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Bitcoin shorts face $323M liquidation as 1829 BTC and 49808 ETH wiped out on Hyperliquid, with BTC price at $71823 amid bullish 4h structure.

Bitcoin forces $3 billion crypto short liquidations wiping out 188000 traders as price holds $71987 with RSI at 89.25.

After falling just short of hitting $70,000 on reports that the U.S. Treasury is doubling bond buybacks to $4 billion, bitcoin appeared to consolidate above $68,200. Despite this, the top cryptocurrency was still up more than 6%, making Aug. 19 one of its best days of the month so far.

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Two anonymous cryptocurrency whale wallets have opened significant short positions against Ethereum ($ETH) on the decentralized perpetual futures exchange Hyperliquid, according to blockchain tracking firm Lookonchain. The combined positions total roughly $98 million, representing a notable bearish bet on the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.

The U.S. Treasury announcedon Aug. 19 that it will at least double the amount of longer-term government bonds it buys back.

Crypto bears just had one of their worst hours of 2026. Short positions worth $1.23 billion were liquidated in 60 minutes as Bitcoin (BTC) climbed 2.5% to near $68,424.

Ethereum (ETH) futures open interest climbed by roughly 350,000 ETH on May 27, even as the price slipped to $2,060. The divergence between rising open interest and falling price points to fresh short positions entering the market, rather than long liquidations driving the move lower.