On Tuesday bitcoin reached a new intraday record , for the first time since November 2021, of $69,210.
It had been pushing higher for weeks – it's up 55% over the past month – and tumbled shortly after notching the new high.
Bitcoin was last higher by 6% at $66,315.19, according to Coin Metrics, while ether rocketed more than 11% to $3,785.76, its highest level since January 2022.
Cryptocurrencies bounced on Wednesday, recovering much of the losses from the previous day's sell-off, which came soon after bitcoin hit an all-time high.
When traders use leverage to short bitcoin and the cryptocurrency's price rises, they buy bitcoin back from the market to close their positions, which pushes the price up and causes more positions to be liquidated.
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