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$400 Million Liquidated on Crypto Market as Bitcoin Plunges to $36,000

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 08:43
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Arman Shirinyan
Crypto bulls losing almost half a billion in long orders
$400 Million Liquidated on Crypto Market as Bitcoin Plunges to $36,000
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A total of $400 million worth of long orders were liquidated on the cryptocurrency market in the last 24 hours following the massive plunge of Bitcoin to $36,000, per CoinGlass. The first cryptocurrency even managed to briefly test the $35,000 range before a slight recovery.

As the market tracker suggests, $420 million worth of orders on various cryptocurrencies were liquidated during Bitcoin's drop to almost $35,000. On average, 65% of all liquidated orders on various exchanges were longs, which may appear surprising since Bitcoin has not moved upwards after falling to $36,000.

CoinGlass data
Source: CoinGlass

The largest liquidation volume was provided by Okex as the platform reported $150 million worth of longs liquidated. Back on May 5, liquidated longs accounted for 85% of all liquidated orders.

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As for liquidations by symbols, Bitcoin traditionally remains in first place with $200 million worth of orders liquidated. Second place is also traditionally taken by Ethereum, and third place goes to a newcomer, ApeCoin, which provided $12 million in liquidations.

Bitcoin market performance

Following the drop below the ascending range, Bitcoin is swiftly moving down while looking for the next support that is yet to be determined by the cryptocurrency market. Some traders are betting on a reversal around $33,500, according to TradingView.

Bitcoin Chart
Source: TradingView

The zone correlates with the beginning of the previous short-term rally on Jan. 24. The next technical resistance is the 200-week moving average, which currently sits at around $27,000.

The lowest point that Bitcoin has reached after October of 2020 is $28,000, reached back in June 2021, which was the point of a massive reversal and the beginning of the ATH rally that put BTC to $69,000.

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Arman Shirinyan is a trader, crypto enthusiast and SMM expert with more than four years of experience.

Arman strongly believes that cryptocurrencies and the blockchain will be of constant use in the future. Currently, he focuses on news, articles with deep analysis of crypto projects and technical analysis of cryptocurrency trading pairs.