Evening Edition
Sat, Jul 18, 2026, 8:58 PM
Crypto Twitter remains exceptionally quiet with minimal substantive news flow. The standout developments are continued Robinhood Chain memecoin speculation with TENDIES gaining traction, a new Bitcoin mining pool called "Parasite" emerging, and positive regulatory signals from US Senator Mark Warner on crypto legislation.
The Story So Far
The TENDIES memecoin narrative on Robinhood Chain continues to dominate CT attention, with CryptoKaleo escalating his bullish commentary from earlier this week — now calling $30M market cap "still free" and comparing it to BASE's multi-billion dollar runners. This follows the pattern from July 16-18 where TENDIES speculation intensified alongside Robinhood Earn crossing $100M deposits. Meanwhile, the macro commentary from Pentosh1 on oil markets and Fed policy continues a thread of geopolitical risk assessment that has persisted through recent editions. The Bitcoin mining landscape shows new developments with the "Parasite" pool gaining hashrate, offering a rare technical story amid the memecoin-dominated quiet period.
From Your Network
New Bitcoin mining pool "Parasite" gains network hashrate
Emerging mining pool could signal shifting decentralization dynamics in Bitcoin's hash rate distribution.
RT @DocumentingBTC: A new Bitcoin mining pool called “Parasite” has started gaining network hashrate. When the pool discovers a block, the…
CryptoKaleo calls TENDIES at $30M market cap "still free"
Prominent trader draws parallel to BASE's multi-billion dollar memecoin runs, escalating Robinhood Chain token speculation.
Do you know how many coins BASE has seen run to multiple billions? tendies-2:native is known by EVERY wsb degen out there. $30M mcap is still free.
Pentosh1 analyzes why markets ignore Iran conflict
AI and Fed policy ranked above geopolitical risk in market hierarchy, with oil containment strategy explained as engineered complacency.
Why have markets not cared about Iran and oil to date whatsoever? We have seen in general markets rally, and making new all time highs consistently shrugging off geopolitics The obvious answer is AI has been more important than that, and the Iran conflict currently takes a backseat to that. You could even argue it has taken a back seat to the Fed. So in order of importance to markets its been #1. AI #2. The Fed #3. Iran It's not that markets are ignoring it, its just behind the rest in order of importance. The way for the conflict to actually harm markets is sustained higher oil prices likely above that 100-110 range or new highs altogether. So the SPR releases have by design calmed markets. It's obviously engineered vs being organic in terms of that by design. You could argue that the SPR it's getting dangerously low, which it is, so therefore the complacency around that is conditional vs a depleting buffer. Markets will only care when oil prices break containment, and the capacity to contain it obviously gets smaller with each passing week the SoH isn't open. The market is pricing in that the buffer likely won't fail currently. This is all just my opinion and my own views. Right or wrong. and why I never really got all that bullish on oil to $200 was bc it was clear trump and bessent would do whatever it takes to contain the market and punish traders trying to short equities as well. Whether you agree with it or not, thats what we were given. And we have to trade whats in front of us.
Trending
FBI arrests hacker for Steam game crypto-stealing malware
Malware hidden in video games drained victims' crypto wallets, highlighting ongoing security risks in gaming-adjacent crypto activity.
🇺🇸 FBI arrests hacker for hiding crypto-stealing malware inside Steam video games. Once installed, the malware stole passwords, data and drained victims' crypto wallets. https://t.co/Fg5ozA3qRQ
Senator Warner pushes for CLARITY ACT crypto legislation
Bipartisan momentum builds for regulatory clarity as key senator expresses urgency to end "crypto hell" and establish US leadership.
NEW: 🇺🇸 Sen. Mark Warner on CLARITY ACT: "I want this done..I'm tired of being in crypto hell..I want America to lead in digital assets" 👏 https://t.co/Ntn486M7m3
DonAlt warns Bitcoin monthly close below $61K risks $45K
Key technical level identified with $61K monthly close determining whether current bounce extends or collapses to next support.
$BTC Close the monthly above $61k and we're looking kinda good, the higher the better Below or at $61k and it starts looking like a pity bounce and we might have to prepare for a move to the next support ($45k) https://t.co/db6MX6LtSW
Trader laments Bitcoin's lost independence from equities
Crypto's correlation with traditional markets has eliminated the uncorrelated alpha that originally attracted many participants.
Once Bitcoin finds a way to start trading independently from the stock market again it'll become a lot more exciting to trade. That's what use to make trading crypto great, you didn't have to care about news, politics, earnings, or economic policy.
Perp trader BittexXBT joins RISEx as advisor
Experienced derivatives trader backing new onchain CLOB DEX with sub-5ms latency, signaling continued infrastructure development for decentralized trading.
Living in perp books through all the cycles, I realized I could have shared way more experience than I did. Felt some regret that I fumbled supporting & helping out growing the space I'm spending so much time in. Happy to announce I'm joining RISEx as Advisor, a fully onchain CLOB DEX built on Rise with <5ms latency for a CEX-like experience. Still early, private beta, lots of milestones ahead & I'm glad I can be part of shaping this space to break free from toxic CEXs.