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Liquidation

What crypto means by it

Your collateral being sold automatically because its value fell below the threshold. There is no phone call and no grace period, because there is nobody to make one.

What you already know this as

A margin call that executes itself the instant it is breached.

Related terms

Collateral Overcollateralised loan

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