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Markets

Bitcoin Eyes $67K After Halving as Altcoins Primed for Short Squeeze, Hedge Fund Says

Crypto-focused stocks also bounced higher, led by bitcoin miners Riot Platforms and Hut 8.

Bitcoin price on April 22 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Stocks Like MicroStrategy, Coinbase Could Shoot Up if Short Sellers Exit

They are "very squeezable" due to short sellers' large positions, according to a report by data analytics firm S3 Partners.

Heavily shorted crypto stocks like MicroStrategy could be poised to shoot up. (Mediamodifier/Pixabay)

Markets

Crypto Price Whipsaw Triggers $256M in Liquidation Losses

Liquidations are likely to have less impact on spot prices thanks to declining open interest, FalconX's head of research noted.

The swift price movements over the past two days wiped out leveraged long and short positions. (Kurt Anderson/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin’s Rally to $28K Spurred by Largest Short Squeeze This Month

The price surge liquidated some $36.6 million of short positions in the past 24 hours, the most this month, CoinGlass data shows.

Bitcoin daily chart. (CoinDesk)

Finance

Bullish Token Unlocks Buck Bear Market Trend in Spur to Altcoin Season

Bearish token unlocks are now a thing of the past as astute traders attempt to squeeze short positions in the lead up to supply increases.

Bear and Bull (Pixabay)

Videos

What's Driving Bitcoin’s Surge to $40K?

Bitcoin jumped to a two-week high Friday near $41,000 as crypto traders grew more confident the market has stabilized following a recent slump, and some analysts flagged the possibility of a short squeeze. CoinDesk's Christie Harkin and Brad Keoun review the week's top stories moving bitcoin and the wider crypto markets.

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