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The Crypto
Morning Report

Tuesday 18 Aug London 07:15
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Market Pulse
Fear & Greed
41
Fear
Global Voltage
$2.3T
Stablecoin Supply (24h Change)
DAI
+4.7M
USDC
+34.1M
USDT
-27M
Chain Stablecoin Flows
Ethereum
+230.8M
Base
+37.3M
Tron
+31.9M
Solana
-8.9M
BSC
-4.8M
Asset Trend 24H 7D
BTC $64,230 +1.03% 0.4%
ETH $1,896 -0.25% 1.2%
SOL $75.77 +0.38% -0.3%
BNB $603.59 -0.39% 0.7%
Chain Volume (24h)
Chain Vol Change
Base $2.9B +24.9%
BSC $2.6B +21.8%
Ethereum $2.3B +27.7%
Robinhood Chain $2.2B +26.3%
Solana $2.2B +24.4%
🔮 Signal Intelligence
📊 PATTERN DETECTION
Significant Hourly Patterns
Asset Hour (UTC) Session Avg Return Win Rate
PEPE 14:00 NY -0.339% 23%
AVAX 1:00 Asia +0.268% 60%
PEPE 22:00 Late -0.239% 27%
PEPE 7:00 Asia -0.229% 14%
LINK 1:00 Asia +0.214% 50%
AVAX 2:00 Asia +0.203% 57%
AVAX 15:00 NY +0.202% 63%
PEPE 21:00 Late -0.2% 23%
Day-of-Week: Today is Tuesday
BTC +0.07% win 50%
ETH -0.43% win 50%
SOL -0.29% win 50%
BNB +0.29% win 50%
XRP -0.65% win 50%
DOGE -0.04% win 75%
AVAX +1.1% win 50%
LINK +0.38% win 50%
SUI -0.21% win 50%
PEPE -0.24% win 50%
Historical Setup Matches
BTC 2026-08-04 75% match 24h: +0.75% 48h: +1.76%
BTC 2026-08-05 75% match 24h: +1.01% 48h: +0.24%
BTC 2026-07-26 75% match 24h: +1.32% 48h: -1.34%
SOL 2026-08-06 72% match 24h: -1.27% 48h: +1.29%
SOL 2026-08-05 72% match 24h: -0.15% 48h: -1.42%
💰 FLOW ANALYSIS
BTC ETF Flow
$-57.6M
7d: $-162.2M
ETH ETF Flow
$0
7d: $139.5M
💥 LIQUIDATION INTELLIGENCE
BTC $51.3K 2% longs CASCADE
ETH $2.7K 45% longs CASCADE
Funding Extremes
BNB 0.7098% CROWDED LONG 777% APR
BTC -0.3736% CROWDED SHORT 409% APR
SOL -0.0451% CROWDED SHORT 49% APR
⚡ ARBITRAGE SCANNER
Options Signals
BTC BULLISH
P/C Ratio0.56
Max Pain$65,000 (-0.35%)
IV Skew 25d11.1
ETH BULLISH
P/C Ratio0.5
Max Pain$1,950 (+2.72%)
IV Skew 25d21.06
📊 SIGNAL SCORECARD
Signal tracking started — scorecard builds over time.
⚡ THE EDGE
CONFLUENCE-SCORED ACTIONABLE EDGES · 110 SIGNALS EVALUATED
MARKET REGIME
🔵 Accumulation
CONFIDENCE
70%
Accumulation phases are characterized by low volatility and quiet institutional buying. Historically, they precede significant upward moves.
📉 Low Vol ↑ Vol Up F&G: 41 Funding: neutral Stablecoin: neutral
BTC Funding extreme — Bullish Signal
⚡ MEDIUM
ACTION Long BTC
ENTRY $64,230
TARGET $66,157 (+3.0%)
STOP $62,303 (-3.0%)
TF 4-12h
Funding extreme (crowded short -0.3736%). Liquidation cascade (98% shorts wiped). Options P/C ratio 0.56 (bullish).
