What CoinGraph said about worldcoin-wld, exactly as issued.

{
  "id": "1874",
  "token": {
    "id": "worldcoin-wld"
  },
  "headline": "WLD -3.6% in a sharp drop after 21:30 on 6× volume; $299K of longs liquidated",
  "brief": {
    "caveats": [
      "None of the evidence identifies a catalyst for the 21:30 selling.",
      "The E1 high/low ($0.505/$0.495) comes from 15-minute samples and misses the intraminute low near $0.4826 seen on Binance (E2).",
      "OI and positioning (E3, E5) are timestamped 22:25, after the window ended.",
      "Onchain data covers only Ethereum-chain WLD transfers. Entity labels are incomplete, and the large wallets involved are unlabeled.",
      "Liquidation data covers only OKX and Binance."
    ],
    "onchain": [
      {
        "text": "ETH-chain WLD had 436 transfers worth $2.2M. Exchanges took in $42.9K and sent out $212.3K, a net outflow of $169.4K (the typical 15-min |net| is $9.5K). That is withdrawal, not deposit pressure.",
        "evidence": [
          "E7"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text": "The largest transfer was 2.76M WLD ($1.39M) at 20:48. It went from a very active, unlabeled address (329,674 txs; WLD balance fell from 4.7M to 1.9M) to an established wallet holding 58,289 ETH (WLD rose from 15.0M to 17.7M). Price stayed flat for about 40 minutes afterward, so there is no clear link to the drop.",
        "evidence": [
          "E8",
          "E10",
          "E11",
          "E1"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text": "During the drop, 0xee38e2d6… received WLD from Gate ($53.2K), Binance ($38.6K) and an unlabeled address ($41.7K), but still holds only 0.007 WLD. It appears to pass funds straight through, and where the tokens went next is not in the evidence.",
        "evidence": [
          "E8",
          "E12"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text": "Known exchange wallets hold 151M WLD ($73.4M). Binance's balance changed -0.3% over 24h, Coinbase +4.06% and Gate -24.81%.",
        "evidence": [
          "E9"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "summary": "WLD held flat near $0.503–0.505 for most of the window, then fell to about $0.483 on Binance between 21:30 and 21:39 UTC on heavy volume. Most of the $301K in liquidations were longs. BTC (-0.34%) and ETH (-1.12%) fell much less, so the move was mostly specific to WLD. The evidence shows no catalyst. Onchain flows were a net exchange outflow, so they don't explain the selling.",
    "headline": "WLD -3.6% in a sharp drop after 21:30 on 6× volume; $299K of longs liquidated",
    "severity": 2,
    "direction": "bearish",
    "confidence": 0.6,
    "watch_next": [
      "Whether Binance spot holds the ~$0.482–0.483 low from 21:38–21:40",
      "OI and the top-trader long/short ratio (3.70): heavy long positioning leaves room for more long liquidations if price falls further",
      "Whether Binance funding moves further negative, which would mean shorts are adding to the move",
      "Where WLD from pass-through wallet 0xee38e2d6… ends up, and whether the 0xb0a27099… wallet (17.7M WLD) moves to exchanges",
      "Exchange inflows: a switch from today's net outflow to net deposits would add sell pressure"
    ],
    "likely_causes": [
      {
        "cause": "Concentrated selling on spot and perps in the final ~10 minutes. Long liquidations made it worse, consistent with longs being unwound.",
        "evidence": [
          "E2",
          "E6",
          "E3",
          "E17"
        ],
        "confidence": 0.6
      },
      {
        "cause": "Some carry-over from a weak broader market (total market cap -3.33% in 24h, ETH -1.12% in the window). This explains only a small part of the move, since WLD fell 3× more than ETH.",
        "evidence": [
          "E14"
        ],
        "confidence": 0.3
      },
      {
        "cause": "No news, unlock or onchain catalyst appears in the evidence. The trigger for the selling is unexplained.",
        "evidence": [
          "E7",
          "E8",
          "E16"
        ],
        "confidence": 0.5
      }
    ],
    "what_happened": [
      {
        "text": "Price traded between $0.503 and $0.505 from 19:30 to 21:15 UTC, then fell to $0.4949 by 21:30. The window return was -3.55%. Price is $0.4855 as of 22:32 (24h -5.57%, 7d -12.86%).",
        "evidence": [
          "E1"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text": "CoinGraph signals flagged a 1h return of -4.35% (z-score 4.33) and a 15m return of -3.60% at 21:40. 15-minute volume was $1.84M, against a 24h median of $300K (6.1×).",
