Crypto Liquidations on August 15, 2026
$38.3M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on August 15, 2026 (UTC), across 39,713 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 $287K was force-closed on binance at 08:59 UTC, with the price at $62,904. The median liquidation that day was just $174 and 95% of events were under $4K — liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 02:00-03:00 UTC with $3.7M liquidated — liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. LINK | $3.6M | 905 | 5% long |
| 2. ACE | $3.5M | 2,937 | 49% long |
| 3. APR | $3.2M | 3,557 | 73% long |
| 4. COW | $2.0M | 1,995 | 42% long |
| 5. BTC | $1.7M | 261 | 54% long |
| 6. ROBO | $1.6M | 1,689 | 61% long |
| 7. CYS | $1.4M | 1,716 | 51% long |
| 8. ETH | $1.1M | 272 | 46% long |
| 9. BEAT | $1.0M | 1,959 | 90% long |
| 10. AKE | $962K | 1,554 | 44% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $28.6M | 28,703 |
| okx | $5.6M | 5,853 |
| bybit | $3.0M | 3,671 |
| hyperliquid | $433K | 1,222 |
| gate | $402K | 186 |
| htx | $189K | 46 |
| binance-coin | $29K | 28 |
| bitfinex | $849 | 4 |
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