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Crypto Liquidations Hit $128.6M, Longs Take 78% of Forced Unwinds
Long positions accounted for $100.95M of $128.64M in crypto liquidations over 24 hours. Binance, BTC, and ETH showed uneven positioning. A 1-hour BTC long burst of $5.12M marked the cascade.
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Crypto derivatives traders saw $128.64 million in forced liquidations over the past 24 hours, with long positions accounting for roughly 78.5% of the total, according to data from CoinGlass. Long liquidations reached about $100.95 million against $27.69 million in shorts. The imbalance points to a market that had built up significant upside leverage before a bout of choppier price action forced unwinds.
The flush concentrated in a four-hour window that saw $28.81 million in liquidations. Binance handled $13.68 million of that, with 87% coming from long positions. OKX followed with $4.44 million, Hyperliquid with $4.32 million, Bybit with $2.76 million, and Gate with $1.42 million, the exchange breakdown showed. Venue-level skews stood out. Aster's liquidations were almost entirely long at 98.82%, suggesting a near one-sided purge of bullish leverage there. HTX ran the opposite direction. Shorts made up 81.89% of its $467,130 total, indicating localized positioning that was vulnerable to a sudden upward move.
By asset, Bitcoin (BTC) recorded $12.24 million in total liquidations, with $8.09 million coming from longs and $4.15 million from shorts. CoinGlass data noted a sharp one-hour burst of $5.12 million in BTC long liquidations, a pattern often associated with rapid price retracements and stop cascades. BTC last traded near $101,273, up 0.61% in the session.