Crypto Liquidations on September 5, 2026
$90.7M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on September 5, 2026 (UTC), across 49,880 individual events - shorts took most of the damage, squeezed on the way up. Measured directly from MarginPad's multi-exchange liquidation feed.
The biggest liquidation of the day
A single ETH short worth $5.1M was force-closed on gate at 21:43 UTC, with the price at $2,489. The median liquidation that day was just $200 and 95% of events were under $5K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 21:00-22:00 UTC with $12.9M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ETH | $15.5M | 1,091 | 6% long |
| 2. BTC | $7.1M | 921 | 28% long |
| 3. BNB | $5.1M | 847 | 3% long |
| 4. ARB | $4.2M | 2,012 | 15% long |
| 5. DOGE | $4.1M | 1,280 | 13% long |
| 6. SNDK | $3.9M | 417 | 5% long |
| 7. DASH | $3.7M | 2,853 | 43% long |
| 8. ZEC | $3.7M | 1,066 | 39% long |
| 9. UNI | $3.2M | 906 | 9% long |
| 10. USELESS | $2.6M | 2,770 | 34% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $49.1M | 28,552 |
| okx | $15.1M | 7,921 |
| gate | $10.4M | 1,148 |
| bybit | $8.4M | 8,053 |
| hyperliquid | $5.3M | 3,680 |
| htx | $2.2M | 297 |
| binance-coin | $357K | 179 |
| dydx | $35K | 30 |
| bitfinex | $12K | 20 |
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