Over the day $200.2M of positions were liquidated on the terminal's coins: longs $139.5M, shorts $60.7M. $955.9M was moved to exchanges and $504.8M out of them: a net inflow of $451.1M. BTC held on exchanges' published addresses ended the day at 812,558 BTC, −235 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 ARB (+3.25%), the biggest loser was RSR (−7.90%).
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, 19:00 · ● largest transfer to an exchange: $12.6M, 10:47 · day 2026-10-18 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 $176.9M): 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 2026-10-18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12.6M | 153 | to an exchange | Binance | 10:47 |
| $11.4M | 140 | to an exchange | Binance | 14:57 |
| $10.6M | 130 | to an exchange | Binance | 18:45 |
| $9.6M | 118 | from an exchange | Binance | 22:38 |
| $9.5M | 117 | to an exchange | Binance | 00:36 |
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 2026-10-18 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 2026-10-18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| $94.0M | 1,150 | off-exchange | 05:34 |
| $53.8M | 656 | off-exchange | 11:33 |
| $37.0M | 450 | off-exchange | 10:11 |
| $35.4M | 433 | off-exchange | 07:33 |
| $34.8M | 430 | off-exchange | 21:09 |
Chain hops (output spent on further) are not counted; we do not know or name the holder.
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.