Crypto Liquidations on August 22, 2026
$671.8M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on August 22, 2026 (UTC), across 155,065 individual events - longs took most of the damage - the pain came on the way down. Measured directly from MarginPad's multi-exchange liquidation feed.
The biggest liquidation of the day
A single ETH long worth $11.4M was force-closed on binance at 05:09 UTC, with the price at $2,450. The median liquidation that day was just $357 and 95% of events were under $14K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 05:00-06:00 UTC with $316.9M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ETH | $110.8M | 7,436 | 70% long |
| 2. XRP | $88.0M | 10,766 | 61% long |
| 3. BTC | $77.0M | 6,218 | 59% long |
| 4. SOL | $62.4M | 6,852 | 53% long |
| 5. ZEC | $46.7M | 7,154 | 38% long |
| 6. TRUMP | $40.6M | 12,974 | 53% long |
| 7. HYPE | $28.7M | 4,969 | 68% long |
| 8. DOGE | $25.9M | 3,890 | 70% long |
| 9. FARTCOIN | $12.7M | 2,569 | 36% long |
| 10. PUMP | $10.8M | 3,076 | 52% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $332.0M | 71,036 |
| hyperliquid | $122.5M | 21,654 |
| okx | $88.5M | 31,356 |
| bybit | $66.9M | 23,316 |
| gate | $44.8M | 5,447 |
| htx | $9.7M | 1,220 |
| binance-coin | $6.3M | 740 |
| dydx | $637K | 167 |
| bitfinex | $153K | 94 |
| bitmex | $141K | 35 |
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