The Biggest Liquidation Event in Crypto-Did it Reverse the Oct.10 Impact?
On August 19, 2026, crypto markets saw the largest short liquidation event on record. Roughly $2.7 to $3 billion in positions were wiped out, with about 92% from shorts.
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Crypto is drowning in explainers that either assume you already know everything or explain nothing at all. This is our attempt at the missing middle: a library of plain-language references, practical guides and honest deep dives — written in-house, the same as everything else here. No filler, no hype.
Three kinds of thing live here. References are quick — look something up and move on. Guides walk you through something practical, start to finish. Deep dives are longer arguments about the things that actually matter. Start wherever your question is.
References
Quick answers. Look something up and get on with your day.
Bitcoin 101
Six short pages on how Bitcoin actually works, from the white paper to proof of work.
Glossary
Every term you'll trip over, defined in plain English — and honest about the ugly ones.
Ethereum 101
Smart contracts, gas, the EVM, the Merge, and why ETH and BTC are different kinds of asset.
Wallets & Keys 101
Custody, seed phrases, hardware, and the handful of ways people actually lose their coins.
Stablecoins 101
What actually backs them, the three designs and how each fails, and why one collapsed.
Guides
One practical question each, answered start to finish.
Proof of Work vs Proof of Stake
The two ways a blockchain agrees on the truth, compared fairly — including what each one gives up.
How to read a block explorer
Follow a transaction from broadcast to confirmed, and check a payment for yourself.
How to spot a crypto scam
The six shapes almost every scam takes, and the tells that give each one away.
Deep dives
Longer arguments about the things that actually matter.
From the desk
All posts →The library is the evergreen half of this site. This is the other half — dated analysis, written the same way.
Everything in the Learn library is original, written by us, and free to read. It's education, not financial advice — cryptocurrency is volatile, so do your own research. Questions or corrections: about CryptoCluster.