Crypto Liquidations on August 24, 2026
$325.4M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on August 24, 2026 (UTC), across 68,937 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 short worth $5.0M was force-closed on binance at 12:51 UTC, with the price at $2,512. The median liquidation that day was just $351 and 95% of events were under $16K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 11:00-12:00 UTC with $44.7M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $127.7M | 10,145 | 41% long |
| 2. ETH | $76.1M | 5,828 | 35% long |
| 3. SOL | $11.7M | 1,945 | 49% long |
| 4. XRP | $10.8M | 2,502 | 76% long |
| 5. SNDK | $10.1M | 1,228 | 83% long |
| 6. ZEC | $6.0M | 1,727 | 60% long |
| 7. HYPE | $4.4M | 1,127 | 67% long |
| 8. DOGE | $4.1M | 1,004 | 85% long |
| 9. XAU | $4.0M | 579 | 30% long |
| 10. TRUMP | $3.8M | 2,018 | 72% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $180.0M | 34,794 |
| hyperliquid | $46.6M | 9,743 |
| bybit | $38.5M | 11,643 |
| okx | $29.4M | 7,758 |
| gate | $21.6M | 3,684 |
| htx | $8.0M | 1,056 |
| binance-coin | $1.2M | 218 |
| bitmex | $171K | 21 |
| dydx | $8K | 20 |
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