📢 Nearly as much $ETH is waiting to exit staking as there is waiting to enter. If exits overtake entries, it would mark a shift not seen since late 2025.

📢 Small and mid-cap cryptocurrencies have outperformed $BTC in market cap growth since late August, rising 41% compared to Bitcoin’s 7%, according to CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost.

📢 The pullback has deepened across all three coins, so this is no longer simply a pause near their recent highs. BTC is approaching $80,000, ETH needs to recover $2,500, and SOL is testing the area around $100; the next meaningful improvement would be holding those nearby levels and reclaiming lost ground, rather than briefly bouncing before falling again.

📢 Top Gainers

Pearl PRL
Bitway BTW
Akedo AKE
Monero XMR
LEO Token LEO
Figure Heloc FIGR_HELOC

Top Losers

Pump.fun PUMP
Jupiter JUP
Ethena ENA
Quant QNT
Canton CC
Lighter LIT

📢 Bitcoin’s MVRV has fallen below its historical 30th percentile after $BTC faced rejection near $87K, returning to what Darkfost describes as an accumulation zone.

📢 CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju says $HYPE leads all crypto assets in analyst sentiment.

📢 Stablecoins accounted for 44% of Canadian dollar crypto order book volume in June 2026, up from 30% a year earlier, with $USDC leading the category, according to Chainalysis.

📢 According to CryptoQuant, Bitcoin’s recovery depends on stronger spot demand, buyers absorbing $BTC flowing back to exchanges, and continued accumulation across different holder groups.

📢 $AKE leads this week’s top 6 token unlocks with $62.42M worth of tokens, followed by $ZRO, $XPL, and $H, according to CryptoRank.

📢 JPMorgan Asset Management has included Bitcoin in its 2027 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions, projecting a 10% annualized return for $BTC over the next decade, the highest among the assets compared.

📢 The Blockchain Association has urged the U.S. Treasury to clarify key definitions and limit liability in its proposed GENIUS Act rules for stablecoin issuance, ensuring the final framework aligns with Congress’ intent.

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📢 Ethereum staking has reached a record 43.8M $ETH, representing 35.9% of total supply, even as staking yields and validator numbers decline, according to a Bitwise report.

📢 Ethereum staking reached a record 43.8M $ETH, representing 35.9% of supply, while 69% of $SOL was staked by the end of Q3, according to Bitwise.

📢 CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju says new capital is flowing into Bitcoin, noting that this typically occurs only during bull markets.

📢 Solana has rolled out Alpenglow on mainnet, marking the largest consensus upgrade in the network’s history.

📢 Chainlink, Hedera, Aptos Labs, Ava Labs, Stellar, and the Cardano Foundation are calling on the SEC to formally define “digital commodity” classifications in its official rules.

📢 CoinDCX denies reports of a new breach, stating that the recent activity involves wallets compromised in July 2025 and is unrelated to the exchange.

📢 Pump.fun has deposited another 129,798 $SOL worth $14.07M to Kraken, bringing its total $SOL sales to 5.48M, valued at approximately $875.5M, according to Arkham data.

📢 A whale has sold 1,917.7 $BTC worth $159M and purchased 64,545 $ETH valued at $155M over the past 11 days, according to Lookonchain.