AM edition
issue generated 2026-10-09 06:35 UTC · data as of 2026-10-09 06:34 UTC
57 up · 121 down — 68.0% of markets down 24h
AM edition
issue generated 2026-10-09 06:35 UTC · data as of 2026-10-09 06:34 UTC
57 up · 121 down — 68.0% of markets down 24h
PM edition
issue generated 2026-10-09 18:31 UTC · data as of 2026-10-09 18:30 UTC
163 up · 15 down — 91.6% of markets up 24h
7-day: Gaming leads at -1.0%; Memes lags at -13.9%.
Perpetuals tape turned mixed with 121 of 178 coins lower and a -1.22% median move. Total volume reached $8.96B while open interest held at $11.93B. Long liquidations topped $108M, led by a $50M ETH burst.
178 markets · $8.96B 24h volume · $11.93B open interest · median 24h -1.2%
Layer 2 rose 2.91% over 24h against a 1.22% median move across the tape, against a 4.25% 7-day slide. Starknet (STRK) rose 41.64% on $67.0M of volume, with funding at 10.9% annualized as longs pay shorts. Starknet turned over 11.2× its trailing 7-day average volume.
Layer 1 perps diverged sharply from the broader tape as ATOM and TIA posted outsized gains while MINA and NEAR slid double digits. Volume anomalies hit TIA and ATOM with multiples of 4x and 3.37x their 7-day averages. The category extended a seven-edition losing streak against a -7.81% 7-day return.
Other category coins extended a nine-edition decline, sliding 1.72% on the day versus a -10.27% 7-day arc. PONS led the drop at -12.54% amid chatter around a newly launched Solana token sharing its ticker. Volume remained light with no funding flips or volume anomalies registered.
DeFi perps posted a second straight edition lower, falling 1.84% against a -5.85% 7-day return. AERO and LIT bucked the trend with gains of 6.86% and 4.35%, while CRV and MET dragged. MET flipped from shorts_pay to longs_pay at 10.95% funding and printed an 8.27x volume spike.
OI-weighted funding +8.3% annualized at the issue clock — longs paying shorts.
Extremes: GRIFFAIN +46% ann (longs pay) · VVV +33% ann (longs pay) · MINA -202% ann (shorts pay) · SAND -175% ann (shorts pay) · TRX -40% ann (shorts pay)
AI perps lagged the tape with a -1.43% move, extending a five-edition slide against an -8.69% 7-day return. GRIFFAIN jumped 12.83% at 46.08% funding while VVV fell 7.95% at 32.6% funding, both extremes. VVV volume ran 3.91x its 7-day average.
Memes diverged internally as FARTCOIN rose 5.11% and TRUMP ticked up 1.05% while CASHCAT and PURR fell 8.55% and 6.97%. The category flipped from shorts_pay to longs_pay and extended a seven-edition decline against a -13.87% 7-day return.
Infrastructure perps rose 0.34% against the tape's -1.22% median, climbing to seventh in volume rank from sixth. PYTH led with a 15.76% jump, printing a 13.86x volume multiple. W and ENS fell 6.22% and 4.24%.
Gaming perps extended a nine-edition decline, falling 0.69% on the day and sitting at the weekly lead with a -0.97% 7-day return. SAND slid 3.19% after a new Phemex perpetual listing was announced, flipping funding to shorts_pay at -175.23%.
7-day confirmed liquidations $171.1M — longs $170.6M, shorts $505.1K (lower bound). Last 24h: $108.2M across 9 bursts — largest $50.1M in ETH longs.
24h return dispersion σ 5.29% across 167 markets.
Widest 7-day gap in Layer 2: STRK +55.3% vs ARB -13.8% — 69pp 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.
7-day: Layer 2 leads at +3.0%; Memes lags at -7.8%.
Broad-based gains lifted 163 of 178 coins as the median token rose 3.38% and total day volume reached $4.62B. Shorts paid out on SAND, MINA and SKY while GRIFFAIN longs paid 88.98% annualized; a single $3.3M short liquidation in BTC was the only burst.
178 markets · $4.62B 24h volume · $11.79B open interest · median 24h +3.4%
Starknet rose 26.03% on 6.74× volume while ZKsync rose 28.71% on 3.28× volume, lifting the category 7.56%—more than double the tape median—and extending its two-edition winning streak.
Cosmos Hub led Layer 1 with a 19.82% jump and 4.84× volume surge after funding flipped to shorts paying 25.77% annualized. Sonic followed with a 16.06% gain and its own funding sign change to longs paying. Algorand and Celestia slipped 3.57% and 2.58% respectively, leaving the category 3.43% higher against the 3.38% tape median. No clear catalyst in the chatter.
Pax Gold rose 1.58% while Pons added 0.31% after its Upbit listing. Pump.fun slid 2.89%, pulling the category to a 1.82% gain that reversed its prior seven-day decline of 6.05%.
Jupiter rose 8.44% and Curve DAO rose 5.93% while Meteora funding flipped to longs paying 10.95% yet the token fell 6.33%, leaving the category 2.96% higher.
OI-weighted funding +6.4% annualized at the issue clock — longs paying shorts.
Extremes: GRIFFAIN +89% ann (longs pay) · SAND -177% ann (shorts pay) · MINA -163% ann (shorts pay) · SKY -62% ann (shorts pay)
AI rose 3.41% over 24h against a 3.38% median move across the tape, against a 3.84% 7-day slide. Grass (GRASS) rose 11.63% on $6.7M of volume, with funding at 10.9% annualized as longs pay shorts.
Fartcoin rose 8.70% and Pepe (1000x) added 4.35%, driving the category 3.63% higher and reversing its seven-day slide of 7.77%. No clear catalyst in the chatter.
Infrastructure rose 4.53% over 24h against a 3.38% median move across the tape, extending a 1.56% 7-day advance. Wormhole (W) rose 12.27% on $4.3M of volume, with funding at 10.9% annualized as longs pay shorts. A 2nd straight edition higher for the category.
Gaming rose 5.25% over 24h against a 3.38% median move across the tape, against a 2.09% 7-day slide. The Sandbox (SAND) rose 1.68% on $3.0M of volume, with funding at 177.5% annualized as shorts pay longs.
7-day confirmed liquidations $174.4M — longs $170.6M, shorts $3.8M (lower bound). Last 24h: $3.3M across 1 burst — largest $3.3M in BTC shorts.
24h return dispersion σ 4.59% across 152 markets.
Widest 7-day gap in Layer 2: STRK +77.3% vs ARB -7.7% — 85pp 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.