{"id":549272,"date":"2026-01-30T20:52:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/bitcoin-futures-imbalance-may-spark-liquidation-revenge-rally-to-90k\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T20:52:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:52:45","slug":"bitcoin-futures-imbalance-may-spark-liquidation-revenge-rally-to-90k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/bitcoin-futures-imbalance-may-spark-liquidation-revenge-rally-to-90k\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin futures imbalance may spark liquidation revenge rally to $90K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDEvMDE5YzBmN2EtNDZlYi03MjJiLWI3MzMtZjE3Y2IwNDdiNjMwLmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin futures imbalance may spark liquidation revenge rally to $90K\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin short positions continued to pile up as BTC price dropped near $81,000, potentially providing the liquidation fuel for a revenge rally back above $90,000.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin\u2019s (<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/bitcoin-price\">BTC<\/a>) price has dropped 14.5% in the past 16 days, pushing the <a href=\"https:\/\/alternative.me\/crypto\/fear-and-greed-index\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/alternative.me\/crypto\/fear-and-greed-index\/\">Crypto Fear &amp; Greed Index<\/a> to 16 (Extreme Fear), which is its lowest rating year-to-date. <\/p>\n<p>While selling has dominated markets over the past two weeks, Bitcoin derivatives data suggest the current trader positioning may lead to a recovery. Analysts are now weighing whether the latest sell-off has created conditions for a relief rally.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-ct-non-breakable=\"undefined\"><strong>Key takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-futures-imbalance-may-spark-liquidation-revenge-rally-to-dollar90k\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin short positions continued to pile up as BTC price dropped near $81,000, potentially providing the liquidation fuel for a revenge rally back above $90,000. Bitcoin\u2019s (BTC) price has dropped 14.5% in the past 16 days, pushing the Crypto Fear &amp; Greed Index to 16 (Extreme Fear), which is its lowest rating year-to-date. While selling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":549273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-549272","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}