On October 16, Bitcoin experienced $8.16 million in long position liquidations across Binance, Bybit, and OKX within one hour as its price dropped by 0.07%, falling from $81,572 to $81,512. Total liquidations during this period reached $10.81 million, with short positions accounting for $2.65 million. This liquidation event highlights the volatility and risk in cryptocurrency trading, especially for leveraged positions. Investors should monitor such movements closely as they reflect market sentiment and potential price shifts.
Following the recent sharp liquidation event in Bitcoin long positions, BTC on Pluang trades at Rp1.462.059.700 as of Oct 17, 2026 12:31 WIB, showing a 0.53% decline over the past day. The platform records a market cap of Rp29.550,29 trillion and a 24-hour trading volume of Rp444,66 trillion. Despite the volatility, Pluang users currently favor buying with 66% of order activity on the buy side and an average holding period of 111 days.
Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, fell below the $81,000 level on Binance's spot market, dropping to $80,925 at 1:20 p.m. ET on October 16. This marked a decrease of 0.78% over the previous hour and a $346 drop from a rece...
Bitcoin increased by 1.87% to $82,071 by 9 a.m. ET on October 16, while the overall crypto market capitalization slightly declined by 0.89% to $2.78 trillion. Despite the mixed market, all six major cryptocurrencies gained value in the past 24 hours,...
Raoul Pal, CEO of Real Vision, argues that Ethereum is significantly undervalued because it underpins 70-76% of stablecoins, DeFi, and many real-world asset transactions on-chain. He estimates that an Ethereum outage could erase $1 trillion to $1.5 t...
Celestia (TIA) surged 30.32% to $0.696, topping the crypto gainers among the 90 largest cryptocurrencies by market cap. Other notable gainers include Injective (27.40%), LayerZero (22.16%), Ether.fi (16.28%), and NEAR Protocol (15.64%). Meanwhile, Bi...
Bitcoin's mining difficulty increased by 5.92% to 140.58 trillion, marking its highest level since March 2026 and the third-largest hike this year. This rise reflects more computing power joining the network, pushing the hashrate above 1 zettahash pe...
