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# VIRTUAL this week: +3% in seven days, positive funding on perps
- URL: https://zipmex.com/blog/virtual-weekly-2026-09-08/
- Published: 2026-09-08T13:40:38.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-08T13:40:38.000Z
- Description: Virtuals Protocol closed the week at $0.7125 (+2.7% in 7 days, +27.0% in 30). Market cap, the seven-day range and what the ZIPMEX perp market is charging to hold a position, with sources.
- Author: ZIPMEX
- Tags: VIRTUAL, Cryptocurrency

Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) trades at $0.7125 on September 8, 2026: -2.3% over 24 hours, +2.7% over seven days and +27.0% over thirty. That leaves it 86% below the all-time high of $5.07 set on 2025-01-01\. Here is what the market and the ZIPMEX perp book say about the week, with every number sourced.

## The numbers

| Price                   | $0.7125 |
| ----------------------- | ------- |
| 24 hours                | \-2.3%  |
| 7 days                  | +2.7%   |
| 30 days                 | +27.0%  |
| Market cap              | $469.4M |
| 24h volume (all venues) | $77.1M  |
| Market rank             | #112    |
| Perp open interest      | $14.8K  |
| Perp 24h volume         | $18.5K  |
| Max leverage            | 10x     |

## Perps: funding and open interest

On ZIPMEX Perps the VIRTUAL/USDC market shows an estimated funding rate of +0.0037% per eight hours (last settled: +0.0028%), $14.8K of open interest and $18.5K traded in 24 hours. Positive funding means longs are paying shorts: leveraged traders lean bullish and pay for the privilege. Max leverage is 10x.

## Levels from the last seven days

The seven-day high was $0.7513 on 2026-09-08 and the low $0.6583 on 2026-09-04, a 14% range. Reclaiming the all-time high would take a 7.1x from here. We do not publish price predictions; these are the levels the market actually printed.

## Method and sources

Snapshot taken 2026-09-08 13:40 UTC. Price, supply and market cap: CoinGecko. Perps: ZIPMEX Perps public market data. Volume across all venues and all-time high: aggregated market data. This digest is generated from those feeds and reviewed by ZIPMEX Research; numbers on the [VIRTUAL landing](https://zipmex.com/tokens/virtual/) refresh every minute.

*Crypto assets are volatile and you can lose your capital. Nothing here is investment advice.*

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