Crypto Liquidations on October 21, 2026
$241.4M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on October 21, 2026 (UTC), across 65,893 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 $8.7M was force-closed on binance at 13:06 UTC, with the price at $2,497. The median liquidation that day was just $276 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 13:00-14:00 UTC with $53.9M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $81.2M | 5,078 | 7% long |
| 2. ETH | $54.0M | 4,103 | 22% long |
| 3. ZEC | $10.8M | 2,089 | 13% long |
| 4. SOL | $7.7M | 1,072 | 25% long |
| 5. IOST | $7.3M | 7,512 | 46% long |
| 6. SNDK | $5.8M | 900 | 69% long |
| 7. DOOD | $5.4M | 4,901 | 42% long |
| 8. NEAR | $4.1M | 1,331 | 22% long |
| 9. SPCX | $4.0M | 885 | 44% long |
| 10. XRP | $3.9M | 992 | 16% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $117.9M | 35,967 |
| hyperliquid | $43.1M | 5,383 |
| okx | $34.2M | 13,230 |
| bybit | $23.1M | 8,487 |
| gate | $17.5M | 2,193 |
| htx | $5.2M | 485 |
| binance-coin | $349K | 87 |
| bitfinex | $66K | 27 |
| dydx | $34K | 34 |
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