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

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Bets on rising prices accounted for nearly 84% of forced closures, with Binance handling almost half the total. A rebound has since started catching short sellers.

Latest closeBitcoin $77,593.84 ▼0.2%|XRP $1.253 ▲1.4%

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