Crypto Liquidations on September 24, 2026
$427.8M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on September 24, 2026 (UTC), across 70,436 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 $11.5M was force-closed on binance at 09:35 UTC, with the price at $2,628. The median liquidation that day was just $324 and 95% of events were under $12K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 14:00-15:00 UTC with $179.1M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $223.2M | 6,518 | 80% long |
| 2. ETH | $68.8M | 4,285 | 63% long |
| 3. XRP | $13.7M | 2,294 | 55% long |
| 4. SOL | $10.7M | 1,599 | 47% long |
| 5. ZEC | $10.1M | 2,084 | 48% long |
| 6. NEAR | $6.3M | 1,785 | 47% long |
| 7. SNDK | $5.2M | 838 | 73% long |
| 8. DOGE | $4.6M | 1,039 | 64% long |
| 9. LTC | $4.5M | 1,565 | 50% long |
| 10. HYPE | $4.3M | 1,155 | 75% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $150.5M | 36,197 |
| gate | $148.3M | 2,559 |
| hyperliquid | $50.7M | 7,684 |
| okx | $43.5M | 12,001 |
| bybit | $29.3M | 10,967 |
| htx | $3.0M | 710 |
| binance-coin | $2.4M | 238 |
| bitfinex | $82K | 35 |
| dydx | $21K | 45 |
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