        "evidence": [
          "E17"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text": "Binance WLD/USDT spot traded $3.1M in the last hour, 2.2× a typical hour. The busiest minutes all fell between 21:31 and 21:38 as price slid from 0.491 to 0.4826. The worst minute was 21:37 at -1.145% on $238K.",
        "evidence": [
          "E2"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text": "98 forced liquidations totaled $301.4K. $298.8K were longs and $2.6K shorts; the largest was $52.5K.",
        "evidence": [
          "E6"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "market_context": [
      {
        "text": "BTC -0.34% and ETH -1.12% over the window. Total crypto market cap -3.33% in 24h. WLD was not trending.",
        "evidence": [
          "E14"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text": "Fear & Greed is 55 (Greed), down from 64 a week ago.",
        "evidence": [
          "E15"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text": "Derivatives as of 22:25: Binance OI is $89.3M, -2.3% over 1h and -4.36% over 4h. Funding is near neutral and mixed (Binance -0.012%, OKX -0.007%, Bybit +0.008%). Positioning is still long-heavy: all accounts 1.71 long/short, top traders by position 3.70.",
        "evidence": [
          "E3",
          "E4",
          "E5"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "evidence": {
    "name": "Worldcoin",
    "items": [
      {
        "id": "E1",
        "data": {
          "ath": 11.74,
          "low": 0.49492,
          "high": 0.504979,
          "rank": 53,
          "as_of": "2026-10-17T22:32:00.000Z",
          "price": 0.485464,
          "path_15m": [
            {
              "t": "2026-10-17T19:30:00.000Z",
              "price": 0.503339
            },
            {
              "t": "2026-10-17T19:45:00.000Z",
              "price": 0.503034
            },
            {
              "t": "2026-10-17T20:00:00.000Z",
              "price": 0.503491
            },
            {
              "t": "2026-10-17T20:15:00.000Z",
              "price": 0.503657
            },
            {
              "t": "2026-10-17T20:30:00.000Z",
              "price": 0.504542
            },
            {
              "t": "2026-10-17T20:45:00.000Z",
              "price": 0.504979
            },
            {
              "t": "2026-10-17T21:00:00.000Z",
              "price": 0.504682
            },
            {
              "t": "2026-10-17T21:15:00.000Z",
              "price": 0.504425
            },
            {
              "t": "2026-10-17T21:30:00.000Z",
              "price": 0.49492
            }
          ],
          "market_cap": 1853832901,
          "volume_24h": 243916318,
          "change_1h_pct": -1.8897971969321867,
          "change_7d_pct": -12.856699222922092,
          "change_24h_pct": -5.5697,
          "window_return_pct": -3.55
        },
        "kind": "price",
        "source": "coingecko:/coins/markets",
        "summary": "WLD $0.5 now; -3.55% over the window (high $0.5, low $0.5); 1h -1.89%, 24h -5.57%, 7d -12.86%; rank #53, market cap $1.9B, 24h volume $243.9M"
      },
      {
        "id": "E2",
        "data": {
          "ratio": 2.222654720918687,
          "venue": "binance",
          "symbol": "WLD/USDT",
          "volume_1h_usd": 3063701.44936,
          "busiest_minutes": [
            {
              "v": "291102.64678",
              "ts": "2026-10-17T21:38:00.000Z",
              "ret": "-0.165",
              "close": "0.4826"
            },
            {
              "v": "284293.24621",
              "ts": "2026-10-17T21:34:00.000Z",
              "ret": "-0.630",
              "close": "0.4887"
            },
            {
              "v": "238476.0939",
              "ts": "2026-10-17T21:37:00.000Z",
              "ret": "-1.145",
              "close": "0.4833"
            },
            {
              "v": "189661.66604",
              "ts": "2026-10-17T21:31:00.000Z",
              "ret": "-0.688",
              "close": "0.491"
            },
            {
              "v": "171000.90215",
              "ts": "2026-10-17T21:32:00.000Z",
              "ret": "-0.020",
              "close": "0.4909"
            }
          ],
          "volume_window_usd": 2907233.7275,
          "median_hourly_24h_usd": 1378397.38243
        },
        "kind": "spot_volume",
        "source": "binance:klines:1m",
