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Bitcoin only destroyed long and short positions — a classic weekend liquidity trap

What a turbulent stretch of 4 hours for Bitcoin.

First, Bitcoin shed $2,000 from $89,700 → $87,700, immediately wiping out $171 million from long positions.

Then — in true weekend fashion — it rose again by $3,500 from $87,700 → $91,200, leading to another $75 million liquidation from short positions.

That's over $246 million in forced liquidations... in just a few hours.

This is the definition of weekend manipulation with low liquidity:

🔸 Market makers liquidate excessive long positions

🔸 They immediately counter to punish late short positions

🔸 Retail is chopped

🔸 Liquidity is harvested

🔸 The price ends higher than it was before the full move

The chart says it all: violent candles, thin order books, and volatility designed to clean both sides of the book.

If you survived this move and your account is intact... you already won. Weekends remain a battleground for leveraged traders.

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