Crypto Market Recap Oct 19, 12:00 UTC: BTC +0.4%, ARB +6.9%, PONS −6.9%
BTC $82,342 (+0.40%), ETH $2,420.2 (+0.12%). Top gainer ARB +6.94%, top loser PONS −6.87%. Liquidations $20.34M; whales 35% 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: $82,342 (+0.40% in 24h), funding 0.0013%/h, open interest $3.29B. BTC data
- Ethereum: $2,420.2 (+0.12%), funding 0.0013%/h. ETH data
- Liquidations recorded: $20.34M (longs $12.30M, shorts $8.04M). Liquidation data
- Whale positioning: tracked Hyperliquid whales hold $1.06B long vs $1.94B short (35% long). Whale tracker
Top gainers and why they moved
ARB +6.94% · $0.1955
- Open interest +14.3%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are all short ($781.8K), so they are positioned against this rally.
VVV +6.14% · $23.817
- Open interest +8.0%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 42% long ($2.86M long vs $3.95M short).
kPEPE +4.93% · $0.004089
- Short squeeze signal: $166.5K of shorts were liquidated vs $66.1K of longs, so forced buying likely amplified the rally.
- Open interest +7.0%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 73% long ($2.29M long vs $866.6K short).
PUMP +4.02% · $0.004454
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 33% long ($12.97M long vs $26.72M short).
CRV +2.79% · $0.3491
- Open interest +8.0%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 52% long ($699.1K long vs $647.9K short).
Top losers and why they dropped
PONS −6.87% · $0.2590
- Open interest −15.2%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 18% long ($207.0K long vs $926.0K short).
AERO −6.28% · $0.7810
- Open interest −10.2%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are all short ($186.4K).
TIA −6.26% · $0.6080
- Open interest −22.2%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 2% long ($8.7K long vs $557.2K short).
STRK −6.05% · $0.05821
- Open interest −5.7%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 9% long ($465.4K long vs $4.83M short).
MON −2.92% · $0.02082
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 94% long ($3.35M long vs $205.8K short).
Liquidations
- ETH: $6.12M liquidated (longs $4.10M, shorts $2.02M)
- BTC: $2.43M liquidated (longs $1.45M, shorts $981.5K)
- SOL: $1.94M liquidated (longs $308.4K, shorts $1.63M)
- ZEC: $1.52M liquidated (longs $822.3K, shorts $702.4K)
- SNDK: $1.26M liquidated (longs $766.5K, shorts $490.2K)
- Largest single liquidation: a short ETH position worth $673.4K on OKX at 2,408.7.
Largest whale trades
- BTC: sold $11.59M at 82,768.2, closing the position.
- BTC: sold $7.39M at 82,083, closing the position.
- ZEC: sold $4.57M at 1,146.3, closing the position.
Hot news
- Strategy on verge of golden cross, just weeks after bitcoin flashed same bullish signal (coindesk.com)
- France advances stablecoin tax, eyes self-custodial wallets and exit tax proposals (cointelegraph.com)
- Bitcoin, Ether ETFs shed $549M as October ETH outflows near $1B (cointelegraph.com)
- SEC tokenized stock framework faces issuer pushback as Broadcom, Verizon object to OKX-ICE listing (coindesk.com)
- Bitcoin ETFs Shed Nearly $1 Billion in Two Weeks as Uptober Stays Red (decrypt.co)
- Stablecoin supply stalls, but payments jump 45% as Visa, Mastercard and Stripe connect crypto to cash (coindesk.com)
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