Cascade autopsy: BTC, 2026-09-03 - $229.0M liquidated (n=3,450 tape events)

On 2026-09-03, our multi-venue tape recorded a BTC cascade: $229.0M in forced closes over 10 minutes (n=3,450 raw tape events in our own capture, not the whole market).

The liquidation map snapshot published 2 minutes before the start showed 30 levels; 16 were reached inside the cascade's traded range (n=30 levels, Wilson 95% lower bound 36%). Misses are shown at equal weight in the full autopsy.

The measured record as published that day: walk-forward precision 80.6% [Wilson 95% lower bound 56.3%], n=16 day-clusters.

Full re-verified anatomy (minute-by-minute timeline, before-map, venue breakdown): https://hunterkiller.io/autopsy/2026-09-03T1550-BTC

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