Daily Market Movers — Sunday, July 26, 2026

Bitcoin dominance reached 56.5% on July 26, 2026, per CoinGecko, while total market cap settled at $2.29 trillion, up 0.9% over 24 hours. Shiba Inu led all gainers with a 28.4% surge; Loopring dropped 6.2% as the day's worst performer. The Fear & Greed Index sat at 26 (Alternative.me), even as BTC and ETH posted gains of 1.0% and 1.6%. DefiLlama put total value locked across all protocols at $76.1 billion on July 26, flat over the prior week, while BTC dominance climbed from 55.8% seven days earlier. Ethereum traded at $1,884, 42% below its March 2026 high of $3,250, though its 1.6% daily gain outpaced Bitcoin's 1.0%. Binance's BTC/USDT volume hit $12.4 billion over 24 hours against $5.1 billion for ETH/USDT — Bitcoin still commands most spot activity even as Shiba Inu's 28.4% spike shows speculative capital moving into smaller-cap assets.

Top Gainers Analysis

Bitcoin trades at $64,377 as of July 26, up 0.63% over 24 hours, per CoinMarketCap. Ethereum gained 1.01% to $1,876, and the global crypto market cap rose 0.79% to $2.2 trillion, per eToro data. Binance spot volume held near $532 million with price action stuck in an under-$800 range, while the Fear and Greed Index slipped to 26 ("Fear") from 27 the day before, per Alternative.me. Bitcoin ETF outflows hit $225.2 million on July 23, ending a seven-session inflow streak, per SoSoValue — BlackRock's IBIT alone accounted for $202.5 million of the redemptions. Total spot Bitcoin ETF assets stood near $78.82 billion after that session. Ethereum ETFs moved the opposite direction, pulling in $26.32 million the same day, led by Fidelity's FETH at $14.93 million. Crypto derivatives saw $433 million in liquidations over the 24 hours to July 26 (UTC+8), per MyToken, led by Bitcoin at $20.6 million, Solana at $17.68 million, and Ethereum at $11.8 million. Longs accounted for $42.6 million of that total against $36.1 million in shorts, per Coinglass. Funding rates stayed below the 0.005% bearish threshold, with BTC's weighted rate at 0.0029% and ETH's at 0.0018%, per CoinGlass — a sign bearish sentiment persists despite the price rebound. The global long/short ratio sat at 1.78, with 64% of accounts net long, per blockchain.news. Solana traded at $74.33, up 0.50% over 24 hours, per Bitget News, and led all blockchains with 18 million weekly active addresses. XRP sat at $1.09 (+0.56%) and Dogecoin climbed 4.20% to $0.0725, per CoinMarketCap, while Shiba Inu posted the largest 24-hour gain in the top 100 at +25.75%. DeFi total value locked stood near $120.1 billion, per DefiLlama. DEX volume reached $11.85 billion over 24 hours and perpetuals volume hit $46.5 billion, while stablecoin market cap held at $307.3 billion.

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Notable Losers

Loopring (LRC) dropped 6.2% to $0.0188 on Binance, with 24-hour volume at $2.9 million — a move that looks more like profit-taking after recent volatility than a fundamental shift. The decline tracks broader altcoin weakness, and the thin volume points to limited aggressive selling rather than a whale exit. That remains the main risk: a break above $2.9 million in volume would signal the sell-off is gaining conviction, not fading.

What to Watch

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