Crypto Liquidations on October 5, 2026
$176.8M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on October 5, 2026 (UTC), across 51,290 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 long worth $11.9M was force-closed on binance at 14:34 UTC, with the price at $85,501. The median liquidation that day was just $278 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 14:00-15:00 UTC with $35.9M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $60.5M | 3,619 | 60% long |
| 2. ETH | $21.9M | 2,045 | 58% long |
| 3. QUANT | $7.9M | 92 | 39% long |
| 4. ZEC | $6.3M | 1,402 | 67% long |
| 5. SOL | $6.0M | 855 | 63% long |
| 6. SPCX | $4.6M | 741 | 3% long |
| 7. XYZ:SPCX | $4.0M | 447 | 32% long |
| 8. XRP | $3.8M | 757 | 70% long |
| 9. RLC | $3.4M | 2,905 | 35% long |
| 10. ADA | $2.1M | 853 | 40% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $96.4M | 33,025 |
| okx | $36.7M | 7,597 |
| bybit | $18.1M | 5,877 |
| hyperliquid | $14.7M | 2,946 |
| gate | $7.9M | 1,411 |
| htx | $2.5M | 280 |
| binance-coin | $423K | 133 |
| bitfinex | $12K | 5 |
| dydx | $6K | 16 |
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