$547,000,000 in Bitcoin and Crypto Liquidated As BTC Price Crosses $81,000

Sep 18, 2026 - 21:15
$547,000,000 in Bitcoin and Crypto Liquidated As BTC Price Crosses $81,000

Traders betting against Bitcoin are getting liquidated as BTC’s price pushes through $81,000.

A total of $547 million in leveraged crypto bets have closed out in the last 24 hours, says CoinGlass.

Most of that comes from shorts, with long liquidations at just $57.10 million. Short liquidations are $469.19 million.

Bitcoin led the wipeouts with about $243.54 million liquidated.

Ethereum followed at about $95.66 million, with Solana adding about $36.29 million.

More than 107,000 traders were forced out, and he largest single close was an $8.53 million Bitcoin position on Hyperliquid.

Bitcoin is trading near $81,030 at time of publishing.

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