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Issued 2026-10-17 13:17:43 UTC · id 1807

STX -4% in 2h (-11% in 24h) while BTC flat; futures OI falls, funding negative

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coingecko/coins/markets13:17:41538 ms✓
ccxt:binanceusdmklines:1m13:17:108425 ms✓
ccxt:binanceklines:1m13:17:106320 ms✓
ccxt:okxklines:1m13:17:061981 ms✓
ccxt:bybitklines:1m13:17:06887 ms✓
ccxt:gateklines:1m13:17:061150 ms✓
ccxt:krakenklines:1m13:17:064161 ms✓
nownodesbsc:eth_getLogs13:16:561756 ms✓
nownodesbsc:eth_getLogs13:16:4212405 ms✓
coingecko/coins/markets13:16:41396 ms✓
ccxt:binanceusdmklines:1m13:16:108122 ms✓
ccxt:binanceklines:1m13:16:075387 ms✓
ccxt:okxklines:1m13:16:069445 ms✓
ccxt:bybitklines:1m13:16:06901 ms✓
ccxt:gateklines:1m13:16:061080 ms✓
ccxt:krakenklines:1m13:16:063983 ms✓
nownodeseth:eth_getLogs13:16:038407 ms✓
coingecko/coins/markets13:15:41448 ms✓
ccxt:binanceusdmfuturesSentiment:5m13:15:3134361 ms✓
ccxt:binanceusdmopenInterestHist:5m13:15:218717 ms✓
ccxt:bybitfetchFundingRates13:15:17137 ms✓
ccxt:okxfetchFundingRates13:15:16418 ms✓
ccxt:binanceusdmfetchFundingRates13:15:15160 ms✓
ccxt:binanceusdmklines:1m13:15:1010212 ms✓
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  "id": "1807",
  "token": {
    "id": "blockstack"
  },
  "headline": "STX -4% in 2h (-11% in 24h) while BTC flat; futures OI falls, funding negative",
  "brief": {
    "caveats": [
      "Dollar volume is thin: about $196K/hour on Binance spot and only $8.3M OI, so modest orders can move price.",
      "Spot data covers Binance only; other venues may carry most STX volume.",
      "Taker buy/sell and top-trader positioning were unavailable (null).",
      "There is no Stacks onchain, news or developer data; the catalyst cannot be identified from this evidence.",
      "The CoinGecko summary line rounds high and low to $0.4; the actual range was $0.3646–$0.3799."
    ],
    "onchain": [
      {
        "text": "There is no Stacks-chain data in the evidence. The only onchain item is Ethereum gas (base fee 0.06 gwei vs a 0.09 24h average, blocks 50% full), which is quiet and not relevant to STX.",
        "evidence": [
          "E7"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "summary": "STX slid steadily from $0.3799 to $0.3646 (-4.04%) over the window, with the drop speeding up after 12:45. That extends a 24h loss of 11.1%, while BTC (-0.18%) and ETH (-0.65%) barely moved. The derivatives data looks like longs closing out: open interest fell, funding is negative on all three venues, and the few liquidations were all longs. The evidence does not show a specific catalyst, and the volume behind the move is thin in dollar terms.",
    "headline": "STX -4% in 2h (-11% in 24h) while BTC flat; futures OI falls, funding negative",
    "severity": 2,
    "direction": "bearish",
    "confidence": 0.6,
    "watch_next": [
      "Whether STX holds the ~$0.3646 window low or keeps grinding down",
      "Binance OI: still falling (deleveraging) or rising with negative funding (new shorts building)",
      "Funding on Binance going deeper below -0.02%, a sign of crowded shorts and squeeze risk",
      "Whether the STX/BTC gap persists if BTC moves",
      "Any Stacks-specific news or onchain data not in this evidence"
    ],
    "likely_causes": [
      {
        "cause": "STX-specific selling with longs unwinding, not a market-wide move. BTC and ETH were nearly flat while STX fell 4%, and Binance OI dropped as price fell (positions closing, not new shorts piling in).",
        "evidence": [
          "E1",
          "E3",
          "E8",
          "E2"
        ],
        "confidence": 0.55
      },
      {
        "cause": "Lingering weakness from the 24h drawdown (-11%, against total crypto market cap -3.6%) and somewhat cooler sentiment (Fear & Greed 55, down from 64 a week ago).",
        "evidence": [
          "E1",
          "E8",
          "E9"
        ],
        "confidence": 0.3
      },
      {
        "cause": "No news, onchain or fundamental trigger for the STX move appears in the evidence. The underlying cause is unexplained.",
        "evidence": [
          "E10",
          "E7"
        ],
        "confidence": 0.5
      }
    ],
    "what_happened": [
      {
        "text": "STX fell 4.04% from $0.379927 to $0.364589 in a steady grind lower. Most of the drop came after 12:45 ($0.3725 → $0.3646). 1h change is -2.6%, 24h -11.11% and 7d -9.08%. Market cap is $683.5M (rank #96).",
