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Crypto volatility causes liquidations of $3.4 billion worth of long positions.

In a recent report today, ARK Investment Management predicted that the price of bitcoin would surge above $1 million by 2030.
In a recent report today, ARK Investment Management predicted that the price of bitcoin would surge above $1 million by 2030.

Bitcoin dropped by nearly 15% yesterday, along with Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies. Due to the recent crypto market volatility, approximately $3.4 billion worth of long trading positions got liquidated in the last 24 hours. According to bybt.com, a leading on-chain analytics platform, Tuesday’s crypto market sell-off liquidated over $1.3 billion worth of long Bitcoin positions. Ethereum came at the second spot with liquidations of more than $900 million worth of long ETH positions.

Bitcoin touched the high of nearly $53,000 on Sept 7.

During the Asian trading session on Sept 7, Bitcoin touched the high of nearly $53,000. However, the crypto asset dropped by nearly 20% during the US session and reached a low of $43,000. BTC recovered quickly from the recent lows and reached the price level of $46,500 on Wednesday. Currently, Bitcoin is trading near $46,600 with a market cap of $875 billion. On the other hand, Ethereum crossed $3,900 during yesterday’s Asian session but dropped heavily in the US session and touched a low of $3,060. The crypto asset recovered quickly and regained the price level of $3,450 on Wednesday.

The recent volatility in the crypto market liquidated massive trading positions in altcoins.

Apart from Bitcoin and Ethereum, the recent volatility in the crypto market liquidated massive trading positions in XRP, Solana, ADA, DOGE, FIL, and Ethereum Classic. According to bybt.com, nearly $220 million worth of long XRP positions were liquidated in the last 24 hours. Solana saw liquidations of over $80 million worth of long trading positions. Despite the latest dip, SOL saw a strong recovery in the last 24 hours. “Largest Bitcoin dip in 4 months, Solana doesn’t care. After dropping from $185.66 to $131.82 in under 2 hours, the crypto asset went right back up to $186.03 at the time of this writing,” Santiment mentioned.

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