{"id":13128,"date":"2021-11-13T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ci0292139c10002519"},"modified":"2025-01-29T13:48:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T13:48:22","slug":"why-did-bitcoin-price-dip-from-all-time-highs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/markets\/why-did-bitcoin-price-dip-from-all-time-highs","title":{"rendered":"Why Did The Bitcoin Price Dip From All-Time Highs?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As published in Wednesday’s The Daily Dive #096<\/a>, bitcoin was up 3.9% in one hour after the Consumer Price Index reading, only to fall again in a series of BTC-margined long liquidations. Total long liquidations for the day were some of the largest liquidations over the last few months but pale in comparison to the liquidations in March through April earlier this year. <\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s dig into some of the leverage dynamics that led to the sharp fall from all-time highs back down to $62,800.<\/p>\n

Futures Open Interest <\/h2>\n

Among the most important things to understand about bitcoin derivatives is the types of collateral that can be used. In bitcoin derivatives markets, you can either use crypto margin (overwhelmingly BTC but certain platforms allow various altcoins to be used as collateral) or dollars\/stablecoins as collateral. When entering a derivatives contract with bitcoin as collateral, if you are going long (speculating on price to rise), then you are left exposed if price declines to both a declining PNL (profit\/loss) as well as collateral that is declining in value. Thus, bitcoin-margined derivatives are often the culprit in large market drawdowns and liquidation events.<\/p>\n

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There are two type of $BTC<\/a> derivatives: BTC margined & stablecoin margined. BTC margined longs are unfavorable vs. SCs during a market downturn because: PNL \ud83d\udcc9, collateral \ud83d\udcc9<\/p>\n

Negative convexity. <\/p>\n

A lot of the pain felt during the pullback was from BTC margined longs. <\/p>\n

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— Dylan LeClair \ud83d\udfe0 (@DylanLeClair_) June 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n