
Crypto Exchanges See Bitcoin Reserves Drop by 70% Since Black Thursday’s Market Rout
12.4.2020
Since the market carnage on March 12 otherwise known as Black Thursday, the exchange Bitmex has seen 36% of the trading platform’s bitcoin reserves withdrawn. A few other well-known crypto exchanges have seen cold wallets drained, while other trading platforms have witnessed reserve...
Why Crypto Liquidations Protect Us All
7.4.2020
What are trusted protection mechanisms of crypto lenders, and are they different from the traditional finance industry?
BTC Held by BitMEX Fell 25% After Mass Liquidations
2.4.2020
BitMEX has seen the amount of Bitcoin held on the exchange drop 315,000 to 240,000 BTC in the past few weeks
Bitcoin Miners Are Selling Coins Faster Than They Can Generate Them
27.3.2020
According to data sites and a number of observers, bitcoin miners are selling coins faster than they can produce them. Ever since the market downturn on March 12 and the week of falling prices that followed, bitcoin miners have been struggling. Also read: Bitcoin Hashrate Down 45% – Miners...
Huobi Adds Crypto ‘Circuit Breaker’ After Last Week’s Mass Liquidations
19.3.2020
The new liquidation mechanism would pull the plug on futures trading should prices become too volatile
Huobi Derivatives Introduces Circuit Breaker and Partial Liquidations
19.3.2020
Amid turbulent markets, Huobi’s derivative markets arm announces a new liquidation mechanism
An Interim Post-Mortem: Worst Days, Liquidations, and BitMEX in Spotlight
13.3.2020
After falling by a historic 40% before recovering slightly yesterday, bitcoin (BTC) is today recouping some of its heavy losses, posting double-digit gains in the early hours of Friday trading.
Today’s rebound comes after the number one digital asset once again saw heavy selling around midnight...
Bitcoin’s Crash Triggers Over $700M in Liquidations on BitMEX
12.3.2020
Bitcoin’s flash crash on Thursday triggered the most long-short liquidations on crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX in 16 months
Market Liquidations Cause Cascade in Bitcoin Price
9.3.2020
The price of bitcoin dropped sharply over the past 24 hours as a confluence of events has led to traders hitting the sell button
Record Breaking Interest – Observing the Predictive Power of Bitcoin Futures Over BTC Spot Prices
29.2.2020
Bitcoin futures providers have been seeing a lot of action during the last two weeks as cryptocurrency markets have been extremely volatile. Data shows there’s been significant open interest on both retail and institutional bitcoin derivatives exchanges and Skew research noted bitcoin options...
Bitcoin Finds Support at Key Level After Massive Long Liquidations
27.2.2020
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After a sharp market sell-off caused a flurry of long liquidations over the past 24 hours, both bitcoin (BTC) and several other major cryptoassets found support Thursday morning as the number one cryptocurrency bounced off a key level in the chart.
As of press time...
Over $190 Million Bitcoin Liquidated on BitMEX Amid Crypto Market Sell-Off
27.2.2020
The crypto markets were shaken yesterday amid a flurry of selling that saw more than $190 million worth of longs and shorts liquidated on BitMEX
XRP Plummets 56% in One Candle, Bitmex Traders Outraged Over Flash Crash
13.2.2020
A number of XRP traders are complaining about massive liquidations on Bitmex as the price of XRP spiked and was brought down by 56% in a single candle. After the incident, well known traders with leveraged positions took to Twitter to complain about the upset as some investors were completely...
Bakkt Announces Bitcoin Options After Record-Breaking Futures Volumes
24.10.2019
On October 23, Bakkt’s physically-settled bitcoin futures contracts touched an all-time high with 640 BTC ($4.8 million) swapped on the exchange. Coincidentally, the futures action started after BTC prices plummeted to $7,365 across global exchanges. After the record-setting day, Bakkt...