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On Dec. 5, Bitcoin retreated further from the psychologically crucial $100,000 level, briefly dipping below $93,000 and triggering a significant amount of long position liquidations.
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A sudden dip in the price of Bitcoin wiped out $300 million of long positions in the market as its price fell 5.47% within minutes on Dec. 5, briefly falling just below $93,000.
Between 6:23 UTC and 6:28 UTC, Bitcoin (BTC) dropped from $98,338 to $92,957.
It has since rebounded to $96,624 at the time of publication, according to TradingView data.
The sudden price decline triggered over $303.48 million in liquidations of long positions within the hour, pushing total liquidations over the past 24 hours to $404 million, per data from CoinGlass.
It comes only a day after Bitcoin breached the $100,000 price level for the first time.
This is a developing story, and further information will be added as it becomes available.
This article first appeared at Cointelegraph.com News
