Liquidations hit brutal speed.
By Maxime Laurent · 2026-01-30 07:56
Liquidations hit brutal speed.
$1.7B wiped in 24 hours — and DeFi took the hardest punch.
Over the past day, crypto liquidations crossed $1.7 billion as the market kept sliding. What really stands out? Around 35% of that carnage happened on Hyperliquid alone.
That’s huge. Not because Hyperliquid is “bad”, but because it shows where the real leverage lives right now. Traders chased deep liquidity, tight spreads, fast execution — and when the market turned, the same efficiency accelerated the flush.
This is the new market structure. DeFi isn’t the side show anymore. It’s where serious size trades, and where serious pain shows up first. No circuit breakers, no mercy, no phone calls.
What we’re seeing isn’t fear — it’s mechanics. Positions built too fast, too crowded, too confident. And markets correcting that arrogance in the only language they speak.
If anything, this confirms one thing: leverage is still being burned out of the system. And until that fire dies down, volatility stays king. Calme-toi… and respect the tape.
#crypto #BTC #ETH #liquidations #DeFi #Hyperliquid #markets #CryptoFriture
$1.7B wiped in 24 hours — and DeFi took the hardest punch.
Over the past day, crypto liquidations crossed $1.7 billion as the market kept sliding. What really stands out? Around 35% of that carnage happened on Hyperliquid alone.
That’s huge. Not because Hyperliquid is “bad”, but because it shows where the real leverage lives right now. Traders chased deep liquidity, tight spreads, fast execution — and when the market turned, the same efficiency accelerated the flush.
This is the new market structure. DeFi isn’t the side show anymore. It’s where serious size trades, and where serious pain shows up first. No circuit breakers, no mercy, no phone calls.
What we’re seeing isn’t fear — it’s mechanics. Positions built too fast, too crowded, too confident. And markets correcting that arrogance in the only language they speak.
If anything, this confirms one thing: leverage is still being burned out of the system. And until that fire dies down, volatility stays king. Calme-toi… and respect the tape.
#crypto #BTC #ETH #liquidations #DeFi #Hyperliquid #markets #CryptoFriture
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