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Home»Bitcoin»Bitcoin Liquidates $660M In Shorts As BTC Price Rallied Past $78K

Bitcoin Liquidates $660M In Shorts As BTC Price Rallied Past $78K

Bitcoin By Gavin17/04/2026
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Bitcoin Faces Resistance as Bearish Divergences Emerge
Bitcoin Faces Resistance as Bearish Divergences Emerge
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BitcoinBTC() rallied over $78,000 to reach another 10-week high On Friday, crypto and equity market reacted as the markets cool down to tensions in Syria. US and Israel war in Iran. A large amount of Bitcoin leveraged positions were liquidated as a result of the rally.

BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView

Bitcoin was responsible for 353 millions of those $660 Million in liquidated short positions. Ether (also known as Ether) is a cryptocurrency.ETHThe next $160 Million was spent on short-term liquidations.

Related: Three things Bitcoin must do to hold highs above $76K: Analysts

Over the past 24 hours, the market for futures has lost $826,000,000.

Crypto market liquidations. CoinGlass: Source of information

Hyperliquid was the site that saw the largest liquidation, with a BTC-USDT position of $15.75million being closed.

The reach of an asset rally is typically amplified by large clusters of liquidations. Data from CoinGlass shows a 13% increase in Bitcoin’s futures. open interest Over the past 24 hours, (OI).

Total Bitcoin open interest. Source: CoinGlass

Even though the futures buyers and sellers are always in balance, an increase in OI implies greater market participation and leverage. In this case, it appears that bulls have a higher level of involvement.

As BTC surged up to intraday highs, Hyblock showed that ask liquidity was between $78,500 and $77500.

BTC short positions. Source: Hyblock

Bitcoin MACD Forecasts “big move”

Bitcoin’s Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD), an indicator that historically has preceded price surges, signaled the buy sign on its chart.

You can also find out more about the following: MACD This popular technical indicator helps traders determine the direction, strength and length of a price trend.

Indicator reached lowest in its history. On the weekly chart it formed a bullish crossing, as can be seen in the below figure.

“Not only do we have a 1W MACD bullish cross and break of trend, we have it from the lowest point the MACD has ever dropped to,” Analyst Sykodelic said In a recent posting on X:

“We are at a very important level here, and the weekly close will be very important.”

Bitcoin prices tend to increase sharply when MACD crosses over the orange signal line. This last happened at the end of 2022’s bear market. It was followed by a 376 percent increase in BTC.

BTC/USD chart for the week. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView

“A big move usually follows whenever this weekly MACD bullish cross happens,” Analyst Mikybull Crypto said In a recent posting on X.

The Chart Report, by Fellow analyst told Crossovers are gaining a new generation of fans. “historically produced a 93% win rate with a median 12-month return of +195%.”

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BTC Price Performance after Weekly MACD Crossovers. Source: X/The Chart Report

Some Bitcoin analysts believe that altcoins could be a viable alternative to Bitcoin continue its recovery Tests for higher levels of resistance BTC price targets set at $90,000 Above and beyond