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Funding extremeLiquidation cascadeOptions P/C ratio 0.56
📊 Order Book Depth
BINANCE FUTURES — TOP 5 ASSETS
Asset Spread Bid Depth Ask Depth Ratio Imbalance
BTC 0.02 bps $11.9M $15.8M 0.75 🔴 sell-heavy
ETH 0.05 bps $36M $36.6M 0.98 ✅ balanced
SOL 1.32 bps $47.6M $40.4M 1.18 🟢 buy-heavy
BNB 0.17 bps $9.5M $6.4M 1.49 🟢 buy-heavy
Notable Walls (±2% of mid)
BTC Bid: 8.32 @ $64,204 ($534.5K) Ask: 24.56 @ $64,204 ($1.6M)
ETH Bid: 539 @ $1,892 ($1M) Ask: 1200 @ $1,900 ($2.3M)
SOL Bid: 24651 @ $74.8 ($1.8M) Ask: 14514 @ $77 ($1.1M)
BNB Bid: 1644 @ $601.5 ($988.6K) Ask: 557 @ $608.49 ($339K)
⚠️ Biggest imbalance: BNB — ratio 1.49 (buy-heavy)
⚡ Estimated Liquidation Levels
ESTIMATED — WEIGHTED BY BINANCE LONG/SHORT RATIOS
Leverage tiers: 5x–100x. OI split by live long/short account ratio.
BTC $64,230
⚠️ Long Squeeze Risk
OI: $6.8B │ 60% Long / 40% Short
NEAREST LONG LIQ
$63,652
-0.9% from spot · 100x · ~6.0440000000000005% of OI ($411M)
NEAREST SHORT LIQ
$64,808
+0.9% from spot · 100x · ~3.9560000000000004% of OI ($269M)
ETH $1,896
⚠️ Long Squeeze Risk
OI: $4.5B │ 72% Long / 28% Short
NEAREST LONG LIQ
$1,879
-0.9% from spot · 100x · ~7.1930000000000005% of OI ($321.8M)
NEAREST SHORT LIQ
$1,913
+0.9% from spot · 100x · ~2.807% of OI ($125.6M)
SOL $75.77
⚠️ Long Squeeze Risk
OI: $652.5M │ 71% Long / 29% Short
NEAREST LONG LIQ
$75.09
-0.9% from spot · 100x · ~7.056% of OI ($46M)
NEAREST SHORT LIQ
$76.45
+0.9% from spot · 100x · ~2.944% of OI ($19.2M)
BNB $603.59
⚠️ Long Squeeze Risk
OI: $367M │ 68% Long / 32% Short
NEAREST LONG LIQ
$598.16
-0.9% from spot · 100x · ~6.848999999999999% of OI ($25.1M)
NEAREST SHORT LIQ
$609.02
+0.9% from spot · 100x · ~3.1510000000000002% of OI ($11.6M)
📊 Perpetual Basis (Spot vs Futures)
Contango (+) = futures premium = longs aggressive · Backwardation (−) = futures discount = shorts aggressive
Asset Spot Futures Basis Signal
BTC $64,230 $64,204.534 -0.0396% ➡️ Neutral
ETH $1,896.33 $1,895.361 -0.0511% 📉 Backwardation
SOL $75.77 $75.723 -0.0625% 📉 Backwardation
BNB $603.59 $603.91 +0.0530% 📈 Contango
Overall: Shorts dominant — bearish pressure
The Move
VC & News: • Wall Street rewrote crypto's rules with $11.2 billion in checks — https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/08/15/the-usd11-2-billion-in-2026-funding-that-killed-crypto-s-permissionless-era • Crypto-friendly bank Erebor in talks for $1.5 billion fundraise at $9.5 billion valuation: FT — https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/08/11/crypto-friendly-bank-erebor-in-talks-to-raise-usd1-5-billion-at-usd9-5-billion-valuation-ft • CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Crypto News and Price Data — https://www.coindesk.com/ • Clarity survives (barely), Strategy sells and the untold story of Mastercard's $1.8 billion deal: Crypto's week in 5 stories — https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/08/15/clarity-survives-barely-strategy-sells-and-the-untold-story-of-mastercard-s-usd1-8-billion-deal-crypto-s-week-in-5-stories • Why the world’s second-largest Bitcoin mining power is shutting down rigs in its capital city — https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/08/15/why-the-world-s-second-largest-bitcoin-mining-power-is-shutting-down-rigs-in-its-capital-city
Smart Money Flows
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Wall Street rewrote crypto's rules with $11.2 billion in checks — https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/08/15/the-usd11-2-billion-in-2026-funding-that-killed-crypto-s-permissionless-era
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Crypto-friendly bank Erebor in talks for $1.5 billion fundraise at $9.5 billion valuation: FT — https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/08/11/crypto-friendly-bank-erebor-in-talks-to-raise-usd1-5-billion-at-usd9-5-billion-valuation-ft
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CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Crypto News and Price Data — https://www.coindesk.com/
Generational Wealth
No arb opportunities above threshold Top yields (Solana): BTC-USDC on gmtrade: 188.6% APY ($2M TVL) SOL-USDC on gmtrade: 170.9% APY ($3M TVL) SOL-PUMP on orca-dex: 153.8% APY ($1M TVL) ETH-USDC on gmtrade: 150.0% APY ($1M TVL) USDC on neutral-trade: 107.3% APY ($2M TVL)
Stable Farms
BTC-USDCgmtrade 188.6% APY
SOL-USDCgmtrade 170.9% APY
SOL-PUMPorca-dex 153.8% APY
📡 THE WIRE
Top crypto news · 199 articles from 8 sources
🔐 Security 3 sources 8h ago
Payward is joining Project Glasswing, Anthropic’s program for giving vetted organizations access to its powerful cybersecurity AI.
