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As Wall Street is celebrating the softest Core CPI since 2021 and S&amp;P 500 futures reach record highs, the XRP derivatives market just saw an unbelievable 1,122% short-side liquidation imbalance — a brutal positioning trap that exploded as inflation fears cooled down.
According to<a href="https://www.coinglass.com/liquidations" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">CoinGlass's liquidation heatmap</a>,<a href="https://u.today/xrp-news" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">XRP</a> liquidated for $76,450 in the past hour. What's interesting is not the total amount, though, but the structure: $6,270 came from longs, while $70,180 were taken out of short positions. <img src="https://u.today/sites/default/files/inline-images/xrpusdcoinglass_1.jpg" alt="&quot;&quot;">
That is an 11x asymmetry, telling us that short sellers were caught off-guard by a sudden upward spike, which you can see on the XRP price chart.
<a href="https://u.today/morning-crypto-report-17-xrp-dream-faces-bitcoin-crosswind-shiba-inu-20-vitalik-buterin-exits-6" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bitcoin</a> and Ethereum were the main targets of liquidations — $4.72 million and $3.39 million, respectively — but it is XRP's microstructure that was unique, with a short squeeze over capitulation.
<h2 id="cpi-delivers-bullish-surprise">CPI delivers bullish surprise</h2>
Just minutes before the move, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics confirmed that Core CPI fell to 2.6% YoY, which is below consensus. Derivatives traders immediately adjusted their expectations for a more significant Fed cut, leading to a surge in bids for short-term interest rate futures.
What happened is a textbook example of how macro volatility met leveraged mispositioning — and XRP, once again, moved as a liquidity proxy rather than a trend follower.
Whether this liquidation imbalance sets the stage for a breakout above the $2.08 resistance depends on how spot flows react after the CPI. One thing is clear, though:<a href="https://u.today/ripple-could-not-push-xrp-without-risking-sec-lawsuit-legal-expert-suggests" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">XRP's short side</a> just got destroyed in real time, and the burn rate was not small. <a href="https://u.today/xrp-rockets-1122-in-liquidation-imbalance-as-cpi-delivers-bullish-surprise" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Read original article on U.Today</a>

XRP Rockets 1,122% in Liquidation Imbalance as CPI Delivers Bullish Surprise

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