Crypto Liquidations on August 23, 2026
$344.8M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on August 23, 2026 (UTC), across 67,841 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 ETH long worth $11.7M was force-closed on binance at 04:45 UTC, with the price at $2,394. The median liquidation that day was just $353 and 95% of events were under $15K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 05:00-06:00 UTC with $62.5M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ETH | $122.6M | 7,437 | 51% long |
| 2. BTC | $83.7M | 7,280 | 55% long |
| 3. SOL | $22.3M | 2,284 | 57% long |
| 4. XRP | $21.7M | 3,361 | 55% long |
| 5. ZEC | $11.9M | 2,738 | 35% long |
| 6. TRUMP | $11.3M | 4,634 | 44% long |
| 7. ENA | $6.4M | 2,617 | 51% long |
| 8. PUMP | $6.1M | 2,245 | 38% long |
| 9. DOGE | $5.4M | 1,132 | 69% long |
| 10. HYPE | $3.7M | 1,123 | 47% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $180.6M | 30,615 |
| okx | $41.0M | 11,798 |
| hyperliquid | $39.2M | 8,914 |
| gate | $37.1M | 4,059 |
| bybit | $33.4M | 10,772 |
| htx | $10.6M | 1,343 |
| binance-coin | $2.5M | 229 |
| dydx | $205K | 93 |
| bitfinex | $24K | 5 |
| bitmex | $3K | 13 |
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