{"id":195624,"date":"2021-07-26T11:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T10:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=195624"},"modified":"2021-07-26T11:53:35","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T10:53:35","slug":"amazon-rumours-lead-to-1-billion-in-crypto-shorts-getting-liquidated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/amazon-rumours-lead-to-1-billion-in-crypto-shorts-getting-liquidated\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon rumours lead to $1 billion in crypto &#8216;shorts&#8217; getting liquidated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data from market tool Bybt shows nearly $1 billion worth of \u2018short\u2019 traders\u2014individuals betting on a market decline\u2014were liquidated this morning, with $750 million of that amount coming from Bitcoin trades alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It came on the back of crypto circles sharing an uncanny development on social media: That of global online marketplace Amazon \u2018definitely\u2019 accepting Bitcoin at the end of this year, followed by the addition of Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, and Cardano next year.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Amazon is rumored to start accepting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitcoin<\/a> payments and they plan to launch their own token next year<\/p>\n<p>This is fucking huge (if true)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cONbAly1BI\">https:\/\/t.co\/cONbAly1BI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LilMoonLambo (@LilMoonLambo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LilMoonLambo\/status\/1419322589055496195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><b>Is Amazon accepting crypto?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEthereum, Cardano, and Bitcoin Cash will be next in line before they bring about eight of the most popular cryptocurrencies online. It won\u2019t take long because the plans are already there, and they have been working on them since 2019,\u201d news publication <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityam.com\/amazon-definitely-lining-up-bitcoin-payments-and-token-confirms-insider\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CityAM<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> quoted the \u2018insider\u2019 saying<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The news, however, remains unsubstantiated. An Amazon spokesperson told <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Business Insider<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the firm was \u2018inspired\u2019 by the innovation happening in the crypto space but didn\u2019t comment on the matter of crypto integrations on the platform.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon\u2019s job postings, however, saw the newly added position of an \u2018experienced product leader\u2019 to develop the company\u2019s \u201cDigital Currency and Blockchain strategy and product roadmap.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;You will leverage your domain expertise in Blockchain, Distributed Ledger, Central Bank Digital Currencies and Cryptocurrency to develop the case for the capabilities which should be developed, drive overall vision and product strategy, and gain leadership buy-in and investment for new capabilities,&#8221; the posting read.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Bybit apes and Bitcoin shorts<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the development being unconfirmed, crypto traders reacted in a big way, with Bitcoin jumping 11% on Monday morning and Chainlink, Cardano, and Dogecoin all showing mid-double-digit gains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those betting against the market saw pain. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bybt.com\/LiquidationData\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bybt\u2019s liquidation data<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shows nearly $962 million worth of \u2018shorts\u2019 were liquidated as of press time, with $750 million of that coming from Bitcoin trades alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Futures powerhouse Bybit saw nearly $382 million in short-side liquidations, followed by Huobi at $200 million, OKEx at $188 million, and Binance at $88 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Futures markets for Bitcoin on Binance saw a temporary price wick to as much as $48,000, arguably liquidating thousands of traders who may have posted their stop losses much higher than current prices.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just woke up&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>So what exactly happened here? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&src=ctag&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$BTC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Binance?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Binance<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/spT1ynVaRT\">pic.twitter.com\/spT1ynVaRT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nyuu (@NyuuRoe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NyuuRoe\/status\/1419529897895206912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short liquidations reached the second-highest level this year, a few tens of millions below May 2021\u2019s short-side carnage (which saw $1 billion in \u2018short\u2019 liquidations, but a staggering $7 billion in \u2018long\u2019 liquidations).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over 98,000 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours, Bybt noted, with the single largest liquidation order occurring on Huobi, a Bitcoin trader valued at $29.3 million. 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