Crypto Liquidations on August 19, 2026
$3.91B in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on August 19, 2026 (UTC), across 149,779 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 $156.8M was force-closed on bitfinex at 15:28 UTC, with the price at $67,713. The median liquidation that day was just $580 and 95% of events were under $43K — liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 15:00-16:00 UTC with $2.52B liquidated — liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $2.57B | 28,822 | 65% long |
| 2. ETH | $958.5M | 26,837 | 12% long |
| 3. SOL | $94.2M | 7,807 | 9% long |
| 4. HYPE | $40.8M | 5,390 | 44% long |
| 5. SNDK | $28.4M | 3,485 | 54% long |
| 6. XAU | $23.9M | 1,478 | 2% long |
| 7. ZEC | $18.9M | 2,158 | 15% long |
| 8. XRP | $18.0M | 2,744 | 17% long |
| 9. LINK | $7.5M | 1,613 | 10% long |
| 10. BTW | $6.5M | 4,705 | 32% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| bitfinex | $1.37B | 310 |
| binance | $877.9M | 46,914 |
| hyperliquid | $730.3M | 35,757 |
| bybit | $414.6M | 32,399 |
| gate | $328.1M | 12,220 |
| okx | $127.8M | 17,604 |
| htx | $43.2M | 2,976 |
| binance-coin | $18.5M | 569 |
| dydx | $5.0M | 986 |
| bitmex | $900K | 44 |
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