AM edition
issue generated 2026-09-26 06:31 UTC · data as of 2026-09-26 06:31 UTC
150 up · 28 down — 84.3% of markets up 24h
AM edition
issue generated 2026-09-26 06:31 UTC · data as of 2026-09-26 06:31 UTC
150 up · 28 down — 84.3% of markets up 24h
PM edition
issue generated 2026-09-26 18:31 UTC · data as of 2026-09-26 18:30 UTC
139 up · 38 down · 1 flat — 78.1% of markets up 24h
7-day: Infrastructure leads at +23.7%; Other lags at +9.6%.
Broad-based advance across 150 of 178 coins lifted the median 2.86% as weekend volume reached $6.7B and open interest held at $12.9B. Shorts absorbed $571k in liquidations, concentrated in XRP.
178 markets · $6.72B 24h volume · $12.93B open interest · median 24h +2.9%
DoubleZero surged 28.28% after Hyperliquid multicast integration, and Pyth Network rose 7.27% on Switchboard shutdown news, driving the Infrastructure sector’s 4.25% advance. The category leads the 7-day leaderboard at 23.72%.
Canton Network led Layer 1 with a 15.26% jump on 4.05× normal volume while Sei extended 13.55% on macro-plan chatter. The category printed its fifth straight edition higher, outpacing the 2.86% median. Plasma and Monero lagged, capping breadth.
Aerodrome Finance rose 25.4% on product upgrades, pushing funding to 96.96% and lifting the category to its 7-day high. Ethena added 20.81% on tokenized-equity backing news. The two outliers drove the 6.11% sector gain.
Pump.fun rose 17.03% and Bio Protocol added 5.58% as the Other group posted a 3.57% advance. Both names printed volume multiples above 4× yet carried no repeated catalyst in chatter. The category sits at its 7-day high for a fifth straight edition.
OI-weighted funding +14.8% annualized at the issue clock — longs paying shorts.
Extremes: CASHCAT +244% ann (longs pay) · GRASS +152% ann (longs pay) · AERO +97% ann (longs pay) · INJ -36% ann (shorts pay)
Memes rose 2.95% over 24h against a 2.86% median move across the tape, extending a 10.18% 7-day advance. Cash Cat (CASHCAT) rose 18.64% on $29.7M of volume, with funding at 243.8% annualized as longs pay shorts. A 2nd straight edition higher for the category.
Grass jumped 14.06% on 3.73× volume and 152.24% funding, anchoring the AI category’s 5.2% gain and extending its four-edition streak. Worldcoin added 9.62% while Venice slipped 3.87%, leaving the group at its 7-day high.
POL climbed 10.02% and Optimism added 7.9% as Layer 2 extended its four-edition streak with a 4.19% gain. No single driver surfaced in chatter, leaving the move aligned with the 2.86% median tape.
Gaming rose 2.97% over 24h against a 2.86% median move across the tape, extending a 16.78% 7-day advance. Axie Infinity (AXS) fell 0.25% on $1.3M of volume, with funding at 10.9% annualized as longs pay shorts. A 4th straight edition higher for the category.
7-day confirmed liquidations $42.4M — longs $7.7M, shorts $34.7M (lower bound). Last 24h: $571.4K across 1 burst — largest $571.4K in XRP shorts.
24h return dispersion σ 5.17% across 158 markets.
Widest 7-day gap in Infrastructure: NIL +141.4% vs AR +13.3% — 128pp apart.
At open-interest cap: CANTO, FTM, JELLY, LOOM, RLB, SAGA, VINE, ZEREBRO.
1 market excluded from this issue (unlisted in our registry or missing a week of candles) — excluded means excluded, never zero-filled.
Machine-written from venue data and machine-checked before publish; sections that fail checks are omitted, whole editions are withheld. Perpetual futures are high-risk, leveraged instruments — this is market reporting, not investment advice or a recommendation of any kind.
7-day: AI leads at +26.1%; Memes lags at +9.0%.
Hyperliquid perps: 178 markets traded $2.9B in 24h volume against $13.0B of open interest; the median market moved 2.22%. No confirmed liquidation bursts in the window.
178 markets · $2.87B 24h volume · $12.99B open interest · median 24h +2.2%
Infrastructure rose 2.74% over 24h against a 2.22% median move across the tape, extending a 23.12% 7-day advance. Nillion (NIL) fell 22.40% on $6.8M of volume, with funding at 10.9% annualized as longs pay shorts. A 6th straight edition higher for the category. DoubleZero turned over 6.7× its trailing 7-day average volume.
Layer 1 rose 2.15% over 24h against a 2.22% median move across the tape, extending a 16.21% 7-day advance. Dash (DASH) rose 14.07% on $9.5M of volume, with funding at 10.9% annualized as longs pay shorts. A 6th straight edition higher for the category. Funding on Injective flipped to shorts pay longs at 188.0% annualized.
THORChain volume spiked 3.35 times its seven-day average after the protocol declined to block addresses tied to the Bitget exploit, citing its permissionless design. DeFi open interest reached $816.9M and the category index extended its six-edition winning streak to a fresh seven-day high. RUNE’s 15.1% advance outpaced the 2.22% median, while JTO added 12.4% with no comparable volume surge.
Tensor recorded a 93.83-times volume multiple versus its seven-day average, driving the Other category’s 2.03% gain. Open interest stands at $367.8M and the category index has now printed higher for six consecutive editions. PUMP rose 7.38% on the largest notional turnover in the slice, while ONDO slipped 0.6% with no offsetting chatter.
OI-weighted funding +13.3% annualized at the issue clock — longs paying shorts.
Extremes: 0G +175% ann (longs pay) · AERO +128% ann (longs pay) · SYRUP +105% ann (longs pay) · 2Z -656% ann (shorts pay) · INJ -188% ann (shorts pay) · TRX -54% ann (shorts pay)
Worldcoin jumped 18.04% to pace the AI category’s 6.08% advance, extending its five-edition streak and lifting the group to a fresh seven-day high. AI open interest reached $310.0M, now the fourth-largest by volume rank after overtaking Infrastructure. Bittensor added 7.33% while Venice lagged 2.9%, widening dispersion inside the cohort.
Brett volume ran 3.93 times its seven-day average as the meme index posted a third straight edition higher. Category open interest sits at $357.4M with funding at 27.17%, yet the 1.19% gain trailed the 2.22% median. Fartcoin rose 2.47% while Pepe (1000x) slipped 1.52%, leaving the tape mixed inside the slice.
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7-day confirmed liquidations $42.4M — longs $7.7M, shorts $34.7M (lower bound). Last 24h: $0.00 across 0 bursts.
24h return dispersion σ 4.75% across 160 markets.
Widest 7-day gap in Infrastructure: NIL +109.5% vs AR +10.0% — 100pp apart.
At open-interest cap: CANTO, FTM, JELLY, LOOM, RLB, VINE, ZEREBRO.
1 market excluded from this issue (unlisted in our registry or missing a week of candles) — excluded means excluded, never zero-filled.
Machine-written from venue data and machine-checked before publish; sections that fail checks are omitted, whole editions are withheld. Perpetual futures are high-risk, leveraged instruments — this is market reporting, not investment advice or a recommendation of any kind.