AM edition
issue generated 2026-10-17 06:32 UTC · data as of 2026-10-17 06:31 UTC
32 up · 146 down — 82.0% of markets down 24h
AM edition
issue generated 2026-10-17 06:32 UTC · data as of 2026-10-17 06:31 UTC
32 up · 146 down — 82.0% of markets down 24h
7-day: Layer 1 leads at -2.9%; Gaming lags at -13.4%.
Crypto perpetuals slipped across the board with 146 of 178 coins lower, a 2.03% median decline, and $1.39M in long liquidations recorded in a single burst.
340 markets (162 hip-3) · $8.33B 24h volume ($2.96B hip-3) · $15.18B open interest ($3.85B hip-3) · median crypto 24h -2.0%
Celestia led Layer 1 higher with a 17.7% advance on 3.83× normal volume after the Eden AI-agent chain launch. The category posted a 1.34% decline against the 2.03% tape median, narrowing its seven-day loss to 2.86%. Berachain fell 11% with funding at –131.2% while Polkadot and Zcash posted modest gains. A second straight edition lower for the group.
Pump.fun rose 1.68% after launching perpetual futures on Hyperliquid, while STBL dropped 11.06% on 4.3× average volume. The category slipped 3.26% versus the 2.03% median, extending its seven-day decline to 11.15%. STBL’s volume spike stood out against otherwise quiet tape. A second straight edition lower for the group.
EigenLayer and Lighter advanced 7.93% and 6.64% while USD.AI and Aerodrome fell 9% and 4.85%, splitting the tape inside DeFi. The category pared its decline to 0.76% against the 2.03% median and flipped from shorts-pay to longs-pay funding. A second straight edition lower for the group.
Worldcoin climbed 5.61% on short liquidations and South Korean retail flow while Grass and Venice fell 7.15% and 5.42%. The category posted a 24-hour return of -2.17%, extending its seven-day loss to 6.51%. A second straight edition lower for the group.
OI-weighted funding +7.1% annualized at the issue clock — longs paying shorts.
Extremes: XMR +33% ann (longs pay) · BLUR -452% ann (shorts pay) · BERA -131% ann (shorts pay)
Starknet slid 14% after holders voted on post-quantum Layer 1 research, while Aztec and MegaETH edged higher. The category extended its decline to 3.3% versus the 2.03% median, a second straight edition lower. A second straight edition lower for the group.
Memes fell 2.48% over 24h against a 2.03% median move across the tape, extending a 8.82% 7-day slide. Purr (PURR) fell 6.75% on $1.2M of volume, with funding at 10.9% annualized as longs pay shorts. A 2nd straight edition lower for the category.
LayerZero and Pyth Network dropped 12.72% and 11.1% while Nillion rose 2.16%. The category fell 2.6% against the 2.03% median, extending its seven-day loss to 5.19%. A second straight edition lower for the group.
Gaming perps slipped 2.64% versus the 2.03% median, extending the seven-day decline to 13.39%. The category posted its second straight edition lower with thin chatter across the slice. A second straight edition lower for the group.
7-day confirmed liquidations $89.9M — longs $79.4M, shorts $10.6M (lower bound). Last 24h: $1.4M across 1 burst — largest $1.4M in SOL longs.
24h return dispersion σ 3.87% across 147 markets.
Widest 7-day gap in Layer 1: TIA +50.0% vs BERA -14.9% — 65pp apart.
At open-interest cap: CANTO, FTM, JELLY, LOOM, RLB, VINE, ZEREBRO.
2 markets 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.