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He just glanced at the board. Oil prices surged 8%, the Dow Jones fell 2%, semiconductors plunged 5%+, and the 30-year U.S. Treasury yield hit a 2007 high. Global assets are shaking, and Wall Street is in chaos.
What about BTC? The amplitude is 0.27%, and at 63,800, the horizontal line looks like a straight line.
When panic outside reached its peak, BTC actually stopped moving—I know this global panic vs. BTC sideways divergence. Last year's Q4 was the same scene; everyone remembers what happened afterward. KDJ's J value has dropped to 8.59, with a buying depth of 79%. Cutting losses at this spot? I think the chance of losing is higher than making a profit.
$BTC $ETH $SOLThe demand for AI infrastructure construction has increased market risk appetite, driving capital to concentrate on related hardware. $SAMSUNG Q2 net profit reached 71.3 trillion KRW, exceeding expectations, with the chip division contributing 89.2 trillion KRW in operating profit, of which about 3.1 trillion KRW was contributed by depreciation. If the supply and demand tightening of server-side storage chips continues, macro funds will maintain a bullish allocation to AI chain positions. If demand for consumer electronics such as phones and PCs slows more than expected, or if exchange rate earnings reverse, chip profit growth will be suppressed.
#HYPE遭大额解押减持, a 10% drop in the week #银行业联名施压, and the terms of CLARITY's stablecoin may change againOn the morning of July 30, the Korean stock market opened with some respect, and the KOSPI index briefly fluttered positively. But the good times didn't last long; soon after, the market turned downward, and by the time of writing, the drop had exceeded 1.2%. This is already the third time this month that this kind of "smiling at the open, closing with MMP" scenario has occurred. Specifically for individual stocks, SK Hynix fell the hardest, nearly 5%. Samsung Electronics' hard-won 4% gain was all wiped out. Yesterday, KOSPI just experienced a sharp drop, with a drop of over 12% at one point. Today's trend doesn't look like a rebound, but rather a continuation of yesterday's panic. Anyone familiar with the Korean stock market knows that this market is basically a "Errenzhuan" between Samsung and SK Hynix. These two semiconductor giants carry too much weight in the index; whenever they move, the entire market shakes three times along with them. Since July, these two stocks have seen daily gains or losses of over 5% as commonplace, directly becoming market sentiment amplifiers. $SKHYNIX The key issue is that this "shift from rise to fall" pattern repeatedly reveals a harsh fact: market concerns about the memory chip cycle have already outweighed all short-term positive news. Today, Samsung Electronics rose as much as 4%, which should be a good sign, but what happened? This small gain was instantly swallowed by the selling pressure. What does this indicate? This shows that no one cares about this small rebound right now; at the slightest disturbance, everyone rushes away, and the buying pressure is simply too weak. After yesterday's epic crash, today's session...Microsoft up 6.6%, Meta down 6.7%: Two ways to spend the same money
Last night, Microsoft and Meta both released earnings reports; after hours, one rose 6.6%, the other fell 6.7%.
The trends were completely opposite, but the market was actually asking the same question: Money has been poured into AI, when will it pay off?
Microsoft’s earnings answered this question.
Microsoft: Money spent, invoices returned
This quarter’s revenue was $90 billion, up 18% year-over-year; net profit was $35.77 billion, up 31%. But what really impressed the market wasn’t the big numbers, it was Azure’s 43% year-over-year growth beating expectations and accelerating from last quarter’s 40%.
Capital expenditure for the quarter was $41 billion, a figure that would normally draw criticism. But this time no one complained, because the investment has turned into revenue: Copilot paid seats exceeded 30 million, and commercial remaining performance obligations (RPO) reached $678 billion, up 84% year-over-year.
This last figure deserves extra emphasis. An RPO of $678 billion means enterprise customers are lining up to sign contracts, and Microsoft is holding a large amount of unrecognized revenue. In other words, Microsoft’s current problem isn’t insufficient demand, but insufficient capacity. This is a completely different issue from other companies burning cash on AI.
The logic is straightforward: invest in GPUs, build data centers, expand Azure capacity, then sell computing power through cloud services and Copilot. As long as Azure’s growth doesn’t slow, the market is willing to tolerate this spending.
However, profits need to be examined separately. This quarter includes $3.2 billion in Anthropic investment gains; excluding that, adjusted EPS was $4.74, still beating expectations, but operational growth isn’t as impressive as the GAAP 31%. Incidentally, Microsoft is both partnering with OpenAI and investing in Anthropic, and the money bet on both fronts is already generating book returns—this spending is much smarter than some companies’ past cash burns on the metaverse.
