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BTC $64,054.94 -0.33% ETH $1,903.41 +1.12% Mkt Cap $2.18T -0.66%

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The Brief · Aug 12, 2026

What the market is telling us

The total crypto market is valued at $2.18T, down 0.66% over the past 24 hours. The forces that move it from here — how fearful traders are, how much Bitcoin dominates, where liquidity is flowing and which corner leads or lags — are the live readings that follow.

  1. 01 Sentiment 27 · Fear
  2. 02 BTC dominance 58.8%
  3. 03 24h volume $118.65B
  4. 04 Leading sector Memecoins +0.89%
  5. 05 Top gainer Decred +45.89%
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