Bitcoin Regains $28K Amid Mildly Encouraging Tech Earnings, Liquidation of Short Positions

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Bitcoin jumped over $28K as investors seemed to respond to mildly encouraging Q1 earnings from tech giants Google and Microsoft and the liquidation of a number of BTC short positions. BTC was recently up about 3%. _jocelynyang_ reports

The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization was recently trading over $28,250, up 2.8% in the past 24 hours. BTC had traded sideways most of Tuesday before its surge shortly about the time U.S. equities markets closed.

that some $11.3 million of BTC short positions had been liquidated since 4 p.m. ET. These types of short squeezes have historically tended to accelerate price jumps. The S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite closed down 1.5% and 1.9%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1% for the day.

"This deep into earnings season, it seems the outlook isn’t too bad and that should mean the [Federal Reserve] can stay on their tightening course with the risks of a June hike still remaining on the table," Edward Moya, senior market analyst at foreign exchange market maker Oanda,“After this round of earnings and the latest consumer confidence report, the one thing that everyone can agree upon is that personal consumption is going to be a lot weaker going forward,” Moya added.

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