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#今晚CPI公布，9月加息定价会改写吗？
The non-farm payrolls released unexpectedly weak data, showing negative employment growth in July, combined with significant downward revisions in the previous two months, clearly signaling a weakening labor force.
Strangely, the interest rate market has not directly ruled out the end of rate hikes; the probability of maintaining rates or hiking in September is almost evenly split.
The core logic behind this: The Federal Reserve is currently prioritizing inflation. Even if employment weakens, if inflation remains high, the option to raise rates is still on the table.
Tonight's July CPI is the most important short-term catalyst. Focus on core CPI:
✅ Inflation continues to decline: Weak employment combined with cooling inflation brings back easing expectations, benefiting overall risk assets.
⚠️ Inflation stronger than expected: Even if employment is weak, the market will reprice the risk of rate hikes, pushing up the dollar and U.S. Treasury yields, causing pressure and pullbacks on U.S. stocks, BTC, and ETH.
Everyone must avoid habitual thinking and not simply be bullish just because of weak non-farm data.
Weak employment does not immediately mean liquidity will ease;
Weak employment plus stubborn inflation is actually a nightmare for risk assets.
Before the CPI release, the market will most likely remain volatile and cautious; do not prematurely bet on a one-sided market.Gold is near $4,400.BTC is still around $64K.
Gold is benefiting from softer jobs data,weaker rate-hike expectations.
BTC is being treated differently. Despite periods of correlation with gold, its longer-term relationship remains unstable.Markets still view BTC more like a high-volatility risk asset .
So the key question is tonight’s CPI.
📉 Cool CPI→lower rate-hike odds→BTC could catch up with gold.
📈 Hot CPI→yields rise→BTC risks another downside test.
Gold has already chosen its direction.#比特币矿企Riot获Anthropic算力大单
The news that Riot secured a 10 billion AI computing power order has everyone shouting about a valuation restructuring for mining companies, but I think we shouldn't get too carried away.
Mining companies shifting to AI computing power essentially means mining profits are continuously shrinking, and they are looking for new ways to utilize their idle power plants and mining sites, which is a passive effort to develop a second growth curve.
The advantage is having ready power and site resources, so the startup cost is low; however, GPU operation and maintenance, client interfacing, and service stability are all more complex than mining. It's not as simple as swapping mining rigs for graphics cards to succeed.
During the previous bull market, I followed several mining coins, where people speculated on halving events and coin price elasticity, with sharp rises and even sharper falls. Now the narrative has shifted to AI, which sounds impressive, but most companies are just riding the hype and making empty promises. Very few can secure long-term stable large orders.
Moreover, even if the transformation is realized, mining companies will be competing with traditional IDC companies for market share, and their valuation logic must be completely recalculated. It's definitely not a simple "good news = price increase" scenario. I won't rush into mining coins because of this news; no matter how good the narrative sounds, if it doesn't translate into performance, it's all empty.
What do you think about this wave of mining companies turning to AI? Is it a real trend or just another round of hype?
$BTC $ETH Highly recommend everyone to pay attention to Cloudflare $NET. This company currently has a market value in the hundreds of billions online.
I only realized how promising this company could be after recently building my own website.
If you are like me now, rarely actively opening websites and mostly letting AI call them for you, then you will understand what I’m about to say.
Because Cloudflare has embedded one of its business scenarios into the AI-to-website intermediate link.
➠ In the past: I have a need → open website → website returns data
➠ Now it is becoming: I have a need → ask AI → AI accesses website/API → fetches and organizes data → returns to me
What it’s doing isn’t really creating a brand-new business. After breaking it down these days, I found that almost all its product launches revolve around this transmission path:
➠ Customer → Cloudflare → origin site/application ← Cloudflare ← external user or agent request
Including future business logic, it can be said that it is evolving from "hosting the internet" to "hosting the AI-empowered internet."
As of 2026 Q2, about 23% of websites worldwide already use Cloudflare as a reverse proxy (Figure 1).
In other words, Cloudflare already stands at the request entry point for a significant portion of websites.
Moreover, looking at data from the past seven quarters, it has preliminarily validated the growth capability of its original business segment (Figure 2).
➠ Quarterly revenue grew from $460 million to $696 million;
➠ Year-over-year growth rate increased from 27% to 36%;
➠ DBNR rebounded from 111% to 120%;
➠ Number of large customers with annual revenue over $100,000 increased from 3,497 to 4,698.
This original business isn’t really the sexy kind; it’s the old story.
The new story (AI requesting website access chain) is what makes me feel the space is huge.
Because one person cannot continuously open a dozen websites, repeatedly call dozens of interfaces, and perform tasks around the clock at the same time. But this behavior is exactly what AI can and will do.
According to Cloudflare’s own network observation, non-human traffic has exceeded 50% for the first time.
Although this includes not only AI agents but also traditional crawlers, automation tools, and malicious bots, the direction is clear: machines are becoming important visitors to the internet.
We also need to pay attention to the supply side that the platform itself is cutting:
➠ In 2026 Q2, Cloudflare added nearly 2 million new developers in a single quarter, while the entire year of 2025 added about 1.5 million developers. Currently, its active developers have exceeded 7.4 million (Figure 3).
This means more and more machines are "passing through Cloudflare," and more and more people are "building applications on Cloudflare."
More developers → more applications and agents → more computing and network requests → more calls to Cloudflare products → more usage and revenue.
This is where Cloudflare closes the loop of imagination:
In the past, it waited for websites to be built and then brought in traffic.
In the future, it hopes applications will be born on Cloudflare.
Of course, as I said, these are future matters and do not equal realized revenue yet.
Plus, Cloudflare has a large free tier, and the developer platform has not disclosed independent revenue, payment ratios, or average revenue.
But undoubtedly, this is a company worth tracking long-term.
The original post also included opinions on whether it’s worth entering now and how to enter, which I won’t repeat here, just picking some viewpoints as a supplement.#今晚CPI公布，9月加息定价会改写吗？
Tonight's CPI will be released, and it is highly likely that the interest rate will remain unchanged in September. There is no need to adjust positions prematurely based on this expectation.
The non-farm payroll data clearly shows the job market is cooling down, with significant downward revisions in the past two months. The Federal Reserve's policy always focuses on both employment and inflation. Since one side has already eased, even if core inflation remains somewhat sticky, it is impossible to raise rates solely based on one CPI report.
Currently, the market is split fifty-fifty on whether there will be a rate hike or not. Essentially, funds are gambling on expectations rather than there being a strong logic for a rate hike.
I've personally suffered losses betting on data several times. I used to think I could predict the market and would open heavy positions early to bet on the direction. Occasionally, I guessed right and made quick profits, but as soon as I was wrong once, the volatility would wipe out all previous gains.
After many mistakes, I realized that money made from data-driven trades is the hardest to earn due to its randomness.
My current approach is very steady: I hold my BTC base position without adding to bet on rate cuts or reducing to guard against rate hikes. I will wait for tonight's data to be released and for the market to show a clear direction before making any moves.
Earning a little less is fine; it's better than being trapped by a wrong bet.
$BTC Summary of today's US stock market
VIX remains low, the market hasn't turned bearish, but both SPY and QQQ are stuck in a high range, continuing short-term consolidation, waiting for CPI to break the balance.
VIX shows no risk signal
VIX closed at 15.29, which is relatively low this year, and continues to stay below the 10-day, 20-day, and 50-day moving averages.
There is still a large amount of Negative GEX near the 15 strike, and capital flow remains bearish, mainly because some are selling VIX Calls. Vol sellers still control the market.
For the past four to five months, VIX has mostly stayed below 20. This environment usually favors consolidation and buying on dips, rather than suddenly evolving into sustained panic selling.
So although the index is struggling to rise now, at least from the volatility structure, there is no sign of a major risk-off event yet.
SPY: 770 is the first line of defense, 760–767 is where I really want to buy
SPY closed around 772.8. After continuous gains earlier, it has clearly entered a high-level consolidation.
Short-term Gamma is mainly concentrated between 770–780, and the Put Wall has also moved up to 770, so recent oscillation around this area is not surprising.
The typical feature of a Positive Gamma environment is that there is resistance when prices rise and support when prices fall. So the first support level for SPY is 770.
If 770 does not hold, the next important support is 760–767.
In the longer term, the largest Gamma on the option chain is still concentrated at 800, so the overall trend is not bad.
There may be one more short-term pullback, but as long as 760–767 is not truly broken, it is still consolidation, not a trend reversal.
QQQ: 725 is a persistent resistance, 700 is the truly important support
QQQ is currently around 718. The 725 level above has repeatedly capped the price, becoming the most obvious short-term resistance. Around 700 below, there is the largest Gamma support, a gap, and multiple upward moving averages.
So QQQ is basically trapped in a clear range between 700–725. Recently, Call and Put flows have been switching back and forth without forming a clear one-sided direction. Also, volume has noticeably declined before CPI, and the market is reluctant to bet early.
Therefore, I think it is very normal to continue digesting within 700–725 over the next week or two.
Today's CPI is a catalyst to break the range-bound consolidation
JPMorgan currently expects:
Headline CPI MoM +0.12%, YoY 3.4%
Core CPI MoM +0.22%, YoY 2.5%
Their key threshold is Core CPI at 0.20%. If it is 0.20% or below, risk assets are more likely to see a Risk-On Rally.
If it is significantly above 0.20%, the market is more likely to trade down in the short term.
The options market currently prices about 0.9% volatility on CPI day. But an important background is that institutions' hedges are clearly biased to the downside. In other words, much of the downside risk is already protected in advance.
So if CPI is not particularly bad, hedge unwinding could push the index higher.
Another easily overlooked risk in CPI is gasoline prices
The average crude oil price in July actually dropped about 3% compared to June, but retail gasoline prices rose about 5%.
This means crude prices don't look strong, but consumers' energy costs have not decreased accordingly. If this part enters CPI, the data may be stickier than market expectations.
