# Crypto Liquidations Reach $150.3 Million, With Shorts Taking 65% By Enna Lee Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/43089 Published: 2026-10-29T00:12:39.000Z Updated: 2026-10-29T00:12:39.000Z Section: Investing > Shorts made up $97.7 million of 35,906 liquidation orders across Binance, OKX and Bybit in the 24 hours through Oct. 28 at 8:08 p.m. ET. Crypto markets recorded $150.3 million in forced position closures over 24 hours through 8:08 p.m. ET Oct. 28, with short positions accounting for nearly two-thirds of the total. The period included 35,906 liquidation orders. Short positions made up $97.7 million, while long positions accounted for $52.6 million. Binance recorded $102.8 million in liquidations, the largest exchange total. OKX had $33.5 million and Bybit recorded $14.1 million. Bitcoin (BTC) led the listed asset breakdown at $36.4 million, including $25.1 million in short liquidations and $11.4 million in long liquidations. Ether (ETH) followed with $35.8 million, split between $24.6 million in shorts and $11.2 million in longs. Solana (SOL) recorded $9.6 million in liquidations, while Zcash (ZEC) had $5.1 million and Pepe (PEPE) totaled $4.3 million. SNDK recorded $3.3 million, including $451,528 in long liquidations and $2.9 million in shorts. Short liquidations exceeded long liquidations for each of the six listed assets. The largest single liquidation was a $3.6 million BTC short position on Binance at 4:01 p.m. ET Oct. 28. A liquidation is the forced closure of a leveraged position when its collateral no longer meets margin requirements. The figures extend TokenPost’s earlier coverage of [24-hour crypto liquidation totals](). ## Links in this article - [24-hour crypto liquidation totals](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/29827)