Crypto Market Recap Oct 16, 12:00 UTC: BTC +2.0%, TIA +30.3%, CRV −0.1%
BTC $82,597 (+2.04%), ETH $2,476.6 (+4.83%). Top gainer TIA +30.31%, top loser CRV −0.06%. Liquidations $23.87M; 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: $82,597 (+2.04% in 24h), funding 0.0013%/h, open interest $3.44B. BTC data
- Ethereum: $2,476.6 (+4.83%), funding 0.0012%/h. ETH data
- Liquidations recorded: $23.87M (longs $6.65M, shorts $17.21M). Liquidation data
- Whale positioning: tracked Hyperliquid whales hold $957.29M long vs $2.10B short (31% long). Whale tracker
Top gainers and why they moved
TIA +30.31% · $0.6960
- Open interest +51.3%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 12% long ($149.1K long vs $1.05M short).
INJ +27.58% · $9.175
- Short squeeze signal: $143.3K of shorts were liquidated vs $51.6K of longs, so forced buying likely amplified the rally.
- Open interest +50.9%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Funding is elevated (0.0041%/h): longs are paying a premium, which can make the rally fragile if momentum fades.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are all short ($1.83M), so they are positioned against this rally.
ZRO +22.34% · $2.22
- Open interest +45.7%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Funding is elevated (0.0032%/h): longs are paying a premium, which can make the rally fragile if momentum fades.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 67% long ($5.16M long vs $2.59M short).
CASHCAT +18.46% · $0.1207
- Open interest +17.1%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are all short ($1.13M), so they are positioned against this rally.
STBL +18.38% · $0.02445
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 91% long ($546.4K long vs $54.9K short).
Top losers and why they dropped
CRV −0.06% · $0.3502
- Open interest −12.4%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are all short ($746.5K).
Liquidations
- ETH: $6.88M liquidated (longs $1.39M, shorts $5.49M)
- BTC: $2.82M liquidated (longs $563.9K, shorts $2.25M)
- SNDK: $2.64M liquidated (longs $1.21M, shorts $1.43M)
- ZEC: $2.08M liquidated (longs $554.9K, shorts $1.52M)
- SOL: $1.60M liquidated (longs $310.9K, shorts $1.29M)
- Largest single liquidation: a short ETH position worth $1.09M on OKX at 2,457.7.
Largest whale trades
- BTC: sold $8.26M at 82,645.2, closing the position.
- BTC: sold $4.81M at 82,598.2, closing the position.
- BTC: sold $4.14M at 82,848.8, now long $10.62M at 40x.
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