Crypto Liquidations on September 17, 2026
$176.4M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on September 17, 2026 (UTC), across 57,285 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 long worth $2.0M was force-closed on binance at 10:03 UTC, with the price at $2,431. The median liquidation that day was just $284 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 12:00-13:00 UTC with $33.0M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ETH | $36.8M | 3,696 | 32% long |
| 2. BTC | $28.6M | 2,994 | 33% long |
| 3. ZEC | $26.2M | 4,747 | 26% long |
| 4. XYZ:SP500 | $8.3M | 282 | 27% long |
| 5. SOL | $7.4M | 1,165 | 20% long |
| 6. NEAR | $5.0M | 2,105 | 17% long |
| 7. ONE | $4.2M | 5,829 | 36% long |
| 8. UNI | $3.4M | 1,165 | 25% long |
| 9. HYPE | $3.1M | 867 | 20% long |
| 10. XYZ:BRENTOIL | $2.7M | 232 | 81% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $90.1M | 30,646 |
| hyperliquid | $30.1M | 5,869 |
| okx | $27.5M | 11,087 |
| bybit | $17.5M | 7,588 |
| gate | $8.2M | 1,554 |
| htx | $2.6M | 383 |
| binance-coin | $288K | 100 |
| bitfinex | $29K | 45 |
| dydx | $24K | 13 |
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