thevideoguy
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- Sep 25, 2017
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Cryptocurrency prices have exploded over the past 12 hours, with Bitcoin being up 30% for the day (briefly crossing the $10,000 mark).
Lots of speculation on what caused this fast climb, but I found this. According to Forbes:
"When the bitcoin price recovered a couple of hundred dollars per bitcoin in just a few minutes, some $150 million worth of short positions on the Seychelles-based BitMEX crypto exchange were liquidated, according to bitcoin and cryptocurrency analytics provider Skew.
This triggered what's known as a "short squeeze," where an asset rapidly increases in value due to short sellers trying to cover their positions, resulting in buying volume that drives the price up."
(source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/billyb...itecoin-and-ripples-xrp-bounced/#9dd176845c68)
Whether a short squeeze was specifically what caused this, or other factors; I have no idea.
What do you guys think?
Lots of speculation on what caused this fast climb, but I found this. According to Forbes:
"When the bitcoin price recovered a couple of hundred dollars per bitcoin in just a few minutes, some $150 million worth of short positions on the Seychelles-based BitMEX crypto exchange were liquidated, according to bitcoin and cryptocurrency analytics provider Skew.
This triggered what's known as a "short squeeze," where an asset rapidly increases in value due to short sellers trying to cover their positions, resulting in buying volume that drives the price up."
(source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/billyb...itecoin-and-ripples-xrp-bounced/#9dd176845c68)
Whether a short squeeze was specifically what caused this, or other factors; I have no idea.
What do you guys think?