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08/28/2026
Crypto News — August 28, 2026: today's crypto market
28, 2026 Bitcoin treaded water overnight, up just 0.22% to $79,505 as the market consolidates after last week's 5.4% rally. ETH limped lower (-1.71%), but Solana kept the bid, posting +1.35% and a monster +18% weekly. Fe
08/27/2026
Crypto News — August 27, 2026: today's crypto market
27, 2026 Bitcoin treading water just shy of $80K while Solana runs hot, but the aggregate market cap is contracting—classic reallocation play. Fear & Greed spiked to 71 overnight, yet funding levels remain measured; sent
08/26/2026
Crypto News — August 26, 2026: today's crypto market
26, 2026 Market pulling back after a scorching 22–28% weekly rally. Bitcoin down 1.48% overnight, alts bleeding harder—Solana took a 3.59% hit. Fear & Greed dropped 9 points to 65, a warning sign that momentum is losing
08/25/2026
Crypto News — August 25, 2026: today's crypto market
25, 2026 Bitcoin crossed $79,900 overnight and is now camping just below the $81,160 session high, riding a 24.10% weekly rally that's refusing to quit. ETH and SOL are outpacing BTC on a weekly basis—30.50% and 32.00% r
08/24/2026
Crypto News — August 24, 2026: today's crypto market
24, 2026 Bitcoin and Ethereum are grinding higher in selective strength, with BTC holding $77K and ETH crushing it at $2,455. The 7-day rally is real—BTC +21.60%, ETH +28.90%, SOL +24.10%—but total market cap dropped 1.2
08/23/2026
Crypto News — August 23, 2026: today's crypto market
23, 2026 Profit-taking is real. After a screaming 20%+ rally last week, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana all dropped 2–2.3% overnight despite still sitting in greed territory. Total market cap contracted 5.23%, a sign that
08/22/2026
Crypto News — August 22, 2026: today's crypto market
22, 2026 Markets are running hot this morning. Bitcoin's up 2.1% overnight and sitting pretty at $77,158 after a 22.6% weekly rip. Ethereum and Solana are outpacing BTC on the day—ETH +2.5%, SOL +4.4%—which tells you bre
08/21/2026
Crypto News — August 21, 2026: today's crypto market
21, 2026 Market's firing on all cylinders this morning. Bitcoin crushed through $78.8k on a 9.30% daily rip, while ETH and SOL are tracking +4.9% and +5.3% respectively. Total market cap hit $2.64T—that's a 6.82% 24h mov
08/20/2026
Crypto News — August 20, 2026: today's crypto market
20, 2026 Markets woke up in full risk-on mode. Bitcoin crushed through $71K, Ethereum exploded 18.7% to $2,280, and the Fear & Greed gauge pivoted hard from yesterday's 46 (Fear) to today's 62 (Greed). Total cap is now $
08/19/2026
Crypto News — August 19, 2026: today's crypto market
19, 2026 Bitcoin is stuck in neutral at $64,391 with zero 24h movement, but the mood shifted slightly from fear to cautious acceptance. Fear & Greed crept up to 46 from 41 yesterday, and total market cap is grinding high
08/18/2026
Crypto News — August 18, 2026: today's crypto market
18, 2026 Markets are locked in a holding pattern. Bitcoin clinging to the $64K zone with modest overnight gains, ETH soft and fractional. Overall cryptocurrency market gained to $2.28 trillion as Bitcoin strengthened, se
08/17/2026
Crypto News — August 17, 2026: today's crypto market
17, 2026 Fear tightened its grip overnight—down 3 points to 31 on the Fear & Greed Index, signaling real caution in a market running on fumes. BTC scraped out a modest +0.80% overnight to land at $63,349, but the 7-day c
08/16/2026
Crypto News — August 16, 2026: today's crypto market
16, 2026 Crypto trades in a holding pattern this Saturday morning, with Bitcoin locked near US$ 63,010 after a flat Friday close. The 7-day loss of 2.80% and Fear & Greed at 34 signal traders are waiting for direction ra
