Market Turmoil Wipes Out $138 Million in Bitcoin Positions Amid Price Drop

January 22, 2024
Market Turmoil Wipes Out $138 Million in Bitcoin Positions Amid Price Drop
  • Market volatility has led to over $138 million in liquidations of leveraged positions on centralized exchanges in the past 24 hours.

  • The majority of these liquidations were long positions, resulting in a loss of over $120 million.

  • The price of Bitcoin has dropped over 2.5% in the past day, falling below $41,000.

  • Bitcoin's volatility has increased, with annualized volatility now over 52%, leading to nearly $30 million worth of leveraged Bitcoin positions being liquidated.

  • The circulating supply of Bitcoin in profit has fallen from over 90% to just over 83%.

  • Former CEO of BitMEX, Arthur Hayes, bought put options to hedge against Bitcoin's downside.

  • Movements of BTC out of institutional products or transferred to alternative products have contributed to the recent volatility.

  • Bitcoin ETPs in Canada and Europe saw net outflows of around 5,000 BTC following the approval of spot ETFs.

  • Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz expects Bitcoin's volatility to decrease in around six months.

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