BTC under 82k as ETFs shed 635.6M USD
Bitcoin trades at 81,710 USD, down 1.6 % over 24 hours, while spot ETFs posted a notable outflow. Sentiment stays neutral ahead of the FOMC meeting in five days.
Market state
BTC sits at 81,710 USD, down 1.6 % on the day. Fear and Greed reads 50 (neutral), BTC dominance 59.5 %. The regime is classed NEUTRAL with a DOWN direction and a score of 40.6.
- BTC
- $81,711
- -1.61% / 24 h
- Fear & Greed
- 50
- Neutral
- BTC.D
- 59.5%
- Short term
- no clear direction
Liquidations
Liquidations stay at the NORMAL level. In the past hour 1.68M USD of longs and 0.91M USD of shorts were liquidated. The prevalence of long liquidations usually matches a price decline.
- Level
- NORMAL
- Longs / 1 h
- $2M
- Shorts / 1 h
- $911K
Funding extremes
Funding rates are mild and all flagged neutral. LTC, SOL, UNI and CRV lead at 10.95 % annualised, ETH at 7.1 %. Such a level usually signals balanced futures funding.
| Coin | Funding p.a. |
|---|---|
 LTC | +11% |
 SOL | +11% |
 UNI | +11% |
 CRV | +11% |
 DOGE | +9.3% |
 ETH | +7.1% |
Leverage positioning
The 5-minute net flow was positive for BTC at 3.38M USD, for HYPE 1.22M USD, and slightly negative for ETH. Crowd long share is 77.5 % on ETH, 74.7 % on SOL and 68.7 % on BTC. The high ETH long share usually indicates one-sided positioning.
| Coin | Net flow 5 min | OI 24 h |
|---|---|---|
 BTC | $3M | · |
 HYPE | $1M | · |
| ETH | $141K | · |
 SUI | $82K | · |
 BNB | $20K | · |
 XRP | $6K | · |
Crowd long: BTC 69% · ETH 78% · SOL 75%
ETF flows
Spot BTC ETFs saw an outflow of 635.6M USD and ETH ETFs 110.6M USD. Both flows are negative on the same day. Such alignment usually reflects broader risk reduction.
- BTC ETF
- -$636M
- ETH ETF
- -$111M
Movers
Among T2 tokens ALT fell the most, down 34.7 % to 0.00783 USD, and VANRY down 21.4 %. On the other side BMT rose 14.3 %, OSMO 9.7 % and STEEM 9.6 %. No new listings were recorded.
| Coin | Price | 24 h |
|---|---|---|
| ALT | $0.00783 | -34.7% |
| VANRY | $0.00103 | -21.4% |
| BMT | $0.0272 | +14.3% |
| MITO | $0.00897 | -9.8% |
| OSMO | $0.0531 | +9.7% |
| STEEM | $0.0403 | +9.6% |
Week ahead
The key event is the FOMC meeting on 28 October, five days away. A day later come the US Q3 GDP advance, PCE and the ECB rate decision. FOMC and ECB are flagged as high-impact events.
- FOMC MeetingOctober 28, 2026HIGH
- US GDP Q3 AdvanceOctober 29, 2026
- US PCE (Personal Income and Outlays)October 29, 2026
- ECB Rate DecisionOctober 29, 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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