Bitcoin Breaks 6-Week Range, Surges Past $71,000 and Wipes Out $3 Billion in Shorts
20 Aug 2026 1 minute read 0 comments RodrigoCalabar
Following six weeks of agonizing price compression, Bitcoin has finally broken out upward, smashing through the $71,000 threshold. The explosive move triggered one of the largest short squeezes in recent years, wiping out nearly $3 billion in leve...