Crypto Liquidations on October 12, 2026
$462.9M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on October 12, 2026 (UTC), across 105,628 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 $9.7M was force-closed on binance at 23:06 UTC, with the price at $81,773. The median liquidation that day was just $340 and 95% of events were under $12K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 23:00-24:00 UTC with $101.3M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ETH | $104.4M | 6,166 | 80% long |
| 2. BTC | $102.4M | 5,788 | 84% long |
| 3. SOL | $31.8M | 3,251 | 86% long |
| 4. ZEC | $21.6M | 2,740 | 54% long |
| 5. NEAR | $17.5M | 3,270 | 72% long |
| 6. SNDK | $12.8M | 1,249 | 96% long |
| 7. XRP | $10.9M | 1,887 | 90% long |
| 8. STRK | $7.4M | 4,951 | 71% long |
| 9. HYPE | $6.8M | 1,605 | 74% long |
| 10. W | $5.8M | 5,412 | 51% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $252.9M | 51,628 |
| hyperliquid | $58.9M | 16,240 |
| okx | $53.3M | 16,553 |
| gate | $44.6M | 3,462 |
| bybit | $43.9M | 16,407 |
| htx | $6.4M | 915 |
| binance-coin | $2.4M | 352 |
| bitfinex | $478K | 39 |
| dydx | $13K | 32 |
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