In one of the largest daily moves in recent months, crypto markets are up 5.2% over the past 24 hours.

Total capitalization has returned to $1.17 trillion, climbing from an intraday low of $1.10 trillion around 12 hours ago.

All losses from the SEC-induced dump on June 14 have now been recovered. However, the longer-term view still paints a picture of consolidation and sideways markets.

According to Coinglass, there have been $155 million in total liquidations over the past 24 hours. Additionally, the vast majority of them, or around 80%, have been short positions.

Aragon (ANT) traders have been burnt with the most liquidations as the token goes on a 13% tear today.

The market move follows several applications for Bitcoin spot ETFs from major financial institutions such as BlackRock and WisdomTree.

Furthermore, Fidelity, Schwab, and Citadel are launching crypto exchanges. This raises suspicions of a coordinated effort as SEC goes to war against Coinbase and Binance.

“This is not a short squeeze, but someone(s) is just buying BTC a lot,” said CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju.

Bitcoin is leading markets higher at the moment, having spiked 6.6% over the past 12 hours. As a result, the asset peaked just below $29,000 during the Wednesday morning Asian trading session.

BTC has since fallen back slightly to change hands for $28,698 at the time of writing.

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