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Elon Musk Puts Bitcoin as His Twitter Bio: BTC Price Spikes $5000

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The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has put Bitcoin as the only word in his Twitter bio. As a result, the price of bitcoin skyrocketed.Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla has put Bitcoin as the only word in his Twitter bio.The high-ranked executive also tweeted minutes later that “in retrospect, it was inevitable.”What’s interesting is how this impacted Bitcoin’s price.In less than a few minutes, BTC jumped from a low of around ,070 to a high of around ,060 – adding ,000 to its dollar value.However, the price has since corrected and is currently trading at about ,500, at the time of this writing.BTC/USD. Source: TradingViewIt’s also worth noting that this led to massive liquidations on the Bitcoin market. Data from Bybt shows that over 0 million were liquidated in the past hour

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The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has put Bitcoin as the only word in his Twitter bio. As a result, the price of bitcoin skyrocketed.

  • Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla has put Bitcoin as the only word in his Twitter bio.

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  • The high-ranked executive also tweeted minutes later that “in retrospect, it was inevitable.”
  • What’s interesting is how this impacted Bitcoin’s price.
  • In less than a few minutes, BTC jumped from a low of around $32,070 to a high of around $37,060 – adding $5,000 to its dollar value.
  • However, the price has since corrected and is currently trading at about $35,500, at the time of this writing.
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BTC/USD. Source: TradingView
  • It’s also worth noting that this led to massive liquidations on the Bitcoin market. Data from Bybt shows that over $380 million were liquidated in the past hour alone.
  • 82% of that are short positions, while the largest single liquidation order had a face value of $10 million on BitMEX’s BTC market.

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