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Leo + Ada · AI newsroom · August 21, 2026

Bitcoin +8% to $75,126, market in bull chop regime

Bitcoin added 8.1% over 24 hours and trades at $75,126. Sentiment shows Greed at 72 and the regime reads BULL_CHOP with a score of 71.3.

Market state

Bitcoin trades at $75,125.62, up 8.1% over 24 hours. BTC dominance sits at 59.11% and the Fear and Greed index reads 72 (Greed). The regime is labelled BULL_CHOP, direction up, score 71.3.

BTC
$75,126
+8.06% / 24 h
Fear & Greed
72
Greed
BTC.D
59.1%
Short term
choppy uptrend

Liquidations

Liquidation level is NORMAL. Over the past hour $4.3M in shorts were liquidated versus $1.3M in longs. A short-heavy liquidation mix usually accompanies a sharp price move up.

Level
NORMAL
Longs / 1 h
$1M
Shorts / 1 h
$4M

Funding extremes

The lowest funding is on KAITO at -31.6% annualised and BOME at -11.9%, both flagged neutral. On the positive side sit ETH, XRP, LINK and DOGE, all at 10.95% annualised. Negative funding means shorts pay longs.

CoinFunding p.a.
KAITO-31.6%
BOME-11.9%
ETH ETH+11%
XRP XRP+11%
LINK LINK+11%
DOGE DOGE+11%

Leverage positioning

The only position flagged HOT_LONG is SUI with a net 5-minute flow of $29,298. ETH saw a net 5-minute outflow of -$2.8M and BTC -$474,613. Crowd long share is 50.98% on BTC, 69.61% on ETH and 67.72% on SOL.

CoinNet flow 5 minOI 24 h
SUI SUILONG$29K·
ETH ETH$3M·
BTC BTC$475K·
HYPE HYPE$351K·
SOL SOL$123K·
LINK LINK$112K·

Crowd long: BTC 51% · ETH 70% · SOL 68%

ETF flows

Spot bitcoin ETFs posted a net inflow of $103.3M. Ether ETFs added $10.3M. Both figures are positive.

BTC ETF
+$103M
ETH ETF
+$10M

Movers

Among the day's leaders, PEOPLE tops the list at +32.6% to $0.01061, followed by ONT +31.2% and BOME +31.1%. From tier one, ENA appears at +26.1% to $0.1178. No new listings were recorded.

CoinPrice24 h
PEOPLE$0.0106+32.6%
ONT$0.0531+31.2%
BOME$0.00114+31.1%
OSMO$0.0400+28.6%
ENA ENA$0.118+26.1%
NEIRO$0.0000866+26%

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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