{"id":24016,"date":"2022-07-26T11:51:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T11:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=24016"},"modified":"2022-07-26T11:51:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T11:51:10","slug":"celsius-cel-price-gains-600-but-analysts-cite-exchange-error-and-a-massive-short-squeeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=24016","title":{"rendered":"Celsius (CEL) price gains 600%+, but analysts cite exchange error and a massive short squeeze"},"content":{"rendered":"


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On June 14, discussions of Celsius<\/a> continued to populate media headlines and June 14’s news involved the platform’s CEL token accruing massive gains after what appears to have been either an exchange glitch or a short-squeeze. CEL price spiked from $0.18\u00a0 to $1.55 in one abrupt candle before sinking back to $0.60 within the same one-hour candle.<\/p>\n

CEL\/USDT 1-day chart. Source: TradingView<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Currently, analysts are on the fence about the reason for the explosive price breakout. Some cite Celsius repaying a portion of its debts as a reason, while others pinpoint a possible error on the FTX exchange as the reason for what appears to be a short squeeze.<\/p>\n

Are debt repayments boosting investor confidence?<\/h2>\n

Celsius has been scrambling to cover a number of its debts and it is possible that some investors view this as a sign that the platform will be able to survive the current mayhem.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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DAI arriving.<\/p>\n

Celsius finally going to start paying back the debt after buying enough time by reupping collateral to lower liq? pic.twitter.com\/z6y165fzlL<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Hsaka (@HsakaTrades) June 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Twitter analyst Hsaka said that on-chain data shows that the $28 million in Dai (DAI<\/a>) that was recently deposited into a wallet controlled by Celsius and has since been sent to a separate address, which he\u00a0identified <\/a>as a debt repayment address. <\/p>\n

Celsius wallet transactions. Source: Twitter<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Analysts believe that the Celsius’s strategy is to lower its liquidation price in the MakerDAO vaults\u00a0 where it holds funds and ultimately avoid insolvency. <\/p>\n

User interface problems on FTX<\/h2>\n

While the beginning of debt repayment might have helped inspire more confidence in Celsius, several crypto traders reported issues when trying to buy and sell the token on FTX exchange.<\/p>\n

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Several replies to the tweet above confirmed<\/a> user difficulties when trying to sell CEL on FTX, and Twitter user Karl Larsen said<\/a>\u00a0that they \u201ccould only fill my shorts at 0.87\u20130.95.\u201d<\/p>\n

The possibility that the difficulties with the user interface on FTX played a part in CEL’s rapid spike was also noted<\/a> by analytics provider TheKingFisher, who posted the following chart highlighting when the user interface went down in relation to when CEL price pumped. <\/p>\n

CEL\/USD price. Source: Twitter<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to TheKingfisher, when the UX went down, \u201cmost traders [were] unable to hedge, close [or] reduce their positions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The firm said, <\/p>\n

\u201cSpot market went above $2 to break index and trigger liquidations on purpose. That’s a spot manipulation to liquidate traders. Index being calculated on FTX itself. This is not outside of their boundary against fraud [to] keep the market organized.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Related: <\/em><\/strong>Nexo offers to buy out Celsius\u2019 loans amid withdrawal suspension<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

It’s just another short squeeze<\/h2>\n

Some analysts say the price breakout was nothing more than an old-fashioned short squeeze, as noted by Saleem Lala. <\/p>\n

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Bigger play was to liquidate $CEL<\/a> shorts on perps.
Funding was super high, over 2500% annualized, meaning lot of people were short. <\/p>\n

Prices didn’t move much on the perps, meaning there weren’t natural buys, but liquidations mostly as the mark price went up pic.twitter.com\/GCeJNma6IF<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Saleem Lala (@saleemlala) June 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It remains to be seen what happens with the price of CEL moving forward, and it seems the most likely culprit was a cascading liquidation because these types of events are relatively frequent during strong market volatility. For example, Chain (XCN) token underwent a similar event on June 14 as its price dropped 95% due to cascading liquidations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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