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Liquidation wave · Closed

$14.1M on-chain liquidation wave, 6 Mar 2026

Magnitude M 4.1 on-chain, scale v1
Liquidated $14.1M USD at the block

Liquidations on GMX v2 and Aave v3 (Arbitrum, Ethereum and Base) totalled $14.1M between 15:50 and 15:55 UTC on 6 Mar 2026. 12 positions were liquidated.

Timeline

$0$5.0M$10.0M$15.0M6 Mar 14:50–14:55 UTC: $79K14:506 Mar 14:55–15:00 UTC: $16K6 Mar 15:00–15:05 UTC: $06 Mar 15:05–15:10 UTC: $015:056 Mar 15:10–15:15 UTC: $16 Mar 15:15–15:20 UTC: $06 Mar 15:20–15:25 UTC: $015:206 Mar 15:25–15:30 UTC: $06 Mar 15:30–15:35 UTC: $1K6 Mar 15:35–15:40 UTC: $015:356 Mar 15:40–15:45 UTC: $8646 Mar 15:45–15:50 UTC: $1K6 Mar 15:50–15:55 UTC: $14.1M15:506 Mar 15:55–16:00 UTC: $06 Mar 16:00–16:05 UTC: $06 Mar 16:05–16:10 UTC: $016:056 Mar 16:10–16:15 UTC: $4706 Mar 16:15–16:20 UTC: $56 Mar 16:20–16:25 UTC: $24516:206 Mar 16:25–16:30 UTC: $06 Mar 16:30–16:35 UTC: $06 Mar 16:35–16:40 UTC: $016:356 Mar 16:40–16:45 UTC: $16 Mar 16:45–16:50 UTC: $06 Mar 16:50–16:55 UTC: $3K16:50

All covered venues, with an hour before and after the wave for comparison.

Facts

Started
6 Mar 2026, 15:50 UTC
Peak
5 minutes from 6 Mar 2026, 15:50 UTC
Ended
6 Mar 2026, 15:55 UTC
Duration
5 min
Positions liquidated
12 (12 liquidation events)
Normal level
Median hourly total $13K, 95th percentile $1.2M, over the 30 days before the day it started
Coverage
On-chain DeFi venues only; verified automatically from the blockchain
By venue
ValuedShare
GMX v2$14.1M100%
Aave v3$9K<1%
By chain
ValuedShare
Arbitrum$14.1M100%
Ethereum$7K<1%
Base$2K<1%
By asset
ValuedShare
Ethereum$14.0M100%
Bitcoin$24K<1%
Other$2K<1%

Sources

The largest transactions in the wave, on the chain's block explorer
TransactionVenueValue
0xae89e00a…6b636d GMX v2 (Arbitrum) $14.0M
0x8c162275…e18de1 GMX v2 (Arbitrum) $23K
0x52f61e7f…ca38d5 Aave v3 (Ethereum) $7K
0xf8ce93ed…900a75 Aave v3 (Base) $2K
0xd27be1bd…cdaf6d GMX v2 (Arbitrum) $1K
0x986b921e…1733f2 GMX v2 (Arbitrum) $1K
0x336bb4a4…3beb9f GMX v2 (Arbitrum) $766
0x99fbc0f9…03c7b7 GMX v2 (Arbitrum) $532
0xcfbfa4ee…83cc80 GMX v2 (Arbitrum) $476
0x217ceb2f…b61ab1 GMX v2 (Arbitrum) $202

Values are in USD at the block of each liquidation, from on-chain prices. On-chain liquidation magnitudes measure DeFi venues only and are not yet comparable with hack or depeg magnitudes. Methodology · The magnitude scale