According to @52kskew, BTC HL Perp spreads have widened following the absence of large HL flow and Binance market making, with roughly 205 BTC now causing 1%+ price impact versus about 392 BTC previously causing only 0.26% price impact (source: @52kskew on X, Oct 12, 2025). He reports the latest move was mainly short covering, leaving upside liquidity thin with bid liquidity clustered near $108,000 and ask liquidity near $113,000 on the BTC HL Perp order book (source: @52kskew on X, Oct 12, 2025). He notes an expectation for better spreads next week, indicating current market conditions remain fragile for aggressive orders on BTC perps (source: @52kskew on X, Oct 12, 2025).

According to @52kskew, Hyperliquid BTC perpetuals and Binance BTC perpetuals simultaneously showed a sharp liquidity crunch that hit liquidations and margins for very large crypto market makers. According to @52kskew, dramatic backstops appeared in the order books, including unusually large bids of approximately 200M and 144M around the 100,000 level on Hyperliquid before and after spreads blew out. According to @52kskew, the cross-exchange patterns indicate a very large liquidity provider and likely multiple market makers were wiped out, with widespread inventory losses. According to @52kskew, such aggressive bids and widened spreads are typically last-resort exchange and MM actions to prevent a perpetual crash, and the industry narrowly avoided a broader disaster. According to @52kskew, traders should closely monitor BTC perp liquidity and spreads on Hyperliquid and Binance—especially depth around 100,000—because these stress points could drive near-term volatility and liquidation cascades.