đ° Why Some Altcoins Crashed to Zero on Binance | Oct 10 Market Meltdown
đ„ Key Highlights:
âą Several altcoins like ATOM, IOTX, and ENJ briefly dropped to zero on Binance, even though they held value elsewhere.
âą The crypto market lost ~$850B within hours â the worst crash since FTX.
âą Bitcoin plunged 10â15% (from $124K â $105K), but altcoins were hit harder.
âïž What Caused It:
âą Nearly $20B in liquidations wiped out 1.6M+ traders.
âą Heavy leverage trading on Binance triggered automatic sell-offs.
âą Cross-margin liquidations flooded the market with forced sales.
âą Binanceâs system faced overload, leading to frozen accounts and missed stop-losses.
âą Market makers pulled liquidity, leaving no buyers, so prices temporarily showed $0.
âą Similar flash crashes have happened before â like Ethereum dropping to $0.10 on GDAX in 2017.
đ Binance Response:
âą Yi He and CEO Richard Teng issued apologies for the disruption.
âą Binance will compensate verified users affected by system issues, not market volatility.
â ïž Reminder:
Crypto trading involves high risk â always DYOR before investing.