Crypto Liquidations on October 1, 2026
$219.4M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on October 1, 2026 (UTC), across 57,241 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 $2.1M was force-closed on binance at 17:28 UTC, with the price at $2,704. The median liquidation that day was just $296 and 95% of events were under $10K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 17:00-18:00 UTC with $27.1M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. QUANT | $50.3M | 472 | 65% long |
| 2. BTC | $32.7M | 3,497 | 33% long |
| 3. ETH | $24.1M | 2,198 | 44% long |
| 4. ZEC | $16.3M | 2,560 | 80% long |
| 5. NEAR | $7.0M | 1,947 | 77% long |
| 6. SOXL | $5.4M | 532 | 36% long |
| 7. MOVR | $5.2M | 4,902 | 37% long |
| 8. SNDK | $5.0M | 667 | 45% long |
| 9. SOL | $4.9M | 912 | 46% long |
| 10. QNT | $3.5M | 2,433 | 69% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $91.1M | 30,574 |
| okx | $77.7M | 9,357 |
| hyperliquid | $24.1M | 5,774 |
| bybit | $18.2M | 9,994 |
| gate | $5.1M | 1,157 |
| htx | $1.9M | 272 |
| binance-coin | $1.3M | 86 |
| bitfinex | $30K | 22 |
| dydx | $4K | 5 |
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