        "summary": "binance WLD/USDT: $3.1M traded in the last hour vs a typical hour of $1.4M (2.2×); busiest minutes: 21:38 $291.1K (-0.165%), 21:34 $284.3K (-0.63%), 21:37 $238.5K (-1.145%), 21:31 $189.7K (-0.688%), 21:32 $171K (-0.02%)"
      },
      {
        "id": "E3",
        "data": {
          "as_of": "2026-10-17T22:25:00.000Z",
          "change_1h_pct": -2.3,
          "change_4h_pct": -4.36,
          "open_interest_usd": 89259056.8420046
        },
        "kind": "open_interest",
        "source": "binanceusdm:openInterestHist:5m",
        "summary": "Binance futures open interest $89.3M: -2.3% vs 1h ago, -4.36% vs 4h ago"
      },
      {
        "id": "E4",
        "data": {
          "rates": [
            {
              "venue": "binanceusdm",
              "symbol": "WLD/USDT:USDT",
              "funding_rate_pct": -0.011958
            },
            {
              "venue": "bybit",
              "symbol": "WLD/USDT:USDT",
              "funding_rate_pct": 0.008286
            },
            {
              "venue": "okx",
              "symbol": "WLD/USDT:USDT",
              "funding_rate_pct": -0.007140572644379999
            }
          ]
        },
        "kind": "funding",
        "source": "ccxt:fetchFundingRates",
        "summary": "Funding per 8h: binanceusdm -0.0120%, bybit 0.0083%, okx -0.0071% (positive = longs pay; ~0.01% is normal)"
      },
      {
        "id": "E5",
        "data": {
          "as_of": "2026-10-17T22:25:00.000Z",
          "taker_buy_sell": null,
          "global_long_short": 1.7144,
          "top_account_long_short": 2.125,
          "top_position_long_short": 3.7007
        },
        "kind": "positioning",
        "source": "binanceusdm:futuresSentiment:5m",
        "summary": "Binance positioning: all accounts long/short 1.71, top traders by position 3.70, taker buy/sell undefined (>1 = net buying)"
      },
      {
        "id": "E6",
        "data": {
          "count": 98,
          "longs_usd": 298836.5321,
          "total_usd": 301447.2695,
          "shorts_usd": 2610.7373999999836,
          "largest_usd": 52539.9552
        },
        "kind": "liquidations",
        "source": "okx+binance:liquidations",
        "summary": "98 forced liquidations worth $301.4K in the window: $298.8K longs, $2.6K shorts; largest $52.5K"
      },
      {
        "id": "E7",
        "data": {
          "chain": "eth",
          "transfers": 436,
          "volume_usd": 2240340.2488659346,
          "large_transfers": 8,
          "exchange_net_usd": -169353.98237045627,
          "exchange_inflow_usd": 42915.03923114861,
          "exchange_outflow_usd": 212269.02160160488,
          "median_volume_15m_7d": 80882.9488801262,
          "median_abs_net_15m_7d": 9462.5742947186
        },
        "kind": "exchange_flows",
        "source": "nownodes:eth:eth_getLogs",
        "summary": "Onchain (ETH): 436 transfers worth $2.2M in the window; $42.9K moved onto exchanges, $212.3K left exchanges → net outflow of $169.4K (typical 15-min |net| $9.5K)"
      },
      {
        "id": "E8",
        "data": {
          "transfers": [
            {
              "to": "0xb0a27099582833c0cb8c7a0565759ff145113d64",
              "ts": "2026-10-17T20:48:12.565Z",
              "from": "0x4a4aaa0155237881fbd5c34bfae16e985a7b068d",
              "block": 26214764,
              "chain": "eth",
              "amount": 2761490,
              "tx_hash": "0x0165823a92bc295e4084803cd61bdd9d95f76ba11b0aeb113a7a8759d4b6ef37",
              "direction": "other",
              "to_entity": null,
              "amount_usd": 1393674.2961799998,
              "from_entity": null
            },
            {
              "to": "0xee38e2d6568b0f921d216db4b8961a6520024b63",
              "ts": "2026-10-17T21:38:29.410Z",
              "from": "0x0d0707963952f2fba59dd06f2b425ace40b492fe",
              "block": 26215014,
              "chain": "eth",
              "amount": 111086.112,
              "tx_hash": "0xe9b83a5fd76d6564d85e1f9aa07f6617ec595916e248a0df1b04f5cd5390fee4",
              "direction": "from_exchange",
              "to_entity": null,
              "amount_usd": 53244.017826047995,
              "from_entity": "gate"
            },
            {
              "to": "0xee38e2d6568b0f921d216db4b8961a6520024b63",
              "ts": "2026-10-17T21:39:05.904Z",
              "from": "0x91d40e4818f4d4c57b4578d9eca6afc92ac8debe",
              "block": 26215017,
              "chain": "eth",
              "amount": 86973.9,
              "tx_hash": "0xeb6dcea157a86bce67c33236423e58538931f9eedfdfe0110cc66e7502bf49de",
