Crypto’s New Normal: Another $1 Billion Liquidation Day Shakes the Market

The crypto market endured another $1 billion in liquidations over 24 hours, impacting over 190,000 traders. Billion-dollar liquidation events have become a regular trend in late 2025.

The rise in frequent, massive liquidations reflects a significant shift in market dynamics, raising concerns about whether volatility and leveraged trading losses are permanent features of the crypto space.

Crypto Liquidations Exceed $1 Billion

According to the latest data from Coinglass, $1.03 billion in positions were liquidated over the past day. More than 70% of liquidated positions were longs, or $726.5 million, compared to $308.2 million in shorts.

The largest single liquidation came from a BTC-USD position worth $96.51 million on decentralized perpetual exchange Hyperliquid.

Crypto Liquidations Over The Past 24 Hours. Source: Coinglass

This wave of liquidations occurred amid a 3.7% decline in the broader cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin fell below $90,000 earlier today before rising to over $91,000 at press time.

Ethereum also briefly lost the $3,000 level. At the time of writing, it traded at $3,050, down 4.4% over the past day.

“ETH, falls below $3,000 for the first time since July 2025. ETH is now down nearly -40% since October 6th,” The Kobeissi Letter posted.

Major altcoins such as XRP, BNB, and Solana also registered daily losses in the 3–4% range, leaving all major large-cap assets in the red.

Why Are Crypto Liquidations Accelerating?

Notably, the latest liquidation spree is one in a growing series. Over the last week, cumulative liquidations surpassed $5 billion. But why is this happening?

The Kobeissi Letter highlighted that, over the past 42 days, the cryptocurrency sector has lost a total of $1.2 trillion in market capitalization, representing 28% of its entire value.

Market cap now sits around 24% below the levels seen during the October 10 market crash, which triggered over $19 billion in liquidations. While many expected the markets to bounce back in November, that hasn’t materialized.

“This decline has been strange for one key reason: There haven’t been many material bearish developments on the fundamental side of crypto. Just days ago, President Trump said America being ‘number one in crypto’ is his top priority,” The Kobeissi Letter added.

This pattern points to a structurally fragile market. Institutional outflows intensified from mid-to-late October. Against this backdrop of thinning liquidity, traders continue to pile into 20x–100x leveraged positions, where a 2% price swing can be enough to liquidate an entire trade with high leverage.

Once liquidations start, they tend to trigger a feedback loop: forced selling pushes prices lower, new margin calls are hit, more positions are liquidated, and liquidity evaporates.

This dynamic explains why $500 million-plus liquidation days have effectively become standard, and why $1 billion wipeouts now cluster within short time frames rather than appearing as rare stress events. According to The Kobeissi Letter,

“Excessive levels of leverage have resulted in a seemingly hypersensitive market.”

With leverage still elevated and spot liquidity under pressure, the crypto market could likely see further high-magnitude liquidation events. Unless leverage resets or institutional participation stabilizes, traders may continue to face outsized intraday swings.