Crypto Liquidations on September 2, 2026
$227.6M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on September 2, 2026 (UTC), across 76,591 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 AKE short worth $4.7M was force-closed on bybit at 21:44 UTC, with the price at $0.043512. The median liquidation that day was just $236 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 21:00-22:00 UTC with $60.1M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ETH | $43.8M | 4,535 | 68% long |
| 2. BTC | $42.3M | 3,618 | 48% long |
| 3. AKE | $25.2M | 8,138 | 7% long |
| 4. SOL | $8.4M | 1,612 | 66% long |
| 5. ZEC | $6.4M | 1,236 | 54% long |
| 6. XRP | $5.9M | 1,260 | 75% long |
| 7. XAU | $5.6M | 555 | 53% long |
| 8. SNDK | $4.2M | 640 | 67% long |
| 9. BTW | $3.7M | 735 | 3% long |
| 10. UNI | $3.0M | 899 | 40% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $132.3M | 44,789 |
| bybit | $31.0M | 16,543 |
| gate | $22.2M | 2,497 |
| hyperliquid | $21.3M | 6,642 |
| okx | $13.9M | 5,234 |
| htx | $5.9M | 685 |
| binance-coin | $748K | 155 |
| bitfinex | $243K | 20 |
| dydx | $16K | 25 |
| bitmex | $900 | 1 |
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