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Your Bitcoin trade can now get liquidated because a stock crashed

Written and edited by the WorldPing NewsdeskPublished Updated Original reporting: CryptoSlate
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What happened

Monthly volume on real-world-asset perpetual futures grew from $85 billion in January to an August record of $799.5 billion, with stocks accounting for 62.3% of that total on both DeFi and centralized venues, according to CoinMarketCap.

Key facts

  • Monthly volume on real-world-asset perpetual futures grew from $85 billion in January to an August record of $799.5 billion, with stocks accounting for 62.3% of that total on both DeFi and centralized venues, according to CoinMarketCap.
  • Reported by CryptoSlate and published Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:40:27 UTC.

Why it matters

Digital-asset markets react to catalysts within minutes, and liquidity, ETF flows and regulatory signals are usually what decide whether a move sticks.

What to watch next

  • Whether spot volume and open interest confirm the move
  • Liquidation clusters around the current price
  • ETF flow data and any regulatory follow-up

Coverage timeline

When each newsroom published on this story, oldest first — all times UTC.

  1. Bitcoin below $77,000, Zcash leads losses as traders bet on a Fed rate hike

  2. Bitcoin buyers wary of July sub-$58K floor amid onchain data ‘anomaly’

  3. Live updates: Bitcoin volatile as U.S. inflation data could point to rate hike next week.

  4. Rising yields, oil prices leave bitcoin vulnerable ahead of U.S. inflation report

  5. ‘Return the bitcoin’: Blockstream refuses ransom demand for remaining 600 BTC from Liquid exploit

  6. Your Bitcoin trade can now get liquidated because a stock crashed

  7. Bitcoin ETF outflows accelerate as investors pull $449M in three days

Sources

The original report was published by CryptoSlate. WorldPing does not claim that reporting — this page summarises and contextualises it.

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