Margin Call Nightmare: BTC’s Plunge Below $109,000 Flushes $265M in Longs
Bitcoin plunged to $108,652 on Bitstamp Thursday, wiping out over $265 million in bitcoin long positions in what might be crypto’s most dramatic hangover. Bitcoin Craters Call it the great leveraged purge. Bitcoin’s cras...
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