Crypto Liquidations on August 20, 2026
$982.5M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on August 20, 2026 (UTC), across 97,541 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 long worth $161.1M was force-closed on bitfinex at 09:21 UTC, with the price at $69,589. The median liquidation that day was just $364 and 95% of events were under $20K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 08:00-09:00 UTC with $261.9M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $628.4M | 17,561 | 38% long |
| 2. ETH | $184.5M | 10,707 | 30% long |
| 3. XRP | $34.3M | 5,878 | 39% long |
| 4. SOL | $12.5M | 1,961 | 37% long |
| 5. SNDK | $9.4M | 1,663 | 59% long |
| 6. ZEC | $7.5M | 1,317 | 32% long |
| 7. DOGE | $7.1M | 2,557 | 25% long |
| 8. XYZ:MRNA | $6.2M | 390 | 33% long |
| 9. HYPE | $6.0M | 2,076 | 37% long |
| 10. PUMP | $5.6M | 1,644 | 34% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $293.8M | 39,907 |
| hyperliquid | $192.5M | 15,972 |
| gate | $179.7M | 7,838 |
| bitfinex | $165.9M | 311 |
| bybit | $77.3M | 17,303 |
| okx | $50.9M | 13,610 |
| htx | $12.7M | 1,910 |
| binance-coin | $4.8M | 474 |
| bitmex | $4.6M | 40 |
| dydx | $236K | 176 |
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