Crypto markets saw wild price swings on Monday during Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony as heightened excitement turned to disappointment after he declined to mention crypto during his first speech.
The broad-market crypto benchmark CoinDesk 20 Index fell over 5% during the ceremony, while bitcoin (BTC) dipped to $101,000 from $106,000 before stabilizing around $103,000. Layer-1 network Solana (SOL), which was at the center of the weekend crypto frenzy of Trump-related memecoins, led losses among altcoin majors, down nearly 10% from its recent lifetime record.
TRUMP, Donald Trump’s official memecoin which launched Friday on Solana, tanked 30% from $50 during Trump’s speech. It later recovered some of its losses but was still down roughly 20% from its session high. MELANIA — the token named for First Lady Melanie Trump and launched one day after TRUMP — plummeted as much as 46% before paring some of the losses.
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The volatility also flushed leveraged crypto trading positions en masse, liquidating over $700 million of derivatives across all digital assets on exchanges through Monday, CoinGlass data shows. Nearly $500 million worth of liquidated positions were longs betting on prices to rise.
Including the overnight selloff before the inauguration brings the total liquidations over $1.2 billion in the past 24 hours, marking the biggest leverage wipeout of this year.
Anticipation for Trump’s presidency was immense in the crypto industry, expecting friendlier policies
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Author: Krisztian Sandor
