Exchanges
Traders start losing control of open positions as BitMEX begins its staged shutdown
The BitMEX closure limits new positions at 04:00 UTC, with forced closures possible before Sept. 23.
Liam 'Akiba' Wright 3 min read
Liquidations News
Follow crypto liquidations, forced sell-offs, leverage wipeouts, and market stress events impacting traders and exchanges.
Coverage footprint 0.3%
News sentiment 9 /100
Top Liquidations Stories
Analysis
XRP crashes 37% in one Bitstamp wick while the wider market tells a different story
Kraken and OKX showed far smaller ranges, and $3.66 billion in XRP open interest remained after the liquidation wave.
Market
Bitcoin weekend blip wiped out $250M in over leveraged long traders while open interest weakens
Open interest fell 2.65% and funding stayed near baseline, pointing to leverage clearing rather than longs rebuilding.
Latest Liquidations News & Analysis
Featured
Bitcoin is closing in on $80,000 and already destroyed a record $4 billion in short bets
Bitcoin’s three-day surge has pushed a major market gauge bullish for the first time since October.
Market
Sudden 22% XRP rally triggers forced market wide short-buying, driving XRP toward a make-or-break resistance test
XRP’s 22% rally puts $2.2 million in shorts at risk as price pushes toward $1.38 and the $1.40–$1.50 resistance zone.
Price Watch
Bitcoin blasts past $72,000 as Trump, Treasury buybacks wipe out $3.1B in shorts
Bitcoin climbed roughly 15% since Monday as a Treasury bond-market intervention helped push yields lower and forced billions of dollars in bearish positions to unwind.
ETF
Hashdex liquidates $14.7 million Bitcoin ETF as IBIT draws $143.6 million
DEFI holders await a late-August cash payout that may vary with closing costs and Bitcoin prices after NYSE Arca trading ended Aug. 17.
Liquidations
Shifting $576M of forced sales off public order books saved Hyperliquid from a systemic crash
A new preprint says off-book routing damped liquidation feedback inside Hyperliquid, while wider market effects remain untested.
Regulation
Forced liquidations begin in 30 days for business crypto accounts missing new verification rules on Bybit
Only notified business users are covered; access restrictions follow Aug. 21 and market-price liquidation starts Sept. 21.
More Liquidations News Headlines
Derivatives
A $48 billion Bitcoin leverage trap is about to trigger a massive forced exit the moment price boundaries break
Regulation
Crypto crash liquidations face massive data gap as public records contradict $18B Solana claim
Lending
Kraken holds the instant liquidation switch on a crypto firm’s 479 Bitcoin if price drops to $45,094
Liquidations
