Crypto Carnage: $1.15B in Leveraged Positions Annihilated as Bitcoin Nosedives
As of 9 a.m. EDT on Monday, the crypto market experienced a $1.15 billion loss in derivatives positions, with $975.93 million of these being long positions. Of that total, approximately $403.82 million came from BTC posi...
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