Crypto Liquidations on August 26, 2026
$185.4M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on August 26, 2026 (UTC), across 54,579 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 ETH short worth $5.0M was force-closed on binance at 21:29 UTC, with the price at $2,499. The median liquidation that day was just $251 and 95% of events were under $10K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 21:00-22:00 UTC with $35.6M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ETH | $48.9M | 3,052 | 17% long |
| 2. BTC | $39.4M | 3,927 | 50% long |
| 3. SOL | $13.1M | 1,871 | 26% long |
| 4. XRP | $12.3M | 2,448 | 72% long |
| 5. ONG | $6.5M | 5,441 | 27% long |
| 6. XYZ:NVDA | $3.9M | 730 | 54% long |
| 7. ZEC | $3.6M | 986 | 30% long |
| 8. SNDK | $3.4M | 482 | 26% long |
| 9. HYPE | $3.4M | 715 | 28% long |
| 10. BTR | $3.1M | 2,107 | 19% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $113.4M | 36,397 |
| bybit | $22.5M | 9,191 |
| hyperliquid | $21.2M | 6,061 |
| gate | $21.1M | 2,149 |
| htx | $5.6M | 534 |
| binance-coin | $1.5M | 215 |
| dydx | $28K | 32 |
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