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Issue #101 · Tuesday, September 22, 2026 | | Market mood Extreme Greed · 78/100 ▲ from 70 yesterday | | Worth noting Bitcoin crossed above $85,000 since yesterday. | | Bitcoin held near $86,000 as major regulatory and compliance issues emerged alongside steady institutional interest. |
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☀ The Numbers | Bitcoin (BTC) | $85,990 +1.6%
+11.6% this week | | Ethereum (ETH) | $2,742 +0.7%
+10.8% this week | | Total crypto market | $2.92T -0.6% | | BTC dominance 58.9% · BTC 32% below its all-time high |
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☀ The Movers Top gainers (24h) | PEPE Pepe | +16.9% | | TAO Bittensor | +9.4% | | AKE Akedo | +8.9% | | NEAR NEAR Protocol | +8.5% |
| Top losers (24h) | M MemeCore | -11.4% | | MORPHO Morpho | -7.4% | | ETHFI Ether.fi | -7.3% | | SKY Sky | -7.1% |
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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 ($74.1K) and 200-day ($70.7K) averages — the longer-term trend reads as up. Over the past 30 days it has traded between $75.6K and $86.6K; today's price sits in the upper third of that range. RSI(14) is 70 — momentum reads as firm. See all nine coins on the daily markets page → |
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☀ The Brief | | US prosecutors investigate Binance for sanctions violations Federal prosecutors are examining whether Binance knowingly allowed users to bypass US sanctions on Iran. Binance says it maintains zero-tolerance compliance, but timing of the probe raises questions about enforcement effectiveness. (CoinDesk) |
| | White hats recover 40% of Coldcard exploit Bitcoin Security researchers rescued approximately 40 bitcoins from a hardware wallet exploit, transferring them to a victim recovery trust. The incident highlights both the risks and protective responses within crypto custody. (Cointelegraph) |
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Crypto 101 What is volatility, practically? How much and how fast prices swing. Bitcoin routinely moves more in a day than stock indexes do in a month — it's the cost of admission, not a malfunction. |
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“"Fear & Greed" is a thermometer, not a crystal ball.” |
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