Crypto Liquidations on October 4, 2026
$156.7M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on October 4, 2026 (UTC), across 32,826 individual events - shorts took most of the damage, squeezed on the way up. Measured directly from MarginPad's multi-exchange liquidation feed.
The biggest liquidation of the day
A single ETH short worth $5.6M was force-closed on binance at 15:04 UTC, with the price at $2,699. The median liquidation that day was just $257 and 95% of events were under $9K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 22:00-23:00 UTC with $36.2M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $65.9M | 2,757 | 7% long |
| 2. QUANT | $25.8M | 169 | 47% long |
| 3. ETH | $24.6M | 1,229 | 3% long |
| 4. PUMP | $3.0M | 1,415 | 28% long |
| 5. SOL | $2.9M | 526 | 15% long |
| 6. STRK | $2.5M | 2,374 | 38% long |
| 7. ZEC | $2.5M | 731 | 17% long |
| 8. SAND | $2.0M | 1,661 | 44% long |
| 9. AIN | $1.9M | 863 | 25% long |
| 10. SUI | $1.7M | 378 | 14% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $58.4M | 19,656 |
| gate | $36.0M | 989 |
| okx | $35.6M | 4,770 |
| hyperliquid | $12.5M | 2,770 |
| bybit | $10.7M | 4,322 |
| htx | $3.2M | 245 |
| binance-coin | $237K | 48 |
| bitfinex | $23K | 6 |
| dydx | $17K | 20 |
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