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1) The total crypto market has retraced more than half of its move off the lows in June, with positioning in BTC remaining generally anemic the whole time and ETH futures undergoing several cycles of crowding -> clearing as the merge (likely 11 days away) approaches.
1) We left off our last update with a somewhat cautious tone in contrast to a crypto market coming out of its best run of the year (at least). This proved generally prescient with the total crypto market drawing back >5% and producing no returns for the following 12 days.
1) July is on track to be the best month for ETH since Jan 2021. What began as a predominately a short-squeeze (though rumors swirl of several funds allocating 9 figures to spot ETH) has begun to create a bit of an "everyone back in the pool" moment.
1) From a broader view, most financial assets have posted their second two-week period in a row of all volatility and no drift, although a move in crypto (specifically ETH, and BTC) has brought out gains over the past two days, and implied vols have calmed.