Bitcoin (BTC) recently experienced a significant volatility event that resulted in the erasure of a massive $240,000,000 liquidation cluster, fundamentally resetting the derivatives market. This major price swing is being widely characterized by analysts as an engineered "fakeout" or stop-hunt designed to clear over-leveraged positions before the asset establishes its next major trend.
<h2>Liquidity Swept on Both Sides</h2>
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Liquidation heatmaps—tools used to visualize price levels where large amounts of leveraged positions would be forcibly closed—showed massive clusters of open interest around $111,000 on the downside (targeting longs) and $117,000 on the upside (targeting shorts). The market's movement effectively swept both bands. BTC was first severely rejected near the $117,000 level, triggering a cascading liquidation of overconfident long positions as the price dropped. It then swiftly reversed, liquidating late-entry short positions on the way back up.
<h2>Market Clean-Up and Reset</h2>
This $240 million liquidation purge served as a crucial "market clean-up." The dramatic price action, characteristic of a liquidity sweep, eliminated fragility in the system caused by excessive leverage. Following the event, key technical indicators confirm a market reset. <a href="https://www.cryptoknowmics.com/news/first-bitcoiner-in-space-condemns-controversial-bip-444-as-a-bad-idea/">Bitcoin</a> is currently trading between the $113,000 and $114,000 range, holding above its 200-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA), a critical structural support level.

The decrease in open interest and leverage has paved the way for a more stable advance, contingent on the resumption of spot buying pressure. With speculative excess largely eliminated, the next significant resistance and liquidity pocket is projected between $120,000 and $125,000. Conversely, failure to hold above $112,000 could lead to a retest of the $108,000 range.

Bitcoin Sees $240M Liquidation Cluster Wiped Out in Market 'Fakeout'

A $240 million Bitcoin liquidation cluster was wiped out by a major market 'fakeout,' resetting leverage and clearing the path for BTC's next move.

Bitcoin Sees $240M Liquidation Cluster Wiped Out in Market 'Fakeout'

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