Crypto market leverage is through the roof:
Total crypto loans jumped +35% in Q3 2025, to a record $73.6 billion.
This surpasses the previous record of $69.4 billion set in Q4 2021.
Crypto lending has nearly TRIPLED since Q1 2024, when the sector began to recover following the approval of US spot Bitcoin ETFs.
As a result, we are seeing violent downswings across the board in crypto as liquidations accelerate.
Leverage is proliferating volatility.
Downswings are from futures liquidations, not debt.
The debt market isn't over leveraged, in fact its in early stages of development. Let's compare debt vs size of the market.
Global Real Estate, $393T:
$65T of debt = 17%
Digital Assets, $3.5T:
$73B of debt = 2.1%
Nov 8, 2025 · 12:31 AM UTC











