Crypto Risk Appetite Report 20th August 2026

BLOCK SCHOLES BTC RISK APPETITE INDEX:

A push from President Trump for Congress to pass the Clarity Act and the Treasury’s announcement to double the size of its buyback operations for long-dated government bonds helped drive crypto asset prices significantly higher. BTC now trades above $70K for the first time since June 2026.

BTC SPOT RETURNS AFTER RISK APPETITE INDEX CROSSES FROM BELOW -1.0 THRESHOLD:

BLOCK SCHOLES ETH RISK APPETITE INDEX:

ETH outperformed over the past 24 hours, up almost 20% in a single-day with our Risk Appetite Index now above 0.5. Sentiment in ETH options markets also supports a continuation of the rally, as short-dated skew trades around above 8%.

ETH SPOT RETURNS AFTER RISK APPETITE INDEX CROSSES FROM BELOW -1.0 THRESHOLD:

Data behind Risk Appetite charts: BlockScholes BTC/ETH/ SOL/ SUI/ XRP composite spot index price. Available via the BlockScholes REST API.

BLOCK SCHOLES ALTCOIN RISK APPETITE INDEX

BLOCK SCHOLES XRP RISK APPETITE INDEX

BLOCK SCHOLES SUI RISK APPETITE INDEX

BLOCK SCHOLES SOL RISK APPETITE INDEX

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