Crypto Market Recap Oct 18, 00:00 UTC: BTC −0.2%, SAND +10.1%, STRK −13.1%
BTC $81,450 (−0.17%), ETH $2,401.6 (−0.85%). Top gainer SAND +10.14%, top loser STRK −13.14%. Liquidations $19.64M; 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: $81,450 (−0.17% in 24h), funding 0.0004%/h, open interest $3.37B. BTC data
- Ethereum: $2,401.6 (−0.85%), funding -0.0003%/h. ETH data
- Liquidations recorded: $19.64M (longs $16.78M, shorts $2.87M). Liquidation data
- Whale positioning: tracked Hyperliquid whales hold $857.72M long vs $2.00B short (30% long). Whale tracker
Top gainers and why they moved
SAND +10.14% · $0.05969
- Funding is negative (-0.0461%/h): shorts are paying longs, so many traders are still positioned against the rally.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 75% long ($219.5K long vs $72.9K short).
XMR +2.18% · $570.56
- Funding is negative (-0.0006%/h): shorts are paying longs, so many traders are still positioned against the rally.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 94% long ($137.9K long vs $8.1K short).
Top losers and why they dropped
STRK −13.14% · $0.06453
- Open interest −20.7%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 43% long ($359.7K long vs $478.7K short).
PONS −12.30% · $0.2843
- Open interest −13.4%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 6% long ($61.5K long vs $1.04M short).
ZRO −8.81% · $1.87
- Open interest −13.5%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 57% long ($2.66M long vs $2.03M short).
PYTH −8.48% · $0.07960
- Open interest −39.0%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 54% long ($333.5K long vs $289.2K short).
TIA −6.14% · $0.6458
- Open interest −21.6%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Funding is negative (-0.0017%/h): shorts are paying longs, the market leans short.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 2% long ($9.2K long vs $535.6K short).
Liquidations
- ETH: $2.42M liquidated (longs $1.80M, shorts $617.7K)
- SNDK: $1.85M liquidated (longs $1.68M, shorts $170.3K)
- SOL: $1.30M liquidated (longs $1.20M, shorts $99.0K)
- SOXL: $1.07M liquidated (longs $1.05M, shorts $13.6K)
- ZEC: $1.03M liquidated (longs $644.6K, shorts $387.4K)
- Largest single liquidation: a long XRP position worth $437.5K on OKX at 1.272.
Largest whale trades
- ETH: sold $9.02M at 2,386.8, closing the position.
- ETH: bought $9.00M at 2,380.1, now long $9.00M at 25x.
- BTC: bought $8.07M at 81,036.9, now long $8.07M at 5x.
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