$17 billion in Bitcoin shorts will be liquidated if BTC hits this price

It appears that Bitcoin ( BTC ) is knocking on the door of a monster short ￰0￱ to the Bitcoin heatmap if the asset surges past $125,000 we could see $17 billion in short positions liquidated on major exchanges like Binance Bybit

and OKX based on Coinglass data retrieved by Finbold on August ￰1￱ the chart below the rising green curve on the right signals short liquidation leverage rising steadily and suggesting mounting ￰2￱ move further upward from around $113,000 risks triggering a cascade of forced liquidations

trapping late sellers and propelling the price ￰3￱ Exchange Liquidation Map.) August 29 2025 It is still hard to tell what the near future holds but the next few days are shaping up to be critical for BTC as investors are now awaiting the release of the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index

the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation ￰4￱ data could heavily influence Bitcoin in the following weeks especially due to fears that President Donald Trump might push the central bank to manage ￰5￱ more ￰6￱ image via Shutterstock