{ "capturedAt": "2026-09-19T08:20:00Z", "purpose": "Preserved Spectre data snapshot behind the article 'Friday's 5% Bitcoin rally, hour by hour'. All times UTC. Values are as recorded by Spectre's own collectors; nothing is estimated.", "liveSource": "Spectre Data API (https://spectreai.io/docs): /v1/prices/BTC/ohlcv, /v1/derivatives/liquidations, /v1/derivatives/composite/oi, /v1/derivatives/composite/funding, /v1/market/fear-greed, /v1/etf/flows, /v1/macro/equity-indices, /v1/market/regime", "btcCoinbaseSpotHourly": { "venue": "Coinbase Exchange", "instrument": "BTC-USD", "columns": ["hourStartUtc", "open", "high", "low", "close"], "rows": [ ["2026-09-17T20:00Z", 76525, 76676, 76425, 76499], ["2026-09-17T21:00Z", 76499, 76562, 76332, 76349], ["2026-09-17T22:00Z", 76343, 76400, 76187, 76360], ["2026-09-17T23:00Z", 76360, 76444, 76299, 76349], ["2026-09-18T00:00Z", 76349, 76530, 76217, 76526], ["2026-09-18T01:00Z", 76526, 76699, 76444, 76663], ["2026-09-18T02:00Z", 76664, 76969, 76568, 76909], ["2026-09-18T03:00Z", 76909, 77528, 76900, 77312], ["2026-09-18T04:00Z", 77312, 77500, 77143, 77500], ["2026-09-18T05:00Z", 77508, 77647, 77371, 77427], ["2026-09-18T06:00Z", 77427, 77606, 77332, 77527], ["2026-09-18T07:00Z", 77527, 77778, 77497, 77735], ["2026-09-18T08:00Z", 77735, 78204, 77583, 78192], ["2026-09-18T09:00Z", 78192, 78410, 77935, 78148], ["2026-09-18T10:00Z", 78148, 78300, 78042, 78221], ["2026-09-18T11:00Z", 78221, 78373, 77956, 77995], ["2026-09-18T12:00Z", 77996, 78124, 77917, 77978], ["2026-09-18T13:00Z", 77978, 80448, 77901, 80025], ["2026-09-18T14:00Z", 80024, 80950, 80024, 80909], ["2026-09-18T15:00Z", 80913, 81105, 80478, 80701], ["2026-09-18T16:00Z", 80701, 81253, 80640, 80824], ["2026-09-18T17:00Z", 80825, 81000, 80553, 80995], ["2026-09-18T18:00Z", 80995, 81133, 80778, 80926], ["2026-09-18T19:00Z", 80926, 81388, 80885, 81189], ["2026-09-18T20:00Z", 81200, 81227, 80923, 81100], ["2026-09-18T21:00Z", 81100, 81295, 81081, 81224], ["2026-09-18T22:00Z", 81224, 81365, 81063, 81133], ["2026-09-18T23:00Z", 81133, 81196, 80844, 80875], ["2026-09-19T00:00Z", 80875, 81659, 80822, 81658] ], "computed": { "thursday2000CloseToFriday2300Close": "76,499 to 80,875 = +5.72%", "hour1300Utc": "open 77,978, close 80,025, high 80,448 = +2.63% open to close", "fridayHigh": "81,388 in the 19:00 hour", "usCashOpen": "13:30 UTC (09:30 New York)" } }, "liquidationsByHourUsdMillions": { "assets": ["BTC", "ETH", "SOL"], "source": "Spectre liquidation_events across collected venues; side = the side that was liquidated", "columns": ["hourStartUtc", "shortsLiquidated", "longsLiquidated"], "rows": [ ["2026-09-17T20:00Z", 1.4, 1.0], ["2026-09-17T21:00Z", 2.4, 1.8], ["2026-09-17T22:00Z", 1.8, 2.4], ["2026-09-17T23:00Z", 0.3, 0.9], ["2026-09-18T00:00Z", 1.3, 0.9], ["2026-09-18T01:00Z", 2.3, 1.1], ["2026-09-18T02:00Z", 3.3, 1.1], ["2026-09-18T03:00Z", 17.3, 3.4], ["2026-09-18T04:00Z", 6.5, 2.5], ["2026-09-18T05:00Z", 6.0, 1.3], ["2026-09-18T06:00Z", 0.7, 1.4], ["2026-09-18T07:00Z", 4.8, 1.4], ["2026-09-18T08:00Z", 8.9, 1.1], ["2026-09-18T09:00Z", 7.4, 2.2], ["2026-09-18T10:00Z", 2.4, 1.8], ["2026-09-18T11:00Z", 1.3, 4.5], ["2026-09-18T12:00Z", 1.5, 1.4], ["2026-09-18T13:00Z", 66.6, 2.8], ["2026-09-18T14:00Z", 19.7, 2.3], ["2026-09-18T15:00Z", 7.8, 2.6], ["2026-09-18T16:00Z", 9.4, 0.8], ["2026-09-18T17:00Z", 3.6, 2.1], ["2026-09-18T18:00Z", 10.1, 0.6], ["2026-09-18T19:00Z", 20.6, 1.9], ["2026-09-18T20:00Z", 3.5, 5.7], ["2026-09-18T21:00Z", 4.2, 3.3], ["2026-09-18T22:00Z", 2.7, 3.2], ["2026-09-18T23:00Z", 7.8, 2.7] ] }, "liquidationsDailyAllAssetsUsdMillions": { "columns": ["dateUtc", "shortsLiquidated", "longsLiquidated"], "rows": [["2026-09-16", 112, 122], ["2026-09-17", 115, 66], ["2026-09-18", 344, 93]] }, "btcCompositeOpenInterestUsdBillions": { "source": "Spectre composite open interest across 15 