Crypto market report 21 October 2026

The crypto futures market of the day from our scanners: the numbers, the coins of the day and the largest liquidations, whale trades, volume spikes and open interest moves. The day is closed.

Alerts2,639
Coins with alerts364
Large liquidations$22.4Mlongs $4.83M · shorts $17.5M
Whale trades$5.65Bbuys $3.24B · sells $2.41B
All times UTC · updated

On 21 October 2026 the scanners recorded 2,639 alerts on 364 coins. Whale trades above our channel thresholds added up to $5.65B in 1,683 trades; buys outweighed sells, $3.24B against $2.41B. Large liquidations came to $22.4M (94 events), mostly shorts ($17.5M); the largest was ETH shorts, $8.74M at 13:08 UTC. The most volatile coin was BTW: a five-minute candle with a 18.61% range (+0.98%). BAN had the strongest volume spike, 1,463× its average five-minute volume. The biggest open interest move was on BIRB, +17.74% in 15 minutes (new shorts entering). The most active coins were SPCX (221 alerts), BTC (109) and XAU (96).

Coins of the day

  • Most alertsSPCX221 alerts
  • Top whale coinBTC$1.1B · 11 of the 15 largest trades
  • Largest liquidationETH$8.74M of shorts
  • Most volatileBTW18.61% range in 5 min · +0.98%
  • Volume spikeBAN1,463× average volume
  • Open interest moveBIRB+17.74% in 15 min

Largest liquidations

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CoinLiquidatedSizePriceTime
ETHUSDTShorts$8.74M2496.87
ZECUSDTShorts$682K1335.67
ZECUSDTShorts$535K1319.62
CLUSDTShorts$524K98.754
CLUSDTShorts$479K97.6334
SNDKUSDTLongs$453K1360.24
ENAUSDTShorts$435K0.214624
SOLUSDTShorts$405K107.9656
SOLUSDTShorts$404K108.4905
SOLUSDTShorts$403K108.6888
SNDKUSDTLongs$344K1350.05
SNDKUSDTLongs$338K1332.93
ZECUSDTShorts$315K1293.61
HYPEUSDTLongs$307K80.5573
WLDUSDTLongs$251K0.569389

Largest whale trades

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CoinSideSizePriceTime
BTCUSDTBuy $116M, sell $29M$145M 12 trades84523.3
BTCUSDTBuy $108M, sell $31.9M$140M 11 trades84320.5
BTCUSDTBuy $105M, sell $25.1M$130M 9 trades83454.6
BTCUSDTBuy $43.5M, sell $73.8M$117M 12 trades83717.5
BTCUSDTBuy $93.6M, sell $19.8M$113M 8 trades83738.2
SPCXUSDTBuy $62.6M, sell $47.2M$110M 59 trades162.78
SPCXUSDTBuy $45.7M, sell $59.5M$105M 58 trades161.29
BTCUSDTBuy $86.1M, sell $14M$100M 10 trades83989.5
BTCUSDTBuy$82.3M 7 trades83893.6
BTCUSDTBuy $15.5M, sell $53.6M$69.1M 7 trades83696
BTCUSDTBuy$68.7M 3 trades84708.2
BTCUSDTBuy$68.5M 2 trades84700.1
ETHUSDTBuy $55M, sell $13.2M$68.2M 6 trades2491.23
ETHUSDTSell$67.6M 6 trades2495.98
BTCUSDTBuy $39.1M, sell $28.1M$67.2M 3 trades84784.9

Strongest volume spikes

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CoinVolume5m volumePrice moveTime
BANUSDT1,462.7× average$1.76M+1.26%
MEWUSDT314.0× average$1.55M+11.24%
MITOUSDT307.8× average$2.13M−16.55%
ATHUSDT209.8× average$914K+4.50%
PTBUSDT167.6× average$1.78M−14.70%
OPENAIUSDT89.0× average$848K+1.11%
ATUSDT78.2× average$2.6M+5.86%
IBMUSDT75.5× average$2.53M+7.78%
VTHOUSDT70.3× average$1.11M+8.34%
SNXXUSDT60.9× average$72.7M−4.36%
PARTIUSDT60.2× average$1.2M+12.15%
COTIUSDT57.2× average$701K+1.73%
MINIMAXUSDT57.0× average$4.14M+1.06%
ZHIPUUSDT54.7× average$5.27M+5.02%
LRCXUSDT51.7× average$1.82M−6.30%

Biggest open interest moves

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CoinOI in 15mPriceReadingTime
BIRBUSDT+17.74%−0.07%New shorts entering
HIMSUSDT+13.27%+1.05%New longs entering
CRWDUSDT−13.12%+1.41%Shorts closing
LRCXUSDT+11.99%−5.57%New shorts entering
SNXXUSDT+11.20%−4.34%New shorts entering
VTHOUSDT+11.00%+4.92%New longs entering
MVLLUSDT−10.51%+0.86%Shorts closing
1000FLOKIUSDT+10.21%+0.33%New longs entering
DOODUSDT−10.17%−15.13%Longs closing
BIRBUSDT+10.10%+6.19%New longs entering
SMHUSDT−9.88%−0.05%Longs closing
METAUSDT+9.84%+1.40%New longs entering
METAUSDT+9.71%+1.75%New longs entering
SMCIUSDT−9.30%−0.20%Longs closing
MOODENGUSDT+9.09%+3.66%New longs entering

Sharpest volatility spikes

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Coin5m rangeAgainst averageMoveTime
BTWUSDT18.61%5.2× average+0.98%
PTBUSDT18.61%32.3× average−14.70%
MITOUSDT18.09%45.0× average−16.55%
IOSTUSDT17.39%5.7× average+7.93%
BTWUSDT16.46%11.7× average−13.59%
ATUSDT15.62%31.6× average+5.86%
GRVTUSDT15.19%11.5× average+6.30%
AGTUSDT14.50%13.6× average−10.05%
IOSTUSDT14.15%4.5× average−12.45%
PTBUSDT13.96%7.9× average−13.06%
DOODUSDT12.78%4.6× average+10.61%
MITOUSDT12.71%5.3× average−8.03%
AGTUSDT12.63%4.5× average+8.10%
MEWUSDT12.17%36.7× average+11.24%
BMTUSDT12.13%4.1× average+9.45%

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