# Liquidation cascade on 2026-08-30

On 2026-08-30 our detector flagged $114.65M of forced closures across 1 detected burst. Everything below is read from the real liquidation feed, not estimated: these are closures the exchanges actually broadcast.

Source: https://bykaranteli.com/incidents/2026-08-30 · attribute to ByKaranteli and quote the timestamp.
Snapshot taken 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z.

This page documents what was liquidated, not why the move started. A cascade is the amplifier, rarely the trigger.

| Measure | Value |
| --- | ---: |
| Force-closed (USD) | $114.65M |
| Longs (share of total, USD) | 97%, $111.56M |
| Shorts (share of total, USD) | 3%, $3.10M |
| Bursts (30 minute windows over threshold) | 1 |

## Every burst on this day

| Window (UTC) | Total (USD) | Longs (USD) | Shorts (USD) | Coins swept | BTC move (%) |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- | ---: |
| 23:00 to 00:00 | $114.65M | $111.56M | $3.10M | ETHUSDT, BTCUSDT, SOLUSDT | -0.95% |

## Which coins got swept

Forced-closure notional per symbol, summed across the day's bursts. A coin high on this list had the most leverage sitting where price went.

| Symbol | Force-closed (USD) | Share of the day (%) |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| ETHUSDT | $30.94M | 27.0 |
| BTCUSDT | $20.95M | 18.3 |
| SOLUSDT | $7.89M | 6.9 |
| XRPUSDT | $6.86M | 6.0 |
| DOGEUSDT | $2.94M | 2.6 |

## What price did

ETHUSDT minute closes around the day's largest burst, one hour either side. Every 5th minute below.

| Minute (UTC) | ETHUSDT close (USD) |
| --- | ---: |
| 2026-08-30 22:00 | 2477.4 |
| 2026-08-30 22:05 | 2482.21 |
| 2026-08-30 22:10 | 2474.7 |
| 2026-08-30 22:15 | 2471.54 |
| 2026-08-30 22:20 | 2473.09 |
| 2026-08-30 22:25 | 2465.11 |
| 2026-08-30 22:30 | 2463.23 |
| 2026-08-30 22:35 | 2464.59 |
| 2026-08-30 22:40 | 2473.18 |
| 2026-08-30 22:45 | 2470.75 |
| 2026-08-30 22:50 | 2466.7 |
| 2026-08-30 22:55 | 2466.72 |
| 2026-08-30 23:00 | 2463.77 |
| 2026-08-30 23:05 | 2464.98 |
| 2026-08-30 23:10 | 2464.08 |
| 2026-08-30 23:15 | 2463.23 |
| 2026-08-30 23:20 | 2460.65 |
| 2026-08-30 23:25 | 2438.63 |
| 2026-08-30 23:30 | 2431.19 |
| 2026-08-30 23:35 | 2419.61 |
| 2026-08-30 23:40 | 2410.1 |
| 2026-08-30 23:45 | 2402.95 |
| 2026-08-30 23:50 | 2405.11 |
| 2026-08-30 23:55 | 2413.74 |
| 2026-08-31 00:00 | 2413.01 |
| 2026-08-31 00:05 | 2418.15 |
| 2026-08-31 00:10 | 2409.36 |
| 2026-08-31 00:15 | 2422.97 |
| 2026-08-31 00:20 | 2427.51 |
| 2026-08-31 00:25 | 2429.55 |
| 2026-08-31 00:30 | 2427.86 |
| 2026-08-31 00:35 | 2434.01 |
| 2026-08-31 00:40 | 2431 |
| 2026-08-31 00:45 | 2429.83 |
| 2026-08-31 00:50 | 2430.88 |
| 2026-08-31 00:55 | 2430.99 |
| 2026-08-31 01:00 | 2426.92 |

## How a day gets a page

Our detector reads the real liquidation tape in 30 minute buckets and flags a bucket when its total forced closures exceed the larger of 30 million USD and six times the trailing median bucket, so the bar moves with market conditions. A day gets a page only when at least one bucket cleared that bar. Quiet days have no page, which is why this archive is short and will stay honest as it grows.

## Other cascade days

- Previous cascade: /md/incidents/2026-08-28
- Next cascade: /md/incidents/2026-09-01

## Related

- https://bykaranteli.com/incidents
- https://bykaranteli.com/liquidations
- https://bykaranteli.com/liqmap

Everything in one fetch: https://bykaranteli.com/llms-full.txt