Crypto Liquidations on September 16, 2026
$294.2M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on September 16, 2026 (UTC), across 75,766 individual events - the damage split fairly evenly between longs and shorts. Measured directly from MarginPad's multi-exchange liquidation feed.
The biggest liquidation of the day
A single ETH short worth $8.1M was force-closed on binance at 20:03 UTC, with the price at $2,415. The median liquidation that day was just $291 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 18:00-19:00 UTC with $131.5M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ETH | $83.1M | 4,741 | 48% long |
| 2. BTC | $69.3M | 4,057 | 68% long |
| 3. ZEC | $39.6M | 5,720 | 20% long |
| 4. LSK | $10.3M | 9,834 | 43% long |
| 5. XRP | $9.9M | 2,235 | 49% long |
| 6. SOL | $5.9M | 1,252 | 51% long |
| 7. XAU | $5.2M | 893 | 61% long |
| 8. ARB | $3.4M | 2,072 | 43% long |
| 9. SNDK | $3.2M | 520 | 66% long |
| 10. BR | $3.2M | 3,206 | 27% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $144.5M | 42,336 |
| hyperliquid | $48.7M | 5,957 |
| okx | $38.7M | 11,073 |
| gate | $32.1M | 2,492 |
| bybit | $24.8M | 13,134 |
| htx | $4.4M | 535 |
| binance-coin | $732K | 171 |
| dydx | $129K | 40 |
| bitfinex | $49K | 28 |
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