Market overview
The tape opened with one foot on the gas and one on the brake. Bitcoin pushed through $81,000 for the first time since late January after Donald Trump unveiled 'Project Freedom,' a US naval escort effort tied to commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. Reuters confirmed the deployment of guided-missile destroyers. CENTCOM said two American-flagged merchants transited the strait under Navy cover, AP reported. The relief did not last. Iran's Fars news agency reported missile hits on a US warship near Jask Island. US officials denied any vessel was struck. BTC gave back the $80,000 breakout and slipped to $78,755 by press time, per NewsBTC.
The aggregate picture stayed firmly bid. Total crypto market cap added $17.14 billion since Monday's close, settling at $2.63 trillion, per BeInCrypto. Toncoin led top-100 gainers with a roughly 30% move. Cryptomat's internal pulse score sat at 99 of 100, the extreme greed band, with 99.3% of classified articles tagged bullish over the past 24 hours and only one bearish flag across 147 classified pieces. That reading is itself a contrarian signal worth holding in mind. When the marginal long is already in, the next surprise is rarely confirmation.
The Cryptomat Beast leaderboard backs that nuance. Just three of 57 tracked tokens sit above 75. The market average is 48.4. Top scorers DOGE