More than 103,000 traders were liquidated for $364 million over the last 24 hours.
What Happened: Data from CoinGlass shows that the majority of crypto long traders were liquidated on Tuesday.
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) saw the most liquidations worth $124 million, followed by Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), which saw $114 million worth of liquidations.
Ethereum Classic (CRYPTO: ETC) also saw a considerable amount of liquidations — worth $40 million.
Meme-based cryptocurrency Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) saw $3.07 million worth of liquidations, putting it in similar territory to altcoins Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) and Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA), which witnessed $3.5 million and $3.6 million worth of liquidations, respectively.
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Most liquidations were recorded on cryptocurrency exchanges OKX, Binance and FTX.
Expert Take: Crypto market analyst Krisma noted that crypto exchanges suspending ETH and ERC-20 deposits before The Merge will make it difficult for traders to add assets to their margin positions and avoid liquidations.
All exchanges are suspending ETH, ERC20 deposits - so no quick way to add assets to your margin positions this wayPrice Action: At the time of writing, ETH was trading at $1,511, down 7.76% in 24 hours as per data from Benzinga Pro. BTC was trading at $18,710, down 5.38% over the same period.EVM-using chains will be affected: $AVAX $MATIC $OP $BNB and Arbitrum
Solution:
TRON network with stablecoin deposits
Thanks for reading all this, stay safe pic.twitter.com/n2EgHZQoqj
— Krisma (@KRMA_0) September 6, 2022
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