Combined with recent oil price rebounds, short-term inflation risk has not completely disappeared.
Another important variable in today's late-session decline: Treasury auction
After noon, bond auction demand was not particularly strong, and US Treasury yields rose again.
When yields rise, the Equity Risk Premium is compressed, macro books start reducing risk, and SPY and QQQ naturally get sold off in the late session.
Individual stocks
AMZN
AMZN has entered a clear consolidation after earnings.
Current price is about 272, short-term Gamma mainly concentrated between 270–280.
In the long-term option chain, 300 strike volume and positive Gamma are clearly increasing, so the market obviously still has players positioning for a move to 300.
But I still don't want to chase here.
A more comfortable position is the 4-hour EMA 21, around 266. If it can further return to the daily EMA 21, I think the odds will be better.
I am considering setting up out-of-the-money call spreads to play for a rally to 300.
NVDA
Similarly considering setting up out-of-the-money call spreads before earnings, aiming for a rebound to the previous high of 236.
SMCI
Revenue is strong, EPS significantly beats expectations, backlog and full-year guidance are also very impressive.
But the market still needs to verify whether this gross margin improvement can be sustained.
CRWV
CRWV surged directly after earnings, which is a very strong read-through for the entire Neocloud and AI Infra sectors.
Demand has not slowed, the real bottleneck remains power and computing capacity ramp-up speed. This is positive for similar companies like NBIS, IREN, etc.#黄金站上4400美元，避险需求升温
I am the mid-term intelligence analyst.
Gold breaking above 4400 superficially looks like a rise in safe-haven demand, but essentially it's a dual resonance of "interest rate expectations + credit repricing": July non-farm payrolls surprised to the downside, September rate hike expectations have receded, opening a window for real interest rates to decline, and a weaker dollar loosens zero-interest rates; although the Middle East has marginally eased, the US-Iran standoff and the Strait of Hormuz uncertainties remain, so the safe-haven premium hasn't truly withdrawn.
In the mid-term, I see a fluctuating upward shift in the central range, not a one-sided bull run. Central bank gold purchases (global +62% in Q2, China increasing for 21 consecutive months) and de-dollarization form the solid base, with 4000–4100 recognized by institutions as the bottom zone; however, a 7% weekly rise is already overbought, and if CPI rebounds or the Fed turns hawkish, a shakeout between 4360–4400 is inevitable.
Operationally, mid-term anchors expect a return to the upward channel within the year, with UBS forecasting 5000 in the first half of 2027. This wave is a pricing of monetary credit anxiety, not a pure safe-haven impulse, so buying on dips is more comfortable than chasing highs.
$XAU
#TradingVoice: Your experience deserves to be heardCracks in load-bearing walls are never marked on renovation plans, but when you see Sandisk's next quarter guidance—the median guidance, which acts as the main beam, suddenly half a notch below the market's expected load line—you should understand: this building, which just received an "overachievement" award, is putting up a "temporary support" sign for itself.
I come from an architectural design background and have spent my life dealing with foundations. Earnings surprises or misses are a delight or shock to retail investors, but to me, they are just concrete strength reports at different construction stages of a high-rise. Pouring the first three floors well doesn't mean you can build up to forty floors at the same pace—especially when you find that the diameter on the next floor's rebar purchase order has quietly been reduced.
Sandisk's problem this time isn't how solid the already built floors are, but that the construction permit for the next standard floor has been discounted. The guidance midpoint being below consensus is a negative deviation in the structural calculation report. Some peers might explain this deviation as a "seasonal wind speed adjustment," but a true structural engineer immediately picks up the geological report: Has the supply and demand of NAND flash's sand and gravel loosened? Is the planned tower in the AI storage roadmap actually growing from the foundation, or is it just a mass in a rendering?
Here lies a trap in construction organization. Last quarter's overperformance might have been achieved by compressing the curing cycle for a node sprint—if you've seen buildings where formwork was removed early to meet deadlines, you know that's not structural strength, but apparent strength. Market valuations are never based on the volume already poured but on the discounted future rental income of the entire building. Therefore, any load change in the guidance will cause the reinforcement ratio of that load-bearing wall in the model to be recalculated.
Regarding the $14 billion buyback: outsiders see it as positive—like a developer announcing an upgrade to the lobby stone. But my eyes focus directly on the capital allocation shear walls: Is this money pressed against the cross shear walls around the core tube, or diverted to decorative lobby curtain walls? If the buyback funds come from continuous external borrowing, it's like fixing a cantilever slab that shouldn't exist with high-strength bolts; when the wind blows, the joints will fatigue first.
As for the linkage with XAVGO, that's entirely part of the city's design logic. Two projects sharing the same site boundary and geological layer will have all crane swing data reflected on the central control room's screen. When Sandisk's settlement monitoring points issue warnings, XAVGO's external frame support plan must undergo the same review. The market isn't looking at today's profits but at the "geological survey report"'s rock shear zone—it doesn't just cut through one building; it slices a continuous path across the entire site.
So, the key isn't whether next quarter's guidance is cautious or pessimistic, but whether your blueprints have accounted for the "most adverse load combination." The iron law in construction is: the handbook strength of any material must be discounted. When Sandisk itself starts discounting, don't immediately say it's a "relaxed construction site"—you need to check if the crane base shows obvious uneven settlement. Foundation settlement never gives warnings; it only draws a diagonal crack on the load-bearing wall. #sandiskinvestorday The hourly chart's bullish divergence is starting to take effect, with the 633-635 dip yesterday and the 637-636 dip today. Both have some room to move. The market is fluctuating very slowly. Slowly enduring #今晚CPI公布，9月加息定价会改写吗？ #财报观察员：AI基建财报接力登场 #黄金站上4400美元，避险需求升温 $BTC Major Bitcoin holders have just made new moves. Lookonchain monitoring shows that Japan's Bitcoin reserve company MetaPlanet transferred 1,473 BTC an hour ago, worth about $93.82 million. Meanwhile, Bitcoin mining company Hut 8 also transferred 493 BTC three hours ago, worth about $31.36 million. The two companies transferred a total of 1,966 BTC, with a total value of about $125 million. Background of the Two Companies: MetaPlanet is a well-known Japanese "Bitcoin treasury" firm with a business model similar to Strategy—continuously increasing its holdings of Bitcoin as a core reserve asset through financing. According to the latest financial report, the company holds Bitcoin with a book value of about $3.1 billion, but recorded a valuation loss of about $666 million in fiscal year 2025 due to falling coin prices. Hut 8 is one of the largest Bitcoin mining companies in North America, having recently shifted from pure mining to an energy infrastructure platform, with business covering power, digital infrastructure, and computing services, managing about 1,020 megawatts of energy capacity. What does this transfer mean? Both companies have almost simultaneously transferred large amounts of BTC, with possible reasons including: 1. Migrate or organize custodial wallets. Large institutions typically spread their holdings across multiple custodial addresses, and regular collection or transfers are standard practice. 2. Preliminary steps for staking or lending operations. The Bitcoin mortgage market is growing rapidly, and institutions may transfer BTC to specific custodians to obtain liquidity. 3.While BTC waits for the CPI at $64,000, the real turning point in the market is not direction but the quality of supply and demand. Ahead of the US July CPI announcement, BTC is consolidating around $64,000. This announcement is important not simply because of the inflation figure itself, but because it can reset risk asset preferences through its impact on Treasury yields and Fed expectations. The market has already priced in a significant portion of the Fed's September rate cut, so if the CPI comes out higher than expected, those expectations may retreat, putting downward pressure on both BTC and altcoins. Conversely, if the figure is lower than expected, it could strengthen rate cut expectations and act as a catalyst for risk appetite recovery. However, the key observation here is not predicting direction but the already confirmed change in the supply-demand structure. Last week, about $853 million net inflow occurred in US spot BTC ETFs. This means that institutional demand has not withdrawn while BTC consolidates; rather, accumulation is happening during the price adjustment phase. This contrasts with retail demand... If you feel that recent global macro data is getting harder to handle, don't doubt yourself, because the Federal Reserve has proactively smashed the market's streetlights.
After the new chairman Kevin Walsh took office, the Fed firmly held interest rates in the 3.5 to 3.75% range at the late July policy meeting.
This indicates that Walsh is quietly overturning the familiar forward guidance game played by his predecessors.
The mild Fed that used to politely negotiate with the market months in advance about whether to cut or raise rates is gone for good.
The exit of forward guidance has directly thrown global traders into an information black box.
In the Powell era, the Fed was afraid of excessive market volatility and would always give the market a heads-up through various leaks and official speeches before making decisions.
But Walsh’s approach is completely opposite; he prefers to maintain the mystery and absolute control of monetary policy, making all decisions fully dependent on the latest data.
For the crypto market, this is an extremely deadly volatility amplifier.
When the Fed no longer gives spoilers in advance, everyone can only react excessively like headless flies to each release of nonfarm payroll or CPI data.
Tonight’s CPI hasn’t been released yet, but the market options chain volatility has already been pushed up—this is a typical black box phobia.
This needs attention: the market’s pricing logic is undergoing a fundamental distortion.
In the past, everyone could comfortably look at the dot plot and plan asset allocation for the coming year.
But now, due to the lack of forward-looking signals, high-frequency algorithmic trading can only perform extreme tug-of-war within milliseconds of data release based on the absolute value of the data.
This means any slight inflation surprise can directly trigger a localized liquidity stampede.
Worse still, Wall Street is currently even trading defensive positions for further rate hikes in December, which was almost unthinkable before.
Personally, I think Walsh chose to smash the streetlights to reclaim the Fed’s absolute pricing power as a central bank.
When the market is fed too gently by forward guidance, the central bank gets hijacked by market expectations.
But for highly volatile crypto assets, without the Fed’s certainty milk, macro games driven purely by data will cause the market’s risk premium to soar sharply.
