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Liquidation Cascade
A chain reaction of forced position closures in DeFi lending or leveraged trading. When a large position is liquidated, forced selling pushes prices lower, triggering more liquidations in a destructive feedback loop. The May 2021 and November 2022 crashes involved massive liquidation cascades.
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