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Issue #70 · Saturday, August 22, 2026 | | Market mood Greed · 71/100 ▼ from 72 yesterday | | Bitcoin declined slightly while ethereum gained as macro conditions and regulatory developments shaped institutional sentiment in crypto markets today. |
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☀ The Numbers | Bitcoin (BTC) | $76,901 -1.1%
+22.2% this week | | Ethereum (ETH) | $2,414 +0.5%
+28.4% this week | | Total crypto market | $2.62T -2.4% | | BTC dominance 58.8% · BTC 39% below its all-time high |
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☀ The Movers Top gainers (24h) | TRUMP Official Trump | +52.3% | | ZEC Zcash | +22.9% | | POL POL (ex-MATIC) | +22.1% | | PUMP Pump.fun | +16.7% |
| Top losers (24h) | NEXO NEXO | -8.6% | | ASTER Aster | -8.3% | | MNT Mantle | -5.7% | | M MemeCore | -4.1% |
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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 ($64.9K) 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 $78.3K; 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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☀ The Brief | | Grayscale files amendment for US Zcash spot ETF Grayscale submitted another SEC filing amendment progressing toward converting its Zcash Trust into a spot ETF, following recent regulatory developments in crypto fund approvals. (The Block) |
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