Crypto Liquidations on August 14, 2026
$140.9M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on August 14, 2026 (UTC), across 66,932 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 SNDK short worth $2.1M was force-closed on binance at 08:05 UTC, with the price at $1,618. The median liquidation that day was just $201 and 95% of events were under $6K — liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 08:00-09:00 UTC with $23.7M liquidated — liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $26.3M | 2,999 | 81% long |
| 2. SNDK | $18.5M | 2,017 | 16% long |
| 3. ETH | $14.3M | 1,552 | 68% long |
| 4. AKE | $9.2M | 7,741 | 18% long |
| 5. ACE | $3.6M | 2,752 | 29% long |
| 6. LINK | $3.5M | 143 | 94% long |
| 7. SPCX | $3.4M | 610 | 50% long |
| 8. XAU | $3.0M | 551 | 60% long |
| 9. XRP | $2.7M | 804 | 91% long |
| 10. SOL | $2.6M | 565 | 90% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $78.3M | 40,525 |
| okx | $21.0M | 8,939 |
| bybit | $18.0M | 12,088 |
| hyperliquid | $11.1M | 3,969 |
| gate | $10.1M | 1,014 |
| htx | $1.9M | 217 |
| binance-coin | $325K | 96 |
| bitmex | $112K | 11 |
| dydx | $57K | 37 |
| bitfinex | $55K | 36 |
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