Long Positions Account for 96% of $32.96 Million in Crypto Liquidations

Crypto positions worth $32.96 million were liquidated during the hour ending at 3:35 p.m. ET (19:35 UTC) Sunday, Oct. 18, with long positions accounting for 96% of the total.

There were 7,491 liquidation events across Binance, Bybit and OKX. Long liquidations totaled $31.65 million, compared with $1.31 million in short liquidations. The collection uses publicly available liquidation data from those three exchanges.

Binance accounted for $22.15 million in liquidations. Bybit recorded $4.18 million, and OKX accounted for $6.62 million.

Ether (ETH) led the asset breakdown at $8.61 million, followed by Zcash (ZEC) at $2.49 million and Bitcoin (BTC) at $2.48 million. Together, those three assets accounted for $13.58 million in reported liquidations. The one-hour window ran from 2:35 p.m. ET (18:35 UTC) to 3:35 p.m. ET (19:35 UTC); the tally covers those three exchanges, not the broader market.