Bitcoin and Ether Order Books Rebuild as Altcoin Liquidity Stays Thin

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Order-book depth around bitcoin and ether has been rebuilt, with BTC depth within 1% of price up roughly 75% from the October 2025 crash, signalling selective return of market-maker capital. Yet a 12% depth drawdown during the recent selloff shows fragility, and thin altcoin liquidity widens the execution-quality gap between majors and smaller tokens. Spot volumes remain far below crash levels, so structural repair is real but uneven.
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Bitcoin's order book has rebuilt sharply: about $11.7 million in orders sat within 1% of the price on October 7, roughly 75% more than on the recent crash day. Depth within 0.5% more than doubled to about $4.2 million, and Ether's order book is showing similar signs of rebuilding. Farther from the price, recovery has been slower, with 5% depth still near early-2025 levels, while altcoin liquidity remains thin. The rebuilt books were tested in the October 7–8 selloff, when Bitcoin's 1% depth fell about 12%.