The median USDT borrow APR across the 3 venues was 4.15%, with OKX cheapest at 3.5% and Binance most expensive at 4.88%. The best recorded carry was $BTC on Binance at 10.51%, from a 10.95% funding APR and a 0.44% borrow APR.
Across $SOL , $ETH and $BTC , total long open interest was $67.5M and total short open interest was $20.2M, with the JLP pool at $851.8M. The most utilised market was $SOL short at 57.8% utilisation with a 0.0006% hourly borrow rate.
Data wrap 2026-09-09. Liquidations recorded in 24h: $203.6M (longs $123.8M, shorts $79.8M, 76,759 events, most in $BTC at $46.5M; largest single print $4.0M on $BTC ).
Perp open interest across 25 venues: $72.84B (-1.06% vs 24h earlier), DEX share 14.1%.
US spot BTC ETFs, settled 2026-09-08: -$46.6M net; ETH ETFs -$24.3M.
Hyperliquid top-300 whales: 38% of notional long across 82 accounts.
Largest $BTC resting wall: ask $17.1M at 78,312 (+0.1% from mid).
Recorded by ByKaranteli collectors around the clock.
Fear and Greed sits at 66, down 3 in 24h, so greed is easing. Stablecoin cap is up 0.13% while BTC dominance is 58.37%, which reads as rotation back to $BTC .
Binance global long short account ratio for $BTC was 1.16, and the top trader position ratio was 2.12. The 24 hour cumulative taker delta for $BTC was -1,873 BTC, measured as buy minus sell volume, and $DOGE had the most stretched ratio at 2.73.