Crypto liquidations hit $439 million in 24 hours with longs and shorts nearly equally split, impacting over 100,000 traders across exchanges.

Crypto futures open interest fell $3B in minutes during mid-August 2026, forcing $308M in liquidations and exposing leverage risk in derivatives

Over $476 million in long crypto positions were liquidated in just 60 minutes after a 2.5% Bitcoin dip triggered a cascading deleveraging event.

$550 million in crypto longs liquidated in the past hour. Hyperliquid reaching $100 by December 31, 2026 at 48.5% YES.

Crypto liquidations hit $439 million in 24 hours with longs and shorts nearly equally split, impacting over 100,000 traders across exchanges.

Bitcoin's largest short squeeze since 2021 liquidated $2.77 billion in shorts as US Treasury policy shift triggered a rally to nearly $79,600.