Crypto Liquidations on September 9, 2026
$321.1M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on September 9, 2026 (UTC), across 113,062 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 $5.1M was force-closed on binance at 22:08 UTC, with the price at $77,773. The median liquidation that day was just $300 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 22:00-23:00 UTC with $89.9M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $67.5M | 5,876 | 63% long |
| 2. ETH | $48.8M | 4,029 | 70% long |
| 3. ZEC | $14.0M | 3,094 | 31% long |
| 4. SOL | $12.4M | 1,865 | 80% long |
| 5. IOST | $8.2M | 8,251 | 31% long |
| 6. XRP | $7.3M | 1,288 | 90% long |
| 7. DOGE | $6.2M | 1,127 | 94% long |
| 8. BNB | $4.6M | 643 | 92% long |
| 9. UNI | $4.6M | 988 | 85% long |
| 10. SNDK | $4.5M | 756 | 48% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $182.0M | 64,485 |
| okx | $39.4M | 16,028 |
| bybit | $37.9M | 17,986 |
| hyperliquid | $35.5M | 10,128 |
| gate | $16.8M | 2,201 |
| htx | $6.8M | 1,062 |
| binance-coin | $2.5M | 287 |
| bitfinex | $137K | 832 |
| dydx | $30K | 44 |
| bitmex | $1K | 9 |
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