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$700M Liquidated As Bitcoin Touches $21K Amid Weekend Pump

Bitcoin briefly surpassed $21,000 on Jan. 13 for the first time since the FTX saga started in early November. After a slight retracement early on Saturday morning, BTC is priced at $20,800 as of press time.

$255m of spot Bitcoin was bought on Jan.13, while the liquidation of $240 million Bitcoin shorts liquidated sent Bitcoin to a high of $21,300.

Across the broader crypto market, there were a total of $721 million in liquidations over the past 24 hours, according to Coinglass data. In addition, a total of 132,021 traders were liquidated, with the most significant liquidation being a $6.84 million short bet against Bitcoin.

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