Bitcoin, ether and XRP selloff wipes out $1.5 billion in leveraged crypto bets

CoinDesk · Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:22:00 GMT

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Excerpt from CoinDesk: “Bets on rising prices accounted for nearly 84% of forced closures, with Binance handling almost half the total. A rebound has since started catching short sellers.”

Rule-based headline sentiment: Bullish

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