Leverage just slapped the market hard.
By Maxime Laurent · 2026-01-19 08:12
Leverage just slapped the market hard.
$871M liquidated in 24h, mostly longs. One $BTC trader lost $25.8M on Hyperliquid. Brutal reminder about risk.
The last 24 hours were not kind. 248,960 traders wiped, $871.09M gone, almost $787M from longs alone. When the crowd leans too hard in one direction, the market doesn’t negotiate — it cleans the table.
The most painful story? A single trader on Hyperliquid got nuked for $25.83M on the $BTC/USDT pair. One position. One move. Years of gains erased in minutes. I’ve seen this too many times to feel surprised anymore — only tired.
This is leverage culture at its rawest. No patience, no margin for error, just size and hope. And hope is not a strategy. Stops aren’t optional, risk management isn’t boring — it’s survival.
From where I sit, coffee cooling next to me, this feels like the market whispering the same old lesson: you don’t need to be right all the time, you just need to stay alive. Sinon, c’est terminé. ☠️📉
#Crypto #Liquidations #BTC #Leverage #RiskManagement #Trading #Hyperliquid #CryptoFriture
$871M liquidated in 24h, mostly longs. One $BTC trader lost $25.8M on Hyperliquid. Brutal reminder about risk.
The last 24 hours were not kind. 248,960 traders wiped, $871.09M gone, almost $787M from longs alone. When the crowd leans too hard in one direction, the market doesn’t negotiate — it cleans the table.
The most painful story? A single trader on Hyperliquid got nuked for $25.83M on the $BTC/USDT pair. One position. One move. Years of gains erased in minutes. I’ve seen this too many times to feel surprised anymore — only tired.
This is leverage culture at its rawest. No patience, no margin for error, just size and hope. And hope is not a strategy. Stops aren’t optional, risk management isn’t boring — it’s survival.
From where I sit, coffee cooling next to me, this feels like the market whispering the same old lesson: you don’t need to be right all the time, you just need to stay alive. Sinon, c’est terminé. ☠️📉
#Crypto #Liquidations #BTC #Leverage #RiskManagement #Trading #Hyperliquid #CryptoFriture
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