Crypto Sell-Off Erases 8.05% of Market Value, Bringing It to $2.21 Trillion
Key Facts
The total cryptocurrency market capitalization fell 8.05% to $2.21 trillion in a TokenPost snapshot at 4:02 p.m. Eastern time on Nov. 14, 2026, in a broad decline spanning major assets. Bitcoin fell 5.68% over 24 hours to $64,848, while total cryptocurrency trading volume over the same period reached $86.40 billion. The figures show the breadth of market pressure in that snapshot, from the largest cryptocurrency to total market value. In a separate earlier reading, Aster had posted a sharp one-hour decline, with liquidations of its long positions. The figures from that reading are tied to its specific time and do not represent a measurement taken simultaneously with the later market snapshot.
The decline extended to Ether and Solana: Ether fell 8.07% to $1,786, while Solana dropped 11.19% to $70.74 in the 4:02 p.m. snapshot. TokenPost said Solana recorded the biggest decline among the six major assets it covered, while Dogecoin fell 10.98% to $0.0580. All six major assets declined in that reading, reflecting the spread of losses across large-cap cryptocurrencies. The moves came alongside a drop in market capitalization and active trading over the 24 hours ending at the snapshot. These percentages do not align in time with the Aster figures from the earlier hourly reading.
In a separate performance ranking covering 39 assets in a Nov. 14 report, Aster recorded the biggest decline in the group, at 23.85%, while Monero was unchanged. This ranking differs from the tracking of the six major assets and refers to a report dated the same day, with the cited passage not specifying the snapshot time. An earlier story in EL7 data dated Nov. 14 carried a headline about Aster falling 14.59% and $4.49 million in long-position liquidations. The liquidation amount is tied to a TokenPost reading at 3:17 p.m. Eastern time, not to the Nov. 15 snapshot identified in the initial report. The 23.85% decline and the liquidation amount should therefore be read as figures from separate contexts and readings.
In the earlier reading at 3:17 p.m. Eastern time on Nov. 14, Aster fell 14.59% in one hour to $0.5226 on the ASTER/USDT pair on Binance, while its 24-hour decline stood at 20.48%. During the same hour, liquidations of long positions tied to the token totaled $4.49 million, compared with $10,000 for short positions across Binance, Bybit and OKX. The TokenPost report at 4:02 p.m. said total liquidations across the three platforms reached $783.3 million over 24 hours, including $735.7 million in long positions and $47.6 million in short positions. The difference in period and scale places the two Aster figures in their specified scope: liquidations of one coin over one hour in the earlier reading, compared with broader market liquidations over 24 hours in the later reading.
An Investing.com report published on Nov. 14 put total cryptocurrency market liquidations at a different estimate of $1.47 billion over 24 hours, including $1.31 billion in bullish bets and about $677 million tied to Bitcoin. U.S. spot Bitcoin funds also recorded net outflows of $185.45 million on Friday, Nov. 13, bringing cumulative outflows to about $1.91 billion over seven sessions since Nov. 5. The two reports give different market liquidation totals for the same period, and the cited passage does not specify the reason for the discrepancy; the figures therefore remain attributed to their sources. Fund flows provide additional context for market moves in recent days, but they do not measure flows at the TokenPost snapshot or, on their own, explain Aster's decline.