• $218 million worth of digital assets were liquidated from exchanges in the last 24 hours due to a favorable ruling on XRP.
• XRP rose 74% after the ruling, but has since retraced and is now trading for around $0.78.
• Other major crypto assets also saw double-digit increases including Solana, Arbitrum, Optimism, Cardano, Avalanche, Stellar and ApeCoin.
Favorable Ruling Sparked Crypto Market Rally
A judge recently ruled that Ripple Labs’ automated open-market sales of XRP are not securities. The highly anticipated ruling sent XRP skyrocketing, as it went from $0.47 to a peak of $0.82, a 74% increase which has since retraced to around $0.78 at the time of writing. Other notable double-digit rises include Ethereum (ETH) rivals Cardano (ADA) and Avalanche (AVAX), which saw respective increases of 16.5% and 15%, payments platform Stellar (XLM), which saw a 31% increase and ApeCoin (APE), the digital asset associated with the Bored Ape Yacht Club non-fungible token collection which rose by 18%.
Massive Liquidations For Short Sellers
The crypto market rally was not welcomed by short sellers as data from market intelligence firm Coinglass reveals that during the last 24 hours, $218 million worth of digital assets were liquidated from prominent crypto exchange platforms such as Binance ($77 million), OKX ($59 million) and Bybit ($30 million).
Most Affected Assets
Coinglass unveils that the four crypto assets that saw the most liquidations of short positions during the last day are Bitcoin (BTC), XRP, Solana and Ethereum.
Warning
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Conclusion
The news about Ripple Labs receiving a favorable ruling sent shockwaves through the cryptocurrency markets resulting in numerous double digit gains across several major cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum rivals Cardano (ADA) & Avalanche (AVAX), payments platform Stellar(XLM) & ApeCoin(APE). However this positive news was not welcomed by all with short sellers seeing massive liquidations amounting up to over $218 Million during this period proving once again how unpredictable these markets can be!
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