Crypto Liquidations Reach $34.87 Million Across Three Exchanges in One Hour

Across Binance, Bybit and OKX, $34.87 million in crypto positions were liquidated in the hour ending Oct. 19 at 9:16 p.m. ET (Oct. 20 at 01:16 UTC), about 99% of them long positions.

The tally covered 3,677 liquidations. Long positions accounted for $34.58 million, compared with $290,000 in short positions. TokenPost collected and combined the exchanges’ public liquidation figures directly. The total covers those three exchanges, not the entire crypto market.

Binance accounted for $28.11 million of the liquidations, the largest exchange total in the snapshot. OKX recorded $4.74 million and Bybit $2.02 million. The three exchange figures add up to the $34.87 million total for the one-hour period.

Bitcoin (BTC) led the listed assets with $16.18 million in liquidations. Ether (ETH) followed at $7.18 million, while Solana (SOL) accounted for $1.54 million. Those asset figures come from the same three-exchange snapshot and cover the same hour.