08/15/2026
Crypto News — August 15, 2026: today's crypto market
15, 2026 Bitcoin sitting in a box this morning—$62,902 after barely moving 0.10% in 24h, while fear crept back into the market dial (34 from 29 yesterday). The broader narrative is trapped sideways: $2.25T cap up 0.16%,
08/14/2026
Crypto News — August 14, 2026: today's crypto market
14, 2026 Markets drifting sideways with fear locked at 29. BTC clawed back above $62.8k after yesterday's flat grind but we're still nursing a -2.1% weekly bleed. ETH hanging tough at $1,874, SOL outperforming with +3.9%
08/13/2026
Crypto News — August 13, 2026: today's crypto market
13, 2026 Sideways grind continues. Bitcoin shrugged off a match-forecast CPI report this morning, staying locked in its narrow $63.3k-$64.3k range with zero directional impulse. Fear gauge ticked up marginally to 29, con
08/12/2026
Crypto News — August 12, 2026: today's crypto market
12, 2026 Fear has a tighter grip than it did yesterday. Bitcoin slides into today's inflation print (US CPI) down -0.30% on thin momentum, while the broader market trades in anxious consolidation. Crypto remained cautiou
08/11/2026
Crypto News — August 11, 2026: today's crypto market
11, 2026 Markets can't find a bid. Bitcoin dropped below $64k overnight as traders actively de-risked ahead of Wednesday's CPI report, the key catalyst that could either spark a relief rally or confirm broader institutio
08/10/2026
Crypto News — August 10, 2026: today's crypto market
10, 2026 Market holding a delicate balance today. BTC +0.50% (US$ 65,194), ETH +0.30% (US$ 1,924.85), SOL pulling ahead at +0.70% (US$ 76.91). Fear & Greed dipped 1 point to 30—we're in Fear, not panic. The 7-day momentu
08/09/2026
Crypto News — August 9, 2026: today's crypto market
9, 2026 Bitcoin just forked. Not theoretically—actually. At block 961632 (Saturday afternoon), rival miners split the network over a contested protocol change called BIP-110. The main chain kept moving forward, BIP-110 s
08/08/2026
Crypto News — August 8, 2026: today's crypto market
8, 2026 Crypto is grinding sideways on modest gains but the real story is happening behind the scenes. BTC clawed back 1.10% and is sitting near session highs, ETH limped higher 0.60%, while SOL's 2.80% pop leads the tri
08/07/2026
Crypto News — August 7, 2026: today's crypto market
7, 2026 Market sentiment shifted marginally higher today despite soft price action across the board. BTC and ETH posted modest losses while Fear & Greed moved from Extreme Fear (25) to Fear (29)—a slight relief that sign
08/06/2026
Crypto News — August 6, 2026: today's crypto market
6, 2026 Extreme Fear is finally showing its teeth. Sentiment tanked to 25 overnight—the deepest capitulation we've seen in weeks—yet Bitcoin refuses to crater. That's the chart pattern that makes traders rich: when the f
08/05/2026
Crypto News — August 5, 2026: today's crypto market
5, 2026 Bitcoin consolidated into a tight range overnight as U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a net inflow of $170.1 million on August 4, with institutional buyers using the early morning price dip to add to their holding
08/04/2026
Crypto News — August 4, 2026: today's crypto market
4, 2026 Extreme Fear grips the market as BTC consolidates in the $62k–$64k range on light leverage and zero conviction. Alts are rotting faster than BTC—ETH down 1.20% weekly while SOL holds up slightly—signaling fragile
08/03/2026
Crypto News — August 3, 2026: today's crypto market
3, 2026 Markets stayed rangebound on modest selling overnight as macro data dominates the week ahead. Bitcoin dipped 1.40% to $62,445 while altcoins underperformed—ETH -1.80%, SOL -1.30%—on persistent downtrend momentum.
