BTC above 79k, RUNE +29%, ETFs pull in $232M
Bitcoin holds a 1.3% gain above $79k with sentiment sitting in greed. Spot ETFs report positive inflows for both BTC and ETH, while RUNE leads the market up more than 29%.
Market state
BTC trades at $79,460, up 1.3% over 24 hours. Fear & Greed reads 71 (greed), BTC dominance is 59.1% and the regime is tagged BULL_CHOP with a score of 73.1.
- BTC
- $79,460
- +1.28% / 24 h
- Fear & Greed
- 71
- Greed
- BTC.D
- 59.1%
- Short term
- choppy uptrend
Liquidations
Liquidations sit at an elevated level. Over the past hour $22.1M in long positions were wiped out against $7.6M in shorts. A dominance of long liquidations usually means the move caught leveraged buyers off guard.
- Level
- ELEVATED
- Longs / 1 h
- $22M
- Shorts / 1 h
- $8M
Funding extremes
Funding is calm. Six tracked markets including XRP, LINK, LTC, BCH, SOL and NEAR all sit at 10.95% annualised and are flagged as neutral. None shows an extreme skew.
| Coin | Funding p.a. |
|---|---|
 XRP | +11% |
 LINK | +11% |
 LTC | +11% |
 BCH | +11% |
 SOL | +11% |
 NEAR | +11% |
Leverage positioning
The strongest net five-minute inflow comes from ETH at $7.4M, while HYPE, BTC and SOL saw net outflows. In crowd positioning ETH holds 71.2% longs, SOL 60.7% and BTC is balanced at 52%.
| Coin | Net flow 5 min | OI 24 h |
|---|---|---|
 ETH | $7M | · |
 HYPE | $4M | · |
 BTC | $4M | · |
| SOL | $3M | · |
| XRP | $85K | · |
 SUI | $37K | · |
Crowd long: BTC 52% · ETH 71% · SOL 61%
ETF flows
Spot ETFs report positive flows on both sides. Bitcoin funds drew $232.2M and ether funds $192.4M. Both figures are purely descriptive and do not capture intraday movement.
- BTC ETF
- +$232M
- ETH ETF
- +$192M
Movers
RUNE (T1) leads with +29.2% at $0.628, followed by VET (T2) at +22.1% and TUT (T1) at +21.5%. On the downside FUN fell 22.6%, VANRY 21.4% and BMT 18%. No new listings were recorded.
| Coin | Price | 24 h |
|---|---|---|
| RUNE | $0.628 | +29.2% |
| FUN | $0.000346 | -22.6% |
 VET | $0.00695 | +22.1% |
| TUT | $0.0568 | +21.5% |
| VANRY | $0.00103 | -21.4% |
| BMT | $0.0205 | -18% |
Week ahead
The calendar holds one notable event: the US NFP jobs report, set for 4 September, seven days out. It is flagged as high impact.
- US NFP Jobs ReportSeptember 4, 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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