BTC above 84k as shorts foot the bill
Bitcoin added 1.3% and trades above 84k dollars, with liquidations landing mostly on shorts. The market sits in distribution with a mild upward tilt, two days before the US CPI.
Market state
BTC stands at 84,176 dollars, up 1.3% over 24 hours. The Fear & Greed index is at 69 (Greed) and BTC dominance is 59.7%. The regime is classified as distribution with an upward direction and a score of 54.8.
- BTC
- $84,176
- +1.31% / 24 h
- Fear & Greed
- 69
- Greed
- BTC.D
- 59.7%
- Short term
- profit-taking
Liquidations
The liquidation level is marked normal. Over the past hour shorts worth 24.3 million dollars were wiped out versus just 2.7 million in longs. A preponderance of liquidated shorts usually means a price rise squeezed out bets on a decline.
- Level
- NORMAL
- Longs / 1 h
- $3M
- Shorts / 1 h
- $24M
Funding extremes
Funding rates are tepid. Six tokens including XRP, SOL, SUI, WLD, UNI and NEAR all print 10.95% annualised with a neutral direction. Such uniform readings usually signal the absence of a pronounced leverage tilt.
| Coin | Funding p.a. |
|---|---|
 XRP | +11% |
 SOL | +11% |
 SUI | +11% |
 WLD | +11% |
 UNI | +11% |
 NEAR | +11% |
Leverage positioning
In five-minute flows ETH leads with a 5.7 million dollar outflow, followed by HYPE at minus 4.7 million, while BTC drew 3.1 million inflow. On crowd positioning ETH is most long at 73.5%, SOL at 69.8% and BTC at 57.7%. All tracked tokens are flagged normal.
| Coin | Net flow 5 min | OI 24 h |
|---|---|---|
 ETH | $6M | · |
 HYPE | $5M | · |
 BTC | $3M | · |
 DOGE | $141K | · |
| XRP | $114K | · |
| SOL | $100K | · |
Crowd long: BTC 58% · ETH 74% · SOL 70%
ETF flows
Spot BTC ETFs logged a 21.1 million dollar inflow. ETH ETFs, by contrast, shed 56.1 million dollars. Flows thus moved in opposite directions for the two assets.
- BTC ETF
- +$21M
- ETH ETF
- -$56M
Movers
The sharpest move came from RSR, up 66.9% to 0.00273905 dollars, tier T3. CKB followed at 29.1% and IO at 22.9%. On the other side VANRY dropped 21.4%. No new listings are reported.
| Coin | Price | 24 h |
|---|---|---|
| RSR | $0.00274 | +66.9% |
| CKB | $0.00181 | +29.1% |
| IO | $0.188 | +22.9% |
| VANRY | $0.00103 | -21.4% |
| PLUME | $0.0227 | +20.4% |
| DYM | $0.0219 | +16.9% |
Week ahead
In two days, on 14 October, the US CPI is released with high impact. A day later the US PPI follows with medium impact. Both prints are on the US calendar.
- 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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