Over $335M Liquidated: Bitcoin, Ether, Bigtime, Ordi Tokens Sweep Away Traders' Dreams

Zinger Key Points
  • Both long and short positions affected as ORDI and BIGTIME prices fluctuated dramatically.
  • Traders of Celestia’s TIA and Memeland’s MEME tokens lost around $10 million in recent liquidations.

The altcoin market in the last 24 hours experienced significant turbulence.

What Happened: Over $335 million in liquidations across various altcoin futures, involving Big Time’s BIGTIME/USD and Ordi Protocol’s ORDI/USD tokens, took place.

Liquidation in this context occurs when an exchange is compelled to close a trader's leveraged position due to a complete or partial loss of the trader's initial margin.

This typically happens when a trader cannot meet the margin requirements to maintain a leveraged position, lacking sufficient funds to keep the trade open.

  • Bitcoin BTC/USD and Ether ETH/USD saw a combined $85 million in vanished bets, Coindesk reported.
  • ORDI tokens saw around $15 million in liquidations
  • Bigtime experienced about $12 million, according to data from Coinglass.

These liquidations affected both long positions — bets on rising prices — and short positions, which bet on price declines.

The prices of both tokens experienced dramatic fluctuations in the past day, affecting traders on both sides of the market.

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Why It Matters: The demand for Bitcoin-linked tokens has recently fueled interest in ORDI, resulting in the tokens soaring by 580% over the past month.

Concurrently, the growing narrative around crypto gaming platforms has been advantageous for Bigtime holders, who have witnessed nearly a 400% increase since early November.

In other developments, traders of Celestia’s TIA/USD and Memeland’s MEME/USD tokens, both launched last month, incurred losses totaling approximately $10 million.

Additionally, the once-prominent Terra ecosystem's related tokens, including LUNC LUNC/USD, USTC USTC/USD, and LUNA LUNA/USD, saw traders lose around $11 million.

These tokens experienced a surge of up to 70% on Monday, driven by various catalysts.

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