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Issue #7 · Thursday, June 18, 2026
Market mood  Extreme Fear · 15/100  ▼ from 22 yesterday
Bitcoin and Ethereum fell over 1% as extreme fear gripped markets following hawkish Fed signals about inflation concerns.
 
 

  The Numbers

Bitcoin (BTC)$63,959  -1.1%
+1.4% this week
Ethereum (ETH)$1,743  -1.2%
+5.1% this week
Total crypto market$2.29T  -1.1%
BTC dominance 56.0% · BTC 49% below its all-time high

  The Movers

Top gainers (24h)

LAB LAB+22.0%
HASH Provenance Blockchain+16.4%
币安人生 币安人生 (BinanceLife)+9.4%
XLM Stellar+7.0%

Top losers (24h)

DEXE DeXe-9.2%
ATOM Cosmos Hub-6.9%
ICP Internet Computer-6.1%
ZEC Zcash-5.7%

From the top 100 coins by market cap.

  The Read

Where the chart sits — description, not prediction

Bitcoin is trading below both its 50-day ($73.0K) and 200-day ($77.1K) averages — the longer-term trend reads as down. Over the past 30 days it has traded between $60.9K and $77.5K; today's price sits in the lower third of that range. RSI(14) is 51 — momentum is roughly neutral.

See all nine coins on the daily markets page →

  The Brief

 CME sues CFTC over Bitcoin perpetual futures approval

Chicago Mercantile Exchange plans legal action, arguing Bitcoin perpetual futures should be regulated as swaps under Dodd-Frank law, intensifying regulatory debate. (Decrypt)

 Aztec protocol suffers second $2.1M exploit in one week

Security researchers found deprecated smart contracts remained vulnerable after project maintenance ended, raising concerns about long-term code safety in DeFi. (Cointelegraph)

 Malta explores bringing DeFi under EU's MiCA rulebook

Financial regulator seeks public input on whether decentralization should be measured as spectrum rather than binary, potentially expanding crypto regulation scope. (CoinDesk)

 Bitcoin Rodney pleads guilty in $1.8B fraud case

Rodney Burton admitted federal charges related to HyperFund cryptocurrency scheme, highlighting ongoing prosecutions of large-scale crypto fraud operations. (The Block)

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Crypto 101

What does "ATH" mean?

All-time high — the highest price ever recorded. "Distance from ATH" is a quick gauge of where the market sits in its cycle, which is why we track it in The Numbers.

“Most altcoins from the last cycle never recovered. Position sizing matters.”

Coin Mornings is an educational digest for US readers. Nothing here is financial, investment, tax, or legal advice. Crypto is volatile — never invest more than you can afford to lose. Some links are affiliate links; we may earn a commission at no cost to you. Prices via CoinGecko, sentiment via alternative​.me, captured shortly before send.

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