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Bitcoin Price Plunges as $245 Million in Crypto Longs Are Liquidated

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Bitcoin‘s price is sinking, dropping by 5% over the last 24 hours and prompting a growing wave of liquidations across the crypto ecosystem, totaling $265 million over the past 24 hours.

As of this writing, Bitcoin is sitting at a price of $66,548, down from a 24-hour peak above $70,000. Crypto long positions have been most severely affected by the price action, with some $245 million in longs liquidated over the past day, per data from CoinGlass, including about $57 million in Bitcoin long positions.

Editor’s note: This story is breaking and will be updated with additional detail.

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Source: https://decrypt.co/234815/bitcoin-price-plunges-245-million-crypto-longs-liquidated

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