Crypto Liquidations on August 16, 2026
$68.8M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on August 16, 2026 (UTC), across 37,800 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 TESTBTC long worth $7.8M was force-closed on bitfinex at 22:36 UTC, with the price at $63,120. The median liquidation that day was just $168 and 95% of events were under $5K — liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 21:00-22:00 UTC with $26.4M liquidated — liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $11.7M | 762 | 83% long |
| 2. ETH | $10.0M | 725 | 82% long |
| 3. TESTBTC | $8.9M | 4 | 100% long |
| 4. SOL | $4.8M | 513 | 98% long |
| 5. APR | $1.6M | 2,154 | 47% long |
| 6. HEMI | $1.5M | 1,745 | 53% long |
| 7. AIO | $1.3M | 1,606 | 51% long |
| 8. PORTAL | $1.2M | 1,414 | 24% long |
| 9. XRP | $1.1M | 223 | 98% long |
| 10. CYS | $1.0M | 1,425 | 49% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $36.8M | 23,974 |
| bybit | $9.3M | 5,342 |
| bitfinex | $8.9M | 6 |
| okx | $6.7M | 5,477 |
| gate | $3.8M | 510 |
| hyperliquid | $1.9M | 2,317 |
| htx | $1.4M | 140 |
| binance-coin | $113K | 28 |
| bitmex | $31K | 6 |
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