EVA Terminal

Market over the day · October 18, 2026

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%).

The day in brief

  1. Liquidations 1.3× below the average over 7 d
  2. Heaviest liquidation hour — 19:00 UTC, $50.4M — mostly longs
  3. BTC +0.80% over the day, range $80,711–$82,237
  4. Net inflow to exchanges $451.1M

Facts from the terminal’s data and comparisons with our own history; no conclusions about what comes next.

BTC and ETH price

BTC

+0.80%over the day
$82,098end of day
$80,711–$82,237range
high $82,112 · low $80,873 (hourly)
heaviest liquidation hour, 19:00largest transfer to an exchange: $12.6M, 10:47
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ETH

+0.37%over the day
$2,410end of day
$2,330–$2,429range
high $2,424 · low $2,341 (hourly)
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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.

Liquidations

$200.2Mtotal over the day
$139.5Mlongs liquidated
$60.7Mshorts liquidated
×0.76vs the 7-day average
hourly max $50.4M
00:00 · longs $82K00:00 · shorts $632K01:00 · longs $148K01:00 · shorts $3.1M02:00 · longs $225K02:00 · shorts $393K03:00 · longs $33K03:00 · shorts $2.7M04:00 · longs $81K04:00 · shorts $13K05:00 · longs $475K05:00 · shorts $26K06:00 · longs $27K06:00 · shorts $136K07:00 · longs $159K07:00 · shorts $11K08:00 · longs $449K08:00 · shorts $252K09:00 · longs $254K09:00 · shorts $3.0M10:00 · longs $378K10:00 · shorts $235K11:00 · longs $383K11:00 · shorts $93K12:00 · longs $191K12:00 · shorts $150K13:00 · longs $9.8M13:00 · shorts $225K14:00 · longs $10.1M14:00 · shorts $243K15:00 · longs $1.6M15:00 · shorts $113K16:00 · longs $1.5M16:00 · shorts $24K17:00 · longs $488K17:00 · shorts $221K18:00 · longs $1.4M18:00 · shorts $49K19:00 · longs $49.4M19:00 · shorts $977K20:00 · longs $14.3M20:00 · shorts $409K21:00 · longs $75K21:00 · shorts $2.2M22:00 · longs $118K22:00 · shorts $20.6M23:00 · longs $14K23:00 · shorts $6.7M
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■ longs · ■ shorts · by hour UTC, liquidations from $5,000 from the minute archive

Coins with the most liquidations

ETH$49.3M
longs $28.3M
shorts $21.0M
BTC$40.0M
longs $26.1M
shorts $13.9M
SOL$8.3M
longs $5.5M
shorts $2.8M
ZEC$6.5M
longs $5.2M
shorts $1.3M
XRP$3.4M
longs $3.0M
shorts $425K
DOGE$2.5M
longs $2.0M
shorts $447K

By exchange

Binance$103.7M
OKX$45.5M
Bybit$23.9M
Gate$18.1M
Bitget$7.8M
Kraken$1.2M

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

Exchange money

$955.9Mto exchanges
$504.8Mfrom exchanges
+$451.1Mnet
Binance+$441.2M
Bitfinex+$26.7M
Bybit−$16.7M

■ to the exchange · ■ from the exchange · right — the venue’s net

Exchanges: to and from

AmountBTCDirectionVenueTime, UTC
$12.6M153to an exchangeBinance10:47
$11.4M140to an exchangeBinance14:57
$10.6M130to an exchangeBinance18:45
$9.6M118from an exchangeBinance22:38
$9.5M117to an exchangeBinance00:36

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.

Derivatives: OI and funding

$56.98Bmarket OI at end of day
−0.16%OI over the day
+0.0033%funding per 8 h, OI-weighted

Largest OI increase

NEAR+5.07%
CRV+3.82%
XRP+2.82%
ETC+2.18%
LDO+2.02%

Largest OI decrease

SAND−11.78%
EIGEN−11.15%
W−9.68%
TIA−9.03%
AERO−8.24%

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.

Stablecoins

USDT: minted − burned$0
USDC: minted − burned+$162.1M
Into exchanges$377.8M
Out of exchanges$167.9M

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.

Bitcoin ETFs

Day total in the report−$82.4M
Largest fundIBIT −$71.8M

Source: TFTC (open dataset, CC BY 4.0); report for October 16, 2026 — a US trading day, published after the close.

Off-exchange whales

Off-exchange

AmountBTCDirectionTime, UTC
$94.0M1,150off-exchange05:34
$53.8M656off-exchange11:33
$37.0M450off-exchange10:11
$35.4M433off-exchange07:33
$34.8M430off-exchange21:09

Chain hops (output spent on further) are not counted; we do not know or name the holder.

Calendar

That day

No major events in the calendar.

The next day

  • 12:30CADCPI m/m ●
  • 12:30CADMedian CPI y/y ●
  • 12:30CADTrimmed CPI y/y ●
  • 12:30CADCommon CPI y/y

Source: the «Macro» tab calendar, medium and high importance events (● — high) and holidays, UTC time. No forecasts here.

Coins of the day

Top gainers

ARB+3.25%
NEAR+3.23%
SUI+2.16%
CRV+2.05%
INJ+2.04%

Top losers

RSR−7.90%
STRK−6.50%
PYTH−6.20%
W−5.94%
EIGEN−5.77%

Source: the terminal’s minute archive, the first and last price of the day for 135 coins.