              "direction": "other",
              "to_entity": null,
              "amount_usd": 41686.9381656,
              "from_entity": null
            },
            {
              "to": "0xee38e2d6568b0f921d216db4b8961a6520024b63",
              "ts": "2026-10-17T21:32:48.808Z",
              "from": "0x28c6c06298d514db089934071355e5743bf21d60",
              "block": 26214986,
              "chain": "eth",
              "amount": 80461.12,
              "tx_hash": "0xa2669ee39db14f9fb9f092c4a1559ca755b3023c311cb98703eb6c9ca7ed4dde",
              "direction": "from_exchange",
              "to_entity": null,
              "amount_usd": 38565.336660479996,
              "from_entity": "binance"
            },
            {
              "to": "0xb489743cc9213231b8edac1d955e9dc98e82080b",
              "ts": "2026-10-17T21:37:52.917Z",
              "from": "0xad85405cbb1476825b78a021fa9e543bf7937549",
              "block": 26215011,
              "chain": "eth",
              "amount": 71866.5,
              "tx_hash": "0x4e48edf397b37046f95157ef06014706343cd981de8c552c28003147fc4c05cf",
              "direction": "other",
              "to_entity": null,
              "amount_usd": 34445.900916,
              "from_entity": null
            },
            {
              "to": "0x51c72848c68a965f66fa7a88855f9f7784502a7f",
              "ts": "2026-10-17T19:55:59.000Z",
              "from": "0xf8191d98ae98d2f7abdfb63a9b0b812b93c873aa",
              "block": 26214503,
              "chain": "eth",
              "amount": 57562,
              "tx_hash": "0x3e61d998affa941bea3be7c80bda6076cf1d47a0c43c2b5a5eee1974c1828fe7",
              "direction": "other",
              "to_entity": null,
              "amount_usd": 28981.948942000003,
              "from_entity": null
            },
            {
              "to": "0x51c72848c68a965f66fa7a88855f9f7784502a7f",
              "ts": "2026-10-17T19:53:59.000Z",
              "from": "0xf8191d98ae98d2f7abdfb63a9b0b812b93c873aa",
              "block": 26214493,
              "chain": "eth",
              "amount": 49821,
              "tx_hash": "0xa1da613838326822099081682dfc19f8dfb7cd2ad751d53bccf7006499839a91",
              "direction": "other",
              "to_entity": null,
              "amount_usd": 25084.425111,
              "from_entity": null
            }
          ]
        },
        "kind": "large_transfers",
        "source": "nownodes:onchain_transfers",
        "summary": "7 largest transfers in the window: $1.4M other at 20:48; $53.2K ← gate at 21:38; $41.7K other at 21:39; $38.6K ← binance at 21:32; $34.4K other at 21:37"
      },
      {
        "id": "E9",
        "data": {
          "by_exchange": [
            {
              "entity": "binance",
              "balance": 144789124.34330082,
              "balance_usd": 70381703.76502983,
              "change_24h_pct": -0.3
            },
            {
              "entity": "coinbase",
              "balance": 3657501.547870015,
              "balance_usd": 1777904.1874165183,
              "change_24h_pct": 4.06
            },
            {
              "entity": "bybit",
              "balance": 1760438.02004411,
              "balance_usd": 855745.4006674017,
              "change_24h_pct": 0
            },
            {
              "entity": "gate",
              "balance": 659304.3872420054,
              "balance_usd": 320486.54402956436,
              "change_24h_pct": -24.81
            },
            {
              "entity": "crypto.com",
              "balance": 70043.52019849724,
              "balance_usd": 34048.015081449106,
              "change_24h_pct": -2.45
            },
            {
              "entity": "mexc",
              "balance": 0.3209844673960473,
              "balance_usd": 0.1560299076322838,
              "change_24h_pct": 0
            },
            {
              "entity": "okx",
              "balance": 1.7e-9,
              "balance_usd": 8.263666e-10,
              "change_24h_pct": 0
            },
            {
              "entity": "kucoin",
              "balance": 0,
              "balance_usd": 0,
              "change_24h_pct": null
            }
          ]
        },
        "kind": "exchange_reserves",
        "source": "nownodes:eth-blockbook:/address/{wallet}",
        "summary": "Known exchange wallets hold 151M WLD ($73.4M): binance 145M (-0.3% vs 24h ago), coinbase 3.7M (+4.06% vs 24h ago), bybit 1.8M (0% vs 24h ago), gate 659K (-24.81% vs 24h ago)"
      },
      {
        "id": "E10",
