{"id":344962,"date":"2024-07-16T05:19:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T23:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=344962"},"modified":"2024-07-16T05:19:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T23:49:06","slug":"bitcoin-flies-over-63000-liquidating-short-sellers-as-legendary-trader-peter-brandt-says-bear-trap-confirmed-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/bitcoin-flies-over-63000-liquidating-short-sellers-as-legendary-trader-peter-brandt-says-bear-trap-confirmed-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Flies Over $63,000, Liquidating Short-Sellers As Legendary Trader Peter Brandt Says \u2018Bear Trap\u2019 Confirmed &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Crypto short sellers are weathering liquidations following Bitcoin\u2019s (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/currencies\/bitcoin\/\">BTC<\/a>) sudden surge beyond the $63,000 mark.<\/p>\n<p>According to data from CoinGlass, the crypto markets have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coinglass.com\/LiquidationData\">experienced<\/a> more than $134 million in liquidations in the last 24 hours alone, mostly from short sellers.<\/p>\n<p>Binance, the world\u2019s largest crypto exchange platform by volume, hosted the largest amount of liquidations at $52.05 million, followed by $35.56 million on OKX, $19.15 million on Bybit and $14.39.06 million on Huobi.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran trader Peter Brandt <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PeterLBrandt\/status\/1812816760715829751\">believes<\/a> that Bitcoin\u2019s\u00a0 big gain on Monday has now confirmed the correction to the $50,000 range was a \u201cbear trap\u201d and that price may now be heading to more than $90,000. A \u201cbear trap\u201d is when a price goes low enough to convince bears to sell or go short before quickly reversing in the opposite direction of their positions.<\/p>\n<p>Says Brandt,<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBitcoin BTC could be unfolding its often-repeated Hump\u2026Slump\u2026Bump\u2026Dump\u2026Pump chart construction. July 5th attempt at double top was bear trap, confirmed by July 13th close. Most likely scenario now is that bears are trapped. Close below $56,000 negates this interpretation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Peter Brandt\/X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pseudonymous analyst Bluntz also <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/2024\/07\/15\/bitcoin-now-off-to-the-races-after-reclaiming-60000-says-analyst-heres-his-upside-target\/\">believes<\/a> Bitcoin is heading even higher after the top digital asset by market cap appears to have completed a multi-month ABC correction after ending the previous week above $60,000.<\/p>\n<p>Bluntz practices Elliott Wave theory, which states that an asset tends to witness an impulsive five-wave surge after concluding a three-wave ABC correction.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOK this price action starting to look like accumulation now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If BTC takes out $60,000 again, I think it\u2019s off to the races and a new impulse up may have begun.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><figure style=\"width: 1102px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/GSaFrwqWYAAOUbC?format=jpg&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"1102\" height=\"1160\" data-pin-no-hover=\"true\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Bluntz\/X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Bitcoin is trading for $63,033 at time of writing, up nearly 5% in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Don&#8217;t Miss a Beat \u2013 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/join-the-daily-hodl-email-list\/\">Subscribe<\/a> to get email alerts delivered directly to your inbox <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Check <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/crypto-markets\/\">Price Action<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Follow us on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDailyHodl\">X<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thedailyhodl\/\">Facebook<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/thedailyhodl\">Telegram<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Surf <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/daily-hodl-mix\">The Daily Hodl Mix<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"hideinamp\">\n<p>&amp;nbsp<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Get-Alerts-728x90.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"99\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>Disclaimer: Opinions expressed at The Daily Hodl are not investment advice. Investors should do their due diligence before making any high-risk investments in Bitcoin, cryptocurrency or digital assets. Please be advised that your transfers and trades are at your own risk, and any losses you may incur are your responsibility. The Daily Hodl does not recommend the buying or selling of any cryptocurrencies or digital assets, nor is The Daily Hodl an investment advisor. Please note that The Daily Hodl participates in affiliate marketing.<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Generated Image: DALLE-3<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crypto short sellers are weathering liquidations following Bitcoin\u2019s (BTC) sudden surge beyond the $63,000 mark. According to data from CoinGlass, the crypto markets have experienced more than $134 million in liquidations in the last 24 hours alone, mostly from short sellers. Binance, the world\u2019s largest crypto exchange platform by volume, hosted the largest amount of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[201,248,251,246,257,255,250,252,247,253,249,256,254],"class_list":["post-344962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-others","tag-blockchain","tag-bsc","tag-chainlink","tag-coin","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-gta","tag-looks-rare","tag-oracle","tag-polygon","tag-quickswap","tag-safe-moon","tag-wallet","tag-wordpress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344962"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":344965,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344962\/revisions\/344965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}