Market digest
Tuesday, 22 September 2026
Bitcoin climbed to $86,172 (+0.8% in 24 hours), Ether rose to $2,764 (+0.7%). Sentiment reads 78 (extreme greed) on the fear and greed index, up 8 points from yesterday. Among established coins the biggest winner was Bitcoin Cash (BCH) at +18.1%, while Arbitrum (ARB) lost the most at -9.9%. $359M of leveraged positions were liquidated in the last day, mostly shorts. Perpetual funding on the majors sits at +7% annualised, a calm, balanced market. Whales made 350 trades of $10k or more, net $50M sold; the largest was a $10M sell of Bitcoin on deribit. Zcash (ZEC), Hyperliquid (HYPE), Bitway (BTW), Bedrock (BR) and Venice Token (VVV) set new all-time highs. In traditional markets: S&P 500 +1.9%, Nasdaq Composite +3.6%, Gold -0.6%, Crude oil (WTI) -11.2%.
- Bitcoin
- $86,172 +0.85%
- Ether
- $2,764 +0.67%
- Fear & greed
- 78 Extreme Greed
- Liquidated 24h
- $359M
Top gainers
| Asset | Price | 24h |
|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin CashBCH | $317.30 | +18.06% |
| PepePEPE | $0.000004960 | +14.35% |
| BittensorTAO | $323.00 | +12.68% |
| BitwayBTW | $0.8227 | +10.05% |
| NEAR ProtocolNEAR | $4.63 | +9.60% |
Top losers
| Asset | Price | 24h |
|---|---|---|
| ArbitrumARB | $0.2224 | -9.91% |
| SkySKY | $0.0682 | -6.68% |
| EthenaENA | $0.2137 | -6.53% |
| Ether.fiETHFI | $0.7156 | -5.52% |
| Venice TokenVVV | $30.59 | -5.18% |
Stocks and macro
- S&P 500+1.90%
- Nasdaq Composite+3.57%
- Dow Jones-0.71%
- FTSE 100+0.83%
- DAX+1.27%
- Nikkei 225+2.40%
- Hang Seng+1.70%
- Gold-0.62%
- Crude oil (WTI)-11.22%
- US dollar index+0.24%
- US 10-year yield-1.18%
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