The evidence strongly supports the truthfulness of the statement. There is direct, explicit confirmation from multiple secondary sources. One news article from a crypto-focused publication is titled and summarized as being about the specific event where $244 million in long positions were liquidated in 24 hours. Another article from the same publication corroborates this event by stating, 'Over $244 million in long positions got liquidated in 24 hours' as market context. This claim is further supported by contextual evidence. One source reports total crypto liquidations reached $341.85 million in a 24-hour period; the $244 million in long positions fits plausibly within this larger total. Additionally, several sources, despite containing mismatched URLs and descriptions, consistently identify primary data aggregators like CoinGlass and The Block as authoritative sources that track this exact type of data (daily liquidations separated by long and short positions). This establishes that the event described is a standard, verifiable market metric. No sources contradict the statement. The collective weight of the direct reports, the supporting contextual data, and the confirmation that primary data sources for such claims exist, leads to a high-confidence assessment that the statement is likely true.