Crypto Liquidations on September 19, 2026
$193.0M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on September 19, 2026 (UTC), across 78,295 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 short worth $3.0M was force-closed on gate at 08:20 UTC, with the price at $2,649. The median liquidation that day was just $222 and 95% of events were under $7K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 08:00-09:00 UTC with $31.0M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ETH | $47.0M | 3,126 | 20% long |
| 2. BTC | $34.6M | 3,522 | 30% long |
| 3. ZEC | $10.4M | 2,240 | 56% long |
| 4. XRP | $9.2M | 1,780 | 45% long |
| 5. AKE | $7.2M | 8,216 | 17% long |
| 6. SOL | $7.0M | 1,175 | 73% long |
| 7. ONE | $4.4M | 6,040 | 31% long |
| 8. NEAR | $4.3M | 1,360 | 68% long |
| 9. FIL | $3.9M | 959 | 62% long |
| 10. ENA | $3.3M | 1,185 | 32% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $97.8M | 45,568 |
| okx | $27.2M | 12,541 |
| bybit | $26.1M | 12,934 |
| gate | $22.8M | 2,144 |
| hyperliquid | $14.7M | 4,431 |
| htx | $3.3M | 446 |
| binance-coin | $907K | 167 |
| bitfinex | $175K | 46 |
| dydx | $4K | 18 |
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