Crypto Liquidations on August 7, 2026
$162.6M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on August 7, 2026 (UTC), across 57,174 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 ETH short worth $2.5M was force-closed on gate at 12:08 UTC, with the price at $1,924. The median liquidation that day was just $240 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 12:00-13:00 UTC with $41.7M liquidated — liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $33.7M | 3,292 | 28% long |
| 2. ETH | $29.8M | 2,339 | 18% long |
| 3. SPCX | $10.0M | 1,877 | 22% long |
| 4. SNDK | $7.9M | 1,373 | 72% long |
| 5. XRP | $7.4M | 1,392 | 91% long |
| 6. XAU | $6.0M | 719 | 13% long |
| 7. XYZ:SPCX | $4.5M | 1,105 | 41% long |
| 8. XAG | $3.3M | 349 | 23% long |
| 9. SOL | $2.3M | 466 | 48% long |
| 10. SOXL | $2.3M | 299 | 69% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $81.9M | 32,985 |
| okx | $28.0M | 9,196 |
| hyperliquid | $20.3M | 6,095 |
| bybit | $17.3M | 6,860 |
| gate | $11.4M | 1,343 |
| htx | $3.3M | 565 |
| binance-coin | $341K | 91 |
| bitmex | $21K | 16 |
| bitfinex | $13K | 18 |
| dydx | $2K | 5 |
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