Crypto Liquidations on October 17, 2026
$286.9M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on October 17, 2026 (UTC), across 78,302 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 SOXS short worth $7.3M was force-closed on binance at 21:31 UTC, with the price at $53.24. The median liquidation that day was just $279 and 95% of events were under $10K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 21:00-22:00 UTC with $203.4M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ETH | $75.1M | 3,225 | 93% long |
| 2. BTC | $19.0M | 1,345 | 87% long |
| 3. SOXL | $11.3M | 1,043 | 65% long |
| 4. SNDK | $9.4M | 802 | 97% long |
| 5. SOXS | $9.1M | 220 | 0% long |
| 6. SOL | $8.4M | 1,226 | 87% long |
| 7. XRP | $7.0M | 1,093 | 97% long |
| 8. Q | $6.9M | 4,471 | 17% long |
| 9. ZEC | $6.9M | 1,488 | 75% long |
| 10. SKHYNIX | $5.9M | 749 | 99% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $153.2M | 44,038 |
| hyperliquid | $40.3M | 6,795 |
| okx | $30.6M | 11,051 |
| bybit | $29.7M | 14,327 |
| gate | $29.6M | 1,540 |
| htx | $2.8M | 345 |
| binance-coin | $647K | 175 |
| dydx | $36K | 19 |
| bitfinex | $32K | 12 |
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