Crypto Liquidations on September 20, 2026
$281.7M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on September 20, 2026 (UTC), across 89,081 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 BTC long worth $10.5M was force-closed on gate at 10:31 UTC, with the price at $80,380. The median liquidation that day was just $216 and 95% of events were under $8K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 10:00-11:00 UTC with $83.7M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $64.6M | 3,604 | 63% long |
| 2. ETH | $55.7M | 4,367 | 57% long |
| 3. AKE | $24.9M | 11,784 | 11% long |
| 4. SOL | $14.7M | 1,937 | 52% long |
| 5. ZEC | $9.6M | 2,158 | 37% long |
| 6. NEAR | $7.7M | 2,478 | 29% long |
| 7. XRP | $6.7M | 1,161 | 75% long |
| 8. AVAX | $5.9M | 2,100 | 36% long |
| 9. ENA | $5.7M | 1,699 | 38% long |
| 10. SUI | $4.3M | 823 | 68% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $153.8M | 48,880 |
| okx | $37.6M | 14,845 |
| gate | $34.8M | 2,346 |
| bybit | $31.7M | 16,546 |
| hyperliquid | $18.2M | 5,635 |
| htx | $4.5M | 506 |
| binance-coin | $1.1M | 226 |
| bitfinex | $19K | 80 |
| dydx | $451 | 17 |
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