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Bitcoin nears $87,800 as short liquidations exceed $120M

Cointelegraph reports Bitcoin buyers pushed through ask liquidity to new October highs near $87,800, with short liquidations topping $120M.

Why “Unverified”

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

1 independent source groups across 1 posts · evidence score 48/100. How labels work

Market around the story

AssetPrice at first report6h before1h before1h after6h after1h move vs normal24h volume vs median
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What the sources claim

  1. Bitcoin reached new October price highs near $87,800 after buyers broke through ask liquidity. BTC

    “Bitcoin buyers broke through a wall of ask liquidity to reach new October BTC price highs near $87,800”
    Cointelegraph
  2. Short liquidations topped $120M. BTC

    “short liquidations top $120M”
    Cointelegraph
  3. The area immediately above the new highs is now a resistance hurdle. BTC

    “with the area immediately above now a new resistance hurdle”
    Cointelegraph

Sources

Summary and claims extracted by deepseek/deepseek-flash with prompt analyze-story@3 on 2026-10-02 09:50 UTC. Labels are computed from the sources, not by the model.