Crypto Liquidations on September 23, 2026
$545.2M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on September 23, 2026 (UTC), across 107,553 individual events - longs took most of the damage - the pain came on the way down. Measured directly from MarginPad's multi-exchange liquidation feed.
The biggest liquidation of the day
A single ETH long worth $10.0M was force-closed on binance at 14:12 UTC, with the price at $2,670. The median liquidation that day was just $330 and 95% of events were under $14K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 14:00-15:00 UTC with $294.5M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $193.0M | 9,865 | 76% long |
| 2. ETH | $110.6M | 6,979 | 83% long |
| 3. XRP | $29.9M | 4,043 | 75% long |
| 4. SOL | $18.6M | 2,379 | 81% long |
| 5. ZEC | $17.4M | 2,939 | 62% long |
| 6. DOGE | $13.1M | 2,299 | 86% long |
| 7. NEAR | $11.5M | 2,576 | 62% long |
| 8. BCH | $5.4M | 1,492 | 56% long |
| 9. UNI | $5.2M | 1,673 | 73% long |
| 10. 1000PEPE | $4.9M | 935 | 93% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $223.7M | 53,563 |
| gate | $88.8M | 4,520 |
| hyperliquid | $82.4M | 12,081 |
| okx | $68.1M | 18,733 |
| bybit | $64.7M | 16,427 |
| binance-coin | $10.2M | 505 |
| htx | $6.9M | 1,540 |
| dydx | $298K | 135 |
| bitfinex | $135K | 49 |
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