AM edition
issue generated 2026-10-20 06:33 UTC · data as of 2026-10-20 06:31 UTC
75 up · 102 down · 1 flat — 57.3% of markets down 24h
AM edition
issue generated 2026-10-20 06:33 UTC · data as of 2026-10-20 06:31 UTC
75 up · 102 down · 1 flat — 57.3% of markets down 24h
7-day: Layer 1 leads at -7.0%; Gaming lags at -14.0%.
Perps tape stayed mixed with 102 coins down versus 75 up and median change at -0.28%. Total volume reached $4.06B while open interest held at $11.01B. Shorts paid out $3.55M in the largest burst, all on ETH.
340 markets (162 hip-3) · $7.34B 24h volume ($3.28B hip-3) · $14.97B open interest ($3.96B hip-3) · median crypto 24h -0.3%
Infrastructure rose 0.84% over 24h against a 0.28% median move across the tape, against a 8.83% 7-day slide. AltLayer (ALT) rose 15.90% on $1.7M of volume, with funding at 10.9% annualized as longs pay shorts. A 2nd straight edition higher for the category.
Sonic led Layer 1 with a 6.61% gain while NEAR Protocol slid 5.54% and Filecoin dropped 3.43%, keeping the category 0.17% lower on the day. Funding flipped to shorts paying at -51.06% for S while the group’s mean funding sits at 10.28%. The category posted its second straight edition lower.
Ondo flipped from shorts paying to longs paying at 10.95% funding, the only sign flip inside the category. Pons rose 2.76% while Pump.fun eased 1.05% and Pax Gold slipped 1.01%. The group extended its two-edition winning streak and now ranks second by volume.
AI rose 1.46% over 24h against a 0.28% median move across the tape, against a 8.14% 7-day slide. Worldcoin (WLD) rose 9.68% on $73.8M of volume, with funding at 10.9% annualized as longs pay shorts. A 3rd straight edition higher for the category.
OI-weighted funding +9.2% annualized at the issue clock — longs paying shorts.
Extremes: XMR +47% ann (longs pay) · SAND -158% ann (shorts pay) · S -51% ann (shorts pay)
World Liberty Financial volume printed 3.65 times its seven-day average yet the token fell 5.47%. Curve DAO rose 3.83% and USD.AI gained 3.06% while Ether.fi dropped 4.96%, leaving the category 0.12% higher. No clear catalyst in the chatter.
Pepe (1000x) rose 3.66% and SPX6900 added 1.46% while Cash Cat slid 5.18% and Fartcoin eased 2.17%. The category finished flat against a -0.28% median, its first non-negative print in the last three editions.
Arbitrum gained 1.57% after DAO voters approved a 100M ARB allocation for stablecoin apps. Starknet fell 5.06% in post-rally profit-taking. The group lagged the tape by 1.54 points.
Gaming fell 0.19% over 24h against a 0.28% median move across the tape, extending a 13.99% 7-day slide. The Sandbox (SAND) fell 5.81% on $1.9M of volume, with funding at 157.6% annualized as shorts pay longs. A 8th straight edition lower for the category.
7-day confirmed liquidations $128.3M — longs $95.8M, shorts $32.6M (lower bound). Last 24h: $3.5M across 1 burst — largest $3.5M in ETH shorts.
24h return dispersion σ 3.16% across 139 markets.
Widest 7-day gap in Layer 2: ARB +5.0% vs STRK -35.2% — 40pp 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.
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