Crypto assets have sustained more than $313 million in liquidations on Tuesday. Ethereum liquidations ranked highest after crossing $100 million. Bitcoin's open interest dropped by $2.4 billion following the price correction. The crypto market experienced over $313 million in liquidations on Tuesdayafter Bitcoin plunged below $60K, per Coinglass data. Long traders have sustained 90% of the total liquidations worth $282 million, a magnitude above $31.36 million in short liquidations.
The correction follows a spike in Bitcoin's funding rate on August 25, which reached its highest level on the DyDx exchange since BTC's all-time high in March, according to Santiment data. Funding rates are periodic payments exchanged between buyers and sellers of crypto perpetual contracts based on the difference between the futures contracts and its index price.
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