$1.08B liquidated in 24 hours as Bitcoin hits $87,000; $747M of it in BTC shorts

Roughly $1.08 billion of positions were liquidated across crypto in the 24 hours to September 21, 2026, with shorts taking 55%, as Bitcoin rose $4,340 to $87,000, per CoinMarketCap. Bitcoin accounted for $747.3 million of the total and Ethereum $175.15 million, together 85%.

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