![Bitcoin falls below $57k as $13 billion in leveraged shorts placed on major exchanges](https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/themes/cryptoslate-2020/imgresize/timthumb.php?src=https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/bitcoin-down.jpg&w=70&h=37&q=75)
Since February, Bitcoin has fallen to its lowest price, breaking below $60,000 and hitting $56,900 as of press time. The price is now 23% below its recent pre-halving all-time high of $73,000.
![Bitcoin price November to May (TradingView)](https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-09.17.46.png)
Data from Coinglass shows that Binance, the most liquid exchange for Bitcoin trading, has several buy walls in the order book down to around $50,000. Each yellow line represents at least 200 BTC in orders, roughly $11.5 million.
![Bitcoin liquidity on Binance (Coinglass)](https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-09.24.05.png)
The liquidation map for Bitcoin across Binance, OKX, and Bybit shows almost $4 billion of leverage in notional value over the past day. Much of the leverage comes in the form of short positions held above $61,000.
![Bitcoin liquidation heatmap (Coinglass)](https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-09.35.19.png)
Over the past 30 days, almost $13 billion worth of leveraged short positions have been placed between $57,000 and $72,000.