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Bitcoin Price Suddenly Plunges to $76K as Hourly Liquidations Near $600M

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Bitcoin’s sudden price surge on Wednesday has reversed into a similarly painful decline to under $77,000 just minutes after Wall Street’s trading hours commenced. The altcoins have followed suit as they typically do, and the total value of wrecked positions has skyrocketed to almost $500 million in a single hour. BTC, Crypto Tank What a time to be an investor. The past 24-36 hours have been extremely volatile for all financial markets, and crypto is no exception. As the US midterms concluded and the Democrats secured a decisive win , BTC slumped to a seven-week low of $75,600 on Wednesday morning. By that afternoon, the cryptocurrency had erased the losses before it went on a wild run to $81,000, leaving $380 million in shorts wrecked .

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