Year I · No. XXXVIII
Daily · Paris
Sat 19 September 2026
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Crypto · Markets · Flows · Signals
Data as of 2026-09-19 08:00 UTC
Week 38
Circulation: public
International Edition
This week: Bitcoin and macroeconomics clearly dominate, ahead of regulation (5 main themes).
In focus this week
BTC/Macro lead
BTC 24h ▲ +4.25%
ETF BTC +$433mn
The Day's Editorial

Institutions step in as Bitcoin tests its floor

ETF flows, world indices and press sentiment: the crypto market in a single read.

▲   Section I  ·  Markets — Free to share Public edition
I
Of Cryptocurrencies
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◆ Market indices · Week 38 top 125 CMC · vs. 24h
Market Cap
$2.82T
top 125 CMC
BTC Dominance
57.7%
BTC / total
Total3
$873B
excl. BTC, ETH
Total3ES
$594B
excl. BTC, ETH, stables
Fear & Greed
71
Greed
◆ Top 10 cryptocurrencies (excluding stablecoins) live data
# Crypto Price 24h 7d Market Cap Volume 24h Circulating
1 BTC Bitcoin $81,015.87 ▲ +4.22% ▲ +4.86% $1.63T $37B 20 M
2 ETH Ethereum $2,623.03 ▲ +5.40% ▲ +4.00% $320B $21B 122 M
4 BNB BNB $760.44 ▲ +0.71% ▲ +3.63% $101B $2B 133 M
5 XRP XRP $1.41 ▲ +6.48% ▲ +3.26% $89B $5B 62.88 Md
7 SOL Solana $111.70 ▲ +5.46% ▲ +9.87% $66B $6B 587 M
8 TRX TRON $0.3376 ▲ +0.42% ▼ −0.52% $32B $477M 94.96 Md
9 ZEC Zcash $1,561.81 ▲ +5.17% ▲ +35.92% $26B $2B 17 M
10 HYPE Hyperliquid $93.00 ▲ +5.33% ▲ +17.64% $23B $2B 251 M
11 DOGE Dogecoin $0.08672 ▲ +2.81% ▲ +2.42% $14B $1B 155.98 Md
12 XMR Monero $572.05 ▲ +6.15% ▲ +5.10% $11B $216M 19 M
Context
◆ Neutral sentiment — analysis based on the international press of the past 48 hours.
Sources CoinMarketCap.com (prices, volumes, market capitalisation)  ·  alternative.me (Fear & Greed Index)  ·  TradingView (Total3 / Total3ES definitions)
II
Of World Markets
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Quotes as of 19 September 2026 at 09:45 (Paris time).
NORTH AMERICA.
S&P 500 7,651 ▲ +0.2%
Nasdaq Comp. 29,644 ▲ +0.7%
Dow Jones 51,683 ▼ −0.2%
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EUROPE.
CAC 40 FR 8,065 ▼ −0.9%
DAX 40 DE 25,304 ▼ −0.9%
Euro Stoxx 50 6,236 ▼ −1.4%
ASIA-PACIFIC.
Nikkei JP 65,019 ▲ +1.4%
Hang Seng HK 24,751 ▲ +0.1%
SSE Comp. CN 3,912 ▲ +0.9%
KOSPI KR 6,894 ▲ +2.7%
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LATIN AMERICA.
IBOVESPA BR 185,229 ▼ −0.4%
IPC Mexico MX 63,376 ▼ −0.8%
EMERGING MARKETS.
Sensex IN 74,295 ▼ −0.1%
JSE Top 40 ZA 6,938 ▼ −0.9%
Reading
On the financial press agenda this week: Bitcoin · macroeconomics · regulation · monetary policy · tech stocks.
All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
— George Orwell, British writer (1903-1950)
III
Of Institutional Flows
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◆ Verdict · Friday 18 September session
Bullish conviction.
Bitcoin draws $433mn as its price rises 4.25%: conviction holds. Among altcoins, flows follow the move (+2.90% to +6.49%).
 
