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View More NewsBitcoin (BTC) may have a clear path to $90,000 after $7.9 billion in short liquidations in February put pressure on the bears. Data show liquidations came in three waves that extended from February through April. The liquidations highlight a growing imbalance as BTC traders continue to build short positions above $80,000, while the price holds firm, creating repeat conditions for future short squeezes.Repeat short squeezes pressure bearsBitcoin researcher Axel Adler Jr. tracked over $7.9 billion in forced short liquidations since early February. The largest spike hit $737 million on Feb. 13, followed by multiple waves through March and April. The liquidation…
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Four years ago, comedian Sarah Silverman told her podcast listeners about how disappointed she was in her friend Dave Chappelle—who’d just done a Saturday Night Live monologue in which he’d (kind of) defended antisemitic gestures from rapper Kanye West and basketball star Kyrie Irving. For about ten minutes, Silverman chirped away anxiously on the subject, feebly attempting to reconcile her personal affection for Chappelle with the creepy content of his SNL set. The whole thing felt tense and halfhearted. Silverman even admitted at one point that she hadn’t wanted to talk about the subject at all, but had been pressured…
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