Crypto Market Recap Oct 27, 12:00 UTC: BTC −0.6%, CHIP +11.1%, CRV −5.7%
BTC $79,897 (−0.61%), ETH $2,315 (−0.78%). Top gainer CHIP +11.13%, top loser CRV −5.69%. Liquidations $10.04M; 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: $79,897 (−0.61% in 24h), funding 0.0013%/h, open interest $3.39B. BTC data
- Ethereum: $2,315 (−0.78%), funding 0.0003%/h. ETH data
- Liquidations recorded: $10.04M (longs $6.28M, shorts $3.77M). Liquidation data
- Whale positioning: tracked Hyperliquid whales hold $1.03B long vs $2.24B short (32% long). Whale tracker
Top gainers and why they moved
CHIP +11.13% · $0.05294
- Open interest +67.7%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 5% long ($89.2K long vs $1.58M short).
- Related headline: SpaceX Locks Up $40 Billion for AI Chips as Musk Warns Most Neoclouds Will Die (decrypt.co).
CASHCAT +5.79% · $0.09846
- Open interest +7.6%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 31% long ($741.1K long vs $1.62M short).
VVV +3.63% · $25.49
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 30% long ($3.06M long vs $7.05M short).
FARTCOIN +1.91% · $0.1279
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 31% long ($2.68M long vs $5.92M short).
ZEC +1.89% · $1,250.1
- Short squeeze signal: $314.5K of shorts were liquidated vs $128.0K of longs, so forced buying likely amplified the rally.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 21% long ($41.60M long vs $152.15M short).
- Related headline: Zcash co-founder calls to stop funding ‘over $125M’ grants program (cointelegraph.com).
- Related headline: Zcash co-founder proposes ending grants funding, citing $125 million treasury (coindesk.com).
Top losers and why they dropped
CRV −5.69% · $0.3332
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 46% long ($667.6K long vs $785.3K short).
LIT −3.59% · $2.992
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 65% long ($3.18M long vs $1.74M short).
AAVE −3.34% · $131.23
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 32% long ($2.36M long vs $4.99M short).
ZRO −2.84% · $1.646
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 48% long ($2.45M long vs $2.69M short).
PUMP −2.42% · $0.004152
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 32% long ($10.38M long vs $21.61M short).
Liquidations
- BTC: $2.23M liquidated (longs $1.50M, shorts $724.7K)
- ETH: $2.16M liquidated (longs $1.40M, shorts $756.5K)
- SNDK: $1.60M liquidated (longs $795.7K, shorts $802.0K)
- SOL: $1.31M liquidated (longs $1.01M, shorts $298.6K)
- MU: $461.9K liquidated (longs $265.1K, shorts $196.8K)
- Largest single liquidation: a long SOL position worth $372.6K on OKX at 100.74.
Hot news
- Japan's top yen stablecoin falls short of its target in a disappointing first year (coindesk.com)
- Bitcoin drops below $80,000 as crypto ignores Asian tech rally, Fed meeting begins (coindesk.com)
- Ark Invest buys $5.2 million of Circle shares, sells $15.9 million of its own Bitcoin ETF as BTC grinds lower (theblock.co)
- Ripple Wins Final OCC Approval for Trust Bank Behind $2.6B RLUSD Stablecoin (decrypt.co)
- Bloom bot hackers loot $953K faster than you can microwave popcorn (cointelegraph.com)
- Binance files for Brazil crypto license ahead of Friday deadline (cointelegraph.com)
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