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London, good morning. The regulatory bid that drove bitcoin through the US session has cooled, but the story hasn't flipped — CFTC and Clarity Act headlines are still front and center. BTC holds near $77,396, down 1.1% on the 8-hour tape; ether eases to $2,438 (-3.0%). Gold keeps climbing to $4,603 (+0.5%), and oil sits at $86.32, just under the $87.05 resistance.
The 08:00–12:00 UTC window is bare — no scheduled macro events. With a calendar this quiet, headline flow and technicals do the talking.
And both are worth watching. Bitcoin's H4 RSI has eased from last session's blue-sky 93.7 to 80.4, and ether's from 94.8 to 73.9 — cooler, but still hot. Gold is working an RSI-divergence warning just under its prior-day high at $4,604.58, while cable is squeezed between 1.36227 and 1.36563, with a breakout on the table. The technical barometer tilts bullish-clear on EUR/USD, gold and bitcoin; oil and ether lean bullish; USD/JPY sits flat. So regulatory headlines stay the fuel — or, for charts this stretched, the excuse to catch a breath.