Market digest
Monday, 5 October 2026
Bitcoin climbed to $85,931 (+1.1% in 24 hours), Ether rose to $2,712 (+0.7%). Sentiment reads 70 (greed) on the fear and greed index, up 5 points from yesterday. Among established coins the biggest winner was Cardano (ADA) at +10.9%, while Bitway (BTW) lost the most at -10.4%. $103M 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 9222 trades of $10k or more, net $234M bought; the largest was a $21M buy of Ethereum on binance futures. Quant (QNT), Bitway (BTW), Sky (SKY), Gram (prev. Toncoin) (GRAM) and JUST (JST) set new all-time highs. In traditional markets: S&P 500 -0.3%, Nasdaq Composite +0.5%, Gold -0.2%, Crude oil (WTI) -0.7%.
- Bitcoin
- $85,931 +1.14%
- Ether
- $2,712 +0.70%
- Fear & greed
- 70 Greed
- Liquidated 24h
- $103M
Top gainers
| Asset | Price | 24h |
|---|---|---|
| CardanoADA | $0.2710 | +10.89% |
| Shiba InuSHIB | $0.000005950 | +4.56% |
| CronosCRO | $0.0674 | +4.02% |
| StellarXLM | $0.2240 | +3.95% |
| XDC NetworkXDC | $0.0345 | +3.94% |
Top losers
| Asset | Price | 24h |
|---|---|---|
| BitwayBTW | $1.12 | -10.38% |
| CantonCC | $0.1318 | -8.08% |
| Venice TokenVVV | $26.23 | -7.13% |
| QuantQNT | $251.58 | -4.99% |
| HyperliquidHYPE | $86.33 | -4.22% |
Stocks and macro
- S&P 500-0.27%
- Nasdaq Composite+0.45%
- Dow Jones-1.26%
- FTSE 100-2.18%
- DAX-0.70%
- Nikkei 225+6.76%
- Hang Seng-2.18%
- Gold-0.20%
- Crude oil (WTI)-0.73%
- US dollar index+0.82%
- US 10-year yield+0.71%
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