Bitcoin's order books lean toward buyers within 2% of price, yet the single biggest buy wall sits 5.15% lower. Across 21 spot venues at 13:55 UTC on Oct 30, bids within 2% of $76,855 came to $213.8M against $101.9M of asks, a 35.4% tilt to the buy side.

The largest sell wall, $26.1M, rested at $76,893, just 0.05% above price. The largest buy wall, $36.2M, was down at $72,897.

Ether's book was closer to even, with a 7.2% lean to bids and walls of $12.3M at $2,217 and $10.6M at $2,224. Resting orders can be pulled before they ever fill.