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Issue #129 · Tuesday, October 20, 2026 | | Market mood Greed · 55/100 ▼ from 59 yesterday | | Bitcoin and ether fell modestly as Asian tech weakness rippled through markets, though spot ETF inflows remained strong and institutional interest in structured bitcoin products expanded. |
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☀ The Numbers | Bitcoin (BTC) | $81,444 -0.9%
-2.5% this week | | Ethereum (ETH) | $2,383 -1.4%
-5.1% this week | | Total crypto market | $2.74T -2.8% | | BTC dominance 59.6% · BTC 35% below its all-time high |
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☀ The Movers Top gainers (24h) | M MemeCore | +9.3% | | WLD Worldcoin | +8.8% | | TIA Celestia | +6.6% | | PEARL Pearl | +6.5% |
| Top losers (24h) | BTW Bitway | -14.4% | | RAIN Rain | -7.4% | | STX Stacks | -7.1% | | NEAR NEAR Protocol | -6.1% |
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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 sits between its 50-day ($81.5K) and 200-day ($72.6K) averages — a trend in transition. Over the past 30 days it has traded between $81.4K and $86.6K; today's price sits in the lower third of that range. RSI(14) is 34 — momentum remains weak. See all nine coins on the daily markets page → |
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☀ The Brief | | BlackRock Files Options-Based Bitcoin ETF Product BlackRock filed for a new bitcoin ETF using options strategies to limit downside losses in exchange for capped upside gains. Signals institutional demand for risk-managed crypto exposure. (Decrypt) |
| | Mt. Gox Extends Repayment Deadline to 2027 Again Mt. Gox trustee postponed creditor repayments by another year with 2.8 billion dollars in bitcoin still pending distribution. Many creditors have not completed required procedures for recovery. (Decrypt) |
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Crypto 101 What is Bitcoin's "digital gold" thesis? The argument that fixed supply plus global accessibility makes Bitcoin a store of value like gold. Supporters cite scarcity; skeptics cite volatility. The debate is the market. |
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“Bitcoin's supply is capped at 21 million. That's the whole pitch in one sentence.” |
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