Liquidations News

Updated April 17, 2026 · 2:22 PM UTC

Follow crypto liquidations, forced sell-offs, leverage wipeouts, and market stress events impacting traders and exchanges.

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Price Watch

Bitcoin price jumps towards $80,000 after Strait of Hormuz shipping route declared open

BTC's rally triggered heavy short liquidations across the crypto market and strengthened bullish positioning in options and prediction markets.

1 week ago

Analysis

Bitcoin surges on $650 million short squeeze, passing $76,000 as US inflation numbers fuels risk asset rally

Bitcoin triggers a historic short squeeze after PPI misses by 0.7 points, but the Fed signal spooked pros.

2 weeks ago

Futuristic city hub centered on an Aave-branded tower with connected networks, symbolizing its $25 billion dominance shaped by vision and contributors

DeFi

Aave’s $25B lending lead faces a real test after key contributor exits

Aave still leads DeFi lending, but contributor exits have turned scale into an execution test.

3 weeks ago

Bitcoin coin sunk into a cracked trading office floor as red market charts flash in the background after the price fell below $70,000

Analysis Bearish

Bitcoin drops toward $65k after new Trump Iran delay sends oil higher, triggering $200M wipeout

Volatile macro conditions challenge Bitcoin, signaling its sensitivity to global risk dynamics.

4 weeks ago

Bitcoin coin resting on a fragile rope bridge over a deep valley, symbolizing record oversold weekly conditions and lingering downside risk despite extreme market stress

Market Bullish

Bitcoin was oversold more than ever before it jumped – could bears soon get wrecked through liquidations?

Bitcoin encounters historic oversold conditions amid ETF outflows and dwindling market liquidity.

2 months ago

Bitcoin symbol embedded in a beach shoreline as waves pull scattered altcoins away, illustrating $1.2 trillion in trading volume rotating into BTC while weaker tokens struggle to survive

Trading Bullish

A $1.2T shift toward Bitcoin may be starting — and one grim index says altcoins may never rally

Historical patterns suggest a potential $1.2 trillion shift from altcoins to Bitcoin in this current bear market situation.

2 months ago

Exchanges Bearish

Bitcoin whales are dumping massive amounts of supply on exchanges as liquidations mirror the 2022 FTX market collapse

Traders scramble for “smoking gun” as rumors fly, but ETF outflows and whale deposits offer clearer clues to Bitcoin's steep decline.

3 months ago

Ethereum coins amid a chaotic market selloff, symbolizing Vitalik Buterin’s nearly $10 million ETH sale during the crypto collapse

Analysis Bearish

Ethereum collapses below $2,000 after Vitalik Buterin and insiders moved millions to exchanges into thin liquidity

Record liquidations reveal deeper market vulnerabilities in Ethereum downturn beyond headline-making whale moves.

3 months ago

Crate of tokenized Bitcoin bars sliding off a cable bridge into a stormy ravine, symbolizing a World Liberty Financial-linked wallet selling 173 WBTC to avoid Aave liquidation risk

DeFi Neutral

Is President Trump selling Bitcoin? WLFI pays off Aave debt with WBTC to avoid liquidation but risk remains

The address repaid $11.75 million in USDC after pulling 173 WBTC collateral, boosting its Aave health factor to 1.54.

3 months ago

Ethereum hit by billion dollar sell pressure as top crypto fund faces $862M high stakes liquidation risk

DeFi 3 months ago

First US bank collapse of 2026 adds to gold, silver, and Bitcoin chaos while $337B in unrealized contagion looms

Banking 3 months ago

Bitcoin ready to record fourth straight red month and the $81,000 floor is suddenly everything

Analysis 3 months ago

Global markets crash as everything including Bitcoin sells off at once erasing trillions

Analysis 3 months ago

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Liquidations News

Bitcoin price jumps towards $80,000 after Strait of Hormuz shipping route declared open

Bitcoin surges on $650 million short squeeze, passing $76,000 as US inflation numbers fuels risk asset rally

Aave’s $25B lending lead faces a real test after key contributor exits

Bitcoin drops toward $65k after new Trump Iran delay sends oil higher, triggering $200M wipeout

Bitcoin was oversold more than ever before it jumped – could bears soon get wrecked through liquidations?

A $1.2T shift toward Bitcoin may be starting — and one grim index says altcoins may never rally

Bitcoin whales are dumping massive amounts of supply on exchanges as liquidations mirror the 2022 FTX market collapse

Ethereum collapses below $2,000 after Vitalik Buterin and insiders moved millions to exchanges into thin liquidity

Is President Trump selling Bitcoin? WLFI pays off Aave debt with WBTC to avoid liquidation but risk remains

Ethereum hit by billion dollar sell pressure as top crypto fund faces $862M high stakes liquidation risk

First US bank collapse of 2026 adds to gold, silver, and Bitcoin chaos while $337B in unrealized contagion looms

Bitcoin ready to record fourth straight red month and the $81,000 floor is suddenly everything

Global markets crash as everything including Bitcoin sells off at once erasing trillions

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