Crypto Liquidations on October 27, 2026
$129.4M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on October 27, 2026 (UTC), across 51,009 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 $9.4M was force-closed on binance at 15:21 UTC, with the price at $2,348. The median liquidation that day was just $209 and 95% of events were under $7K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 15:00-16:00 UTC with $24.1M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ETH | $33.8M | 2,381 | 18% long |
| 2. BTC | $29.6M | 2,279 | 19% long |
| 3. ZEC | $6.6M | 1,359 | 7% long |
| 4. Q | $6.0M | 4,989 | 56% long |
| 5. SOL | $3.4M | 731 | 53% long |
| 6. SOXL | $3.3M | 551 | 35% long |
| 7. SNDK | $2.4M | 467 | 30% long |
| 8. AIN | $2.2M | 1,492 | 24% long |
| 9. NEAR | $2.1M | 650 | 21% long |
| 10. XAG | $1.7M | 159 | 97% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $68.7M | 28,167 |
| okx | $16.0M | 8,428 |
| hyperliquid | $14.7M | 3,666 |
| bybit | $14.2M | 9,321 |
| gate | $12.9M | 1,101 |
| htx | $2.3M | 211 |
| binance-coin | $428K | 98 |
| bitfinex | $11K | 8 |
| dydx | $8K | 9 |
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