What CoinGraph said about aptos, exactly as issued.

{
  "id": "1862",
  "token": {
    "id": "aptos"
  },
  "headline": "APT -2.5% in late slide to ~$0.79 on light volume; OI -3.9%, little liquidation",
  "brief": {
    "caveats": [
      "There is no news, social or Aptos onchain data, so the cause of the late drop cannot be identified.",
      "CoinGecko's window high/low come from 15-minute samples. The current $0.7937 and Binance's $0.7913 1m close are below the reported window low of $0.7986.",
      "Volume and positioning figures are Binance only, and the liquidation data covers OKX and Binance only.",
      "Binance all-account long/short and taker buy/sell ratios were unavailable."
    ],
    "onchain": [
      {
        "text": "No Aptos-chain data is included. The only onchain item is Ethereum gas (base fee 0.07 gwei vs 0.06 24h average, blocks 56% full). That is normal and not relevant to APT.",
        "evidence": [
          "E7"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "summary": "APT held flat near $0.81 for most of the window, then fell about 2% in the last ~15 minutes to ~$0.79 (Binance 1m close $0.7913 at 21:32). Binance spot volume was below normal at 0.8× a typical hour, and futures open interest fell 3.9%, which points to positions being closed rather than a forced cascade (only $12.6K of long liquidations). APT fell more than BTC (-0.55%) and ETH (-1.09%) in a weak market, and the evidence shows no APT-specific catalyst.",
    "headline": "APT -2.5% in late slide to ~$0.79 on light volume; OI -3.9%, little liquidation",
    "severity": 1,
    "direction": "bearish",
    "confidence": 0.5,
    "watch_next": [
      "Whether APT holds around $0.79 or keeps falling after the 21:30 break",
      "Binance open interest: further drops mean more de-risking; a rebound while price falls would mean new shorts",
      "Top-trader long/short ratio of 2.3–2.8: a crowded long side that could be squeezed if selling continues",
      "Whether Binance funding stays negative, and whether Bybit/OKX funding turns negative too",
      "Whether BTC/ETH weaken further, and whether APT keeps falling more than they do",
      "Spot volume: if the drop continues on volume above 1× a typical hour, the move would be more credible"
    ],
    "likely_causes": [
      {
        "cause": "Longs closing or reducing positions into a broadly weak market. Open interest fell while price dropped, and liquidations were small, so this looks like voluntary de-risking rather than a liquidation cascade.",
        "evidence": [
          "E3",
          "E6",
          "E8"
        ],
        "confidence": 0.45
      },
      {
        "cause": "Order books were thin, so modest selling moved price more than usual. The drop happened on below-normal volume, which suggests low liquidity rather than heavy selling.",
        "evidence": [
          "E2"
        ],
        "confidence": 0.35
      },
      {
        "cause": "The evidence contains no APT-specific news or onchain trigger. The exact cause of the late drop is unexplained.",
        "evidence": [
          "E1",
          "E8",
          "E10"
        ],
        "confidence": 0.6
      }
    ],
    "what_happened": [
      {
        "text": "APT traded in a tight $0.810–$0.814 range from 19:30 to 21:15 UTC, then dropped to $0.7986 by 21:30. CoinGecko shows $0.7937 at 21:35: -2% over the window, -2.51% over 1h, -5.98% over 24h and -8.26% over 7d.",
        "evidence": [
          "E1"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text": "The drop came in the final minutes. The busiest Binance 1m bars were all down: 21:20 ($31K, -0.222%), 21:31 ($26.1K, -0.314%) and 21:32 ($35.8K, -0.139%, close $0.7913).",
        "evidence": [
          "E2"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text": "CoinGraph flagged medium downside price-move signals at 21:29 (1h -1.94%, z 2.6) and 21:34 (1h -2.82%, z 3.73).",
        "evidence": [
          "E11"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text": "Participation was light. Binance APT/USDT traded $336.5K in the last hour against a typical hour of $416.6K (0.8×).",
        "evidence": [
          "E2"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "market_context": [
      {
        "text": "The wider market was weak but fell less than APT. BTC was -0.55% and ETH -1.09% over the window, and total crypto market cap was -2.97% over 24h.",
        "evidence": [
          "E8"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text": "Sentiment is cooling. Fear & Greed is at 55 (Greed), down from 64 a week ago.",
        "evidence": [
          "E9"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text": "Derivatives positioning still leans long. Binance futures open interest is $20.4M (-3.91% over 1h, -1.46% over 4h). Top-trader long/short ratio is 2.33 by position and 2.80 by account. Funding is -0.0109% on Binance and +0.01% (normal) on Bybit and OKX.",