Meta: Not unprofitable, but earnings can’t keep up with spending
Meta’s problem is different. Revenue was $60.8 billion, up 28%; ad impressions rose 14%, and ad prices increased 12%, so the core business is still solid.
The ugly side is on the other end: total expenses rose 55%, capital expenditure was $31.08 billion, and free cash flow dropped to $784 million, down 91% year-over-year.
The 6.7% drop after hours reflects this.
The 14% net profit decline includes $2.4 billion in litigation fees and $1.18 billion in layoff costs; excluding these, operating profit is actually growing. So this report can’t be read as a deterioration in the ad business.
What the market fears is looking ahead: 2026 capital expenditure guidance is $130-145 billion, with total expenses of $165-169 billion. In other words, cash flow pressure isn’t just a one-quarter issue, but a problem for the next year or two.
The difference is: one is starting to collect rent, the other is still building the building.
Microsoft and Meta are both building AI infrastructure, but at completely different stages.
Microsoft can directly sell computing power to Azure customers, charge Copilot monthly, and distribute through an existing enterprise customer system. The monetization path is closed-loop.
Meta still relies on advertising revenue, then funnels cash into models, data centers, AI assistants, and glasses. AI has indeed improved ad recommendation efficiency and user engagement, but there’s no clear correlation between these gains and the $30+ billion quarterly spending. The market can’t price what it can’t see, so it just punishes the stock.
One often overlooked point: Zuckerberg has absolute voting control and doesn’t have to bow to quarterly earnings. This means Meta’s heavy investment will last longer than the market expects. Buying Meta is essentially buying Zuckerberg’s patience and vision. He lost a bet on the metaverse in 2022 but later saved the stock price through efficiency gains. This time’s script is similar, just with stakes several times higher.
Microsoft’s premium is certainty: high Azure growth, scaled Copilot billing, orders lined up for the next generation. But certainty comes at a cost—the valuation is packed with expectations, and if Azure growth slows or capital expenditure rises, the valuation will be harshly punished. A well-known good company has very little margin for error.
Meta is the opposite: the ad base is solid, this drop has released valuation pressure, but the market needs to see stabilized cash flow and clear revenue sources from AI investments before it’s willing to reprice. Until then, every earnings report risks a hit from expense guidance.
So Microsoft’s rise isn’t because the market likes it spending money; Meta’s fall isn’t because the market rejects AI.
The difference in one sentence: Microsoft is already collecting rent from AI, Meta is still using ads to fund AI.
My own inclination: for stability and mid-to-long term, Microsoft’s logic is much smoother; for those who can tolerate volatility and believe Zuckerberg can turn AI into ad efficiency and new hardware revenue, this drop is actually a good observation point—watch cash flow, not stock price.
Last earnings season, the market was counting who bought how many GPUs; this round, it’s about who first turns investment into free cash flow. Yesterday’s rise and fall was the first ballot cast at this watershed.
