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Bitcoin's crash amid reports of a Binance hack wiped out the positions of 254,258 traders. Almost 86% of the total volume was long positions, i.e., bets on growth.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs (exchange-traded funds through which Bitcoin is bought like a regular stock) received money for two days in a row: $110 million on Monday and $176 million on Tuesday. This almost fully offset the collapse at the end of last week.
U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (funds whose shares trade on an exchange and track the price of the asset) attracted about $110 million on Monday, October 26. This only offset part of the $773.5 million outflow over the previous two sessions, and for the month as a whole the funds are still losing money.
On Saturday, Bitcoin fell below $80,000 for the first time since October 15 and in four hours wiped out $404.15M in long positions (bets on price increases) — that's 93% of the total $436.44M in liquidations. Over 24 hours, the market forcibly closed $815.26M across 201,012 traders.
Overnight on October 21, Bitcoin broke through the $84,000 ceiling for the first time in a week and reached $84,726, but by the morning of October 22 it had slid to $82,600. Crypto reversed course following futures on US tech indices.
On the night of October 5, Bitcoin rose to $86,972, but again failed to consolidate above and returned below $86,000. This is already the second failed attempt to break through the $87,000 zone in a week.
