Crypto Liquidations on October 16, 2026
$277.2M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on October 16, 2026 (UTC), across 66,884 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 ETH short worth $7.4M was force-closed on binance at 11:13 UTC, with the price at $2,492. The median liquidation that day was just $340 and 95% of events were under $13K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 17:00-18:00 UTC with $65.2M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $69.9M | 4,550 | 61% long |
| 2. ETH | $57.8M | 4,670 | 52% long |
| 3. SOL | $13.9M | 1,813 | 83% long |
| 4. ZEC | $8.5M | 1,971 | 68% long |
| 5. SOXL | $8.1M | 999 | 93% long |
| 6. SNDK | $6.7M | 1,078 | 81% long |
| 7. XRP | $5.1M | 1,266 | 83% long |
| 8. TIA | $4.7M | 2,138 | 49% long |
| 9. XYZ:TSLA | $4.5M | 892 | 51% long |
| 10. NEAR | $4.2M | 1,211 | 70% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $142.5M | 35,222 |
| hyperliquid | $45.8M | 8,045 |
| okx | $39.4M | 11,992 |
| bybit | $25.8M | 8,581 |
| gate | $18.7M | 2,381 |
| htx | $3.3M | 456 |
| binance-coin | $1.6M | 183 |
| bitfinex | $131K | 21 |
| dydx | $2K | 3 |
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