Crypto Liquidations on August 29, 2026
$42.2M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on August 29, 2026 (UTC), across 25,055 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 SOL short worth $944K was force-closed on binance at 14:41 UTC, with the price at $105. The median liquidation that day was just $204 and 95% of events were under $5K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 14:00-15:00 UTC with $11.5M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $8.3M | 923 | 26% long |
| 2. TRUMP | $4.6M | 1,558 | 58% long |
| 3. ETH | $3.9M | 566 | 25% long |
| 4. ZEC | $3.3M | 621 | 8% long |
| 5. SOL | $2.5M | 403 | 16% long |
| 6. PROM | $1.4M | 1,114 | 29% long |
| 7. ENA | $1.0M | 374 | 54% long |
| 8. BTR | $976K | 786 | 25% long |
| 9. 4 | $976K | 871 | 40% long |
| 10. AKE | $915K | 1,115 | 62% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $30.9M | 19,730 |
| bybit | $4.8M | 3,475 |
| gate | $4.0M | 573 |
| hyperliquid | $2.0M | 1,116 |
| htx | $412K | 131 |
| binance-coin | $10K | 19 |
| dydx | $9K | 11 |
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