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Cryptocurrencies sink as $1.5 billion in bullish bets wiped out
MSN ^ | September 22, 2025 | Staff

Posted on 09/22/2025 8:25:18 AM PDT by Red Badger

Cryptocurrency traders saw more than $1.5 billion in bullish wagers liquidated on Monday, triggering a sharp selloff that hit smaller tokens hardest.

Ether slumped as much as 9% to $4,075 as nearly half a billion dollars of leveraged long positions in the second-largest token were liquidated, according to data from Coinglass. Bitcoin declined almost 3% to $111,998.

Insatiable demand from publicly-listed vehicles bent on hoarding tokens drove both Bitcoin and Ether to all-time highs in August, but there are now signs that the momentum generated by so-called digital-asset treasury companies is beginning to fade. Japan’s Metaplanet, a high-profile Bitcoin buyer, is down about 67% from a mid-June peak.

“It feels like the market needs a breather, with some participants concerned that the ‘DAT-trade’ is losing steam and there are no more meaningful inflows on the horizon,” said George Mandres, senior trader at XBTO Trading.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Education; History; Society
KEYWORDS: bitcoin; crypto
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1 posted on 09/22/2025 8:25:18 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Meanwhile, real money AKA gold and silver are at new highs today.


2 posted on 09/22/2025 8:29:28 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: Red Badger

The con is still running strong.

Surely there are more suckers out there.


3 posted on 09/22/2025 8:29:59 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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To: Red Badger

I still don’t know what to make of that Crypto stuff,
but I feel quite comfortable buying gold and silver bullion.


4 posted on 09/22/2025 8:31:22 AM PDT by ComputerGuy
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To: Red Badger

“...a sharp selloff that hit smaller tokens hardest.”

Natch.


5 posted on 09/22/2025 8:32:32 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: ComputerGuy

If I can’t see it, touch it, hold it or bury it in the back yard, I don’t want it...................


6 posted on 09/22/2025 8:34:31 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

‘It’s a flesh wound. LOL


7 posted on 09/22/2025 8:36:46 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Red Badger
The casino. For every winner, there are multiple losers.
8 posted on 09/22/2025 8:38:16 AM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: ComputerGuy

I feel quite comfortable buying gold and silver bullion.

So do I.

Hypothetical question: what if crypto is a trap, meant to lure much of the public away from gold and silver?
Hypothetical answer: if there is ever a rug pull with crypto, a lot of people are going to be left high and dry, wailing and gnashing their teeth that they should have bought precious metals...

9 posted on 09/22/2025 8:38:31 AM PDT by chud
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To: Red Badger

You know what they say.....a fool and his crypto are soon parted.....


10 posted on 09/22/2025 8:39:29 AM PDT by vespa300
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11 posted on 09/22/2025 8:40:25 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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12 posted on 09/22/2025 8:41:03 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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What a surprise /s


13 posted on 09/22/2025 8:43:56 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Let it turn to something else, Matty)
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LOL! Perfect!
Good ol' Randolph and Mortimer...


14 posted on 09/22/2025 8:44:32 AM PDT by chud
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To: Red Badger

Gold and silver will eventually tank as well. Land, guns and ammo hold value and the government can confiscate that. Diamonds always hold value, but someone/governments will go as far as to cut you open for those even if you swallow them in a sealed container trying to keep them.


15 posted on 09/22/2025 8:46:44 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Red Badger
So it's an investment, not a currency.

Governments issue currency.

16 posted on 09/22/2025 8:48:59 AM PDT by I want the USA back (America is once again GREAT! Blue Lives Matter! White lives matter. )
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Diamonds always hold value.................

https://www.pricescope.com/diamond-prices/diamond-prices-chart/


17 posted on 09/22/2025 8:49:54 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger; SaveFerris

18 posted on 09/22/2025 8:51:21 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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Bitcoin is hitting lows we have not seen since 9/10!!!

Sell, Sell, Sell!!!


19 posted on 09/22/2025 9:01:09 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism. )
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To: Red Badger

The ‘experts’ will probably tell people to get in now (”buy low”).


20 posted on 09/22/2025 9:01:20 AM PDT by simpson96
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