Crypto Liquidations on August 11, 2026
$148.2M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on August 11, 2026 (UTC), across 58,049 individual events — longs took most of the damage — the pain came on the way down. Measured directly from MarginPad's multi-exchange liquidation feed.
The biggest liquidation of the day
A single BTC long worth $2.5M was force-closed on binance at 18:40 UTC, with the price at $63,305. The median liquidation that day was just $204 and 95% of events were under $8K — liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 15:00-16:00 UTC with $38.7M liquidated — liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $37.2M | 3,694 | 83% long |
| 2. ETH | $28.6M | 2,523 | 72% long |
| 3. XRP | $10.7M | 1,491 | 89% long |
| 4. SOL | $4.8M | 847 | 66% long |
| 5. ZEC | $3.3M | 779 | 81% long |
| 6. XAU | $3.1M | 616 | 32% long |
| 7. BEAT | $3.0M | 4,326 | 66% long |
| 8. SPCX | $2.5M | 595 | 75% long |
| 9. CL | $2.5M | 249 | 19% long |
| 10. DOGE | $2.3M | 560 | 22% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $74.6M | 35,037 |
| hyperliquid | $18.9M | 5,214 |
| bybit | $17.7M | 7,497 |
| okx | $17.2M | 8,198 |
| gate | $9.8M | 1,388 |
| htx | $4.6M | 385 |
| bitfinex | $3.6M | 111 |
| binance-coin | $1.6M | 175 |
| bitmex | $65K | 19 |
| dydx | $28K | 25 |
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