📈 30 Second Cryptocurrency Price Summary
Current Bitcoin Price: $35,592
Bitcoin price fell further over the last 24 hours, touching briefly below $31,000 at its lowest point. Price has since recovered to levels above those from yesterday.
Top-20 altcoins have stabilized over the last 24 hours, despite also briefly plunging to lower levels.
Top Stories for January 12, 2021 🔥
Data from futures information platform ByBt has shown that a whopping $2.9 billion worth of Bitcoin positions were liquidated in today's market-wide plunge.
Bitcoin itself dropped as much as 26%, briefly breaking below the $31,000 mark before recovering higher.
Exchange executives have claimed the volatility was expected, citing the size of the recent rally and high leverage on derivatives exchanges.
eToro users in Europe had their margin trading services cut off at the end of last week, with just four hours notice according to Wall Street Journal.
Users were instructed to increase their margin collateral to 100% of their positions, closing positions automatically for users who did not heed the short-notice warning.
Nexon, the South Korean gaming giant reported to be pursuing an acquisition of cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb, has denied all reports surrounding the acquisition.
A spokesperson for the company cleared up the rumors in an email to The Block, stating: "NEXON Co., Ltd. has not invested in Bithumb and has no plans to acquire that company".