#财报观察员：微软Meta亚马逊今夜交卷 没有点阵图、没有锚定信号、没有惯例可循——7月30日，沃什让市场重回“猜谜时代”
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格林斯潘有句名言：
“如果你听懂了我说了什么，那我一定说得很清楚。”
这位美联储历史上最擅长打太极的主席，用刻意的模糊统治了华尔街近20年。
后来，伯南克来了。
他发明了“前瞻指引”——美联储提前告诉你，未来利率会怎么走。
再后来，耶伦、鲍威尔，一代代美联储主席把这个工具越做越细。点阵图、季度经济预测、会后声明里的每一个措辞变化——市场被喂成了巨婴，等着美联储投喂下一口预期。
然后，沃什来了。
他亲手把这张桌子掀了。
今年5月，凯文·沃什宣誓就任美联储第17任主席。
6月第一次FOMC会议，他的“首秀”扔了三颗炸弹：
第一，政策声明砍掉一半，只有130个单词，创2007年以来最短。
第二，删除所有前瞻指引——不再暗示利率下一步是上是下。
第三，不提交自己的点阵图预测。
伯南克以来用了十几年的“透明牌”，被沃什一把撕了。
他在参议院听证会上说得直白：“与我的许多前任和现任同事不同，我不相信前瞻指引。我不认为我应该提前告诉你未来的决定可能会是什么。”
翻译：别问了，到时候你就知道了。
现在，7月30日凌晨2点，沃什将主持任内第二次FOMC会议，也是第一次真正意义上的“压力测试”。
市场现在什么状态？
CME FedWatch显示：维持利率不变概率63.7%，加息25个基点概率36.3%。
两周前，加息概率只有13%。
油价破百、美伊冲突升级、通胀担忧重燃——短短两周，加息概率翻了三倍。
一家机构说按兵不动，另一家说加息。华尔街在吵，经济学家在吵，连美联储内部都在吵。
达拉斯联储主席洛根和克利夫兰联储主席哈马克已经公开呼吁加息。纽约联储主席威廉姆斯说要等等看。
但最大的问题是——沃什自己，一句话都不说。
这就是“猜谜时代”的玩法。
以前，你可以看点阵图——18个官员在纸上画点，中位数告诉你今年加几次息。
以前，你可以看声明措辞——“耐心”、“一段时间”、“数据依赖”——每一个词都是信号。
以前，你可以听美联储官员讲话——鹰派鸽派轮番上阵，你总能拼出一个方向。
现在，全没了。
点阵图？沃什不画了。
前瞻指引？删了。
官员讲话？沃什主张减少频率。
你只剩下一份130个单词的声明，和一场新闻发布会。
那怎么办？
新框架下，解读指南只有三条：
第一，别猜加几次息，猜措辞的温度。
声明里有没有新增“通胀上行风险”的表述？有没有把9月定性为“live meeting”（一切选项都在桌面上）？
一个字的变化，比一整个点阵图都重要。
第二，新闻发布会的权重，空前提升。
沃什的即兴回答，可能比声明本身更关键。
他选择强调什么——是消费者信心下滑（鸽派），还是油价反弹（鹰派）？
他往哪边偏，方向就在哪边。
第三，数反对票。
本次会议不更新点阵图，市场的核心关注点全在投票分歧上。
高盛预计至少一位委员投反对票。法国外贸银行预测洛根“几乎确定会投反对票”。
1票反对 vs 2票反对，意义完全不同。
反对票超过两张，就是极强的鹰派信号。
Bianco Research的总裁说了一句话，值得所有交易者刻在脑子里：
“没有前瞻指引，意味着我们将频繁看到20%、30%、40%的概率分布。市场正在向这种新的思维方式过渡。”
翻译一下：以前你是抄答案，现在你得自己解题。
美联储不再给你画路线图了。
每一场会议都是一场“盲盒” ——拆开之前，没人知道里面是什么。
说句扎心的：
沃什不是在惩罚市场，他是在“戒毒”。
过去十几年，市场对前瞻指引上瘾了。没有美联储的暗示，就不会自己做决策。
沃什要做的，就是强制断奶。
他在6月辛特拉论坛上定调：美联储将不再提供利率前瞻指引，转而完全依赖最新经济数据进行逐次会议决策。
美联储从“剧透模式”切换到了“直播模式” 。
7月30日凌晨2点，答案揭晓。
但比答案更重要的，是沃什怎么给出这个答案。
是鹰派按兵不动，还是意外加息？
声明措辞是冷是热？
发布会上他往哪边站？
反对票有几张？
这些问题，每一个都比“加不加息”本身更重要。
因为它们在定义一个新的游戏规则。
而在这个新规则下——猜对了，是暴利。猜错了，是暴亏。
没有中间地带。
$BTC $ETH $XAU Breaking news, SpaceX secured a $1.6 billion contract with the U.S. Space Force to use Falcon 9 to carry out 18 military satellite launch missions.
These satellites are said to be used for detection, continuous tracking, and providing target data to combat systems.
If the contract amount is accurate, the average value per task is about $88.9 million.
Moreover, SpaceX has previously secured a $4.16 billion contract for a space-based target tracking system and a $2.29 billion military space data network contract. It is transforming from a simple rocket carrier into a defense contractor that handles satellite manufacturing, target awareness, military data transmission, and orbital launch across the entire chain.
$SPCX Niu Bei!⚡ $DOGE On-chain Insights: The $0.07 "Choking Zone"
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📊 Disk structure: extremely compressed, the night before a storm
DOGE is currently around 0.0706, with an extremely narrow 24-hour trading range. The price is about 12% below the 50-day moving average and nearly 30% below the 200-day moving average. Binance's spot daily trading volume was about $31.9 million, far from the level needed to trigger a directional breakout. The Bollinger Band %B reading is only 0.24, with prices running close to the lower band. This level of compression almost always leads to increased volatility within 48 to 72 hours—the market is standing on the edge of directional choice.
