Filecoin Rises 15% While Flare Drops 7.7% on September 2
Filecoin (FIL)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
According to thecurrencyanalytics.com, Filecoin surged 15.41% to $0.7962, leading the gainers chart on 2 September 2026. The decentralized storage network attracted attention for its peer-to-peer file storage system and potential network upgrades. Uniswap rose 11.25% to $5.99, maintaining its position in the DeFi space through consistent updates.
Curve DAO increased 9.09% to $0.3902, reflecting ongoing interest in stablecoin exchanges. Ethena climbed 7.04% to $0.1620, driven by broader altcoin rotation. Sky gained 6.69% to $0.0721, suggesting growing interest in decentralized communication.
Conversely, Flare dropped 7.72% to $0.006557, marking the day’s largest decline amid ongoing volatility. Canton fell 6.53% to $0.1152, with investor uncertainty linked to a lack of recent updates. Gram decreased 5.87% to $1.31, as the rebranding had not yet translated into positive price action.
Lighter declined 5.70% to $3.49, indicating potential profit-taking. Pump.fun slipped 5.28% to $0.004289, highlighting market volatility despite its $1.70 billion market cap.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for FIL, measured when this story was written up on 2 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Whalio data shows Filecoin trading at $0.7794 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 55.3% and a 4-hour buy ratio of 52.0%. These short-term figures are higher than the 24-hour buy ratio of 53.6%, indicating that buying pressure is building in the immediate term. The 1-hour volume delta is +$102,470, while the 4-hour delta is +$220,440, showing net inflows over these periods. Over 24 hours, the volume delta stands at +$1,427,039, with a cumulative volume delta (CVD) of +$1,540,163 at close. This means buyers have outpaced sellers by this amount in the last day. Net buying occurred for 16 of the last 24 hours, with a total spot volume of $20,200,579 across 312,632 trades.
The latest daily buy ratio of 48.2% sits at the 38th percentile of the last 281 days, against a median of 48.9% - ordinary for this coin.
Twenty-four hours later
What FIL did over the 23 hours after the story broke. The market moves for its own reasons; this is what happened, not what the story caused.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for FIL, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Compared to the preceding week, the current 24-hour buy ratio of 53.6% is 6.1 percentage points higher than the 7-day average of 47.5%. This marks an unusual day for the coin, as buying intensity has risen significantly above its recent norm. Volume has also surged, reaching 3.75 times the average daily volume. However, only one of the last seven days saw net buying, contrasting with the current 16-hour streak. Over the eight-day period, the total volume delta was -$1,001,225, despite an 8-day price change of +9.5%.