The Ethereum ETF race is quickly becoming a fee fight. Grayscale’s disclosure of a 0.15% sponsor fee for its Ethereum Mini Trust puts real pressure on the rest of the issuer field, especially as investors compare product
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Strip Bitcoin and Ethereum out of the crypto market and what remains has shed almost a quarter of its value in the first half of 2026, falling to $666 billion while liquidity retreats into a handful of survivors. This is not a crash; crashes end. It is something slower and stranger: a depression in the long tail of crypto, with its own causes, its own refugees, and its own short list of assets that refuse to participate. Summary The ex-Bitcoin and ex-Ethereum crypto market lost nearly 23% in the first half of 2026. Liquidity is retreating from the long tail into Bitcoin, stablecoins, and a few assets with stronger revenue mechanisms. The current altcoin downturn looks more like a slow structural depression than a fast liquidation crash. Token supply glut, ETF-driven institutional access, and the rise of perpetual trading have weakened broad altcoin demand. The main survivors are tokens with
Meta description: Crypto minus Bitcoin and Ethereum fell 23% in H1 2026 to $666B. The three structural causes, the survivors, and the honest bull and bear cases.
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Bitcoin holds above short-term support but still faces major long-term resistance. Ethereum recovery strengthens, yet key moving averages continue capping upside. XRP steadies near support as bulls await breakout above critical resistance levels. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP entered today with improving short-term momentum, yet none have fully escaped their broader bearish structures. Buyers have stepped back into the market after weeks of heavy selling, helping prices stabilize near important technical support zones. However, the leading cryptocurrencies continue to trade beneath key long-term moving averages, keeping traders cautious. Bitcoin Price Prediction: BTC Faces a Major Recovery Test Bitcoin trades near $62,864 after finding support above the 20-day EMA at $62,574. Additionally, the flattening 20-day EMA suggests bearish momentum continues to weaken. However, the 50-d
Micron's stock surge highlights the transformative impact of AI and blockchain on traditional finance, with potential risks from market cyclicality.
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Stable jobless claims and modest job growth bolster expectations for Fed rate cuts, potentially boosting risk assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum.
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“ETH to $2,500 before September,” one analyst predicted. The second-largest cryptocurrency has rebounded from the local bottoms witnessed last month, and now multiple analysts believe the price is ready to jump even higher. Growing institutional interest supports the bullish thesis and could indeed pave the way for a more substantial upward move. $2K Comes Next? As of press time, ETH trades at around $1,750, representing an 8% increase over the past week and a 17% rise from its June low. X user Ted noted that the asset recently tapped the $1,820-$1,850 resistance zone but got rejected. At the same time, he highlighted ETH’s ability to hold the $1,750 support and predicted that a decisive breakout could open the door for a rally toward $2,000. Earlier this week, Poseidon claimed that ETH has formed a double bottom under $1,800 and wondered why some people expect a decline given
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A crypto wallet linked to a suspected romance-scam money launderer processed more than $122.5 million in 10 months, according to Interpol, as authorities expanded a global crackdown on online fraud. Interpol said Thursday that Thai authorities arrested two suspects and uncovered a money-laundering network that funneled proceeds from romance scams into cryptocurrencies, using cross-chain token swaps to obscure the trail. The Thai investigation was part of Operation First Light 2026, an Interpol-coordinated campaign targeting social engineering scams and the financial infrastructure used to launder their proceeds. The operation involved authorities in 97 countries and territories, resulting in 5,811 arrests and the seizure of $293 million in illicit assets tied to fraud and money laundering. Tomonobu Kaya, director of Interpol’s Financial Crime and Anti-Corruption Centre, said soc
