BTC +3.1% to 86.5k, shorts liquidated for 121M
Bitcoin gained 3.1% and the pressure today fell mainly on shorts. The market sits in distribution with sentiment in greed, and the US jobs report is due this afternoon.
Market state
BTC trades at 86,546 USD, up 3.1% over 24 hours. Dominance is 58.8% and the fear and greed index reads 72 (greed). The regime is classified as distribution with an upward direction and a score of 65.3.
- BTC
- $86,546
- +3.12% / 24 h
- Fear & Greed
- 72
- Greed
- BTC.D
- 58.8%
- Short term
- profit-taking
Liquidations
The overall liquidation level is NORMAL. In the past hour 120.9M USD of shorts were liquidated against just 3.4M USD of longs. Such an imbalance usually accompanies a fast upward price move.
- Level
- NORMAL
- Longs / 1 h
- $3M
- Shorts / 1 h
- $121M
Funding extremes
The standout is NEAR with an annualised funding rate of -58.0%, followed by TRUMP at -13.3%. ETH, XRP, LINK and DOGE all sit at 11.0%. Negative funding on NEAR means shorts are paying longs.
| Coin | Funding p.a. |
|---|---|
 NEAR | -58% |
 TRUMP | -13.3% |
 ETH | +11% |
 XRP | +11% |
 LINK | +11% |
 DOGE | +11% |
Leverage positioning
In retail positioning BTC longs are at 48.2%, SOL at 62.5% and ETH at 69.3%. In five-minute net flows ETH led with 9.4M USD, followed by BTC at 3.5M USD. SUI is flagged HOT_LONG, though on a small 5,804 USD volume.
| Coin | Net flow 5 min | OI 24 h |
|---|---|---|
 SUILONG | $6K | · |
| ETH | $9M | · |
 BTC | $4M | · |
| XRP | $846K | · |
 HYPE | $743K | · |
 SOL | $175K | · |
Crowd long: BTC 48% · ETH 69% · SOL 62%
ETF flows
Spot BTC ETFs recorded a net inflow of 102.7M USD. ETH ETFs by contrast saw an outflow of 55.4M USD. Flows thus moved in opposite directions today.
- BTC ETF
- +$103M
- ETH ETF
- -$55M
Movers
Among gainers MEGA leads with +19.9%, SYN +18.4% and RESOLV +17.4% (all T2). Among larger names AAVE added 12.7% (T1). On the other side VANRY fell 21.4% and QNT 12.9%.
| Coin | Price | 24 h |
|---|---|---|
| VANRY | $0.00103 | -21.4% |
| MEGA | $0.0531 | +19.9% |
| SYN | $0.187 | +18.4% |
| RESOLV | $0.0220 | +17.4% |
 QNT | $254.16 | -12.9% |
 AAVE | $184.43 | +12.7% |
Week ahead
Today's calendar has the US NFP jobs report with high expected impact. It is released today (daysUntil 0). Macro data of this type usually raises volatility across markets.
- 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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