
On Oct. 16, the crypto market cap, once a towering giant, stumbled below the $3.9 trillion mark, settling at a mere $3.78 trillion. A 1% drop, you say? Small, perhaps, but enough to trigger a cascade of liquidations totaling $540 million in a single day. And in the past hour alone, $11.2 million has been sacrificed at the altar of volatility. Ethereum, ever the drama queen, leads the charge with $5.63 million in liquidations, while Bitcoin, the stoic patriarch, follows with nearly $1 million. Solana and its altcoin kin have also been gutted, their losses a grim reminder of the market’s merciless nature.