Crypto Liquidations on September 4, 2026
$363.8M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on September 4, 2026 (UTC), across 73,371 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 BTC long worth $23.2M was force-closed on binance at 12:31 UTC, with the price at $80,040. The median liquidation that day was just $319 and 95% of events were under $12K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 12:00-13:00 UTC with $206.8M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $111.3M | 6,379 | 83% long |
| 2. ETH | $96.0M | 5,015 | 75% long |
| 3. ZEC | $26.7M | 3,661 | 18% long |
| 4. XRP | $14.6M | 1,290 | 95% long |
| 5. SOL | $13.6M | 1,546 | 84% long |
| 6. SNDK | $11.7M | 1,480 | 10% long |
| 7. XAU | $5.6M | 594 | 69% long |
| 8. USELESS | $5.2M | 5,166 | 38% long |
| 9. MARSCOIN | $3.9M | 4,077 | 32% long |
| 10. DOGE | $3.6M | 647 | 90% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $190.0M | 37,412 |
| hyperliquid | $49.6M | 7,083 |
| bybit | $37.6M | 12,958 |
| okx | $35.8M | 11,730 |
| gate | $26.7M | 2,886 |
| htx | $12.7M | 848 |
| binance-coin | $9.4M | 188 |
| dydx | $1.6M | 207 |
| bitfinex | $359K | 46 |
| bitmex | $53K | 13 |
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