📍 Support Level (from near to far)
· First support: 0.070-0.071 — the most closely watched short-term support zone and also the lower edge of the recent consolidation range
· Second support: 0.068-0.069—the buffer zone after breaking below 0.07
· Strong support: 0.065 — the last line of defense for the bulls; losing it will open up even greater downside potential
· Maximum support: 0.058-0.060—historical support zone for 2023-2024; if touched, it will face a severe test
🚀 Pressure level (from near to far)
· First resistance: 0.073-0.074 — Double suppression by the Bollinger middle band and the 20-day EMA
· Second Resistance: 0.075-0.076—Zone for the Intensive Short Liquidation Start
· Strong resistance: 0.078-0.081 — 35 billion DOGE concentrated trading zone, the biggest on-chain resistance zone
· Core resistance: 0.085-0.09 — a recovery is needed to change the medium-term bearish pattern
· Medium-term ceiling: 0.103-0.105—200-day moving averages are at the location; a breakout would require massive buying volume
🐋 On-chain market maker movements: Divides are heating up
Whale behavior is highly differentiated. On one hand, whales bought about 200 million $DOGE through Robinhood near 0.07, worth $14 million; Another whale transferred 900 million DOGE (worth $63 million) in a single day, interpreted as accumulation or position adjustment. The most shocking was a transfer of nearly 4 billion DOGE from Binance to an unknown wallet in early July, worth about $300 million, making it one of the largest single on-chain transfers since 2026—a large withdrawal from exchanges is usually seen as a signal for long-term positions.
However, there is a serious divergence between the futures market and the spot market. The long-short ratio among top Binance futures traders reached 3.41 (77.3% of "smart money" held long), and retail long positions reached 72.9%. Open interest dropped 1.92% while the price barely moved, indicating that existing long positions remain static rather than increasing. A funding rate of 0.0093% is basically neutral—crowded with bulls but lacking incremental capital support, a typical bullish trap warning signal.
✅ Positive factors
· Ten-year trendline support: DOGE is testing a long-term uptrend line that has been in place since 2017, with each past touchdown accompanied by significant rebounds
· Whales continue to accumulate shares: Major players continue to increase holdings during market weakness, viewing the current price level as an accumulation zone
· First net inflow of spot ETFs: The first directional shift since mid-June
· US-Iran conflict pauses: risk appetite returns, DOGE becomes the only Top 20 stock to jump 90% in trading volume
· House of Doge Inc. listed: The corporate branch of the Dogecoin Foundation listed on NASDAQ under the code "HODO."
· Technical indicators flash buy signals: On the weekly chart, TD Sequential shows multiple consecutive buy signals
⚠️ Bearish factors
· DOGE ETF has seen zero inflows for five consecutive weeks: institutional funds remain on the sidelines
· Moving averages are generally in a bearish alignment: both the 50-day and 200-day moving averages are trending downward
· Running below the 20-day moving average for 65 consecutive days: the longest on record, with a very weak short-term trend
· Down over 90% from historical highs: trapped stocks are piling up above
· Unlimited supply lacks scarcity: inflation rose 3.3% year-on-year, putting pressure on fundamentals
· Macro liquidity is not loose: Fed tightening expectations suppress risk assets
🎯 Summary
$DOGE is standing in the 'suffocation zone' of 0.07. Bulls have two major trump cards: the ten-year trend line support and whale accumulation, but the extremely crowded long positions in the futures market and the continuously shrinking institutional demand pose a fatal hidden danger—"who can still keep buying?" is the most pressing issue right now. If 0.07 is not broken, the bottom structure remains intact, with rebound targets at 0.078-0.081; if it falls, 0.065 and 0.058 will become bearish bullseye, respectively. Extreme compression of the Bollinger Bands means direction selection is urgent, depending on whether whales continue accumulating or turn to selling, and whether macro sentiment can provide catalysts. #美联储即将公布利率决议 #海力士业绩创纪录但不及预期, deposit stocks have been volatile #停火48小时告吹, with the US and Iran negotiating as they strike Today, global financial markets experienced a major sell-off, with U.S. stocks collapsing collectively at the close. The Dow Jones plunged over 1,150 points in a single day, a decline of 2.19%, marking its largest single-day drop in nearly 15 months. Both the Nasdaq and S&P closed sharply higher. This round of sharp declines in US stocks is not a negative news for individual stocks, but rather a resonance of triple negative factors: soaring US Treasury yields + soaring oil prices + hawkish expectations from the Federal Reserve, directly triggering collective panic among global risk assets and simultaneously putting pressure and volatility in the crypto market. The main trigger for this sharp drop was the spread of fear of U.S. Treasury bonds, with the 30-year Treasury yield soaring to a nearly 20-year