📊 Crypto Daily | Evening of Oct 18: $350 million liquidated in a single hour! BTC plunged to a low of 81,300, then bounced back—who is the market maker shaking out?

Guys, there's action in the market today: BTC dipped first, then rallied, hitting a low of 81,288 before V-shaped rebounding above 82,100 (+0.86% over 24h). A daytime liquidation storm wiped out longs, with about $350 million liquidated in a single hour. Then, in the evening, BTC climbed back above 82,000—the sharp drop and rebound looked just like a shakeout by market makers.

Market conditions:

1. Storm + rebound: Intense s

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bsol 35 minutes ago

it’s a beautiful day to not be french
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GateUser-0220c27a 8 minutes ago

Bitcoin transaction fees have once again entered the 0.1-satoshi era
What should we inscribe? 😂

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PelinAy an hour ago

Gold is continuing to trade sideways in the $4065–$4227 range. I #XAUUSD 'deki bu yatay seyrin düşüş yönlü kırılacağını düşünüyorum. 3700$'a kadar bir geri çekilme mümkün bence. #Gold
⚠️This is not investment advice.

CryptoEye39 minutes ago

Tom Lee: Crypto and chip stocks have both pulled back to support levels, and a breakout is imminent.

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Nebraskangoo 41 minutes ago

Cooking French toast for the family this morning at my son's request.
He's so excited 😁

Falcon_Official15 minutes ago

#WCTCS9 #每周来晒
Machi's $4.3M 25x ETH long: the math behind the headline
The news is dramatic, but the useful part is the numbers. Here is what is reported, what the position implies, and what it teaches about leverage.
The timeline
On October 15, Machi Big Brother's Hyperliquid account was fully liquidated, falling from a $12.25 million peak to $21,800 after heavy Ethereum longs. Four ETH liquidations hit within about three minutes, ranging from 380 ETH at $2,379 to 800 ETH at $2,331. Then about 25 minutes later he opened a new 25x ETH long of 290 ETH with a liquidation price of $2,324.
On Oct

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KunrenCrypto 2 hours ago

10.18$BTC $ETH
Through BTC and ETH
Although the market has been a bit choppy over the past few weeks, my friend has still reached the 100K mark. The car arrived this week, so they picked it up right away and took some time to relax.
Everyone knows what the market has been like over the past few years. These days, I’ve also been trading straight waves, and everyone has seen the documents.
I’ve still been fairly accurate in reading the market.
My friend has also achieved a milestone dream.
In this market, sometimes money only counts as a true reward when you spend it on yourself.
It’s been two

KunrenCrypto2026-10-01 14:27:30

From 20k U to 80k U, slowly turning dreams into reality
Since the end of August, after going through several market cycles, my principal has also entered a new phase.
My friend first withdrew 10k U, and the car has already been ordered.
What makes me happy is not just getting what I wanted, but seeing goals that once seemed out of reach gradually become reality.
The biggest realization along the way: sometimes, choice matters more than blindly working hard.
Trading is the same:
Don’t guess the top or bet on the bottom; follow the trend, control your position size, and set stop-losses.
The market will keep fluctuating, and opportunities will keep recurring.
May what we earn be not just U,
but also the confidence to turn the life we once wanted into reality, one thing at a time.
Take it slowly; dreams will eventually become reality
$BTC $ETH $GT #OneGate见证计划 #核心PCE与GDP终值

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GreatOceanLawOfNature an hour ago

Don't Fantasize About a Reversal! Gold’s Core Outlook for Next Week, with Key Levels
Gold’s broader direction next week remains a pullback under pressure at higher levels, with bears in control.
This is merely a corrective rebound after a sharp drop, not a bullish reversal. Weekly-chart highs continue to move lower, and the broader bearish structure remains intact. Rebounds are opportunities to sell—don’t be misled by short-term volatility.
The current price is 4166. The key resistance zone for a short-term rebound is 4195‑4220, the core area to sell next week. As long as price cannot hold abo

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Web3Dad an hour ago

Wetin this brighton coach they feed him players?
How the hell are you scoring 3 goals in 10min to crystal palace😭😭😭

LittleQueen11 minutes ago

btc update

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CryptoSuperMessiah 20 minutes ago

Starlink Mobile could challenge $AAPL (NASDAQ) iPhone sales model by disrupting US carrier subsidies, although the near-term earnings impact appears limited, according to Bank of America.
how $SPCX expansion into mobile connectivity could affect Apple’s pricing power and premium smartphone sales.

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Mining_sLittleSheep2 hours ago

Would you buy SNDK at $1275?
SNDK at 1275: perpetuals hit the previous shorts’ target over the weekend, while the stock market hasn’t opened yet. If it gaps down on Monday, are you catching a falling knife or getting buried?
Perpetuals have reached the previous short sellers’ target zone, but the Nasdaq-listed stock hasn’t opened to confirm. In the short term, it’s halfway down in oversold territory; in the medium term, it’s still a deep correction in a major bull market. Leverage must come down before the October 29 earnings report.
First: ChangXin Memory is hitting DRAM, while SanDisk makes

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NickHellmann 2 hours ago

Kangaroos 🦘 are just deer 🦌 who went to prison

MamonTraderan hour ago

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SweetOrange an hour ago

I'm going to sleep. See you tomorrow. I still need medicine to believe in myself—I must believe in myself. I can definitely do it. I will succeed, and the sunshine will surely shine on me.#晒出我的持仓收益

Sweep1 an hour ago

$BTC has large liquidity to the upside
One at $84.5K and the other above $87K
IMO, MMs will hunt these shorts in the coming weeks

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Bykarantelian hour ago

The major venues just force closed $6.2M of leveraged bets on a higher Ether price, all inside 30 minutes. Bets on a drop saw only $6.4K closed out, so the pain landed on $ETH buyers using borrowed money.

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Mr.Block58 2 hours ago

📉 CoreWeave bonds plunged, and the market is recalculating the cost of financing AI growth.
💹 A CoreWeave dollar bond maturing in 2032 with a 9.625% coupon fell from its issue price of 100 to 79.50 on 2026/10/14, a pure price decline of 20.5%. Merely falling from 85 at the beginning of October to 79.50 represents another decline of approximately 6.47%. Over the same period, the market yield rose from 13.42% to 15.06%.
Creditors are beginning to ask: Can massive AI orders be converted into debt-service cash in time?
🧠 First, to clarify: 15.06% is the market yield; the fixed coupon remains 9.

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InvestingWithBrandon an hour ago

This past week...
South Korea’s stock market had its worst week since 2008. Down 14.5%
Chip stocks had their longest losing streak in almost 20 years
CoreWeave fell 25% & the market started pricing its debt like there’s a 60% chance it defaults
Oil closed at almost $110
The VIX almost hit 20
& my timeline was full of people calling it the start of the AI crash...
So what did the S&P 500 do?
Down 1.95% for the week...
It’s 2% off its all time high & still up about 12% on the year.
This is not a crash my friends...
So what did I do this week?
Pretty much nothing.
Allocated a little more to a few

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