Crypto Liquidations on October 8, 2026
$1.37B in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on October 8, 2026 (UTC), across 175,209 individual events - longs took most of the damage - the pain came on the way down. Measured directly from MarginPad's multi-exchange liquidation feed.
The biggest liquidation of the day
A single BTC long worth $192.6M was force-closed on bitfinex at 15:21 UTC, with the price at $84,300. The median liquidation that day was just $444 and 95% of events were under $20K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 15:00-16:00 UTC with $716.3M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $506.3M | 15,618 | 92% long |
| 2. ETH | $371.7M | 14,496 | 74% long |
| 3. SOL | $62.2M | 7,125 | 84% long |
| 4. ZEC | $41.6M | 5,674 | 76% long |
| 5. XRP | $33.1M | 4,426 | 89% long |
| 6. NEAR | $21.7M | 5,546 | 76% long |
| 7. DOGE | $19.2M | 3,277 | 95% long |
| 8. HYPE | $15.9M | 3,741 | 81% long |
| 9. BNB | $13.0M | 1,550 | 95% long |
| 10. SUI | $10.0M | 2,022 | 87% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $542.3M | 73,429 |
| hyperliquid | $258.2M | 36,494 |
| bitfinex | $193.3M | 86 |
| bybit | $127.9M | 30,165 |
| gate | $111.4M | 8,574 |
| okx | $92.8M | 23,099 |
| htx | $27.1M | 2,091 |
| binance-coin | $19.7M | 1,154 |
| dydx | $101K | 117 |
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