{"id":35037,"date":"2025-08-09T06:27:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T06:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=35037"},"modified":"2025-08-09T06:27:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T06:27:51","slug":"ethereum-explodes-to-4-2k-200-million-liquidated-trump-rejoices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=35037","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Explodes to $4.2K, $200 Million Liquidated, Trump Rejoices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ethereum has been the best performer amid the large-cap cryptocurrencies for the past 24 hours, wrapping up 7% gains in the interim and bringing its total weekly increase close to a whopping 20%.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of this writing, ETH is trading at around $4,200.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_407927\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-407927\" style=\"width: 2648px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ETHUSD_2025-08-09_09-04-11.png\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-407927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: TradingView<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The move marks a major feat in ETH\u2019s price as the last time it was trading this high was in December 2021. That said, over the past 24 hours, the cryptocurrency accounted for the lion\u2019s share of liquidations. Over $200 million were wiped out, $185 million of which were shorts.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_407928\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-407928\" style=\"width: 2754px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-09-at-9.09.38.png\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-407928\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCAyNzU0IDk4MiIgd2lkdGg9IjI3NTQiIGhlaWdodD0iOTgyIiBkYXRhLXU9Imh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGY3J5cHRvcG90YXRvLmNvbSUyRndwLWNvbnRlbnQlMkZ1cGxvYWRzJTJGMjAyNSUyRjA4JTJGU2NyZWVuc2hvdC0yMDI1LTA4LTA5LWF0LTkuMDkuMzgucG5nIiBkYXRhLXc9IjI3NTQiIGRhdGEtaD0iOTgyIiBkYXRhLWJpcD0iIj48L3N2Zz4=\" data-spai=\"1\" alt=\"Screenshot 2025-08-09 at 9.09.38\" width=\"2754\" height=\"982\"\/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-407928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Coinglass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Commenting on the matter was no other but Eric Trump, who <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricTrump\/status\/1953930926649479447\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It puts a smile on my face to see ETH shorts get smoked today. Stop betting against BTC and ETH \u2013 you will be run over.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The rest of the market is also in the green, and many of the altcoins are charting considerable gains.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div><center><span style=\"font-size:11px; color: gray;\">SPECIAL OFFER (Sponsored)<\/span><\/center><br \/>\n<b>Binance Free $600 (CryptoPotato Exclusive): <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/binance600f\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Use this link<\/a> to register a new account and receive $600 exclusive welcome offer on Binance<\/b> (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/binance600d\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">full details<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><b>LIMITED OFFER for CryptoPotato readers at Bybit: <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/pl\/bybit24\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Use this link<\/a> to register and open a $500 FREE position on any coin!<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/ethereum-explodes-to-4-2k-200-million-liquidated-trump-rejoices\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ethereum has been the best performer amid the large-cap cryptocurrencies for the past 24 hours, wrapping up 7%&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35038,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-crypto","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}