Crypto Market Recap Oct 22, 12:00 UTC: BTC −4.0%, ALT −39.2%
BTC $81,278.5 (−4.00%), ETH $2,382.2 (−4.53%). , top loser ALT −39.22%. Liquidations $28.21M; whales 32% 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: $81,278.5 (−4.00% in 24h), funding 0.0013%/h, open interest $3.52B. BTC data
- Ethereum: $2,382.2 (−4.53%), funding 0.0013%/h. ETH data
- Liquidations recorded: $28.21M (longs $25.93M, shorts $2.28M). Liquidation data
- Whale positioning: tracked Hyperliquid whales hold $1.02B long vs $2.21B short (32% long). Whale tracker
Top gainers and why they moved
Top losers and why they dropped
ALT −39.22% · $0.008168
- Open interest −26.4%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Funding is negative (-0.2576%/h): shorts are paying longs, the market leans short.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are all long ($78.1K), so they are holding through the drop.
PONS −16.20% · $0.2454
- Open interest −17.1%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 20% long ($196.2K long vs $799.5K short).
STRK −12.81% · $0.05355
- Open interest −18.8%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 8% long ($427.9K long vs $4.62M short).
CASHCAT −11.69% · $0.1016
- Open interest −18.5%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 42% long ($763.4K long vs $1.06M short).
PUMP −11.67% · $0.004564
- Open interest −16.7%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 32% long ($12.34M long vs $26.25M short).
Liquidations
- BTC: $6.44M liquidated (longs $6.26M, shorts $180.6K)
- ETH: $3.21M liquidated (longs $3.02M, shorts $190.5K)
- SNDK: $2.24M liquidated (longs $2.05M, shorts $188.9K)
- XAU: $2.23M liquidated (longs $2.23M, shorts $0)
- ZEC: $2.09M liquidated (longs $1.67M, shorts $418.6K)
- Largest single liquidation: a long BTC position worth $810.5K on OKX at 81,049.4.
Largest whale trades
- BTC: bought $8.14M at 81,390.5, now long $24.41M at 40x.
- BTC: bought $8.12M at 81,222.9, closing the position.
- BTC: bought $4.48M at 81,521.6, now short $4.08M at 40x.
Hot news
- Bitcoin hashrate hits seven-month high as AI shift fails to ease mining competition (cointelegraph.com)
- Bitcoin ETFs Erase October Losses With $1 Billion in Three Days (decrypt.co)
- Bitcoin circles $81.5K ETF cost basis as Trump Iran comments send stocks lower (cointelegraph.com)
- Crypto for Advisors: Stablecoins are ready for prime time (coindesk.com)
- CryptoQuant CEO calls rising Bitcoin hashrate ‘indirect bullish signal’ from institutions (cointelegraph.com)
- Thailand SEC says several companies eye crypto ETFs, none has applied (cointelegraph.com)
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