Crypto Liquidations on October 28, 2026
$245.0M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on October 28, 2026 (UTC), across 57,152 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 XYZ:GOOGL long worth $5.5M was force-closed on hyperliquid at 20:02 UTC, with the price at $308. The median liquidation that day was just $273 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 20:00-21:00 UTC with $97.5M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ETH | $67.5M | 3,211 | 16% long |
| 2. BTC | $48.6M | 3,349 | 27% long |
| 3. XYZ:GOOGL | $13.6M | 1,127 | 100% long |
| 4. SOL | $8.5M | 972 | 33% long |
| 5. SNDK | $6.3M | 1,059 | 24% long |
| 6. GOOGL | $4.6M | 623 | 98% long |
| 7. PUMP | $4.5M | 447 | 3% long |
| 8. 1000PEPE | $4.3M | 1,014 | 27% long |
| 9. ZEC | $4.3M | 1,037 | 39% long |
| 10. KPEPE | $4.2M | 721 | 0% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $101.1M | 29,028 |
| hyperliquid | $47.1M | 7,581 |
| gate | $46.5M | 1,670 |
| okx | $29.2M | 10,049 |
| bybit | $18.2M | 8,384 |
| htx | $2.6M | 316 |
| binance-coin | $212K | 92 |
| bitfinex | $25K | 14 |
| dydx | $12K | 18 |
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