ETHEUR
Ethereum / Euro
crypto Composite

🌍 **Macro**
Falling long-end Treasury yields and a weaker U.S. dollar sharply improved liquidity conditions. The 30-year Treasury yield fell nearly 10 bps to around 5.19%, while the DXY dropped below 99. Risk appetite recovered, with crypto-related equities strongly outperforming.
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📈 **Market Snapshot**
• BTC: $69,339.10 (+7.13%)
• ETH: $2,253.27 (+17.49%)
• NASDAQ: 26,331.09 (+0.16%)
• S&P 500: 7,707.98 (+0.21%)
• F&G: 62 (Greed)
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🧠 **Market Take**
BTC broke decisively out of the $64K–$65K range, cleared $68K and briefly pushed toward $70K. More than $1B in shorts were liquidated within an hour, accelerating the move.
Key levels:
* Resistance: $70K
* Support: $68K–$69K
* Trend: Bullish breakout
ETH and higher-beta assets are outperforming as risk appetite broadens across the market. BTC holding above $68K would strengthen the breakout, while a quick rejection back below $68K could trigger profit-taking after the short squeeze.
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🔥 **Hot Tokens**
* CACAO: -89% at one point after a Maya Protocol exploit drained \~$1.7M in assets
* TRX: +0.4% ahead of planned TVM compatibility upgrades
* SOL: +10%+ after Solana reduced mainnet slot time from \~400ms to 350ms
* TRUMP: +25% as Trump-related crypto narratives returned with the broader market rally
* HYPE: +19% after Trump signaled a compliant path for Hyperliquid in the U.S.; volume surged \~3.5x
* PONS: +50% after reporting $2.5B+ first-month Robinhood Chain volume and 28%+ of supply burned
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📰 **Key Updates**
* U.S. Treasury: Expanded long-term Treasury buybacks from $2B to $4B per operation
* Trump: Urged Congress to advance the CLARITY Act during a White House crypto meeting
* Kalshi: Filed COPPERPERP copper perpetual contract with the CFTC
* OCC: Plans to finalize GENIUS Act payment stablecoin rules in November
* GnosisDAO: Approved transition toward the Ethereum Economic Zone and shared Ethereum security
* Grayscale: Filed its fourth amendment for the Zcash Trust, seeking NYSE Arca listing
* KITE: Foundation launched a 1:1 contract migration following a hacker attack
* Ethereum: Glamsterdam roadmap continues ahead of the planned upgrade
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👀 **This Week to Watch**
* Aug 20: FOMC minutes; U.S. jobless claims; ZRO unlock (~~$19.9M); KAITO unlock (~~$11.5M)
* Aug 21: U.S. August PMI; Japan CPI; AKE unlock (~~$21.3M); GWEI unlock (~~$5.2M)
* Aug 22: SENT unlock (\~$4.2M)
* Aug 23: SOON unlock (\~$3.9M)
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⚡ **Quick Take**
**BTC just broke the range.** Falling Treasury yields, a weaker dollar and a massive short squeeze pushed BTC toward $70K, while ETH surged nearly 17.5% and broader crypto beta accelerated. **$68K is now the key level to defend; holding it keeps the breakout structure intact, while $70K is the immediate psychological target.**
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ETH ratio rising!

ETH Long Setup Before & After.

ETH to $8k

Lol when I saw ETH up 17% today I thought of this post

yall best hop on that ETH before it spikes to $5k by the end of september

ETH Daily - August 19, 2026 📰

\-ETH surges to $2,300.
\-Binji joins Ethlabs.
\-White House crypto remarks.
\-Securitize proposal for Aave Horizon.
\-GnosisDAO approves vote to join EEZ.
\-Base announces Base Batches 4.
\-Obol runs clusters on two clients.
Read more: [https://ethdaily.io/eth-surges-to-2300-following-white-house-crypto-remarks](https://ethdaily.io/eth-surges-to-2300-following-white-house-crypto-remarks)

**To ETH Mooon!!! ┗(°0°)┛**

Name does not check out, should’ve fomoed into ETH if you were truly the big Tom

What's up bitchez. Hold ETH, be good, you will win. In fact, you have already won.

My perspective that the corporate governance model HBAR is better than the current ETH governance model. The HBAR council leads will likely be able to make a more robust, enabling and adopted product that will be the larger backbone of the “tokenization of everything” sentiment.
It’s not to say that ETH won’t have a place, but the economics and performance of HBAR is more aligned to the target future state of a tokenized economy/supply chain/audit log

I've been here when many gave up or said ETH sucks. I've been accumulating ETH, BMNR, and MSTR shares and leap call options between $1500-1800 Ethereum price. I encouraged others to buy.

I’ll give you the playbook. Rates have topped. $slv $ounz $gld $FCX have bottomed. SPX 8000+. Crypto ETH and Bitcoin are about to go parabolic. DXY bottomed.
I wish I could post my stats but I’m right.

My question is
For eg --- EVM compatibility does NOT force those private chains to use Ethereum.
They could all be EVM-compatible and still settle directly with each other, through DTCC, Canton, or another regulated interoperability network.
For instance Bank A private EVM → Bank B private EVM → DTCC/Besu/Canton interoperability layer
with almost nothing touching Ethereum mainnet.
In that world, EVM wins technologically but ETH value???
Like how we have common google common aws and im thinking what if common company which builds on this technology which all institutions agree to??? Then Why move to eth?

You're relentless negative. Its tiresome. And also moving in a 500% range isn't crabbing 😂 And ETH hasn't been at $1000 for over 4 years.

You sold because you were bored of watching it not because anything with ETH changed. Classic mistake. You saw the indexes and fomo’d.
Good news is this was just a small pump you can re enter.
I just got back to break even today after 2 years of waiting and I’m not touching my cost basis.

For eg --- EVM compatibility does NOT force those private chains to use Ethereum.
They could all be EVM-compatible and still settle directly with each other, through DTCC, Canton, or another regulated interoperability network.
For instance Bank A private EVM → Bank B private EVM → DTCC/Besu/Canton interoperability layer
with almost nothing touching Ethereum mainnet.
In that world, EVM wins technologically but ETH value???
Like how we have common google common aws and im thinking what if common company which builds on this technology which all institutions agree to??? Then Why move to eth?

With the bump up I wanted to get a new headset or in ears, anyone got any recommendations? Been staking ETH so figured I'd swap it out. These are just amazon links from a website and I didn't want the links hella long lmao
[https://howl.link/4xbkt1ongz5s2](https://howl.link/4xbkt1ongz5s2) (inears) [https://howl.link/usfbax1bog56y](https://howl.link/usfbax1bog56y) (inears) [https://howl.link/edf2cqv8f41th](https://howl.link/edf2cqv8f41th) (purples) [https://howl.link/8d01i8uw3ccpl](https://howl.link/8d01i8uw3ccpl) (h6) [https://howl.link/1loqculk5oyiy](https://howl.link/1loqculk5oyiy) (h9) [https://howl.link/1rltqxnxiq7uh](https://howl.link/1rltqxnxiq7uh) (h9)
dunno if it's better to just run a mixer + pre amp + goxlr mic or just do it for casual gaming, not sure if the crypto bros know what's up on audio

You don't. To them, intermediaries are necessary to protect people from themselves. People would otherwise send tokens/srocks to the wrong people, lose access to their wallet, forget their keys, suffer a hack, or get rug pulled.
They're right. The corruption, the gated access, the asymmetrical knowledge, and the lack of accountability are all here to stay. They just want to get faster. And ETH ain't no superhighway

ETH really mooning to $10k. Not too late to hop on the bandwagon