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That rally was basically a straight line up. Roughly $1.4B in shorts were liquidated in 4 hours, and BTC is now pushing into the downward-sloping resistance that has capped price for months. The interesting part is what comes next. A lot of the short-side fuel has already been cleared, while roughly $12B in estimated long liquidation leverage sits below on the 30-day liquidation data. That obviously doesn’t mean BTC has to dump. Strong momentum can break resistance. But the setup has changed: the short squeeze was the easy fuel. From here, I’d be watching whether BTC can actually hold above this descending resistance. submitted by /u/kush_patil |
Aug 19, 2026
