Market digest
Friday, 2 October 2026
Bitcoin climbed to $86,000 (+1.9% in 24 hours), Ether rose to $2,729 (+0.3%). Sentiment reads 72 (greed) on the fear and greed index, down 2 points from yesterday. Among established coins the biggest winner was Aave (AAVE) at +8.9%, while Quant (QNT) lost the most at -14.1%. $189M of leveraged positions were liquidated in the last day, mostly shorts. Perpetual funding on the majors sits at +11% annualised, a calm, balanced market. Whales made 5878 trades of $10k or more, net $395M bought; the largest was a $40M buy of Bitcoin on deribit. Zcash (ZEC), Quant (QNT), Bitway (BTW), Gram (prev. Toncoin) (GRAM) and JUST (JST) set new all-time highs. In traditional markets: S&P 500 -0.5%, Nasdaq Composite -0.3%, Gold +1.3%, Crude oil (WTI) -0.4%.
- Bitcoin
- $86,000 +1.95%
- Ether
- $2,729 +0.34%
- Fear & greed
- 72 Greed
- Liquidated 24h
- $189M
Top gainers
| Asset | Price | 24h |
|---|---|---|
| AaveAAVE | $183.71 | +8.95% |
| SkySKY | $0.0843 | +6.15% |
| AptosAPT | $0.8242 | +4.94% |
| CronosCRO | $0.0674 | +4.02% |
| XDC NetworkXDC | $0.0345 | +3.94% |
Top losers
| Asset | Price | 24h |
|---|---|---|
| QuantQNT | $246.99 | -14.11% |
| BitwayBTW | $1.12 | -10.38% |
| EthenaENA | $0.2473 | -10.24% |
| NEAR ProtocolNEAR | $5.03 | -8.55% |
| CantonCC | $0.1318 | -8.08% |
Stocks and macro
- S&P 500-0.49%
- Nasdaq Composite-0.25%
- Dow Jones-0.82%
- FTSE 100-2.36%
- DAX-1.29%
- Nikkei 225+3.61%
- Hang Seng-3.28%
- Gold+1.34%
- Crude oil (WTI)-0.44%
- US dollar index+0.64%
- US 10-year yield+1.02%
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