Crypto Liquidations on August 9, 2026
$106.3M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on August 9, 2026 (UTC), across 62,705 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 long worth $3.1M was force-closed on gate at 07:08 UTC, with the price at $64,817. The median liquidation that day was just $158 and 95% of events were under $5K — liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 07:00-08:00 UTC with $37.1M liquidated — liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $23.2M | 1,525 | 51% long |
| 2. ETH | $14.4M | 1,412 | 35% long |
| 3. TUT | $12.0M | 3,436 | 19% long |
| 4. SOL | $5.4M | 1,054 | 29% long |
| 5. BICO | $3.2M | 3,764 | 26% long |
| 6. DOGE | $3.1M | 388 | 95% long |
| 7. BMT | $2.2M | 2,336 | 36% long |
| 8. XRP | $2.1M | 446 | 83% long |
| 9. ZEC | $2.0M | 547 | 26% long |
| 10. PUMP | $1.6M | 1,059 | 24% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $65.8M | 44,632 |
| gate | $17.5M | 1,108 |
| okx | $9.5M | 6,720 |
| bybit | $9.0M | 7,754 |
| hyperliquid | $3.7M | 2,207 |
| htx | $594K | 206 |
| bitfinex | $183K | 24 |
| binance-coin | $62K | 45 |
| bitmex | $27K | 6 |
| dydx | $2K | 3 |
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