Crypto Liquidations on September 15, 2026
$633.3M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on September 15, 2026 (UTC), across 97,735 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 ETH long worth $33.1M was force-closed on gate at 18:48 UTC, with the price at $2,364. The median liquidation that day was just $375 and 95% of events were under $17K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 18:00-19:00 UTC with $315.4M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ETH | $248.8M | 10,484 | 89% long |
| 2. BTC | $201.2M | 12,100 | 79% long |
| 3. XRP | $30.8M | 4,973 | 78% long |
| 4. SOL | $21.9M | 3,011 | 85% long |
| 5. ZEC | $10.7M | 2,177 | 57% long |
| 6. DOGE | $8.5M | 1,391 | 97% long |
| 7. HYPE | $4.3M | 1,218 | 84% long |
| 8. LSK | $3.8M | 4,232 | 55% long |
| 9. SNDK | $3.5M | 633 | 87% long |
| 10. SUI | $3.3M | 667 | 97% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $276.7M | 44,515 |
| gate | $123.9M | 5,688 |
| hyperliquid | $86.8M | 13,172 |
| bybit | $65.3M | 18,215 |
| okx | $56.0M | 13,768 |
| htx | $12.5M | 1,413 |
| binance-coin | $11.4M | 673 |
| bitfinex | $391K | 61 |
| dydx | $251K | 224 |
| bitmex | $21K | 6 |
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