Crypto Liquidations on August 30, 2026
$253.0M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on August 30, 2026 (UTC), across 51,290 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 ETH short worth $4.5M was force-closed on binance at 16:41 UTC, with the price at $2,532. The median liquidation that day was just $303 and 95% of events were under $14K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 23:00-24:00 UTC with $122.3M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ETH | $88.2M | 4,138 | 49% long |
| 2. BTC | $59.7M | 4,384 | 64% long |
| 3. SOL | $19.0M | 1,838 | 82% long |
| 4. XRP | $9.0M | 1,182 | 80% long |
| 5. ZEC | $5.8M | 863 | 38% long |
| 6. DOGE | $4.2M | 610 | 95% long |
| 7. ENA | $2.8M | 494 | 64% long |
| 8. TRUMP | $2.7M | 920 | 82% long |
| 9. PUMP | $2.7M | 637 | 71% long |
| 10. 1000PEPE | $2.4M | 261 | 90% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $165.9M | 37,060 |
| hyperliquid | $46.2M | 9,353 |
| gate | $27.7M | 3,043 |
| htx | $9.9M | 1,380 |
| binance-coin | $3.3M | 372 |
| dydx | $61K | 82 |
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