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How Do Cross-Exchange Liquidations Amplify Systemic Risk?

Systemic risk is amplified when a single event on one exchange triggers cascading liquidations across multiple exchanges. A price drop on Exchange A can trigger liquidations there, whose sell orders depress the global price, triggering liquidations on Exchange B, and so on.

This interconnectedness rapidly spreads the death spiral across the entire crypto ecosystem.

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