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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A Hyperliquid-branded wallet is crushed in a metal vise, symbolizing a once $100M trading run and a shrinking $129.9M buffer under squeeze-driven market

Derivatives

The “insider wallet” that made over $100M on October tariff trade in threat of liquidation if one asset continues to dip

Funding bleed plus clustered ETH leverage near $2,600–$2,400 sets up a domino path toward that $2,268 threshold.

3 months ago

Bronze bull knocked down by a shipping container bearing EU and US flags at a rainy port, symbolizing Bitcoin long traders hit hard by escalating tariff wars

Market

Bitcoin just failed its biggest ‘digital gold’ test, and the reason why should have every investor deeply worried

Despite prominent sell-off, long-term projections hold firm with Bitcoin forecasted to reach $185,500 before the end of the quarter.

3 months ago

Bitcoin coin surges in a powerful water spillway, symbolizing record $754M ETF inflows driving BTC toward $100K as $600M in bearish positions are wiped out

Analysis

Bitcoin just wiped out $600 million in bets, triggering a “mechanical” loop that forces prices toward $100k

US spot Bitcoin ETF inflows surge as regulatory clarity fosters new wave of renewed investor confidence.

3 months ago

Bitcoin coins floating around a Binance trading screen on a laptop, illustrating how a market maker quietly sold 1,213 BTC during thin New Year’s Eve liquidity.

Liquidations

Major market maker secretly offloaded 1,213 BTC onto Binance during New Year’s Eve thin liquidity

On-chain data confirms Wintermute deposited $107 million in Bitcoin to Binance on New Year's Eve but debunks claims the market maker urgently accumulated coins days later.

4 months ago

A Bitcoin coin resting on the ocean floor as whales swim in the background, symbolizing data showing major holders did not accumulate $5B in BTC this week.

Analysis

Bitcoin’s viral $5 billion whale buy signal was actually a dangerous trap set by institutional accounting

A mirage of buying pressure highlights complexities of Bitcoin's maturing market structure in the ETF era.

4 months ago

Market

XRP price falls under $2 after one 7-year-old wallet triggers a massive $721 million sell-off

Despite institutional inflows, a long-held XRP wallet sees hefty profits, highlighting market's fragile state.

4 months ago

Bitcoin price crash illustration showing a golden BTC coin with falling red candlestick charts in a snowy Japanese setting, symbolizing $150B market wipeout after Japan bond yield shock.

Liquidations

$150B wiped: Bitcoin drops below $87k on Japan yield shock

Thin order books met hard macro triggers and the market snapped as it entered December.

5 months ago

Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB, Cardano, Dogecoin, XRP, and Solana coins arranged in a shallow forest river, surrounded by vivid red flowing water with misty green hills and mossy rocks in the softly diffused background.

Liquidations

Bitcoin flash-crashed to $100k — then roared back. Here’s what really happened behind the $610M liquidations

The dollar strengthened ahead of the Nov. 13 US consumer price index release following five consecutive days of correction.

6 months ago

a gleaming Bitcoin coin tilting on a glass floor as a vivid red candlestick chart falls toward a trough across a sunlit city skyline, symbolizing a four-month price low.

Analysis

Why Bitcoin price just plummeted under $104k to lowest level since June

US-China tariff tensions fuel Bitcoin's downward spiral, with leveraged traders incurring massive losses.

6 months ago

Binance to pay $283M compensation for market chaos as BNB reaches new $1.3k ATH

Exchanges 7 months ago

Crypto.com CEO urges regulators to probe exchanges with the most liquidations

Exchanges 7 months ago

A blip in ‘Uptober’: crypto’s October reckoning beyond the $20B washout

Market 7 months ago

$9.4B in liquidations over 24 Hours triggers ‘2021 type situation for altcoins’

Liquidations 7 months ago

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Liquidations News

The “insider wallet” that made over $100M on October tariff trade in threat of liquidation if one asset continues to dip

Bitcoin just failed its biggest ‘digital gold’ test, and the reason why should have every investor deeply worried

Bitcoin just wiped out $600 million in bets, triggering a “mechanical” loop that forces prices toward $100k

Major market maker secretly offloaded 1,213 BTC onto Binance during New Year’s Eve thin liquidity

Bitcoin’s viral $5 billion whale buy signal was actually a dangerous trap set by institutional accounting

XRP price falls under $2 after one 7-year-old wallet triggers a massive $721 million sell-off

$150B wiped: Bitcoin drops below $87k on Japan yield shock

Bitcoin flash-crashed to $100k — then roared back. Here’s what really happened behind the $610M liquidations

Why Bitcoin price just plummeted under $104k to lowest level since June

Binance to pay $283M compensation for market chaos as BNB reaches new $1.3k ATH

Crypto.com CEO urges regulators to probe exchanges with the most liquidations

A blip in ‘Uptober’: crypto’s October reckoning beyond the $20B washout

$9.4B in liquidations over 24 Hours triggers ‘2021 type situation for altcoins’

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