Crypto Market Recap Oct 31, 12:00 UTC: BTC +0.3%, XPL +7.3%, TRX −6.0%
BTC $77,569 (+0.30%), ETH $2,246.1 (+0.47%). Top gainer XPL +7.25%, top loser TRX −6.02%. Liquidations $164.0K; whales 29% 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: $77,569 (+0.30% in 24h), funding 0.0013%/h, open interest $3.18B. BTC data
- Ethereum: $2,246.1 (+0.47%), funding 0.0013%/h. ETH data
- Liquidations recorded: $164.0K (longs $0, shorts $164.0K). Liquidation data
- Whale positioning: tracked Hyperliquid whales hold $880.00M long vs $2.20B short (29% long). Whale tracker
Top gainers and why they moved
XPL +7.25% · $0.08078
- Open interest +17.6%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Funding is elevated (0.0060%/h): longs are paying a premium, which can make the rally fragile if momentum fades.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 15% long ($2.59M long vs $14.17M short).
AAVE +6.47% · $133.54
- Open interest +9.5%: new leveraged positions came in with the move.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 31% long ($3.18M long vs $7.14M short).
ONDO +4.34% · $0.4072
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 1% long ($29.1K long vs $2.47M short).
LINK +3.85% · $11.496
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 17% long ($2.73M long vs $13.05M short).
- Related headline: Bitcoin stolen from Binance tops Tesla’s holdings and is over twice El Salvador’s reserve (coindesk.com).
ZEC +3.40% · $1,282
- Open interest −5.4%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 21% long ($42.67M long vs $157.06M short).
Top losers and why they dropped
TRX −6.02% · $0.3203
- Open interest −12.7%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Funding is negative (-0.0393%/h): shorts are paying longs, the market leans short.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 97% long ($3.15M long vs $110.9K short).
HYPE −4.80% · $87.42
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 24% long ($70.12M long vs $225.23M short).
LIT −3.29% · $2.729
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 83% long ($5.19M long vs $1.03M short).
PONS −3.23% · $0.2277
- Open interest −13.1%: positions were closing, so the move was driven more by traders exiting than by new bets.
- Funding is elevated (0.0093%/h): longs are paying a premium even as price falls, leaving them exposed.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 14% long ($182.2K long vs $1.14M short).
kPEPE −2.98% · $0.005047
- Open interest +7.3%: new leveraged positions came in with the move, which points to fresh shorts piling in.
- Whales: tracked Hyperliquid whales are 39% long ($2.94M long vs $4.50M short).
Liquidations
- BTC: $164.0K liquidated (longs $0, shorts $164.0K)
- Largest single liquidation: a short BTC position worth $139.2K on OKX at 77,634.5.
Largest whale trades
- BTC: sold $4.99M at 77,227.3, closing the position.
- HYPE: sold $2.12M at 87.899, closing the position.
- BTC: bought $2.12M at 77,371.3, now long $13.38M at 5x.
Hot news
- Binance $6.3B record hack sparks pre-election political chatter (cointelegraph.com)
- Bitcoin stolen from Binance tops Tesla’s holdings and is over twice El Salvador’s reserve (coindesk.com)
- Binance hackers raced to move billions before it could be frozen (cointelegraph.com)
- Inside the largest crypto hack on record: How attackers breached Binance for $6.3 billion (theblock.co)
- Binance Hack Shows Why Offshore Exchanges Need US Oversight, CFTC Chair Says (decrypt.co)
- President Trump says they’re looking into Binance hack as calls grow for crypto rules (theblock.co)
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