Nearly $1 billion in crypto liquidations as BTC short squeeze wipes out $468M in shorts
Short sellers absorbed the bulk of about $975M in liquidations, and analysts flagged that the scale of the squeeze casts doubt on the dollar-debasement narrative behind the rally.
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