venues", "rows": [["2026-09-17T20:00Z", 25.60], ["2026-09-18T13:29Z", 24.40], ["2026-09-18T13:34Z", 26.59], ["2026-09-18T19:59Z", 28.37]], "note": "Venue coverage and reporting lag vary through the series, so single five-minute steps such as 13:29 to 13:34 are not reliable; the day-on-day change from 25.60 to 28.37 (+10.8%) is the robust figure." }, "btcWeightedFundingPct8h": { "rows": [["2026-09-17T20:01Z", 0.0067], ["2026-09-18T13:01Z", 0.0043]], "note": "A neutral funding rate is 0.01% per 8 hours. Values were below neutral at both observations, so shorts were not paying a large premium before the move." }, "fearGreedIndex": { "rows": [["2026-09-18T00:15Z", 63, "Greed"], ["2026-09-18T12:04Z", 67, "Greed"], ["2026-09-18T18:04Z", 73, "Greed"], ["2026-09-18T23:04Z", 74, "Greed"]] }, "spotEtfFlowsSession20260918UsdMillions": { "recordedAt": "2026-09-18T16:00Z", "btcAggregate": 433.03, "btcByFund": {"FBTC": 310.72, "IBIT": 108.44, "BITB": 9.69, "HODL": 2.29, "ARKB": 1.88}, "ethAggregate": 143.80, "ethByFund": {"ETHA": 114.32, "FETH": 26.24, "ETHV": 1.92, "ETHW": 1.32}, "aumUsdBillions": {"btcSpotEtfs": 102.53, "ethSpotEtfs": 16.72}, "note": "Funds with no reported flow for the session are omitted." }, "priceChanges24hAt20260918T1825Z": { "source": "Spectre /v1/prices", "rows": {"BTC": 5.41, "ETH": 5.93, "SOL": 10.83, "UNI": 15.04, "XRP": 7.13, "ARKM": 7.67}, "totalCryptoMarketCapUsdTrillions": 2.78, "btcDominancePct": 58.47 }, "equitiesAndMacroCloses": { "source": "Spectre tradfi_spot (Stooq/Yahoo), last record before 21:00 UTC each day", "columns": ["symbol", "thu20260917", "fri20260918"], "rows": [["SPX", 7637.76, 7650.50], ["NDX", 29446.98, 29644.17], ["VIX", 15.44, 14.81], ["US10Y", 4.95, 5.00], ["DXY", 100.23, 100.22], ["WTI", 101.22, 95.35], ["GOLD", 4381.10, 4416.80]], "wednesday20260916Close": {"SPX": 7551.81, "NDX": 28945.06, "VIX": 17.71}, "wednesday24hChangePct": {"SPX": -0.45, "NDX": 0.02, "VIX": 2.97}, "thursday24hChangePct": {"SPX": 1.14, "NDX": 1.73, "VIX": -12.82}, "friday24hChangePct": {"SPX": 0.17, "NDX": 0.67, "VIX": -4.08, "US10Y": 1.03, "WTI": -6.44, "GOLD": 0.39} }, "regimeClassifier": { "computedAt": "2026-09-18T14:34Z", "regime": "bull", "confidence": 1.0, "btcReturn30dPct": 19.68, "btcReturn90dPct": 21.45, "rulesMatched": ["btc_ret_30d_>15%", "fg_>55", "etf_net_positive", "dominance_stable_or_falling"] }, "chartLevelsAt20260918T1810Z": { "BTC": {"daily": {"trend": "down (lower highs/lower lows from swing points)", "resistance": 81163, "support": 79550}, "weekly": {"trend": "range", "resistance": 81583, "support": 78784}, "fourHour": {"trend": "up", "rsi14": 78.2}, "range52w": {"low": 57800, "high": 124774, "positionPct": 35}}, "ETH": {"daily": {"trend": "down", "resistance": 2615, "support": 2406}, "weekly": {"trend": "down", "resistance": 2618, "support": 2499}}, "SOL": {"daily": {"trend": "down", "resistance": 125.2, "support": 98.2}, "weekly": {"trend": "up", "resistance": 117.7, "support": 105.5}} }, "binanceAccountPositioning": { "source": "Binance global long/short account ratio and top-trader long/short ACCOUNT ratio (Spectre long_short_ratio_history, verified against Binance's public API by the independent reviewer)", "note": "Share of accounts positioned long, not position size, margin or market-wide exposure. Binance also publishes a top-trader POSITION ratio (0.7001 on Thursday evening, 0.6697 on Saturday morning for BTC); it is a different series and is not mixed with the account figures here.", "rows": [ ["2026-09-17T20:30Z", "BTC", "global", 0.590], ["2026-09-17T20:30Z", "BTC", "top_trader_accounts", 0.601], ["2026-09-17T20:30Z", "ETH", "global", 0.743], ["2026-09-17T20:30Z", "ETH", "top_trader_accounts", 0.629], ["2026-09-19T08:07Z", "BTC", "global", 0.484], ["2026-09-19T08:07Z", "BTC", "top_trader_accounts", 0.518], ["2026-09-19T08:07Z", "ETH", "global", 