Crypto Liquidations on August 18, 2026
$175.4M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on August 18, 2026 (UTC), across 51,034 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 $3.0M was force-closed on hyperliquid at 14:27 UTC, with the price at $64,898. The median liquidation that day was just $257 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 14:00-15:00 UTC with $65.3M liquidated — liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $53.4M | 2,791 | 30% long |
| 2. ETH | $20.5M | 1,460 | 51% long |
| 3. SNDK | $14.0M | 2,189 | 81% long |
| 4. SUI | $4.2M | 575 | 97% long |
| 5. SPCX | $3.8M | 617 | 65% long |
| 6. WLD | $3.5M | 691 | 80% long |
| 7. KORU | $3.4M | 493 | 96% long |
| 8. SNXX | $3.4M | 491 | 93% long |
| 9. SOXL | $3.2M | 652 | 94% long |
| 10. SOL | $2.8M | 600 | 32% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $80.8M | 27,440 |
| hyperliquid | $47.0M | 7,065 |
| okx | $18.8M | 8,147 |
| bybit | $14.0M | 7,116 |
| gate | $13.0M | 794 |
| htx | $1.3M | 225 |
| binance-coin | $303K | 164 |
| bitfinex | $67K | 79 |
| bitmex | $7K | 3 |
| dydx | $556 | 1 |
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