Crypto Market Recap Oct 29, 00:00 UTC: BTC +0.6%, INIT +34.4%, CHIP −9.1%
BTC $81,339.8 (+0.56%), ETH $2,359 (+0.40%). Top gainer INIT +34.36%, top loser CHIP −9.07%. Liquidations $0; whales 31% 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: $81,339.8 (+0.56% in 24h), funding 0.0013%/h, open interest $3.56B. BTC data
- Ethereum: $2,359 (+0.40%), funding -0.0001%/h. ETH data
- Liquidations recorded: $0 (longs $0, shorts $0). Liquidation data
- Whale positioning: tracked Hyperliquid whales hold $1.04B long vs $2.34B short (31% long). Whale tracker
Top gainers and why they moved
INIT +34.36% · $0.2225
- Open interest +35.0%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 10% long ($2.4K long vs $22.2K short).
kPEPE +9.96% · $0.005055
- Open interest +24.7%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Funding is elevated (0.0072%/h): longs are paying a premium, which can make the rally fragile if momentum fades.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 55% long ($2.53M long vs $2.10M short).
PONS +8.32% · $0.2897
- Open interest +13.5%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 15% long ($231.8K long vs $1.30M short).
XPL +4.32% · $0.07690
- Open interest +11.3%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 19% long ($2.47M long vs $10.81M short).
PUMP +4.13% · $0.004542
- Open interest +8.3%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 32% long ($11.35M long vs $24.30M short).
Top losers and why they dropped
CHIP −9.07% · $0.04933
- Open interest −19.3%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 5% long ($83.0K long vs $1.61M short).
- Related headline: Chip Maker SK Hynix Posts Record Quarter as AI Memory Demand Overwhelms Supply (decrypt.co).
- Related headline: Bitcoin rebounds above $81,000 as Asian chip rally spills into crypto, pepe jumps 9% (coindesk.com).
VVV −7.17% · $24.236
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 28% long ($2.91M long vs $7.58M short).
LIT −3.72% · $2.938
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 75% long ($5.20M long vs $1.78M short).
XMR −1.59% · $598.9
- Open interest +5.6%: new leveraged positions came in with the move, which points to fresh shorts piling in.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 90% long ($16.86M long vs $1.80M short).
CASHCAT −1.21% · $0.1028
- Open interest +6.1%: new leveraged positions came in with the move, which points to fresh shorts piling in.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 32% long ($773.7K long vs $1.68M short).
Hot news
- Chip Maker SK Hynix Posts Record Quarter as AI Memory Demand Overwhelms Supply (decrypt.co)
- Sam Bankman-Fried wrote to actor portraying him in Netflix series (cointelegraph.com)
- Fed Stands Pat, Bitcoin Holds Steady—But a December Rate Hike Is in Play (decrypt.co)
- Strategy shareholders approve daily dividends for four preferred stocks (cointelegraph.com)
- Fed leaves interest rates unchanged, as expected (coindesk.com)
- Crypto PAC spending before midterms possibly obscured after reported FEC hack (cointelegraph.com)
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