Crypto Liquidations on September 29, 2026
$229.3M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on September 29, 2026 (UTC), across 59,072 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 $5.1M was force-closed on htx at 07:39 UTC, with the price at $2,722. The median liquidation that day was just $304 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 01:00-02:00 UTC with $45.0M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ETH | $60.7M | 3,784 | 35% long |
| 2. BTC | $41.0M | 3,131 | 51% long |
| 3. ZEC | $23.6M | 2,870 | 81% long |
| 4. XRP | $9.1M | 1,683 | 66% long |
| 5. SOL | $7.9M | 1,536 | 63% long |
| 6. QNT | $5.8M | 4,053 | 45% long |
| 7. NEAR | $5.6M | 1,468 | 70% long |
| 8. SUI | $3.5M | 803 | 83% long |
| 9. PUMP | $3.2M | 1,283 | 40% long |
| 10. DOGE | $2.9M | 629 | 60% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $119.7M | 32,466 |
| okx | $30.2M | 9,447 |
| hyperliquid | $26.9M | 6,174 |
| gate | $21.0M | 2,014 |
| bybit | $19.9M | 8,204 |
| htx | $10.6M | 542 |
| binance-coin | $935K | 173 |
| bitfinex | $53K | 45 |
| dydx | $5K | 7 |
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