Crypto Liquidations on September 8, 2026
$216.4M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on September 8, 2026 (UTC), across 67,286 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 $3.0M was force-closed on binance at 13:39 UTC, with the price at $77,819. The median liquidation that day was just $288 and 95% of events were under $10K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 13:00-14:00 UTC with $51.2M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $62.4M | 5,559 | 75% long |
| 2. ETH | $42.2M | 3,363 | 61% long |
| 3. SOL | $7.6M | 1,108 | 64% long |
| 4. ZEC | $7.0M | 1,880 | 41% long |
| 5. SNDK | $7.0M | 1,229 | 51% long |
| 6. SOPH | $6.2M | 5,105 | 40% long |
| 7. XRP | $4.6M | 966 | 39% long |
| 8. WLD | $3.8M | 1,279 | 45% long |
| 9. HYPE | $3.4M | 919 | 53% long |
| 10. DOGE | $2.4M | 579 | 69% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $103.6M | 35,962 |
| okx | $33.4M | 12,099 |
| hyperliquid | $30.7M | 7,616 |
| gate | $23.8M | 1,802 |
| bybit | $18.4M | 8,558 |
| htx | $4.5M | 1,011 |
| binance-coin | $1.8M | 149 |
| bitmex | $90K | 14 |
| dydx | $71K | 57 |
| bitfinex | $55K | 18 |
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