2026-01-14 11:38:54

Over $487 million in short positions got wiped out across the crypto market in just 12 hours. Bitcoin and Ethereum traders caught on the wrong side of the move, with liquidation cascades triggering sell-offs that amplified the market swings. These kinds of flush-outs tend to happen when leverage gets too crowded in one direction—the chain reaction can be brutal for overleveraged positions. Worth watching how this shapes up as volatility continues.

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MeaninglessGwei

· 5h ago

Leverage liquidation is supposed to be like this, greedy people deserve it

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IntrovertMetaverse

· 5h ago

Leverage explosion scene, another wave of newbies being cut.

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ContractTearjerker

· 5h ago

Ha, yet another leverage liquidation drama. These greedy retail investors deserve it.

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TokenEconomist

· 5h ago

actually, let me break this down—what we're seeing here is basically a textbook case of margin call cascade, ceteris paribus. the key variable isn't just the liquidations themselves, think of it this way: in traditional finance, banks have circuit breakers. in crypto? it's just... velocity meets leverage times market depth, and you get this exponential unwind. brutal stuff ngl

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TokenSherpa

· 6h ago

ngl, this is what happens when governance voting power gets too concentrated on one side of the trade... historically speaking, we've seen similar liquidation cascades during the 2020 flash crash, and if you examine the data, the correlation is undeniable. let me break this down—leverage crowding is fundamentally a tokenomics framework issue.

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