{"id":229151,"date":"2026-09-18T14:06:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T14:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=229151"},"modified":"2026-09-18T14:06:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T14:06:43","slug":"bitcoin-price-suddenly-rockets-past-80k-leaving-180m-in-shorts-liquidated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=229151","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Price Suddenly Rockets Past $80K Leaving $180M in Shorts Liquidated"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just a few days after receiving major blows from the US Federal Reserve and the Senate, bitcoin\u2019s price suddenly skyrocketed by a few grand and topped $80,000 for the first time in over ten days.<\/p>\n

The altcoins have followed suit, with ETH surging past $2,550, while XRP has rocketed to over $1.35. Naturally, the liquidations are on the rise.<\/p>\n

Recall that the primary cryptocurrency slumped<\/a> to $75,000 on Tuesday evening after the CLARITY Act setback<\/a> in the US Senate. Although the asset defended that zone, more volatility ensued a day later when the Fed hiked rates for the first time since July 2023.<\/p>\n

However, BTC rebounded almost immediately after the initial shock and went past $76,000. It kept fluctuating in the following days, but the bulls appeared to be in control. Today\u2019s decision by the Bank of Japan to increase the rates to a 31-year high was well received by the cryptocurrency, which jumped to just over $78,000.<\/p>\n

It remained there for hours before it went on the offensive minutes ago, skyrocketing to over $80,000. This level was last breached on September 7.<\/p>\n

Most altcoins have marked substantial 2-3% gains over the past hours as well. Ethereum has seemingly reclaimed the $2,550 level after a 2.3% hourly jump, while XRP is above $1.35 after a 3% increase. SOL and BNB have marked slightly more modest gains.<\/p>\n

Data from CoinGlass shows that $192 million worth of over-leveraged positions were wrecked in the past hour, with shorts responsible for more than $183 million. BTC holds the lion\u2019s share ($119 million), followed by ETH ($36 million).<\/p>\n

On a daily scale, the numbers are even higher, with $450 million wrecked. $390 million was from shorts. In total, more than 100,000 traders have been wiped out within this timeframe.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Liquidation Data on CoinGlass<\/p>\n

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Just a few days after receiving major blows from the US Federal Reserve and the Senate, bitcoin\u2019s price suddenly skyrocketed by a few grand and topped $80,000 for the first time in over ten days. The altcoins have followed suit, with ETH surging past $2,550, while XRP has rocketed to over $1.35. Naturally, the liquidations […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229151"}],"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=229151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=229151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=229151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=229151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}