The Bitcoin in your hands has to endure more collateral damage and selling pressure released from traditional macro algorithms.
The flip side of data dependence is ubiquitous surprises and shocks.
In this spoiler-free black box era, any attempt to front-run the Fed may become cannon fodder feeding high-frequency algorithms.
Buckle up, because in the future macro sky, thunderstorms and clear skies may alternate in the blink of an eye.
#今晚CPI公布，9月加息定价会改写吗？ #黄金站上4400美元，避险需求升温
Gold has risen above $4400, reaching an intraday high of 4435, just one step away from 4500. COMEX was even stronger, surging to 4495 intraday. It has gained over 7% in a week, rebounding more than $400 from the late July low. This pace is quite fast for an asset of gold's scale.
Several forces are pushing simultaneously. The most direct is the nonfarm payrolls, which dropped by 23,000, turning negative. The probability of a September rate hike fell from nearly 60% to around 40%, weakening the dollar and causing U.S. Treasury yields to decline, thus lowering the opportunity cost of holding gold. On the other hand, the Hormuz Strait agreement stalled again, with Iran saying the strait will remain closed unless the U.S. accepts their conditions. Oil prices have returned above 88, fueling inflation expectations. Weak employment reduces rate hike pressure, while high oil prices support inflation, benefiting gold from both sides. Central banks are also buying; China's central bank has increased holdings for 21 consecutive months, adding 640,000 ounces in July alone. Global central banks net increased 289 tons in Q2, up 62% year-on-year. Funds are also flowing back, with domestic gold ETFs attracting over 10.5 billion since July.
But one detail is worth noting. After gold surged to 4435, it retreated to around 4368, closing below the 100-day moving average. The rally and pullback indicate significant profit-taking around the 4400 level. Today's CPI data is also due, with market expectations for core CPI monthly growth at 0.2%. If the data exceeds expectations, the probability of a September rate hike may bounce back.
The medium- to long-term logic for gold remains solid—central banks are buying, U.S. dollar credit is loosening, and geopolitical risks persist. Standard Chartered calls for 5000, RBC's high scenario sees 5300. But in the short term, I wouldn't chase above 4400. I'll wait for the CPI release and consider buying on a pullback to the 4250-4300 range. The direction is likely upward, but missing a day or two won't matter.Brothers
Tonight's US #今晚CPI公布，9月加息定价会改写吗？ Most likely to be flat or slightly soft, with a high probability of no rate hike in September.
Pre-market has already jumped ahead: gold taking off, Korean index surging, US stocks rallying pre-market. Risk assets are collectively betting on no rate hike.
If CPI meets or falls below expectations → weaker dollar, cooling rate hike expectations → high beta assets like BTC/ETH will directly follow the rally. Only if the core CPI unexpectedly heats up (month-on-month 0.3%+) might there be a short-term sell-off. Aggressive rate hikes before the election are difficult anyway; unless the data is explosive, crypto still has the tailwind.
Tonight is a window to confirm risk appetite, not a major reversal. What do you all think? Will it first spike then fall back, or take off directly? The global market is awaiting a key piece of data. Tonight, the US July CPI data will be released. Many investors believe this is just ordinary economic data. But in reality, for global risk assets in the second half of this year, CPI may become a key turning point in determining market direction. Because the market is now trading not just corporate earnings, but the Fed's monetary policy path in the coming months. US stocks, gold, Bitcoin, and even the entire crypto market are all waiting for this answer. 1. What the market is really waiting for is not the CPI, but the signal of rate cuts. Over the past two years, the Fed's biggest task has been to control inflation. After entering a cooling cycle from the era of high inflation, the market has been eagerly awaiting the question: When will interest rate cuts begin? How big is the rate cut? When will funds flow back into risk assets? Therefore, every CPI release becomes a moment for the market to reprice. Currently, the market expects inflation to continue to slowly decline in July, and investors hope to see clearer signals of inflation easing, supporting a more accommodative monetary policy in the future. Simply put: CPI is below expectations, and the market will believe inflationary pressures continue to decline. The Fed has more room to cut rates. The US dollar may weaken. Funds are flowing back into stocks and crypto assets. And if CPI exceeds expectations: the market may re-worry about fluctuating inflation. Interest rate cuts have been delayed. U.S. Treasury yields rose. Tech stocks and the crypto sector are under pressure. So tonight's data, on the surface, looks like inflation data, but in reality, it's a vote on liquidity. 2. Beauty【 Claude Starts Competing for Electricity with $BTC Mining 】
Electricity and data centers are occupied -> BTC mining competition decreases -> BTC mining difficulty lowers -> BTC costs decrease
Anthropic and Riot sign a new long-term AI data center contract
Locked in 191 MW capacity at Riot's Rockdale, Texas campus for 20 years
Riot Platforms is a US Bitcoin mining company and data center operator, Nasdaq ticker RIOT
This long-term contract is enough to power about 143,000 households
Riot expects contract revenue of $16.1B
The first 96 MW is expected to be delivered by December 2027
Fully operational by June 2028
The contract runs until June 2048
Mining machines themselves cannot run Claude
Mining companies have land, power access, cooling, and construction capabilities#CPIToResetFedBets #AIInfraEarningsWatch #Gold4400HavenBid BTC Today's Trend and Market Outlook
Today, BTC maintains a high-level pullback pattern, repeatedly testing the $65,000 resistance without success. Bullish momentum continues to weaken, and the market has entered a phase of consolidation and digestion. The daily chart keeps showing upper shadows, the 4-hour indicators are weakening, and the market lacks incremental buying pressure to push prices higher. ETF funds have seen a phase of outflows, and short-term selling pressure is gradually emerging.
The current market is highly tied to U.S. inflation data. Hawkish remarks from the Federal Reserve repeatedly disturb the market, delaying rate cut expectations. The overall market struggles to develop an independent trend, with small-cap and platform tokens strongly linked to BTC's movements. The first short-term support is at $62,400–$62,600; if this holds, the consolidation range will continue. If there is a volume-driven break below, it will trigger contract liquidations, with strong support expected at $61,000. On the upside, resistance is at $65,000; only a volume-backed close above this level will restart the bullish trend.
From an operational perspective, avoid chasing highs at present. Short-term traders should consider light positions only after support shows signs of stabilization, with strict stop-loss settings. Those already holding positions should closely watch the defense strength around $62,400. Long-term investors need not be disturbed by short-term volatility and should wait for pullbacks to build positions gradually. The overall market is at a directional choice window with increased uncertainty; it is essential to control position sizes and avoid heavy leveraged bets.Ethereum $ETH and Bitcoin $BTC have gained over 4% so far after accumulating at low levels yesterday. Entering with small leverage and divided positions, Ethereum $ETH is expected to have a slight rise in the next few days, then continue to oscillate for a while to shake off the undecided friends. My expectation is that it will still reach above 2300 later, so brothers, keep your mindset steady and stay firm #今晚CPI公布，9月加息定价会改写吗？ #机构逆势加仓：SharpLink增持近4万枚ETH #交易之声：你的经验值得被听到 🔔The evening CPI data is coming in strong, will the consolidation pattern be broken?🔥🔥🔥
CPI is the Federal Reserve's monetary policy indicator: the higher the inflation, the weaker the rate cut expectations, the stronger the dollar, and the more pressure on cryptocurrencies; when inflation cools, rate cut expectations rise, the dollar weakens, benefiting the crypto market.
This time, focus on two key indicator groups:
1. Overall CPI year-over-year: previous 3.5%, expected 3.4%
2. Core CPI year-over-year (more closely watched by the Fed): previous 2.6%, expected 2.5%
Three data scenarios correspond to market trends
Inflation across the board exceeds expectations (bearish, decline)
Condition: CPI year-over-year > 3.4% and Core CPI year-over-year > 2.5%
Interpretation: Inflation decline is less than market expectations, the Fed's September rate cut expectations cool significantly, high interest rates remain longer.
Market performance:
1. Dollar index surges, Nasdaq plunges;
2. Market quickly sells off, short-term spike down to support levels;
Trading approach: wait and see, do not bottom fish, if rebound faces pressure, follow the trend to short, strictly use stop loss.
Inflation across the board below expectations (bullish, rebound rise)
Condition: CPI year-over-year < 3.4% and Core CPI year-over-year < 2.5%
Interpretation: Inflation continues to cool, market prices in soaring probability of September rate cut, easing liquidity expectations improve.
Market performance:
1. Dollar weakens rapidly, risk assets collectively recover;
2. Crypto market directly rallies, breaks short-term resistance line;
Data divergence (bull-bear tug of war, wide volatility)
Typical divergence: overall CPI meets decline target, but core CPI exceeds expectations; or vice versa.
Interpretation: Market shows divergence in Fed policy judgment, funds quickly switch between long and short.
Market performance: first spike down then pull back, or surge then quickly fall back, intense back-and-forth within 15 minutes causing stop losses.
Trading approach: do not enter immediately after data release, wait 30 minutes for the market to digest and form a clear range before trading, reduce position size to lower risk.
$BTC $ETH Gold long-term layout continues with low-buy operations $BTC
Gold H1｜Moving averages show a strong bullish trend, but the MACD momentum bars continue to shrink, with price making new highs but momentum lagging, signaling a bearish divergence warning.
At this stage, do not chase highs; wait for a pullback to support and stabilization before following the trend; do not short solely based on exhaustion signals at the top, wait for a confirmed breakout.
