Ethereum Closes Q3 Up Nearly 70% — But Its Order Books Are Thinning Against Bitcoin

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In a market already gripped by fear (Fear & Greed at 29) and slightly bearish sentiment, natural phenomena like this are noise. The real drivers remain macro factors like Fed policy, inflation, and BTC dominance, which are currently pressuring altcoins. Such events rarely alter market structure, but they can amplify existing psychological biases if traders misinterpret them as omens.

A solar eclipse occurred, with over 90% of the Sun covered in the UK and a full eclipse visible in Spain and Iceland, watched by millions.