Crypto Liquidations on October 19, 2026
$164.4M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on October 19, 2026 (UTC), across 47,741 individual events - shorts took most of the damage, squeezed on the way up. Measured directly from MarginPad's multi-exchange liquidation feed.
The biggest liquidation of the day
A single ETH short worth $11.8M was force-closed on binance at 01:21 UTC, with the price at $2,423. The median liquidation that day was just $239 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 14:00-15:00 UTC with $24.6M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ETH | $62.3M | 3,442 | 21% long |
| 2. BTC | $31.7M | 2,804 | 26% long |
| 3. Q | $7.1M | 4,530 | 28% long |
| 4. ZEC | $6.2M | 1,646 | 47% long |
| 5. SNDK | $5.0M | 937 | 54% long |
| 6. SOL | $4.9M | 1,060 | 22% long |
| 7. SOXL | $3.1M | 528 | 34% long |
| 8. SKHYNIX | $1.8M | 278 | 31% long |
| 9. NEAR | $1.8M | 602 | 53% long |
| 10. KORU | $1.5M | 369 | 20% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $81.5M | 25,955 |
| hyperliquid | $22.8M | 3,329 |
| okx | $22.8M | 7,318 |
| gate | $18.0M | 1,526 |
| bybit | $14.9M | 9,145 |
| htx | $3.8M | 396 |
| binance-coin | $447K | 58 |
| bitfinex | $65K | 10 |
| dydx | $3K | 4 |
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