#XAUUSD #PreciousMetalsTechnicalAnalysis
⚠️ For review and communication only, not trading advice Complete list of today's gainers and losers
🟢 Gainers
$APR MEV Infrastructure Track | +77.76%, trading volume 859 million, short-term funds concentrated attack
$CRWV AI Computing Power Track | +21.57%, trading volume 127 million, sector funds significantly returning
$BEA AI Blockchain Gaming Track | +18.67%, trading volume 4.484 billion, sector funds rotating upward
$SKUU Semiconductor Leveraged ETF Track | +14.44%, trading volume 14.8934 million, thematic rotating funds entering
$AEHR Semiconductor Equipment Track | +13.62%, trading volume 5.2984 million, sector heat continues to ferment
$SNXX Storage Chip Leveraged ETF Track | +13.28%, trading volume 389 million, funds continuously positioning
$NBIS AI Cloud Computing Track | +13.22%, trading volume 107 million, sector heat warming up
$KORU Stock Index Leveraged ETF Track | +13.09%, trading volume 398 million, incremental funds continuously flowing in
$AEON Emerging Public Chain Track | +12.37%, trading volume 98.5905 million, new coin heat rising
$CAP Crypto Payment Track | +11.76%, trading volume 1.308 billion, sector funds significantly returning
$RAM Technology Stock Leveraged ETF Track | +11.58%, trading volume 3.1585 million, short-term sentiment heating up
$HUS AI Social Track | +11.38%, trading volume 44.8409 million, sector rotation active
$RKLB Commercial Aerospace Track | +11.12%, trading volume 58.5643 million, thematic funds entering
$BOT Quantitative Strategy Track | +10.92%, trading volume 11.7438 million, sector heat continues to ferment
$NOK Communication Hardware Track | +10.87%, trading volume 6.4867 million, tech concept strengthening
$MVLL Optical Module Leveraged ETF Track | +10.79%, trading volume 5.8508 million, short-term funds positioning
🔴 Losers
$ONE Cross-chain Public Chain Track | -38.32%, trading volume 119 million, large capital outflow
$DOS Web3 Infrastructure Track | -30.73%, trading volume 935 million, profit-taking concentrated
$KAITO AI On-chain Data Track | -15.84%, trading volume 438 million, short-term sector sentiment fading
$BICO Gas Relay Infrastructure Track | -14.16%, trading volume 364 million, selling pressure continuously released
$SKDD Semiconductor Inverse Leveraged ETF Track | -13.63%, trading volume 8.4194 million, inverse targets weakening
$MMT On-chain Strategy Protocol Track | -12.15%, trading volume 176 million, short-term funds withdrawing
$BABY BTC Staking Track | -11.63%, trading volume 10.7125 million, sector heat declining
$UNI Decentralized Exchange Track | -10.71%, trading volume 321 million, DeFi sector under pressure
$OFC GameFi Gaming Track | -10.69%, trading volume 8.8621 million, thematic speculation ended
$LA Zero-Knowledge Proof Infrastructure Track | -10.67%, trading volume 15.4315 million, funds continuously exiting
$WAL Decentralized Storage Track | -9.48%, trading volume 1.8904 million, market attention declining
$RVN POW Asset Issuance Public Chain Track | -8.95%, trading volume 30.3289 million, selling pressure gradually increasing
$UB On-chain Data Platform Track | -8.62%, trading volume 131 million, short-term sentiment weak
$MEGA Ethereum Layer 2 Track | -8.40%, trading volume 16.1761 million, sector entering adjustment phase
$BILL RWA Real-World Asset Track | -7.27%, trading volume 21.2433 million, bullish confidence insufficient
$ZBT Modular Public Chain Track | -7.04%, trading volume 26.9245 million, price oscillating downward
(Data as of the time of publication)
⚠️ Reminder
1. The big gainers are all short-term speculative funds colluding with no long-term positive support; heat fading will cause a cliff dive, chasing highs will lead to deep losses;
2. The declining coins face continuous selling pressure; bottom fishing can easily lead to more losses, do not rush to bottom fish;
3. Contract volatility is extreme; a 10-20 point rise or fall can directly liquidate and wipe out principal; heavy positions and borrowing to trade are prohibited;
4. The current market is severely fragmented with huge divergence in gains and losses; do not follow trends based on feelings, mainly observe.
⚠️ Risk Warning: Virtual currency trading is highly risky, and cryptocurrency contract volatility is extreme! This article only organizes market data and does not constitute investment advice, does not encourage any trading operations, please do not blindly follow trades. Chip concentration has risen to 14.8%!
Half a foot has stepped into the "high-risk zone." Attention! The risk here does not refer to rising or falling, but to volatility.
Chip concentration cannot predict direction, but based on historical data, my friends and I have found that there seems to be a pattern:
When the curve starts to turn, if BTC's price was rising before this, then the probability of continuing to fluctuate upward is greater; conversely, the probability of continuing to fluctuate downward is greater (as shown in the chart);
However, at this moment, the curve is still rising continuously. So, we cannot yet predict which direction has a higher probability next.
But what is certain is that risk is accumulating, and volatility is brewing......🚨 BTC & ETH JUST GOT HIT — AND THE REAL DRIVER ISN’T CRYPTO.
Something felt off as the night session opened.
BTC and ETH sold off sharply after fresh Strait of Hormuz tensions, while oil $CL held above $82. That’s a sign markets are starting to price geopolitical risk back in.
Here’s the chain traders are watching:
🛢️ Hormuz risk → oil higher
📈 Oil higher → inflation expectations rise
🏦 Higher inflation → fewer Fed cuts
⚠️ Less easing → pressure on risk assets
The US-Iran talks still look far from a real breakthrough, with the biggest issue being how any agreement would actually be implemented.
Now comes the key test: CPI.
If inflation continues cooling, some of this pressure could ease.
But if CPI comes in hot, crypto could face a nasty macro + geopolitical double squeeze.
$ZBT
$ETH
#Gold4400HavenBid #CPIToResetFedBets #AIInfraEarningsWatch #Gold4400HavenBid 哪怕大盘回调，Solana 生态锁仓量仍在飙升，链上活跃地址逼近历史新高。市场在押注它的「以太坊杀手 2.0」叙事，但 $SOL 的估值已不再便宜，你需要一个清晰的框架来应对波动。 本文大纲 - 🏢 它到底是什么 - 🔥 为什么现在被炒 - 📊 基本面看点 - ⚖️ 多空博弈 - 🎯 怎么看、怎么参与 一、它到底是什么 🏢 Solana 是一条高性能公链，核心卖点是 「快且便宜」——理论每秒处理数千笔交易，单笔费用不到 1 美分。它不像以太坊依赖 Layer2 扩容，而是在 Layer1 层直接组合了 PoH（历史证明）和 PoS 共识，让链上 DEX、借贷、NFT 市场能丝滑运行。 团队把生态切割成清晰的模块：DeFi 有 Jupiter（聚合交易）、Raydium（AMM）、Marinade（流动质押）；NFT 有 Mad Lads 和 Tensor；支付有 Solana Pay；甚至在 DePIN（去中心化物理网络）赛道，Helium 和 Hivemapper 也把设备迁到了 Solana。 它的收入来源很直接：手续费 + MEV（最大可提取价值）。生态越繁荣，$SOL#CPIToResetFedBets The July U.S. CPI report is the market’s most important immediate catalyst. July payrolls reportedly fell by 23,000, while May and June were revised down by a combined 103,000. That initially reduced expectations for another Federal Reserve rate increase, but CME probabilities have returned to nearly a coin toss. Economists expect headline CPI to rise approximately 0.1% month-on-month and slow from 3.5% to 3.4% annually. Core inflation is forecast near 0.2% monthly and 2.5% annually.
A cooler report would reinforce the weak-employment argument and could support bonds, equities, BTC and ETH by reducing pressure on interest rates. A hotter core reading—particularly in housing or services—could strengthen the dollar and lift Treasury yields. My view is that the composition will matter more than the headline alone. Energy prices may create additional inflation pressure in future reports, so even a favorable July number would not completely settle the September debate. The divergence between Nvidia and Intel in AI infrastructure financing increasingly resembles a divide between two eras.
Nvidia is packaging GPUs, data centers, and computing power cash flows into a new asset class, pulling Wall Street along for financing. It’s not just selling chips but helping customers solve the problem of "not being able to afford chips." Computing power becomes collateral, AI factories become infrastructure, and financial institutions come in to capture long-term returns.
Intel’s path is more traditional: relying on CPUs, packaging, foundry services, heterogeneous architectures, and partnerships to reinsert itself into the AI infrastructure chain.
This isn’t about who’s right or wrong, but about different positions. Nvidia’s challenge is the fear of being accused of circular financing and asset bubbles; Intel’s challenge is the fear of falling behind in technology and ecosystem, with capital unwilling to wait long enough.
I think this divergence is very important. The second half of AI is not just a chip performance battle but also a financing capability battle. Whoever can convince capital that "computing power will continue to generate cash flow" will be able to keep expanding.
#AI基建融资升温，英伟达英特尔路径分化 Launch of Staking Ethereum ETF: How Traditional Finance Redefines ETH Asset Attributes
With the official listing of BlackRock's staking Ethereum ETF, the spot Ethereum sector is undergoing a critical transformation. Early U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs only provided pure price exposure and could not participate in on-chain staking rewards, which was a core reason many native crypto participants remained cautious about such products. After regulatory easing, the staking rewards mechanism has been incorporated into the compliant ETF framework, opening channels for traditional capital to access Ethereum's on-chain yields.
From a product structure perspective, fund managers will entrust professional node operators to stake most of the ETH holdings on the network, and after deducting management fees, distribute the staking rewards to holders. This change means Ethereum is no longer just a pure price speculation asset but begins to exhibit characteristics of an "income-generating infrastructure asset" within traditional asset allocation models.
However, there are clear market divergences. Some asset management institutions proactively remove staking-related clauses in their filing documents, opting to simplify product structures and prioritize regulatory approval certainty. The coexistence of these two paths means the Ethereum ETF sector will continue to diverge internally.
On the capital side, the overall scale of Ethereum ETFs remains significantly smaller than Bitcoin ETFs, and institutional capital deployment is more cautious. It is also important to recognize that ETF capital flows are influenced by multiple factors such as macro liquidity, regulatory news, and market sentiment; net inflows do not guarantee a perpetual trend.
