Crypto Market Recap Oct 29, 12:00 UTC: BTC −1.4%, HYPE +8.2%, CHIP −6.4%
BTC $80,156 (−1.41%), ETH $2,324.9 (−1.53%). Top gainer HYPE +8.23%, top loser CHIP −6.36%. 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: $80,156 (−1.41% in 24h), funding 0.0013%/h, open interest $3.48B. BTC data
- Ethereum: $2,324.9 (−1.53%), funding 0.0013%/h. ETH data
- Liquidations recorded: $0 (longs $0, shorts $0). Liquidation data
- Whale positioning: tracked Hyperliquid whales hold $1.06B long vs $2.35B short (31% long). Whale tracker
Top gainers and why they moved
HYPE +8.23% · $88.036
- Open interest +13.7%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Funding is elevated (0.0031%/h): longs are paying a premium, which can make the rally fragile if momentum fades.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 15% long ($43.80M long vs $247.65M short).
INIT +4.88% · $0.2281
- Open interest +40.8%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Funding is negative (-0.0137%/h): shorts are paying longs, so many traders are still positioned against the rally.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 10% long ($2.5K long vs $22.9K short).
PUMP +0.83% · $0.004357
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 34% long ($10.90M long vs $21.44M short).
XPL +0.58% · $0.07701
- Open interest +14.8%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 18% long ($2.47M long vs $11.26M short).
UNI +0.58% · $7.183
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 25% long ($1.88M long vs $5.64M short).
Top losers and why they dropped
CHIP −6.36% · $0.04835
- Open interest −26.0%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 5% long ($81.5K long vs $1.54M short).
- Related headline: Chip Maker SK Hynix Posts Record Quarter as AI Memory Demand Overwhelms Supply (decrypt.co).
PONS −5.98% · $0.2739
- Open interest −13.0%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 15% long ($219.3K long vs $1.23M short).
NEAR −5.30% · $4.418
- Open interest −8.7%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 61% long ($30.87M long vs $19.81M short).
- Related headline: Fed Rate Decision: What Markets and Bitcoin Traders Can Expect (decrypt.co).
- Related headline: Ripple expects $900 million annualized product revenue run rate as institutional business expands (theblock.co).
VVV −4.21% · $23.527
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 28% long ($2.83M long vs $7.28M short).
ZRO −4.04% · $1.66
- Open interest −5.9%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 48% long ($2.46M long vs $2.70M short).
Hot news
- Bitcoin drops to $80,000 on Fed dissent, Samsung, Alphabet earnings; AI tokens slump (coindesk.com)
- NYSE owner takes steps to bring Hyperliquid perpetual futures to U.S. (coindesk.com)
- Live updates: Bitcoin clings to $80,000 as Strategy’s cushion thins before earnings (coindesk.com)
- Former Swift CEO joins stablecoin firm OpenTrade as chairman (coindesk.com)
- Bitcoin ETFs add $137M, pushing October back into the green (cointelegraph.com)
- AI found a way to crash bitcoin nodes on Windows and Macs. It's now public (coindesk.com)
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