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A liquidation counter is not a single trade

“CEX Futures Liquidations #ETH Liquidated Long: 1,345,535,687” means the sum of many long liquidations across exchanges over a short window.

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Fucking idiots everywhere.
Blatantly idiotic cunts writing nonsense for clicks.

This screenshot shows liquidation aggregation counter, not a single trader.

“CEX Futures Liquidations #ETH Liquidated Long: 1,345,535,687” means the sum of many long liquidations across exchanges over a short window.

It does not mean one whale opened a 1.3b long and got wiped.

Stop this, you beginners.

You are ruining my work by blaming everything on Binance.

It is not always Binance, and spreading that narrative just creates confusion for clicks while people no longer know what to believe.

ETH printed multiple 1 minute candles with 1% to 3% moves within minutes.

Between 00:05 and 00:17 the spot price showed extreme short term volatility that does not match normal market behaviour.

Market reports indicate this was likely caused by a malfunction in a market maker grid trading strategy during a low liquidity period. A grid bot gone wrong.

The pattern strongly points to an automated system failure, not organic buying or selling pressure.

This was a technical glitch amplifying price action in thin liquidity.

Another reminder how much of crypto price movement is driven by bots, not humans.

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All the idiots who spent years kissing the boots of Trump and Binance now want to act like exposers, but they are still just idiots.

Fucking crypto is run by idiots and the loudest ones get the most attention. Sometimes it feels like you have to be dumb to farm likes.

@cryptorover is once again spreading pure bullshit with that “BREAKING: China declares a full scale crackdown on cryptocurrencies” headline. This is recycled FUD dressed up as news.

China already banned crypto trading, mining, and financial services in September 2021. Bitcoin, Ether, and stablecoins have never been legal tender there. Nothing new happened that changes the global crypto landscape.

On Feb 6, 2026 the PBOC and other agencies simply reiterated the ban, tightened cross border enforcement, blocked foreign platforms from targeting Chinese users, and added stricter rules around offshore RWA tokenization linked to Chinese assets. That is enforcement detail, not a historic pivot.

Markets dipped because people still fall for lazy headlines instead of reading what was actually published. This is China FUD 101 and the same playbook we have seen for years.

Stop amplifying garbage. Read the sources. Use your brain. DYOR before you panic.

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So many big accounts sharing nothing but slop with no information, no sources, and no knowledge.

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@cryptorover

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