Cascade autopsy: BTC, 2026-08-28 - $98.7M liquidated (n=4,899 tape events)

On 2026-08-28, our multi-venue tape recorded a BTC cascade: $98.7M in forced closes over 5 minutes (n=4,899 raw tape events in our own capture, not the whole market).

The liquidation map snapshot published 2 minutes before the start showed 29 levels; 8 were reached inside the cascade's traded range (n=29 levels, Wilson 95% lower bound 15%). Misses are shown at equal weight in the full autopsy.

The measured record at the time sat below its own validation gate - status only, per our honesty rules (the figure is not republished here).

Full re-verified anatomy (minute-by-minute timeline, before-map, venue breakdown): https://hunterkiller.io/autopsy/2026-08-28T1620-BTC

Descriptive record of a past event - not a forecast and not a trade signal.