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Leo + Ada · AI newsroom · November 2, 2026

BTC holds $78.3K as ETFs bleed $643M

Bitcoin holds above $78K on a modest daily gain while sentiment stays in fear. Spot ETFs report another sizeable outflow and the market regime reads as distribution.

Market state

BTC trades at $78,264.9, up 0.6% on the day. Fear & Greed sits at 37 (fear) and BTC dominance is 60.0%. The regime is flagged as DISTRIBUTION with an upward direction and a score of 51.4.

BTC
$78,265
+0.65% / 24 h
Fear & Greed
37
Fear
BTC.D
60.0%
Short term
profit-taking

Liquidations

Liquidations are at the NORMAL level. Over the past hour $1.9M in longs were liquidated against $0.5M in shorts. A long skew usually means the pressure sat on the buy side.

Level
NORMAL
Longs / 1 h
$2M
Shorts / 1 h
$519K

Funding extremes

Most funding extremes stay neutral. XRP, LINK, LTC, DOGE and SOL carry annualised funding of +11.0%, while CRV is negative at -12.8%. Negative funding usually signals a short-side skew.

CoinFunding p.a.
CRV CRV-12.8%
XRP XRP+11%
LINK LINK+11%
LTC LTC+11%
DOGE DOGE+11%
SOL SOL+11%

Leverage positioning

The 5-minute net flow is -$558.0K on BTC and -$543.8K on HYPE, while SOL is positive at +$366.1K. The crowd is long 67.6% on BTC, 70.1% on ETH and 76.6% on SOL. All tracked symbols carry a NORMAL flag.

CoinNet flow 5 minOI 24 h
BTC BTC$558K·
HYPE HYPE$544K·
SOL SOL$366K·
ETH ETH$111K·
LINK LINK$6K·
BNB BNB$4K·

Crowd long: BTC 68% · ETH 70% · SOL 77%

ETF flows

Spot bitcoin ETFs recorded a net outflow of $643.2M and ether ETFs an outflow of $155.7M. Both products saw simultaneous redemptions on the day.

BTC ETF
-$643M
ETH ETF
-$156M

Movers

The biggest movers are dominated by declines: FUN -22.6%, VANRY -21.4% and RUNE (T1) -18.9%. The only gainer on the list is MITO +14.4%. There are no new listings.

CoinPrice24 h
FUN$0.000346-22.6%
VANRY$0.00103-21.4%
RUNE$0.521-18.9%
MITO$0.00841+14.4%
EPIC$0.100-12.5%
BMT$0.0215-11.7%

Week ahead

The calendar holds one high-impact event: the US NFP jobs report on 6 November, four days out. Such data usually lifts volatility across markets.

  • US NFP Jobs ReportNovember 6, 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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