Crypto Liquidations on September 22, 2026
$265.4M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on September 22, 2026 (UTC), across 70,202 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 ETH short worth $4.4M was force-closed on binance at 23:05 UTC, with the price at $2,759. The median liquidation that day was just $286 and 95% of events were under $11K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 23:00-24:00 UTC with $36.9M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $58.9M | 4,532 | 57% long |
| 2. ETH | $50.9M | 3,709 | 58% long |
| 3. ZEC | $18.2M | 2,606 | 20% long |
| 4. XRP | $11.5M | 2,356 | 61% long |
| 5. SOL | $9.4M | 1,435 | 61% long |
| 6. SNDK | $8.5M | 1,067 | 22% long |
| 7. DOGE | $7.7M | 1,995 | 38% long |
| 8. NEAR | $5.5M | 1,706 | 39% long |
| 9. 1000PEPE | $5.0M | 1,222 | 52% long |
| 10. MUBARAK | $4.7M | 4,597 | 29% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $136.1M | 36,674 |
| okx | $45.8M | 13,289 |
| hyperliquid | $28.5M | 6,116 |
| bybit | $27.0M | 10,714 |
| gate | $24.8M | 2,538 |
| htx | $2.2M | 640 |
| binance-coin | $589K | 179 |
| bitfinex | $275K | 48 |
| dydx | $2K | 4 |
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