Crypto Liquidations on August 31, 2026
$126.6M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on August 31, 2026 (UTC), across 34,131 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 $4.9M was force-closed on binance at 18:44 UTC, with the price at $2,487. The median liquidation that day was just $257 and 95% of events were under $9K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 02:00-03:00 UTC with $21.4M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ETH | $51.0M | 2,078 | 61% long |
| 2. BTC | $29.6M | 2,407 | 31% long |
| 3. SKR | $3.8M | 3,079 | 35% long |
| 4. SNDK | $3.4M | 363 | 31% long |
| 5. SOL | $3.1M | 584 | 34% long |
| 6. XYZ:SMSN | $2.9M | 207 | 0% long |
| 7. ZEC | $2.8M | 618 | 43% long |
| 8. XAU | $1.6M | 247 | 79% long |
| 9. ZORA | $1.5M | 1,993 | 51% long |
| 10. PROM | $1.2M | 1,014 | 47% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $77.7M | 27,587 |
| gate | $32.8M | 1,439 |
| hyperliquid | $13.4M | 4,432 |
| htx | $2.5M | 580 |
| binance-coin | $222K | 43 |
| dydx | $56K | 50 |
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