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Issue #68 · Thursday, August 20, 2026 | | Market mood Greed · 62/100 ▲ from 46 yesterday | | Worth noting Bitcoin crossed above $70,000 since yesterday. | | Bitcoin and ether surged on institutional inflows and short liquidations, while regulators moved to finalize stablecoin and crypto trading rules. |
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☀ The Numbers | Bitcoin (BTC) | $71,880 +11.7%
+13.0% this week | | Ethereum (ETH) | $2,292 +19.0%
+21.0% this week | | Total crypto market | $2.45T +7.5% | | BTC dominance 58.7% · BTC 43% below its all-time high |
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☀ The Movers Top gainers (24h) | HYPE Hyperliquid | +24.5% | | LIT Lighter | +22.4% | | PEPE Pepe | +20.3% | | ETH Ethereum | +19.0% |
| Top losers (24h) | BTW Bitway | -43.9% | | JST JUST | -2.0% | | STABLE Stable | -1.5% | | USX USX | +0.0% |
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From the top 100 coins by market cap. |
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☀ The Read Where the chart sits — description, not prediction Bitcoin is trading above both its 50-day ($64.2K) and 200-day ($69.0K) averages — the longer-term trend reads as up. Over the past 30 days it has traded between $62.8K and $71.9K; today's price sits in the upper third of that range. RSI(14) is 82 — territory traditionally described as overbought. See all nine coins on the daily markets page → |
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Crypto 101 What's the difference between a coin and a token? A coin runs on its own blockchain (Bitcoin, Ethereum). A token is issued on top of another chain (most everything else). Tokens inherit the security of their host chain. |
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“If an APY looks too good to be true, it is funding someone else's exit.” |
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