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🗓 Week 30 Recap.
What mattered:
➡️ Bitcoin opened near $64,500, hit $66,828 on Tuesday, pulled back to close around $65,000. Up roughly 3% on the week. ETH +2.6%. Market cap held at $2.21T. Fear & Greed: 37 to 36 — barely moved
➡️ The CLARITY Act missed its window for now. No floor vote or cloture motion filed, so the bill may not pass before the August break. A catalyst the market had been pricing in just evaporated
➡️ ETF flows finished the week at roughly $274 million in net inflows, despite a $225 million outflow on Thursday. Demand held
➡️ Altcoin Season Index at 54 — not officially altcoin season, but the highest reading in months
➡️ $35 million in DeFi bridge exploits in one day — AFX Trade on Arbitrum ($24 million), Verus-Ethereum bridge ($7.5 million)
➡️ BlackRock, Strategy and others formed a Bitcoin Security Consortium, pledging $15 million toward quantum computing defense
➡️ ECB held at 2.40%. UK CPI at 2.6%, below forecasts
➡️ Whether the Clarity Act sees progress before the August 7 deadline
➡️ Whether bitcoin holds above $64,000
➡️ Fed rate decision and Kevin Warsh's press conference
📰 Trump agreed to an ethics provision in the CLARITY Act that would bar the president and members of Congress from profiting off crypto.
The market read it as the last roadblock clearing. Nearly $100 billion flowed back in, and bitcoin briefly reclaimed $66,000.
👀 Watching: "Regulation is finally happening. The bill is basically done. This is the green light everyone waited for."
🧠 Thinking: "Trump agreeing to language is not the Senate passing it. Key Democrats already say the draft falls short, and the Senate leaves for recess after August 7. What actually has to happen between now and then for this to become law?"
☀️ Good morning. Three things worth knowing today:
1️⃣ Bitcoin is trading around $65,700, up about 2.5% over the past week.
• ETF inflows came in at roughly $69 million on July 22, a third consecutive positive session.
• Today’s main event is the ECB rate decision at 3:15 p.m. CET — no change expected at 2.40%, but the press conference that follows will be watched for any signals on future cuts.
2️⃣ Zama (ZAMA) and Lombard (BARD) posted gains of 23.8% and 17.7% respectively over the past 24 hours. The broader altcoin market pulled back slightly yesterday, losing roughly $2 billion, while most major categories continue to hold weekly gains.
3️⃣ Several DeFi protocols lost a combined $35 million in separate attacks within hours of each other on Wednesday — including a $24 million bridge exploit on Arbitrum-based AFX Trade and a $7.5 million attack on the Verus-Ethereum bridge. The wave of exploits serves as a reminder that bridge infrastructure remains one of the most vulnerable points in crypto, even as institutional capital continues to flow into the space.
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💸 Bitcoin’s market structure is showing signs of stabilization.
📈 Spot Bitcoin ETFs returned to net inflows, recording $75.7M in positive flows last week.
📉 Exchange inflows remained contained at around 20,000 BTC daily average, suggesting limited selling pressure despite the recovery.
⚖️ Long-term holders now control over 84% of Bitcoin’s circulating supply, with signs of a market transition to a “wait and see” mode.
☀️ Good morning. Three things to know today:
1️⃣ Bitcoin reclaimed $66,000 amid reports of a potential 10-day Middle East ceasefire to bring the U.S. and Iran back to the negotiating table. Spot Bitcoin ETF inflows are picking up pace, adding $227M in net inflows yesterday. That said, a sustained break above $68,000, the short-term holder cost basis, would be needed to signal a broader shift toward recovery.
2️⃣ ONDO and LDO surged over 12% today, joining the top gainers club. ONDO's move was fueled by the launch of DTCC-backed tokenized assets.
3️⃣ Trump agreed to an ethics provision in the CLARITY Act that would ban the president and members of Congress from profiting on crypto. Ethics has been the final sticking point holding back broad crypto legislation and removing it clears a path toward getting a bill signed into law.
☀️ Good morning. Three things worth knowing this morning:
1️⃣ Bitcoin is trading at $63,835, up 1.67% over the past week. ETF inflows came in at $132.30 million on July 17, the third consecutive positive session. The Altcoin Season Index climbed to 57 this week, up from around 20 in May. The index has not yet reached the 75-point threshold that defines altcoin season, but the direction of travel has been consistent for two months.
2️⃣ Pump.fun (PUMP) and Pi Network (PI) posted gains of 20.1% and 9.6% respectively over the past 24 hours. The broader altcoin market added roughly $1.8 billion yesterday. Both tokens are part of the broader SocialFi and launchpad narrative that has been one of the stronger performing categories over the past week.
3️⃣ Michael Saylor published a 110-point essay urging Bitcoin to reject BIP-110, a proposed soft fork that would allow Satoshi's dormant coins to be recovered or quarantined. Saylor argues the change would undermine Bitcoin's core promise of immutability. The proposal has drawn more public opposition from major Bitcoin figures than any governance debate in recent years, with the August window for a potential network decision approaching fast.
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📊 Two long-dormant Bitcoin wallets moved this week.
One had been untouched since December 2017: 5,908 BTC, worth $383M today. Another had been silent for seven years: 2,931 BTC, worth $188M. Combined, that's over half a billion dollars in coins that hadn't moved in years.
Both transfers went to new, unidentified wallets. Neither went to an exchange. No sale has taken place on-chain.
👀 Watching: "Whales moving coins after years of silence means they're about to dump."
🧠 Thinking: "The coins are still held, just in a different address. A wallet moving is not the same as a wallet selling."
📈 Retail Bitcoin buyers are becoming increasingly active.
💸 Wallets holding less than 1 BTC added nearly 11,000 BTC over the past month — their strongest accumulation since late 2023.
⚖️ That's roughly the same balance increase recorded by wallets holding 1,000–10,000 BTC.
🐻 Historically, retail buying is accelerating during the later stages of bear markets.
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💸 Bitcoin's on-chain picture continues to improve.
📈 Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded their first net inflows since early May.
📉 Exchange inflows dropped to their lowest level since April, pointing to lighter sell-side pressure.
⚖️ Several bottoming indicators are beginning to align, with realized loss momentum and MVRV momentum printing divergences with Bitcoin’s price.
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🗓️ Week 28 Recap.
What mattered:
➡️ Crypto market cap jumped from $2.21T to $2.51T. Soft jobs data, rising Bitcoin accumulation, and Ethereum's new roadmap all contributed. Fear & Greed edged up to 23
➡️ The recovery held despite Strategy selling over $250M in BTC and renewed U.S.-Iran aerial strikes
➡️ Spot Bitcoin ETF flows turned positive for a few days — not a trend yet, but a break from weeks of outflows. Selling pressure across BTC holders also dropped sharply
➡️ The yen strengthened and Japanese bond yields pulled back — this partly supported Bitcoin’s recovery
➡️ Vitalik Buterin announced Ethereum's biggest rebuild since the Merge
➡️ U.S. consumer inflation expectations hit their highest level since 2023
➡️ U.S. Core CPI on Tuesday — key for the Fed's next move
➡️ U.S. PPI and crude oil inventory data on Wednesday
➡️ Whether ETF inflows can hold and build on this week's turn
☀️ Hi there. Three things the market is watching today:
1️⃣ Bitcoin is trading around $65,000, up about 3% over the past week after pulling back from a local high near $67,000 on Tuesday.
• ETF outflows came in at roughly $225 million on July 23, the first significant negative session after several days of inflows.
• U.S. PMI data lands today at 4:45 p.m. CET — both Manufacturing and Services are forecast slightly higher than prior readings.
2️⃣ Audiera (BEAT) and Epic Chain (EPIC) posted gains of 7.7% and 17.0% respectively over the past 24 hours. The broader altcoin market lost roughly $13 billion yesterday, one of the sharper single-day drops in recent weeks, as most sectors pulled back alongside bitcoin.
3️⃣ The CLARITY Act is now expected to miss the window before Congress’s summer recess, according to Senate leadership. The bill would have established the first federal framework for crypto markets in the U.S. The delay pushes any vote to September at the earliest, removing a key near-term catalyst the market had been pricing in — which helps explain part of yesterday’s pullback.
📉 After several quarters of growth, stablecoin supply reversed.
Total supply dropped to $312B in Q2 2026, the first quarterly decline since 2023.
⚖️ The biggest drag came from DeFi-native yield-bearing stablecoins such as sUSDe and sUSDs, while treasury-backed products kept growing.
🛡️ The move lines up with the broader flight to safety.
💬 Is this rotation into stablecoins, or an exit from crypto altogether? 👇
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💸 Bitcoin is trading more like gold again.
📊 BTC's 30-day correlation with gold has reached its highest level since November 2024.
⚖️ Historically, when this correlation remains above 0.6, Bitcoin often enters a range-bound phase before making a larger move.
⛈️ The signal suggests that the current Bitcoin move might be calm before the storm in either direction.
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☀️ Good morning. Three things worth knowing this morning:
1️⃣ Bitcoin is trading around $66,000, up about 1.7% over the past week after recovering from a dip to $62,600 mid-week.
• ETF inflows came in at $203 million on July 21, the strongest single session in several weeks.
• UK CPI printed at 2.6% this morning, below the 2.7% forecast and down from 2.8% prior, adding to the picture of cooling inflation across major economies.
2️⃣ Harmony (ONE) and Midnight (NIGHT) posted gains of 15.7% and 17.8% respectively over the past 24 hours. The broader altcoin market added roughly $4 billion yesterday, continuing a week that has seen most major categories recover after several weeks of selling.
3️⃣ U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent said the CLARITY Act is at the "one-yard line," suggesting a final legislative push is underway. The White House is pressing Senate Democrats to accept a crypto ethics deal that would allow the bill to advance. Bitcoin jumped on the news, briefly touching $67,000 on Monday. The CLARITY Act would establish the first federal framework for crypto markets in the U.S. — passage would remove one of the biggest regulatory uncertainties the industry has faced.
📊 Kaiko published its Spot Exchange Ranking for Q2 2026, scoring 43 crypto exchanges across six categories: governance, business, technology, data quality, security, liquidity.
📊 Kaiko is a market data firm, not a crypto blog. Institutions like Société Générale and Fidelity use its numbers.
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💧 6th for liquidity.
🔒 10th for security.
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🗓 Week 29 Recap.
What mattered:
➡️ Bitcoin opened near $64,160, touched $65,421 on Wednesday after soft CPI data, then pulled back to close near $62,800, down about 2.25% on the week. ETH held better at +0.46%.
• Total market cap slipped from $2.19T to $2.17T.
• Fear & Greed stayed at 31 all week.
➡️ The week's tension in one sentence: soft inflation data pushed bitcoin to a weekly high, then U.S.-Iran escalation took most of it back the same day.
➡️ ETF flows swung hard — Monday's $424.66 million outflow was one of the largest single-session outflows in weeks, followed by three straight days of inflows totaling $368 million. Weekly balance: -$56.62 million.
➡️ DTCC ran its first live tokenized stock and Treasury trades, with BlackRock, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and nearly 40 other firms. Wall Street's core infrastructure is now processing real trades on blockchain.
➡️ Japan passed a law classifying crypto as a financial product with lower tax rates.
➡️ Visa launched a stablecoin platform for banks and fintech companies.
➡️ CLARITY Act Senate floor vote — projected July 20 to 30. The window is narrow.
➡️ Whether bitcoin holds above $62,000.
➡️ Fed Vice Chair Jefferson speaks Friday.
☀️ Good morning. Three things to know today:
1️⃣ Bitcoin is trading at $63,042, down 1.79% over the past 24 hours as both short and long-term holders took profits after last week's rally to $65,000.
• ETF inflows came in at $79.15 million on July 16, a sign that institutional demand is holding even as price pulls back.
• EU CPI printed at 2.8% this morning, down from 3.2% prior — inflation in Europe is cooling.
2️⃣ eCash (XEC) and Kaito (KAITO) posted gains of 26.2% and 20.7% respectively over the past 24 hours. The broader altcoin market lost roughly $15 billion yesterday, the sharpest single-day drop in over a week, so these moves stand out against an otherwise difficult session.
