The Capitulation Mirage: Why Bitcoin's Latest Rally Is Built on Sand
On August 20th, Bitcoin surged 24% from its local lows near $49,000, igniting...
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ChainChain
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2026-08-21
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ETH
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BNB
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$715.3
-0.63%
XRP
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-7.60%
DOGE
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ADA
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$7.33
-2.11%
DOT
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$0.9530
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LINK
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$10.88
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Event Calendar
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BCH Halving
Block reward halving event
08
04
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Solana Firedancer
Independent validator client goes live on mainnet
30
04
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Celestia Mainnet Upgrade
Improves data availability sampling efficiency
15
04
halving
Bitcoin Halving
Block reward reduced to 3.125 BTC
28
03
unlock
Arbitrum Token Unlock
92 million ARB released
22
03
unlock
Optimism Unlock
Circulating supply increases by about 2%
10
05
upgrade
Ethereum Pectra Upgrade
Raises validator limit and account abstraction
18
03
unlock
Sui Token Unlock
Team and early investor shares released
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0.3 Gwei
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Market Cap
All →| # | Coin | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bitcoin
BTC
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$75,894.5 |
| 1 |
Ethereum
ETH
|
$2,405.17 |
| 1 |
Solana
SOL
|
$97.2 |
| 1 |
BNB Chain
BNB
|
$715.3 |
| 1 |
XRP Ledger
XRP
|
$1.3 |
| 1 |
Dogecoin
DOGE
|
$0.0803 |
| 1 |
Cardano
ADA
|
$0.1957 |
| 1 |
Avalanche
AVAX
|
$7.33 |
| 1 |
Polkadot
DOT
|
$0.9530 |
| 1 |
Chainlink
LINK
|
$10.88 |
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