Ether accounted for nearly 60% of the forced closures across the two largest cryptocurrencies, falling roughly twice as much as bitcoin. Nearly $483 million in bitcoin and ether futures positions were liquidated over 24 hours as uncertainty about the Federal Reserve’s next interest-rate decision weighed on cryptocurrency markets. Ether traders bore the brunt of the sell-off, with about $286 million in liquidations as ether fell more than 6 percent to roughly $2,350. Bitcoin declined about 3 per…
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