Bitcoin Drops Under $69,000 as $1.4B in Crypto Bets Get Liquidated
Bitcoin slid below $69,000 for the first time in nearly two months, triggering more than $1.4 billion in liquidations over 24 hours. Longs ate $1.26 billion of that pain as over 170,000 traders were forced out, with Ether and XRP also taking heavy hits.
- 12 sources report it: tokenpost.com, benzinga.com, cryptopotato.com, cryptoticker.io and 8 more.
- The source published it on Nov 13, 2026 at 4:52 AM.
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Bitcoin broke below $69,000 for the first time in nearly two months, and the drop came with a brutal bill. More than $1.4 billion in crypto positions were liquidated across 24 hours, forcing traders out of their bets, according to tokenpost.com.
The pain landed mostly on the optimists. Long positions accounted for $1.26 billion of the wreckage, against just $155 million in short positions. More than 170,000 traders were wiped out, and longs outweighed shorts by a margin of more than eight to one.
Bitcoin itself took the biggest single hit at $742 million in liquidations. Ether followed with $250 million as ETH slid about 6% toward $1,900. XRP tumbled close to $1.00, and several other tokens also shed more than 6% over the same stretch.
The fall didn't come out of nowhere. Bitcoin had recently climbed to $81,000 before slipping below $76,000, and a Wednesday bounce toward $75,000 fizzled out — setting up the next leg down.
TopicsBitcoin · BTC · Ether · ETH · XRP · tokenpost.com
Written by Paparazzi with AI. Not financial advice.
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