Tron Founder Justin Sun Bursts Rumors of Leverage Trading Liquidations

The 18% drop in the broader crypto market over the past 24 hours has sent major shockwaves leading to huge liquidations in the leveraged positions. With the Ethereum price tanking over 20%, several rumors started floating that Tron founder Justin Sun got rekt with more than $152 million in liquidations of the leveraged positions. However, the Tron founder denied these developments clearing the air on the liquidation process.,The recent sell-off in the crypto market in the Asian trading hours on Monday has led to more than $1 billion in total crypto market liquidations. Most of the traders with leveraged long positions got Rekt with rumors suggesting that Justin Sun was one of them.,,The Tron founder, however, has dismissed the rumors stating that he and his team rarely engage in any leverage trading strategies. As per Justin Sun, leverage trades bring no benefit to the crypto market.,Instead, the Tron founder said that he and his team focus more on activities that support the crypto industry and entrepreneurs. He added that the Tron team remains focused on activities such as working on blockchain projects, staking, running nodes, or assisting project teams in providing liquidity.,,Also Read: Crypto Prices Today August 5: BTC Tanks 10%, ETH Crashes 20%, & Altcoins In Bearish State,There’s a strong volatility in the crypto market as the Bitcoin price tanked further all the way to $50,000. However, it has recovered at press time to $52,800 levels. The daily trading volumes have shot up by 161% to a staggering $71.8 billion.,Bitcoin critic Peter Schiff believes that the situation can worsen once the US market trading begins on Monday. The US futures are already down heavily as of now. Schiff predicts a strong liquidation coming in the Bitcoin ETF market, expecting a 30% gap down.,,Amid fears of a US recession and hard landing, there are talks about the hard landing in the US economy. However, some reports also suggest that the Fed could intervene even before September to announce a 50 bps rate cut.,Also Read: Jump Trading Dumping Ethereum, Which Crypto Is Next?,