Crypto Market Recap Oct 20, 12:00 UTC: BTC −1.0%, WLD +9.2%, NEAR −5.6%
BTC $81,494 (−1.01%), ETH $2,384.9 (−1.41%). Top gainer WLD +9.19%, top loser NEAR −5.63%. Liquidations $16.03M; whales 34% 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: $81,494 (−1.01% in 24h), funding 0.0013%/h, open interest $3.30B. BTC data
- Ethereum: $2,384.9 (−1.41%), funding 0.0012%/h. ETH data
- Liquidations recorded: $16.03M (longs $10.23M, shorts $5.80M). Liquidation data
- Whale positioning: tracked Hyperliquid whales hold $1.07B long vs $2.05B short (34% long). Whale tracker
Top gainers and why they moved
WLD +9.19% · $0.5444
- Open interest +28.1%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 37% long ($7.29M long vs $12.19M short).
CRV +5.42% · $0.3678
- Open interest +12.2%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 52% long ($737.1K long vs $685.2K short).
XMR +3.28% · $608.76
- Open interest +7.6%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are all short ($558.4K), so they are positioned against this rally.
kPEPE +2.91% · $0.004204
- Open interest +5.6%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 75% long ($2.36M long vs $774.9K short).
ZRO +2.74% · $1.897
- Open interest +6.5%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 57% long ($2.57M long vs $1.95M short).
Top losers and why they dropped
NEAR −5.63% · $4.672
- Long liquidation cascade: $185.7K of longs were liquidated vs $19.1K of shorts, so forced selling likely deepened the drop.
- Open interest −7.8%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 54% long ($22.30M long vs $19.16M short).
STRK −4.25% · $0.05565
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 9% long ($445.6K long vs $4.56M short).
CASHCAT −3.38% · $0.1039
- Open interest −6.9%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 41% long ($781.6K long vs $1.13M short).
ARB −2.93% · $0.1895
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 0% long ($16 long vs $788.6K short).
UNI −2.78% · $7.135
- Long liquidation cascade: $131.6K of longs were liquidated vs $0 of shorts, so forced selling likely deepened the drop.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 31% long ($1.86M long vs $4.17M short).
Liquidations
- ETH: $3.39M liquidated (longs $2.35M, shorts $1.04M)
- SNDK: $2.75M liquidated (longs $1.90M, shorts $850.4K)
- BTC: $1.46M liquidated (longs $887.5K, shorts $576.7K)
- SOL: $1.11M liquidated (longs $422.0K, shorts $686.5K)
- ZEC: $1.11M liquidated (longs $354.2K, shorts $754.0K)
- Largest single liquidation: a long ETH position worth $1.19M on OKX at 2,387.2.
Largest whale trades
- BTC: bought $10.92M at 81,447.4, now long $36.25M at 40x.
- BTC: sold $5.93M at 81,501.9, now short $2.90M at 40x.
- BTC: bought $5.76M at 81,390.8, now long $2.79M at 40x.
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