CoinDeskDecryptBitcoinWorld
💰 Funding 2 sources 17h ago
The Bitcoin treasury firm halted BTC sales after three weeks, with equity issuance covering dividends, a STRC buyback and the dollar reserve.
CoinTelegraphDecrypt
📊 Market 2 sources 20h ago
The fine stems from Bitpanda failing to submit a mandatory white paper 20 days before publication and omitting required disclosures in marketing materials.
CoinTelegraphCoinDesk
🏛️ Regulation 1 source just now
Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.
CoinTelegraph
📊 Market 1 source just now
User data requests and EU transfer restrictions are changing how crypto works.
AmbCrypto
🔐 Security 1 source just now
Bulls are stacking longs, liquidity is thinning and one key level could trigger large liquidations.
CoinDesk
🏛️ Regulation 1 source just now
The post XRP News Today : Ripple and Jeonbuk Bank Partner To Bring Faster Payments to Korea appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Ripple, a blockchain based payment solution, has announced its partnership with South Korea’s regional bank Jeonbuk Bank. This partnership brings Ripple deeper into So
Coinpedia
💰 Funding 1 source just now
The post Top RWA Blockchains to Watch in 2026 appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization continues to emerge as one of blockchain’s most significant use cases, bringing assets such as real estate, private credit, funds, commodities, and other financial instruments o
Coinpedia
🏛️ Regulation 1 source just now
Jeonbuk Bank will use Ripple’s 24/7 cross-border payment service for business remittances, but it is unknown whether the flows will use XRP or Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin.
CoinDesk
🔐 Security 1 source just now
Why have losses continued 5 years after the vulnerable Coldcard firmware was released in 2021?
AmbCrypto
💰 Funding 1 source just now
The program came three months before investor unlocks begin, with MON trading below its public-sale price and most of the token supply still outside circulation.
CoinDesk
🚀 Protocol 1 source 1h ago
Developers have been urged to test on Plataberget before Glamsterdam’s new gas model reaches Ethereum’s other testnets and mainnet.
CoinTelegraph
The Trench
📊 LAUNCHPAD MARKET
PumpFun (24h)
├ Created: 32,324 | Graduated: 1,127 (3.49%)
├ Volume: $576.2M | Traders: 553.3K
└ Market Share: 19.5%
PumpFun (7d / 30d)
├ 7d: 228.3K created → 7.4K graduated (3.25%)
└ 30d: 867.3K created → 30.2K graduated (3.48%)
Overall Market (24h)
├ Total Mints: 34,696 | Graduated: 3,101
├ Total Volume: $3B | Traders: ~697.1K
├ Active Launchpads: 54
└ Overall Grad Rate: 8.94%
Top 5 by Volume (24h)
1. met-dbc — $2.4B (80.3%) — 2.1K mints
2. pump.fun — $576.2M (19.5%) — 32.3K mints
3. letsbonk.fun — $4.1M (0.1%) — 128 mints
4. moonshot — $869.8K (0.0%) — 22 mints
5. metadao — $854K (0.0%) — 0 mints
Source: Jupiter API
Top Narratives/Meta
🔥 Trending Narratives (Binance)
UOTF Themes 🔥 $896.5K (6 tokens)
Top: UOTF $464.1K · UOTF $327.2K · UOTF $347.6K
XTAL Themes 🔥 $292.2K (2 tokens)
Top: XTAL $-61.2K · XTAL $353.4K
ONYX COIN Themes 🔥 $192.9K (5 tokens)
Top: ONYX $45.6K · ONYX $12.6K · ONYX $103K
Kiro Proposes 'Bot' Meme Trend Culture 🔥 $169.9K (6 tokens)
Top: BOT $54.5 · BOT $16.1 · BOT $142.4
Alleged Grok Bot Meme Culture 🔥 $169K (6 tokens)
Top: BOT $3.5K · BOT $80.3 · BOT $597
Thomas D Allegedly Launches LAYOOO Token Themes 🔥 $146.6K (6 tokens)
Top: LAYOOO $145.9K · LAYOOO $7 · LAYOOO $536.2
Alleged Relaxed Toad Meme Culture 🔥 $129.5K (6 tokens)
Top: toad $810.9 · TOAD $-18.9K · TOAD $1K
Source: Binance Web3
📣 Social Hype Leaderboard (Binance)
#1 ANSEM ⚪ Unknown
#2 SPCX ⚪ Unknown
#3 SOL ⚪ Unknown
#4 LAYOOO ⚪ Unknown
#5 DEALER ⚪ Unknown
#6 LAYOO ⚪ Unknown
#7 HYPE ⚪ Unknown
Source: Binance Web3 Social Pulse
Momentum Leaders
⚠️ No momentum leaders found
Active Chains
Base $2.9B +24.9%
BSC $2.6B +21.8%
Ethereum $2.3B +27.7%
Prediction Markets
🏛️ Politics
Will United Russia (ER) gain the most seats in the next Russian parliamentary election?
