The crypto market cap is down by 6%, with more than $550 million worth of futures contracts liquidated amid escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
The total crypto market cap has dropped to $2.24 trillion as tensions between Iran and Israel rise.
In the past 24 hours, over $556 million worth of futures contracts were liquidated, with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana seeing the highest liquidations.
The majority of liquidations were long positions, indicating expectations of upward price movement in October.