        "evidence": [
          "E1"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text": "CoinGraph price-move signals fired at 13:06 (1h -3.14%, z 3.35) and at 13:15 (1h -2.65%, z 2.77).",
        "evidence": [
          "E11"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text": "Binance STX/USDT traded $195.8K in the last hour, 2.3× a typical hour ($85.2K). Every one of the busiest minutes closed down, e.g. 11:26 $41.5K (-0.21%), 13:03 $34.8K (-0.30%) and 12:50 $31.9K (-0.46%).",
        "evidence": [
          "E2"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "market_context": [
      {
        "text": "Binance futures OI is $8.3M, down 2.58% in 1h and 4.77% in 4h.",
        "evidence": [
          "E3"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text": "Funding is negative on all three venues: Binance -0.0230%, OKX -0.0125%, Bybit -0.0052% per 8h. Shorts are paying, so derivatives lean bearish. Binance's all-account long/short ratio is 1.07.",
        "evidence": [
          "E4",
          "E5"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text": "Liquidations were small: 9 positions worth $22.5K, all longs, the largest $14.5K. Not a liquidation cascade.",
        "evidence": [
          "E6"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text": "BTC -0.18% and ETH -0.65% over the window; total crypto market cap -3.64% in 24h; Fear & Greed 55 (Greed).",
        "evidence": [
          "E8",
          "E9"
        ]
      }
    ]
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        "id": "E1",
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          "ath": 3.86,
          "low": 0.364589,
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          "rank": 96,
          "as_of": "2026-10-17T13:16:00.000Z",
          "price": 0.364576,
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            {
              "t": "2026-10-17T11:30:00.000Z",
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            {
              "t": "2026-10-17T11:45:00.000Z",
              "price": 0.375908
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            {
              "t": "2026-10-17T12:00:00.000Z",
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            {
              "t": "2026-10-17T12:15:00.000Z",
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            {
              "t": "2026-10-17T12:30:00.000Z",
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              "t": "2026-10-17T12:45:00.000Z",
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            {
              "t": "2026-10-17T13:00:00.000Z",
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              "t": "2026-10-17T13:15:00.000Z",
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          "change_24h_pct": -11.11327,
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        "kind": "price",
        "source": "coingecko:/coins/markets",
        "summary": "STX $0.4 now; -4.04% over the window (high $0.4, low $0.4); 1h -2.6%, 24h -11.11%, 7d -9.08%; rank #96, market cap $683.5M, 24h volume $19.1M"
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        "id": "E2",
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          "ratio": 2.298692821286981,
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          "symbol": "STX/USDT",
          "volume_1h_usd": 195811.76226,
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              "ts": "2026-10-17T11:26:00.000Z",
              "ret": "-0.212",
              "close": "0.3766"
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              "ts": "2026-10-17T12:56:00.000Z",
              "ret": "-0.027",
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              "ts": "2026-10-17T12:55:00.000Z",
              "ret": "-0.270",
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        "source": "binance:klines:1m",
        "summary": "binance STX/USDT: $195.8K traded in the last hour vs a typical hour of $85.2K (2.3×); busiest minutes: 11:26 $41.5K (-0.212%), 13:03 $34.8K (-0.3%), 12:50 $31.9K (-0.458%), 12:56 $10.5K (-0.027%), 12:55 $9.2K (-0.27%)"
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        "kind": "open_interest",
        "source": "binanceusdm:openInterestHist:5m",
        "summary": "Binance futures open interest $8.3M: -2.58% vs 1h ago, -4.77% vs 4h ago"