high, prompting the market to fully price in "sustained high interest rates for the long term." Coupled with international crude oil prices surging over 7%, expectations of a rebound in inflation have resurfaced, completely shattering market hopes of rate cuts this year. In a high interest rate environment, growth technology and highly volatile assets are facing concentrated valuation squeezes, with US semiconductor and AI hardware sectors leading the decline, directly weakening the AI and storage sectors in the crypto world. The crypto market today fully followed peripheral sentiment. $BTC Bitcoin held the 64,000 level but struggled to rise, showing an overall pattern of the broader market holding back while smaller caps were selling off. More than $700 million in leverage on the chain was liquidated within 24 hours, with many leveraged positions liquidated in batches, and market speculative sentiment cooled rapidly. The market has entered a typical global synchronized deleveraging cycle, with US stocks unstable and no independent bull market in the crypto world. All short-term rebounds are defined as technical corrections, with a trend trend not yet reached. At this stage, the core of operations is mainly defensive, avoiding high-level themes and high-volatility knockoffs, and patiently waiting for external market sentiment to stabilize.After Robinhood released its Q2 2026 results on July 29, the most common misunderstanding is that record-high total revenue does not mean every business line is growing in the same direction.
Let's first look at the confirmed data. The company's financial report shows that total net revenue for the quarter ending June 30 was $1.308 billion, up 32% year-on-year; Trading revenue was $776 million. After the split, event contract revenue was $156 million, up more than tenfold year-on-year; options income was $342 million, up 29%; stock income was $129 million, up 95%; Cryptocurrency revenue was $100 million, down 38% year-over-year. The company also disclosed that the nominal trading volume for crypto stands at $40 billion, with Robinhood App accounting for $18 billion and Bitstamp accounting for $22 billion. CoinDesk's independent report also confirmed the year-over-year decline in crypto revenue.
What is the mechanism behind this data?
The platform's "transaction revenue" is not a unified demand pool. Different products have different user scenarios, available contracts and regional rules, and different monetization methods. The rapid growth of event contracts can boost total trading revenue, but it does not prove that crypto trading demand is also strengthening in tandem; Conversely, a decline in crypto revenue cannot alone represent a contraction of the platform's overall business.
Those who are first affected are those observing the platform's operational quality: revenue, transaction volume, and product lines should be viewed separately, rather than replacing the entire business with a single total. For the industry, this also signals that competition among integrated financial platforms is shifting from a single asset class to a multi-product portfolio and distribution capability.
What remains to be confirmed is: how much of the growth in each product line comes from user retention, product coverage, or short-term event-driven growth; The financial report does not rely solely on these figures to provide a causal breakdown.
The next verifiable signals include crypto trading volume in subsequent quarters, Bitstamp's contribution, whether event contract revenue is sustained, and the regional availability of different products.
Would you prioritize "revenue," "transaction volume," or "active users and retention" to judge whether a platform's business is truly expanding?Microsoft EPS growth of 32% needs to be broken down into two layers: Anthropic earnings, OpenAI metrics, and core business profit
GAAP diluted EPS is $4.81, up 32% year-over-year, with net income of $35.766 billion, up 31% year-over-year; operating profit grew 18% in the same period. The net income growth rate is significantly higher than operating profit, mainly due to non-operating investment income and discrete items listed by the company. These earnings are real accounting results but differ in repeatability compared to cloud revenue.
The company disclosed that this quarter included $3.2 billion from Anthropic investment income, combined with voluntary retirement plan expenses lower than originally expected, partially offset by severance costs and Xbox impairments. These items together, compared to the April 29 outlook, contributed a positive impact of $0.27 to diluted EPS. This does not mean the entire $0.27 should be removed, but it should be clearly separated when comparing core operations.
Other income net on the income statement was $3.444 billion, compared to other expenses of $1.707 billion in the same period last year; the cash flow statement also shows net gains of $3.743 billion from investments and derivatives. The scopes and purposes of these two statements differ, so the numbers cannot be directly interchanged, but both confirm that investment revaluation had a significant impact on net income direction this quarter.
