Bitcoin and Ether perpetuals spent 70% of yesterday's time at price inside a band only 0.55% wide, and both now trade above it.

$BTC's value area ran from $77,677.65 to $78,104.02 around a most traded price of $77,929.59. It closed the session at $78,313.00 and trades at $78,127.40 ahead of the US open, still over the top of that band.

$ETH built its value area from $2,260.18 to $2,272.58, centred on $2,267.50, and now trades at $2,296.12. Both coins opened the day lower than where they settled. The first hour held Bitcoin between $77,462.20 and $77,671.80, beneath the range where most of the session's trading ended up.