Crypto Liquidations on September 18, 2026
$594.9M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on September 18, 2026 (UTC), across 102,325 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 BTC short worth $8.5M was force-closed on gate at 13:40 UTC, with the price at $79,130. The median liquidation that day was just $346 and 95% of events were under $16K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 13:00-14:00 UTC with $220.4M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $262.5M | 11,832 | 15% long |
| 2. ETH | $121.3M | 9,367 | 8% long |
| 3. SOL | $42.0M | 4,845 | 8% long |
| 4. ZEC | $26.5M | 4,748 | 29% long |
| 5. XRP | $17.2M | 1,750 | 13% long |
| 6. NEAR | $13.0M | 3,739 | 22% long |
| 7. SNDK | $9.2M | 984 | 3% long |
| 8. HYPE | $7.4M | 1,932 | 17% long |
| 9. UNI | $7.4M | 2,416 | 31% long |
| 10. ARB | $7.0M | 2,969 | 26% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $248.0M | 49,237 |
| gate | $113.1M | 5,666 |
| hyperliquid | $83.7M | 11,387 |
| okx | $68.3M | 17,496 |
| bybit | $64.7M | 16,584 |
| htx | $12.5M | 1,275 |
| binance-coin | $3.2M | 356 |
| bitfinex | $1.3M | 85 |
| dydx | $185K | 239 |
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