Bitcoin tops $81,000 in 6% daily surge, triggering ~$530M in leveraged liquidations

Bitcoin rose about 6% in 24 hours to above $81,000, with the move accelerating after US markets opened as price ran from $78,150 to $80,500 in 21 minutes. Roughly $530.95 million of leveraged positions were liquidated, about 88.6% of them shorts, with Binance seeing the largest single liquidation at $214.3 million.

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