Crypto Liquidations on October 15, 2026
$800.4M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on October 15, 2026 (UTC), across 141,470 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 $12.0M was force-closed on binance at 02:28 UTC, with the price at $80,209. The median liquidation that day was just $389 and 95% of events were under $16K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 02:00-03:00 UTC with $483.3M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ETH | $257.7M | 11,763 | 78% long |
| 2. BTC | $227.1M | 12,353 | 72% long |
| 3. SOL | $29.2M | 3,259 | 75% long |
| 4. ZEC | $18.8M | 3,528 | 53% long |
| 5. DOGE | $12.1M | 1,764 | 94% long |
| 6. SNDK | $12.0M | 1,926 | 70% long |
| 7. XRP | $11.4M | 2,279 | 87% long |
| 8. NEAR | $10.8M | 2,912 | 58% long |
| 9. HYPE | $8.9M | 1,544 | 79% long |
| 10. STRK | $7.3M | 4,738 | 38% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $411.7M | 65,413 |
| hyperliquid | $146.8M | 22,814 |
| bybit | $89.7M | 21,073 |
| okx | $73.3M | 24,020 |
| gate | $53.4M | 6,085 |
| binance-coin | $12.5M | 609 |
| htx | $12.0M | 1,168 |
| dydx | $891K | 255 |
| bitfinex | $154K | 33 |
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