Crypto Liquidations on September 1, 2026
$293.0M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on September 1, 2026 (UTC), across 47,732 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 long worth $12.0M was force-closed on binance at 16:36 UTC, with the price at $2,423. The median liquidation that day was just $323 and 95% of events were under $13K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 16:00-17:00 UTC with $105.9M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $154.6M | 6,021 | 88% long |
| 2. ETH | $53.7M | 3,381 | 84% long |
| 3. SOL | $14.4M | 1,680 | 79% long |
| 4. XAU | $5.3M | 397 | 99% long |
| 5. XAG | $3.8M | 182 | 99% long |
| 6. XRP | $3.7M | 779 | 79% long |
| 7. ARB | $2.8M | 1,043 | 56% long |
| 8. SNDK | $2.6M | 380 | 50% long |
| 9. BTR | $2.3M | 1,764 | 42% long |
| 10. CL | $2.2M | 239 | 1% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $141.2M | 34,980 |
| gate | $99.9M | 2,467 |
| hyperliquid | $45.5M | 9,230 |
| htx | $5.0M | 818 |
| binance-coin | $1.3M | 213 |
| dydx | $27K | 24 |
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