Crypto Market Recap Oct 14, 12:00 UTC: BTC −1.0%, PONS +16.1%, S −21.8%
BTC $82,377 (−1.03%), ETH $2,453.9 (−1.92%). Top gainer PONS +16.13%, top loser S −21.84%. Liquidations $19.98M; whales 31% 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: $82,377 (−1.03% in 24h), funding 0.0006%/h, open interest $3.20B. BTC data
- Ethereum: $2,453.9 (−1.92%), funding 0.0013%/h. ETH data
- Liquidations recorded: $19.98M (longs $13.88M, shorts $6.10M). Liquidation data
- Whale positioning: tracked Hyperliquid whales hold $793.30M long vs $1.80B short (31% long). Whale tracker
Top gainers and why they moved
PONS +16.13% · $0.3450
- Open interest +19.9%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Funding is elevated (0.0057%/h): longs are paying a premium, which can make the rally fragile if momentum fades.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are all short ($1.07M), so they are positioned against this rally.
CASHCAT +9.89% · $0.1136
- Open interest +10.7%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 23% long ($274.5K long vs $923.5K short).
XMR +4.30% · $551.16
- No single catalyst stands out in our data; the move looks driven by broader market flows and spot activity.
STX +3.57% · $0.4244
- Open interest −7.1%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are all short ($2), 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).
VVV +3.01% · $22.569
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 70% long ($9.73M long vs $4.18M short).
Top losers and why they dropped
S −21.84% · $0.05531
- Open interest −27.4%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Funding is negative (-0.0003%/h): shorts are paying longs, the market leans short.
W −15.25% · $0.01534
- Open interest −39.5%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Funding is negative (-0.0019%/h): shorts are paying longs, the market leans short.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are all long ($156.1K), so they are holding through the drop.
STRK −6.58% · $0.08097
- Open interest −14.5%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are all short ($474.1K).
RENDER −5.97% · $1.91
- Open interest −13.7%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
LIT −5.58% · $3.176
- Open interest −5.1%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 83% long ($21.34M long vs $4.29M short).
Liquidations
- SNDK: $3.23M liquidated (longs $1.29M, shorts $1.94M)
- SOL: $2.51M liquidated (longs $1.73M, shorts $778.1K)
- BTC: $2.26M liquidated (longs $1.78M, shorts $482.6K)
- ETH: $2.15M liquidated (longs $1.46M, shorts $694.1K)
- ZEC: $1.03M liquidated (longs $622.2K, shorts $410.8K)
- Largest single liquidation: a long SOL position worth $380.2K on OKX at 106.74.
Largest whale trades
- BTC: sold $16.57M at 82,856.4, now long $13.09M at 40x.
- BTC: sold $7.73M at 82,972.5, closing the position.
- BTC: bought $7.72M at 82,835.6, now long $7.71M at 40x.
Hot news
- Strategy’s preferred stock financing may cost it bitcoin, K33 argues (theblock.co)
- Canada crypto remittances to Asian countries surge 141% to $2.36B: Chainalysis (cointelegraph.com)
- DriveWealth to use Ripple’s RLUSD for stablecoin settlement, cross-border payments (theblock.co)
- Qivalis receives EMI authorization from Dutch central bank for euro stablecoin (cointelegraph.com)
- S&P 500 options are the hottest bet on this Hyperliquid exchange (coindesk.com)
- Proposed French tax on regulated stablecoins could drive crypto traders offshore (coindesk.com)
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