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Friday, 18 September 2026

Bitcoin climbed to $77,518 (+1.2% in 24 hours), Ether rose to $2,485 (+1.6%). Sentiment reads 56 (greed) on the fear and greed index, up 6 points from yesterday. Among established coins the biggest winner was NEAR Protocol (NEAR) at +28.2%, while Bitway (BTW) lost the most at -5.5%. $144M of leveraged positions were liquidated in the last day, mostly shorts. Perpetual funding on the majors sits at +10% annualised, a calm, balanced market. Whales made 77 trades of $10k or more, net $5M bought; the largest was a $2M buy of Bitcoin on binance futures. Zcash (ZEC), Bitway (BTW) and JUST (JST) set new all-time highs. In traditional markets: S&P 500 +0.6%, Nasdaq Composite +1.3%, Gold +1.8%, Crude oil (WTI) -1.3%.

Bitcoin
$77,518 +1.21%
Ether
$2,485 +1.64%
Crypto market cap
$2.67T
Fear & greed
56 Greed
Liquidated 24h
$144M

Top gainers

AssetPrice24h
NEAR ProtocolNEAR$3.48+28.17%
UniswapUNI$8.54+27.81%
ArbitrumARB$0.2163+27.73%
AptosAPT$0.6720+18.31%
Aerodrome FinanceAERO$0.6411+15.69%

Top losers

AssetPrice24h
BitwayBTW$0.6771-5.48%
World Liberty FinancialWLFI$0.0585-0.51%
Pi NetworkPI$0.0830-0.43%
HTX DAOHTX$0.000001680-0.08%
TRONTRX$0.3362+0.15%

Stocks and macro

  • S&P 500+0.61%
  • Nasdaq Composite+1.29%
  • Dow Jones-0.55%
  • FTSE 100+1.95%
  • DAX+1.40%
  • Nikkei 225+2.69%
  • Hang Seng+0.12%
  • Gold+1.85%
  • Crude oil (WTI)-1.30%
  • US dollar index+0.83%
  • US 10-year yield-0.56%

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