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Currencies38606 Market Cap$ 2.49T+9.28% 24h Spot Volume$ 54.56B+12.6% DominanceBTC56.15%-0.69%ETH10.95%+8.30% ETH Gas0.07 Gwei Forex NewsBitcoinEthereumUS TreasuryCrypto LiquidationsShort Squeeze Aug 19, 2026 2min read byJayshree forBitcoin World

During the day on August 19, the price ofBitcoincame close to touching$70,000following a 5.4% rally that forced the massive closure of bearish operations on major derivatives platforms.

Leading cryptocurrencies jumped to their multi-month highs on Wednesday as investors parsed CLARITY Act optimism and other macro developments.

Solana is tightening near $76 as traders watch for a breakout from long-term resistance after months of weakness. While one chart points to a potential move toward $170 and beyond, another argues $SOL has already formed its cycle bottom and could eventually climb above $1,000.

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Ethereum ($ETH) is currently trading within the $1,915 range, with a 24-hour range between $1,892 and $1,919, one of the tightest sessions in recent weeks. Moreover, the trading volume of the asset sits at $5.99 billion. The price is not moving much, but the structure underneath it is the part worth paying attention to.

Real World Assets that are actively deployed inside DeFi protocols are on the verge of reaching $4 billion. As of August 18, DefiLlama shows this number is at $3.98 billion. This same number stood at $650.88 million just a year ago and around $12 million three years ago. That is a 6x in twelve months…

Ethereum is consolidating around $1.9K after recovering sharply from the June and July lows. The broader structure has considerably improved, but ETH still remains below several important resistance levels, and at the moment, the market is at a key decision point.

Ethereum treasury company BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) expects $ETH to outperform Bitcoin ($BTC) in the coming market cycle as institutional tokenization and agentic artificial intelligence increase demand for blockchain infrastructure.

Glassnode said the current stretch represents the longest period of Bitcoin underperformance relative to the S&P 500 in its six-year history of data. Prabhjote Gill·Stocktwits Published Aug 18, 2026   |   7:30 AM EDT