Regarding OpenAI, Microsoft provides non-GAAP adjustments to exclude investment effects. This quarter, OpenAI investments contributed a positive impact of $480 million to GAAP net income and $0.07 to EPS; adjusted net income was $35.286 billion, and adjusted EPS was $4.74. In the same period last year, OpenAI investments dragged net income down by $1.575 billion, so the annual comparison is affected by this directional reversal.
Non-GAAP figures help comparison but cannot replace GAAP. Anthropic earnings were not fully excluded in the same OpenAI non-GAAP statement; voluntary retirement, severance, and gaming impairments also have economic implications. Selecting only $4.74 EPS might still retain other discrete earnings; selecting only $4.81 EPS might let investment volatility obscure the core business. The safest approach is to present operating profit, GAAP net income, and company-defined adjusted figures side by side.
Segment data provides core business verification: Productivity and Business Processes operating profit was $21.9 billion, Intelligent Cloud $15.955 billion, and More Personal Computing $2.748 billion. The combined growth of the first two segments is sufficient to prove core operational improvement without relying on investment income; meanwhile, the decline in MPC reminds that the business is not uniformly strong.
Therefore, this quarter can acknowledge two things simultaneously: Microsoft's cloud and productivity businesses delivered substantial operating profit growth, and GAAP EPS was additionally amplified by investments and discrete items. Subsequent content will not invent a "true EPS" but will present official metrics layer by layer to avoid misrepresenting asset price fluctuations as sustainable product profitability.True market strength does not mean all coins rise simultaneously, but rather that funds are increasingly concentrated. The most obvious recent change is not the price, but the flow of liquidity. When the market enters a mature stage, funds are not evenly distributed but continuously flow to the assets with the most consensus and volume. Even if other projects occasionally bounce back, they may only be brief noise. 📊 Current phenomena to watch: • Open interest declines, indicating that excessive leverage is decreasing. • Trading volume remains active, meaning real funds are still trading. • The market is starting to reward patience rather than chasing gains. 💰 Current capital focus areas: $BTC | Core market assets $ETH | Institutional funds preferred $SOL | Highly elastic public chain representatives $WLD | AI narrative focus $DATA | AI infrastructure $HYPE | Risk appetite indicators Some altcoins are gaining more attention: $JELLYJELLY, $OPG, $SLX, $LAB, $BSB, $ALLO, $CHIP, $MEME, $EDEN, $HUMA, $ZKP, $METIS Meanwhile, some projects still lack sustained financial support, and the rebound is limited. The real market opportunity does not belong to those chasing hot topics, but to those who patiently wait for capital confirmation. Go with the flow, respect fluidity, not emotion. #DailyOrbit #FedRateDecision #BigTIn the early hours of July 30th Beijing time, the Federal Reserve's latest interest rate decision was released, and it remains unchanged, with no doubts about it. But the market never looks at "what," but rather at "what it means." This time, everyone tacitly translated "unchanged" as "sooner or later it will loosen." The result is that the reactions of various assets are quite interesting. On the US side, the Dow Jones is still down 1.09%, but the losses have already narrowed significantly; The S&P 500 is almost turning positive, just one breath away; The Nasdaq, where tech stocks are clustered, is the most direct, turning positive and rising first. $BTC The crypto market also caught its breath. Bitcoin jumped briefly, rising just over 0.7%, while Ethereum surged slightly by 1.15%. The overall market has warmed up, but to be honest, this increase feels more like a "casual move," not a "real rush" stance. The real protagonist is gold. Spot gold surged by $20 in the short term, reaching as high as $4,064 per ounce. This kind of intensity is what it means to be "truly fragrant." The US dollar index was in a tough spot, dropping nearly 27 points in the short term to 101.1. $XAG Several Details to Consider Since the Fed began its rate-cutting cycle in September 2024, the market has long been trained to be a "liquidity conditioning." Whenever policy signals lean dovish, buy first. Although there was no rate cut this time, the market has already played out the script itself. But the interesting part is precisely here: in a market with "loose expectations," Bitcoin and Ethereum should be much more elastic than gold and should rally even crazierly. But this time, Bitcoin is 0.7%The deleveraging process in the Korean market is nearing its end: the most fearful phase has passed
The recent performance in the Korean market has kept many investors up all night. Plummets, forced liquidations, and panic selling intertwined, pushing market sentiment close to freezing point at one point. Standing in the present, combined with the latest data, I have a few judgments I want to share with everyone.
