Crypto Market Recap Oct 13, 12:00 UTC: BTC +0.7%, STX +6.2%, W −28.3%
BTC $83,472 (+0.75%), ETH $2,520.4 (−0.39%). Top gainer STX +6.23%, top loser W −28.27%. Liquidations $45.41M; whales 30% long.
A data-driven look at the crypto market over the past 24 hours, built from live Hyperliquid prices, funding and whale positions, plus Binance and OKX liquidation feeds.
Market snapshot
- Bitcoin: $83,472 (+0.75% in 24h), funding 0.0013%/h, open interest $3.21B. BTC data
- Ethereum: $2,520.4 (−0.39%), funding 0.0011%/h. ETH data
- Liquidations recorded: $45.41M (longs $34.59M, shorts $10.82M). Liquidation data
- Whale positioning: tracked Hyperliquid whales hold $783.81M long vs $1.82B short (30% long). Whale tracker
Top gainers and why they moved
STX +6.23% · $0.4253
- Open interest +43.0%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are all short ($70.4K), so they are positioned against this rally.
- Related headline: Stacks' STX, a Bitcoin layer-2 token, has surged by 50% in four weeks (coindesk.com).
PONS +5.55% · $0.3076
- Open interest −11.8%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are all short ($2.21M), so they are positioned against this rally.
INJ +2.38% · $7.924
- Open interest −9.1%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are all short ($1.07M), so they are positioned against this rally.
UNI +1.85% · $7.592
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are all short ($3.00M), so they are positioned against this rally.
kPEPE +1.82% · $0.004200
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 5% long ($15.6K long vs $319.5K short).
Top losers and why they dropped
W −28.27% · $0.01705
- Open interest −57.8%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Funding is negative (-0.0106%/h): shorts are paying longs, the market leans short.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are all long ($414.7K), so they are holding through the drop.
ZRO −11.93% · $1.988
- Open interest −21.0%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Funding is negative (-0.0040%/h): shorts are paying longs, the market leans short.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 62% long ($3.16M long vs $1.92M short).
PYTH −11.59% · $0.07859
- Open interest −8.2%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 16% long ($58.4K long vs $304.0K short).
RSR −10.33% · $0.002048
- Open interest +72.9%: new leveraged positions came in with the move, which points to fresh shorts piling in.
- Funding is negative (-0.0297%/h): shorts are paying longs, the market leans short.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are all short ($27.2K).
NEAR −10.11% · $4.975
- Long liquidation cascade: $515.1K of longs were liquidated vs $186.6K of shorts, so forced selling likely deepened the drop.
- Open interest −20.3%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 56% long ($28.20M long vs $22.34M short).
- Related headline: Live updates: Bitcoin trading in tight range near $83,000 ahead of key U.S. inflation data (coindesk.com).
- Related headline: AI Will Hit 40% of Jobs, IMF Warns. Young People Are First in Line (decrypt.co).
Liquidations
- ETH: $8.07M liquidated (longs $5.23M, shorts $2.84M)
- BTC: $6.42M liquidated (longs $4.31M, shorts $2.11M)
- SOL: $5.78M liquidated (longs $4.70M, shorts $1.08M)
- SNDK: $3.52M liquidated (longs $2.71M, shorts $810.1K)
- ZEC: $2.40M liquidated (longs $1.77M, shorts $638.6K)
- Largest single liquidation: a long SOXL position worth $236.8K on OKX at 116.76.
Largest whale trades
- BTC: sold $3.34M at 83,398.3, closing the position.
- BTC: sold $3.31M at 83,254.7, now long $1.57M at 40x.
- BTC: bought $2.45M at 83,215.5, now long $2.45M at 40x.
Hot news
- UK crypto trader says almost $800,000 lost in knife attack as wrench attacks proliferate (coindesk.com)
- Federated Hermes joins Wall Street's tokenization push with plans for first onchain fund shares (coindesk.com)
- Binance to shut down mining pool, cloud mining and related services (theblock.co)
- Stacks' STX, a Bitcoin layer-2 token, has surged by 50% in four weeks (coindesk.com)
- ENS seeks DAO approval to activate upgraded Ethereum naming system (cointelegraph.com)
- Russia’s largest bank Sberbank secures approval to trade crypto (coindesk.com)
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