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Liquidation wave · Closed

$8.5M on-chain liquidation wave, 27 Mar 2026

Magnitude M 3.9 on-chain, scale v1
Liquidated $8.5M USD at the block

Liquidations on Aave v3, GMX v2, Morpho Blue, Compound v3 and Spark (Ethereum, Arbitrum and Base) totalled $8.5M between 10:35 and 11:20 UTC on 27 Mar 2026. 181 positions were liquidated.

Timeline

$0$2.0M$4.0M$6.0M$8.0M27 Mar 09:35–09:40 UTC: $009:3527 Mar 09:40–09:45 UTC: $027 Mar 09:45–09:50 UTC: $027 Mar 09:50–09:55 UTC: $027 Mar 09:55–10:00 UTC: $009:5527 Mar 10:00–10:05 UTC: $027 Mar 10:05–10:10 UTC: $027 Mar 10:10–10:15 UTC: $027 Mar 10:15–10:20 UTC: $010:1527 Mar 10:20–10:25 UTC: $027 Mar 10:25–10:30 UTC: $027 Mar 10:30–10:35 UTC: $027 Mar 10:35–10:40 UTC: $7.4M10:3527 Mar 10:40–10:45 UTC: $36K27 Mar 10:45–10:50 UTC: $58027 Mar 10:50–10:55 UTC: $669K27 Mar 10:55–11:00 UTC: $217K10:5527 Mar 11:00–11:05 UTC: $6K27 Mar 11:05–11:10 UTC: $027 Mar 11:10–11:15 UTC: $24027 Mar 11:15–11:20 UTC: $211K11:1527 Mar 11:20–11:25 UTC: $027 Mar 11:25–11:30 UTC: $027 Mar 11:30–11:35 UTC: $027 Mar 11:35–11:40 UTC: $011:3527 Mar 11:40–11:45 UTC: $027 Mar 11:45–11:50 UTC: $1727 Mar 11:50–11:55 UTC: $227 Mar 11:55–12:00 UTC: $111:5527 Mar 12:00–12:05 UTC: $027 Mar 12:05–12:10 UTC: $127 Mar 12:10–12:15 UTC: $027 Mar 12:15–12:20 UTC: $012:15

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

Facts

Started
27 Mar 2026, 10:35 UTC
Peak
5 minutes from 27 Mar 2026, 10:35 UTC
Ended
27 Mar 2026, 11:20 UTC
Duration
45 min
Positions liquidated
181 (181 liquidation events)
Normal level
Median hourly total $10K, 95th percentile $451K, over the 30 days before the day it started
Coverage
On-chain DeFi venues only; verified automatically from the blockchain
By venue
ValuedShare
Aave v3$6.6M78%
GMX v2$1.4M17%
Morpho Blue$456K5%
Compound v3$33K<1%
Spark$7<1%
By chain
ValuedShare
Ethereum$6.6M78%
Arbitrum$1.4M17%
Base$457K5%
By asset
ValuedShare
Other$6.7M79%
Bitcoin$1.4M17%
Ethereum$376K4%

Sources

The largest transactions in the wave, on the chain's block explorer
TransactionVenueValue
0x46dd5159…f9c6ca Aave v3 (Ethereum) $6.5M
0x6c43c84e…ec4648 GMX v2 (Arbitrum) $224K
0x87c676bc…7fbb2f GMX v2 (Arbitrum) $211K
0x8844b20f…80207f GMX v2 (Arbitrum) $186K
0x6cf88449…627c40 Morpho Blue (Base) $163K
0x80faf6ff…a1d7b0 GMX v2 (Arbitrum) $159K
0xd10ae98b…318a09 GMX v2 (Arbitrum) $150K
0x2b9815ee…c05f33 Morpho Blue (Base) $67K
0xef9e3e03…a50076 GMX v2 (Arbitrum) $55K
0xb9ca2021…de219e Morpho Blue (Base) $53K

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