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In a completely unexpected turn of events, Bitcoin’s price crashed to below $43,000 in a matter of minutes. This happens on the day El Salvador officially recognizes it as legal tender in what many called the “Bitcoin Day.”
- In a matter of hours, Bitcoin’s price crashed from above $52,000 to below $43,000 in a violent red candle and a massive sell-off.
- In two consecutive candles, bitcoin’s price lost about $7,000 of its value.
- Since then, it has somewhat recovered to $46,600 where it currently trades, according to Bitstamp.
- This event also saw a tremendous spike in the daily liquidations, as can be expected.
- Data shows that in the past hour alone, over $2.57 billion were liquidated, while this number adds up to a grand total of $3.5 billion in the past 24 hours.
- Most of the liquidations reportedly took place on Bybit.
- The largest single liquidation order happened on Huobi, and it had a face value of over $43 million.
- As unfortunate as it may be, this took place on the day El Salvador officially accepted Bitcoin as a legal tender.
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