The Daily Drip

✅ Top Takeaways

• BTC edges up, fear stays high: Bitcoin trades near $68.3K with majors green on the day even as the Fear & Greed Index sits deep in extreme fear.
• Regulation odds rise: Prediction markets now price roughly 70–72% odds that the Clarity Act becomes law in 2026, sharpening focus on U.S. market‑structure rules.
• Oil shock risk doesn’t fade: BCA Research keeps the probability of a major Iran‑driven oil supply shock elevated, keeping macro headwinds firmly in view for risk assets.

🧭 Crypto Market Summary

Bitcoin trades at $68,350 (+0.54%), Ether at $1,989 (+1.07%), XRP at $1.44 (+0.85%), and Solana leads with +1.96% to $86.30. Despite these modest upticks, the Fear & Greed Index has plunged into extreme fear territory at 14, a zone that has often coincided with prior market bottoms.

Ether’s 30‑day MVRV sits at −14.3% — the most discounted among majors — with Bitcoin at −6.9% and XRP, ADA and LINK also negative. Historically, stretches where short‑term holders are underwater have preceded relief rallies if spot accumulation resumes in size.

BTC has now consolidated for more than six weeks between roughly $85K and $90K after failing to hold $97K, as ETF flows oscillate between light inflows and outflows and on‑chain conviction stays thin. That range‑bound behavior has pushed traders to focus more on idiosyncratic stories in majors and high‑beta alts.

Solana, at $86.30, remains far below its $253.61 yearly high yet posted the strongest daily gain among majors. Technical indicators are mixed, but whale accumulation and broad altcoin consolidation suggest the market is quietly repositioning around higher‑quality layer‑1 and DeFi exposure.

🌍 Regulation, Clarity Act & Macro

• Clarity Act odds jump: Prediction markets such as Polymarket now show roughly 70–72% odds that the crypto Clarity Act will pass in 2026, up from around 40% in January, reflecting rising confidence that Congress will codify U.S. digital‑asset market‑structure rules.
• “Floodgates” narrative builds: Industry leaders argue that a clear spot‑market rulebook could open the door for more institutional capital, new ETF structures and deeper liquidity, even as some analysts caution that a lot of the good news may already be priced into front‑month valuations.
• Oil risk vs tariffs: BCA Research sees a roughly 38–40% probability that Iran‑linked tensions trigger a major global oil supply shock, a bigger near‑term macro risk than tariff policy, with the Supreme Court’s earlier tariff ruling seen as secondary for the Fed’s reaction function.

Why it matters: tighter ranges in BTC make policy and macro surprises the key swing factors — legislative clarity and energy shocks can both reset risk appetite far faster than day‑to‑day price action.

💰 ETF Flows & Market Structure

Yesterday’s ETF tape flipped back to the positive side with about $91.8M in net inflows to crypto products, including roughly $88.1M into BTC funds, $3.7M into SOL vehicles, and flat flows in ETH and XRP.

The S&P Cryptocurrency Broad Digital Asset Index rose 1.14% on the day, trimming its year‑to‑date loss to −23.96% — still a deep drawdown, but evidence that buyers are starting to lean back in at discounted levels.

Desk take: the aggressive outflow streak has broken for now, with allocators using extreme fear readings and multi‑week ranges to selectively add BTC and SOL exposure while keeping a close eye on Clarity Act headlines and Iran risk.

⚡ Risk & Market Lens

With BTC still down nearly 22% year‑to‑date and majors like ETH and SOL off more than 30%, today’s bounce sits firmly in the “repair, not euphoria” camp. Extreme fear readings and negative 30‑day MVRV across several large caps highlight how fragile conviction remains.

What to watch: whether ETF inflows build into a multi‑day streak, how prediction‑market odds around the Clarity Act behave into the next Congressional window, and any escalation in Iran‑related headlines that could push oil toward BCA’s shock scenarios and weigh on risk assets broadly.

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🔢 Market Performance

• BTC and ETH post healthy 24‑hour gains but remain solidly negative year‑to‑date, underscoring how far markets still have to climb to reclaim late‑2025 territory.
• SOL shows the strongest daily performance among majors while still carrying one of the larger YTD drawdowns, a classic setup for traders looking for high‑beta relief moves.
• TRX stands out as one of the few large caps with a positive YTD change, while DOGE and ADA lag, reflecting how selective this phase of the market has become.

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