Crypto Carnage: $9.45 Billion in Leveraged Positions Obliterated, 1.42M Traders Liquidated
President Donald Trump’s China tariff threat saw the cryptocurrency market shed more than $500 billion after the total market capitalization nosedived from $4.25 trillion to under $3.75 trillion. Bitcoin pulled the marke...
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