From an industry perspective, the greatest significance of staking ETFs lies in lowering the technical barriers for traditional institutions to participate in the Ethereum ecosystem. However, regulatory uncertainty remains long-term, and countries have yet to unify rules regarding crypto asset yield products. All market participants should rationally distinguish narrative expectations from fundamental realities and fully acknowledge the inherently high volatility risk of digital assets
#今晚CPI公布，9月加息定价会改写吗？ #财报观察员：AI基建财报接力登场 #黄金站上4400美元，避险需求升温 $BTC $ETH $BEAT #今晚CPI公布，9月加息定价会改写吗？
$BTC AI hardware collectively surges, is the pre-CPI rally a rush of funds or a leak of information?
Before tonight's CPI release, there is a signal on the market worth pondering: risk assets suddenly rise collectively, sweeping away the weakness of the past few days. BTC rebounded from the intraday low of $63,204 to around $63,794, temporarily halting the short-term downtrend; pre-market US stocks in the AI hardware sector are all in the green, $SNDK up over 2.6%, $MRVL up nearly 1.8%, LITE up 0.8%, Nasdaq futures also rose about 0.4%, the whole market strongly showing a Risk-On sentiment.
This rally is not baseless speculation; there are two solid logical supports behind it.
On one hand, US Treasury yields have temporarily eased, with the 10-year yield falling from yesterday's high of 4.735% to around 4.68%. As the risk-free rate declines, valuation pressure on growth stocks and crypto assets naturally eases, providing a window for funds to bottom-fish. On the other hand, AI hardware stocks have their own fundamental support: SNDK's data center revenue surged nearly 400% year-over-year, LITE's quarterly revenue exceeded $1 billion, more than doubling year-over-year, and MRVL continues to benefit from AI custom chips and high-speed interconnects. With these solid performance fundamentals, any sentiment recovery easily triggers a leading rebound.
As for the market talk about "CPI data leaks and funds positioning early," I think the probability is low.
If there were insider funds acting early, the gains would not be so restrained, nor would the market move so sluggishly. This looks more like a routine large fund positioning on the eve of CPI—betting on moderate inflation decline, adding some risk asset exposure first, a typical expectation trade, not really a "leak or early run."
Of course, all predictions must wait for the 20:30 data release to verify.
If CPI is truly below expectations, US Treasuries continue to fall, and Nasdaq and BTC can rally with volume and hold gains, then this rebound can be considered a confirmed trend; if the data seems positive but the market collectively spikes then falls back with funds selling into the rally, then today's rise is just an early anticipation, and caution is needed for a possible reversal pullback.
In the end, the pre-market rise is all about sentiment and expectations; the strength of the follow-through after the data release is the real answer tonight. #财报观察员：AI基建财报接力登场 #黄金站上4400美元，避险需求升温 88 hours ago this thing was squeezed 40% up on a $2.5B FDV nobody could justify. Two days later shorts piled in on a -43% crash while longs still outnumbered them 62/38. Now it's sitting at -27.7% from that first flag.
No squeeze, no rescue, just a slow bleed while longs kept averaging down the whole way. The mechanic that usually pays out here is a crowded short getting run over, this time the crowd was long and the market just walked away from them instead.
NFA.The Federal Reserve injected $51.79 billion in liquidity in a single day to stabilize the market
Short-term funds loosened, BTC and the US stock market saw an immediate rebound, giving bulls a temporary breather
But the key point is, this is just an overnight short-term repo, with all funds withdrawn the next day, so it’s not a full QE
The real direction will be set by tonight’s CPI data; if inflation exceeds expectations, this rebound is just a bull trap, leading to a sharp drop. Only when inflation cools down can a sustained rally occur! Before tonight's CPI release, the biggest risk in the market is not the data itself, but the overly extreme positioning of funds.
CTA trend funds have pushed bond short positions to historic highs, effectively turning the market into a pressure cooker.
1. Risk is extremely asymmetric
The space for shorts to push lower is very limited, but if the CPI is even slightly lower or core inflation signals some cooling, it will immediately trigger a short squeeze. Shorts clustered at high levels will have to frantically buy back government bonds to cut losses, causing bond prices to surge and yields to plunge instantly.
2. Why are funds daring to bet?
Recently, the oil price rebound combined with large bond issuance has instilled a stubborn inflation expectation in the market. Traders bet that the Fed will still raise rates in September and have been adding shorts along the trend, pushing positions to the limit.
3. Market outlook
Even if tonight's data only meets expectations, the probability of a bond market rebound is very high, with yields adjusting downward. The positioning structure determines short-term elasticity, and the safety margin clearly favors the longs now. Only a CPI surge far above expectations would allow shorts to exit unscathed, but that probability is low.
In such an overcrowded trade, blindly chasing bond shorts has very poor risk-reward. Betting on a yield pullback is actually more stable.
Do you think tonight's data will force these shorts to cover?
Not investment advice, DYOR
#今晚CPI公布，9月加息定价会改写吗？ SK Hynix is making big moves in Dalian.
The NAND Phase II factory, which has been halted for four years, is now officially restarting. Phase I has a monthly capacity of 100,000 wafers, and Phase II will add about 50,000 more, increasing overall capacity by 50%. Why was it stopped for four years? The memory market was too bleak. Why restart now? AI has directly exploded enterprise SSD demand, making expansion unavoidable.
Counterpoint data shows that enterprise SSDs now account for 48% of global NAND shipments, up from 26% this time last year. Kioxia has also stated that flash memory orders are already booked through 2027. SK Hynix is not expanding ahead of demand; it is being forced to expand by demand.
But there is a divergence worth considering. On one hand, demand is indeed fierce, and AI data centers are still being built frantically. On the other hand, capacity is being released in concentration, with institutions predicting that NAND supply may become loose in the second half of 2027, putting downward pressure on prices. Short term, there is still a shortage; mid-term supply is accelerating; long term, prices may ease.
What does this have to do with the crypto world?
No direct short-term impact; NAND is not the core chip for mining machines, so it has limited effect on miner costs. But there is a more important signal behind this—the entire semiconductor supply chain's expansion cycle is accelerating. DRAM, HBM, NAND are all expanding, and upstream wafer foundries, equipment, and materials are all running at full capacity. The cost of the entire computing infrastructure will not decrease in the short term; miners and AI computing projects will have to continue bearing high hardware costs.
Here is my view. SK Hynix restarting Dalian Phase II is driven primarily by AI-driven enterprise storage demand. As long as AI computing power keeps expanding, storage demand will not stop. But capacity ramp-up takes time; from equipment installation to mass production still requires over half a year, during which the supply gap remains.
Storage is always in a cycle of shortage, expansion, oversupply, cutbacks, and shortage again. SK Hynix is betting that this AI-driven cycle will be longer than before. Whether this bet pays off will be clear by 2027.
$BTC $ETH $SKHY #NVIDIA to limit $500 billion AI financing exposure; $500 billion “good news” leads to $70 billion evaporation: Why is the market voting with its feet on NVIDIA’s move?
The official announcement of a $500 billion financing plan caused NVIDIA’s stock price to drop nearly 3%, wiping out $70 billion in market value instantly. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index also plunged 2.94%. The market’s mood changed faster than flipping a page.
First, the surface view. NVIDIA teamed up with Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, and six other Wall Street giants to create a computing power financing platform aiming to leverage over $500 billion in third-party funds. Customers can borrow money to buy GPUs, NVIDIA ships the products, and Wall Street earns interest. A win-win-win scenario, sounds great.
Peeling back a layer. Credit derivatives raised alarms first. NVIDIA’s 5-year credit default swap (CDS) spiked to 77.2 basis points, a two-week high. In plain terms: the cost to insure NVIDIA’s debt rose, indicating market concerns about its ability to repay.
More severe doubts emerged: isn’t this just “circular financing”? Wall Street lends money to customers, who then buy NVIDIA chips, and NVIDIA’s revenue becomes the collateral for the loans, forming a closed loop. Think about it—this is the AI version of “subprime loans.”
Back in the day, Fannie Mae packaged mortgages into MBS and sold them worldwide, which eventually triggered the 2008 financial crisis. Now BlackRock CEO Fink himself says this model is comparable to the birth of mortgage-backed securities in the 1970s. Doesn’t that sound like a red flag?
If AI applications don’t deliver expected returns in two to three years, how will customers repay? Is the residual value of computing power enough to cover debts? With $500 billion of leverage nested layer upon layer, who ultimately bears the risk?
Jensen Huang quickly came out to douse the fire, saying NVIDIA supports “no more than 25% per individual project” and does not provide a full guarantee. Bank of America analysts also did the math: in NVIDIA’s 2026-2027 fiscal year free cash flow of $470 billion, this type of exposure accounts for only 15%. Credit risk indicators then eased, with CDS narrowing to 72.11 basis points.
But don’t celebrate too soon. Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, and Goldman Sachs have gradually exited data center debt financing over the past six months. The most risk-savvy players are quietly leaving.
Jensen Huang has staked the entire reputation of Wall Street, betting that AI computing power will become a "must-have infrastructure" like electricity. $SOXL $SNDK $DRAM AI demand continues accelerating, while crypto is being reminded just how sensitive it remains to macro conditions.
🚀 AI Infrastructure Keeps Delivering
Lumentum ($LITE) posted another strong quarter, with revenue jumping 109% YoY to roughly $1.01B and adjusted EPS rising 267%.
The growth was fueled by expanding AI infrastructure demand, including high-power lasers, 1.6T optical transceivers, and networking products used by hyperscale data centers.
Its guidance also came in above Wall Street expectations, reinforcing the idea that AI infrastructure spending remains strong.
That strength could continue benefiting names like Nvidia, Broadcom and other optical-networking companies as major tech firms keep investing heavily in AI.
⚠️ Crypto Gets a Reality Check
Trump Media & Technology Group reported a $238M Q2 net loss, with much of the impact coming from unrealized losses on its crypto holdings.
