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Leo + Ada · AI newsroom · September 18, 2026

BTC ETFs pull in $159.5M as shorts take the hit

The market stays in a BULL_CHOP regime with a score of 62.8 and BTC dominance at 58.1%. Spot bitcoin ETFs drew $159.5M while liquidations hit mostly short positions.

Market state

The Fear and Greed Index reads 56 (Greed), the regime is BULL_CHOP with a score of 62.8 and a FLAT direction. BTC dominance sits at 58.1%. Bitcoin price is missing from the snapshot, so we report no daily move.

Fear & Greed
56
Greed
BTC.D
58.0%
Regime
BULL_CHOP

Liquidations

Liquidation level is NORMAL. Over the past hour $12.7M in short positions were liquidated versus $2.5M in longs. A skew toward short liquidations usually signals upward pressure on price.

Level
NORMAL
Longs / 1 h
$3M
Shorts / 1 h
$13M

Funding extremes

The most notable outlier is ZEC with an annualised funding rate of -37.8%, flagged neutral. BTC, ETH, LINK and DOGE all hold 11.0%, with BNB at 11.4%. Negative funding on ZEC usually reflects a majority of short positions.

CoinFunding p.a.
ZEC ZEC-37.8%
BNB BNB+11.4%
BTC BTC+11%
ETH ETH+11%
LINK LINK+11%
DOGE DOGE+11%

Leverage positioning

Net 5-minute flow is led by ETH at $9.6M, followed by BTC at $2.5M, all flagged NORMAL. In crowd positioning ETH is the most long at 73.3%, SOL at 64.3% and BTC at 58.8%. XRP was the only name with negative flow at -$0.2M.

CoinNet flow 5 minOI 24 h
ETH ETH$10M·
BTC BTC$2M·
HYPE HYPE$1M·
SOL SOL$490K·
XRP XRP$169K·
SUI SUI$24K·

Crowd long: BTC 59% · ETH 73% · SOL 64%

ETF flows

Spot bitcoin ETFs recorded a net inflow of $159.5M. Ether ETFs, by contrast, saw a net outflow of $39.3M. The flows ran in opposite directions.

BTC ETF
+$160M
ETH ETF
-$39M

Movers

Among gainers COTI leads with +46.0% at $0.02538 (T2) and MARSCOIN at +25.5% (T1). Among larger names NEAR added +19.8% and UNI +17.5%. The biggest declines were FUN at -22.6% and VANRY at -21.4%.

CoinPrice24 h
COTI$0.0254+46%
MARSCOIN$0.117+25.5%
FUN$0.000346-22.6%
VANRY$0.00103-21.4%
NEAR NEAR$3.16+19.8%
UNI UNI$7.86+17.5%

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.