BTC above $78,900, ARB jumps 36%
Bitcoin added 1.6% and trades near $78,914, with the market holding a BULL_CHOP regime. Sentiment sits in greed and attention turns to Friday's US jobs data.
Market state
BTC trades at $78,914.25, up 1.6% over 24 hours, with dominance at 59.2%. The Fear & Greed Index sits at 69 (Greed), the regime is BULL_CHOP with a score of 58.3 and a FLAT direction.
- BTC
- $78,914
- +1.63% / 24 h
- Fear & Greed
- 69
- Greed
- BTC.D
- 59.2%
- Short term
- choppy uptrend
Liquidations
Liquidations are at a NORMAL level. Over the last hour, $824,698 in longs and $1,564,176 in shorts were liquidated. The heavier short side usually means the move up hit bets on a decline.
- Level
- NORMAL
- Longs / 1 h
- $825K
- Shorts / 1 h
- $2M
Funding extremes
Funding remains moderate. XRP, LINK, LTC, AVAX, WLD and NEAR all show annualised funding of 11.0% with a neutral direction. No extreme readings pointing to one-sided leverage appear in the data.
| Coin | Funding p.a. |
|---|---|
 XRP | +11% |
 LINK | +11% |
 LTC | +11% |
 AVAX | +11% |
 WLD | +11% |
 NEAR | +11% |
Leverage positioning
Net five-minute flow leans toward BTC (+$11.1M) and ETH (+$1.7M), with every tracked market flagged NORMAL. Crowd long share is 50.5% for BTC, 69.5% for ETH and 65.6% for SOL. XRP is the only one showing a slightly negative flow (-$53,475).
| Coin | Net flow 5 min | OI 24 h |
|---|---|---|
 BTC | $11M | · |
 ETH | $2M | · |
 HYPE | $208K | · |
| XRP | $53K | · |
 SOL | $34K | · |
| AVAX | $2K | · |
Crowd long: BTC 50% · ETH 70% · SOL 66%
ETF flows
Spot bitcoin ETFs recorded net inflows of $216.7M, while ether saw $87.6M. Both figures are positive, meaning new capital entered through these products.
- BTC ETF
- +$217M
- ETH ETF
- +$88M
Movers
Among the leaders, ARB rose 36.2% to $0.1163 and 0G gained 35.6% to $0.231, both tier T1. On the other side, ZKP fell 23.5%, FUN 22.6% and VANRY 21.4%. No new listings were recorded.
| Coin | Price | 24 h |
|---|---|---|
 ARB | $0.116 | +36.2% |
| 0G | $0.231 | +35.6% |
| ZKP | $0.0452 | -23.5% |
| FUN | $0.000346 | -22.6% |
| VANRY | $0.00103 | -21.4% |
| NOT | $0.000471 | +14.3% |
Week ahead
The calendar holds a single high-impact event: the US NFP jobs report on September 4, two days out. 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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