Fear and Greed Index
16.00% Annual Percentile
74 Greed
Total Crypto Market Cap
$2.86T
1.87%
Total Market Trading Volume
$118.00B
6.20%
Altcoin Season Index
36.36%
Quarterly Percentile
44 / 100
Total Futures Market Open Interest
1.45B
5.09%
Futures
450.58B
1.89%
Perpetuals

II. Industry Updates

Cryptocurrency Regulatory Trends

1.

EBA recommends extending MiCA to crypto lending and DeFi intermediation, proposing certification regimes that may raise compliance costs for EU platforms amid BTC’s 0.5% dip.

2.

ESMA designates AI and tokenization as 2027 supervisory priorities while adding crypto firms to cyber-resilience rules, signaling stricter oversight for digital asset service providers in Europe.

3.

Trump administration weighs joint ventures with private firms to expand dollar stablecoins overseas, potentially boosting Treasury demand but raising capital-flight risks for emerging markets.

4.

CFTC warns prediction market ‘mention’ contracts pose manipulation risks after Kalshi scrutiny, highlighting tighter enforcement ahead for crypto-linked derivatives and event-based trading venues.

5.

Hong Kong’s CMU OmniClear targets year-end CBDC settlement platform integrating tokenized deposits and compliant stablecoins, advancing Asia’s regulated digital asset infrastructure beyond MiCA timelines.

Trending Tokens

1.

ONDO Finance (ONDO): Surged 21.45% to $0.50 with $524M volume after launching BlackRock-powered Intelligent Portfolios onchain today.

2.

Litecoin (LTC): Jumped 21.10% to $73.16 on $1.23B volume, driven by technical breakouts and capital rotation into legacy PoW assets amid ETF narratives.

3.

Morpho (MORPHO): Rose 14.95% to $2.92 with $65.7M volume as Coinbase integrated fixed-rate USDC lending and Circle expanded vault partnerships.

Smart Money Movements

1.

Bitmine acquired 27,562 ETH worth $74M, bringing total holdings to 5,983,940 ETH ($16.1B), representing 4.9% of circulating supply.

2.

RockawayX committed $150M to Catapult program to bring private credit and trade finance yields onchain via tokenized RWA products.

3.

Morgan Stanley’s MSBT Bitcoin ETF recorded $32.4M net inflow yesterday, accumulating $193.1M over three days with a 20-day no-outflow streak.

4.

Multicoin Capital deposited 130,331 HYPE tokens ($12.15M) to Coinbase Prime, totaling $285M in HYPE transfers since July 28.

5.

Whale address bc1qdp accumulated 2,460 BTC worth $194.3M over 20 days at an average entry price of $78,966 per Bitcoin.

Events to Watch

Sep 24 (Thu)

NY Fed Williams speaks at 08:10 AM; Trump-Xi summit held today impacting global risk sentiment and crypto markets.

Sep 25 (Fri)

US August durable goods orders at 12:30 PM; Germany GfK consumer confidence for October released at 06:00 AM.

Sep 29 (Mon)

RBA rate decision at 04:30 AM; US JOLTS job openings and CB consumer confidence data released at 2:00 PM.

Sep 30 (Tue)

US core PCE and GDP final at 12:30 PM; ADP employment at 12:15 PM; China manufacturing PMI at 01:30 AM.

Oct 1 (Wed)

US ISM manufacturing PMI for September released at 2:00 PM; Challenger job cuts data published at 9:30 AM.