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Crypto exchanges force-closed about $571 million in bullish futures positions over 24 hours as digital asset prices reversed around the Senate’s failed CLARITY Act procedural vote. The total was the highest long-liquidation figure since Aug. 22, while short liquidations reached about $100 million.
The timing places the liquidation wave alongside the legislative setback but does not establish the Senate vote as the sole cause of the market decline.
Bitcoin and Ether Longs Account for About $190M Each
Bitcoin and Ether accounted for most of the forced closures, with roughly $190 million in long liquidations recorded for each asset.
XRP longs added about $30 million and Solana another $22 million. Long liquidation value was nearly six times the roughly $100 million recorded for shorts, showing that bullish leveraged positions absorbed most of the forced closures during the selloff.
Liquidation figures represent the value of positions exchanges force-close after collateral falls below required levels. They should not be read as $571 million in verified realized trader losses because leveraged positions can include borrowed exposure and different levels of posted collateral.
Senate Rejects CLARITY Cloture in 49-50 Vote
The Senate voted 49-50 on Sept. 15 against invoking cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. The procedural motion required three-fifths support to advance.
Bitcoin had climbed toward $80,000 earlier in the week before the rally reversed. It was trading near $75,700 when the liquidation figures were reported.
The sequence makes the failed vote an identifiable event during the market reversal, but the liquidation data does not establish it as the sole trigger for falling prices or forced closures.
Longs Account for $571M of $671M in Total Liquidations
Exchanges liquidate leveraged positions when adverse price moves reduce collateral below required levels and traders do not restore sufficient margin.
Forced closures can intensify short-term market moves when large numbers of leveraged positions reach liquidation thresholds together.
The latest data show that long positions accounted for about $571 million of roughly $671 million in combined long and short liquidations during the 24-hour period, concentrating the forced closures on bullish traders.
