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title: "🚨🔥 "This is not a conspiracy, it's a liquidation!" — Have we really seen the truth behind "
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# 🚨🔥 "This is not a conspiracy, it's a liquidation!" — Have we really seen the truth behind 

🚨🔥 "This is not a conspiracy, it's a liquidation!" — Have we really seen the truth behind this Bitcoin crash?

When the market takes a sharp dive, the first thing we see is a list of names:

$Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF(BTC.US)

Coinbase

Kraken

Binance

FalconX

Revolut

Anchorage Digital

Wintermute

Then the community instantly jumps to a conclusion —

"This is a coordinated, premeditated sell-off!"

But if we calm down for three minutes, we might find the situation is completely different.

First, what we see are on-chain outflows, not "active dumping."

These institutions are essentially:

Exchanges

Market makers

Custodian banks

Institutional brokers

More often than not, they are handling client funds, not using their own capital to take directional short positions.

On-chain outflows could represent:

Client withdrawals

OTC settlements

Internal wallet adjustments

Market maker hedging

Asset transfers after liquidations

We cannot equate "outflow" directly with "dumping."

Second, what truly crashes a market is usually not sell orders, but leverage.

The question we should ask is not "who sold," but:

Was open interest at a high level?

Were funding rates overheated?

Were long positions overly crowded?

In a high-leverage environment, all it takes is a trigger —

Price drop → Liquidations → More selling → Triggers more liquidations.

This is called a liquidity cascade.

Not a conspiracy, but a mechanism.

Third, if it really was a "coordinated dump," what would be the cost?

Multiple globally compliant platforms manipulating prices simultaneously carries extremely high risks.

Legal liability, regulatory risk, brand damage —

These costs far outweigh the gains from short-term volatility.

We have to admit one thing:

When the market falls, our brains automatically look for a "single culprit."

Because that feels more comfortable.

But what often causes severe market volatility are:

Futures market liquidations

ETF fund outflows

Synchronized pullbacks in macro risk assets

Market maker Gamma hedging

These structural factors are more explanatory than a list of addresses.

If we only focus on "who transferred how much BTC," we miss the bigger variables:

U.S. Treasury yields

Dollar index

Equity market risk appetite

Liquidity contraction

The crypto market has never been an island.

Finally, we need to ask ourselves one question:

Do we want a dramatic story,

or do we want to truly understand market mechanisms?

If it's the latter, then this looks more like a typical deleveraging event, not a secret meeting.

The real question is —

When leverage climbs back to high levels, will we experience the same script all over again?

### Related Stocks

- [BTC.US - Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BTC.US.md)
- [ABTC.US - American Bitcoin](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/ABTC.US.md)
- [GBTC.US - Grayscale Bitcoin Trust BTC - ETF](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GBTC.US.md)
- [SBET.US - Sharplink](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SBET.US.md)

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> **Disclaimer**: This article is for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice.