At 23:00 in the evening, first check the conflict signal: $BTC rises to around 63,019. In the past 24 hours, it’s up 1.85%, but the contract open interest actually dips slightly by 0.2%.
This isn’t a走势 of going in together with leverage. It looks more like spot and aggressive buy orders are pushing the price up.
The aggressive buy ratio is 1.37, indicating buyers are more proactive right now; but the long-side share has already reached 61%, so the crowding risk is also rising.
Fear and greed is only 22—sentiment is still in the fear zone—so this isn’t “emotionally overheated.” The issue is that long positions are already a bit one-sided.
On events: overseas, people are still discussing an escalation of geopolitical conflict. Politics-related tokens and high-volatility small coins are easily pulled around by sentiment.
At the same time, some analysts claim that the holders of $BTC are close to the end of their “capitulation/handing in” signal. Such talk will reinforce the narrative of “bottom building,” but you still need to see whether open interest expands again on the chart.
On the $SOL side: Pump fun today again sold 122,498 tokens of $SOL —about $10.08 million. That’s real supply pressure, not just a slogan.
The invalidation conditions are simple: if the aggressive buy ratio for $BTC falls back below 1, while the long-side share remains above 60%, then the safety cushion behind the current rebound will thin.
Conversely, only when open interest turns into a clearly noticeable increase, and the funding rate doesn’t keep rising, can it be considered that the longs are being carried more healthily.
About 13 hours ago in the morning: a bearish review—warning of high-level distribution. This set of recaps: out of 3, OGN cashes out and weakens, ALLO is still in a tug-of-war, and KAITO shows a rebound. Initial lineup observation review: the chips are dispersing.
OGN: cashing out—this one is currently weakening after the morning drop. After the initial release, the price continues to fall 7.74%, indicating that the high-level support/takeover failed to hold and the pullback came through. Open interest declines in sync by 27.26%, which isn’t just sideways rotation and turnover—it’s more like the enthusiasm is cooling off. Trading volume, however, increases by 33.09%; while the price moves down, sell pressure is stronger on the order book.
ALLO: tug-of-war—this one is bearish in the morning, but a one-way downside confirmation hasn’t formed yet. After the initial release, the price only dips 2.11%; the decline isn’t decisive, suggesting the bears haven’t fully pressed down. Active buy/sell order net falls from 1.11 to 0.94—active buys do step back some, but trading volume also shrinks by 10.96%. So it looks more like a tug-of-war cooling off rather than a clear cash-out.
KAITO: rebound—this one has been weakened after the morning bearish setup. After the initial release, the price doesn’t drop but rebounds 5.31%; the direction goes opposite to the high-level distribution warning. Open interest increases by 8.34%, but trading volume drops 51.85%, indicating this isn’t a volume-expansion, one-way selloff—there’s still disagreement during the rebound.
Next, keep watching these two things for this set: when the price pulls back, does trading volume continue to expand, and does open interest also withdraw. If OGN’s weakness continues while ALLO and KAITO’s active buy orders keep retreating, that would confirm this pullback more convincingly. On the other hand, if the rebound continues with open interest rising and active buy orders regain dominance, then this morning’s bearish line needs to be rechecked.
This morning the top 3 gainers are up, and now in the evening I’m reconciling accounts—let’s see whether after the initial offering, the price change is supported by the position size.
#POWER has gone quiet. After the initial offering, the price dropped 13.1%, and the 24-hour gain fell from 39.78% to 11.78%. The open interest fell from 6.141 million to 5.259 million—high-level pullback risk hasn’t disappeared yet.
#BLUAI has gone quiet. After the initial offering, the price dropped 19.1%, and the open interest fell in parallel by 26.16%. The funding rate shifted from 0.0063% to -0.0068%—it looks more like repricing after the initial heat has drained.
#VANRY is being pulled back and forth. After the initial offering, the price only rose slightly by 0.39%, but open interest increased by 5.48%. The active buy/sell order flow dropped from 1.05 to 0.94, suggesting that a one-way directional confirmation hasn’t been given yet.
Tonight I’ll only look at one verifiable signal: whether the price change continues to receive same-direction confirmation from open interest. The invalidation conditions are also simple: for the “gone quiet” assets, they need to move back above the initial-offering price and the open interest must be repaired in sync; for the “pulled back and forth” assets, we need to see continued same-direction expansion in both price and open interest.
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11:30 Midday first reports an order-book discrepancy: fear of greed 22. BTC mark price 61,942; down 1.73% over the past 24 hours, yet the long position ratio is still 64%. Active buy and sell orders are only 0.88, meaning the active sell orders are heavier. Open interest is 6.201 billion (640.1 million), but it’s down 1.1% instead of increasing—this isn’t new capital piling in; it’s leverage shrinking.
This lines up with the news flow as well: BTC has been pushed back into the 60,000–62,000 range; oil prices, the Iran conflict, and the Fed’s cautious stance are all pressuring risk positions. The key isn’t that there are more scary headlines, but that the price is falling, open interest is dropping, and the long ratio is still high. In this kind of structure, longs aren’t absent—there are simply too many of them, too crowded.
Also take a separate look at TRUMP. Geopolitical news draws attention, but the price is around 1.91; active buy/sell orders are 0.8993; the funding rate is -0.0256%, and sellers still have the upper hand. If momentum stays hot while price doesn’t follow, it means traders are dealing with an emotion shell rather than real bid support.
Two other threads are more about policy and structure: the Reserve Bank of India supports a nationwide ban, which is regional regulatory pressure; the growth in tokenized stock transfer is up 105% to $8.4 billion, which indicates an expansion in capital pipelines. The former suppresses risk appetite; the latter doesn’t rescue the leverage in the near term. The midday boundary is very clear: first watch whether BTC can reclaim and hold above 62,000; once 60,000 is breached to the downside, the crowding level of longs at 64% will turn into a risk source.
Contract 24H Gainers Board · Deep Dive into the Top 3
At 10:00 Beijing time, first quickly go through the top 3 on Binance’s 24-hour contract gainers list. This set is objectively ranked by publicly reported 24-hour price gains. When monitoring, focus on whether the percentage gain, trading volume, open interest, and long/short structure are moving in sync.
POWER 24-hour gain: 39.78%, current price: 0.10644. 24-hour trading volume is about $151 million, open interest about $6.14 million. Open interest over the past 24 hours increased by 101.4%, and in the last hour increased by 20.4%. Funding rate: 0.0154%, and long positions have paid for 8 consecutive rounds. The long-to-short ratio is 1.87, with longs accounting for 65%. However, the Super Trend indicator still shows a downward move.
BLUAI 24-hour gain: 34.63%, current price: 0.020394. 24-hour trading volume is about $18.18 million, open interest about $7.09 million. Open interest over the past 24 hours increased by 21.3%, and in the last hour increased by 7.2%. Funding rate: 0.0063%. Longs have paid for 1 consecutive round—relatively mild. But the relative strength indicator is 86.6, and the price is already in the overbought zone.
VANRY 24-hour gain: 18.58%, current price: 0.007385. 24-hour trading volume is about $153 million, open interest about $8.85 million. Open interest over the past 24 hours increased by 13.0%, and in the last hour slightly decreased by 0.2%. Funding rate: -0.0176%. Shorts have paid for 8 consecutive rounds. The contract premium rate is -0.3018%, suggesting that although the spot is on the gainers board, derivatives pricing remains relatively cautious.
The shared observation is that the front-runners on the gainers board often see an increase in trading activity, rapid changes in open interest, and simultaneous deviations in funding rates. This kind of positioning typically amplifies volatility—especially be alert for high-level pullbacks and sudden cooling in open interest. #POWER #BLUAI #VANRY #Contract order book
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Bias toward a dip and a pullback. OGN, ALLO, and KAITO prices are still rising, but while they’re up, the structure has loosened—don’t just look at the green percentage increase. What to fear isn’t that it doesn’t rise; it’s that as it keeps rising, the bid support thins out. In the morning session, watch for signs of a pullback and confirm whether the support is thinning.
OGN: current price 0.01886, up 13.34% in 24 hours, with about $39.94M in volume. Open interest increased 142.8% in 24 hours but fell 8.0% over the last 1 hour. Funding rate -1.1567%, 5 consecutive rounds of short-side fees, premium -1.1901%, and the chips are dispersed. This suggests the upward move is still happening, but positions are showing short-term withdrawal—chasing higher prices could get punished by both a snapback and a pullback at the same time. The counterpoint is that the super trend is still rising; relative strength at 61.2 is still in the neutral zone, not entering one-way breakdown.
ALLO: current price 0.41523, up 4.32% in 24 hours, with about $44.72M in volume. Open interest decreased slightly by 0.2% over 1 hour and only increased by 1.1% over 24 hours. Active buy/sell is 1.11 slightly buy-leaning, long/short ratio is 0.64, retail accounts are only 39% long, and the chips are dispersed. This means there’s still active buying on the surface, but the structure hasn’t accelerated further—chasing higher comes with the risk that after a push up, the support thins out. The counterpoint is that the funding rate is only 0.005%, premium is 0.005%, and the super trend is still rising.
KAITO: current price 0.6571, up 8.24% in 24 hours, with about $143M in volume. Open interest increased 17.6% over 24 hours but dipped slightly by 0.4% over 1 hour. Active buy/sell is 0.75, which is weaker (sell-leaning), premium -0.1535%, top accounts have a long/short ratio of 2.24, and the chips are dispersed. This indicates the price increase and volume are still there, but active support isn’t keeping up—next, watch whether it turns around. The counterpoint is that relative strength at 52.0 is still in the neutral zone, and the super trend is still rising—so it’s not a one-way breakdown for now.
Don’t just look at the upside percentage in this kind of market—chasing can get tortured by both a snapback and a pullback. If support continues to thin out, this pullback line will be playing out; if it reintroduces volume and holds, then this assessment needs to be reconsidered.
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07:00 Replay Audit First Look at the Results: Last time the Fear-for-Greed was 21 in the morning; BTC was around 62,549. Now fear-for-greed is 20; BTC mark price is 62,278.7. The signal hasn’t been fixed—it’s just continuing to grind along at the lows.
The abnormal point is the capital structure: BTC is down 1.96% over 24 hours, but the long-position ratio is still at 64%. The active buy/sell order ratio is only 0.86, which suggests the account positioning is still biased to longs, yet the trade flow is more actively selling.
Open interest is $6.263 billion, down 1.0% versus the previous cycle. This isn’t a rush of new money—more like in the decline, some people are cutting positions while others are still holding on.
On the news side, the most direct driver is that BTC has again been pushed back into the 60,000 to 62,000 support range. Oil-price shocks, the situation in Iran, and the U.S. interest-rate narrative being somewhat cautious are all adding pressure to risk assets.
On the other side, Bitcoin spot funds showed signs of turning after prior outflows of $8 billion. This isn’t an immediate “pump” signal, but it will determine whether the 62,000 area sees passive stopping-the-bleed, or whether it continues to be pushed through by active sell pressure.
SOL is more straightforward.
Pump fun sold another 122,498 SOL today, about $10.08 million; cumulatively it has sold 4,656,826 SOL at an average price of $170.7.
SOL’s current mark price is 77.44, down 4.18% over 24 hours. It’s the weakest among the mainstream. Ongoing on-chain supply and contract weakness point in the same direction.
Next, the order book only has two boundaries.
For BTC: if the long-position ratio stays high and the active buy/sell ratio remains below 1, any rebound near 62,000 is likely to turn into a long-led self-rescue.
For SOL: if it continues to be dragged by spot sell pressure, 77 isn’t the key—what matters is whether sell pressure has stopped. Whether the funding rate is positive or not is no longer the primary contradiction.
Using the same criteria as last time: a big rise alone isn’t a signal. We need to look at trading volume, open interest, and funding rate together.
The morning results were pretty straightforward—the top three weren’t just simple pump-ups; something in the order book was changing.
$POWER up 23.9%.
Volume reached 121 million, and open interest surged another 65.5%. This doesn’t look like a pulse with no volume.
But the aggressive buy side didn’t clearly overpower the sell side, suggesting the price pushed up quickly and there’s also significant divergence inside the market. Next, we’ll see whether this batch of newly added positions can keep propping it up.
$OGN up 19.6%.
Most interestingly, the funding rate hit -1.787%—shorts are already being charged at an extremely high level—yet open interest still increased by 162.0%.
That kind of structure usually means shorts are stubbornly absorbing, and the more positions they stack, the thicker the pile becomes—and the more likely it is to produce even larger volatility later.
$BLUAI up 17.9%.
Up 17.9%, volume 10.57 million; aggressive buys clearly outweighed sells, and the number of long-side participants is also more dominant.
Funding rate at -0.104% is still shorts paying, which suggests that after the price went up, the shorts haven’t fully pulled out—the order book still has that squeeze pressure.
Quick glance at ranks 4 through 10.
MAGMA up 16.5%, EVAA up 15.6%, APE up 14.5%, TAKE up 13.1%, UAI up 12.6%, BABA up 12.3%, VANRY up 10.6%.
This batch mostly looks like follow-through from the strong leaderboard—whereas the truly solid data is still the first three.
Among squeeze candidates, POWER, OGN, and BLUAI are all on the list.
Especially OGN: the cost burden on shorts is already extremely extreme, and open interest is surging in at a doubled level. This kind of structure is more worth watching for continuation than ordinary “top gainer” setups.
Overall sentiment: money is huddling into high-volatility names—but not every rally is of the same quality.
In the morning, focus on whether OGN’s funding-pressure continues to build; second, whether POWER’s newly added positions will fade or not.
At 02:00 AM, the top ten contract gainers are highly concentrated in focus. The strength isn’t just from a simple rise in price—it’s a clash between the percentage gain, open interest, and the funding rate.
$POWER is up 45.7%. Open interest has surged by 86.5%—this isn’t slow accumulation; it’s money rushing in over a short time. Turnover is 49.58 million. The aggressive buy/sell order flow is close to balanced (long/short ratio 1.95). There’s a lot of disagreement, but the price has already pushed higher first.
$TAKE is up 16.3%. Open interest increased by 23.4%. The long/short ratio shot up to 2.93, with a clear tilt toward longs on-exchange. But aggressive buy/sell orders are only 0.78—chasing prices isn’t going smoothly. If the price can hold up, then that’s where it gets interesting.
$VANRY is up 15.4%. Turnover reached 145 million, the highest volume among the top three. Funding rate is -0.016%. The shorts are still paying to hold their ground, while open interest rises 19.6%. The longer this structure drags on, the more likely it is to squeeze the market.
The next few also have momentum, but their strength is one tier lower. HEI is up 12.5%, APE up 11.0%, BABA up 10.9%, VELVET up 10.6%, MMT up 10.1%, UAI up 9.5%, EDGE up 9.2%.
On the downside it’s even harsher: LAB is down 75.0% with open interest down 30.2%; TAG is down 48.1% with open interest down 45.1%; TAC is down 42.5% with open interest down 14.0%. This looks more like a stampede after funds withdraw.
The main squeeze candidates to watch are POWER and VANRY. POWER shows extreme inflow in open interest; VANRY is shorts paying to hold—and running into a large amount of trades.
Overall, the vibe is that funds are clustering around a small number of high-volatility names. For continuity, focus first on VANRY’s trading activity and changes in POWER’s open interest.
23:00 evening prior capital pressure point: fear greed 20. Mark price 61,873.7 for $BTC . Down 2.61% over the last 24 hours.
What’s even more striking is the structure.
The $BTC contract’s open interest is 6.28 billion USD, down 2.4% in 24 hours, indicating someone is unwinding leverage—not just simple rotation.
But the long side ratio is still 64.0%, and the active buy/sell order imbalance is only 0.96, meaning the bids haven’t overwhelmed the asks.
Prices are falling, open interest is dropping, and longs are still getting squeezed. This combination is most afraid of continuing passive deleveraging.
$ETH also has similar pressure: mark price 1,728.996, down 3.34% over the last 24 hours, with the funding rate reading at +0.0058.
The funding rate for $BTC is also +0.0058.
Plain English: prices are dropping, but longs are still paying costs to hold their positions. Even if the direction is right, it’s easy to get knocked through by volatility.
$SOL is the opposite: mark price 77.06, down 5.74% over the last 24 hours, with the funding rate reading at -0.0023.
It’s not that longs are crowded—it's that shorts are starting to pay.
If the broader market stops falling, the shorts’ cover on $SOL will be more sensitive; if the broader market keeps pressing down, the negative funding rate can’t stop the price slide either.
For catalysts, just look at three items.
First, BNB Chain is building a new layer of network for high-frequency trading and AI agent applications. This corresponds to the trading infrastructure narrative—not an immediate change in price—but it will draw the order book to focus on speed, matching, and robot trading-related directions.
Second, the U.S. crypto regulatory bill has a Senate deadline on August 7. Regulatory expectations will affect funding rates for major coins and institutional positioning—especially since leverage has already been shrinking.
Third, Iranian and Hormuz risk is still unfolding. These kinds of messages hit altcoins and meme liquidity even faster, because they rely on sentiment buyers, not deep liquidity.
There are also anomalies on the small-cap side.
SPELL’s funding rate is down to -1.919%, which is extreme short crowding.
But this isn’t something you can treat as safe just because the funding is negative—you must first check whether sell pressure on spot has truly stopped.
Next, just watch three numbers.
Whether $BTC ’s open interest can stop falling.
Whether the active buy/sell order imbalance can return to above 1.
If the long ratio of 64% doesn’t drop, and price still falls, then the risk isn’t that a rebound hasn’t come—it’s that the market is about to clear out a round first. #futures order book
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A replay of the morning bearish / high-level distribution alert from about 13 hours ago is here. There were three distribution alerts in the morning, and all three played out—prices kept weakening. Initial issuance—what to observe: positions were dispersed.
OPG: Played out; the morning bearish direction broke out as expected. After the initial issuance, price continued to weaken by 7.37%, and the intraday gain/loss range also compressed from 4.2% down to -13.16%, indicating the pullback did not extend into a one-way push upward. Open interest dropped in parallel by 8.28%, and trading volume shrank by 70.6%. The order book looked more like a slow decline after the initial heat faded.
BANANA: Played out; the high-level distribution alert was not able to hold. After the initial issuance, price continued to weaken by 7.26%, and open interest fell by 22.02%, suggesting this wasn’t just price oscillation—the positioning was also being withdrawn. Right now, the long-side share is still 64%, but price remains at low levels, meaning the long structure hasn’t been able to pull the board back up again.
CHIP: Played out; the morning bearish line was also confirmed. After the initial issuance, price continued to weaken by 4.92%. The active buy/sell order ratio dropped from 1.8 to 0.93, and the active buy side clearly retreated. Open interest edged down by 3.23%; coupled with the price weakness, the market temporarily isn’t showing strong absorption—it’s cooling down gradually as it declines.
Next, keep watching two confirmation points for this set. If price weakly rebounds but still can’t get back above the area near the initial issuance, and if active buying remains below the earlier levels, then this pullback is likely still ongoing. The counter-conditions are also clear: a rebound on increasing volume, open interest getting replenished again, and active buying continuing to rise—then you should revisit this high-level distribution line.
Review the “ramp-up watch” from the bullish morning about 13 hours ago. Out of the three that were bullish in the morning, LDO continued to apply pressure; SPELL and USTC fizzled out. The result was: 1 pulled through, 2 didn’t catch the move.
Opening-round recap: the chips are tightening.
SPELL: fizzled out; the bullish move in the morning didn’t break through. After the initial round, the price fell 6.23%, and the direction is already opposite to the bullish watch. The open interest actually increased by 10.18%, but active buy orders dropped from 0.98 to 0.88—suggesting that adding positions didn’t lift the price back up. The chart looks more like inadequate follow-through after a ramp-up.
LDO: continued to apply pressure—this is the one that came out of the bullish set in the morning. After the initial round, the price stayed up by another 1.51%, while open interest continued to rise by 18.82%, indicating the price didn’t back off and positioning is still being picked up. However, active buy orders fell by 0.29; the chase-buy strength isn’t as strong as in the morning. Next, we’ll see whether new positioning can continue to cooperate with the price.
USTC: fizzled out; the bullish setup in the morning was clearly weakened. After the initial round, the price dropped 7.47%, while open interest decreased by 21.14%. This isn’t continuation aligned with the bullish thesis—it looks like the heat left first. Although active buy orders rebounded, it didn’t change the structure of the price and open interest both weakening at the same time. At present, it looks more like it’s falling behind.
Next, we’ll mainly watch two points along this line. First, whether LDO’s price can continue to rise in the same direction as open interest, to confirm whether there’s still follow-through within this bullish set. Second, whether SPELL and USTC can once again show price stopping the decline, open interest replenishing, and active buys repairing; if price stays weak and open interest stays scattered, then treat it as a counter-signal and reassess.
Checking the top 3 gainers on the morning board now—this evening, the order book is showing pretty clear divergence.
EVAA: Realization. After the initial listing, the price continued to rise 8.53%, from 2.9353 to 3.1856. Open interest increased from 34.3289M to 38.3754M, up 11.79%, but the aggressive buy/sell order balance fell from 1.08 to 0.98.
CLO: Pull and tug. After the initial listing, the price moved only 0.34%, from 0.21253 to 0.21326, without giving any one-direction confirmation. Open interest went from 6.8441M to 6.8284M, and the funding rate dropped from 0.0473% to 0.0228%.
EDGE: Realization. After the initial listing, the price continued to surge 26.78%, from 0.4037 to 0.5118. Open interest rose from 7.0249M to 11.6167M, up 65.36%, but the relative strength indicator is already at 81.8.
Keep an eye on whether open interest and the aggressive buy/sell order balance continue to align. If the price keeps pushing higher while the aggressive buy/sell balance weakens, high-level volatility is more likely to be amplified. #EVAA #CLO #EDGE #contract order book
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About 6 hours ago, morning bearish / top-distribution alert recap: among the 3 contracts that were flagged at the time, OPG and CHIP have delivered (their downside played out), BANANA is consolidating on lower volume, and overall it’s 2 starting to weaken while 1 has not yet broken into a one-way decline.
