Bitcoin liquidates over $1 billion as BTC cost hits 6-week highs

Bitcoin (BTC) saw its greatest levels since mid-September on March. 26 as BTC/USD contacted the pivotal $21,000 mark.

BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView

Bears lose big as Bitcoin climbs

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView demonstrated the happy couple tackling $20,700 during the time of writing, up over 7% in 24 hrs.

What started being an assault on $20,000 ongoing at the time, liquidations mounting further after already sealing the greatest shorts obliteration of 2022.

Based on data from analytics resource Coinglass, Bitcoin alone taken into account $550 million in liquidations previously 24 hrs.

$704 million in mix-crypto shorts were liquidated on March. 25, using the March. 26 tally to date standing around $275 million. Including lengthy positions, the entire was over $1 billion.

Crypto liquidations chart. Source: Coinglass

November lows still up for grabs

Discussing exactly what the future could hold for BTC cost action, some traders and analysts continued to be focused on previous theories, quarrelling the past day’s gains had literal structural impact.

Related: Analyst puts Bitcoin cost at $30K the following month with breakout due

“The proven fact that this retracement is going on before you take the final high is a great sign,” Il Capo of Crypto told Twitter supporters throughout the prior day’s moves.

“In my estimation, we will have the final push-up to 21k now. Time pivots are October 27th and November second (rates of interest). Potential bottom about mid November. Key levels: 21k and 14k.”

BTC/USD annotated chart. Source: Il Capo of Crypto/ Twitter

Fellow commentator Credible Crypto likewise ongoing to calculate that $14,000 would not arrive.

“Nothing I’ve stated in past has altered enough that i can make another vid update- still expecting new ATH in 2023, still not expecting 14k to become met (invalidation), still think we’re basing out before our major impulse. Now just awaiting confirmation of the beginning of it,” he summarized.

The final time that BTC/USD circled the day’s local highs of $20,789 on Bitstamp was on Sep. 13.

BTC/USD 1-day candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView

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