XRP Beats Bitcoin With Wild 5,840% Liquidation Imbalance
By: cryptonews|2025/05/15 00:30:06
0
Share
XRP just posted one of the nastiest liquidation imbalances seen on the market this hour, with long positions taking a big hit. Out of $792,320 in total liquidations, $779,070 came from longs and only $13,250 from shorts. That makes the long-to-short ratio an epic 5,840%, turning it into the most imbalanced liquidation event among major tokens in this time frame. What's even more surprising is that XRP liquidation volume actually came in higher than of Bitcoin. So, BTC saw $574,690 in total liquidations during the same hour, with no major deviation in direction. In a space where Bitcoin usually dominates these metrics, XRP leading both in size and imbalance is a clear sign of overexposure on the long side. The market's total liquidations for the hour added up to $15.34 million, and most of those were long positions - $13.32 million to be exact, compared to just $2.02 million from shorts. Even though that general trend was already leaning toward long-side risk, XRP's data took it a step further with almost no short positions liquidated at all. It is interesting that XRP's price did not change much during that time. It mostly stayed between $2.58 and $2.61, with no big dips. This suggests that these liquidations were not caused by a major sell-off but rather by tight leverage and poor positioning. Even small fluctuations were enough to trigger margin calls. This kind of liquidation activity usually means there is too much competition on the market. When a lot of traders bet in the same direction with high leverage, it does not take much price movement to quickly unwind positions. It is not a huge event in terms of money, but the way it is set up and the size of the imbalance are unusual. For now, it just shows that the market is still pretty reactive and fragile when it comes to leveraged positions, especially in altcoins like XRP.
You may also like

These days, even hackers are losing money
Although hackers possess excellent skills and can complete a meticulous harvest in a matter of hours, the market does not care where the chips come from; in the face of a bear market, everyone is treated equally.

Arm Chips In-House: Rewire News Brief
For Intel and AMD, the x86 Moat Just Got a Little Less Secure

IOSG: Stablecoin Reshaping Asia Cross-Border Payments? Strategic Landscape and Investment Opportunities Analysis
Stablecoins have not truly addressed the two core pain points of domestic settlement and exchange rate conversion.

\$73 Billion OpenAI Aims for IPO: Drops Sora, Snubs Disney, Puts Microsoft in Risk Factors
Altman is Telling a Growth Story in Subtraction

The Chip Industry's Most Secure Middleman Just Took a Very Risky Turn
Arm's decision to fabricate chips is essentially competing with its own customers

CZ's Latest Interview: My Experience is Replicable, Writing a Book to Inspire Young Entrepreneurs
How will CZ measure the success of this industry and how far have we really come?

Morning News | Invesco acquires a $900 million on-chain fund from Superstate; ParaFi has raised $125 million for its new fund; Solana Foundation launches developer platform SDP
Overview of Important Market Events on March 24

What is the background of this new fund that the two major prediction market platforms have rarely joined forces to create?
When Klashi's early employees went out to raise funds, the two CEOs chose to appear together on the list of investors.

SIREN, another leveraged scam
What kind of experience can we gain from these similar situations?

Token has become extremely popular, and the blockchain is very sad
When AI's tokens become the new "digital oil," blockchain can only watch its once-dreamed dreams materialize in a completely unfamiliar way. This misaligned popularization is a victory for AI, but also the deepest helplessness for blockchain.

Tether's major shareholder invests £12 million to support the "British version of Trump" in the cryptocurrency sector
In the United States, the story of the cryptocurrency industry pouring money to support Trump and reclaiming regulatory dominance has come to an end. In the United Kingdom, the same script is being replayed.

Huang Renxun's Latest Podcast: Will NVIDIA Reach $1 Trillion? Will the Number of Programmers Increase Instead of Decrease? How to Deal with AI Anxiety?
Hashpower will determine everything; human work will only be restructured, not disappear

Besides Resolv Hack, This DeFi Vulnerability Type Has Occurred Four Times
17 minutes, 100k turned into 25M.

Trump Cries Peace, $1.5 Billion Dash | Rewire News Evening Brief
In the first 15 minutes of trading, $1.5 billion in futures trades have already taken place

From x402 to MPP: Cloudflare's crucial vote, will it go to Coinbase or Stripe?
Cloudflare is both building walls and opening windows. It provides both blocking tools and paid access tools. They decide what is kept out, what is allowed in, and under what conditions it can enter.

BlackRock CEO issues annual open letter: The wave of tokenization has arrived, and we will lead this trend
Rebuild capitalism that belongs to everyone.

When Backpack backstabs the community
Once a fundamental rift in trust appears, the cost that Backpack must pay to repair it is likely far more expensive than the profits previously "harvested" through service fees.

When gold is no longer a safe haven, and Bitcoin continues to panic
The whole world is waiting for the Strait of Hormuz to reopen. Why not guess which type of asset will return to pre-war levels first?
These days, even hackers are losing money
Although hackers possess excellent skills and can complete a meticulous harvest in a matter of hours, the market does not care where the chips come from; in the face of a bear market, everyone is treated equally.
Arm Chips In-House: Rewire News Brief
For Intel and AMD, the x86 Moat Just Got a Little Less Secure
IOSG: Stablecoin Reshaping Asia Cross-Border Payments? Strategic Landscape and Investment Opportunities Analysis
Stablecoins have not truly addressed the two core pain points of domestic settlement and exchange rate conversion.
\$73 Billion OpenAI Aims for IPO: Drops Sora, Snubs Disney, Puts Microsoft in Risk Factors
Altman is Telling a Growth Story in Subtraction
The Chip Industry's Most Secure Middleman Just Took a Very Risky Turn
Arm's decision to fabricate chips is essentially competing with its own customers
CZ's Latest Interview: My Experience is Replicable, Writing a Book to Inspire Young Entrepreneurs
How will CZ measure the success of this industry and how far have we really come?
