BTC holds $77.7k as market waits for NFP
Bitcoin is holding just above $77.7k with a minimal daily change, and sentiment stays in greed. The market sits in a BULL_CHOP regime with a flat direction, awaiting Friday's US jobs data.
Market state
BTC trades at $77,717.45, up 0.3 percent over 24 hours. Fear & Greed reads 65 (greed) and BTC dominance is 59.05 percent. The regime is BULL_CHOP with a score of 56.15 and a flat direction.
- BTC
- $77,717
- +0.31% / 24 h
- Fear & Greed
- 65
- Greed
- BTC.D
- 59.0%
- Short term
- choppy uptrend
Liquidations
Liquidations are at a NORMAL level. Over the past hour $2.49 million in longs and $2.73 million in shorts were liquidated. Both sides are roughly balanced.
- Level
- NORMAL
- Longs / 1 h
- $2M
- Shorts / 1 h
- $3M
Funding extremes
Funding is calm. Six tokens (XRP, LINK, UNI, CRV, AAVE, AVAX) all show 10.95 percent annualised and are flagged neutral. No extreme rates to watch.
| Coin | Funding p.a. |
|---|---|
 XRP | +11% |
 LINK | +11% |
 UNI | +11% |
 CRV | +11% |
 AAVE | +11% |
 AVAX | +11% |
Leverage positioning
The five-minute flow was negative for BTC by $1.73 million and positive for HYPE by $0.33 million. By long share, the crowd sits at 73.07 percent on ETH and 67.42 percent on SOL, versus just 54.61 percent on BTC. A higher long share usually means more crowded positioning.
| Coin | Net flow 5 min | OI 24 h |
|---|---|---|
 BTC | $2M | · |
 HYPE | $326K | · |
 SOL | $194K | · |
 ETH | $185K | · |
| XRP | $80K | · |
 SUI | $17K | · |
Crowd long: BTC 55% · ETH 73% · SOL 67%
ETF flows
Spot ETFs showed a split picture: BTC products drew $101.1 million while ETH products saw $48.2 million in outflows. The flow clearly leaned toward bitcoin.
- BTC ETF
- +$101M
- ETH ETF
- -$48M
Movers
HEMI (T1) jumped the most, up 36.6 percent to $0.01991, with EGLD (T2) adding 21.3 percent. On the downside, FUN fell 22.6 percent, VANRY 21.4 percent and ROBO 17.3 percent. No new listings were recorded.
| Coin | Price | 24 h |
|---|---|---|
| HEMI | $0.0199 | +36.6% |
| FUN | $0.000346 | -22.6% |
| VANRY | $0.00103 | -21.4% |
| EGLD | $5.14 | +21.3% |
| MUBARAK | $0.0258 | +20.4% |
| ROBO | $0.0110 | -17.3% |
Week ahead
Tomorrow, September 4, the high-impact US NFP jobs report is due. Six days later, on September 10, the ECB rate decision follows, also high impact.
- US NFP Jobs ReportSeptember 4, 2026HIGH
- ECB Rate DecisionSeptember 10, 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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