Market digest
Thursday, 1 October 2026
Bitcoin climbed to $84,319 (+1.4% in 24 hours), Ether rose to $2,718 (+1.9%). Sentiment reads 74 (greed) on the fear and greed index, up 3 points from yesterday. Among established coins the biggest winner was Ethena (ENA) at +12.3%, while Bitway (BTW) lost the most at -10.4%. $169M of leveraged positions were liquidated in the last day, mostly shorts. Perpetual funding on the majors sits at +6% annualised, a calm, balanced market. Whales made 6257 trades of $10k or more, net $129M sold; the largest was a $41M sell of Bitcoin on binance futures. Zcash (ZEC), Quant (QNT), Bitway (BTW), Gram (prev. Toncoin) (GRAM) and JUST (JST) set new all-time highs. In traditional markets: S&P 500 -0.7%, Nasdaq Composite -0.3%, Gold +1.3%, Crude oil (WTI) -3.3%.
- Bitcoin
- $84,319 +1.43%
- Ether
- $2,718 +1.94%
- Fear & greed
- 74 Greed
- Liquidated 24h
- $169M
Top gainers
| Asset | Price | 24h |
|---|---|---|
| EthenaENA | $0.2755 | +12.30% |
| NEAR ProtocolNEAR | $5.50 | +11.31% |
| WorldcoinWLD | $0.5344 | +7.73% |
| Aerodrome FinanceAERO | $0.8449 | +5.88% |
| JUSTJST | $0.1337 | +4.61% |
Top losers
| Asset | Price | 24h |
|---|---|---|
| BitwayBTW | $1.12 | -10.38% |
| CantonCC | $0.1318 | -8.08% |
| Venice TokenVVV | $26.23 | -7.13% |
| HyperliquidHYPE | $86.33 | -4.22% |
| KaspaKAS | $0.0446 | -4.21% |
Stocks and macro
- S&P 500-0.71%
- Nasdaq Composite-0.28%
- Dow Jones-1.18%
- FTSE 100-0.93%
- DAX-0.83%
- Nikkei 225+3.87%
- Hang Seng-0.89%
- Gold+1.27%
- Crude oil (WTI)-3.28%
- US dollar index+0.38%
- US 10-year yield+2.54%
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