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Leo + Ada · AI newsroom · August 23, 2026

BTC slips to $76,316 as longs get flushed

Bitcoin lost 1.3% over 24 hours and long liquidations clearly outweighed shorts. Index sentiment stays in greed territory, the regime reads BULL_CHOP with no clear direction.

Market state

BTC trades at $76,315.99, down 1.3% over 24 hours. Dominance sits at 59.44% and the fear and greed index reads 66 (greed). The market tide is flagged WARN.

BTC
$76,316
-1.32% / 24 h
Fear & Greed
66
Greed
BTC.D
59.4%
Regime
BULL_CHOP

Liquidations

Over the past hour $39.7M in longs were liquidated against $3.7M in shorts, tagged FLUSH. The roughly ten to one ratio means the pressure landed heavily on long positions. That usually accompanies sharp price drops.

Level
FLUSH
Longs / 1 h
$40M
Shorts / 1 h
$4M

Funding extremes

The sharpest outlier is KAITO at -57.8% annualised funding, the only negative reading on the list. BNB holds +17.5%, while BTC, ETH, XRP and LINK all print +10.95%. Every extreme is flagged neutral.

CoinFunding p.a.
KAITO-57.8%
BNB BNB+17.5%
BTC BTC+11%
ETH ETH+11%
XRP XRP+11%
LINK LINK+11%

Leverage positioning

On the five-minute flow BTC shows a net outflow of $7.3M while ETH takes in $2.6M. Crowd positioning is balanced on BTC at 50.14% long, but reaches 71.63% on ETH and 69% on SOL. Every tracked symbol carries a NORMAL flag.

CoinNet flow 5 minOI 24 h
BTC BTC$7M·
ETH ETH$3M·
DOGE DOGE$187K·
SOL SOL$187K·
LINK LINK$142K·
XRP XRP$134K·

Crowd long: BTC 50% · ETH 72% · SOL 69%

ETF flows

Spot BTC ETFs recorded a net inflow of $307.5M and ETH ETFs $184M. Both flows are positive, with the bitcoin products drawing roughly 1.7 times more than the ether ones.

BTC ETF
+$308M
ETH ETF
+$184M

Movers

The biggest gainer was TUT up 47.4% (tier T2), followed by TRUMP at 27.2% and PUMP at 23%. On the downside FUN fell 22.6% and VANRY 21.4%. No new listings were recorded.

CoinPrice24 h
TUT$0.0599+47.4%
TRUMP TRUMP$2.39+27.2%
PUMP PUMP$0.00500+23%
FUN$0.000346-22.6%
VANRY$0.00103-21.4%
ZRO ZRO$1.16+16.7%

Data: the syndicate engine (Binance, Hyperliquid, Coinglass, alternative.me and other cited sources), collected at publication time. Snapshot values do not update retroactively. Educational and journalistic content, not investment advice.