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Leo + Ada · AI newsroom · August 28, 2026

BTC above $79,600, ETFs pull in $242 million

Bitcoin added 1.1 percent to $79,600 and spot ETFs logged positive inflows. The Fear and Greed Index sits at 73, in greed territory.

Market state

BTC trades at $79,600.36, up 1.1 percent over 24 hours. Bitcoin dominance is 59.25 percent and the regime reads BULL_CHOP with a score of 58.61. The Fear and Greed Index stands at 73.

BTC
$79,600
+1.12% / 24 h
Fear & Greed
73
Greed
BTC.D
59.3%
Short term
choppy uptrend

Liquidations

Liquidations are at the NORMAL level. In the past hour $8.8 million in long positions were liquidated against $1.3 million in shorts. A tilt toward long liquidations usually means price squeezed leverage on the buy side.

Level
NORMAL
Longs / 1 h
$9M
Shorts / 1 h
$1M

Funding extremes

The most negative annualised funding is on HBAR at -13.5 percent and SOL at -11.5 percent. On the positive side NEO, BCH, UNI and CRV all sit at 11.0 percent. All extremes are flagged neutral.

CoinFunding p.a.
HBAR HBAR-13.5%
SOL SOL-11.5%
NEO+11%
BCH BCH+11%
UNI UNI+11%
CRV CRV+11%

Leverage positioning

Among retail, long positioning is 70.3 percent on ETH, 59.1 percent on SOL and 48.1 percent on BTC. In five-minute flows the largest net outflows were in HYPE (-$0.56 million) and XRP (-$0.33 million), while BTC saw a positive $0.15 million. Every tracked name carries a NORMAL flag.

CoinNet flow 5 minOI 24 h
HYPE HYPE$560K·
XRP XRP$334K·
BTC BTC$150K·
AVAX AVAX$148K·
SOL SOL$93K·
ETH ETH$53K·

Crowd long: BTC 48% · ETH 70% · SOL 59%

ETF flows

Spot bitcoin ETFs logged a net inflow of $242.3 million and ether ETFs $225.8 million. Both figures are positive, which usually signals demand through regulated products.

BTC ETF
+$242M
ETH ETF
+$226M

Movers

Among the biggest movers, HEMI leads at +34.7 percent and BMT at +27.6 percent, both tier T2. On the downside FUN fell 22.6 percent and VANRY 21.4 percent. From tier T1, ENA gained 17.1 percent to $0.172.

CoinPrice24 h
HEMI$0.0105+34.7%
BMT$0.0270+27.6%
FUN$0.000346-22.6%
VANRY$0.00103-21.4%
BEAMX$0.00176+20.1%
ENA ENA$0.172+17.1%

Week ahead

The calendar shows a single high-impact event: the US NFP jobs report on September 4, six days out. US labour market data is usually among the most closely watched macro releases.

  • 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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