YES 73% NO 27%
Will Nir Barkat be the next Prime Minister of Israel?
YES 0% NO 100%
🌐 Macro/Economy
Will the Fed increase interest rates by 25 bps after the September 2026 meeting?
YES 28% NO 72%
Will 9 Fed rate cuts happen in 2026?
YES 0% NO 100%
CROWD VIEW
Politics: Bearish (1 bullish / 4 bearish / 0 split) · Macro: Bearish (0 bullish / 2 bearish / 0 split)
System Health
7D Win Rate
0%
Alerts (24h)
0
📊 Track Record📉 Declining
Win Rate
52%
112W / 103L
7D Rate
0%
Avg PnL
+1.5%
Streak
🔥 4
Best: 17
14D Rate
0%
Avg Resolution
2.7d
Total Calls
276
61 active
LONG
55%
70W / 58L · Avg +2.2%
SHORT
44%
33W / 42L · Avg +0.6%
KELLY PNL SIMULATION
Capital: $19.4K
Total: +94.05%
Win Rate: 67.59%
Max DD: 10.16%
Sharpe-like: 0.27
Trades: 290
PERFORMANCE BY ASSET
SYMBOL CALLS WIN RATE AVG PNL
SOL 58 55% +2.3%
BTC 57 54% +1.2%
ETH 55 60% +2.7%
BNB 45 36% -0.6%
MONTHLY TREND
41%
Feb 26
96 calls
53%
Mar 26
161 calls
61%
Apr 26
46 calls
100%
May 26
1 calls
ACTIVE POSITIONS (61)
SYM DIR ENTRY TARGET P&L STATUS DATE
AVAX SHORT $19.5 T: $18.5 — ⏳ 2026-04-23
PEPE SHORT $7.80e-6 T: $7.10e-6 — ⏳ 2026-04-22
DOGE SHORT $0.104 T: $0.098 — ⏳ 2026-04-09
LINK SHORT $9 T: $8.7 — ⏳ 2026-04-09
DOGE SHORT $0.107 T: $0.098 — ⏳ 2026-04-08
LINK LONG $9 T: $9.5 — ⏳ 2026-04-08
DOGE SHORT $0.105 T: $0.098 — ⏳ 2026-04-05
LINK LONG $9 T: $9.5 — ⏳ 2026-04-05
DOGE SHORT $0.105 T: $0.098 — ⏳ 2026-04-04
LINK LONG $8.75 T: $9.35 — ⏳ 2026-04-03
RECENT CALLS (215 total)
SYM DIR ENTRY ACTUAL P&L RESULT DATE
BTC LONG $78,000 $75,595 -3.1% ❌ 2026-04-23
ETH SHORT $2,350 $2,244 +4.5% ✅ 2026-04-23
SOL SHORT $86 $82.6 +4.0% ✅ 2026-04-23
BNB SHORT $637 $615.58 +3.4% ✅ 2026-04-23
BTC LONG $76,500 $80,959 +5.8% ✅ 2026-04-22
ETH SHORT $2,395 $2,290 +4.4% ✅ 2026-04-22
SOL SHORT $87.8 $82.6 +5.9% ✅ 2026-04-22
BNB SHORT $641 $615.58 +4.0% ✅ 2026-04-22
BTC LONG $70,500 $74,328 +5.4% ✅ 2026-04-09
ETH LONG $2,175 $2,361 +8.6% ✅ 2026-04-09
DATA SOURCES
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