U.S. equities markets advanced, driven by surprisingly strong manufacturing data with the ISM purchasing managers' index surging to 52.6 in January from 47.9 in December, the strongest expansion since 2022; traders pared back Fed rate cut expectations with the next reduction now priced for July, pushing the 10-year Treasury yield up four basis points to 4.28%; Walt Disney tumbled 7.4% on a tepid forecast, while Elon Musk announced plans to merge SpaceX with xAI into a $1.25 trillion entity. India's Nifty 50 jumps 3% as long-awaited trade deal with U.S. boosts investor sentiment: U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday stated that the U.S. will cut reciprocal tariff on India to 18% from 25%. The Stoxx 600 climbed 1% to fresh record highs as banks rallied 2% to their highest level since 2008 with HSBC, Santander and BBVA all reaching records; travel stocks advanced 2.5% with IHG surging 4.2% after being added to Goldman Sachs' Conviction List; mining shares staged a late recovery after initial weakness, while defence names faced selling pressure with Rheinmetall dropping 2.9% and BAE Systems falling 2.6% following a downgrade. Gold plunged 4.9% to $4,656 per ounce after Trump's nomination of Kevin Warsh as Fed chair nominee sparked hawkish inflation expectations; oil prices tumbled with Brent crude sinking 4.4% to $66.30 and WTI falling 4.5% to $62.28 as geopolitical risk premiums evaporated on Trump-Iran talks; the Australian dollar slipped 0.2% to 69.47 US cents as the greenback rallied its biggest two-day move since April, while Bitcoin gained 1.9% to $77,903.
US Spot ETF Flows
Asset
Daily Inflow
Daily Change
Weekly Inflow
Total Assets
Daily Volume
BTC ETFs
$561.9M
-210.2%
$561.9M
$100.4B
$7.7B
ETH ETFs
$-2.9M
-98.9%
$-2.9M
$13.7B
$2.7B
SOL ETFs
$5.6M
-149.7%
$5.6M
$882.9M
$51.2M
US BTC Spot ETF Flows
US ETH Spot ETF Flows
US SOL Spot ETF Flows
Prediction Markets
Open Interest
Spot Volume
Crypto Liquidations Summary
Liquidation Type
Value
% of Total
24h Change
Total Liquidations
$290.07M
-
$-416.56M (-58.95%)
Shorts
$197.76M
68.2%
$+38.26M (+23.99%)
Longs
$92.31M
31.8%
$-454.82M (-83.13%)
BTC
$88.01M
30.3%
$-169.63M (-65.84%)
ETH
$99.48M
34.3%
$-185.80M (-65.13%)
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