1. How brutal was this round of crashes?
Let's start with the numbers—shocking. South Korea's KOSPI index fell below 5,600 points from its historical high of about 9,114 points in June, plunging nearly 40% cumulatively. On July 28, it plunged 10.84% in a single day, closing at 6023.66 points; the next day, it dropped nearly 6%, falling below the 6000-point mark. In July, the intraday low has dropped 28.85%, far exceeding the S&P 500's 1.64%, the Nasdaq's 5.49%, and even the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index's 21.42%.
The ChiNext board was even worse—KOSDAQ closed down 7.72% and 6.12% for two consecutive days. This marks the first time in the history of South Korea's two major stock indices that circuit breakers have been triggered for two consecutive days. Since the beginning of this year, the Korean stock market has triggered circuit breakers eight times, accounting for more than 60% of the total since the mechanism was implemented.
At the individual stock level, Samsung Electronics fell over 13% on July 28, and SK Hynix dropped over 14%. SK Hynix's market value evaporated by over $470 billion in just over a month.
2. Deleveraging has entered its final stage—data speaks for itself
Financing balances plummeted. South Korea's total market credit financing balance fell from a historic peak of 38.6 trillion won on June 24 to 32.67 trillion won on July 24, a decrease of 15.4%.
The scale of leveraged ETFs shrank from $50 billion to $17 billion. By the end of June, the scale of leveraged ETFs linked to the Korean market had reached about $50 billion, four times the level comparable to U.S. stocks. Currently down to about $17 billion, JPMorgan believes it has returned to a level that no longer poses a prominent risk.
Hedge funds have completed about 90% of deleveraging. JPMorgan data shows that the long-short leverage ratio for hedge funds dropped from a peak of 5.7 times to 3.2 times on July 27. On July 28-29, the price momentum factor showed a significant pullback, indicating that leverage has further decreased, with the overall deleveraging process about 90% complete.
The pressure to liquidate is easing. On July 20, brokerages forcibly liquidated positions amounted to 52.8 billion KRW, with a forced liquidation ratio of 4.6%. By July 23, the amount of forced liquidation had dropped to 14.9 billion KRW, with the proportion of accounts receivable dropping to 1.4%. The proportion of accounts receiving margin call notifications once rose to about 5%, but as margin financing balances continue to decline, the pressure to liquidate is easing.
Foreign selling pressure has slowed. Foreign investors have sold over $110 billion worth of Korean stocks this year. But since July, net sales have only reached 9.8 trillion won, while May and June saw significant drops of 48.4 trillion won and 44.5 trillion won respectively.
3. The most extreme stampede is unlikely to happen again
The reason is simple: the chips that could be stepped on have already been stepped on.
In its July 29 report, JPMorgan clearly concluded that the core driving force behind the recent sharp decline in the Korean stock market—leverage reduction—is nearing its end. The scale of leveraged ETFs has shrunk by two-thirds, hedge funds have completed 90% of deleveraging, and foreign selling pressure has eased as the storage leader's weighting in MSCI has declined. The market lacks the foundation for further deterioration due to "retail investors blowing up positions and foreign capital trampling on positions."
KOSPI's current 12-month expected price-to-earnings ratio has dropped to about 5 times, the lowest since 2000; The semiconductor sector even fell below 4 times. Low valuations do not mean volatility ends immediately, but they provide a buffer for the market to rebuild risk appetite as deleveraging nears its end.
4. Subsequent Trend: Recovery and Bearish Decline Side by Side
There won't be another large-scale crash like the past two days, but that doesn't mean an immediate reversal or a big rally. A more likely scenario is:
· Better-quality stocks gradually recover in valuation after extreme pessimism subsides;
· High-beta stocks with weak fundamentals and previously supported by liquidity may enter a slow decline.
Of course, the above judgment is based on the premise that "this round of deleveraging has been fully released." If new deteriorating variables emerge in the external liquidity environment, the pace of clearing may be prolonged. But for now, the most panicked part has most likely passed
$SNDK $SKHYNIX #海力士业绩创纪录但不及预期, storage stocks experienced sharp fluctuations Last night when I saw the Federal Reserve's decision, my first reaction was:
No rate hike, that should be a relief.
