Liquidation

Liquidation occurs when a trader’s collateral is no longer sufficient to cover their leveraged position’s losses, triggering an automated forced closure by the exchange's liquidation engine. It is a critical risk-management mechanism that ensures the solvency of lending protocols and derivative platforms. In 2026, the focus has moved toward MEV-resistant liquidation models that protect users from predatory "cascades." This tag provides essential information on maintenance margins, health factors, and how to avoid liquidation in high-volatility environments.

15093 Articles
Created: 2026/02/02 18:52
Updated: 2026/02/02 18:52
Bitcoin Advances While Washington Gridlock and Soft Labor Numbers Stir Anxiety

Bitcoin Advances While Washington Gridlock and Soft Labor Numbers Stir Anxiety

The post Bitcoin Advances While Washington Gridlock and Soft Labor Numbers Stir Anxiety appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Crypto News Bitcoin jumps on shutdown jitters and weak jobs data as attention shifts to BullZilla’s fast-moving presale. Simple metrics. Clear risks. Actionable context.   Markets moved fast on October 1, 2025. The United States government shut down. A soft private payrolls backdrop amplified the shock. Bitcoin climbed as investors weighed rate cuts and safe-haven flows. Gold hit records. Bitcoin reacted fast. Price spiked as traders bet on fresh rate cuts. Gold set a record. Stocks wobbled. The setup revived the “Uptober” script and pushed digital assets back into focus. Reports tied the move to falling ADP payrolls, rising odds of near-term cuts, and a risk-on wave that often follows soft data. Now the attention turns to altcoins. One name in presale, Bull Zilla, is drawing outsized interest. It sits in the slipstream of Bitcoin momentum yet runs a separate playbook. It mixes progressive pricing, live on-chain burns, staking, and referrals. The project markets itself as an Ethereum memecoin with a multi-chapter presale. Community growth and staged supply cuts aim to build scarcity as price steps up across the chapters. Bitcoin Today, The Macro Break, And Why It Matters For Altcoins Bitcoin rallied as shutdown headlines landed. Futures implied a higher chance of near-term cuts. Equities slipped. The dollar softened. Gold set new highs. In past cycles, similar mixes favored Bitcoin over risk assets with weaker liquidity. That dynamic can lift altcoins later if flows broaden out. In this tape, whales have been active as well, adding to both Bitcoin and Ethereum positions into weakness. That behavior can form a base for a wider crypto bid if macro data keeps easing. The labor link has been tight. ADP’s weak print helped drive a September slide below $110,000. A day later, a softer Bureau of Labor Statistics read shook the tape…

Author: BitcoinEthereumNews
Bitcoin Shows 835% Liquidation Imbalance Amid Epic Short Squeeze

Bitcoin Shows 835% Liquidation Imbalance Amid Epic Short Squeeze

Bears face pressure as Bitcoin rockets 844% in liquidation imbalance

Author: Coinstats
Cronos, Crypto.com and Morpho to Bolster On-Chain Tokenization and DeFi Lending

Cronos, Crypto.com and Morpho to Bolster On-Chain Tokenization and DeFi Lending

The main purpose of this three-party partnership is to broaden the DeFi lending ecosystem while also advancing the on-chain tokenization.

Author: Blockchainreporter
AlloyX Launches Tokenized Money Market Fund with Standard Chartered on Polygon

AlloyX Launches Tokenized Money Market Fund with Standard Chartered on Polygon

AlloyX launches tokenized money market fund on Polygon with Standard Chartered custody, merging regulated assets. AlloyX has introduced a tokenized money market fund on Polygon, aiming to merge traditional custody with blockchain-based strategies. The launch marks the growth of real-world regulated assets onchain, which are bringing compliance and yield-oriented products to decentralized finance. AlloyX Brings […] The post AlloyX Launches Tokenized Money Market Fund with Standard Chartered on Polygon appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

Author: LiveBitcoinNews
Lighter opens public mainnet with Ethereum-settled zk perps

Lighter opens public mainnet with Ethereum-settled zk perps

The post Lighter opens public mainnet with Ethereum-settled zk perps appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The perpetuals race has a new entrant in open beta. Lighter has opened its public mainnet after roughly eight months in private testing, positioning itself as an Ethereum-settled alternative to the current leaders. Under the hood, Lighter is a zk-rollup purpose-built for perps. A centralized sequencer batches orders, but state transitions — price-time-priority matching, liquidations, funding and risk checks — are verified by custom zero-knowledge circuits. Ethereum smart contracts custody user funds, track the canonical state root, and advance state only after a proof verifies on L1. If the sequencer stalls or censors, users can submit priority operations on-chain or exit via an emergency “Desert Mode” that relies on Ethereum data. That security posture contrasts with Hyperliquid, which runs its own layer-1 secured by its validator set, and with Aster, which currently operates on BNB Chain as a smart-contract. Lighter’s pitch: centralized-style performance, with settlement and finality anchored to Ethereum and fairness enforced by zk proofs. Lighter is also diverging on fees. Retail traders using the front end pay no trading fees, while API and high-frequency flow is charged. The team says it has enabled automated rules to deter wash-trading and Sybil activity, an attempt to keep points farming from dominating behavior. By the team’s count, private beta usage reached ~188,000 unique accounts and ~50,000 daily activities. With the public launch, Lighter is starting Season 2 of its points program, which it says is planned to run through the end of 2025. Market watchers naturally read that as a prelude to a token, although the project has not announced any token details. The launch was heralded by several prominent founders building on Ethereum, including Eigenlayer’s Sreeram Kannan and LayerZero’s Bryan Pellegrino. The near-term test is whether Lighter can convert flavor-of-the-moment attention into durable open interest and fee revenue — areas…

