Daily market brief

Crypto market brief · 2026-08-09

BTC +0.13% over 24h. Liquidity state: SUPERPOSITION (51). US traders have bid below the global price for 95 straight days. Fear & Greed 31 (fear).

This is the archived market brief for 2026-08-09. The numbers below reflect the market at the end of that day. View today's brief →

Market pulse

Where the market stands right now: price, dominance, sentiment, and sideline capital.

  • BTC $64937 · +0.13% in 24h
  • BTC dominance 56.66% · total market cap $2.3T
  • Fear & Greed: 31 (Fear)
  • Retail Euphoria Index: 49 (BALANCED)
  • Stablecoin supply: $307.3B · +$387.7M 24h

Liquidity & stress

ByKaranteli's own liquidity-state model plus the gap between US-regulated and global pricing.

  • PsiCharge state: SUPERPOSITION · score 51/100
  • In this state over the last 12 months (2918 readings), BTC averaged -0.30% over the next 24h and closed higher 51% of the time
  • Coinbase Premium -0.08%: US bids below global price, day 95 of the streak

Flow & positioning

Order-flow toxicity and where leveraged open interest moved in the last 24 hours.

  • BTC order-flow toxicity (VPIN) 0.12, 22th percentile of 90 days
  • Biggest OI move: SOLUSDT open interest +10.5% with price +3.1% (longs building)
  • Across 10 tracked majors: 2 adding leverage, 1 squeezing out

Options desk

Implied volatility and what the tape actually paid for in the last 24 hours.

  • BTC implied volatility (DVOL): 34.2
  • 24h taker premium: $309974 into calls vs $433653 into puts
  • Largest print: buy BTC-25DEC26-62000-P · $1.2M premium
  • Put/call OI ratio 0.58 · call wall at $80000, put wall at $60000

Liquidations

Forced liquidations recorded across our exchange feeds in the last 24 hours.

  • 24h wipeouts: $15.2M longs vs $27.7M shorts across 33,658 events
  • Largest single liquidation: SOLUSDT $1.0M
  • No cascade in 24h (2 in the last 30 days)

ETF flows

US spot ETF net flows, last finalized trading day.

  • BTC ETFs +$98.8M on 2026-08-07 · day 5 of the inflow streak
  • ETH ETFs +$49.6M on 2026-08-07 · day 4 of the inflow streak

Calendar

What is scheduled, and what similar days have actually done to price.

  • FOMC statement · September 15-16, 2026 in 39 days
  • Fed days move BTC 2.9x a normal half hour (24 meetings measured)
  • CFTC week of 2026-08-04: hedge funds net -7,240 BTC futures contracts (-367 WoW)

Signal desk

Our automated engine's honest numbers: every trade published, net of fees, slippage, and funding.

  • 4 signals closed in 24h (0 wins / 4 losses) · aggregate net -2.86%
  • Rolling 30d: 533 trades · 38.5% win rate · net profit factor 0.95