Crypto market today — BTC $78,233 (+0.7%) · premium +0.95% · 101 up vs 60 down · 30 Aug

The past 24 hours (measured by AntProfit · as of 08:30 on 30 Aug KST)

These numbers are not borrowed from other outlets — we read them directly from 21 exchanges.

A funding rate at the 0.01% baseline means longs are not crowding the futures market. And a premium near zero means both sides run at a similar temperature. With far more gainers than losers, the market moved together today.

Biggest gainers and losers (24h)

We count only coins with at least $10M turnover listed on three or more exchanges (this keeps single-venue pumps and scam tokens out). Prices come from the largest venue by turnover; turnover from the largest spot venue.

Biggest gainers

Biggest losers

Where the money went (turnover far above a week ago)

• BMT $0.0230 (+5.9%) — spot turnover $94.5M, 10.7x a week ago
• TAC $0.002413 (+3.25%) — spot turnover $1.2M, 7.7x a week ago
• HNT $0.4184 (+79.26%) — spot turnover $7M, 6.3x a week ago

If turnover jumps while the price does not, someone large may be accumulating or exiting — check the order book on the coin page.

Kimchi premium right now

The kimchi premium (the price gap between Korean and overseas exchanges) is +0.95% — 24h average +0.81%, range +0.25% to +0.95%. Korea is slightly more expensive = normal domestic demand.

Coins with the widest gaps in our latest scan (one row per coin):

• MANTRA premium — Binance $0.00433 · Upbit $0.004867 — 12.40% apart
• PROM premium — DigiFinex $6.24 · Upbit $6.90 — 10.55% apart
• DEXE premium — HTX $2.04 · Bithumb $2.23 — 9.10% apart

Read these gaps after fees, transfer time and FX. They are not an arbitrage call — they are a thermometer for which side of the market runs hotter.

Funding-rate skew (which way futures lean)

The funding rate is a fee that passes periodically between longs and shorts in perpetual futures. Positive means longs pay shorts; the further it drifts from the 0.01% baseline, the more crowded one side is.

• BTC 0.0048% per 8h (about 0.01% a day) — At the baseline = longs are not crowded
• ETH 0.0028% per 8h (about 0.01% a day) — At the baseline = longs are not crowded
• TUT a lot of money is betting it falls — holding leverage costs about 11.9% a day (Bybit)
• ONG a lot of money is betting it falls — holding leverage costs about 8.59% a day (Bybit)

A holding cost this wide is not an income opportunity — it is a signal that one side is badly crowded. On such coins, price swings dwarf the fee.

Yesterday's main stories

1. Hawkish Fed Remarks and Bitcoin ETF Outflows

On August 29, 2026, reports highlighted that Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh delivered a hawkish debut speech at the Jackson Hole meeting, warning that inflation remains high and stating that forward guidance (projections on future interest rate paths) is outdated. This raised the probability of a September interest rate hike from 35% to 60%. Consequently, US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a net outflow of $201.9 million on Friday, August 28, 2026, ending a nine-day streak of inflows that had brought in approximately $3 billion.

This development caused Bitcoin's price to plunge from a high of $81,330 to the $77,000 range due to increased macroeconomic uncertainty.

2. Bitcoin Knots Proposes PoW Algorithm Change

On August 29, 2026, reports revealed that Luke Dashjr, a core Bitcoin developer and leader of the Bitcoin Knots project, announced a mainnet rehearsal (version 29.4.1rc4) scheduled for Sunday, August 30, 2026. The rehearsal aims to transition the proof-of-work algorithm from SHA-256 to BLAKE2b.

This hard fork (a major network upgrade that is backward-incompatible) attempt raised concerns over compatibility with existing ASIC mining hardware and potential chain splits, introducing technical uncertainty to the market.

3. Conflict of Interest Concerns Over Trump Family's WLF

On August 29, 2026, the Wall Street Journal reported that Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the National Security Advisor of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and his co-investors hold a significant stake in World Liberty Financial (WLF), a crypto venture led by the family of US President Donald Trump.

This foreign funding has sparked intense criticism regarding potential conflicts of interest and foreign influence, which could act as a political variable for future US crypto regulations and approval guidelines.

What to watch today and this week

1. 31 Aug (Mon) - 02 Sep (Wed) — Hosting of the Asian flagship Bitcoin conference 'ORIGIN SEOUL 2026' at Lotte World Tower SKY31 Convention in Seoul. This major regional event brings together industry participants to discuss the Bitcoin ecosystem.
2. 01 Sep (Tue) — Official release of Bitcoin Knots version 29.4.1. This final version will officially implement the hard fork to transition the algorithm to BLAKE2b.
3. 01 Sep (Tue) — Sui (SUI) token unlock of 28.55 million tokens. The release of these tokens, valued at approximately $30 million and representing 1.12% of the circulating supply, increases the active market supply.
4. 01 Sep (Tue) — EigenLayer (EIGEN) token unlock of 39,488,745 tokens. EigenCloud (formerly EigenLayer) will release 4.49% of its circulating supply into the market.
5. 03 Sep (Thu) 20:00 KST — Delisting of ICON (ICX), Secret (SCRT), and Status (STORJ) spot trading pairs on Binance. The global exchange will completely terminate all trading services for these three specific tokens.

Volatility often picks up around these dates. Simply knowing when they land helps you avoid being caught off guard.

Newly listed (past 3 days)

• FONE — on 4 exchanges, spot turnover $1.1M
• BISCOTTI — on 3 exchanges, spot turnover $1.1M

Newly listed coins have short price histories and swing hard day to day. If the name is unfamiliar, start with the exchange count and turnover on the coin page.

This wrap is compiled automatically every morning. The numbers are read directly from 21 exchanges by AntProfit; stories and dates are included only when the source checks out. Nothing here recommends a trade.