3 Altcoins at Risk of Major Liquidations in Early September 2025

Jakarta, Pintu News – As reported by BeInCrypto, several altcoins entered September with an imbalance in their liquidation maps, showing a clear gap between bullish (optimistic) and bearish (pessimistic) sentiment. This condition creates a considerable opportunity for large-scale liquidation.

Here are three altcoins that are at risk of liquidation in the first week of September, based on liquidation data and recent news that is likely to affect their price movements.

Ethereum (ETH)

The Ethereum (ETH) liquidation map over the past 7 days shows a significant imbalance. If the ETH price rises to $4,925 this week, the potential liquidation of accumulated short positions could exceed $6 billion.

Read also: Ethereum Holds Steady at $4,300 Today — Is a Surge to $5,000 Next or Is a Pullback Coming?

Conversely, if ETH falls below $4,000, long positions worth around $3.96 billion will likely be liquidated.

The data shows that short-term traders tended to take short positions against Ethereum this week. They placed bigger bets and used higher leverage for those short positions.

However, this strategy can come with risks. On-chain data for the first day of September revealed heavy activity from whale investors selling BTC to buy ETH.

Lookonchain reported that Bitcoin whale wallets are constantly selling BTC and buying ETH for over $4 billion. This activity of whales exchanging BTC for ETH has the potential to influence market sentiment. This could push the price of ETH up and cause huge losses for short positions.

XRP

The XRP (XRP) liquidation map over the last 7 days shows a pretty severe imbalance. The liquidation of short positions is much larger than that of long positions. Many short-term traders seem to be betting big that the price of XRP will drop in the first week of September.

If the price of XRP rises to $3, over $500 million worth of short positions could potentially be liquidated. Conversely, if the price drops to $2.42, only about $200 million of long positions will be affected by liquidation.

Technically, analysts warn that the current $2.70 level serves as strong support. The price could most likely bounce off this point, which would put short positions at high risk.

In addition, there are 15 XRP ETF filings that are still awaiting approval from the SEC. Any positive news regarding these ETFs could potentially trigger a bullish wave among XRP investors.

Read also: 3 Key Factors that Could Push XRP Price Soaring

Pyth Network (PYTH)

On August 28, the US Department of Commerce surprised crypto investors by announcing a partnership with Pyth (PYTH) and Chainlink (LINK) to put GDP data onto the blockchain. The price of PYTH immediately doubled in just one day.

This positive sentiment seems to have continued into early September. Short-term traders are actively going long on PYTH. However, they risk a loss of almost $9 million if the PYTH price drops to $0.15 this week.

From the chart, it can be seen that the liquidation of long positions increases faster as the price decreases, which is reflected by the higher bars on the left side of the distribution. Conversely, if PYTH rises to $2 this week, the liquidated short positions could reach $10 million.

While good news can trigger short-term euphoria, it can also turn into a “sell the news,” event where early buyers take profits. If this happens, PYTH may experience a deeper price correction than expected by long traders.

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Reference:

• BeInCrypto. Altcoins at Major Liquidations Risk in First Week of September. Accessed on September 2, 2025