Crypto Liquidations on August 4, 2026
$165.9M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on August 4, 2026 (UTC), across 54,614 individual events — the damage split fairly evenly between longs and shorts. Measured directly from MarginPad's multi-exchange liquidation feed.
The biggest liquidation of the day
A single BTC short worth $1.6M was force-closed on bybit at 01:40 UTC, with the price at $64,098. The median liquidation that day was just $259 and 95% of events were under $10K — liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 20:00-21:00 UTC with $18.3M liquidated — liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $31.1M | 2,830 | 26% long |
| 2. ETH | $17.6M | 1,885 | 29% long |
| 3. XYZ:XYZ100 | $10.6M | 440 | 84% long |
| 4. SPCX | $10.6M | 1,892 | 43% long |
| 5. SNDK | $8.8M | 1,843 | 30% long |
| 6. XYZ:SP500 | $7.7M | 620 | 40% long |
| 7. XYZ:SPCX | $6.3M | 1,352 | 47% long |
| 8. XYZ:BRENTOIL | $4.5M | 410 | 79% long |
| 9. HOME | $3.6M | 4,442 | 41% long |
| 10. SKHYNIX | $2.8M | 471 | 52% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $75.4M | 28,804 |
| hyperliquid | $43.9M | 7,441 |
| okx | $21.3M | 8,997 |
| bybit | $17.7M | 8,025 |
| gate | $6.3M | 1,025 |
| htx | $969K | 246 |
| binance-coin | $390K | 45 |
| bitmex | $24K | 10 |
| bitfinex | $22K | 12 |
| dydx | $4K | 9 |
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