{"id":13552,"date":"2026-09-22T07:21:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T07:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=13552"},"modified":"2026-09-22T07:21:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T07:21:56","slug":"bitcoin-breaks-above-86k-as-1b-in-crypto-positions-liquidated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=13552","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Breaks Above $86K as $1B in Crypto Positions Liquidated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"blockquote-block_dd87df87e1f55cabeb208f0da516611d\" class=\"blockquote-container\" style=\"border-color: #5100fc\">\n<div class=\"blockquote-text\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bitcoin has climbed more than 10% over the week, trading around US$86,400.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Major altcoins including Ethereum, XRP, Solana, Zcash and Hyperliquid have posted strong weekly gains.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than US$1 billion in crypto positions have been liquidated over 24 hours, including US$839.4 million in shorts.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bulls are back in town as the crypto market rallies and short traders got wrecked. Bitcoin gained over 10% on the weekly chart and 6% on the daily chart, currently trading at US$86,400 (AU$121,364).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Major altcoins like Ethereum (+9.88%), XRP (+8.1%), Solana (+15.51%), Zcash (+26.18%) and Hyperliquid (+16.7%) also made strong weekly gains.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zcash\u2019s gains come after a 3-for-1 forward share split last week for the Zcash ETF (ZCSH), as well as a 2,900% rally over the past year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The broader market rally may be due to an easing of the overall economic picture. Following a Federal Reserve rate hike last week, odds are for one more later this year, though analysts seem uncertain. On the war with Iran, Trump has signalled he\u2019d be agreeable to a sit-down with Iran\u2019s President, Masoud Pezeshkian, during this week\u2019s UN General Assembly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read also:<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>Bitcoin ETFs Dodge Second Straight Weekly Outflow as $433M Friday Inflow Reverses Loss<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some analysts, though, have been caught off guard and taken to X (formerly Twitter) to admit they misread the market signals.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"\/>\n<h3 id=\"h-short-sellers-lose-millions\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Short Sellers Lose Millions<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crypto short sellers have also felt the bulls breathing down their necks. Data from Coinglass shows that over US$1 billion (AU$1.4 billion) has been liquidated over the past 24 hours, with US$839.4 million (AU$1.1 billion) in shorts alone. Of that, US$606.3 million (AU$851.8 million) came from Bitcoin short sellers, making it the largest liquidation event since 21 August.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full variant-no-border\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"540\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-134960 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.cryptonews.com.au\/2026\/09\/22161827\/image-12.png\" data-eio-rwidth=\"707\" data-eio-rheight=\"540\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.cryptonews.com.au\/2026\/09\/22161827\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-134960\" data-eio=\"l\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">134,480 traders have been liquidated, source: Coinglass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ironically, there\u2019s also been a comeback of \u201cInverse Cramer\u201d. The CNBC host said back in early August that he was selling all his Bitcoin. He made the comments based on the IBM CEO\u2019s statements about quantum threats, even though no real threat exists right now and any such threat could be decades away \u2013 though experts\u2019 opinions vary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read more:<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>JPMorgan: Bitcoin Could See Stronger ETF Demand Than Gold<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nevertheless, since Cramer sold his stash, BTC has rallied around 35%. If you bought one BTC then and sold it now, you could\u2019ve pocketed over US$20K (AU$28K). Social media has lit up with comments, with some even thanking Cramer.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>Bitcoin,Market Analysis#Bitcoin #Breaks #86K #Crypto #Positions #Liquidated1790061716<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin has climbed more than 10% over the week, trading around US$86,400. Major altcoins including Ethereum, XRP, Solana, Zcash and Hyperliquid have posted strong weekly gains. More than US$1 billion in crypto positions have been liquidated over 24 hours, including US$839.4 million in shorts. Bulls are back in town as the crypto market rallies and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[7061,91,232,62,1987,864],"class_list":["post-13552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bitcoin","tag-86k","tag-bitcoin","tag-breaks","tag-crypto","tag-liquidated","tag-positions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v26.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bitcoin Breaks Above $86K as $1B in Crypto Positions Liquidated - Crypto News: Latest Cryptocurrency News and Analysis<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=13552\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bitcoin Breaks Above $86K as $1B in Crypto Positions Liquidated\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bitcoin has climbed more than 10% over the week, trading around US$86,400. 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