      },
      {
        "id": "E4",
        "data": {
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            {
              "venue": "binanceusdm",
              "symbol": "STX/USDT:USDT",
              "funding_rate_pct": -0.022992
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            {
              "venue": "bybit",
              "symbol": "STX/USDT:USDT",
              "funding_rate_pct": -0.0052309999999999995
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            {
              "venue": "okx",
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          ]
        },
        "kind": "funding",
        "source": "ccxt:fetchFundingRates",
        "summary": "Funding per 8h: binanceusdm -0.0230%, bybit -0.0052%, okx -0.0125% (positive = longs pay; ~0.01% is normal)"
      },
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        "id": "E5",
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        "kind": "positioning",
        "source": "binanceusdm:futuresSentiment:5m",
        "summary": "Binance positioning: all accounts long/short 1.07, top traders by position undefined, taker buy/sell undefined (>1 = net buying)"
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        "kind": "liquidations",
        "source": "okx+binance:liquidations",
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          "as_of": "2026-10-17T13:17:00.000Z",
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        "kind": "network_fees",
        "source": "nownodes:eth:eth_feeHistory",
        "summary": "ETH base fee 0.06 gwei (24h average 0.09), blocks 50% full"
      },
      {
        "id": "E8",
        "data": {
          "trending": false,
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            "Smart Contract Platform",
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            "Bitcoin Sidechains",
            "Stacks Ecosystem",
            "SideChain",
            "GMCI Layer 2 Index",
            "GMCI 30 Index",
            "Blockchain Capital Portfolio",
            "GMCI Index",
            "Made in USA",
            "Coinbase 50 Index",
            "CoinList Launchpad"
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        "kind": "market_context",
        "source": "coingecko:/coins/markets+/global",
        "summary": "Market: BTC -0.18% and ETH -0.65% over the same window; total crypto market cap -3.64% in 24h; categories: Infrastructure, Smart Contract Platform, Layer 2 (L2), Bitcoin Sidechains"
      },
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        "id": "E9",
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          "value": 55,
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          "classification": "Greed"
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        "source": "alternative.me:/fng",
        "summary": "Crypto Fear & Greed index 55 (Greed) today, 64 a week ago"
      },
      {
        "id": "E10",
        "data": {
          "as_of": "2026-10-17T00:00:45.493Z",
          "forks": null,
          "stars": null,
          "commits_4w": null,
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          "twitter_followers": null,
          "reddit_subscribers": null
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        "kind": "dev_and_community",
        "source": "coingecko:/coins/{id}",
        "summary": "developer activity: not tracked by CoinGecko for this coin; CoinGecko sentiment 100% positive (as of 2026-10-17)"
      },
      {
        "id": "E11",
        "data": {
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                "price": 0.364862,
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                "ret_15m_pct": -1.659
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              "event_ts": "2026-10-17T13:06:00.000Z",
              "severity": 2,
              "direction": "down"
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        "kind": "signals",
        "source": "coingraph:signals",
        "summary": "Triggered by: price_move (down, medium) at 13:06; price_move (down, medium) at 13:15"
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    "symbol": "STX",
    "window_to": "2026-10-17T13:16:05.022Z",
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    "coingecko_id": "blockstack"
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}