AM edition
issue generated 2026-10-11 06:34 UTC · data as of 2026-10-11 06:33 UTC
90 up · 88 down — 50.6% of markets up 24h
AM edition
issue generated 2026-10-11 06:34 UTC · data as of 2026-10-11 06:33 UTC
90 up · 88 down — 50.6% of markets up 24h
PM edition
issue generated 2026-10-11 18:31 UTC · data as of 2026-10-11 18:30 UTC
142 up · 35 down · 1 flat — 79.8% of markets up 24h
7-day: Layer 2 leads at +4.4%; Memes lags at -9.7%.
Weekend tape stayed flat with 90 coins up and 88 down, median change 0.03%. Total volume $2.97B, open interest $11.96B. Shorts paid on BTC, AVAX, GRAM and MET; longs paid on ATOM and JUP. STRK short liquidation of at least $1.16M was the session's largest burst.
178 markets · $2.97B 24h volume · $11.96B open interest · median 24h +0.0%
Layer 2 rose 5.71% over 24h against a 0.03% median move across the tape, extending a 4.37% 7-day advance. Starknet (STRK) rose 53.64% on $152.0M of volume, with funding at 10.9% annualized as longs pay shorts. A 5th straight edition higher for the category. ZKsync turned over 6.6× its trailing 7-day average volume.
Conflux and Celestia led Layer 1 with 27.84% and 24.56% gains on 45.68× and 3.57× volume spikes. Category rose 1.37% against a 0.03% median, a fourth straight edition higher. Funding mean -1.45% with MINA at -388.06%. No clear catalyst in the chatter.
Jupiter funding flipped from shorts_pay to longs_pay at 10.95% while USD.AI and Aerodrome posted 20.54% and 16.46% gains on 5.53× volume. Category rose 1.62% for a fourth straight edition higher. Funding mean 10.55%.
Other category lagged the tape with 0.97% gain, a second straight edition higher. Volume stayed in line with the 0.03% median. Funding mean 11.07%. No clear catalyst in the chatter.
OI-weighted funding +2.3% annualized at the issue clock — longs paying shorts.
Extremes: MINA -388% ann (shorts pay) · SAND -97% ann (shorts pay)
AI category extended its slide, down 1.24% for a second straight edition lower against a 0.03% median. Funding mean 10.94%. No clear catalyst in the chatter.
Memes rose 0.11%, a fourth straight edition higher, but lagged the 0.03% median. Funding mean 6.99%. No clear catalyst in the chatter.
Infrastructure category rose 0.27% for a fifth straight edition higher, matching the 0.03% median. Funding mean 10.95%. No clear catalyst in the chatter.
The Sandbox funding at -97.45% kept shorts paying in Gaming, the category's lone mover. Group slipped 0.66% for a second straight edition lower. Funding mean -20.47%.
7-day confirmed liquidations $175.4M — longs $170.3M, shorts $5.1M (lower bound). Last 24h: $1.2M across 1 burst — largest $1.2M in STRK shorts.
24h return dispersion σ 6.56% across 146 markets.
Widest 7-day gap in Layer 2: STRK +104.1% vs ARB -3.1% — 107pp 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 +7.7%; Memes lags at -6.6%.
Broad-based gains lifted 142 of 178 coins as Layer-1 and Layer-2 tokens led the tape; total 24h volume reached $3.81B while shorts absorbed $7.27M in liquidations, the largest burst hitting BTC.
178 markets · $3.81B 24h volume · $12.29B open interest · median 24h +1.4%
Sonic rose 43.63% and flipped category funding to longs_pay, lifting Layer 1 to a fifth straight edition higher. Conflux added 9.92% on the new Chinese blockchain policy, its volume 6.71× the seven-day average. The category rose 3.39% against the 1.43% median, outpacing the tape on two volume anomalies and a funding flip.
Shorts covering Starknet drove a 13.14% squeeze that pushed the token’s funding to 55.91% annualized and lifted Layer 2 volume 4.91× its seven-day mean. The category printed a sixth consecutive edition higher and closed at its seven-day high. MegaETH rose 12.69% with no clear catalyst in the chatter.
USD.AI jumped 10.46% on multichain expansion and a new credit facility, its volume 4.73× the seven-day average and extending DeFi’s fifth straight edition higher. Ether.fi climbed 10.35% while Aave slipped 0.22% despite Citrini Research inclusion. The category gained 2.7% against the 1.43% median on selective rotation.
USELESS led the Other category with a 10.07% gain and 34.33% annualized funding. Pump.fun rose 4.22% while Pons slipped 0.91%. The category advanced 1.38% versus the 1.43% median.
OI-weighted funding +5.3% annualized at the issue clock — longs paying shorts.
Extremes: STRK +56% ann (longs pay) · FARTCOIN +53% ann (longs pay) · USELESS +34% ann (longs pay) · MET -138% ann (shorts pay) · XMR -59% ann (shorts pay)
Grass and Venice posted double-digit gains of 18.65% and 10.14%, reversing the AI category’s seven-day decline of 3.57%. The sector printed its first edition higher after four lower and closed 4.41% above yesterday’s levels. No clear catalyst in the chatter.
Cash Cat and Purr rose 9.66% and 6.67% while Pudgy Penguins slipped 0.51%, splitting the meme tape and reversing a five-edition losing streak. The category gained 2.35% against the 1.43% median on thin breadth.
Wormhole and Nillion advanced 10.54% and 6.85%, lifting Infrastructure 2.37% versus the 1.43% median and extending a sixth straight edition higher. Volume remained in line with the seven-day average and funding held near 10.94%.
The Sandbox fell 2.8% on the day, paring prior gains ahead of its October studio launch and flipping the category funding regime to longs_pay. Gaming slipped 0.11% against the 1.43% median, its second straight edition lower.
7-day confirmed liquidations $181.5M — longs $170.3M, shorts $11.2M (lower bound). Last 24h: $7.3M across 2 bursts — largest $6.1M in BTC shorts.
24h return dispersion σ 5.24% across 142 markets.
Widest 7-day gap in Layer 2: STRK +122.0% vs MEGA -6.4% — 128pp 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.