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Tuesday's Ethereum trading session on the derivatives market was a bright display of how quickly leverage can tip the balance on orderbooks. According to CoinGlass, over the course of an hour, $2.87 million worth of $ETH positions were liquidated, and almost 99% of that figure was longs.
Fresh data indicates $2.82 million in long liquidations, compared to just $48,160 in short once — that is a 5,855% imbalance, making this move stand out among other major cryptocurrencies.
This skew coincided with a visible spike on the one-minute price chart. $ETH fell to around $4,328 before recovering almost immediately. Still, the decline was sufficient to trigger a flood of margin calls — mostly against long positions.
Ironically, the subsequent rebound pushed the price back above $4,350 per $ETH within minutes.
Overall, for the crypto market, a more balanced picture emerged, with Bitcoin logging total liquidations of around $511,000 and Solana $537,000. Over 24 hours, liquidations reached $341.46 million, $139.91 million and $201.55 million in shorts and longs.
Ethereum ($ETH) price reaction
Ethereum's spot price stayed pretty steady around $4,353 at press time, which is up just over 1% on the day. The main message behind this event is still showing how quickly leverage can unwind during small price changes, even when the overall trend looks solid.
For $ETH, this was more of a localized reset than a change in direction, but for someone, it was a loss of a substantial portion of the deposit.