# The Silk - Crypto Forecast - 2026-05-21

**Generated from**: local

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## 1. Situation

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### Stablecoin Flows

- Regime: **neutral**
- Net 24h supply change: $+56.2M
- BTC dominance: 58.1%

### Silk Spiderweb Context

- Direction ratio: 59% bullish

### Crypto Scan Summary

- Scanned: 8 symbols
- Breakouts: 1

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## 2. Signal

| Asset | Sector | Price | Z-Score | Window | Trade | Probability |
|-------|--------|-------|---------|--------|-------|-------------|
| ETH-USD [watch] | smart_contract | $2,112.69 | -1.97σ | 30d | SHORT | 50% |

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## 3. Opportunity

### Primary

- **Ethereum (ETH-USD)**: WATCH -1.97σ → short (50%, drivers: z_score)

### Secondary

- **Solana (SOL-USD)** [smart_contract]: sector ripple (48%, drivers: z_score, silk_ratio(0.59))
- **Avalanche (AVAX-USD)** [smart_contract]: sector ripple (48%, drivers: z_score, silk_ratio(0.59))
- **Polkadot (DOT-USD)** [smart_contract]: sector ripple (48%, drivers: z_score, silk_ratio(0.59))
- **Cardano (ADA-USD)** [smart_contract]: sector ripple (48%, drivers: z_score, silk_ratio(0.59))

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## 4. Probability Drivers

| Asset | Cascade | Probability | Drivers |
|-------|---------|-------------|---------|
| ETH-USD | primary | 50% | z_score |
| SOL-USD | secondary | 48% | z_score, silk_ratio(0.59) |
| AVAX-USD | secondary | 48% | z_score, silk_ratio(0.59) |
| DOT-USD | secondary | 48% | z_score, silk_ratio(0.59) |
| ADA-USD | secondary | 48% | z_score, silk_ratio(0.59) |

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**Sources**: DataLoaders (crypto OHLCV), DefiLlama (stablecoin flows), CoinGecko (BTC dominance), Silk Report


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## About This Report

This is the daily crypto report — a forecast of major cryptocurrencies (BTC, ETH, SOL, AVAX, XRP, LINK, DOT, ADA) that mirrors the Silk and commodity reports' shape with crypto-specific data layers.

**Data sources.** Price OHLCV is sourced via the [DataLoaders](https://github.com/hcarsten/DataLoaders) crypto loader (Yahoo primary, Versol fallback). Stablecoin supply changes come from [DefiLlama](https://stablecoins.llama.fi/). BTC dominance is from CoinGecko's free `/global` endpoint. The Silk spiderweb direction ratio is ingested from today's Silk newspaper.

**Signal table.** Each row is a crypto symbol whose price triggered a statistical breakout against its rolling Z-score. The Trade column applies the CRITICAL reversal rule (>3σ moves trade opposite direction; ALERT/WATCH continue with the breakout direction).

**Opportunity panel.** **Primary** signals are direct breakouts. **Secondary** signals are sector ripples — coins in the same sector as a primary breakout get a probability haircut (0.95×) and surface so the trader can see the full coupling. There is **no tertiary cascade** for crypto — the market is too tightly coupled and the inferential chain too lossy to add value.

**Probability and drivers.** Each signal's probability starts from a base (55% for ALERT/CRITICAL, 50% for WATCH). Aligned drivers — stablecoin flow direction, Silk newspaper alignment — add small bumps via conjunction decay. Adverse drivers are filtered, not subtracted: when an aligned driver isn't available the signal stands on its z-score alone. The Drivers column shows which evidence is contributing.

**Trading scope.** Crypto signals persist to `breakouts.csv` tagged `silk_crypto`. Live execution via Coinbase is currently deferred — the unified order executor logs crypto signals as visible-but-not-executed until a `coinbase_client.py` is implemented.