BTC Liquidation — 2026-03-17 04:50

$36.75M liquidated in 89 seconds. BTC surged 0.1% from $74,198 to $74,262. Replay the event below.

Peak Price

$74,198

BTC

Highest Price

$74,262

+0.1%

Total Liquidated

$36.75M

Short Squeeze

Duration

89s

04:53:03 UTC

BTC Liquidation Cascade · 2026-03-17

Price

$74,198

Liq Vol

Depth

100%

BTC AUTOPSY

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PRE-EVENT

Market conditions before the cascade. Orderbook depth appears normal.

Price

Orderbook Depth %

Liquidation Volume

Timeline (s)

0.00

Event Breakdown

Long Liquidations

$0.00

Forced sells from leveraged longs

Short Liquidations

$36.75M

Forced buys from leveraged shorts

Price Recovery

$74,261

Final price after cascade exhaustion

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