The company still holds around 9,477 $BTC, but Bitcoin’s volatility shows how quickly digital-asset price movements can affect corporate balance sheets.
The bigger picture is becoming clearer:
💡 AI investment remains strong.
🏦 Crypto is still highly dependent on Fed policy, Treasury yields and ETF flows.
If expectations for Fed cuts increase, AI stocks could maintain their leadership while providing a more supportive environment for $BTC and $ETH.
But if rates stay higher for longer, crypto could continue facing elevated short-term volatility.
#CPIToResetFedBets #AIInfraEarningsWatch #Gold4400HavenBid BTCFi is moving from Narrative to financial infrastructure. Could CORE become the value capturer in this round?
Today's crypto market is still in a phase of volatility and differentiation.
The US CLARITY Act did not complete Senate voting before the August recess; the latest news is that it is expected to continue advancing in September. Although regulatory implementation remains uncertain, the direction is very clear: Crypto is moving from a “regulatory gray area” toward clearer market rules. (Reuters)
I increasingly believe:
BTCFi is not a short-term narrative but an inevitable result after BTC financialization.
In the future, BTC will not only be Digital Gold but may also become:
Collateral + Yield Asset + Credit Asset + On-chain Financial Underlying Asset.
In this process, I will pay special attention to Core.
Core’s 2026 roadmap has clearly shifted from “simply providing BTC yield” to:
BTCFi generating real revenue → ecosystem revenue → CORE Buyback → CORE value capture.
This model is more worthy of long-term observation than one relying solely on token incentives. (X (formerly Twitter))
Currently, CORE is priced around $0.019.
If BTCFi enters a true main upward cycle in the future, here is a scenario analysis:
Conservative scenario: $0.05–0.10
BTC enters a new cycle, but Core’s BTCFi scale and revenue growth are average.
Base scenario: $0.15–0.30
BTC re-enters a strong cycle, BTCFi becomes mainstream narrative, and Core’s BTC holdings, TVL, revenue, and buybacks begin to form positive feedback.
Optimistic scenario: $0.50–1.00+
BTC financialization truly accelerates, Core becomes one of the core infrastructures of BTCFi, with real revenue continuously growing and buybacks forming clear value capture.
The most important question here is not “Can CORE rise to $1?”
But rather:
Does CORE qualify to capture the value brought by BTCFi growth?
If there is only TVL growth without revenue;
If there is only revenue growth without buybacks;
If there are buybacks without sustained BTC inflows;
Then price increases may ultimately still be short-term capital games.
But if the following occurs:
BTC rises
→ BTC flows into Core
→ BTCFi scale grows
→ Protocol revenue increases
→ CORE continuous buybacks
→ Market revaluation
→ More capital inflows
Then the real flywheel begins.
Therefore, my core observation indicators for CORE are not daily price changes but:
BTC holdings, BTCFi TVL, protocol revenue, buyback scale, stablecoin/loan scale, and whether institutional funds truly enter.
I tend to believe:
Q4 2026 may be an important window for BTCFi to reheat, and 2027 is worth focusing on to see if it enters a true value revaluation phase.
If BTCFi ultimately becomes the mainline of Bitcoin financialization, then for CORE priced under $0.02 today, the real question in the future is not “Can it rise 10x?” but:
Can it become the value capture layer in BTC financial infrastructure?
This is the core logic behind my long-term focus on Core.
The above is my personal opinion and does not constitute investment advice. Cryptocurrency investment carries high risk; please DYOR, make independent judgments, and bear investment risks.
Source: X｜jewelbtcfiMarket expectations: Tonight at 20:30, the US July CPI data will be released. The market expects overall CPI to rise 3.4% year-on-year (previous 3.5%) and 0.1% month-on-month; Core CPI year-on-year to 2.5% (previous 2.6%), and 0.2% month-on-month. Goldman Sachs forecasts a more moderate outcome, with overall growth at 0.05% month-on-month and core 0.19%. The overall direction is that inflation continues to cool slowly. Three scenarios: Below expectations (high probability): Inflation cools rapidly, further lowering expectations of a rate hike in September, and BTC is likely to break through 66,000-67,000. In the options market, some have bought call options expiring in September with a strike price of 70,000, betting BTC will break above 70,000. In line with expectations (benchmark scenario): The market has basically priced in, and BTC is very likely to continue fluctuating between 63,500 and 65,000. Above expectations (low probability): Concerns about rate hikes are reigniting, and BTC may pull back to 62,000-63,000. My judgment: Nonfarm payrolls in July weakened significantly; although oil prices fluctuated, the July average price remains below June. Inflation is likely to continue to decline moderately; the baseline scenario is expected to be slightly lower. BTC has already absorbed some safe-haven sentiment below 64,000. If the data comes in line with expectations, a short-term rebound may actually form with "all negative news gone." Currently, the market's pricing in a rate hike in September is fluctuating around 50%. Strategically, do not heavily bet on the direction before the data. If it pulls back to 63,300-63,500, you can lightly enter and try going long, with a stop loss at 63,000 and a target of 64,000-64,200. The data is coming from#现货ETF资金分化，BTC卖压仍在
Brothers, I recently discovered a particularly noteworthy capital signal.
Last week, BTC spot ETFs suddenly saw a net inflow of $853 million, ending the previous eight consecutive weeks of net outflows. This is likely the first sign of a turning point in capital flow—have institutions started to test the waters?
But the truly strange part is this: money came in, yet BTC didn’t move.
BTC hovered below $65,000 all week; $853 million was poured in, but it barely caused any ripple.
ETH is the same—ETF net inflows of about $245 million, but the price only rebounded from around $1800 to about $1920.
This indicates the market isn’t excited by the capital returning; rather, it shows that selling pressure above remains heavy, and bearish sentiment hasn’t truly disappeared.
More importantly, out of that $853 million, BlackRock’s IBIT alone contributed about $693 million, accounting for over 80%.
So don’t rush to shout “the bull market is back”; this looks more like big money starting to test, but the whole market hasn’t followed the FOMO yet.
If the bull market really starts, continuous ETF inflows are just the first step; next, we need to see price breakthroughs, capital diffusion, and macro environment support.
So my current stance is simple: don’t blindly chase highs just because of ETF inflows, and don’t turn bearish just because prices don’t rise.
Is this $853 million the starting gun for the bull market, or are institutions laying traps in advance? Next, it depends on whether BTC can break through $65,000. $BTC: A Historic Indicator Suggests the Bottom May Already Be In — or Very Close 👀
Bitcoin’s Realized Price by Age tracks the average cost basis of BTC based on how long holders have been holding their coins.
The pink line represents BTC held for 3–6 months, while the blue line tracks coins held for 1–2 years.
Historically, in 2015, 2019 and 2022, major bottoming phases began when the pink line dropped below the blue line. This indicated that newer holders were capitulating and transferring BTC to stronger, longer-term hands.
Now, we’re seeing this crossover again for the fourth time, with $BTC trading below both groups’ average cost basis.
However, history also shows that this signal doesn’t necessarily mean an immediate reversal.
After these crossovers, Bitcoin often spent months moving sideways while forming a base and entering an accumulation phase.
That’s why the current structure looks interesting to me: potentially a long-term bottom-building and accumulation period rather than an instant V-shaped recovery.
I’ve been gradually accumulating between $54K–$64K and prefer scaling in instead of trying to predict the exact bottom.
Educational content only — not financial advice.
#CPIToResetFedBets #AIInfraEarningsWatch #Gold4400HavenBid 4400 USD is more likely a continuation of the uptrend, with a high probability that gold prices will push toward 4500 USD, but in the short term, strong resistance will be encountered in the 4400–4500 USD range, and a breakthrough is needed to confirm a new round of upward trend.
1. Why 4400 looks more like an uptrend continuation rather than a top
- Stagflation trading logic is forming: The market is increasingly concerned about the stagflation combination of "high oil prices + high interest rates + weak employment," boosting gold's appeal as a store of value and driving continuous capital inflows into the gold market.
- Rate hike expectations are clearly suppressed: July's nonfarm payroll data missed expectations, significantly lowering the market's probability of a Fed rate hike in September. The easing of high interest rate pressure on gold has become an important driver for gold price rebound.
- Chinese market funds continue to support the bottom: Domestic gold ETFs have seen a net inflow exceeding 10 billion yuan since July, with funds buying on dips providing strong support for gold prices.
- Geopolitical risks linked with oil prices: The Strait of Hormuz situation remains volatile, with Brent crude oil once approaching 88 USD/barrel. High oil prices push up inflation expectations, indirectly benefiting gold.
- Long-term bullish logic remains: Structural factors such as continuous gold purchases by global central banks, the US debt scale hitting new highs, and the de-dollarization trend continue to provide medium- to long-term upward momentum for gold.
2. 4500 USD: Key resistance level and sentiment watershed
- 4400–4500 USD is an important resistance zone: Technically, the 4400–4500 USD area is a previous high-volume trading zone and psychological barrier, where gold prices will face significant profit-taking and technical selling pressure.
- 4500 USD is the "touchstone" for a new trend: Some institutions and analysts believe that only a valid breakthrough above 4500 USD can confirm that gold has truly restarted a new long-term uptrend; otherwise, it may continue to oscillate at high levels.
- Short-term overbought with correction pressure: Gold prices surged about 9% over six trading days from August 4 to 11, technically entering an overbought zone, with short-term profit-taking and technical correction possible.
3. Tonight's CPI will be the key catalyst determining the short-term direction
- CPI data will directly affect September rate hike expectations: The US July CPI data released tonight is the core variable determining gold's short-term direction.
- If CPI rises above expectations: The market will reprice the probability of a September rate hike, with rising rate expectations possibly suppressing gold prices and causing a short-term pullback.
