Crypto Liquidations on October 9, 2026
$158.3M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on October 9, 2026 (UTC), across 52,444 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 BTC short worth $1.9M was force-closed on htx at 11:32 UTC, with the price at $83,264. The median liquidation that day was just $278 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 11:00-12:00 UTC with $38.0M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $53.1M | 3,911 | 30% long |
| 2. ETH | $24.1M | 2,325 | 35% long |
| 3. SOL | $6.5M | 1,079 | 51% long |
| 4. XYZ:SOXL | $5.1M | 199 | 32% long |
| 5. RLC | $4.9M | 4,197 | 39% long |
| 6. ZEC | $4.6M | 1,041 | 29% long |
| 7. STRK | $4.5M | 3,683 | 30% long |
| 8. NEAR | $3.4M | 1,051 | 30% long |
| 9. KAIA | $2.7M | 1,944 | 33% long |
| 10. SNDK | $2.7M | 376 | 82% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $69.3M | 29,874 |
| hyperliquid | $32.8M | 3,575 |
| okx | $23.0M | 8,346 |
| bybit | $18.2M | 8,760 |
| gate | $8.7M | 1,478 |
| htx | $5.6M | 340 |
| binance-coin | $703K | 53 |
| bitfinex | $19K | 10 |
| dydx | $5K | 8 |
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