Crypto Liquidations on October 20, 2026
$284.7M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on October 20, 2026 (UTC), across 64,177 individual events - the damage split fairly evenly between longs and shorts. Measured directly from MarginPad's multi-exchange liquidation feed.
The biggest liquidation of the day
A single BTC short worth $12.0M was force-closed on binance at 14:15 UTC, with the price at $83,276. The median liquidation that day was just $301 and 95% of events were under $11K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 14:00-15:00 UTC with $116.1M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ETH | $93.6M | 4,760 | 38% long |
| 2. BTC | $71.6M | 3,806 | 39% long |
| 3. SOL | $13.3M | 1,392 | 35% long |
| 4. ZEC | $11.3M | 2,287 | 22% long |
| 5. SNDK | $5.1M | 1,001 | 49% long |
| 6. NEAR | $4.8M | 1,398 | 70% long |
| 7. JCT | $4.4M | 5,629 | 26% long |
| 8. WLD | $4.1M | 1,303 | 18% long |
| 9. XRP | $3.7M | 1,055 | 54% long |
| 10. SOXL | $3.6M | 792 | 63% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $161.8M | 32,628 |
| hyperliquid | $39.5M | 6,348 |
| okx | $36.5M | 12,136 |
| gate | $22.7M | 2,233 |
| bybit | $20.8M | 10,164 |
| htx | $2.9M | 533 |
| binance-coin | $453K | 97 |
| bitfinex | $29K | 17 |
| dydx | $15K | 21 |
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