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Liquidation is the moment crypto’s leverage machinery takes your collateral, and it happens two very different ways: exchanges force-closing leveraged trades, and DeFi lending protocols auctioning borrowers’ collateral to keeper bots. This guide explains both systems, the health factor math, the bonus liquidators earn, why liquidations cascade into crashes, and how to read the daily liquidation numbers everyone quotes and few understand. Summary Liquidation is crypto’s automated way of keeping leveraged systems solvent without identity, courts, or credit scores. Exchange liquidations force-close leveraged trades, while DeFi liquidations repay unhealthy loans by selling borrower collateral. In DeFi lending, the health factor is the core warning signal: above 1 is safe, below 1 is liquidatable. Liquidation cascades happen when forced selling pushes prices lower and triggers the next layer o
Legatics has launched its own ‘Data Rooms’ capability, which enables law firms to manage transactions and share confidential documents within a single workflow, and as ...
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Whale transaction counts on Lighter and Mantle have surged to six-month highs, according to the Santiment update published on July 7. The data arrives as spot altcoin volatility climbs, pulling attention back to on-chain signals that often precede meaningful price action. Lighter ($LIT) recorded 86 transactions exceeding $100,000, while Mantle ($MNT) logged 37 such large-wallet moves—both the highest levels seen in half a year. The spike in LIT whale transactions appears tied to a cluster of catalysts that have rekindled interest around the protocol. Lighter operates as a perpetual DEX built for low-latency trading. Recent tokenomics adjustments—including buyback and burn mechanics and staking yield enhancements—have dovetailed with partnership announcements that signal product expansion. The combination has created a narrative that resonates with large t
Ondo Perps launched with up to 20x leverage, tokenized stocks as collateral, 24 hour trading and up to $3 million in rewards.
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Citi's entry into London's OTC gold market enhances competition, reduces concentration risk, and aligns with global gold infrastructure expansion.
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Bitcoin’s network processed 862,979 transactions on June 23, 2026, the third-highest single day recorded since the blockchain launched in January 2009. The count trails only two days from 2024, April 23 at 927,010 transactions and Sept. 8 at 910,083 transactions, according to Blockchair‘s daily transaction statistics. No day in 2025 came within reach of that […]
