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Weekend majors remain on the office blotter after the close
Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana still sit on the weekend blotter. Lena Cho files the office cable as a live book, not a one-line moon note.
The weekend clerk did not go home. Bitcoin is the first name on the blotter. Ether is the second. Solana is still on the same cable without a separate speech. Saturday and Sunday thinned the book, which is normal. The useful copy is that the majors did not vanish when New York went dark.
Lena Cho files this as an office cable because a green hour is not a week and a red hour is not a funeral. The blotter stays live if the majors still have bids and offers after the US close. Spot books stayed two-sided through the thin hours. Perps stretched and snapped back, which is what they do. This cable is the cash book, not the loudest leverage print.
If Bitcoin holds a range, Ether usually follows. If Ether decouples, that is the Monday cable, not a Saturday slogan. Alts are mixed. Some names popped. Some names faded. This note does not rank every ticker. It notes that the three majors still have a book while the rest of the list chops.
Weekend hours love to overreact to a single candle. This office will not. The lamp stays on because the names on the blotter still have two sides. A quiet Sunday is not an empty office. It is a thinner book with the same three names at the top.
Keep three checks on the blotter. Whether Bitcoin holds the weekend range into Monday. Whether Ether follows or decouples. Whether any major goes quiet for a full session.
No claim that the week will open green. No claim that it will open red. The structure is a live weekend book, and that is the cable until the mix actually changes.