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While East Asia starts its negotiation day, BTC is negotiated at $ 116,263, down 1.1% during the day and 2% lower over the week, according to Coindesk market data, while the ETH is at $ 4,322, out of 3.8% in the last 24 hours, but still up 2.6% per week.
THE Coindesk 20 (CD20)An index according to the largest cryptographic assets, is down 2.4%.
The chances of polymarkets suggest that traders are preparing for weakness until the end of August. The most likely result for BTC is now of a fence below $ 111,000 with a probability of 34%, while the most weighted scenario of ETH is a finish almost $ 4,800 to 43%.
Enflux, a market based in Singapore, said the market was fired in two directions.
“The market remains taken between a strong underlying institutional conviction, underlined by the additional change of purchase and structural financing of 430 BTC of Inc. Strategy, and an immediate lack of monitoring of retail,” he wrote in a note in Coindesk.
Enflux stressed that Bitcoin’s goal of $ 180,000 from Vaneck reiterated as proof that institutions are positioned for the prosecution, even as retail stories such as XRP and DOGE were capped by dry delays on ETF approvals.
Solana remains an exception, wrote Enflux, with the “quiet strength” of his domination in USDC transfers and Pumpfun’s share of the new token program.
However, the positioning of derivatives shows prudence.
QCP reported in a recent market update that perpetual financing rates had become negative during the weekend, a configuration that preceded previous withdrawals and biases are now favored through deadlines.
The result is a market that seems structurally supported at the top but tactically defensive in the Jackson Hole Symposium on Thursday, where the president of the Fed, Jerome Powell, should approach the policy under the weight of inflation greater than expected and a white house which continues to challenge the neutrality of the Fed.
With an interest in crypto research at a four -year summit and the genius acts through Washington, and now in the hands of regulators, the foundation of a wider rally is still under construction.
But for the moment, the prediction markets and the action of the prices suggest that the conviction is concentrated at the top, while the flows remain selective.
Market Movers
BTC: Bitcoin changed between $ 114,993 and $ 117,620 on August 18, with volumes much superior to the average, merchants digested by the merchants of the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent according to which strategic reserves would be fulfilled by budgetary acquisitions, rather than direct government purchases, as well as to maintain jackson prices.
ETH: Ethereum fell from $ 3% to $ 4,330.61 on August 18 in the middle of heavy volatility and repeated resistance near the record peaks, even though the American spot FNB attracted $ 3.71 billion in contrast entry with the retail sale.
Gold: Gold hovers nearly $ 3,333 to $ 3,394 per ounce on Monday, increasing at the start of the United States as position position before the FED symposium, where President Jerome Powell can refer to the September rate cuts, while merchants have also weighed American-Ukraine diplomacy and more widely the geopolitical demand for uncertainty.
Nikkei 225: Actions in Asia-Pacific mainly slipped Tuesday before the White House talks between Trump, Zelenskyy and European leaders, although the Nikkei 225 in Japan increased by 0.1% and the Topix was flat.
S&P 500: American actions were little changed on Monday, because the summer rally showed signs of fatigue before the fed on the minutes, the main retail income and Jackson Hole’s speech by Jerome Powell later this week.
Elsewhere in crypto
- The US Treasury Department is starting to work on engineering, to collect opinions on illegal activity (Coindesk)
- After attacking Monero, Qubic throws his goal on Dogecoin – here is why (Decrypt)
- Michael Saylor facilitates the limits of sales in stock while Bitcoin Premium Falls (Bloomberg)
