Crypto Liquidations on October 24, 2026
$518.4M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on October 24, 2026 (UTC), across 103,873 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 ETH long worth $11.9M was force-closed on binance at 15:15 UTC, with the price at $2,308. The median liquidation that day was just $276 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 $230.7M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $187.0M | 8,733 | 84% long |
| 2. ETH | $146.7M | 7,309 | 87% long |
| 3. SOL | $21.6M | 2,548 | 86% long |
| 4. NEAR | $16.7M | 2,145 | 94% long |
| 5. HYPE | $14.1M | 1,859 | 99% long |
| 6. ZEC | $12.9M | 1,724 | 75% long |
| 7. DOGE | $9.8M | 1,170 | 98% long |
| 8. XRP | $6.6M | 1,454 | 89% long |
| 9. BIRB | $6.4M | 7,212 | 45% long |
| 10. ORDER | $6.4M | 7,443 | 43% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $242.8M | 48,827 |
| hyperliquid | $112.6M | 15,201 |
| gate | $58.7M | 3,635 |
| bybit | $53.6M | 18,882 |
| okx | $32.7M | 15,812 |
| htx | $11.4M | 787 |
| binance-coin | $6.0M | 492 |
| dydx | $414K | 190 |
| bitfinex | $217K | 47 |
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