PM brief · 2026-11-02

Market cap $2.60T -2.91% · BTC $77,803.00 -0.13% · ETH $2,283.77 +0.68% · BTC dominance 59.9% · Fear & Greed 37 Fear

Biggest 24h moves (top 100): RAIN +7.15%, JST +2.29%, TRX +1.87%, BTW -7.19%, ZRO -5.91%, NEAR -5.76%. Moves are information, not signals.

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    Positioning & flows

    • BTC: liquidated 24h $1.9M longs / $2.8M shorts · long/short accounts 2.24 (OKX)
    • ETH: liquidated 24h $2.6M longs / $7.8M shorts · long/short accounts 2.03 (OKX)
    • SOL: liquidated 24h $2.5M longs / $551K shorts · long/short accounts 3.49 (OKX)
    • XRP: liquidated 24h $220K longs / $19K shorts · long/short accounts 3.74 (OKX)
    • DOGE: liquidated 24h $306K longs / $43K shorts · long/short accounts 4.84 (OKX)
    • Stablecoin supply $298.7B, 7d -1.39%
    • DeFi TVL $85.3B, 7d -3.68%
    • Bitcoin transactions of 500+ BTC in 24h: 146 (unlabeled; often exchange-internal)

    Most-covered themes (distinct publishers, 24h): Hacks & exploits 76 (-34%), AI x crypto 37 (+68%), Stablecoins 30 (-13%), DeFi 29 (-9%). Narratives

  1. FBI Blames North Korea for $6B Binance Hack as Exchange Reopens Withdrawals Decrypt 8 sources
  2. Binance users withdraw $3.4 billion after record crypto heist - Business France 24 7 sources
  3. Bank of Korea Surveys 31 Banks and Brokerages on Crypto Hack and Market Risks: 8 outlets compared NewsCord 6 sources
  4. Stablecoin Trials for Government Debt Planned as Settlement Goes 24/7 in Hong Kong Bitcoin Insider 6 sources
  5. Binance sees $3.64 billion net outflow as withdrawals come back online Cryptopolitan 5 sources
  6. HSBC’s RedCoin Stablecoin Reaches 50,000 Users After Launch The Crypto Times 5 sources
  7. Bitcoin holds near $78,000 as Binance reopens withdrawals: Crypto Markets Today CoinDesk 4 sources
  8. Bitcoin ETFs Experience $643M Outflows Amid Massive Binance Hack Crypto Economy 4 sources
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