08/02/2026
Crypto News — August 2, 2026: today's crypto market
2, 2026 Bitcoin's holding the $63K line, but sentiment is still locked in fear—Fear & Greed at 27 for two straight days. Price action is sideways consolidation with zero directional conviction. Stablecoin liquidity is ab
08/01/2026
Crypto News — August 1, 2026: today's crypto market
1, 2026 Fear crept back into the ring overnight. Bitcoin dumped 1.8% to US$ 63,084, Ethereum slid 1.7%, and the broader market cap fell 0.88% to US$ 2.25T. Fear & Greed ticked up from extreme fear (25) to plain fear (27)
07/31/2026
Crypto News — July 31, 2026: today's crypto market
31, 2026 Capitulation's grip tightens as Bitcoin crawls near $64K, bleeding slow and steady without the panic flush that normally marks bottoms. Markets staged a sharp recovery alongside stocks on Thursday, July 30, reve
07/29/2026
Crypto News — July 29, 2026: today's crypto market
29, 2026 BTC edges higher at $64,349 (+1.40%), but it's treading water in a mean-reverting market. Fear stuck at 29, funding rates near zero on major perps, and stablecoin supply flat: all the hallmarks of a wait-and-see
07/28/2026
Crypto News — July 28, 2026: today's crypto market
28, 2026 Fear is doing exactly what it's supposed to do: find the weak hands. Bitcoin fell back under $64,000 on July 28 as roughly $100 million in leveraged positions were wiped out across the crypto market inside 60 mi
07/27/2026
Crypto News — July 27, 2026: today's crypto market
27, 2026 As the US and Iran pause missile strikes, Bitcoin holds firm above $65,000 while Ethereum leads the upside—but don't confuse modest gains with conviction. The Fear & Greed Index barely budged to 30 from yesterda
07/26/2026
Crypto News — July 26, 2026: today's crypto market
26, 2026 Bitcoin sideways near $64.4k, ETH outrunning its bigger brother. Total market cap nudged up 0.99% overnight—no conviction either way. Fear & Greed at 26, still bottish but holding ground. Funding rates on the bi
07/25/2026
Crypto News — July 25, 2026: today's crypto market
25, 2026 Traders woke to weakness. Bitcoin shed 2.30% on the day, Ethereum fell 1.90%, and Solana dropped 2.80%—the third red day in a row across the board. Market cap collapsed 1.79% in 24h to $2.27 trillion. Fear & Gre
07/24/2026
Crypto News — July 24, 2026: today's crypto market
24, 2026 Crypto woke up sour this morning. BTC slipped 0.49% to $65,280, ETH dropped 1.94% to $1,887.69, and SOL fell 2.12% to $75.75—profit-taking after a decent week that's now hitting resistance. Fear & Greed tanked t
07/23/2026
Crypto News — July 23, 2026: today's crypto market
23, 2026 Bitcoin coughed up 0.80% overnight while the broader market dipped 0.30%, signaling cautious sellers in a low-conviction environment. The Fear & Greed index slipped from 33 to 31—deeper into fear territory—but p
07/22/2026
Crypto News — July 22, 2026: today's crypto market
22, 2026 Bitcoin's consolidation is cracking. After bouncing from the July lows, BTC rallied to a 5-week high above $66,900 and is now up 13% month-to-date—a move that contradicts yesterday's extreme fear reading and sig
07/21/2026
Crypto News — July 21, 2026: today's crypto market
21, 2026 Mixed energy this morning. Bitcoin and Ethereum both printed solid overnight gains while extreme fear persisted—Fear & Greed Index at 25, down from 29 yesterday. That's the setup: prices climbing into terror. Fu
07/20/2026
Crypto News — July 20, 2026: today's crypto market
20, 2026 Markets are consolidating near support, trapped between macro headwinds and cautious institutional patience. Bitcoin is clinging to $64k on near-zero funding rates and mild Fear reading, but geopolitical heat an
07/19/2026
Crypto News — July 19, 2026: today's crypto market
19, 2026 Sideways bias holds as fear lifts from "extreme" but conviction remains absent. BTC consolidated within tight parameters overnight—still trapped between $63,906 and $64,866—while ETH showed relative strength on
07/18/2026
Crypto News — July 18, 2026: today's crypto market
18, 2026 Bitcoin holds $63,946 after yesterday's 1.74% jump, but the tone remains fragile. Fear & Greed sank to 25 (extreme fear), and Ethereum outperforming on a 7d basis (+2.65%) while Solana bleeds -3.87% weekly signa
07/17/2026
Crypto News — July 17, 2026: today's crypto market
17, 2026 Fear creeping higher as market sheds $37B in 24h. BTC's down 1.86%, ETH bleeding harder at -2.83%, and SOL getting hit worst at -2.03%. Total cap's at $2.25T with fear sentiment firmly planted at 27 (up from yes
07/16/2026
Crypto News — July 16, 2026: today's crypto market
16, 2026 Extreme Fear clings to markets for a second straight day, with Fear & Greed flat at 25. But yesterday's softer inflation data gave traders a tactical bounce: BTC rallied to nearly $65.4K before rolling back, ETH