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Crypto selloff liquidates $1.5 billion in leveraged bets

CoinDesk reported that a selloff in bitcoin, ether and XRP wiped out $1.5 billion in leveraged crypto bets. The post stated that bets on rising prices accounted for nearly 84% of forced closures, with Binance handling almost half the total, and that a rebound had since started catching short sellers.

Why “Unverified”

  • Reported by CoinDesk alone, with no second source or primary confirmation yet

1 independent source group across 1 post · evidence score 60/100. How labels work

What the sources claim

  1. A selloff in bitcoin, ether and XRP wiped out $1.5 billion in leveraged crypto bets.

    “Bitcoin, ether and XRP selloff wipes out $1.5 billion in leveraged crypto bets”
    CoinDesk

  2. Bets on rising prices made up nearly 84% of forced closures.

    “Bets on rising prices accounted for nearly 84% of forced closures”
    CoinDesk

  3. Binance handled almost half of the total liquidations.

    “with Binance handling almost half the total”
    CoinDesk

  4. A rebound had since started catching short sellers.

    “A rebound has since started catching short sellers.”
    CoinDesk

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Summary and claims extracted by AI with prompt analyze-story@5 on 2026-10-30 06:30 UTC. Labels are computed from the sources, not by the model.