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The cryptocurrency market, which was intoxicated by excessive optimism, entered a painful deleveraging phase, experiencing forced liquidations worth approximately $500 million in just one day.
According to U.Today, a cryptocurrency specialized media outlet, on April 30 (local time), positions worth approximately $492 million were forcibly liquidated in the overall cryptocurrency market over the past 24 hours, with most of them concentrated in long positions that anticipated price increases. This incident is interpreted as a result of the market's excessive optimism, which failed to anticipate downward volatility.
The main targets of this downturn were Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). Bitcoin has been trading in the mid-$75,000 range on a short-term upward trend, but the Relative Strength Index (RSI) entered an overbought zone during the price surge, overloading the market. This liquidation near the resistance level is less about natural price consolidation and more about a cooling process where excessively set positions are forcibly closed.
Ethereum showed greater volatility, revealing a more vulnerable technical structure than Bitcoin. After failing to break through the downward resistance zone between $2,300 and $2,400, it was pushed back, following Bitcoin's decline. Ethereum was trading below its major moving averages, lacking structural support to absorb external shocks, making it more sensitive to the liquidation event.
A heatmap visualizing the liquidation status clearly shows the severity of this incident. The entire market appeared to be resetting, focusing on the assets with the largest market capitalization rather than specific altcoins. In particular, liquidation volume was concentrated in Ethereum and Bitcoin, with Bitcoin alone recording over $140 million in liquidations, freezing investor sentiment across the entire market.
Experts assess this phenomenon as a process of unwinding excessive leverage rather than a complete market collapse, but they are closely monitoring price stabilization. The possibility of a cascading decline cannot be ruled out if Ethereum falls further below support levels or if Bitcoin's trend structure breaks down. Leverage remains the most vulnerable link in the cryptocurrency market.
*Disclaimer: This article is for investment reference only and we are not responsible for any investment losses based on it. The content should be interpreted for informational purposes only.*
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