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bitcoin newsOct 15, 2026AI summary

Crypto Liquidations Near $1 Billion as Bitcoin, Ether and XRP Fall

Edited by Steinar Vigdel Kolnes, Editor, Oslo

Nearly $1 billion in crypto positions were liquidated, with ether bearing most of the forced closures across the two largest cryptocurrencies.

Crypto Liquidations Near $1 Billion as Bitcoin, Ether and XRP Fall

A decline in bitcoin, ether and XRP coincided with nearly $1 billion in liquidated crypto positions, CoinDesk reported.

Ether represented close to 60% of forced position closures across bitcoin and ether, the two largest cryptocurrencies.

Ether also recorded the steeper price decline, dropping approximately twice as much as bitcoin in percentage terms.

Source: CoinDesk

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