Crypto Market Recap Oct 23, 12:00 UTC: BTC +0.0%, kPEPE +12.9%, LIT −8.1%
BTC $81,729 (+0.00%), ETH $2,401.2 (+0.08%). Top gainer kPEPE +12.89%, top loser LIT −8.10%. Liquidations $23.52M; 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: $81,729 (+0.00% in 24h), funding 0.0013%/h, open interest $3.60B. BTC data
- Ethereum: $2,401.2 (+0.08%), funding -0.0005%/h. ETH data
- Liquidations recorded: $23.52M (longs $17.14M, shorts $6.38M). Liquidation data
- Whale positioning: tracked Hyperliquid whales hold $1.06B long vs $2.24B short (32% long). Whale tracker
Top gainers and why they moved
kPEPE +12.89% · $0.005063
- Short squeeze signal: $659.0K of shorts were liquidated vs $198.7K of longs, so forced buying likely amplified the rally.
- Open interest +14.8%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 62% long ($2.55M long vs $1.55M short).
UNI +1.47% · $7.191
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 29% long ($1.88M long vs $4.50M short).
DOGE +1.18% · $0.08024
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 8% long ($1.97M long vs $21.60M short).
ENA +1.06% · $0.2006
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 22% long ($5.70M long vs $19.96M short).
SUI +0.63% · $0.9938
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 7% long ($785.4K long vs $11.14M short).
Top losers and why they dropped
LIT −8.10% · $3.399
- Open interest −10.6%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 77% long ($4.08M long vs $1.21M short).
STRK −6.22% · $0.05265
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 9% long ($422.0K long vs $4.46M short).
VVV −5.97% · $26.03
- Open interest −14.4%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 50% long ($6.27M long vs $6.19M short).
XMR −3.63% · $610.907
- Open interest −6.4%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Funding is elevated (0.0038%/h): longs are paying a premium even as price falls, leaving them exposed.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 96% long ($16.02M long vs $632.9K short).
PUMP −3.40% · $0.004634
- Open interest −9.3%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 33% long ($12.30M long vs $25.52M short).
Liquidations
- SNDK: $4.47M liquidated (longs $2.65M, shorts $1.82M)
- XAU: $3.75M liquidated (longs $3.74M, shorts $17.6K)
- BTC: $2.76M liquidated (longs $2.12M, shorts $639.7K)
- ETH: $2.40M liquidated (longs $1.84M, shorts $556.8K)
- ZEC: $986.4K liquidated (longs $787.2K, shorts $199.2K)
- Largest single liquidation: a short BTC position worth $409.6K on OKX at 81,652.8.
Largest whale trades
- HYPE: sold $4.56M at 77.63, now long $5.16M at 3x.
- BTC: bought $2.72M at 81,837.2, now long $2.72M at 40x.
- HYPE: sold $2.57M at 77.46, now long $2.57M at 3x.
Hot news
- Bitcoin ETFs swing back to net outflows as $636 million in withdrawals erase previous day’s inflows (theblock.co)
- HSBC rolls out its first stablecoin to over 3 million everyday app users (coindesk.com)
- Cysic dangles a 10% bounty, hacker pours loot into Tornado Cash (cointelegraph.com)
- South Korea to amend forex law to regulate stablecoins as payment instruments: report (theblock.co)
- Sweden’s central bank revives e-krona debate as stablecoins and digital euro loom (coindesk.com)
- HSBC launches Hong Kong dollar stablecoin for retail payments (cointelegraph.com)
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