Bitcoin Tops $68,000 as Short Liquidations Hit $1.7 Billion

Bitcoin traded above $68,000 and ether gained 9% on Wednesday, forcing $1.91 billion of leveraged positions to close, according to Coinglass. Shorts made up $1.74 billion of that total, roughly eight times the volume of liquidations recorded over the previous 24 hours. The trigger came from the… Read the full story at The Defiant