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30,000 Liquidated! Crypto Slumps as Rate Cut Expectations Fade

30,000 Liquidated! Crypto Slumps as Rate Cut Expectations Fade

TradingKey – Fed rate cuts remain a distant prospect as the crypto market is hit hard, resulting in 135,000 liquidations.

On March 19 (GMT+8), the crypto market experienced a sharp plunge, with major coins generally retracing by 4%. As of press time, Bitcoin ( BTC) fell 4.07%, Ethereum ( ETH) dropped 5.59%, Ripple ( XRP) declined 4.06%, and Binance Coin ( BNB) fell 2.91%.

In this downward trend, Bitcoin and Ethereum bulls suffered heavy losses. Over the past 24 hours, 135,000 people across the network were liquidated for a total of $450 million, with $380 million in long positions liquidated, accounting for 84%.

Crypto-liquidation-Long-short-daf44034e7e64608b678d2765d55b6c6Crypto market liquidation data, source: Coinglass

Early this morning, the Federal Reserve stood pat, announcing that the target…

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