        "evidence": [
          "E3",
          "E4",
          "E5"
        ]
      },
      {
        "text": "Forced liquidations were small: 4 liquidations worth $12.6K, all longs, the largest $12.2K.",
        "evidence": [
          "E6"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "evidence": {
    "name": "Aptos",
    "items": [
      {
        "id": "E1",
        "data": {
          "ath": 19.92,
          "low": 0.79863,
          "high": 0.814491,
          "rank": 91,
          "as_of": "2026-10-17T21:35:00.000Z",
          "price": 0.793749,
          "path_15m": [
            {
              "t": "2026-10-17T19:30:00.000Z",
              "price": 0.809971
            },
            {
              "t": "2026-10-17T19:45:00.000Z",
              "price": 0.810168
            },
            {
              "t": "2026-10-17T20:00:00.000Z",
              "price": 0.813155
            },
            {
              "t": "2026-10-17T20:15:00.000Z",
              "price": 0.813674
            },
            {
              "t": "2026-10-17T20:30:00.000Z",
              "price": 0.81369
            },
            {
              "t": "2026-10-17T20:45:00.000Z",
              "price": 0.814491
            },
            {
              "t": "2026-10-17T21:00:00.000Z",
              "price": 0.812152
            },
            {
              "t": "2026-10-17T21:15:00.000Z",
              "price": 0.813614
            },
            {
              "t": "2026-10-17T21:30:00.000Z",
              "price": 0.79863
            }
          ],
          "market_cap": 700960033,
          "volume_24h": 73016552,
          "change_1h_pct": -2.509994657233921,
          "change_7d_pct": -8.256094981500938,
          "change_24h_pct": -5.98454,
          "window_return_pct": -2
        },
        "kind": "price",
        "source": "coingecko:/coins/markets",
        "summary": "APT $0.8 now; -2% over the window (high $0.8, low $0.8); 1h -2.51%, 24h -5.98%, 7d -8.26%; rank #91, market cap $701M, 24h volume $73M"
      },
      {
        "id": "E2",
        "data": {
          "ratio": 0.8077953272468553,
          "venue": "binance",
          "symbol": "APT/USDT",
          "volume_1h_usd": 336494.812057,
          "busiest_minutes": [
            {
              "v": "35825.620795",
              "ts": "2026-10-17T21:32:00.000Z",
              "ret": "-0.139",
              "close": "0.7913"
            },
            {
              "v": "31029.178768",
              "ts": "2026-10-17T21:20:00.000Z",
              "ret": "-0.222",
              "close": "0.8093"
            },
            {
              "v": "26799.57597",
              "ts": "2026-10-17T19:55:00.000Z",
              "ret": "0.012",
              "close": "0.814"
            },
            {
              "v": "26680.949219",
              "ts": "2026-10-17T19:56:00.000Z",
              "ret": "0.000",
              "close": "0.8141"
            },
            {
              "v": "26104.848849",
              "ts": "2026-10-17T21:31:00.000Z",
              "ret": "-0.314",
              "close": "0.7926"
            }
          ],
          "volume_window_usd": 546785.962179,
          "median_hourly_24h_usd": 416559.493113
        },
        "kind": "spot_volume",
        "source": "binance:klines:1m",
        "summary": "binance APT/USDT: $336.5K traded in the last hour vs a typical hour of $416.6K (0.8×); busiest minutes: 21:32 $35.8K (-0.139%), 21:20 $31K (-0.222%), 19:55 $26.8K (+0.012%), 19:56 $26.7K (0%), 21:31 $26.1K (-0.314%)"
      },
      {
        "id": "E3",
        "data": {
          "as_of": "2026-10-17T21:30:00.000Z",
          "change_1h_pct": -3.91,
          "change_4h_pct": -1.46,
          "open_interest_usd": 20440764.40565354
        },
        "kind": "open_interest",
        "source": "binanceusdm:openInterestHist:5m",
        "summary": "Binance futures open interest $20.4M: -3.91% vs 1h ago, -1.46% vs 4h ago"
      },
      {
        "id": "E4",
        "data": {
          "rates": [
            {
              "venue": "binanceusdm",
              "symbol": "APT/USDT:USDT",
              "funding_rate_pct": -0.010875
            },
            {
              "venue": "bybit",
              "symbol": "APT/USDT:USDT",
              "funding_rate_pct": 0.01
            },
            {
              "venue": "okx",
              "symbol": "APT/USDT:USDT",
              "funding_rate_pct": 0.01
            }
          ]
        },
        "kind": "funding",
        "source": "ccxt:fetchFundingRates",
        "summary": "Funding per 8h: binanceusdm -0.0109%, bybit 0.0100%, okx 0.0100% (positive = longs pay; ~0.01% is normal)"
