$500m worth of shorts were just liquidated within minutes.

Rickler Feed (@rickler_feed), Aug 19, 2026, 17:01 UTC

$500m worth of shorts were just liquidated within minutes. As BTC spiked to over $69k, open interest dropped due to positions being force-closed. It looks like the market was predominantly short for this move up.

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