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‘Big Short’ Investor Michael Burry Says ‘I’ve Never Shorted Any Cryptocurrency’ — Warns of the Biggest Bubble
16.11.2021
Hedge fund manager Michael Burry, famed for forecasting the 2008 financial crisis, says that he has never shorted any cryptocurrency. He further warned that the current bubble is the biggest one. Michael Burry on Bubbles and Shorting Cryptocurrencies Famous investor and founder of private...
‘Big Short’ Investor Michael Burry Not Shorting Bitcoin, Warns ‘Cryptocurrencies Are in a Bubble’
18.10.2021
Hedge fund manager Michael Burry, famed for forecasting the 2008 financial crisis, has confirmed that he has not been shorting cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, despite speculations that he may have. His confirmation came after he recently asked how to short crypto. Michael Burry Says He Is...
‘Big Short’ Star Michael Burry Asks for Help with Shorting Crypto
14.10.2021
Michael Burry, the eccentric hedge fund manager whom the 2015 blockbuster ‘The Big Short’ was based on, is being called out by the crypto community on Twitter today after asking how to short cryptocurrencies.
“Ok, I haven’t done this before, how do you short a cryptocurrency,” Burry started off...
Traders, Unswayed by Axie Infinity Hype, Are Aggressively Shorting AXS
28.7.2021
Data underscores that It’s not that easy to win over a crypto trader’s heart
Massive Short Squeeze Pushes Bitcoin Closer to $40K, Crypto Economy Jumps 9% Higher
26.7.2021
The price of bitcoin jumped over 15% in a matter of three hours on Sunday evening and came awfully close to the $40K handle. Since then, the crypto asset has dropped back a few percentages and currently hovers above the $38K range. The entire cryptocurrency economy has spiked 9.72% rising to $1.53...
Incoming Squeeze? Bitcoin Shorts on Bitfinex Spike, BTC Long Positions Tap Fresh New Highs
12.7.2021
The entire market capitalization of all 10,800 cryptocurrencies in existence is down 2.8% on Monday as bitcoin has lost over 2.4% during the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, bitcoin shorts are rising again after bitcoin shorts tapped a two-year high on the derivatives exchange Bitfinex on June 25. Bitcoin...
Hedge fund behind shorting GameStop reports 53% loss in January
31.1.2021
A Melvin Capital client claims that the firm has "massively de-risked" its investment portfolio following the controversy involving short-selling GameStop stocks
Financial ties between Robinhood and funds shorting GME fall under scrutiny
28.1.2021
The trading platform's decision to shut Redditors out from buying GameStop continues to raise eyebrows
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...
DeFi traders blame YFI price collapse on shorting by Alameda Research
12.10.2020
YFI price is still in a downtrend and many investors believe all attempts at recovery are being suppressed by Alameda Research
After BitMEX Meltdown, Should Shorting Be Banned on Crypto Exchanges?
22.3.2020
Many countries in Europe banned short selling after the global financial crisis, should crypto exchanges do the same after Bitcoin’s recent 50% drop?
Bitcoin Price Diary: Shorting BTC is Dangerous, So I Went Long at $6.9K
23.11.2019
Bitcoin price collapsed through many key support levels, leading veteran trader Scott Melker to open and close multiple positions with mixed success
Tagomi Rollout Paves Way for Institutional Crypto Shorting
13.9.2019
Crypto brokerage Tagomi released its borrowing and lending platform to the wider public, enabling investors to short cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum. Tagomi’s COO Kevin Johnson told CoinDesk that its new platform addresses issues that stymie institutional crypto shorts. Many large-scale...
Crypto Brokerage Tagomi Makes Shorting Bitcoin and Ether Easier
12.9.2019
Crypto brokerage and trading platform Tagomi now allows its users to lend or borrow Bitcoin and Ether to facilitate long or short trades