Inner Chain: Issue 29

🚀 Editor's Note

Welcome to the 29th edition of Inner Chain Crypto your weekly no-hype, straight-talking guide to what’s really happening in Crypto and Web 3, from a passionate squad of crypto enthusiasts from Brooklyn to Accra.

Capitulation continues… cries of how much lower as Bitcoin slides below $85k, Ethereum below $2,750 and Solana Below $130. The market continues to wrestle with volatility. President Trump promised us the Golden Bull run, but we seem to be in a deep correction, or in beginning of a bear market. Though with all the institutions building and buying crypto, a bear market doesn’t make sense. Is this the final shake out before the breakout? HODL

Despite the broader sell-off, some institutions seem to be scooping up Bitcoin (or related exposure). For example, there are reports of large endowments (like Harvard) buying into Bitcoin ETFs. This could be interpreted as a bet that long-term crypto infrastructure + yield plays will outperform purely speculative trades.

Bitcoin just hit its lowest-ever daily MACD reading with only a 33% drop from the all-time high, and the RSI fell to 21, a level that screams extreme fear. This looks like forced selling from a big player under pressure (from Oct 10 crash), not the end of the bull market. It feels more like a temporary squeeze than a real crash. Once this selling pressure eases, the rebound could be sharp.

This week a major Cloudflare outage disrupted centralized web services. Cloudflare is a web-security & content-delivery firm that routes ~20% of global web traffic. Many major websites, apps and services - including Coinbase, BitMEX, Kraken and X.com, were unavailable or erratic. This could be the case for decentralized web services.

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🚀 Market Watch - Top 100

💡 ALPHA

$POLY AIRDROP

The Polymarket airdrop has been confirmed for early 2026, timed with its expansion into the U.S. market. With prediction markets absolutely on fire right now, this token debut is shaping up to be one of the largest unlocks the industry has ever seen.

Early estimates suggest 5–10% of the supply could be allocated to users - meaning the airdrop may land somewhere between $750 million and $1.5 billion for early participants. That puts Polymarket in the same tier as the legendary HYPE airdrop, where early users walked away with six-figure bags.

If momentum holds, Polymarket could become one of the most lucrative airdrops of this entire cycle, rivaling the biggest winners from the last bull run.

Non-U.S. users can already start trading on Polymarket to position themselves for eligibility. www.polymarket.com

🔥 Inner Watchlist

• $67 (Meme)

• $GRASS

• $REI

• $XOR

• $Nothing (Meme)

• $Rizzmas (Meme

• $Aster

• $Zcash

🗞️ News

• Former Coinbase lawyer runs for New York Attorney General

• Tether bought the dip with $1 BILLION

• Winklevosses bet big on Zcash to combat, Privacy to combat AI threat

• Quantum computers to break bitcoin? 

• The SEC has removed crypto from its 2026 priorities

🧑‍💻 Who We Are

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