Ether bets were wiped out at six times bitcoin’s rate in crypto’s $1 billion flush
CoinDesk· Shaurya Malwa· Oct 9, 2026 · 4:04 AM
About $356 million in ETH positions were liquidated over 24 hours, more than bitcoin despite ether’s market value being less than a fifth as large.
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