Crypto Liquidations on August 2, 2026
$123.5M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on August 2, 2026 (UTC), across 42,328 individual events — shorts took most of the damage, squeezed on the way up. Measured directly from MarginPad's multi-exchange liquidation feed.
The biggest liquidation of the day
A single XYZ:BRENTOIL long worth $3.1M was force-closed on hyperliquid at 02:11 UTC, with the price at $84.72. The median liquidation that day was just $233 and 95% of events were under $7K — liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 02:00-03:00 UTC with $42.3M liquidated — liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ETH | $33.8M | 2,349 | 30% long |
| 2. BTC | $30.7M | 2,172 | 28% long |
| 3. XYZ:BRENTOIL | $5.6M | 831 | 77% long |
| 4. SOL | $5.3M | 600 | 12% long |
| 5. CL | $3.8M | 440 | 96% long |
| 6. BLESS | $2.9M | 3,067 | 34% long |
| 7. HYPE | $2.5M | 678 | 35% long |
| 8. ADA | $2.4M | 736 | 15% long |
| 9. ZEC | $2.3M | 479 | 7% long |
| 10. 1000RATS | $2.2M | 2,209 | 46% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $56.9M | 25,209 |
| bybit | $18.3M | 5,144 |
| hyperliquid | $18.0M | 4,088 |
| gate | $13.3M | 1,259 |
| okx | $12.8M | 6,153 |
| htx | $3.9M | 345 |
| dydx | $99K | 67 |
| binance-coin | $89K | 47 |
| bitmex | $24K | 7 |
| bitfinex | $2K | 9 |
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