Crypto Liquidations on September 21, 2026
$873.4M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on September 21, 2026 (UTC), across 118,438 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 $11.3M was force-closed on binance at 08:38 UTC, with the price at $83,906. The median liquidation that day was just $398 and 95% of events were under $22K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 08:00-09:00 UTC with $207.3M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $465.1M | 24,637 | 14% long |
| 2. ETH | $200.4M | 12,532 | 16% long |
| 3. SOL | $32.0M | 4,058 | 12% long |
| 4. XRP | $23.7M | 3,279 | 17% long |
| 5. ZEC | $12.4M | 2,606 | 43% long |
| 6. DOGE | $11.1M | 3,702 | 20% long |
| 7. NEAR | $7.3M | 2,318 | 55% long |
| 8. SUI | $6.9M | 2,073 | 47% long |
| 9. SNDK | $6.4M | 1,034 | 59% long |
| 10. 1000PEPE | $5.5M | 1,340 | 41% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $392.4M | 48,214 |
| hyperliquid | $180.6M | 17,424 |
| bybit | $116.5M | 20,690 |
| gate | $97.3M | 9,543 |
| okx | $59.0M | 18,527 |
| htx | $19.4M | 3,009 |
| binance-coin | $7.0M | 536 |
| bitfinex | $814K | 84 |
| dydx | $468K | 411 |
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