0.686], ["2026-09-19T08:07Z", "ETH", "top_trader_accounts", 0.547] ] }, "btcLiquidationHeatmapAt20260919T0700Z": { "source": "Spectre liquidation_heatmap (modelled resting liquidation clusters by leverage band); spot reference 81,146", "note": "A cluster is a level where resting leveraged positions would be forced to close if price reached it. It is a level, not a prediction.", "shortClustersUsdMillions": [[82769, 209.6], [84392, 209.6], [85203, 349.4], [86556, 349.4], [89260, 349.4]], "longClustersUsdMillions": [[77089, 327.9], [75736, 327.9], [73031, 327.9]] }, "reportsInPlay": [ {"publishedUtc": "2026-09-16T18:00Z", "outlet": "Federal Reserve", "headline": "FOMC raises the target range 25bp to 3.75–4.00%", "url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20260916a.htm"}, {"publishedUtc": "2026-09-18T10:07Z", "outlet": "CoinDesk", "headline": "Bitcoin weathers September storm as rate hikes and Clarity act setback test bulls", "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/09/18/bitcoin-weathers-september-storm-as-rate-hikes-and-clarity-act-setback-test-bulls"}, {"publishedUtc": "2026-09-18T10:33Z", "outlet": "CoinDesk", "headline": "Layer-2 and DeFi tokens lead broad crypto advance as post-Fed hike nerves fade", "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/09/18/layer-2-and-defi-tokens-lead-broad-crypto-advance-as-post-fed-hike-nerves-fade"}, {"publishedUtc": "2026-09-18T12:34Z", "outlet": "Decrypt", "headline": "Morning Minute: SEC Approves 'Innovation Exemption' Moving Tokenized Stocks Forward", "url": "https://decrypt.co/378619/morning-minute-sec-approves-innovation-exemption-moving-tokenized-stocks-forward"}, {"publishedUtc": "2026-09-18T13:33Z", "outlet": "The Block", "headline": "CFTC files crypto asset rulemaking with White House, pressing ahead without Congress", "url": "https://www.theblock.co/news/regulation/2026-09-18-cftc-files-crypto-asset-rulemaking-with-white-house-pressing-ahead-without-congress-415510"}, {"publishedUtc": "2026-09-18T15:16Z", "outlet": "CoinDesk", "headline": "CFTC sends crypto rules to White House to review as Congress stalls on Clarity Act", "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/09/18/cftc-sends-crypto-rules-to-white-house-to-review-as-congress-stalls-on-clarity-act"}, {"publishedUtc": "2026-09-18T15:22Z", "outlet": "Decrypt", "headline": "Bitcoin Blasts Past $80K and a Fresh Short Squeeze Is On", "url": "https://decrypt.co/378630/bitcoin-blasts-short-squeeze-crypto-liquidations"}, {"publishedUtc": "2026-09-18T15:27Z", "outlet": "The Block", "headline": "Bitcoin reclaims $80,000, Solana and Hyperliquid rally as crypto markets shrug off Clarity setback", "url": "https://www.theblock.co/news/markets/2026-09-18-bitcoin-reclaims-80000-solana-hyperliquid-rally-crypto-markets-shrug-off-clarity-setback-415523"}, {"publishedUtc": "2026-09-18T15:35Z", "outlet": "Cointelegraph", "headline": "Bitcoin hits $81K as US bond yields rebound on global oil woes", "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/markets/bitcoin-hits-81k-as-us-bond-yields-rebound-on-global-oil-woes"}, {"publishedUtc": "2026-09-18T16:04Z", "outlet": "Cointelegraph", "headline": "CFTC submits crypto market regulation plan for White House review", "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/cftc-submits-crypto-market-regulation-plan-for-white-house-review"}, {"publishedUtc": "2026-09-18T16:08Z", "outlet": "Decrypt", "headline": "CFTC Kicks Off Crypto Rulemaking, Bypassing a Stalled Congress", "url": "https://decrypt.co/378638/cftc-crypto-rules-white-house-congress-clarity-act"}, {"publishedUtc": "2026-09-18T17:55Z", "outlet": "Cointelegraph", "headline": "Crypto stocks rebound after CLARITY Act selloff", "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-stocks-rebound-after-clarity-selloff-as-us-regulators-move-ahead"} ] }