Crypto Liquidations Reach $1.04 Billion as Bitcoin Falls to $65,540

Bitcoin (BTC) was down 2.09% over 24 hours at $65,540 in an 8:02 a.m. ET Sunday, Nov. 15 (13:02 UTC) snapshot, as total crypto market value fell 6.25% to $2.21 trillion and exchange liquidations reached $1.04 billion.

The decline extended Saturday’s crypto market sell-off, when market capitalization stood at $2.29 trillion. Trading volume over the latest 24-hour period was $127.04 billion.

Losses spanned all six major assets in the snapshot. Ether (ETH) fell 3.21% to $1,836, XRP (XRP) declined 2% to $0.970, BNB (BNB) dropped 2.41% to $598.41, and Solana (SOL) lost 3.48% to $72.94. Dogecoin (DOGE) had the largest drop among the six, down 5.10% to $0.0594; XRP had the smallest.

Liquidations across Binance, Bybit and OKX totaled $1.04 billion over 24 hours. Long positions accounted for $874.6 million, while short positions made up $163.8 million. Those liquidation figures cover the same 24-hour period as the reported asset changes.