Crypto Liquidations on October 3, 2026
$72.3M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on October 3, 2026 (UTC), across 33,782 individual events - the damage split fairly evenly between longs and shorts. Measured directly from MarginPad's multi-exchange liquidation feed.
$72.3Mtotal liquidated
$31.3Mlongs (43%)
$41.0Mshorts (57%)
33,782events
$3.3Mbiggest single liq
07:00busiest UTC hour
The biggest liquidation of the day
A single QUANT short worth $3.3M was force-closed on okx at 07:09 UTC, with the price at $265. The median liquidation that day was just $236 and 95% of events were under $5K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
00:00 UTC12:0023:00
The heaviest hour was 07:00-08:00 UTC with $8.0M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. QUANT | $24.8M | 181 | 44% long |
| 2. SAND | $6.4M | 4,637 | 42% long |
| 3. BTC | $3.1M | 455 | 41% long |
| 4. ETH | $2.6M | 417 | 30% long |
| 5. XYZ:CRWD | $2.4M | 400 | 14% long |
| 6. WLD | $2.4M | 1,155 | 37% long |
| 7. ZEC | $2.2M | 720 | 47% long |
| 8. PUMP | $2.2M | 1,065 | 31% long |
| 9. QNT | $1.6M | 1,339 | 44% long |
| 10. AIN | $1.6M | 720 | 40% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| okx | $32.1M | 5,412 |
| binance | $29.1M | 21,348 |
| hyperliquid | $5.3M | 2,590 |
| bybit | $4.8M | 4,085 |
| gate | $857K | 283 |
| htx | $150K | 29 |
| bitfinex | $19K | 10 |
| binance-coin | $12K | 25 |
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Source: MarginPad liquidation collector - every event streamed from exchange liquidation feeds (Binance, Bybit, OKX and more) and archived immutably at UTC day close. Figures are measurements, not estimates. Not financial advice.