Crypto Liquidations on August 13, 2026
$183.2M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on August 13, 2026 (UTC), across 53,321 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 $2.0M was force-closed on bybit at 11:25 UTC, with the price at $63,122. The median liquidation that day was just $235 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 16:00-17:00 UTC with $46.5M liquidated — liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $42.2M | 3,203 | 73% long |
| 2. ETH | $28.5M | 1,997 | 72% long |
| 3. SNDK | $25.7M | 2,046 | 11% long |
| 4. SKHYNIX | $7.6M | 520 | 22% long |
| 5. XAU | $6.3M | 606 | 47% long |
| 6. APR | $4.8M | 4,474 | 48% long |
| 7. SPCX | $4.5M | 881 | 59% long |
| 8. AKE | $4.4M | 4,265 | 19% long |
| 9. SOL | $3.1M | 531 | 77% long |
| 10. SKHY | $2.9M | 260 | 4% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $105.3M | 31,219 |
| okx | $25.8M | 8,983 |
| hyperliquid | $17.9M | 3,703 |
| bybit | $16.5M | 7,880 |
| gate | $14.1M | 1,155 |
| htx | $2.8M | 297 |
| binance-coin | $709K | 56 |
| bitfinex | $67K | 17 |
| bitmex | $31K | 11 |
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