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Crypto Whales Move $693 Million Worth of Chainlink (LINK)

Although the first four months haven’t gone as many expected, there is a belief that a crypto market rally is close. That could be the case for Chainlink (LINK), as whale activity around the asset has surged by triple-digit percentages. Indeed, according to on-chain data, LINK has seen a 299% surge in whale moves over the last 24 hours, with the rest of the crypto market falling. According to IntoTheBlock data, Chainlink’s large transaction volume, which indicates whale activity, increased by 299% in the last 24 hours, reaching 6.71 million LINK, or $101.4 million. This comes as leading coins like BTC and ETH were down on Friday. Chainlink had a rough week, falling 11% in the past seven days. The recent moves, hence, could be a mix of panic selling or swooping up the asset at a low price. The latter could give LINK a much-needed rebound heading into the weekend. A combination of macroeconomic uncertainty, profit-taking, and crypto whale liquidations led to a $703 million liquidati...

Crypto traders lost over half a billion dollars in market crash

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In the last 24 hours, nearly 160,000 cryptocurrency traders lost over $500 million to liquidations as the market crashed. The hit came as Iran launched a new and heavier attack with 180 ballistic missiles against Israel on October 1. Notably, 86.5% of these liquidations were from long positions, totaling $466.79 million out of $539.63 million. During the high volatility period, 159,793 crypto traders had their positions liquidated. In particular, a single trader from Binance lost $12.66 million in the Bitcoin (BTC) pair against Tether USD (USDT). Bitcoin alone lost $143.48 million in liquidations during the crash, which sent its price down to $60,170. Picks for you AI predicts Bitcoin price for October 31, 2024 18 mins ago Bitcoin price fa...