Initial release observation recap: the chips (positioning/capital) are dispersing.
OPG: it has delivered; the morning top-distribution bearish alert has indeed played out. After the initial release, price continued to weaken by 6.13%, and the intraday change swung from +4.20% down to -25.86%, indicating the pullback is not just a mild sideways wobble. Open interest also fell in sync by 5.11%: price went down, but positioning was being withdrawn; there wasn’t any clear effort by buyers to pull the market back up.
BANANA: it’s consolidating on lower volume; the morning bearish direction only played out halfway. After the initial release, the price pulled back 2.49%, but intraday it’s still +3.08%, meaning it hasn’t produced a one-way selloff like the other two. Open interest decreased by 11.23%, and the active buying order flow dropped from 1.04 to 0.92. Selling pressure is easing, but the tape looks more like a pull-and-tug after a cooldown.
CHIP: delivered; this morning’s bearish alert has also played out. After the initial release, price continued to weaken by 5.27%. The intraday change moved from +6.80% back to -1.00%, meaning the earlier top-end lift has been given back. More importantly, active buying fell from 1.80 to 0.74, while volume increased by 20.07%. This suggests the pullback wasn’t happening because nobody was trading—rather, buyer follow-through clearly stepped back.
Next, keep watching this line for two points: first, whether after the pullback in OPG and CHIP the open interest continues to decline, to confirm whether this retracement has follow-through. Second, if BANANA’s active buying is lifted back up and the price no longer tracks weakness, then it should be re-evaluated out of the one-way bearish category. #OPG #BANANA #CHIP #Contract recap
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About 6 hours ago—morning bullish pull-up watch recap: 3 out of 3—LDO cashed out, SPELL tugged around, and USTC fizzled out; that is, 1 broke out while 2 failed to take it.
Initial watch recap: the chips were being tightened.
SPELL: tug-of-war; the morning bullish move didn’t manage to continue in a single direction. After the initial post, price pulled back 1.4%, and open interest also fell 5.46%, indicating that price and the fund structure didn’t connect together to carry the bullish direction through. Trading volume expanded 44.86%, but the active buy ratio dropped to 0.81—here it feels more like disagreement amplifying rather than a smooth continuation.
LDO: cashing out—this bullish move broke through. After the initial post, price kept rising 4.78%, and open interest increased in tandem by 19.91%, suggesting the pump wasn’t just drifting prices upward; contract funds also followed through. However, the active buy ratio fell from 1.16 to 1.04—still on the buy side, but momentum cooled down. Next, we need to see whether it can maintain support.
USTC: fizzled out—the morning bullish attempt wasn’t taken up. After the initial post, price dropped 5.04%, and open interest fell 18.15%, showing this wave wasn’t about continuing the rally—heat is retreating. Funding rate moved to -0.0274%, and the active buy ratio remains only 0.61; the order book didn’t provide confirmation that strength is turning back on.
Next, focus mainly on three points along this line: whether price can lift again in line with the bullish direction, whether open interest can refill along with it, and whether the active buy ratio can regain a more dominant side. If price rebounds but open interest doesn’t catch up, or if the active buy ratio keeps staying weak, then you need to re-watch this morning’s bullish setup.
#Contract recap
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11:30 Midday First Report: Abnormal Order Book Signals—Fear of Greed for 20. BTC mark price: 63,010.9. In the past 24 hours it has fallen only 0.42%, yet contract open interest has dropped to 6.29 billion, down 3.3%.
Prices have not clearly broken down, positions have been pulled first, suggesting leverage is cooling—not new funds are forcefully absorbing.
More importantly, the proportion of BTC long positions is still 61%, while the active buy/sell order imbalance is only 0.89.
Although the account side is tilted toward longs, the side with execution power is biased toward the sell side. This structure is not friendly for a push higher; it can easily become “more longs, but insufficient buy-side.”
In terms of news, pick the two most relevant items to watch.
The U.S. securities regulator’s “crypto safe harbor” may enter public discussion this month. And the crypto bill is also still stalled until after the Senate recess before August 7. This will continue to provide a policy narrative backdrop for BTC and major coins.
Trump has once again publicly stated that he supports crypto and Bitcoin. TRUMP-related topics may be reignited, but the corresponding technical picture remains weak: strength/weakness reading 43.46, trend still downward, active buy/sell imbalance 0.8993, and funding rate slightly negative. This indicates that “hotness” doesn’t necessarily mean the order book has already caught it.
