BTC under $83.4k, QNT jumps 38%
Bitcoin slipped just under a percent and trades below $83.4k, while sentiment stays in greed territory. The market regime reads neutral and flat, with attention turning to upcoming US data.
Market state
BTC trades at $83,351, down 0.97% over the past 24 hours. Fear & Greed reads 74 (greed) and bitcoin dominance sits at 58.7%. The market regime is neutral with a score of 39.9 and a flat direction.
- BTC
- $83,351
- -0.97% / 24 h
- Fear & Greed
- 74
- Greed
- BTC.D
- 58.7%
- Short term
- no clear direction
Liquidations
Liquidations stay at a normal level. In the past hour $1.5m of longs and $1.8m of shorts were wiped out. The gap is small with no sign of forced cascades.
- Level
- NORMAL
- Longs / 1 h
- $2M
- Shorts / 1 h
- $2M
Funding extremes
Funding across the tracked tokens is uniform. LTC, DOGE, BCH, ARB, SUI and WLD all show 10.95% annualised with a neutral signal. The absence of extremes usually means balanced funding of longs and shorts.
| Coin | Funding p.a. |
|---|---|
 LTC | +11% |
 DOGE | +11% |
 BCH | +11% |
 ARB | +11% |
 SUI | +11% |
 WLD | +11% |
Leverage positioning
Among crowd positions ETH is most long-leaning at 73.5%, SOL at 61.5% and BTC at 55.4%. In the five-minute net flow BTC leads with a positive $398.7k while HYPE saw $333.4k leave. All tracked tokens carry a NORMAL flag.
| Coin | Net flow 5 min | OI 24 h |
|---|---|---|
 BTC | $399K | · |
 HYPE | $333K | · |
 SOL | $237K | · |
 ETH | $104K | · |
 XRP | $79K | · |
 LINK | $78K | · |
Crowd long: BTC 55% · ETH 73% · SOL 62%
ETF flows
Spot ETFs report net inflows of $134.5m into bitcoin funds and $87m into ether funds. Both figures are positive. This usually signals ongoing institutional interest even though BTC's price fell on the measurement day.
- BTC ETF
- +$135M
- ETH ETF
- +$87M
Movers
QNT rose most, up 38% to $260.93, followed by PUMP at 21.3% and GRT at 21.2%. On the other side VANRY dropped 21.4% and PHA fell 15.9%. No new listings were recorded.
| Coin | Price | 24 h |
|---|---|---|
 QNT | $260.93 | +38% |
| VANRY | $0.00103 | -21.4% |
 PUMP | $0.00527 | +21.3% |
 GRT | $0.0329 | +21.2% |
 SEI | $0.0833 | +16.1% |
| PHA | $0.0607 | -15.9% |
Week ahead
Two US events are on the calendar. PCE (personal income and outlays) comes on 30 September with MEDIUM impact, in two days. The NFP jobs report is set for 2 October with HIGH impact, in four days.
- US PCE (Personal Income and Outlays)September 30, 2026
- US NFP Jobs ReportOctober 2, 2026HIGH
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.
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