- In the evening of February 28, the price of bitcoin crossed the $63,000 mark.
- Over the day, the rate of the asset rose by about 9%, for the week – by more than 20%.
- The volume of liquidations is more than $380 million.
On the evening of February 28, 2024, the bitcoin exchange rate rose sharply above the $63,000 mark. At the time of writing, the first cryptocurrency is trying to consolidate above this level:
Update: The price has corrected. At the time of writing, the first cryptocurrency has fallen back into the zone around $60,500.
We also note the growth of Ethereum. The asset crossed the $3400 mark:
The volume of liquidations on futures contracts in the crypto-asset market rose to over $380 million. About $282 million of losses were in short positions, $108 million in longs.
Also, all crypto assets from the top 10 by capitalization indicator moved into the green zone, according to CryptoRank. Dogecoin showed the highest growth for the day – 24.1%.
Earlier we reported that the bitcoin rate updated the historical maximum in 14 countries.
