Crypto Liquidations on October 22, 2026
$389.9M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on October 22, 2026 (UTC), across 89,122 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 $11.8M was force-closed on binance at 01:42 UTC, with the price at $83,526. The median liquidation that day was just $365 and 95% of events were under $15K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 16:00-17:00 UTC with $90.4M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $121.9M | 7,703 | 97% long |
| 2. ETH | $66.0M | 5,543 | 93% long |
| 3. XYZ:SOXL | $14.8M | 970 | 100% long |
| 4. SOXL | $11.8M | 1,845 | 95% long |
| 5. XAU | $10.6M | 1,339 | 99% long |
| 6. SNDK | $10.2M | 1,614 | 85% long |
| 7. ZEC | $9.8M | 2,197 | 85% long |
| 8. SOL | $8.8M | 1,541 | 94% long |
| 9. XRP | $6.2M | 1,349 | 98% long |
| 10. SPCX | $5.0M | 816 | 98% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $176.5M | 41,655 |
| hyperliquid | $96.1M | 15,235 |
| okx | $44.1M | 14,599 |
| bybit | $34.3M | 13,642 |
| gate | $29.9M | 3,016 |
| htx | $4.9M | 657 |
| binance-coin | $4.1M | 271 |
| bitfinex | $118K | 29 |
| dydx | $10K | 18 |
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