Wednesday, 21/10/2026 · Auto-compiled at 07:00 (GMT+7)

Crypto Morning Brief 21/10: BTC $82,985 (+1.33%), $83.8M liquidated

BTC rose slightly over the past 24 hours, now at $82,985 (+1.33%). Total liquidations reached $83.8M, with Shorts taking the bigger hit (57%). Among the large Hyperliquid wallets Crypffalo tracks, 26 wallets lean Long and 14 lean Short, so whales are tilted bullish. Across exchanges, 61.3% of accounts are Long BTC.

Crypto Morning Brief 21/10: BTC $82,985 (+1.33%), $83.8M liquidated
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⚠️ Worth watching

  • Largest liquidation: LONG BTC $10.3M (Binance)
  • Hyperliquid whale closed Short BTC $35.0M

💰 Major coin prices

BTC$82,985+1.33%🐋 9 Long · 12 Short
ETH$2,448+1.69%🐋 8 Long · 11 Short
NEAR$4.93+0.61%🐋 5 Long · 9 Short
SOL$106.47+1.43%
BNB$742.02+1.28%
XRP$1.34+2.45%
DOGE$0.0818+2.65%
HYPE$80.38+1.41%

🚀 Top gainers

  • JCT +136.3% $0.004688
  • DOOD +82.6% $0.002448
  • IOST +40.9% $0.001053

📉 Top losers

  • AGT -27.9% $0.0626
  • BR -9.3% $0.6466
  • Q -6.9% $0.1244

24-hour change among the 60 highest-volume USDT pairs on Binance Futures.

🔥 Liquidations in the past 24 hours: $83.8M

Long $35.8MShort $48.1M

Short positions took more liquidations (57%), meaning price spiked at some point, wiping out traders betting on a drop.

Most liquidated coins

  • BTC $28.7M Long $14.2M · Short $14.6M
  • ETH $20.8M Long $4.8M · Short $15.9M
  • SOL $4.2M Long $2.0M · Short $2.2M
  • ZEC $4.1M Long $719.9K · Short $3.4M
  • KORU $1.8M Long $1.1M · Short $707.6K
  • PEPE $1.7M Long $265.7K · Short $1.4M

Largest liquidations

  • LONG BTC $10.3M Binance · 08:14 20/10
  • SHORT ETH $7.3M Binance · 21:10 20/10
  • SHORT BTC $3.6M Binance · 21:15 20/10
  • SHORT BTC $1.8M Binance · 21:08 20/10
  • LONG ETH $1.1M Binance · 08:09 20/10

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🐋 What are Hyperliquid whales doing?

Crypffalo tracks the 79 largest wallets on Hyperliquid: 26 wallets leaning Long, 14 wallets leaning Short. The largest wallets hold $538M in Long positions and $1.80B in Short positions.

Coins most held by whales

  • BTC 21 wallets 9 long · 12 short · $750M
  • ETH 19 wallets 8 long · 11 short · $778M
  • ZEC 19 wallets 11 long · 8 short · $234M
  • HYPE 18 wallets 9 long · 9 short · $201M
  • SOL 16 wallets 7 long · 9 short · $155M
  • XRP 14 wallets 4 long · 10 short · $61.7M

Largest whale trades in 24 hours

  • Wallet 0xaeaa…2416 closed Short BTC $35.0M (loss $223.7K)
  • Wallet 0x30af…393e opened Long ZEC $18.7M
  • Wallet 0xbf73…5d58 closed Long ZEC $15.4M (profit $1.0M)
  • Wallet 0xbf73…5d58 closed Long BTC $10.4M (profit $181.6K)
  • Wallet 0xbf73…5d58 opened Long BTC $10.4M

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⚖️ Trader sentiment: Long/Short and Funding

Share of Long accounts (exchange average)

  • BTC 61.3% Long 38.7% Short
  • ETH 70.4% Long 29.6% Short
  • SOL 72.5% Long 27.5% Short
  • Most crowded Long: SKHYNIX 86.9%
  • Most crowded Short: JCT 73.1% Short

Funding rate (Binance)

  • JCT +0.0878% Longs pay
  • EWY +0.0350% Longs pay
  • MSTR +0.0194% Longs pay
  • GTC -0.1888% Shorts pay
  • BTW -0.1582% Shorts pay
  • Q -0.0431% Shorts pay

Positive funding: Longs pay Shorts (the crowd is betting on a rise). Negative funding is the opposite.

Long/Short across exchanges → · Funding rate →

This brief is compiled automatically by Crypffalo every morning from public data from Binance Futures, OKX, Bybit and Hyperliquid. For informational purposes only, not financial advice.

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