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Stocktwits Crypto Data Dive – Week 13

Welcome to the Stocktwits Crypto Data Dive for Week 13 of 2026! 📊

In this issue, we’ll dive into the data to keep you informed about the progress of the overall crypto market and shine a spotlight on emerging and established trends.

What You’ll Find In The Stocktwits Crypto Data Dive has three main objectives:

1. Total and Altcoin caps, stamped with YTD moves and the gap to ATH.

2. Seven-layer market-cap recap (TMC ex-stables, ex-top-50, and five more flavors).

3. Crypto Index Performance covering 12 indices.

4. The Liquidation Station boards the train with 30-day totals plus a 7-day heatmap for maximum schadenfreude.

5. Market Heatmap, Social Volume Heatmap, Active Address Heatmap.

6. ETF scorecards for BTC and ETH still tracking 7- and 30-day flows.

So, without further delay, let’s jump right into the data from week 13 and explore its intriguing insights! 🚀

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Crypto Market Cap Update

What is the broader trend within the crypto market? The simplest way to track this is by using three market cap charts. So let’s see what we got. 🔭

*the price levels and performance values may be very different from what you read in your mailbox vs. what’s happening in the live market. This is especially true when crypto faces a new bull or bear run. 

Total Market Cap

• All-Time High Close: $4.22 trillion

• YTD: -21%

• From ATH: -45%

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Altcoin Market Cap

• All-Time High: $1.73 trillion

• YTD: -20%

• From ATH: -44%

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STOCKTWITS
Missed An Issue This Week? I Got Ya Right Here 👇️

Here’s this week’s Cryptotwits newsletters. That you probably read already. Maybe. Probably.

Monday – DOGE And Gold Are On The Same Leaderboard And Nobody Thinks That’s Weird 😕

Tuesday – Regulators Have A Year To Define The Rules Which Means We’ll Know What’s Legal Around The Same Time We’re Arrested for It 👮

Wednesday – Peter Schiff Somewhere Staring At A Wall Right Now And Honestly I Hope He’s Okay 👨‍⚕️

Thursday – The Night Is Darkest Just Before The Dawn And It’s Been Dark For 46 Days So Statistically We’re Very Close 📆

Friday – Bitcoin’s Momentum Gauges Just Broke History 🤯

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Stocktwits Crypto Index RRG

Relative Rotation Graphs (RRG) help us visualize how a currency or sector performs compared to a benchmark – in this case, the U.S. Dollar Index (DXY). Think of the four colored sectors as stages in a race:

• Leading Quadrant (green) – You’re a champ! 🏆 You’re ahead of everyone else, and the crowd is cheering. But watch out; you might be overdoing it.

• Weakening Quadrant (yellow) – You’re slowing down 😓 and losing your lead. Maybe you’re a bit demoralized because your biggest fan didn’t show up. You’re now in the middle of the pack.

• Lagging Quadrant (red) – Disaster strikes! 😱 You’re injured, exhausted, or just made a big mistake. You’re now in last place, and it’s a sad scene.

• Improving Quadrant (blue) – Time for a comeback! 💪 Your motivation returns, the music swells, and you’re picking up speed. You’re back in the middle, catching up with the leaders.

Analyzing the RRG Examples 

Example 1: Rapid Rotation
– If an instrument moves quickly through all four quadrants, it could indicate high volatility or erratic behavior. Traders may want to be cautious or use appropriate risk management strategies in such cases.

Example 2: Stuck in the Middle
– An instrument that remains close to the center of the RRG might be in a consolidation phase, lacking a clear trend or momentum. Traders might wait for a decisive move before entering a position.

Example 3: Consistent Leader
– If an instrument stays in the Leading Quadrant (top right) for an extended period, it could signify a strong, sustained uptrend. Traders might consider buying opportunities or riding the trend.

Example 4: Slow Recovery
– An instrument that gradually moves from the Lagging Quadrant (bottom left) to the Improving Quadrant (blue) and eventually to the Leading Quadrant (green) could indicate a slow but steady recovery. Traders might look for potential reversal or bottom-fishing opportunities.

The GIF below shows the past 21 days of movement on the RRG.

The GIF below shows the past 13 weeks of movement on the RRG.

Click to enlarge.

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Weekly Total Market Cap (TMC) Performance

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Weekly Crypto Index Performance

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Liquidation Station 😱 

Interested in how much has been flushed out of leveraged long and short positions? Who’s getting hurt the most? This is the best place to get an idea of how leveraged positions are doing. 🔴 

30-day Total Liquidations 📆 

What You’re Looking At

• Green bars above zero = longs blown out because price fell.

• Red bars below zero = shorts blown out because price ripped.

• Left-hand scale is U.S. dollars (millions); the dashed line near the top sits at $1B.

30-day Total Crypto Liquidation Chart – Click to enlarge.

• Mar 3 – Mar 4 – One of the biggest short liquidations ($500M). Classic squeeze after downside fails.

• Mar 12 – Another heavy short wipe ($300M). Traders keep shorting the range lows like it’s a personality trait.

• Mar 15 – Mar 16 – Follow-through short liquidations ($350M-$400M) as price rotates up again.

• Mar 22 – Mar 23 – Noticeable long liquidation cluster ($300M) during a pullback.

• Late period (Mar 25 – Mar 26) – Longs step back in and get clipped again on minor weakness.

What You’re Looking At

• Rows = coins, columns = timestamps.

• Color = head-count of forced liquidations (legend tops at 2,000).

• A cell showing “BTC 1,600” means 1,600 separate BTC positions were liquidated.

7-day Cryptocurrency Liquidation Heatmap – Click to enlarge.

• Mar 21 – Mar 22 – Early spike across BTC/ETH, first real flush of the week.

• Mar 22 20:00 – Mar 23 12:00 – Strong cluster, aligns with one of the bigger short squeezes.

• Mar 24 – Mar 25 – Continued activity, but already cooling off. Less aggressive participation.

• Mar 25 12:00 – Mar 26 04:00 – Another wave across majors, not as intense as earlier.

• Mar 26 – Mar 27 – Tapers off. Market basically shrugs and goes back to sideways nonsense.

Some Interesting Insights 👓️ 

• Monthly confirms range-bound chop with repeated liquidation cycles.

• Weekly shows localized bursts, not structural stress.

• Shorts keep getting squeezed at the wrong spots, longs get clipped on pullbacks.

• No trend. No breakout. Just a machine that harvests overconfidence.

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Author Disclosure: The author of this newsletter holds positions in ADA, IMX, COPI, MIN, AGIX, ALGO, ZEC, XLM, and NEAR. 📋