Crypto liquidations: 21 October 2026
On 21 October 2026 (UTC), $172.4M of crypto futures positions were liquidated on 7 exchanges: $47.2M of longs (27%) and $125.3M of shorts. ETH led with $53.3M, mostly shorts, ahead of BTC ($53.2M) and ZEC ($9.1M). The largest single liquidation was a $8.7M ETH short on Binance at $2,497 (13:06 UTC). That is 6% less than the day before ($183.5M) and 0.8× the average of $203.1M across 7 full days in the preceding 7 days.
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Liquidations by coin on 21 Oct 2026
Top 20 of 678 coins| # | Coin | Total | Longs | Shorts | Long share | Orders | Exchanges |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ETH | $53.32M | $15.95M | $37.37M | 29.9% | 3242 | Aster, Binance, Bitget, Bybit, Gate, HTX, Lighter |
| 2 | BTC | $53.23M | $5.49M | $47.74M | 10.3% | 3290 | Aster, Binance, Bitget, Bybit, Gate, HTX, Lighter |
| 3 | ZEC | $9.10M | $1.41M | $7.70M | 15.5% | 2029 | Aster, Binance, Bitget, Bybit, Gate, HTX, Lighter |
| 4 | IOST | $8.00M | $3.58M | $4.42M | 44.8% | 8600 | Binance, Bitget, Bybit, Gate |
| 5 | DOOD | $6.57M | $2.02M | $4.55M | 30.8% | 6583 | Aster, Binance, Bitget, Bybit, Gate |
| 6 | SOL | $5.66M | $1.49M | $4.17M | 26.3% | 886 | Aster, Binance, Bitget, Bybit, Gate, HTX, Lighter |
| 7 | XRP | $3.35M | $598K | $2.75M | 17.9% | 875 | Aster, Binance, Bitget, Bybit, Gate, HTX, Lighter |
| 8 | NEAR | $3.10M | $938K | $2.16M | 30.3% | 945 | Aster, Binance, Bitget, Bybit, Gate, HTX, Lighter |
| 9 | JCT | $2.42M | $836K | $1.58M | 34.6% | 3880 | Aster, Binance, Bitget, Bybit, Gate, HTX |
| 10 | ENA | $1.73M | $300K | $1.43M | 17.4% | 422 | Aster, Binance, Bitget, Bybit, Gate, HTX, Lighter |
| 11 | PEPE | $1.56M | $427K | $1.14M | 27.3% | 500 | Aster, Binance, Bitget, Bybit, Gate, HTX, Lighter |
| 12 | WLD | $1.10M | $694K | $409K | 62.9% | 468 | Aster, Binance, Bitget, Bybit, Gate, Lighter |
| 13 | STRK | $925K | $492K | $434K | 53.1% | 649 | Aster, Binance, Bitget, Bybit, Gate, HTX |
| 14 | BTW | $816K | $552K | $264K | 67.6% | 971 | Aster, Binance, Bitget, Bybit, Gate, HTX |
| 15 | Q | $782K | $379K | $404K | 48.4% | 851 | Aster, Binance, Bitget, Bybit, Gate, HTX |
| 16 | ALT | $778K | $334K | $444K | 42.9% | 1002 | Binance, Bitget, Bybit, Gate |
| 17 | DOGE | $694K | $376K | $318K | 54.2% | 311 | Aster, Binance, Bitget, Bybit, Gate, HTX, Lighter |
| 18 | HYPE | $685K | $552K | $132K | 80.7% | 237 | Aster, Binance, Bitget, Bybit, Gate, HTX, Lighter |
| 19 | IRYS | $560K | $358K | $202K | 64.0% | 1003 | Aster, Binance, Bitget, Bybit, Gate |
| 20 | AGT | $553K | $337K | $217K | 60.9% | 600 | Binance, Gate |
Largest single liquidation: $8.74M ETH short on Binance at 2,496.9 (13:06 UTC).
Liquidations by exchange
UTC| Exchange | Total | Longs | Shorts | Long share | Orders |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binance | $109.38M | $32.62M | $76.76M | 29.8% | 33321 |
| Bybit | $25.95M | $7.33M | $18.61M | 28.3% | 13468 |
| Gate | $17.46M | $3.39M | $14.07M | 19.4% | 5672 |
| Bitget | $11.22M | $2.22M | $9.00M | 19.8% | 3508 |
| HTX | $5.44M | $374K | $5.06M | 6.9% | 713 |
| Aster | $2.29M | $1.17M | $1.12M | 51.2% | 351 |
| Lighter | $683K | $34K | $649K | 5.0% | 530 |
From the exchanges' public liquidation feeds; some sample (Binance sends at most one per symbol per second), so totals are a lower bound. See every day or the rolling last 24 hours.
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