BTC is at $83,545.58 (-0.76% in 24h), ETH at $2,521.17 (-1.78%). Nearly $140M in bitcoin shorts got liquidated after BTC closed the week above $83K, so the idiots betting against it footed the bill for the week's first real move. Mood's still bullish, just less hammered than yesterday.
▪️ Top green: GTC +47.0% on $29M volume. Nobody says why it ran. Check the book before you chase a 47% candle, because the guy who pumped it doesn't need your money, he needs your bags.
▪️ Top red: W -32.9% on $42M. STRK -17.8% on $58M, ENA -12.9% on $65M. ENA has the most money behind its drop of the big losers, so that's where I'd dig first.
▪️ Kook Capital's heatmap shows a fresh cluster of bearish leverage between $86,000 and $88,000. That's the liquidation magnet sitting right above price, and it's bait for anyone who thinks the move is…
▪️ Hyperliquid whale went long 5.76M NEAR at $2.35 back in September, now sits on about $20.55M unrealized profit, and is short seven of the market's biggest coins.
▪️ Crypto liquidations hit $304M ahead of this week's US CPI and PPI. BTC dipped 1.5% to near $82,400 Monday afternoon, and analysts are watching $81,300 as support.
Fear & Greed is at 57 (Greed), down from 69 yesterday. Euphoria is cooling, nobody's panicking yet. The real test is this week's CPI and PPI prints: a hot number with $304M already liquidated is how the next $140M gets shaken out. Break $81,300 and the longs who chased the weekly close become exit liquidity, and they'll be the last to figure out why.
🔮 Shorts got fried at $83K. Who's standing at $86-88K waiting to get squeezed next?
@tontiger_fam
