It was another sharp drop for bitcoin earlier this morning when the asset plunged to its lowest level in over two weeks at under $64,500.<\/p>\n
Given the extent and speed of the crash<\/a>, the total value of wrecked positions skyrocketed within hours to almost $500 million. Within this timeframe, almost 140,000 traders were wrecked, according to data from CoinGlass. However, one case in particular raised a few eyebrows.<\/p>\n An unknown whale was wrecked for $61.51 million in the past day during BTC\u2019s painful drop. The liquidation took place on HTX and involved the BTC\/USDT trading pair.<\/p>\n <\/a>Cryptocurrency Liquidations Daily. Source: CoinGlass<\/p>\n Another whale that was hit during the dip was Machi Big Brother \u2013 the Taiwanese-American entrepreneur and former musician, whose real name is Jeffrey Huang.<\/p>\n Data from Lookonchain shows that he was partially liquidated on his ETH position. CryptoPotato<\/em> reported<\/a> a few days ago that his entire crypto portfolio had fallen below $1 million, posting a loss of around $28 million.<\/p>\n Although that amount has risen to over $28.8 million following the latest liquidation, he continues to build on his Ethereum longs, now holding 1,700 tokens, worth $3.2 million.<\/p>\n ETH\u2019s price was rejected at $2,000 over the weekend and plunged to $1,850 for the first time since the February 6 crash, when it bottomed at $1,750.<\/p>\n The market just crashed, and Machi(@machibigbrother<\/a>) was partly liquidated again.<\/p>\n But he keeps adding to his $ETH<\/a> long position.<\/p>\n He now holds 1,700 $ETH<\/a>($3.21M), with a liquidation price of $1,818.74.<\/p>\n His total loss has passed $28.8M.https:\/\/t.co\/P6lglcgpyo<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/t9cEDpOzQ1<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Lookonchain (@lookonchain) February 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n The post Whale Liquidated for $61.5 Million as Bitcoin Tumbled to New Lows<\/a> appeared first on CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was another sharp drop for bitcoin earlier this morning when the asset plunged to its lowest level in over two weeks at under $64,500. Given the extent and speed of the crash, the total value of wrecked positions skyrocketed within hours to almost $500 million. Within this timeframe, almost 140,000 traders were wrecked, according […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":137276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137275"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=137275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/137276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=137275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=137275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=137275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![<\/a>Cryptocurrency Liquidations Daily. Source: CoinGlass<\/p>\nAnother whale that was hit during the dip was Machi Big Brother \u2013 the Taiwanese-American entrepreneur and former musician, whose real name is Jeffrey Huang.<\/p>\nData from Lookonchain shows that he was partially liquidated on his ETH position. CryptoPotato<\/em> reported<\/a> a few days ago that his entire crypto portfolio had fallen below $1 million, posting a loss of around $28 million.<\/p>\nAlthough that amount has risen to over $28.8 million following the latest liquidation, he continues to build on his Ethereum longs, now holding 1,700 tokens, worth $3.2 million.<\/p>\nETH\u2019s price was rejected at $2,000 over the weekend and plunged to $1,850 for the first time since the February 6 crash, when it bottomed at $1,750.<\/p>\nThe market just crashed, and Machi(@machibigbrother<\/a>) was partly liquidated again.<\/p>\nBut he keeps adding to his $ETH<\/a> long position.<\/p>\nHe now holds 1,700 $ETH<\/a>($3.21M), with a liquidation price of $1,818.74.<\/p>\nHis total loss has passed $28.8M.https:\/\/t.co\/P6lglcgpyo<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/t9cEDpOzQ1<\/a><\/p>\n\u2014 Lookonchain (@lookonchain) February 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\nThe post Whale Liquidated for $61.5 Million as Bitcoin Tumbled to New Lows<\/a> appeared first on CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was another sharp drop for bitcoin earlier this morning when the asset plunged to its lowest level in over two weeks at under $64,500. Given the extent and speed of the crash, the total value of wrecked positions skyrocketed within hours to almost $500 million. Within this timeframe, almost 140,000 traders were wrecked, according […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":137276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137275"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=137275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/137276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=137275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=137275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=137275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-23-100023.png\"){kind=link}