<h2 id="quick-take">Quick Take</h2>
<ul>
<li>Liquidations were one of the main talking points during the 2021 and 2022 cycles — long being liquidated for the better two years.</li>
<li>Many reasons liquidations were plenty in 2021 compared to 2022 were due to leverage, whale activity, and market sentiment.</li>
<li>As 2021 was a bull market, market sentiment was strong to the upside, and prices continued to increase. Hence, long liquidations on small pullbacks were obliterated.</li>
<li>Into 2022, a bear market, and prices continued to go down 75% from their all-time high, investors wanted to go long at any moment; however, they continued to get burnt.</li>
<li>Into 2023, it has been a mix of short and long liquidations; shorts did take pole position in 2023 and were on the wrong side. But now you can see liquidations are very similar in size, suggesting a neutral market.</li>
</ul>
<figure id="attachment_323022" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-323022" style="width: 1006px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="wp-image-323022 size-full" src="https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/liq.png" alt="Liquidations: (Source: Glassnode)" width="1006" height="500" srcset="https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/liq.png 1006w, https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/liq-300x149.png 300w, https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/liq-768x382.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1006px) 100vw, 1006px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-323022" class="wp-caption-text">Liquidations: (Source: Glassnode)</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_323023" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-323023" style="width: 962px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="wp-image-323023 size-full" src="https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/quaerterly.png" alt="Liquidations: (Source: Glassnode)" width="962" height="489" srcset="https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/quaerterly.png 962w, https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/quaerterly-300x152.png 300w, https://cryptoslate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/quaerterly-768x390.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-323023" class="wp-caption-text">Liquidations: (Source: Glassnode)</figcaption></figure>
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