Bitcoin price liquidation risk increases as BTC struggles to reclaim $18K
Leveraged long margin traders are playing with a hot potato, and with BTC struggling at $17,000, they might get burned sooner than later.
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Leveraged long margin traders are playing with a hot potato, and with BTC struggling at $17,000, they might get burned sooner than later.
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