Bitcoin Climbs Toward $81K as Tech Stocks Advance
Bitcoin and Ether gained ahead of the Fed’s rate decision, while the crypto market’s total capitalization stood at $2.80T.
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Bitcoin and Ether gained ahead of the Fed’s rate decision, while the crypto market’s total capitalization stood at $2.80T.
Retail has dumped ~192K ETH since January while the 10K-100K whale cohort added ~200K through the CLARITY flop and a pre-FOMC pullback.
Open interest rolling off into known catalysts is textbook positioning, not spot fear. The bullish read sits in the setup that follows once CLARITY lands and the Fed speaks.
The break matters because it upends the AI-equity correlation that defined July: two failed routs in five sessions hint crypto is finding its own tape, just as the Fed decides rates and Q2 GDP lands.
Two-pronged hit: a risk-off wave from Korea's worst Kospi session in years compounds a regulatory blow as the Clarity Act loses its floor window before the August recess.
The five largest prediction markets closing this month are split across sports, politics, and a Fed decision — a cross-asset snapshot of where retail and event-driven capital is currently parked.