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Crypto liquidations exceed $500m a day as bitcoin nears $100k

The cryptocurrency market experienced liquidations exceeding US$500 million in the past 24 hours.

Data from Coinglass on Sunday shows 197,551 traders, with US$380 million in long positions and US$120 million in short positions.

Bitcoin alone accounted for US$70.4 million of these liquidations.

Ethereum and Dogecoin contributed US$43.4 million and US$35.3 million, respectively.

Bitcoin’s price recently approached the US$100,000 mark, reaching US$99,320 on Friday.

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