Crypto Liquidations on September 30, 2026
$137.5M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on September 30, 2026 (UTC), across 35,852 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 short worth $4.1M was force-closed on binance at 12:50 UTC, with the price at $2,736. The median liquidation that day was just $340 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 14:00-15:00 UTC with $33.7M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $48.0M | 3,569 | 53% long |
| 2. ETH | $27.5M | 1,555 | 68% long |
| 3. SOL | $6.8M | 969 | 71% long |
| 4. ZEC | $6.2M | 1,245 | 52% long |
| 5. XRP | $3.3M | 605 | 74% long |
| 6. QNT | $2.7M | 1,842 | 72% long |
| 7. NEAR | $2.2M | 660 | 55% long |
| 8. MOVR | $1.9M | 1,623 | 21% long |
| 9. DOGE | $1.7M | 390 | 78% long |
| 10. SOON | $1.7M | 1,748 | 27% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $67.9M | 18,408 |
| okx | $19.3M | 5,915 |
| hyperliquid | $17.9M | 3,361 |
| bybit | $17.7M | 6,803 |
| gate | $9.3M | 1,060 |
| htx | $4.7M | 189 |
| binance-coin | $658K | 89 |
| bitfinex | $144K | 22 |
| dydx | $2K | 5 |
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