Cascade autopsy: BTC, 2026-09-21 - $58.9M liquidated (n=2,001 tape events)

On 2026-09-21, our multi-venue tape recorded a BTC cascade: $58.9M in forced closes over 5 minutes (n=2,001 raw tape events in our own capture, not the whole market).

The liquidation map snapshot published 4 minutes before the start showed 30 levels; 11 were reached inside the cascade's traded range (n=30 levels, Wilson 95% lower bound 22%). Misses are shown at equal weight in the full autopsy.

The measured record as published that day: walk-forward precision 65.1% [Wilson 95% lower bound 40.2%], n=15 day-clusters.

Full re-verified anatomy (minute-by-minute timeline, before-map, venue breakdown): https://hunterkiller.io/autopsy/2026-09-21T1932-BTC

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