Crypto Liquidations on October 26, 2026
$155.5M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on October 26, 2026 (UTC), across 63,298 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 $3.5M was force-closed on binance at 01:38 UTC, with the price at $2,312. The median liquidation that day was just $224 and 95% of events were under $8K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 01:00-02:00 UTC with $23.3M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $42.8M | 4,144 | 62% long |
| 2. ETH | $31.8M | 3,869 | 68% long |
| 3. XYZ:EWZ | $7.1M | 1,427 | 98% long |
| 4. SOL | $5.9M | 1,075 | 80% long |
| 5. Q | $5.7M | 3,833 | 25% long |
| 6. ZEC | $4.6M | 1,481 | 41% long |
| 7. SNDK | $3.5M | 766 | 54% long |
| 8. DOOD | $2.8M | 3,584 | 43% long |
| 9. BTW | $2.2M | 1,758 | 39% long |
| 10. XRP | $2.0M | 760 | 73% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $78.5M | 33,481 |
| okx | $25.9M | 10,953 |
| hyperliquid | $21.3M | 5,244 |
| bybit | $18.4M | 11,412 |
| gate | $9.3M | 1,766 |
| htx | $1.8M | 319 |
| binance-coin | $285K | 93 |
| bitfinex | $14K | 20 |
| dydx | $8K | 10 |
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