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Issue #77 · Saturday, August 29, 2026 | | Market mood Greed · 68/100 ▼ from 73 yesterday | | Bitcoin and Ether fell 2-3% as major spot ETFs posted outflows, while regulators and courts weighed in on stablecoins and prediction markets. |
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☀ The Numbers | Bitcoin (BTC) | $77,686 -2.5%
+0.9% this week | | Ethereum (ETH) | $2,437 -2.7%
+0.6% this week | | Total crypto market | $2.62T -5.4% | | BTC dominance 59.5% · BTC 38% below its all-time high |
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☀ The Movers Top gainers (24h) | ICP Internet Computer | +2.9% | | JST JUST | +2.6% | | LEO LEO Token | +2.3% | | ZEC Zcash | +0.8% |
| Top losers (24h) | JUP Jupiter | -8.5% | | BCH Bitcoin Cash | -8.2% | | MORPHO Morpho | -7.6% | | ENA Ethena | -7.2% |
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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 ($67.0K) and 200-day ($69.3K) averages — the longer-term trend reads as up. Over the past 30 days it has traded between $62.8K and $80.3K; today's price sits in the upper third of that range. RSI(14) is 81 — territory traditionally described as overbought. See all nine coins on the daily markets page → |
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☀ The Brief | | BIS chief questions stablecoin credibility for payments The Bank for International Settlements said stablecoins lack credibility for large-scale payments, citing regulatory differences among issuers. Relevant as central banks assess crypto's role in financial systems. (Cointelegraph) |
| | Bitcoin ETF inflows reverse after nine-day streak US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $201.8 million in net outflows Friday as BTC dipped below $78K, with total fund assets falling back below $100 billion. Tracks institutional demand shifts. (Cointelegraph) |
| | Solana validators double annual token disinflation rate Solana's governance approved accelerating the network's disinflation schedule from 15% to 30% yearly, reducing future SOL supply while maintaining long-term inflation targets. Protocol economics decision. (Cointelegraph) |
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Crypto 101 What actually is Bitcoin? A digital currency with no company or government behind it — a global network of computers maintains a shared ledger of who owns what, and its supply is capped at 21 million coins by code. |
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