3️⃣ Visa launched a stablecoin platform for banks and fintech companies, giving financial institutions a way to issue and manage stablecoins directly. The move signals that major payment networks are no longer watching stablecoin adoption from the sidelines — and adds competitive pressure to existing stablecoin issuers at a time when the U.S. Congress is still debating the regulatory framework for the sector.
☀️ Good morning. Here's what's moving markets today:
1️⃣ Bitcoin is trading at $64,453.
• ETF inflows came in at $107.80 million on July 15, keeping the recovery momentum going after last week's heavy outflows.
• Today's macro calendar is packed — Retail Sales, Jobless Claims, and the Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index all hit at 3:30 p.m. EDT. A soft set of numbers would take more pressure off rate hike expectations ahead of the July 29 Fed meeting.
2️⃣ Ondo (ONDO) and Space and Time (SXT) posted gains of 16.7% and 11.7% respectively over the past 24 hours. The broader altcoin market added roughly $858 million yesterday — not dramatic, but the first real green day after weeks of selling.
3️⃣ DTCC, the clearing house behind most U.S. securities settlement, ran its first live production trades in tokenized stocks and Treasurys on Wednesday, with BlackRock, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and nearly 40 other firms taking part. Microsoft shares, the QQQ Trust, and a BlackRock Treasury ETF were among the first assets tokenized. This matters because it is no longer a pilot — real trades, real infrastructure, real institutions. That kind of validation tends to pull more capital and attention toward the tokenization space over time.
📊 Stablecoin supply fell to $312B in Q2 2026, the first quarterly decline since Q3 2023.
📉 Yield-bearing stablecoins lost $3.5B in supply as DeFi-native tokens like sUSDe pulled back sharply, while treasury-backed products kept growing.
📈 USDC's share of total crypto trading volume hit an all-time high of 12.5%, partly driven by exchanges shifting away from USDT in Europe as MiCA compliance requirements tighten.
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☀️ Good morning. Three things the market is watching today:
1️⃣ Bitcoin is trading at $62,523, down 1.26% over the past week.
• ETFs recorded $424.66 million in outflows on July 13, pointing to renewed selling pressure after a brief run of positive sessions.
• Today's U.S. CPI data at 3:30 p.m. EDT is the main event to watch. Headline inflation is forecast at 3.8% year-over-year, down from 4.2% prior. A softer reading could ease rate hike concerns heading into the Fed's July 29 meeting.
2️⃣ TRIA and Space and Time (SXT) are among today's stronger performers, up 30.6% and 11.7% respectively over the past 24 hours. The broader altcoin market lost roughly $12 billion, or 1.35%, yesterday, with most major categories trading lower over the past week.
3️⃣ BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley have joined the U.K. government's tokenization taskforce, one of the broader institutional commitments to bringing traditional financial assets on-chain. The U.K. Treasury separately published a tokenized finance roadmap projecting a £33 billion annual boost to the economy. It is a notable sign of how quickly Wall Street's posture toward on-chain infrastructure has shifted.
☀️ Good morning. Before you start your day, three things to know:
1️⃣ Bitcoin is trading at $63,060, up 0.76% over the past week. ETFs recorded $90.44 million in inflows on July 10, part of a broader shift that saw bitcoin and ether ETFs combined snap an eight-week outflow streak with $282 million in net inflows last week.
2️⃣ eCash (XEC) and Kite (KITE) are among today's stronger performers, up 30.6% and 23.8% respectively over the past 24 hours. The broader altcoin market lost roughly $4.4 billion in value yesterday, though select names continue to show strength against the wider trend.
3️⃣ An AI system identified a critical vulnerability in Ethereum's codebase that could have taken validators offline, though human engineers were needed to formally prove the bug before it could be addressed. The incident points to a growing role for automated tools in blockchain security, while also highlighting their current limits.
The coldest walk in crypto ❄️
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📉 For the first time since the FTX collapse in November 2022, more Bitcoin is sitting at a loss than in profit.
⏳ In previous cycles, Bitcoin hit its cycle bottom within three months of this crossover. In some cases, it happened almost immediately.
⚠️ That doesn't mean the bottom is in. But historically, this signal has marked the final stage of bear markets.
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