Crypto Liquidations on August 1, 2026
$180.0M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on August 1, 2026 (UTC), across 51,894 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 long worth $9.2M was force-closed on binance at 18:30 UTC, with the price at $1,842. The median liquidation that day was just $245 and 95% of events were under $8K — liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 18:00-19:00 UTC with $114.6M liquidated — liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ETH | $64.5M | 3,855 | 86% long |
| 2. BTC | $31.8M | 2,743 | 87% long |
| 3. SOL | $15.2M | 2,503 | 85% long |
| 4. AKE | $9.9M | 2,004 | 3% long |
| 5. BEAT | $5.0M | 1,404 | 6% long |
| 6. GIGGLE | $4.6M | 4,188 | 52% long |
| 7. 1000RATS | $3.4M | 3,081 | 42% long |
| 8. DOGE | $3.3M | 570 | 99% long |
| 9. XRP | $2.6M | 443 | 94% long |
| 10. HYPE | $1.8M | 770 | 75% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $87.7M | 28,691 |
| bybit | $32.5M | 7,019 |
| hyperliquid | $24.2M | 5,471 |
| gate | $17.5M | 1,715 |
| okx | $12.3M | 8,132 |
| htx | $3.3M | 552 |
| binance-coin | $1.2M | 180 |
| bitfinex | $1.1M | 44 |
| bitmex | $145K | 16 |
| dydx | $92K | 74 |
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