Author: BitcoinEthereumNews
Solana Gains on Institutional Demand and Firedancer Upgrade as Mutuum Finance (MUTM) Presale Stage 6 Crosses Halfway Mark

Solana Gains on Institutional Demand and Firedancer Upgrade as Mutuum Finance (MUTM) Presale Stage 6 Crosses Halfway Mark

The post Solana Gains on Institutional Demand and Firedancer Upgrade as Mutuum Finance (MUTM) Presale Stage 6 Crosses Halfway Mark appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Institutional demand once more fuels Solana (SOL) momentum as the giants increase exposure ahead of the highly anticipated Firedancer upgrade, which heralds incredible scalability improvements and lower transaction latency. But as Solana rides institutional belief, stronger enthusiasm among high-conviction participants is growing on Mutuum Finance (MUTM).  The project’s Stage 6 presale is now over 55% complete, reflecting scorching demand for its $0.035 utility token. With a groundbreaking dual lending model, Mutuum Finance is showing itself to be a pioneer in the next wave of DeFi innovation. Its early momentum, along with over 16,700 holders and $16.7 million raised, makes Mutuum Finance one of the most exciting altcoin bets into 2025. Solana Surges on ETF Rumors and Major Tech Upgrades Solana (SOL) has staged a comeback, rallying to $213, +12% in three days, after earlier selling as low as $191, a move that the traders dubbed a “discount entry” in anticipation of the SEC’s fateful Solana ETF decision on October 10. Institutional sentiment remains strong, with treasury wallets now stocking more than 20.9 million SOL, solidifying Solana’s position alongside Bitcoin and Ethereum in diversified portfolios.  Corporate announcements from Forward Industries and Brera Holdings, along with increased exposure by ARK, further emphasize increasing confidence. Frenzy over a Solana staking ETF continues, an approval would reduce circulating supply, open up new yield opportunities, and bring in enormous institutional flows, with mid-cycle estimates of $300–$500, according to analysts.  On the technical side, Jump Crypto’s Firedancer client and upcoming Alpenglow upgrade are built to greatly enhance network performance, slashing transaction finality from 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds, thereby making Solana potentially the fastest major blockchain. Yet with centralization and scalability compromises on the mind, most investors are also considering newer blockchains with disruption potential, and that’s where growing attention is being shifted towards promising Mutuum…

Author: BitcoinEthereumNews
Litecoin, Stellar Lead Altcoin Rally Following Bitcoin ‘Uptober’ Bounce

Litecoin, Stellar Lead Altcoin Rally Following Bitcoin ‘Uptober’ Bounce

The post Litecoin, Stellar Lead Altcoin Rally Following Bitcoin ‘Uptober’ Bounce appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. In brief Litecoin surged 10% to $118, while Stellar gained 9% to $0.40. Short liquidations topped $480 million in 24 hours, as sentiment flips sentiment from fear to greed. Traders are rotating into older coins with Bitcoin rising more than 8% since September 28. The “Uptober” effect is in full swing.  Kicking off what has historically been Bitcoin’s strongest month, the original crypto has sparked a broad market rally, with capital rotating into older altcoins.  The forceful move has caught many traders off guard, triggering a massive wave of short liquidations and flipping overall market sentiment from fear to greed in a matter of days.  Litecoin has taken the lead among the top cryptocurrencies, surging 10% over the last 24 hours to trade at $118. Litecoin’s outsized gains come amid hopes of a spot ETF approval, with the Canary Litecoin ETF facing its final Securities and Exchange Commission decision deadline on October 2.  While a U.S. government shutdown continues to weigh on investors’ minds, particularly as delays at the regulator have been put on hold, some are optimistic the issue will be resolved swiftly. Stellar has followed closely with a 9% gain, reaching $0.40. “Macroeconomic factors such as the U.S. government shutdown concerns and a drop in private sector employment are pushing investors toward safe-haven assets like Bitcoin and Gold.” Balaji Srihari, Vice President at CoinSwitch, told Decrypt. As a result, capital is rotating into “dino coins,” Srihari said, referring to the 2017-launched Layer 1 tokens.  That surge has led to short liquidations exceeding $480 million in a 24-hour period, according to CoinGlass data. Compared to just $110 million in long liquidations, the disproportionate culling of bears hints at the magnitude of outsized buying pressure. As a result, the Crypto Fear and Greed Index has shifted from fear to…

Author: BitcoinEthereumNews
Over 127,000 Traders Wrecked as Bitcoin Taps $120K for the First Time Since August ATH

Over 127,000 Traders Wrecked as Bitcoin Taps $120K for the First Time Since August ATH

The total value of wrecked positions is up to $430 million daily.

Author: CryptoPotato
In the past 24 hours, the total network contract liquidation was US$385 million, mainly due to the long position

In the past 24 hours, the total network contract liquidation was US$385 million, mainly due to the long position

PANews reported on October 2nd that Coinglass data showed that over the past 24 hours, the cryptocurrency market saw $385 million in liquidated contracts across the network, including $266 million in long positions and $120 million in short positions. The total liquidation amount for BTC was $127 million, and the total liquidation amount for ETH was $97.892 million.

Author: PANews
U.S. Government Shutdown: Crypto Market Breakout Set to Begin

U.S. Government Shutdown: Crypto Market Breakout Set to Begin

With tensions growing in Washington, the threat of a U.S. government shutdown is spilling over into global markets, and Crypto traders are keeping a close eye. Historically, political standoffs in the US have shaken confidence in traditional assets and led to more interest in alternatives such as Bitcoin and gold. This time, with the fiscal […]

Author: Cryptopolitan