Over the day $151.2M of positions were liquidated on the terminal's coins: longs $130.8M, shorts $20.3M. $981.1M was moved to exchanges and $911.9M out of them: a net inflow of $69.2M. BTC held on exchanges' published addresses ended the day at 812,794 BTC, +100 BTC over the day. Spot BTC ETFs in the report for October 16, 2026: −$82.4M, led by IBIT (−$71.8M). The biggest gainer was SAND (+10.52%), the biggest loser was STRK (−13.04%).
Facts from the terminal’s data and comparisons with our own history; no conclusions about what comes next.
Source: the terminal’s minute archive, price at the start of each hour; range — by minute · ● heaviest liquidation hour, 21:00 · ● largest transfer to an exchange: $9.7M, 02:38 · day 2026-10-17 00:00–24:00 UTC.
■ longs · ■ shorts · by hour UTC, liquidations from $5,000 from the minute archive
Comparison — with the liquidation total from the minute archive over the previous 7 d (average $165.7M): the same source on both sides.
Source: liquidation streams of Bybit, Gate, Kraken, OKX, Binance, Bitget for the terminal's coins (Binance and Bitget — at most one per second per coin, smaller ones in the same second are not visible; OKX — the exchange's liquidation history) (coins with liquidations this day: 135) · day 2026-10-17 00:00–24:00 UTC. What liquidations are · without Hyperliquid
■ to the exchange · ■ from the exchange · right — the venue’s net
| Amount | BTC | Direction | Venue | Time, UTC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9.7M | 119 | to an exchange | Binance | 02:38 |
| $8.5M | 104 | from an exchange | Binance | 06:46 |
| $7.9M | 97 | to an exchange | Binance | 10:43 |
| $7.6M | 93 | to an exchange | Binance | 14:51 |
| $7.5M | 92 | to an exchange | Binance | 18:48 |
Transfers — via exchanges’ published addresses (BTC — our own Bitcoin node), from $1M; the other side is an unknown holder: we do not use third-party labels.
Source: confirmed transfers from $1M to and from addresses the exchanges published themselves (BTC — our own Bitcoin node; ETH, USDT, USDC — Etherscan); exchange-to-exchange and internal moves are not inflow; networks with transfers this day: BTC, ETH · day 2026-10-17 00:00–24:00 UTC.
Source: the terminal’s minute archive, OI in $ across all venues at both ends of the day; funding — the OI-weighted average of hourly readings.
Source: USDT and USDC supply on Ethereum (Etherscan; other networks are not included), transfers from $1M to exchanges’ published addresses · day 2026-10-17 00:00–24:00 UTC.
Source: TFTC (open dataset, CC BY 4.0); report for October 16, 2026 — a US trading day, published after the close.
| Amount | BTC | Direction | Time, UTC |
|---|---|---|---|
| $220.5M | 2,714 | off-exchange | 17:28 |
| $114.7M | 1,413 | off-exchange | 23:35 |
| $77.4M | 949 | off-exchange | 21:00 |
| $70.1M | 860 | off-exchange | 10:09 |
| $69.8M | 857 | off-exchange | 03:30 |
Chain hops (output spent on further) are not counted; we do not know or name the holder.
No major events in the calendar.
No major events in the calendar.
Source: the «Macro» tab calendar, medium and high importance events (● — high) and holidays, UTC time. No forecasts here.
Source: the terminal’s minute archive, the first and last price of the day for 135 coins.