- If CPI meets or falls below expectations: Rate hike concerns will further ease, and gold prices are expected to continue rebounding, challenging 4500 USD.
- If CPI is significantly below expectations: Gold and risk assets like Bitcoin may strengthen simultaneously; if CPI is significantly above expectations, divergence may occur, with gold relatively resistant to declines while Bitcoin and other risk assets may face pressure.
4. Main risk points and signals to watch
- Technical correction risk: After short-term overbought conditions, if negative data or concentrated profit-taking occurs, gold prices may oscillate repeatedly near 4400 or even pull back.
- Some institutions are pessimistic: For example, Bank of America warned that gold could repeat a historical bear market, with a risk of falling to 3315 USD. Although this is not the mainstream view currently, it should be monitored as a tail risk.
- Middle East situation easing may drag down oil and gold prices: If US-Iran relations significantly ease, falling oil prices will weaken inflation expectations, thereby suppressing gold.
$XAU Apple's Memory Strategy Could Have Bigger Implications Than It Appears.
Reports suggest Apple is evaluating memory chips from Chinese supplier CXMT for future iPhones, MacBooks and other devices.
No agreement has been finalized, and any commercial adoption would still require regulatory approval.
Even so, the news has captured investors' attention.
Why?
Because memory has become one of the most strategically important components in the AI era.
Apple currently relies primarily on Micron, Samsung and SK hynix.
Introducing another qualified supplier—even as leverage during negotiations—could influence pricing dynamics across the broader DRAM market.
For investors, this isn't just about one supplier potentially joining Apple's supply chain.
It's about whether the industry's current supply discipline can be maintained as new competitors emerge.
If additional supply eventually reaches the market, pricing power may gradually weaken.
If barriers remain high, existing manufacturers could continue benefiting from constrained capacity and robust AI demand.
Sometimes a supply-chain test tells us more about industry structure than the companies involved.
Do you think Apple's supplier diversification will materially change the memory market, or simply strengthen its negotiating position?
Share your thoughts below 👇 #AppleTestsCXMTChips So far, $BTC has a market cap of about 1.27 trillion, and $ETH about 225.9 billion.
BTC's size is several times that of ETH, but its futures OI is only 1.8 times that of ETH. In other words, after weighting by market cap, the leverage concentration on ETH's market is actually not low; the issue lies in the trend.
In the past week, ETH dropped 3.88%. As the price fell, OI also declined simultaneously, indicating that funds were closing positions and retreating rather than opening new positions to speculate; on the BTC side, OI remained flat at a high level, and funding rates stayed neutral to slightly positive. Despite the drop, leveraged funds have not fled. One is that the more it falls, the more people hold on; the other is that even a small drop causes a breakup—this is the "credit rating" the derivatives market assigns to the two coins.
Why do institutions dare to bet heavily on BTC? The answer lies in the toolbox. CME's BTC futures, spot ETFs, and options chain form a full set of institutional-grade infrastructure: collateral is easy to manage, hedging is easy, compliance is easy, and leverage can be stacked on ETF holdings to play basis and directional trades. BTC is essentially a "collateralizable asset."
Although ETH's ETF has had a net inflow of $261 million over 7 days and has been positive for five consecutive weeks, and treasury companies are still buying, these are all spot buying logic—willing to hold, not willing to speculate. Holding coins and adding leverage represent two different risk preferences; ETH is currently in the former.
$SOL #今晚CPI公布，9月加息定价会改写吗？ #财报观察员：AI基建财报接力登场 #CLARITY延期，SEC拟推进监管规则补位 【 Claude Starts Competing for Electricity with $BTC Mining 】
Electricity and data centers are occupied -> BTC mining competition decreases -> BTC mining difficulty lowers -> BTC costs decrease
Anthropic and Riot sign a new long-term AI data center contract
Locked in 191 MW capacity at Riot's Rockdale, Texas campus for 20 years
Riot Platforms is a US Bitcoin mining company and data center operator, Nasdaq ticker RIOT
This long-term contract is enough to power about 143,000 households
Riot expects contract revenue of $16.1B
The first 96 MW is expected to be delivered by December 2027
Fully operational by June 2028
The contract runs until June 2048
Mining machines themselves cannot run Claude
Mining companies have land, power access, cooling, and construction capabilitiesOn August 12, $BTC hovered around $63,900, ETH was quoted at $1,873, both looking very unpredictable. But what's even more frustrating isn't the coin speculators, but the people "working" for these two chains. Let's start with miners. HashPrice has dropped to $28 to $30 per PH/day, the lowest in five years, and the break-even line for old machines is around $35—meaning about 20% of the network's hash rate is now losing money as soon as you boot up. The cash cost for a listed mining company to mine one BTC is nearly $80,000, while the price is only $64,000. How do you make this trade? The answer is: in Q1, mining companies sold 32,000 BTC, setting a single-quarter record, while MARA alone sold 15,000 BTC. All they say is HODL, but their bodies are being cleared out. Those still holding on are basically in two ways: those with ridiculously cheap electricity bills, and those betting on the halving cycle repeating and betting that the price will return to 100,000. This isn't mining—it's burning money to buy lottery tickets. Now let's look at ETH stakers. The yield fell below 3%, Ethereum's official website shows an APR of around 2.6%, and 32% of ETH is locked in a fixed-size slice of the pie—the more people there are, the thinner the distribution. After deducting platform commissions and ETH's own additional issuance, the actual profit basically drops to zero—and the token price has dropped more than 60% from its peak of 4,954. Earning 2.6% interest while bearing 60% principal drawdown—this isn't passive income—it's passive suffering. Stakers are betting on the Glamsterdam upgrade, the launch of staking ETFs, and institutions allocating $ETH as "on-chain US Treasuries." The narrative is indeed more dignified than miners', but it pays offGreen candles indicate bulls, stablecoins represent real money.🚨
Recently, everyone has been watching:
When will $BTC break through?
When will ETH lead altcoins?
Which coin might 10x?
But I think what we should really be watching now is actually less exciting:
Stablecoins.
Because one of the easiest things to overlook in Crypto is:
Price is the result.
Stablecoins are the ammunition.
Without new stablecoin inflows, many so-called "capital rotations" among altcoins are just existing funds moving between different casinos.
Only when stablecoin supply and on-chain balances start to expand continuously can the entire market truly enter the next phase.
🔵 Layer 1: Look at stablecoins first, not altcoins
$USDT
$USDC
$DAI
$USDe
$PYUSD
$FDUSD
These may not seem sexy at all.
No one gets excited if USDT rises 1%.
But they are among the most important liquidity carriers in the entire Crypto financial system.
When stablecoins increase,
→ Available funds on exchanges increase
→ DeFi liquidity increases
→ Lending capacity increases
→ Leverage space increases
→ Eventually, this can transmit to BTC, ETH, and altcoins
So if you only look at:
"Which coin rose 20% today?"
You can easily be misled.
The real question should be:
Is there more and more US dollar liquidity in the market waiting to be deployed?
🟢 Layer 2: When stablecoins truly become active, the first beneficiaries may not be Meme
But these infrastructures:
$AAVE — On-chain lending
$MORPHO — Lending markets
$COMP — Veteran DeFi lending
$CURVE — Stablecoin liquidity
$PENDLE — Yield markets
$JUP — Solana trading infrastructure
$UNISWAP — Core DEX liquidity
$GMX — On-chain derivatives
The logic is very simple:
Once stablecoins come in,
They can't just lie idle in wallets.
They need yield.
They need trading.
They need lending.
They need market making.
They need to enter RWA.
So:
Stablecoins → DeFi → DEX → Lending → Derivatives
This is the real capital cycle.
If this cycle starts to accelerate,
you don't even need to guess in advance which altcoin will rise.
Because on-chain data will tell you.
🟣 Layer 3: Why is RWA becoming increasingly important recently?
Because stablecoins solve:
How money enters Crypto.
And RWA solves:
What to buy after money comes in.
$ONDO
$CFG
$SYRUP
$MPL
$CPOOL
$PLUME
$POLYX
Traditional finance already has a large amount of:
Treasuries, credit, funds, bonds.
Now it’s just starting to try to tokenize these assets.
So if more and more traditional funds enter on-chain in the future,
they may not chase Meme first.
More likely they will first go to:
Short-term US Treasuries,
On-chain credit,
Money markets,
Yield-bearing assets.
Then gradually spread to higher-risk assets.
So the real value of RWA is not just the "narrative."
But:
It may become the first stop for traditional capital entering on-chain.
🟠 Layer 4: If stablecoins continue to expand, the exchange ecosystem cannot be ignored
$BNB
$OKB
$CRO
$GT
$HT
Exchanges themselves are one of the largest liquidity gateways in Crypto.
When stablecoins increase,
Trading pairs increase,
Spot volume increases,
Derivatives increase,
Launchpad, Earn, and on-chain ecosystems also benefit.
So sometimes when you see an exchange token suddenly strengthen,
don't just interpret it as:
"Someone is speculating on this coin."
It could also mean the market is trading ahead:
The entire Crypto financial activity is becoming active again.
🔴 But here is a very important pitfall:
Stablecoin growth ≠ money immediately buying altcoins.
These two things cannot be equated directly.
Stablecoins may flow into:
Exchanges,
DeFi,
RWA,
On-chain money markets,
Or even just temporarily stay in wallets.
So what really matters is not just the Stablecoin Supply.
But:
After supply increases, does velocity pick up?
Is money truly moving?
Is DEX volume increasing?
Is lending increasing?
Are on-chain fees increasing?
If stablecoins increase but on-chain activity does not follow,
It only means:
More bullets, but the gun hasn't fired yet.
But if you see:
Stablecoin supply ↑
↓
DEX volume ↑
↓
DeFi TVL ↑
↓
Lending demand ↑
↓
On-chain fees ↑
↓
BTC stabilizes
↓
ETH starts strengthening
↓
Altcoins begin rotating
Then it's a completely different story.
