Crash Chronicles
Every crash, correction, and capitulation. The moments when believers became doubters.
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10/10, One Year On: The Day Crypto Lost $19 Billion in 24 Hours
A year ago crypto's biggest crash wiped out $19 billion of bets in a day, magnified by Binance's broken prices. Bitcoin is still about 32% lower.
Bitcoin: A Record $2.7 Billion Short Squeeze Wiped Out the People Betting on a Crash
On 20 August 2026 Bitcoin jumped 8% in an hour and $2.7 billion of bets on a fall were wiped out, a record. Two weeks later it reversed.
Bitcoin ETFs: $4.5 Billion Walked Out and Took the Floor With It
June was the worst month in Bitcoin ETF history, with $4.51 billion pulled out. Then on July 1 Bitcoin fell through $60,000 to $57,735.
Bitcoin's Perfect Storm: Saylor Sold 32 Coins and $3.5 Billion Followed
Eleven straight days of Bitcoin ETF outflows took $3.45 billion out, and Strategy sold Bitcoin for the first time since 2022.
Coinbase 2026: The Bloodbath That Killed the Supercycle
Coinbase cut 14% of staff. Q1 loss $394M. Strategy lost $12.54B. Bitcoin below $90K. The 'institutional adoption fixed everything' thesis is having a bad year.
Black October: Trump's Tariffs Trigger $19B Liquidation
Bitcoin set a record on 6 October 2025. Four days later $19B of bets were wiped out, and by month end crypto had its first losing October since 2018.
The ETF Trap: How Wall Street Made the 2025 Crash Worse
In 2025 Wall Street funds held over $160 billion of Bitcoin and it hit $126,080. It still ended the year lower, and the funds led the way out.
LUNA and FTX: The 2022 Crash That Wiped $1.4 Trillion Off Crypto
In seven months of 2022, Terra, Three Arrows, Celsius and FTX fell one after another, each taking the next down. Most of the bosses went to prison.
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The full timeline
- 2011
Bitcoin: The 2011 Crash From $32 to $2
- 2013
Mt. Gox Meltdown: The Crash That Nearly Killed Bitcoin
- 2017
ICO Hangover: The $17,000 Fall From Grace
- 2020
Bitcoin: The COVID Black Thursday Crash That Halved Its Price in a Day
- 2021
Bitcoin: Elon, China and the 50% Wipeout of 2021
- 2022
LUNA and FTX: The 2022 Crash That Wiped $1.4 Trillion Off Crypto
- 2025
The ETF Trap: How Wall Street Made the 2025 Crash Worse
- 2025
Black October: Trump's Tariffs Trigger $19B Liquidation
- 2026
Coinbase 2026: The Bloodbath That Killed the Supercycle
- 2026
Bitcoin's Perfect Storm: Saylor Sold 32 Coins and $3.5 Billion Followed
- 2026
Bitcoin ETFs: $4.5 Billion Walked Out and Took the Floor With It
- 2026
Bitcoin: A Record $2.7 Billion Short Squeeze Wiped Out the People Betting on a Crash
- 2026
10/10, One Year On: The Day Crypto Lost $19 Billion in 24 Hours