        "data": {
          "role": "sender",
          "address": "0x4a4aaa0155237881fbd5c34bfae16e985a7b068d",
          "profile": "very active (exchange, contract or bot)",
          "tx_count": 329674,
          "transfer_usd": 1393674.2961799998,
          "native_balance": 0.658972040979381,
          "token_balance_now": 1909442.9545703263,
          "window_start_block": 26214459,
          "token_balance_window_start": 4700538.023570326
        },
        "kind": "wallet_profile",
        "source": "nownodes:eth-blockbook:/address/{wallet}",
        "summary": "sender 0x4a4aaa01… ($1.4M transfer): very active (exchange, contract or bot), 329,674 transactions, holds 1.9M WLD now vs 4.7M at the start of the window (-59.38%), 0.66 ETH"
      },
      {
        "id": "E11",
        "data": {
          "role": "receiver",
          "address": "0xb0a27099582833c0cb8c7a0565759ff145113d64",
          "profile": "established wallet",
          "tx_count": 40644,
          "transfer_usd": 1393674.2961799998,
          "native_balance": 58288.87447765144,
          "token_balance_now": 17737445.526829,
          "window_start_block": 26214459,
          "token_balance_window_start": 14975955.526829
        },
        "kind": "wallet_profile",
        "source": "nownodes:eth-blockbook:/address/{wallet}",
        "summary": "receiver 0xb0a27099… ($1.4M transfer): established wallet, 40,644 transactions, holds 18M WLD now vs 15M at the start of the window (+18.44%), 58288.87 ETH"
      },
      {
        "id": "E12",
        "data": {
          "role": "receiver",
          "address": "0xee38e2d6568b0f921d216db4b8961a6520024b63",
          "profile": "established wallet",
          "tx_count": 56211,
          "transfer_usd": 53244.017826047995,
          "native_balance": 0.37435487448477295,
          "token_balance_now": 0.007,
          "window_start_block": 26214459,
          "token_balance_window_start": 0.007
        },
        "kind": "wallet_profile",
        "source": "nownodes:eth-blockbook:/address/{wallet}",
        "summary": "receiver 0xee38e2d6… ($53.2K transfer): established wallet, 56,211 transactions, holds 0.007 WLD now vs 0.007 at the start of the window (0%), 0.37 ETH"
      },
      {
        "id": "E13",
        "data": {
          "as_of": "2026-10-17T22:32:00.000Z",
          "chain": "eth",
          "base_fee_gwei": 0.05480076565333334,
          "gas_used_ratio": 0.4899713208817486,
          "avg_base_fee_24h_gwei": 0.06284264441236112,
          "priority_fee_p50_gwei": 0.12105738250666669
        },
        "kind": "network_fees",
        "source": "nownodes:eth:eth_feeHistory",
        "summary": "ETH base fee 0.05 gwei (24h average 0.06), blocks 49% full"
      },
      {
        "id": "E14",
        "data": {
          "trending": false,
          "categories": [
            "Smart Contract Platform",
            "Ethereum Ecosystem",
            "Decentralized Identifier (DID)",
            "Optimism Ecosystem",
            "Coinbase Ventures Portfolio",
            "Multicoin Capital Portfolio",
            "Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Portfolio",
            "Blockchain Capital Portfolio",
            "Optimism Superchain Ecosystem",
            "World Chain Ecosystem",
            "Made in USA",
            "Governance"
          ],
          "btc_change_24h_pct": -0.65441,
          "btc_window_return_pct": -0.34,
          "eth_window_return_pct": -1.12,
          "global_market_cap_change_24h_pct": -3.328220548065851
        },
        "kind": "market_context",
        "source": "coingecko:/coins/markets+/global",
        "summary": "Market: BTC -0.34% and ETH -1.12% over the same window; total crypto market cap -3.33% in 24h; categories: Smart Contract Platform, Ethereum Ecosystem, Decentralized Identifier (DID), Optimism Ecosystem"
      },
      {
        "id": "E15",
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          "stars": null,
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          "reddit_subscribers": null
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      },
      {
        "id": "E17",
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            {
              "id": "115965",
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        "summary": "Triggered by: price_move (down, high) at 21:40; volume_spike (neutral, high) at 21:44"
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    "window_to": "2026-10-17T21:39:16.675Z",
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}