Cascade autopsy: BTC, 2026-10-22 - $75.4M liquidated (n=6,659 tape events)

On 2026-10-22, our multi-venue tape recorded a BTC cascade: $75.4M in forced closes over 10 minutes (n=6,659 raw tape events in our own capture, not the whole market).

The liquidation map snapshot published 4 minutes before the start showed 29 levels; 9 were reached inside the cascade's traded range (n=29 levels, Wilson 95% lower bound 17%). 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/2026-10-22T1642-BTC

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