Bitcoin surged above $62,000 on Thursday, reaching a daily high of $62,137 as whales accumulated 270,000 BTC at approximately $59,000. The rally triggered over $130 million in short position liquidations within 24 hours, flipping the derivatives market script after Bitcoin tested a year-to-date low of $57,735 some 48 hours earlier. Crypto analyst Scott Melker described the whale accumulation as the largest single on-chain spike ever recorded, surpassing levels seen during the COVID and FTX marke