Crypto Liquidations Surpass $150 Billion in 2025, CoinGlass Reports
Cryptocurrency liquidations reached unprecedented levels in 2025, with total nominal values surpassing $150 billion across all exchanges. Bitcoin and other digital assets experienced daily average liquidations between $400 million and $500 million.
What Happened: Record Liquidations
According to a new annual derivatives market analysis from CoinGlass, the derivatives market experienced its largest single-day liquidation event in history on Oct. 10, when combined short and long position closures hit $19 billion during a sharp Bitcoin price correction.
The cryptocurrency had crashed days after reaching a new all-time high above $126,000.
CoinGlass data suggests the actual scale of the October liquidation event likely approached $30…
