Crypto Liquidations on August 12, 2026
$143.7M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on August 12, 2026 (UTC), across 61,676 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 $3.2M was force-closed on binance at 09:25 UTC, with the price at $1,900. The median liquidation that day was just $236 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 14:00-15:00 UTC with $18.3M liquidated — liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ETH | $29.6M | 2,501 | 41% long |
| 2. BTC | $18.7M | 2,052 | 57% long |
| 3. SPCX | $9.5M | 1,197 | 8% long |
| 4. SNDK | $6.3M | 1,094 | 21% long |
| 5. APR | $5.7M | 4,931 | 28% long |
| 6. XYZ:SPCX | $4.3M | 774 | 44% long |
| 7. SOL | $3.3M | 579 | 73% long |
| 8. DOGE | $3.2M | 530 | 99% long |
| 9. XAU | $2.8M | 523 | 23% long |
| 10. PROM | $2.7M | 2,479 | 41% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $85.6M | 38,145 |
| okx | $20.6M | 10,093 |
| hyperliquid | $14.4M | 4,949 |
| bybit | $12.2M | 6,694 |
| gate | $7.8M | 1,304 |
| htx | $2.4M | 348 |
| binance-coin | $724K | 96 |
| dydx | $28K | 30 |
| bitmex | $6K | 4 |
| bitfinex | $2K | 13 |
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