 
FLOWS
PRICE 24H
BTC
12 ETF
+$433mn
+4.25%
ETH
11 ETF
+$144mn
+5.44%
SOL
9 ETF
+$48mn
+5.49%
XRP
5 ETF
−$0mn
+6.49%
DOGE
3 ETF
+$0mn
+2.90%
Net total: +$624mn  ·  40 spot ETFs  ·  AUM $122.2bn
Sources SoSoValue.com (reported flows, assets under management)  ·  CoinMarketCap.com (24-hour change in the underlying)
IV
Of Technical Signals
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◆ Technical view · 19 September

Friday's close brought Bitcoin to $80,883.87, a level that carries particular weight: miners' estimated production costs sit in that vicinity, and a sustained position above them has historically distinguished bull markets from mere recoveries. The session closed with net inflows of $433mn into Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, and $624mn across crypto ETFs more broadly — figures that reflect a degree of institutional conviction not easily dismissed.

The broader market moved in sympathy. Ether closed at $2,612.14 with momentum at 64.4, while Solana finished at $112.72, its RSI at 66.2. Both assets remain some distance from overbought territory. Zcash, by contrast, closed at $1,562.07 with an RSI of 74.7 — the only asset in this survey to have crossed that threshold, placing it in technically extended ground.

XRP, at $1.40, sits closer to its mid-range, with resistance at $1.48 — a level tested twice — just 5.9 per cent above Friday's close. Regulatory developments in the United States may yet prove consequential for that particular asset. The broader sentiment barometer reads 57 out of 100: neutral, and perhaps appropriately so.

◆ Bitcoin · technical map · 1D · 200 sessions · 19 September
Resistance $82,575 · 2× touches Support $62,361 · 3× touches RSI 70 · $84,394 RSI 50 · $76,502 RSI 30 · $62,769 $80,884 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Historical resistance Historical support RSI 70 (overbought) RSI 50 (neutral) RSI 30 (oversold)
◆ Technical indicators · Top 10 · Timeframe 1D Wilder smoothing method
# Crypto RSI 14 Overbought 70 Neutral 50 Oversold 30 MA50/200 P vs MA20
1 BTC $80,883.87 63.5 $84,394.18 +4.3% $76,502.41 −5.4% $62,768.70 −22.4% ▲▲ ▲ +3.5%
2 ETH $2,612.14 64.4 $2,738.62 +4.8% $2,415.11 −7.5% $1,828.89 −30.0% ▲▲ ▲ +5.7%
4 BNB $761.31 65.3 $787.47 +3.4% $709.59 −6.8% $562.75 −26.1% ▲▲ ▲ +5.3%
5 XRP $1.40 55.4 $1.67 +19.3% $1.34 −4.3% $0.9272 −33.6% ▲▲ ▲ +1.8%
7 SOL $112.72 66.2 $117.94 +4.6% $99.20 −12.0% $62.42 −44.6% ▲▲ ▲ +10.3%
8 TRX $0.3383 54.3 $0.3539 +4.6% $0.3358 −0.7% $0.3143 −7.1% ▲▲ ▲ +1.0%
9 ZEC $1,562.07 74.7 $1,493.54 −4.4% $1,060.12 −32.1% $48.82 −96.9% ▲▲ ▲ +40.8%
10 HYPE $92.61 66.6 $96.99 +4.7% $79.79 −13.8% $45.48 −50.9% ▲▲ ▲ +11.8%
11 DOGE $0.08747 56.8 $0.1003 +14.7% $0.08346 −4.6% $0.06124 −30.0% ▲▼ ▲ +3.1%
12 XMR $564.90 66.9 $586.18 +3.8% $496.41 −12.1% $315.32 −44.2% ▲▲ ▲ +9.0%
Analysis based on the international press of the past 48 hours.