Bitcoin [BTC]’s price hike results in the loss of $180 million for short sellers

Recently, Bitcoin [BTC] breached the $7000 mark after being in the bear market for a long time. The resulting bull run saw the coin rise by more than 10%, with the total market cap increasing by $20 million. While the whole cryptocurrency community is rejoicing about the surge in the market, the short-sellers were grieving. The upward trend in the market led to a loss of $180 million short positions

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Recently, Bitcoin [BTC] breached the $7000 mark after being in the bear market for a long time. The resulting bull run saw the coin rise by more than 10%, with the total market cap increasing by $20 million. While the whole cryptocurrency community is rejoicing about the surge in the market, the short-sellers were grieving. The upward trend in the market led to a loss of $180 million short positions.

Bitcoin [BTC]’s sudden surge in value | Source: CoinMarketCap

The short sellers of the cryptocurrency market refer to those investors who profit when the market is going down and is the bear’s grip. The short sellers sell borrowed cryptocurrency when the value is high and buy the cryptocurrency when the price has declined, thereby replacing the borrowed money and profiting off the dip.

BitMex, one of the leading cryptocurrency exchange platforms across the globe, provides this leverage for short sellers. Short sellers can have a minimum of 10x leverage on the platform and if a short seller fails to profit, they will lose only 10% of the initial margin.

Moreover, short selling is the opposite of long selling. Long sellers are similar to normal investors. They profit when the value of cryptocurrencies rise and undergo loss when the value of cryptocurrencies decline in the market.

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