{"id":46403,"date":"2026-08-19T16:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T16:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=46403"},"modified":"2026-08-19T16:03:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T16:03:00","slug":"over-1b-in-liquidations-as-bitcoin-surges-to-2-month-high-above-69k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=46403","title":{"rendered":"Over $1B in Liquidations as Bitcoin Surges to 2-Month High Above $69K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tETH rocketed past $2,050, while XRP appears to have reclaimed the $1 level.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr\/>\n<p>After weeks and weeks of sideways movements without any clear signs of a breakout in either direction, the crypto market is finally on the move.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin led the charge with a massive surge that drove it to its highest price tag since the middle of June at just over $69,000.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that BTC dipped below $63,000 at the end of the previous business week before it found some support and recovered to $63,000 during the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>It started to show revival signs on Monday and Tuesday, but today\u2019s increase is the most impressive in months.<\/p>\n<p>Ethereum has soared past $2,000 for the first time in months as well, and has even tapped the $2,100.<\/p>\n<p>XRP has finally rebounded above the key $1 support after dipping below it on a couple of occasions last week.<\/p>\n<p>The liquidations are also on the rise given the sharp movement. Data from CoinGlass shows that $1.2 billion worth of leveraged positions has been wrecked in the past hour alone.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"you-may-also-like\" class=\"heading-4\">You may also like:<\/h3>\n<p>Naturally, the lion\u2019s share is from shorts, as they are responsible for $1.14 billion out of the total.<\/p>\n<p>BTC and ETH lead the pack, with $680 million and $425 million liquidated longs, respectively.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<!-- Footer ad [js] --><\/p>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/servedbyadbutler.com\/go2\/;ID=183000;size=0x0;setID=1321375\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/over-1b-in-liquidations-as-bitcoin-surges-to-2-month-high-above-67k\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; ETH rocketed past $2,050, while XRP appears to have reclaimed the $1 level. After weeks and weeks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46403","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\/46403","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=46403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}