Crypto Market Recap Oct 24, 00:00 UTC: BTC −0.3%, kPEPE +4.1%, WLD −11.7%
BTC $81,176 (−0.29%), ETH $2,386.3 (−0.08%). Top gainer kPEPE +4.06%, top loser WLD −11.74%. Liquidations $13.81M; whales 33% 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: $81,176 (−0.29% in 24h), funding 0.0013%/h, open interest $3.61B. BTC data
- Ethereum: $2,386.3 (−0.08%), funding 0.0001%/h. ETH data
- Liquidations recorded: $13.81M (longs $12.54M, shorts $1.27M). Liquidation data
- Whale positioning: tracked Hyperliquid whales hold $1.08B long vs $2.23B short (33% long). Whale tracker
Top gainers and why they moved
kPEPE +4.06% · $0.004567
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 65% long ($2.30M long vs $1.24M short).
BNB +1.13% · $739.31
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are all short ($3.25M), so they are positioned against this rally.
- Related headline: Cysic dangles a 10% bounty, hacker pours loot into Tornado Cash (cointelegraph.com).
XPL +0.67% · $0.07606
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 19% long ($2.44M long vs $10.49M short).
ENA +0.34% · $0.1989
- Funding is negative (-0.0019%/h): shorts are paying longs, so many traders are still positioned against the rally.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 22% long ($5.65M long vs $20.06M short).
Top losers and why they dropped
WLD −11.74% · $0.4815
- Long liquidation cascade: $134.7K of longs were liquidated vs $0 of shorts, so forced selling likely deepened the drop.
- Open interest −18.7%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Funding is negative (-0.0042%/h): shorts are paying longs, the market leans short.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 42% long ($8.74M long vs $12.25M short).
GRAM −7.26% · $1.219
- Long liquidation cascade: $216.7K of longs were liquidated vs $0 of shorts, so forced selling likely deepened the drop.
- Open interest −11.8%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Funding is negative (-0.0178%/h): shorts are paying longs, the market leans short.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 78% long ($2.69M long vs $740.8K short).
STRK −7.21% · $0.04941
- Open interest −8.1%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 30% long ($1.79M long vs $4.14M short).
LIT −7.20% · $3.143
- Open interest −12.5%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Funding is negative (-0.0025%/h): shorts are paying longs, the market leans short.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 80% long ($3.70M long vs $938.0K short).
AERO −7.04% · $0.7324
- Open interest −8.3%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are all short ($184.1K).
Liquidations
- BTC: $5.26M liquidated (longs $5.22M, shorts $47.0K)
- ZEC: $1.13M liquidated (longs $1.03M, shorts $100.6K)
- SOL: $1.08M liquidated (longs $1.08M, shorts $0)
- ETH: $1.05M liquidated (longs $1.00M, shorts $44.8K)
- IRYS: $743.9K liquidated (longs $58.6K, shorts $685.3K)
- Largest single liquidation: a long BTC position worth $3.15M on OKX at 80,581.3.
Largest whale trades
- BTC: sold $11.25M at 80,832.7, now short $11.25M at 40x.
- BTC: bought $11.23M at 80,757.6, closing the position.
- ETH: sold $7.09M at 2,364.3, closing the position.
Hot news
- Wells Fargo and five others object to OKX-ICE tokenized stock listings: Report (cointelegraph.com)
- SEC Flags AI 'Super Intelligence' and Tokenization as Systemic Market Risks (decrypt.co)
- Initia halts blockchain after exploit reportedly drains over $2.6M (cointelegraph.com)
- SEC flags tokenization as high-risk area in 2027 market examinations (cointelegraph.com)
- Bitcoin ETFs Bleed $636 Million as October Turns Red Again (decrypt.co)
- Robinhood sees surge in bitcoin, gold prediction markets as traders move beyond sports (coindesk.com)
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