Crypto Liquidations on October 18, 2026
$262.1M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on October 18, 2026 (UTC), across 84,189 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 $11.7M was force-closed on binance at 20:16 UTC, with the price at $80,642. The median liquidation that day was just $238 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 19:00-20:00 UTC with $96.0M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ETH | $68.6M | 4,205 | 57% long |
| 2. BTC | $61.0M | 3,465 | 53% long |
| 3. SOL | $11.6M | 1,577 | 63% long |
| 4. ZEC | $10.8M | 2,260 | 78% long |
| 5. Q | $6.4M | 4,968 | 38% long |
| 6. XRP | $5.8M | 1,502 | 87% long |
| 7. PUMP | $5.7M | 1,087 | 96% long |
| 8. HYPE | $4.4M | 1,214 | 99% long |
| 9. DOGE | $4.2M | 895 | 86% long |
| 10. NEAR | $3.8M | 1,350 | 71% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $135.5M | 44,236 |
| hyperliquid | $43.5M | 10,860 |
| bybit | $29.6M | 15,146 |
| okx | $27.7M | 10,942 |
| gate | $20.5M | 2,158 |
| binance-coin | $2.6M | 292 |
| htx | $2.5M | 491 |
| dydx | $183K | 57 |
| bitfinex | $614 | 7 |
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