Crypto Liquidations on August 27, 2026
$283.2M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on August 27, 2026 (UTC), across 51,591 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 $12.4M was force-closed on binance at 08:09 UTC, with the price at $2,525. The median liquidation that day was just $342 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 08:00-09:00 UTC with $69.5M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ETH | $96.0M | 4,820 | 33% long |
| 2. BTC | $87.0M | 6,060 | 45% long |
| 3. SOL | $24.2M | 4,066 | 22% long |
| 4. XRP | $5.5M | 1,192 | 59% long |
| 5. SNDK | $4.8M | 447 | 79% long |
| 6. HYPE | $4.0M | 1,104 | 37% long |
| 7. ZEC | $3.6M | 850 | 36% long |
| 8. TRUMP | $3.2M | 1,271 | 50% long |
| 9. ENA | $3.1M | 1,012 | 51% long |
| 10. PUMP | $2.6M | 639 | 73% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $163.3M | 30,985 |
| gate | $42.9M | 3,608 |
| hyperliquid | $35.3M | 7,212 |
| bybit | $30.3M | 8,512 |
| htx | $9.4M | 1,020 |
| binance-coin | $1.3M | 140 |
| dydx | $622K | 114 |
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