BTC Liquidation — 2026-03-22 12:15

$13.82M liquidated in 89 seconds. BTC surged 0.3% from $68,287 to $68,474. Replay the event below.

Peak Price

$68,287

BTC

Highest Price

$68,474

+0.3%

Total Liquidated

$13.82M

Short Squeeze

Duration

89s

12:17:45 UTC

BTC Liquidation Cascade · 2026-03-22

Price

$68,287

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

$13.82M

Forced buys from leveraged shorts

Price Recovery

$68,474

Final price after cascade exhaustion

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