{"id":719737,"date":"2026-04-04T21:45:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T18:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bitcoin-shorts-risk-2-5-billion-liquidation-at-72k-are-bears-in-danger\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T21:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T18:45:12","slug":"bitcoin-shorts-risk-2-5-billion-liquidation-at-72k-are-bears-in-danger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bitcoin-shorts-risk-2-5-billion-liquidation-at-72k-are-bears-in-danger\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin shorts risk $2.5 billion liquidation at $72K: Are bears in danger?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 15px;width:240px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjUtMTIvMDE5YjQ3MDUtMGE4OC03NmE4LThiY2ItNmQwMDI4MTk4NmVkLmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin shorts risk $2.5 billion liquidation at $72K: Are bears in danger?\" class=\"type:primaryImage\"><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin is poised for a reversal if ETF demand returns or a ceasefire occurs, potentially crushing short sellers in a massive price squeeze.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin hitting $72,000 would liquidate $2.5 billion in shorts, potentially crushing bears who are overleveraged.<\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s war and high oil prices currently pressure BTC, but a ceasefire or ETF inflows could spark a rapid recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" >General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-shorts-risk-2-5-billion-liquidation-72k-are-bears-in-danger?utm_source=rss_feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin is poised for a reversal if ETF demand returns or a ceasefire occurs, potentially crushing short sellers in a massive price squeeze. Key takeaways: Bitcoin hitting $72,000 would liquidate $2.5 billion in shorts, potentially crushing bears who are overleveraged. Iran&#8217;s war and high oil prices currently pressure BTC, but a ceasefire or ETF inflows&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":719738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,onerror=redirect,w=1200\/https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2025-12\/019b4705-0a88-76a8-8bcb-6d00281986ed.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-719737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=719737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/719738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}