SOL on the other hand looks more like an abnormality point on the contract radar.
SOL mark price: 79.19073551. It fell 2.42% over 24 hours, and the funding rate is at -0.42%.
The short side has already been paying more heavily. If price does not keep being pushed lower, short covering will be forced to accelerate; but if the negative funding rate remains while price continues to drift down, then that’s weak momentum continuing—not a “cheap entry” signal.
Next, only watch two boundaries.
For BTC to recover: first see whether the active buy/sell imbalance can return above 1, and whether open interest stops falling; otherwise, the policy and Trump news can only be considered an upper-side disturbance.
For SOL to disprove a crowded short: first see whether the area around 79 can hold and bring out a relief covering; otherwise, a negative funding rate is just cost compensation within weakness.
In the top 3 list of the 24-hour contract gainers, the current leaders are EVAA, CLO, and EDGE. Based on the publicly available 24-hour percentage gain rankings, here’s a quick rundown for anyone monitoring the charts.
EVAA: Current price $2.9353. 24-hour gain: 183.91%. Trading volume: $660 million. Open interest: $34.3289 million, up 342.5% over the past 24 hours. Funding rate: 0.0585%, with long positions paying for 8 consecutive periods—suggesting long-position costs have already been pushed higher. Relative strength indicator: 80.3, which is in the overbought zone. The super-trend is rising. Order-book strength is still firm, but congestion in the high area is increasing as well.
CLO: Current price $0.21253. 24-hour gain: 44.94%. Trading volume: $47.8924 million. Open interest: $6.8441 million, up 62.9% in the past 24 hours. Funding rate: 0.0473%, also long positions paying for 8 straight periods. The premium rate is 0.3305%, the highest among the three. Relative strength indicator: 83.2 in overbought territory. The buy/sell ratio is 1.01, close to balanced—indicating the price increase is more pronounced, but there isn’t a clearly one-sided chase higher.
EDGE: Current price $0.4037. 24-hour gain: 27.03%. Trading volume: $139 million. Open interest: $7.0249 million, up 34.2% in the past 24 hours. Funding rate: 0.005%. Long positions have paid for 8 consecutive periods, but funding pressure is lower than the first two. Long/short ratio: 1.31; long positions account for 57%. Large traders’ long/short ratio is also 1.31. Structurally, longs have the advantage. Relative strength indicator: 70.7, also entering the overbought range.
Common thing to watch: the synchronicity of funding rate, open-interest changes, and overbought conditions. In the front of the gainers list, you often see a combination of increased trading activity, rapid accumulation of open interest, and rising funding rates. If open interest later falls while price volatility increases, the risk of a pullback at high levels will become more evident.
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High-Level Distribution Warning: OPG, BANANA, and CHIP as a group show a morning bias toward a gradual drop and pullback. Don’t only look at the percentage gains. Prices are up, but the structure has loosened, and the order flow looks dispersed. What to fear isn’t that it doesn’t rise—it's when it rises while the follow-through keeps thinning. Then you should watch for the confirmation of the pullback and the thinning follow-through.
OPG current price 0.1289, up 4.2% over 24 hours, with about $98.73 million in trading volume. Open interest is about $6.58 million, up 26.3% over 24 hours, and up 2.2% in 1 hour. However, the contract premium is -0.687%. With the Supertrend pointing downward, it suggests the position build-up isn’t structurally solid as money pours in. A counterpoint is the funding rate at -0.1362%, with 5 consecutive periods of shorts paying fees, and only 38% of retail traders going long—there may be disturbances that could force a squeeze.
BANANA current price 3.29, up 5.18% over 24 hours, with about $33.43 million in trading volume. Open interest is about $1.95 million, up 79.5% over 24 hours, and up 6.0% in 1 hour. Meanwhile, 69% of retail traders are long—if chasing after a run-up, the market may punish you with both a snapback and a pullback at the same time. The counterpoint is the buy/sell ratio for active trading at 1.04—active buying hasn’t fully disappeared. If it can put volume back and hold steady again, the “gradual drop” assessment needs to be rechecked.
CHIP current price 0.03456, up 6.8% over 24 hours, with about $57.07 million in trading volume. Open interest is about $10.71 million, up 23.4% over 24 hours. The contract premium is -0.1778%. Relative strength is in a neutral zone around 49.0—there’s still upside in the move, but the structure hasn’t provided a strong continuation signal. The counterpoint is the active buy/sell ratio at 1.8 and the Supertrend still pointing upward—this is also the key condition you need to watch on the short term to potentially overturn the bearish view.
