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Topic: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion - page 15053. (Read 26713762 times)

legendary
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legendary
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diamond-handed zealot
legendary
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Self-Custody is a right. Say no to"Non-custodial"
legendary
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Finally it's happening. I am 100% in btc and hodl. But this crash was needed. Alts crashing dramatically.
full member
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At least we have front row seats.  Grin And tell stories to our great grandchildren about how we were there.


My dear friend, it will slice through like a hot knife through butter; dear oh dear... millennials Wink
Your chart is a fart in the wind 💨
legendary
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Self made HODLER ✓
That's the total value of the position that got LIQUIDATED. So that guy is a few (depending on leverage used) millions poorer not richer.

I should probably not try to analyze things when I get up in the middle of the night... back to sleep for me... Here's hoping the front hasn't fallen off Bitcorn when I wake up again in a few hours...

But it is true that long positions being liquidated is what drives the price down FURTHER. No matter if the guy lost money, those $11 million BTC got sold to liquidate the position.

Most of the time, the extreme movements up/down is prolonged by sort/long squeezes that are forced to buy/sell coins. It's not like there is that many people selling at the bottom nor buying at the ATH.
sr. member
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At least we have front row seats.  Grin And tell stories to our great grandchildren about how we were there.


My dear friend, it will slice through like a hot knife through butter; dear oh dear... millennials Wink
legendary
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a Cray can run an endless loop in under 4 hours
this dip is good for bitcoin dominance. it's up to 35,7% right now.
legendary
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Far, Far, Far Right Thug
Seems to be FUD upon FUD looking at media outlets this morning.

But then the media spreads FUD about anything these days when you think about it; going to concerts, travelling, even leaving your own house (or not).

I'm HOLDing regardless. They can stick their FUD up their backsides sideways.
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At least we have front row seats.  Grin And tell stories to our great grandchildren about how we were there.
legendary
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Degenerate bull hatter & Bitcoin monotheist
I’m feeling better about selling down some at $13,700.

I’m ready for winter even if I am still 80% long.  Scratch my back and call me a polar bear.
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South Korea said the might ban bitcoin trading again. That caused it.
legendary
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Far, Far, Far Right Thug
I still don't get how pulling 1.3 billion out of crypto gives a massive drop of a total $100 billion+ within such a short space of time.

It's probably not the reason. And as someone pointed out 1 contract is 100$, not 1BTC so it's not $1.3B. But I think if it was $1.3B it could have a similar effect when there is low volume imho.

I remember last year around the same time the same thing happened and BTC crashed quite hard and took until February to recover. Now looking back at the chart it was just a speedbump.

Yeah I guess volume is the issue here indeed.

a $10K BTC is still an expensive BTC which most people cannot afford to buy a whole one of I would have thought.

Onwards and upwards (Eventually & hopefully).
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I still don't get how pulling 1.3 billion out of crypto gives a massive drop of a total $100 billion+ within such a short space of time.

It's probably not the reason. And as someone pointed out 1 contract is 100$, not 1BTC so it's not $1.3B. But I think if it was $1.3B it could have a similar effect when there is low volume imho.

I remember last year around the same time the same thing happened and BTC crashed quite hard and took until February to recover. Now looking back at the chart it was just a speedbump.
legendary
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Far, Far, Far Right Thug
I still don't get how pulling 1.3 billion out of crypto gives a massive drop of a total $100 billion+ within such a short space of time.
legendary
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Self made HODLER ✓
Never a dull moment. Weak hands are panicking after some old whale placed a market order?  Wink

Someone got rich.

@whalecalls
 22m22 minutes ago
Okcoin $BTCUSD Quarterly futures has liquidated a long position of 111424 contract at 12,069.65 - 2018-01-16 16:30:04

You mean someone sold 111424 BTC in one fell swoop? Sounds awfully close to the amount the Winklevoss have been holding.  Huh
1 contract does not equal 1 btc....

A contract is $100 if that hasn't changed. So.. $11.142.400

That's the total value of the position that got LIQUIDATED. So that guy is a few (depending on leverage used) millions poorer not richer.
full member
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Never a dull moment. Weak hands are panicking after some old whale placed a market order?  Wink

Someone got rich.

@whalecalls
 22m22 minutes ago
Okcoin $BTCUSD Quarterly futures has liquidated a long position of 111424 contract at 12,069.65 - 2018-01-16 16:30:04

You mean someone sold 111424 BTC in one fell swoop? Sounds awfully close to the amount the Winklevoss have been holding.  Huh
1 contract does not equal 1 btc....
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