BTC Liquidation — 2026-03-23 23:25

$8.75M liquidated in 89 seconds. BTC surged 0.2% from $70,493 to $70,665. Replay the event below.

Peak Price

$70,493

BTC

Highest Price

$70,665

+0.2%

Total Liquidated

$8.75M

Short Squeeze

Duration

89s

23:26:15 UTC

BTC Liquidation Cascade · 2026-03-23

Price

$70,493

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

$8.75M

Forced buys from leveraged shorts

Price Recovery

$70,664

Final price after cascade exhaustion

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