<span>© 2025 Coinspeaker LTD.</span> <span>ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</span> <br>Over $500 million in crypto positions were liquidated on December 5, with memecoins bearing the brunt as market depth thinned heading into the weekend.<br>Crypto markets faced intense turbulence on Dec. 5 as liquidations surged above $500 million, reigniting concerns about recurring weekend volatility and increasingly fragile market depth.<br><a href="https://www.coinglass.com/LiquidationData" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">According to Coinglass’ real-time data</a>, a total of $499.27 million in positions was wiped out over 24 hours, with $419.19 million in longs and $80.08 million in shorts liquidated, with more than 142,000 traders affected.<!----> <!-- Google adSense --> <!--<script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4826868851612784" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block; text-align:center;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:5px" data-ad-layout="in-article" data-ad-format="fluid" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4826868851612784" data-ad-slot="2123345046"></ins> <script>
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Crypto market liquidation hit $500 million, Dec 5, 2025 | Source: Coinglass
The largest single liquidation was recorded on Hyperliquid’s BTC-USD market, where a position worth $8.5 million was forcibly closed. These figures highlight a continued pattern of large-scale crypto leverage exits increasingly occurring during periods of thinner liquidity, particularly between US session closures and weekend trading cycles.
With public companies in the US now holding 1,061,940 BTC (~$94 billion), institutional capital is now deeply intertwined with crypto markets. The $500 million capitulation on Dec 5, follows a series of major Friday liquidation events that shook the market in recent months.
On Oct. 10, 2025, nearly $20 billion in leveraged crypto positions was erased within a day after President Trump announced sweeping 100% tariffs on Chinese technology imports, triggering fears of a renewed trade war.
A similar pattern emerged on Nov. 14, when traders closed nearly $1.4 billion positions in 24 hours sending Bitcoin BTC $89 575 24h volatility: 2.6% Market cap: $1.79 T Vol. 24h: $48.65 B price spiraling below $100,000. That sell-off was driven by profit-taking, rising concerns over interest-rate policy.
That dynamic has reappeared this week, as traders wound down $500 million leverage exposure heading into another low-liquidity weekend. The low market-depth and sentiment-sensitive memecoin sector absorbed the heaviest damage.
According to CoinGecko, the aggregate memecoin market capitalization fell 5.6%, to $46.18 billion. Trading volumes stood at $4.24 billion over 24 hours, reflecting the scramble to exit positions.
Cumulative Memecoin Sector Marketcap Plunges 5.6% on Dec 5, 2025 | Source: Coingecko
Solana-native Pudgy Penguins saw the highest spike in search interest as traders rushed to trim exposure to memecoins. PEPE PEPE $0.000004 24h volatility: 8.2% Market cap: $1.85 B Vol. 24h: $326.45 M , and Pipin joined Pudgy Penguins as the top three trending tokens during the sell-off. The memecoins posted steep intraday declines of 10.5%, 9.4%, and 8.5%, respectively.
Even larger, more established memecoins suffered losses, with Dogecoin DOGE $0.14 24h volatility: 6.1% Market cap: $22.46 B Vol. 24h: $1.18 B price shedding 7.2%, while Shiba Inu SHIB $0.000008 24h volatility: 5.0% Market cap: $4.87 B Vol. 24h: $132.31 M dropped 5.9% at the time of reporting.
Thinning market liquidity heightens the risks of further downside volatility over the weekend.
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Ibrahim Ajibade is a seasoned research analyst with a background in supporting various Web3 startups and financial organizations. He earned his undergraduate degree in Economics and is currently studying for a Master’s in Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies at the University of Malta.
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