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    Home » Crypto News » Bitcoin’s Biggest Daily Price Drop In 7 Years Led To $484 Million Liquidations On BitMEX Exchange

    Bitcoin’s Biggest Daily Price Drop In 7 Years Led To $484 Million Liquidations On BitMEX Exchange

    Author: Jordan Lyanchev

    Last Updated Jun 1, 2020 @ 11:36

    High volatility hit the cryptocurrency market with sharp declines from across the map. Bitcoin’s price dropped to a daily low of $5,600 in a matter of minutes. During this period, BitMEX had noted long liquidations worth almost $500 million in an hour.

    BitMEX Liquidation Chart Off The Roof

    Bitcoin’s price recorded a massive dump from $7,350 to a low of $5,600 in just one hour. As a result, $484 million worth of open long positions got liquidated on the leading Bitcoin margin trading exchange, BitMEX.

    BitMEX Bitcoin Liquidations. Source: coinalyze.net
    BitMEX Bitcoin Liquidations. Source: coinalyze.net

    Huge double-digit price fluctuations like today, caused open long positions to get closed due to the fact that the stop-loss is reached. Besides, most traders protect themselves with stop-loss commands. During volatile days, it’s wise to set up further stop losses and not to trade using high leverage.

    Additionally, once a long position gets liquated, it actually creates a ‘sell’ command. This leads to a term known as ‘long squeeze,’ which describes the domino effect caused when many orders are liquidated in a short while.

    This is the place to remind that margin trading, and especially crypto margin trading carries high risk. Even though it could lead to large gains, it could also do a lot of harm, especially with inexperienced traders.

    Trading Volume Reaches Sky-High

    Today’s volatility also brought a significant Bitcoin Futures trading volume, according to information provided by Skew. OKEx has received the largest share of volume over the past 24 hours, which exceeds $10B. BitMEX follows with over $9B, and Huobi is next with $7.4B.

    24h Bitcoin Futures Volume. Source: skew.com
    24h Bitcoin Futures Volume. Source: skew.com

     

    Interestingly enough, only a few days ago, the Bitcoin options trading volume reached a new all-time high. It came during another day of adverse price movements from the leading digital asset by market cap.

    Record-Breaking 1 Day Price Drop

    The liquidations and the high trading volume are direct consequences of the massive sell-off that Bitcoin experienced today.

    In what became the most notable price drop over the past seven years, Bitcoin price descended by 30% – from a daily high of $8,000 to $5,600. As of writing these lines, Bitcoin managed to recover slightly, and it trades now above the $6,000 mark. Still, the lowest BTC price since May 2019.

    Ultimately, Bitcoin lost almost $40 billion of its market capitalization, which is now down to $110 billion. The altcoins followed the violent move strictly downwards. Some of the most notable saw price declines of up to 40%. Consequently, Ethereum is now below $140, Litecoin under $35, and Binance Coin struggles at $12.

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    Jordan got into crypto in 2016 by trading and investing. He began writing about blockchain technology in 2017. He has managed numerous crypto-related projects and is passionate about all things blockchain. Contact Jordan: LinkedIn

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