Tag: liquidation risk
Bitcoin Traders Keep Piling On Leverage While the Entire Market Sells at a Loss
On-chain metrics flash a dangerous divergence: leverage surged 12% in five days while SOPR stayed below break-even for six straight sessions — and $260 billion in stablecoins sits on the sideline, waiting. Bitcoin’s estimated leverage ratio just climbed from 0.211 to 0.237 in five days. That’s a 12% spike – the steepest weekly jump since…
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DeFi Didn’t Flinch: $97.6B in TVL While Bitcoin Bleeds 20% and Fear Hits Rock Bottom
Fifty-three million dollars. That’s the total liquidation exposure sitting within 20% of current prices across all of DeFi right now, according to on-chain data from DefiLlama and Aave risk dashboards. For context, that same number was $340 million in February 2025. An 84% drop – during a nastier market. Bitcoin’s down 20% year-to-date. The Fear…
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