Crypto Liquidations on October 2, 2026
$553.3M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on October 2, 2026 (UTC), across 91,896 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 BTC short worth $11.7M was force-closed on binance at 04:20 UTC, with the price at $86,310. The median liquidation that day was just $390 and 95% of events were under $17K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 18:00-19:00 UTC with $138.3M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $181.2M | 10,170 | 37% long |
| 2. ETH | $109.9M | 6,079 | 49% long |
| 3. QUANT | $63.5M | 401 | 51% long |
| 4. SOL | $22.3M | 2,558 | 53% long |
| 5. ZEC | $16.8M | 2,782 | 69% long |
| 6. XRP | $15.5M | 2,108 | 80% long |
| 7. PUMP | $9.6M | 1,828 | 48% long |
| 8. DOGE | $8.9M | 1,196 | 86% long |
| 9. XAU | $6.1M | 798 | 81% long |
| 10. SAND | $6.1M | 4,367 | 37% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $225.7M | 42,680 |
| okx | $117.6M | 14,535 |
| hyperliquid | $84.6M | 14,720 |
| bybit | $59.0M | 14,460 |
| gate | $54.2M | 3,954 |
| htx | $9.7M | 1,173 |
| binance-coin | $2.3M | 245 |
| dydx | $183K | 101 |
| bitfinex | $120K | 28 |
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