Crypto Liquidations on October 29, 2026
$985.7M in leveraged crypto positions was liquidated on October 29, 2026 (UTC), across 156,364 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 $11.1M was force-closed on binance at 20:42 UTC, with the price at $79,255. The median liquidation that day was just $396 and 95% of events were under $18K - liquidation pain is always concentrated in a handful of oversized positions.
When it happened
The heaviest hour was 20:00-21:00 UTC with $579.9M liquidated - liquidation cascades cluster, they don't spread evenly.
By coin
| Coin | Liquidated | Events | Side split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BTC | $319.4M | 14,726 | 85% long |
| 2. ETH | $224.3M | 10,215 | 83% long |
| 3. SOL | $66.4M | 5,276 | 94% long |
| 4. HYPE | $23.2M | 5,254 | 41% long |
| 5. XRP | $22.2M | 3,112 | 96% long |
| 6. ZEC | $18.8M | 3,197 | 57% long |
| 7. BNB | $18.1M | 1,390 | 91% long |
| 8. SNDK | $13.2M | 1,523 | 76% long |
| 9. 1000PEPE | $12.9M | 2,149 | 66% long |
| 10. NEAR | $11.9M | 2,696 | 92% long |
By exchange
| Exchange | Liquidated | Events |
|---|---|---|
| binance | $496.5M | 69,128 |
| hyperliquid | $177.4M | 23,894 |
| bybit | $115.0M | 31,750 |
| okx | $91.5M | 23,460 |
| gate | $70.0M | 5,575 |
| binance-coin | $25.6M | 1,142 |
| htx | $8.6M | 1,241 |
| bitfinex | $984K | 51 |
| dydx | $114K | 123 |
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