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Podcast: Unchained
Episode: Crypto's Black Friday Was Its Largest Liquidation Ever. What the Hell Happened?
Description: When Trump tweeted about 100% tariffs on China, crypto collapsed — $19 billion in liquidations in just hours.
Altcoins plunged 95%, exchanges froze, and stablecoins depegged. In this special episode, Diogenes Casares, founder of Klyra Protocol, joins Laura to break down the chain reaction: what really caused the crash, whether insiders knew it was coming, and how infrastructure failures and extreme leverage turned a policy tweet into crypto’s Black Friday.
Thank you to our sponsor, Aptos!
Guest:
Diogenes Casares, founder of Klyra Protocol and advisor at Patagon Management
Links:
Diogenes’s article o...