Crypto Liquidations on August 5, 2026
$210.0M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on August 5, 2026 (UTC), across 65,857 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 BTC short worth $3.6M was force-closed on binance at 19:05 UTC, with the price at $64,885. The median liquidation that day was just $249 and 95% of events were under $9K — liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 13:00-14:00 UTC with $23.2M liquidated — liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $50.0M | 3,314 | 21% long |
| 2. ETH | $42.6M | 3,766 | 20% long |
| 3. SNDK | $17.7M | 2,591 | 68% long |
| 4. XAU | $10.6M | 1,353 | 4% long |
| 5. SPCX | $5.9M | 1,583 | 77% long |
| 6. BLESS | $4.9M | 5,429 | 28% long |
| 7. XYZ:SP500 | $4.5M | 257 | 7% long |
| 8. XAG | $3.5M | 280 | 9% long |
| 9. MU | $2.9M | 508 | 49% long |
| 10. HEI | $2.7M | 1,665 | 17% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $113.0M | 37,445 |
| okx | $33.7M | 9,901 |
| hyperliquid | $28.8M | 7,038 |
| bybit | $18.6M | 8,926 |
| gate | $12.6M | 1,675 |
| htx | $2.8M | 736 |
| binance-coin | $203K | 81 |
| bitfinex | $131K | 20 |
| bitmex | $67K | 9 |
| dydx | $12K | 26 |
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