Crypto Liquidations on August 25, 2026
$405.8M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on August 25, 2026 (UTC), across 68,170 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 BTC long worth $11.9M was force-closed on binance at 21:07 UTC, with the price at $78,001. The median liquidation that day was just $406 and 95% of events were under $19K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 02:00-03:00 UTC with $93.2M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $185.3M | 12,547 | 54% long |
| 2. ETH | $80.1M | 5,220 | 64% long |
| 3. XRP | $22.2M | 2,772 | 61% long |
| 4. SOL | $21.5M | 3,207 | 58% long |
| 5. ZEC | $8.5M | 1,890 | 60% long |
| 6. DOGE | $6.0M | 1,023 | 92% long |
| 7. SNDK | $3.4M | 540 | 64% long |
| 8. 1000PEPE | $3.1M | 635 | 85% long |
| 9. XYZ:CL | $3.0M | 274 | 40% long |
| 10. PUMP | $2.9M | 700 | 60% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $217.7M | 36,041 |
| hyperliquid | $89.1M | 13,631 |
| bybit | $49.2M | 12,638 |
| gate | $35.7M | 4,220 |
| htx | $9.7M | 1,100 |
| binance-coin | $4.0M | 381 |
| dydx | $393K | 157 |
| bitmex | $37K | 2 |
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