BTC holds $82.6k as shorts pay the bigger liquidations
Bitcoin holds above $82.6k with a slight gain while the market stays in RISK_OFF mode. Sentiment reads Greed at 64, and the key macro event CPI arrives in four days.
Market state
BTC trades at $82,621, up 0.5% over 24 hours. Bitcoin dominance sits at 59.1%, the regime is RISK_OFF with a score of 49.2 and FLAT direction. The Fear and Greed index reads 64 (Greed).
- BTC
- $82,621
- +0.47% / 24 h
- Fear & Greed
- 64
- Greed
- BTC.D
- 59.1%
- Short term
- caution
Liquidations
Liquidations sit at the NORMAL level. Over the past hour 1.54M USD of shorts and 0.63M USD of longs were wiped. The dominance of liquidated shorts usually suggests pressure in the hourly window leaned upward.
- Level
- NORMAL
- Longs / 1 h
- $628K
- Shorts / 1 h
- $2M
Funding extremes
The most negative funding is on TIA at -14.6% annualised, with all extremes flagged as neutral. On the positive side BNB leads at 11.3%, followed by LTC, SUI, WLD and AVAX around 10.9%. None of the values reach extreme zones.
| Coin | Funding p.a. |
|---|---|
 TIA | -14.6% |
 BNB | +11.3% |
 LTC | +11% |
 SUI | +11% |
 WLD | +11% |
 AVAX | +11% |
Leverage positioning
In short-term flow SOL dominates with a net outflow of 339.8k USD, while HYPE drew 104.7k USD in. Crowd long positioning sits at 75.4% for ETH, 70.5% for SOL and 60.2% for BTC. All tracked symbols carry the NORMAL flag.
| Coin | Net flow 5 min | OI 24 h |
|---|---|---|
 SOL | $340K | · |
 HYPE | $105K | · |
 BTC | $32K | · |
 XRP | $27K | · |
 DOGE | $9K | · |
| SUI | $9K | · |
Crowd long: BTC 60% · ETH 75% · SOL 71%
ETF flows
Spot bitcoin ETFs recorded a net inflow of 21.1M USD. Ether ETFs, by contrast, posted an outflow of 56.1M USD. The flows thus run in opposite directions.
- BTC ETF
- +$21M
- ETH ETF
- -$56M
Movers
MAGIC led gains at 128.8% to 0.153282 USD (tier T3), followed by KAIA +56.5% and PIXEL +29.8%. On the other side VANRY fell 21.4%. The snapshot lists no new listings.
| Coin | Price | 24 h |
|---|---|---|
| MAGIC | $0.153 | +128.8% |
 KAIA | $0.0582 | +56.5% |
| PIXEL | $0.00757 | +29.8% |
| VANRY | $0.00103 | -21.4% |
| ZK | $0.0142 | +19.5% |
| MINA | $0.0922 | +19% |
Week ahead
In four days, on October 14, the US CPI with high impact is due. The next day, October 15, PPI with medium impact follows. Both events concern the USA.
- US CPI ReleaseOctober 14, 2026HIGH
- US PPI ReleaseOctober 15, 2026
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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