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Ethereum Liquidation Skew: $54.7M Longs Flushed, Shorts Squeezed Near $2,434
ETH liquidations flipped from $54.66M in longs wiped over the past 24 hours to a $1.16M short squeeze in the last hour, even as accounts stay 69.71% net long against a nearly balanced 49.51% taker flow.
Bitcoin Holds $76K as $346M in Shorts Get Liquidated in 24 Hours
Total crypto open interest sits at $112.45B on $192.03B in 24h volume, while derivatives markets flushed $346.1M in liquidations — 58% from short positions — as Bitcoin traded near $76,269 with near-flat funding rates.
Derivatives Daily: $345M Liquidated as BTC ETFs Shed $450M, ZEC Shorts Squeezed
Crypto derivatives logged $345.1M in 24-hour liquidations split 58% short-side, Bitcoin ETFs shed $450.3M in a single session, and the Fear & Greed Index cooled from 69 to 50 in just two days.
Solana Longs Get Squeezed as OI Hits $4.26B, Taker Flow Turns Bearish
Solana open interest climbs to $4.26B while account positioning stays 70.95% long even as taker flow flips to 48.19% long, and $7.5M in 24h liquidations swing between longs and shorts three times in a single session.
Ethereum Options Positioning Cools as Deribit OI Falls 3.6% Below $2,393
Ethereum trades at $2,392.72 as Deribit's options-linked open interest drops 3.6% to $247.2M even as total OI holds near $23.70B, while $99.37M in 24h liquidations skew toward longs caught between $2,357 and $2,434.
Ethereum Open Interest Holds $23.66B as Long Liquidations Dominate the Flush
ETH open interest sits at $23.66B (-0.11% in 24h) while $60.61M of the day's $106.00M in liquidations came from longs, even as accounts stay 70.0% long against a 38.3% long taker split.
XRP Funding Falls to -0.032% as $1.83B Open Interest Drops 3.9%
XRP's average funding rate has turned negative at -0.032% per 8 hours while annualized futures basis sits at -37.0%, as $1.83 billion in open interest contracts 3.9% in 24 hours.
XRP Drops 2.0% to $1.29 as $14.2M in Longs Get Liquidated in 24 Hours
XRP slid 2.0% to $1.2858 as open interest eased 0.8% to $1.87B and 24-hour liquidations hit $18.3M, with $14.2M of that in long positions as Binance and Bybit deleveraged while Gate and Bitget added risk.
Bitcoin Short Squeeze: $89M Liquidated, Whale Loses $23M on Hyperliquid
Bitcoin's short squeeze wiped out $37.0M in shorts within an hour, including a $23.0M Hyperliquid whale liquidation near $76,500, while 24h liquidations reached $89.0M and open interest rose 0.5% to $42.2B.
XRP Open Interest Sheds 9.8% as $30.2M in Long Liquidations Hit in 24 Hours
XRP open interest fell 9.8% to $1.86B in 24 hours as $30.2M in long positions were liquidated versus just $3.6M in shorts, even as 76.2% of accounts stayed net long.
Bitcoin Longs Absorb $126M of $144M in Liquidations as Price Slips to $75.6K
BTC's 24-hour liquidations hit $143.8M, with longs absorbing $125.9M (88%) as price fell to $75,558 amid crowded long account positioning and short-skewed taker flow.
Bitcoin Drops to $75.6K: $125M Long Liquidations Reveal True Max Pain Zone
Bitcoin fell 1.7% to $75,589 as $125.6M in long liquidations hit over 24 hours and Deribit's options open interest shrank 2.8%, exposing a real max-pain band between $74,075 and $75,755.
Bitcoin OI Falls to $42B as ETF Outflows Spark $125M Long Liquidations
Bitcoin open interest fell to $42.0B (-1.6% in 24h) as ETF outflows pressured price, with $125.4M in long liquidations over 24 hours led by a single $22.2M forced closure on Binance at $74,076.
Bitcoin 1-Hour Liquidations Run 10-to-1 Against Longs as Price Drifts to $75,555
BTC slips 0.6% to $75,555 while 1-hour liquidations skew 10-to-1 against longs; annualized basis at -10.5% shows derivatives de-risking despite 64% of accounts staying net long.
Zcash Rips 10.5% to $1,238 as Open Interest Explodes 30% — Shorts Down $19.9M
ZEC jumped 10.5% to $1,238 while futures OI surged 29.7% to $2.4B in 24 hours. Short liquidations hit $19.9M versus $5.9M for longs, and OKX's book alone grew 56.6%.
ZEC Shorts Pay on 15 of 21 Venues: Anatomy of a Crowd Refusing to Cover at $1,238
Zcash funding is negative on 15 of 21 exchanges even after a 10.5% rally to $1,238, and only 24.8% of OKX accounts are long. The short crowd's carry bill is the squeeze's engine.
XRP Crashes 8.8% to $1.27 as Open Interest Unwinds 7% — Bybit Book Down 17%
XRP fell 8.8% to $1.2651 in 24 hours while futures open interest contracted 7.0% to $1.9B. Bybit led the unwind with a 17% cut, and five major venues now show negative funding.
XRP Liquidations Hit $31.5M and 90% Came From Longs — Shorts Barely Touched
XRP's drop to $1.2651 liquidated $31.5M in 24 hours, with longs absorbing $28.4M of it across 4,274 events. In the last hour, forced short closures were literally zero.
Monero Takers Hit Sell on 71% of Flow as XMR Retreats 5.3% to $490
XMR pulled back 5.3% to $489.82 with taker buy share collapsing to 28.9% and open interest down 6.1% to $220.2M - yet funding stays positive on every tracked venue.
Stellar Open Interest Craters 18.1% as XLM Drops 9.3% to $0.174
XLM fell 9.3% to $0.1738 while futures open interest collapsed 18.1% to $151.8M and taker flow ran 68.8% sell-side - one of the sharpest single-day deleveragings among large caps.