Crypto Market Recap Oct 15, 00:00 UTC: BTC −1.8%, NIL +17.6%, GRASS −13.6%
BTC $81,675 (−1.75%), ETH $2,422.6 (−2.98%). Top gainer NIL +17.61%, top loser GRASS −13.56%. Liquidations $39.73M; whales 29% 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: $81,675 (−1.75% in 24h), funding 0.0013%/h, open interest $3.29B. BTC data
- Ethereum: $2,422.6 (−2.98%), funding 0.0009%/h. ETH data
- Liquidations recorded: $39.73M (longs $33.47M, shorts $6.26M). Liquidation data
- Whale positioning: tracked Hyperliquid whales hold $782.00M long vs $1.91B short (29% long). Whale tracker
Top gainers and why they moved
NIL +17.61% · $0.09194
- Open interest +20.3%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are all long ($126.7K).
CASHCAT +9.72% · $0.1235
- Open interest +22.1%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 19% long ($298.4K long vs $1.27M short).
PONS +9.47% · $0.3308
- Open interest +9.7%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are all short ($997.6K), so they are positioned against this rally.
VVV +2.25% · $23.277
- Open interest +5.1%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 70% long ($10.20M long vs $4.37M short).
XMR +0.35% · $550.62
- No single catalyst stands out in our data; the move looks driven by broader market flows and spot activity.
Top losers and why they dropped
GRASS −13.56% · $0.6238
- Open interest −16.4%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are all short ($398.1K).
OP −11.10% · $0.1410
- Open interest −6.1%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
STRK −9.71% · $0.07695
- Long liquidation cascade: $146.6K of longs were liquidated vs $70.2K of shorts, so forced selling likely deepened the drop.
- Open interest −14.8%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are all short ($348.9K).
LIT −7.64% · $3.09
- Open interest −11.2%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Funding is negative (-0.0059%/h): shorts are paying longs, the market leans short.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 79% long ($14.12M long vs $3.79M short).
ENA −6.36% · $0.1961
- Open interest −11.6%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 8% long ($1.89M long vs $22.74M short).
Liquidations
- ETH: $9.31M liquidated (longs $6.68M, shorts $2.64M)
- BTC: $4.87M liquidated (longs $4.34M, shorts $534.6K)
- SNDK: $3.26M liquidated (longs $2.67M, shorts $596.1K)
- SOL: $3.20M liquidated (longs $2.53M, shorts $662.5K)
- ZEC: $2.27M liquidated (longs $1.80M, shorts $463.7K)
- Largest single liquidation: a long BTC position worth $489.9K on OKX at 81,646.4.
Largest whale trades
- BTC: sold $8.17M at 81,651.3, now long $16.29M at 40x.
- BTC: sold $4.12M at 81,467.7, closing the position.
- BTC: sold $3.99M at 81,563.5, now long $8.36M at 16x.
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