
Bitcoin and Ethereum led a $220B market rally as $3.35B in derivatives positions were liquidated, the most since the Oct. 2025 crash. Open interest and funding rates remain bullish.
Bitcoin and Ethereum led the broader crypto market in adding more than $220 billion over the past 24 hours. Daily cryptocurrency liquidations surged to roughly $3.35 billion, the highest level since October 2025's Black Friday crash, according to data from CoinGlass analyzed by Finbold. That earlier event saw $2.46 billion in shorts and $16.78 billion in longs wiped out.
The Ethereum ecosystem recorded the largest single-network forced closure of derivatives positions, amounting to $610 million, up 7.27% in 24 hours, based on metrics from Coinalyze. The meme coin space, with a market capitalization of about $23.8 billion at the time of publication, experienced a daily spike in liquidations of roughly 12.25%, to 15.1 million tokens.
The liquidation wave triggered a short squeeze. Rising prices forced short sellers to buy back positions, adding extra buying pressure to an already strong rally.
Bitcoin open interest rose 8.85% to $23.8 billion, while its average funding rate sat at +0.0077%. Ethereum open interest climbed 11.93% to $13.2 billion, with a funding rate of +0.0099%, per Coinalyze updates. Positive funding rates signal that traders are willing to pay a fee to hold long positions, a bullish posture.
The data from Coinalyze showed rising open interest and persistent positive funding, indicating traders expect the rally to continue. High liquidation volumes also point to elevated leverage in the system, a factor that could amplify any reversal.
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