Crypto Liquidations on September 26, 2026
$99.0M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on September 26, 2026 (UTC), across 42,975 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 XAU long worth $984K was force-closed on binance at 21:49 UTC, with the price at $4,287. The median liquidation that day was just $250 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 20:00-21:00 UTC with $23.8M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. XRP | $11.1M | 1,378 | 73% long |
| 2. ETH | $8.4M | 913 | 55% long |
| 3. ZEC | $8.2M | 1,462 | 14% long |
| 4. BTC | $8.0M | 711 | 43% long |
| 5. DOGE | $3.7M | 478 | 97% long |
| 6. QNT | $3.7M | 2,051 | 18% long |
| 7. ENA | $3.1M | 1,199 | 41% long |
| 8. SUI | $3.0M | 547 | 80% long |
| 9. SOL | $2.8M | 684 | 43% long |
| 10. FIL | $2.4M | 711 | 44% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $61.1M | 27,735 |
| okx | $17.4M | 6,396 |
| bybit | $10.2M | 5,909 |
| hyperliquid | $7.0M | 1,964 |
| gate | $2.5M | 705 |
| binance-coin | $501K | 94 |
| htx | $357K | 163 |
| bitfinex | $42K | 9 |
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