EVA Terminal

Market over the day · October 21, 2026

Over the day $175.5M of positions were liquidated on the terminal's coins: longs $36.5M, shorts $139.0M. $2.47B was moved to exchanges and $2.22B out of them: a net inflow of $248.7M. BTC held on exchanges' published addresses ended the day at 812,786 BTC, −300 BTC over the day. Spot BTC ETFs in the report for October 20, 2026: +$23.2M, led by IBIT (+$29.9M). The biggest gainer was LIT (+11.27%), the biggest loser was SOPH (−8.99%).

The day in brief

  1. Liquidations 1.4× below the average over 7 d
  2. Heaviest liquidation hour — 14:00 UTC, $28.7M — mostly shorts
  3. BTC +1.26% over the day, range $82,600–$84,848
  4. Net inflow to exchanges $248.7M

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

BTC and ETH price

BTC

+1.26%over the day
$84,036end of day
$82,600–$84,848range
high $84,815 · low $82,637 (hourly)
heaviest liquidation hour, 14:00largest transfer to an exchange: $38.0M, 16:39
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ETH

+0.96%over the day
$2,472end of day
$2,436–$2,521range
high $2,514 · low $2,438 (hourly)
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Source: the terminal’s minute archive, price at the start of each hour; range — by minute · ● heaviest liquidation hour, 14:00 · ● largest transfer to an exchange: $38.0M, 16:39 · day 2026-10-21 00:00–24:00 UTC.

Liquidations

$175.5Mtotal over the day
$36.5Mlongs liquidated
$139.0Mshorts liquidated
×0.74vs the 7-day average
hourly max $28.7M
00:00 · longs $158K00:00 · shorts $1.8M01:00 · longs $528K01:00 · shorts $837K02:00 · longs $226K02:00 · shorts $42K03:00 · longs $281K03:00 · shorts $16K04:00 · longs $704K04:00 · shorts $81K05:00 · longs $648K05:00 · shorts $9K06:00 · longs $114K06:00 · shorts $363K07:00 · longs $21K07:00 · shorts $2.2M08:00 · longs $185K08:00 · shorts $7.0M09:00 · longs $86K09:00 · shorts $1.7M10:00 · longs $641K10:00 · shorts $382K11:00 · longs $49K11:00 · shorts $1.7M12:00 · longs $154K12:00 · shorts $880K13:00 · longs $3.0M13:00 · shorts $25.0M14:00 · longs $1.2M14:00 · shorts $27.4M15:00 · longs $708K15:00 · shorts $11.6M16:00 · longs $514K16:00 · shorts $9.5M17:00 · longs $388K17:00 · shorts $1.7M18:00 · longs $3.3M18:00 · shorts $1.8M19:00 · longs $3.2M19:00 · shorts $345K20:00 · longs $156K20:00 · shorts $645K21:00 · longs $61K21:00 · shorts $37K22:00 · longs $1.2M22:00 · shorts $24K23:00 · longs $4.5M23:00 · shorts $44K
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■ longs · ■ shorts · by hour UTC, liquidations from $5,000 from the minute archive

Coins with the most liquidations

BTC$46.2M
longs $4.6M
shorts $41.6M
ETH$42.9M
longs $9.6M
shorts $33.3M
ZEC$8.0M
longs $989K
shorts $7.0M
SOL$4.9M
longs $1.1M
shorts $3.8M
NEAR$2.7M
longs $726K
shorts $2.0M
XRP$2.5M
longs $392K
shorts $2.1M

By exchange

Binance$82.9M
OKX$44.9M
Bybit$20.8M
Gate$16.9M
Bitget$9.5M
Kraken$456K

Comparison — with the liquidation total from the minute archive over the previous 7 d (average $158.2M): 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: 139) · day 2026-10-21 00:00–24:00 UTC. What liquidations are · without Hyperliquid

Exchange money

$2.47Bto exchanges
$2.22Bfrom exchanges
+$248.7Mnet
Binance+$269.2M
Bitfinex−$14.4M
Bybit−$6.1M

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

Exchanges: to and from

AmountBTCDirectionVenueTime, UTC
$38.0M448to an exchangeBinance16:39
$29.0M342from an exchangeBinance15:15
$26.3M316to an exchangeBinance11:10
$25.4M300to an exchangeBinance18:54
$22.5M270to an exchangeBinance10:02

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 2026-10-21 00:00–24:00 UTC.

Derivatives: OI and funding

$61.07Bmarket OI at end of day
+3.31%OI over the day
+0.0055%funding per 8 h, OI-weighted

Largest OI increase

NEAR+17.96%
ENA+12.28%
STRK+12.23%
W+10.94%
CHIP+10.64%

Largest OI decrease

SAND−9.19%
AERO−8.68%
S−6.88%
WLD−4.37%
PYTH−4.37%

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−$1.4M
USDC: minted − burned+$527.4M
Into exchanges$932.3M
Out of exchanges$1.16B

Source: USDT and USDC supply on Ethereum (Etherscan; other networks are not included), transfers from $1M to exchanges’ published addresses · day 2026-10-21 00:00–24:00 UTC.

Bitcoin ETFs

Day total in the report+$23.2M
Largest fundIBIT +$29.9M

Source: TFTC (open dataset, CC BY 4.0); report for October 20, 2026 — a US trading day, published after the close.

Off-exchange whales

Off-exchange

AmountBTCDirectionTime, UTC
$240.1M2,879off-exchange10:02
$214.9M2,577off-exchange11:10
$81.9M968off-exchange16:40
$77.7M921off-exchange15:57
$69.9M828off-exchange20:07

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

  • 12:30USDUnemployment Claims

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

Coins of the day

Top gainers

LIT+11.27%
PEOPLE+10.25%
ENA+8.90%
GRASS+7.96%
W+7.50%

Top losers

SOPH−8.99%
AERO−7.93%
TIA−3.96%
INJ−3.80%
ZRO−3.14%

Source: the terminal’s minute archive, the first and last price of the day for 140 coins.