Bets on rising prices accounted for nearly 84% of forced closures, with Binance handling almost half the total. A rebound has since started catching short sellers.
Over 230,000 traders have been wrecked in the past 24 hours.
Bitcoin fell below $77,000 for the first time in over a month after Binance Holdings, the world’s largest crypto exchange, said it had been hacked.
Crypto prices are sliding on the news, with bitcoin falling back to $77,000, though Binance's co-CEO said it would cover all losses.
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