Crypto Liquidations on July 28, 2026
$351.2M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on July 28, 2026 (UTC), across 85,141 individual events — longs took most of the damage — the pain came on the way down. Measured directly from MarginPad's multi-exchange liquidation feed.
The biggest liquidation of the day
A single ETH short worth $4.7M was force-closed on binance at 15:24 UTC, with the price at $1,918. The median liquidation that day was just $345 and 95% of events were under $13K — liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 13:00-14:00 UTC with $77.3M liquidated — liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $85.1M | 6,605 | 72% long |
| 2. ETH | $63.2M | 5,143 | 55% long |
| 3. SNDK | $24.9M | 3,658 | 83% long |
| 4. MU | $13.4M | 1,141 | 97% long |
| 5. SKHYNIX | $12.7M | 1,439 | 95% long |
| 6. SOL | $10.9M | 1,685 | 74% long |
| 7. HYPE | $8.2M | 1,924 | 78% long |
| 8. SKHY | $7.4M | 899 | 93% long |
| 9. KORU | $6.0M | 940 | 93% long |
| 10. BANK | $5.8M | 6,341 | 53% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $178.3M | 44,686 |
| hyperliquid | $63.7M | 13,064 |
| okx | $47.2M | 13,768 |
| bybit | $26.6M | 9,883 |
| gate | $25.7M | 2,720 |
| htx | $6.7M | 648 |
| binance-coin | $2.0M | 162 |
| bitmex | $502K | 35 |
| bitfinex | $305K | 80 |
| dydx | $113K | 95 |
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