These three aren’t about who will drop faster. It’s about whether the follow-through behind the gains will turn around. If the follow-through keeps thinning, the pullback line is already in motion. If it regains volume and holds steady, then this judgment must be reconsidered. #OPG #BANANA #CHIP #Contract order book
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Bullish. For this setup, I’m watching SPELL, LDO, and USTC—all are moving in the same direction over the past 24 hours, with open interest also tracking upward, and the trend indicators are all rising.
The chips are tightening. Next, I’ll watch whether price follow-through and open-interest expansion can be confirmed. If either side breaks, we need to reassess this logic.
For SPELL, the strongest point is that the price is up 21.2% over 24 hours, with trading volume of $58.75 million. Open interest is up 147.6% over 24 hours.
At the same time, the funding rate is -1.7732%, with 6 consecutive periods of shorts paying funding—so the order book markings suggest it could be squeezing shorts.
The counterpoint is that the buy/sell pressure ratio is 0.98, which isn’t particularly strong. If the price follow-through slows down and open interest then falls back, we need to reconsider the continuation of the move.
For LDO, the price is up 10.89% over 24 hours, with trading volume of $41.96 million. Open interest is up 47.5% over 24 hours.
The buy/sell pressure ratio is 1.16, indicating buy-side dominance, and the trend indicators are also rising.
The counterpoint is that the funding rate already reflects longs paying. Also, the long/short ratio at the top is 2.32, leaning toward longs. If it keeps getting crowded but the price doesn’t follow, this thesis should cool down and be observed.
For USTC, the price is up 3.27% over 24 hours, with open interest up 46.0% over 24 hours, and the trend indicators are rising.
The long/short ratio is 1.97, with longs at 66%, suggesting the market sentiment is somewhat bullish. However, the buy/sell pressure ratio is only 0.61, meaning selling-side pressure is still present.
The counterpoint is here: if the主动 sell pressure continues to hold down the price, and the 1-hour open-interest change keeps slipping, then the short-term direction needs to be reassessed.
What I’ll be watching next for this set is whether price follow-through, open-interest expansion, and the confirmation of buy-side activity can continue.
If these conditions keep holding, this line can keep playing out. If price weakens, open interest falls back, or selling pressure expands, then we need to reassess this direction.
07:00 first look at the order book mismatch: fear and greed at 27—sentiment still in a low zone, but BTC longs make up 59%.
The issue is that the ratio of passive buy value is only 0.89, which means there are more long participants, but it doesn’t necessarily mean bids are actively pushing the price higher.
BTC futures open interest is $6.323 billion, down 4.1% over the past 24 hours.
This isn’t a leveraged-up surge structure. It looks more like one side selling off while reducing positions. The market is clearing leverage—not a coordinated chase for long positions.
BTC funding rate is still at +0.0067%, yet the price has fallen by 1.13%.
Longs are still paying, but the price isn’t giving positive feedback. This structure is most afraid of continued grind damage: the denser the longs, the more proactive buying is needed to push the price back above 1.
ETH here has the same contradiction.
The news says Bitmine is buying ETH and that Robinhood’s Layer 2 network drives ETH toward near 2,000, but the order book’s marked price is only 1,774.64, down 1.74% in the past 24 hours. Funding rate is +0.0029%.
The narrative is there, but the price hasn’t confirmed.
If ETH can’t first digest the positive funding during the down move, the so-called move toward 2,000 is more like overhead narrative pressure than an already-realized trend.
There are two news items most worth watching.
First, the SEC crypto safe harbor may enter public discussion this month. Rule adjustments have also been placed on the 2026 agenda. This is a mid-term compliance expectation, more directly relevant to mainstream assets like BTC and ETH.
Second, Trump continues to release pro-crypto signals. Social buzz can lift short-term risk appetite, but TRUMP’s own order book doesn’t cooperate: the trend is weak, proactive buying is insufficient, and funding rates are slightly negative. You can’t directly equate political heat with token strength.
There are also squeeze signals on the smaller-cap side.
SPELL funding rate is down to -2.0%, LAB to -1.047%, and GWEI to -0.828%. This is a crowded short zone, where passive tug-of-war is prone to happen.
But the main line still depends on whether BTC open interest can stop falling, and whether the proactive buy ratio can return above 1.
The boundary is clear right now: news flow is slightly warm, while the futures side is reducing leverage.