The Date Matters Here
On Oct. 10, 2025, crypto suffered its largest liquidation event on record, with many calling it bigger than LUNA, COVID and FTX. One market tracker tallied that bitcoin’s market cap has fallen from $2.43 trillion then to about $1.72 trillion now.
Bitcoin’s price tells the same story as the asset is currently changing hands near $82,754, about 34% below its $126,080 all-time high. The past week has been rough as Bitcoin.com News reported that $BTC’s price dropped below $81K on Oct. 8 as liquidations topped $1.1 billion, before it bounced back to $83K a day later.
Lastly, earlier this week, Bitcoin.com News flagged two linked wallets carrying $1,58 billion in shorts, and the analysts tracking them noted the bets could offset positions held elsewhere. In any case, Hyperliquid’s $BTC market carries about 38,040 $BTC in open interest, so this whale controls roughly 1% of it. That is meaningful, but will not move the market alone.
The Crowd on the Other Side
A Coinglass liquidation map shared by Bitcoin Archive late Friday showed roughly $3.3 billion in shorts stacked between the current price and $85,000. If bitcoin rallies through that zone, forced buybacks could add fuel, which is exactly what bears do not want on a weekend with thin liquidity.
Bettors are not leaning bullish either, as Polymarket’s year-end price market gives bitcoin a 27.5% chance of touching $100,000 by Dec. 31. Institutional flows are mixed, with spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) taking in a modest $21.13 million on Oct. 9, led by Blackrock’s IBIT, after nearly $1 billion left over the prior two sessions.
