Crypto Liquidations on August 17, 2026
$189.1M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on August 17, 2026 (UTC), across 50,191 individual events — shorts took most of the damage, squeezed on the way up. Measured directly from MarginPad's multi-exchange liquidation feed.
The biggest liquidation of the day
A single BTC short worth $5.3M was force-closed on binance at 18:23 UTC, with the price at $64,586. The median liquidation that day was just $247 and 95% of events were under $10K — liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 18:00-19:00 UTC with $25.9M liquidated — liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $74.6M | 4,107 | 20% long |
| 2. SNDK | $23.8M | 2,074 | 15% long |
| 3. ETH | $23.0M | 1,975 | 10% long |
| 4. SPCX | $6.1M | 758 | 19% long |
| 5. GPS | $4.5M | 5,171 | 38% long |
| 6. SNXX | $3.4M | 422 | 24% long |
| 7. ZEC | $2.6M | 512 | 9% long |
| 8. MU | $2.6M | 356 | 4% long |
| 9. KORU | $2.5M | 316 | 25% long |
| 10. SKHYNIX | $1.9M | 254 | 13% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $87.6M | 25,938 |
| hyperliquid | $37.8M | 5,650 |
| okx | $25.9M | 7,719 |
| bybit | $18.8M | 9,166 |
| gate | $15.4M | 1,135 |
| htx | $3.0M | 375 |
| binance-coin | $254K | 48 |
| dydx | $249K | 139 |
| bitfinex | $33K | 13 |
| bitmex | $23K | 8 |
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