This is real liquidity transmission.
So now I actually don't want to guess every day:
"Who is the next 100x coin?"
That question is too late.
I want to focus on a more fundamental question:
Is there more and more US dollars in Crypto?
Because without water,
Even the best fish can't swim.
And once the water rises,
The first to float up
Often isn't the coin you're watching now.
But assets with liquidity, trading volume, and capital absorption capacity.
So next, I will shift my observation focus slightly away from the "top gainers" list.
To look at:
Stablecoins.
On-chain liquidity.
DEX volume.
DeFi TVL.
Lending.
RWA.
And whether capital has truly started to move again.
Price tells you where things have already happened.
Liquidity tells you:
Where the next move might happen.8.12｜Major CPI Decides September Rate Hike, SOL Welcomes Cyclical Boost
1. Macro Core Situation (CPI at 20:30 Tonight is the Key to the Whole Situation)
Currently, the market expects July CPI year-on-year at 3.4%. The probability of a Fed rate hike in September remains at 40%. This inflation data will directly influence the September interest rate decision.
Three data scenarios correspond to cryptocurrency trends:
Data > 3.4% Inflation exceeds expectations: rate hike probability rises, USD strengthens, BTC and ETH face downward pressure, overall risk assets weaken.
Data equals expectation 3.4%: market continues to fluctuate within range, awaiting further catalysts.
Data below 3.4%: inflation cools down, rate hike expectations fall, crypto market enters a window for gains.
Additional key indicators to watch are core service sector inflation, month-on-month CPI values, and crude oil inflation transmission pressure—these hidden indicators are more critical than year-on-year values.
2. BTC and ETH Market Status
Currently, the two major mainstream coins have been stuck in a long-term consolidation range with no clear bullish or bearish direction. All await the evening CPI to provide a breakout signal. It is not suitable to heavily speculate now; priority is to observe and confirm the trend after data release before entering.
3. SOL Exclusive Bullish Logic
Hard event catalyst: August 17 Agave v4.2 network upgrade, underlying infrastructure iteration optimizes on-chain lending ecology.
On-chain governance benefits: deflation governance proposal implemented, token burn mechanism optimized, improving SOL token supply structure.
Market signals: recently, the SOL/BTC trading pair has been continuously strengthening, showing an independent trend stronger than Bitcoin’s benchmark coins. Funds have pre-positioned ahead of the upgrade benefits $ETH H $SOL OL #CPIToResetFedBets #AIInfraEarningsWatch #Gold4400HavenBid BTCFi is moving from Narrative to financial infrastructure. Could CORE become the value capturer in this round?
Today's crypto market is still in a phase of volatility and differentiation.
The US CLARITY Act did not complete Senate voting before the August recess; the latest news is that it is expected to continue advancing in September. Although regulatory implementation remains uncertain, the direction is very clear: Crypto is moving from a “regulatory gray area” toward clearer market rules. (Reuters)
I increasingly believe:
BTCFi is not a short-term narrative but an inevitable result after BTC financialization.
In the future, BTC will not only be Digital Gold but may also become:
Collateral + Yield Asset + Credit Asset + On-chain Financial Underlying Asset.
In this process, I will pay special attention to Core.
Core’s 2026 roadmap has clearly shifted from “simply providing BTC yield” to:
BTCFi generating real revenue → ecosystem revenue → CORE Buyback → CORE value capture.
This model is more worthy of long-term observation than one relying solely on token incentives. (X (formerly Twitter))
Currently, CORE is priced around $0.019.
If BTCFi enters a true main upward cycle in the future, here is a scenario analysis:
Conservative scenario: $0.05–0.10
BTC enters a new cycle, but Core’s BTCFi scale and revenue growth are average.
Base scenario: $0.15–0.30
BTC re-enters a strong cycle, BTCFi becomes mainstream narrative, and Core’s BTC holdings, TVL, revenue, and buybacks begin to form positive feedback.
Optimistic scenario: $0.50–1.00+
BTC financialization truly accelerates, Core becomes one of the core infrastructures of BTCFi, with real revenue continuously growing and buybacks forming clear value capture.
The most important question here is not “Can CORE rise to $1?”
But rather:
Does CORE qualify to capture the value brought by BTCFi growth?
If there is only TVL growth without revenue;
If there is only revenue growth without buybacks;
If there are buybacks without sustained BTC inflows;
Then price increases may ultimately still be short-term capital games.
But if the following occurs:
BTC rises
→ BTC flows into Core
→ BTCFi scale grows
→ Protocol revenue increases
→ CORE continuous buybacks
→ Market revaluation
→ More capital inflows
Then the real flywheel begins.
Therefore, my core observation indicators for CORE are not daily price changes but:
BTC holdings, BTCFi TVL, protocol revenue, buyback scale, stablecoin/loan scale, and whether institutional funds truly enter.
I tend to believe:
Q4 2026 may be an important window for BTCFi to reheat, and 2027 is worth focusing on to see if it enters a true value revaluation phase.
If BTCFi ultimately becomes the mainline of Bitcoin financialization, then for CORE priced under $0.02 today, the real question in the future is not “Can it rise 10x?” but:
Can it become the value capture layer in BTC financial infrastructure?
This is the core logic behind my long-term focus on Core.
The above is my personal opinion and does not constitute investment advice. Cryptocurrency investment carries high risk; please DYOR, make independent judgments, and bear investment risks.
Source: X｜jewelbtcfi🚨 The OCC is accelerating the opening of channels for crypto companies to enter the U.S. national trust banking system!
Digital asset institutions such as Circle, Ripple, BitGo, Paxos, Fidelity Digital Assets have obtained relevant license approvals.
What does this mean?
BTC is moving from "digital gold" to "financial collateral."
Bank custody → BTC staking/lending → stablecoins → on-chain finance → BTCFi
I believe this is the true long-term logic of BTCFi.
The clearer the regulation, the faster BTC financialization progresses.
BTCFi is not a short-term narrative but may be the inevitable result of Bitcoin entering the mainstream financial system.
Personal opinion, not investment advice. Please DYOR when investing in cryptocurrency.
Source: X｜jewelbtcfi$SMCI is currently at a decisive point between bullish and bearish scenarios, with a high short interest ratio and issuance supply exerting dual pressure. Q4 revenue grew 93% year-over-year to $11.1 billion, and new orders exceeded $60 billion, but the Q1 guidance median EPS fell back to $1.055. If the stock price holds above $35, the covering of 97 million short shares and the $40 call wall will boost upside potential. If delivery slows or $1.25 billion ATM chips are released, valuation will face revaluation pressure. Market focus should be on the inventory-to-cash conversion rate and changes in $40 order placements.
#Lumentum营收翻倍，AI光通信需求延续 #CLARITY延期，SEC拟推进监管规则补位 #比特币矿企Riot获Anthropic算力大单#今晚CPI公布，9月加息定价会改写吗？
:#Focus on tonight's CPI: Can the September rate hike suspense be resolved?
Regarding the CPI data to be released tonight, I am relatively optimistic and believe it will most likely align with market expectations, so there is no need to panic excessively.
The main trading theme in the market has shifted; attention is no longer solely on whether "inflation continues to decline," but rather on the high alert for whether "core inflation will unexpectedly rebound." Considering recent energy price trends, labor market performance, and previous inflation data, I judge that July's CPI will show a mild slowdown. The overall monthly rate is expected to be around 0.1%, core monthly rate about 0.2%, with year-over-year figures near 3.4% and 2.5% respectively, which also aligns with the latest Reuters survey results.
More than whether the CPI data itself "meets expectations," I focus on the market's real reaction after the data is released. Recent nonfarm payroll data has clearly cooled, and employment data for May and June has been significantly revised downward, meaning the Federal Reserve is caught in the awkward position of a "loosening labor market but inflation not reaching 2%." Currently, market bets on a September rate hike are nearly evenly split, and tonight's CPI is undoubtedly the last trump card to decide the outcome.
If the CPI meets expectations, it could even trigger a bull counterattack. As long as core inflation does not significantly exceed expectations, the market will resume playing up the "weak employment + cooling inflation" narrative, thereby suppressing expectations for a September rate hike. As a result, the US dollar index and US Treasury yields will face downward pressure, while highly volatile assets like BTC and ETH are likely to see a wave of valuation recovery.
Of course, risks remain. If core CPI unexpectedly surges above 0.3%, the scenario will completely reverse, and the market will quickly return to panic trading over a "September rate hike," with BTC likely to suffer a sharp short-term decline.
The above is only a personal opinion and does not constitute any investment advice; contract trading requires caution! Regulators have expressed approval for digital asset institutions to access the federal banking system. The 13 pending applications and the cases already in effect are drawing a compliance dividing line.
The release of institutional compliance settlement demand is driving the market's preference for long-term liquidity, and the reallocation of high-beta positions is boosting risk appetite in the crypto sector.
Against a backdrop of stable inflation expectations, from multiple conditional approvals to the first entity license officially taking effect on July 10, the implementation of the federal-level banking regulatory framework has reduced interstate operating costs.
The compliance channel has moved from principle-based permission to case-by-case effectiveness, directly improving the smoothness of institutional fund access and driving marginal funds to gather in compliant custody and settlement links.
If new formal effective cases emerge among the remaining 13 pending applications, risk appetite will further concentrate on leading compliant institutions. However, if capital adequacy regulatory reviews suddenly lengthen, this strengthening path will face a temporary halt.
If congressional oversight inquiries and the banking association's stringent scrutiny of liquidity and related-party transactions lead to an increase in vetoed cases, leveraged positions may rapidly withdraw and heighten market risk aversion. Only subsequent key applications gaining substantial progress can reverse the correction pressure.
If the actual scale of funds deposited in compliant custody and trust institutions stagnates, the market's pricing of the federal banking system dividend will be quickly disproven.
The most important variable to watch next is whether the next institution on the list of 13 pending applications will receive final effective approval.
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