BTC above $82K, $6.2M in shorts liquidated
Bitcoin holds above $82K, up 0.8 percent over 24 hours. Sentiment stays in greed territory while short positions took the heavier hit.
Market state
BTC trades at $82,234, up 0.8 percent over 24 hours. The Fear and Greed index reads 63 (greed), BTC dominance is 59.3 percent. The regime is neutral and flat at a score of 51.9.
- BTC
- $82,234
- +0.82% / 24 h
- Fear & Greed
- 63
- Greed
- BTC.D
- 59.3%
- Short term
- no clear direction
Liquidations
Liquidations remain at a normal level. Over the past hour $6.2 million in shorts were wiped against $0.6 million in longs. A short-heavy skew usually means a rising price squeezed bearish bets.
- Level
- NORMAL
- Longs / 1 h
- $622K
- Shorts / 1 h
- $6M
Funding extremes
Funding is mostly moderate. TIA shows an annualised rate of -13.6 percent, while XRP, LINK, LTC, DOGE and SUI all sit near 11 percent. All of these are flagged as neutral.
| Coin | Funding p.a. |
|---|---|
 TIA | -13.6% |
 XRP | +11% |
 LINK | +11% |
 LTC | +11% |
 DOGE | +11% |
 SUI | +11% |
Leverage positioning
In the five-minute flow BTC saw $4.4 million leave while ETH drew $2.7 million in. On the crowd side, 60.5 percent of BTC positions are long, 72.5 percent for ETH and 70.3 percent for SOL. All tracked symbols carry a NORMAL flag.
| Coin | Net flow 5 min | OI 24 h |
|---|---|---|
 BTC | $4M | · |
 ETH | $3M | · |
 SOL | $498K | · |
 HYPE | $225K | · |
| XRP | $15K | · |
| DOGE | $7K | · |
Crowd long: BTC 60% · ETH 72% · SOL 70%
ETF flows
Spot BTC ETFs recorded a net inflow of $5.1 million. ETH ETFs, by contrast, posted a net outflow of $60.3 million. The gap between the two products stands out for the day.
- BTC ETF
- +$5M
- ETH ETF
- -$60M
Movers
The biggest gainers were INJ up 23.8 percent to $9.21 and ZRO up 20.6 percent to $2.2, both tier-1. Declines were led by smaller tier-2 tokens, with VANRY down 21.4 percent and SOPH down 16.6 percent. The snapshot logged no new listings.
| Coin | Price | 24 h |
|---|---|---|
 INJ | $9.21 | +23.8% |
| VANRY | $0.00103 | -21.4% |
 ZRO | $2.20 | +20.6% |
| SOPH | $0.00241 | -16.6% |
| WAL | $0.0471 | -16% |
| EPIC | $0.257 | -16% |
Week ahead
The calendar holds one high-impact event. China's central bank decides on LPR rates on October 20, four days out. It is the only tracked item flagged HIGH.
- PBoC LPR DecisionOctober 20, 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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