Crypto Drop Wipes Out $370M in Bullish Bets as BTC, ETH Give Back Gains

Markets Share Share this article Copy link X icon X (Twitter) LinkedIn Facebook Email Crypto Drop Wipes Out $370M in Bullish Bets as BTC, ETH Give Back Gains Binance, Hyperliquid, and Bybit were the most affected exchanges, comprising 72% of all forced unwinds. By Shaurya Malwa Updated Dec 11, 2025, 6:21 a.m. Published Dec 11, 2025, 6:21 a.m. (Christian Dubovan/Unsplash) What to know : Crypto markets experienced a significant leverage reset with over $514 million in positions liquidated in 24 hours. Long positions accounted for $376 million of the liquidations, indicating traders were heavily betting on continued market gains. Binance, Hyperliquid, and Bybit were the most affected exchanges, comprising 72% of all forced unwinds. Crypto markets absorbed one of their largest leverage resets in weeks in the past 24 hours with more than $514 million in positions liquidated over 24 hours as a sharp intraday swing triggered forced selling across major derivatives venues. Data from CoinGlass shows that longs accounted for $376 million of the total, nearly three times the $138 million in short liquidations in an indication of how heavily traders were positioned for continued upside before the move reversed. STORY CONTINUES BELOW Don't miss another story. Subscribe to the Crypto Daybook Americas Newsletter today . See all newsletters Sign me up By signing up, you will receive emails about CoinDesk products and you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy . More than 155,000 traders were liquidated, with the single largest order — a $23.18 million BTC position — wiped out on perpetuals venue Hyperliquid. Binance, Hyperliquid and Bybit bore most of the impact. Binance saw $144.6 million in liquidations, 76% of them longs. Hyperliquid recorded $115.8 million in liquidations, with an even steeper 83% long share. Bybit followed at $109.3 million, with 72% long-side liquidations. Together, the three exchanges made up roughly 72% of all forced unwinds. The skew reveals a market that had become increasingly one-sided after bitcoin’s rebound earlier in the week, with traders leaning into upside continuation even as liquidity remained patchy across BTC and major altcoins. Such a wipeout follows several sessions of rising open interest and elevated funding rates — conditions that often precede sharp resets when price momentum stalls. Liquidation cascades amplify volatility by forcing underwater positions to close at market prices, deepening sell pressure during downswings. Still, analysts often view large long-side flushes as healthy clearing events that remove excess leverage and allow markets to stabilize, provided key technical levels hold. More For You Protocol Research: GoPlus Security By CoinDesk Research Nov 14, 2025 Commissioned by GoPlus What to know : As of October 2025, GoPlus has generated $4.7M in total revenue across its product lines. The GoPlus App is the primary revenue driver, contributing $2.5M (approx. 53%), followed by the SafeToken Protocol at $1.7M. GoPlus Intelligence's Token Security API averaged 717 million monthly calls year-to-date in 2025 , with a peak of nearly 1 billion calls in February 2025. Total blockchain-level requests, including transaction simulations, averaged an additional 350 million per month. Since its January 2025 launch , the $GPS token has registered over $5B in total spot volume and $10B in derivatives volume in 2025. Monthly spot volume peaked in March 2025 at over $1.1B , while derivatives volume peaked the same month at over $4B. View Full Report More For You XRP Slides as Traders Take Bitcoin Profits, With ETF Flows Still Strong By Shaurya Malwa , CD Analytics 1 hour ago Institutional flows surged 54% above the weekly average, indicating strategic selling rather than retail panic. What to know : XRP fell from $2.09 to $2.00, marking a 4.3% decline and underperforming the broader crypto market. Institutional flows surged 54% above the weekly average, indicating strategic selling rather than retail panic. Despite ETF inflows, XRP struggles to break the $2.09–$2.10 resistance, maintaining a tight trading range. 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