Reason: RIOT cooled meaningfully after last cycle's resolved-strength read - 1-year change +37.19% (was +65.65%), alpha +20.97 (was +47), roughly halved on both. HOOD's flip to market-matching has reversed - 1-year change back negative at -4.4% (was +18.66%), alpha -20.62 (was +0.01). BTC-USD's year-over-year underperformance persists essentially unchanged (1-year change -33.06%, was -30.94%; alpha -49.28, was -49.59). DOGE-USD has crossed back below its 200-day (was above, +2.4%, now -8.6%) and continues to deteriorate on the year (-69.23%, was -67.86%).

Price/RSI Table

What Changed Since 2026-09-04

• RIOT cooled sharply after last cycle's "thin-cushion resolved into strength" read: 1-year change +37.19% (was +65.65%), alpha +20.97 (was +47) - both roughly halved, though it remains 14% above its 200-day.
• HOOD's flip from deeply lagging to essentially market-matching has reversed: 1-year change back negative at -4.4% (was +18.66%), alpha -20.62 (was +0.01).
• BTC-USD's year-over-year underperformance persists essentially unchanged: 1-year change -33.06% (was -30.94%), alpha -49.28 (roughly flat vs -49.59) - RSI cooled to 55.2 (was 66.6).
• DOGE-USD crossed back below its 200-day (-8.6%, was +2.4% above it last cycle) and continues to deteriorate on the year: 1-year change -69.23% (was -67.86%), alpha -85.45 (roughly flat vs -86.51). No per-symbol news file exists for crypto pairs in this corpus; cause unknown for the week's moves in both BTC-USD and DOGE-USD. DOGE-USD is a speculative meme asset with no underlying business - flagged here as a business-quality caution independent of its price action.

Sources

• Tape data (price/RSI/SMA/returns/1-year change/1-year alpha): pre-computed summaries as of the 2026-09-11 pull — crypto (HOOD/RIOT: Schwab; BTC-USD/DOGE-USD: yfinance).
• Prior-cycle comparison: 2026-09-04-crypto.