Crypto Liquidations on August 6, 2026
$130.9M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on August 6, 2026 (UTC), across 61,937 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 $2.0M was force-closed on bybit at 05:08 UTC, with the price at $65,282. The median liquidation that day was just $207 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 13:00-14:00 UTC with $19.5M liquidated — liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $14.5M | 1,586 | 46% long |
| 2. ETH | $13.5M | 1,759 | 57% long |
| 3. SNDK | $8.8M | 1,999 | 54% long |
| 4. XRP | $6.1M | 1,216 | 97% long |
| 5. SPCX | $5.7M | 1,258 | 47% long |
| 6. XAU | $4.8M | 655 | 47% long |
| 7. HEI | $4.4M | 2,461 | 41% long |
| 8. SOL | $3.7M | 737 | 92% long |
| 9. BLESS | $3.6M | 4,640 | 35% long |
| 10. XYZ:SPCX | $3.5M | 620 | 22% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $77.8M | 37,124 |
| okx | $21.9M | 9,621 |
| bybit | $14.2M | 8,194 |
| hyperliquid | $12.2M | 5,556 |
| gate | $3.3M | 954 |
| htx | $1.1M | 299 |
| binance-coin | $344K | 123 |
| bitfinex | $119K | 48 |
| bitmex | $14K | 9 |
| dydx | $5K | 9 |
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