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What on Earth Caused the $1.68B Crypto Kerfuffle?
Well, dash it all, it seems the chaps got a bit too carried away with their leveraged longs, what? Flipping high-caps into a right old risk-off mode, and sending the crypto market tumbling like a tipsy uncle at a garden party. Nearly $180 billion down the drain, I say! 🍸💨
Is This a Bearish Signal for BTC, What?
Not a bit of it, old bean! With spot-led rebounds and a record-breaking $227 billion in derivatives OI, the market’s just having a spot of spring cleaning. A healthy reset, if you will. 🧹✨
The past 24 hours were a proper crypto bloodbath, I tell you. A total of $1.68 billion in liquidations, wiping out 389,769 traders, with 95% of those losses coming from long holders. Poor blighters lost nearly $1.6 billion in leveraged bets on a bull run that went as wrong as a misplaced cricket ball. 🏏💥
The result? Carnage, old boy. High-caps went into full-on risk-off mode, faster than Jeeves brings me my morning tea. ☕
On-chain data shows traders dumping positions like hot potatoes, slicing through support zones, and torching over-leveraged longs. The market’s gone redder than a lobster at a summer picnic. 🦞🔥
Backing this up, the total crypto market cap hit a nearly month-long low. The market shed almost $180 billion in the past 24 hours, dragging the TOTAL index down 4.55%. Bitcoin [BTC] took a bit of a knock too, falling to a $2.23 trillion market cap-its worst drop in nearly a month at 3.04%. Poor old BTC, eh? 😢
From a technical standpoint, BTC accounted for roughly 40% of the total decline, which means altcoins bore the brunt of the sell-off. This shows the pullback wasn’t BTC-led, but a broad, market-wide correction. A bit of a group effort, if you will. 🤝
Excessive Leverage Sparks a Jolly Market Reset
Overheated derivatives shook the crypto market like a martini, shaken not stirred. 🍸
As AMBCrypto flagged, this wasn’t a BTC-led correction. Instead, leverage was stacking hard in altcoins. This setup is actually rather bullish, old sport. Liquidating overexposed longs could clear the decks for a healthy market reset. A bit like a good spring clean, what? 🧹
History supports this pattern, you know. During previous BTC pullbacks, derivatives often went parabolic on leverage. For instance, on the 23rd of July, Open Interest (OI) surged to a record $213 billion across the market.
The result? BTC sold off nearly 8% from its $123k all-time high. But after two weeks of liquidations, the bulls swooped in like a pack of hungry hounds, pushing Bitcoin to a new $124k ATH. The rebound felt more spot-led than leverage-driven, catapulting BTC’s market cap to $2.50 trillion. Jolly good show! 🎉
A similar setup emerged on the 19th of September. The OI exploded to $227 billion, with traders piling leverage across crypto. However, unless the next pullback goes BTC-led, the market looks primed for a healthy reset. So, chin up, old bean! 🌞
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2025-09-23 01:46