Bitcoin’s drop to $24,000 on Christmas Day 2025 occurred only on Binance’s USD1-BTC trading pair and did not reflect the broader market price. The event was a flash crash caused by thin liquidity and ...

A startling glitch on Paradex, a leading decentralized perpetuals exchange on Starknet, caused Bitcoin’s price to briefly ...

What is a Bitcoin flash crash? A Bitcoin flash crash is a sudden, sharp plunge in the market price of BTC that only lasts a short period of time before prices start to normalize. The appearance of ...

The crypto flash crash was caused by leverage and thin liquidity. Perpetual futures make up almost 70% of crypto trading volumes. Leverage can magnify price movements and add to volatility.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how bitcoin, crypto and blockchain can change the world. The bitcoin price, which has been on a downward trend since ...

The October 10th crypto flash crash, which wiped out nearly $20 billion in leveraged positions, shocked investors across the crypto market. XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) was hit hard with a 60% downturn, which ...

Cryptocurrencies experienced a major flash crash on Oct. 10. Unexpected newly proposed tariffs on China precipitated the crash. But excessive financial leverage is the most important part of the story ...

The coin stood strong precisely when many others collapsed. Flash crashes are like pop quizzes for investors in the sense that they're uncomfortable, revealing, and an opportunity to succeed for those ...

Bitcoin price plunged to $83,000, hitting FTX-era stress levels, as short-term holders capitulate and market volatility spikes. Bitcoin price is entering one of its most fragile moments of the cycle.

High frequency trading firms in the FX markets are unlikely to be a source of systemic risk or the cause of an FX market flash crash, as occurred in equity markets in May 2010, an event largely blamed ...

To put the S&P 500's wild intraday swing in perspective, the range between the low and the high is the widest on a percentage basis since the "flash crash" of 2010. The intraday high was 5,246.57 and ...