$BTC As of now, Bitcoin is up about 20% year-to-date, having briefly fallen below $100,000 in late June. In the minutes surrounding the new high, investors closed out over $280 million in short positions in one hour, driving the price sharply higher. Data provider CoinGlass said it was a strong breakout from the consolidation range of the past few weeks. According to Coinglass data, in the approximately 4 hours surrounding Bitcoin's record high, nearly $340 million worth of Bitcoin shorts were liquidated across major exchanges. $BTC