Friday EOW update — miners lead, BTC consolidates

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Friday EOW update — miners lead, BTC consolidates

  • Type: refresh (subtype: weekly)
  • event_id: 2026-05-01-crypto-geopolitics-friday-eow
  • Source: Production refresh — 2026-05-01-crypto-geopolitics
  • Shift: Trigger held but with a structural twist. BTC at $76,315 (above the $75K trigger) but RSI 55.8 (below the 65 confirmation threshold) — yellow light, not green. The action moved to the equities: MSTR +36% 30D, RIOT +22% 7D / +20% 30D, MARA +41% 30D, CLSK +44% 30D. Miners pivoted from bear-market roadkill to leadership in three weeks. The AI compute-pivot story crystallizing — same names showing up in ai-power-bottleneck as alt-data-center hosts.
  • Effect on thesis: Reframe — bull case is no longer "BTC parabola" but "broadening risk-on, miners convert stranded power into AI compute revenue." MSTR canary explicitly named on Apr 10 has now sung (the leveraged proxy ran past spot). Capital-rotation hypothesis vs. gold formalized: alt-monetary-hedge demand may be flowing to BTC + miners + IBIT instead of gold.
  • Per-ticker: BTC → (consolidating, RSI cooled below 65), ETH → (+15% 30D, following), SOL → (slight pullback), IBIT ↑ (ETF flow channel intact), MSTR ↑↑ (leveraged proxy +36% 30D, +13% above SMA20), RIOT ↑↑ (+22% 7D leading), MARA ↑ (+41% 30D), CLSK ↑ (+44% 30D), COIN ↑ (institutional channel breathing)
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DateTypeEvent
Apr 28 ScanCrypto Scan Apr 26 UpdateCrypto Candidates Apr 26 ScanCrypto Scan Apr 13 ScanCrypto Scan Apr 10 UpdateCrypto Candidates Apr 10 ScanCrypto Scan May 29 UpdateCrypto Candidates May 29 ScanCrypto Scan

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