Crypto Liquidations on August 21, 2026
$1.39B in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on August 21, 2026 (UTC), across 162,441 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 $14.1M was force-closed on binance at 00:18 UTC, with the price at $73,806. The median liquidation that day was just $435 and 95% of events were under $25K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 08:00-09:00 UTC with $274.5M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $796.0M | 34,137 | 27% long |
| 2. ETH | $298.4M | 18,468 | 21% long |
| 3. SOL | $41.9M | 5,591 | 20% long |
| 4. XRP | $39.6M | 6,434 | 38% long |
| 5. ZEC | $33.4M | 4,996 | 28% long |
| 6. HYPE | $14.4M | 3,526 | 33% long |
| 7. ENA | $13.9M | 5,774 | 45% long |
| 8. XAU | $12.2M | 1,310 | 5% long |
| 9. DOGE | $11.6M | 3,539 | 28% long |
| 10. SNDK | $8.3M | 833 | 19% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $601.4M | 61,845 |
| hyperliquid | $333.4M | 26,669 |
| bybit | $169.9M | 31,151 |
| gate | $156.4M | 14,027 |
| okx | $89.7M | 24,192 |
| htx | $25.0M | 3,012 |
| binance-coin | $8.6M | 768 |
| bitmex | $858K | 57 |
| dydx | $694K | 653 |
| bitfinex | $38K | 67 |
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