      },
      {
        "id": "E5",
        "data": {
          "as_of": "2026-10-17T21:30:00.000Z",
          "taker_buy_sell": null,
          "global_long_short": null,
          "top_account_long_short": 2.7994,
          "top_position_long_short": 2.3306
        },
        "kind": "positioning",
        "source": "binanceusdm:futuresSentiment:5m",
        "summary": "Binance positioning: all accounts long/short undefined, top traders by position 2.33, taker buy/sell undefined (>1 = net buying)"
      },
      {
        "id": "E6",
        "data": {
          "count": 4,
          "longs_usd": 12562.4612,
          "total_usd": 12562.4612,
          "shorts_usd": 0,
          "largest_usd": 12186.8478
        },
        "kind": "liquidations",
        "source": "okx+binance:liquidations",
        "summary": "4 forced liquidations worth $12.6K in the window: $12.6K longs, $0 shorts; largest $12.2K"
      },
      {
        "id": "E7",
        "data": {
          "as_of": "2026-10-17T21:32:00.000Z",
          "chain": "eth",
          "base_fee_gwei": 0.06532291353333333,
          "gas_used_ratio": 0.5582802178036255,
          "avg_base_fee_24h_gwei": 0.06184458348666667,
          "priority_fee_p50_gwei": 0.1882396755066667
        },
        "kind": "network_fees",
        "source": "nownodes:eth:eth_feeHistory",
        "summary": "ETH base fee 0.07 gwei (24h average 0.06), blocks 56% full"
      },
      {
        "id": "E8",
        "data": {
          "trending": false,
          "categories": [
            "Smart Contract Platform",
            "Layer 1 (L1)",
            "Aptos Ecosystem",
            "FTX Holdings",
            "Coinbase Ventures Portfolio",
            "Multicoin Capital Portfolio",
            "Proof of Stake (PoS)",
            "DragonFly Capital Portfolio",
            "Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Portfolio",
            "YZi Labs (Prev. Binance Labs) Portfolio",
            "GMCI Layer 1 Index",
            "GMCI 30 Index",
            "Circle Ventures Portfolio",
            "GMCI Index",
            "Made in USA"
          ],
          "btc_change_24h_pct": -0.83377,
          "btc_window_return_pct": -0.55,
          "eth_window_return_pct": -1.09,
          "global_market_cap_change_24h_pct": -2.96731501288777
        },
        "kind": "market_context",
        "source": "coingecko:/coins/markets+/global",
        "summary": "Market: BTC -0.55% and ETH -1.09% over the same window; total crypto market cap -2.97% in 24h; categories: Smart Contract Platform, Layer 1 (L1), Aptos Ecosystem, FTX Holdings"
      },
      {
        "id": "E9",
        "data": {
          "day": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
          "value": 55,
          "week_ago": 64,
          "classification": "Greed"
        },
        "kind": "market_mood",
        "source": "alternative.me:/fng",
        "summary": "Crypto Fear & Greed index 55 (Greed) today, 64 a week ago"
      },
      {
        "id": "E10",
        "data": {
          "as_of": "2026-10-17T00:00:45.352Z",
          "forks": null,
          "stars": null,
          "commits_4w": null,
          "prs_merged": null,
          "sentiment_up_pct": 100,
          "twitter_followers": null,
          "reddit_subscribers": null
        },
        "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": {
          "signals": [
            {
              "id": "115526",
              "kind": "price_move",
              "ratio": 2.6,
              "value": -1.941,
              "details": {
                "z_1h": 2.6,
                "price": 0.798218,
                "ret_1h_pct": -1.941,
                "ret_15m_pct": -1.825
              },
              "baseline": 0.758,
              "event_ts": "2026-10-17T21:29:00.000Z",
              "severity": 2,
              "direction": "down"
            },
            {
              "id": "115576",
              "kind": "price_move",
              "ratio": 3.73,
              "value": -2.82,
              "details": {
                "z_1h": 3.73,
                "price": 0.791294,
                "ret_1h_pct": -2.82,
                "ret_15m_pct": -2.472
              },
              "baseline": 0.769,
              "event_ts": "2026-10-17T21:34:00.000Z",
              "severity": 2,
              "direction": "down"
            }
          ]
        },
        "kind": "signals",
        "source": "coingraph:signals",
        "summary": "Triggered by: price_move (down, medium) at 21:29; price_move (down, medium) at 21:34"
      }
    ],
    "symbol": "APT",
    "window_to": "2026-10-17T21:32:11.343Z",
    "gathered_at": "2026-10-17T21:36:02.476Z",
    "window_from": "2026-10-17T19:32:11.343Z",
    "coingecko_id": "aptos"
  },
  "model": "claude-opus-5-5"
}