But then looking further, the vote was 9 to 3, and the 3 opposing members weren't in favor of a rate cut, but wanted to raise rates by 25 basis points.
That changes the tone completely.
So I wouldn't directly translate "maintaining the rate" as good news; at least it shows some insiders think inflation hasn't been fully controlled yet.
Whether BTC can digest this hawkish detail next is more worth watching than the news headlines.
$BTCBlack's pawn formation began to loosen in the seventh row, and the opponent's timer ticked. On Hyperliquid's HYPE board, 43,000 pieces are undergoing a carefully calculated margin: Multicoin's 395K rook quietly moved to the exchange's bottom line seven days ago, and the seven-day unlock period is like a ticker clock clock adding seconds—when 1.97 million pawns (valued at $108 million) complete their redemption on the evening of July 28, the entire line slides from $61 to $55, a ten-percentage point loss of ground is a beautiful elephant position attack.
The middle game of this game is no longer just a simple exchange of pieces and strength. Grayscale's cash flow sheet is a hidden shadow in the king's wing; GLC Research has over $5 million in priority fee income, supporting $30 million in buybacks—like deliberately dropping a pawn before the endgame to gain an open line for the opponent's rear wing. Real strategic players don't focus on the 10% bearish candlestick on the candlestick chart; they calculate what kind of psychological blockade the remaining Multicoin positions will trigger when the price falls below $50. The seven-day waiting period itself is a forced exchange, with the opponent's patience squeezed by time, and every move drains their own clock.
The stock stock stock XSPY is like a passerby on the chessboard; its deep interactions reveal more hidden strategic dynamics: when the flow of funds in traditional markets synchronizes with the pumping of cryptocurrencies, it is like two horses simultaneously threatening both wings. Those HYPE hastily withdrawn from staking are less panic selling and more like deliberately exposing a weakness during the game, luring their elephants into their own traps.
The final step does not require a general. The art of endgame lies in the fact that when all your pieces are exposed to light, the real winner is already written in that plain exchange ten moves ago. #hypeunstakingwaveI just saw the news that BitMEX is going to shut down, and honestly, I was a bit dazed.
This exchange is the inventor of perpetual contracts. Back in 2014, without BitMEX, there wouldn't have been the later 100x leverage market. Within a week, three exchanges shut down—BitMEX, BitMart, and AscendEX—all of which fell in this bear market.
I've seen this script before. The first two bear markets were also at the end of the previous cycle—when exchanges crashed in bulk, that was the most panicked and closest to the bottom. In contrast, BTC's volatility today was only 0.16%, with 64,000 volume shrinking and sideways at 64,000. J-value is in the overbought zone at 83, but the price just hasn't fallen. Selling pressure has dissipated, and there's no strength to take over. Every time I build a base, it looks like this—it's exhausting but effective.
The knockoff side is even worse—SNDK drops by 12 points a day, and BEAT insertion makes people question their own lives. Exchange shutdowns + torrents of fake counterfeit trading + retail panic—the bottom three pieces are set again.
No one can copy exactly to the lowest point. But history does not simply repeat itself; it always rhymes astonishingly.
$BTC $ETH $SOLThat $35 billion tower crane is erecting the first steel pillar on the Ohio wastelands—NVIDIA and Google, the world's richest construction leaders, are using financial scaffolding to lay the foundation for the AI edifice that even they have never publicly acknowledged. OpenAI rented not a data center, but a whole 10GW power load area, which is equivalent to leveling Central Park and building three World Trade Centers. But did you see the mezzanine on the drawings clearly? NVIDIA only guarantees lease and construction debts, but avoids its own chip layer—a classic shirking clause for contractors, who would rather take responsibility for concrete than commit to the maximum load for the rebar spacing of their BIM models.
Google is even more aggressive: it raised third-party lease default guarantees from $6.5 billion to $44 billion—just enough to replicate ten Las Vegas strips, but targeting a non-NVIDIA chip ecosystem. I've seen this kind of operation in architectural firms—when the main structure designer quietly amplifies the margin for subcontractors' nodes, it's usually because they know the wind tunnel test data for the original plan is inflated. Right now, the bond issuance prospectus on Wall Street is your construction drawing, and the yield curve marked on it is the concrete grade. But what truly determines whether this AI city can withstand a magnitude 8 earthquake is the wafer in Omaha's private lab that hasn't passed resistance testing yet.
XORCL's stock price drew a strange moment curve on this blueprint—it neither followed NVIDIA's tower cranes nor stuck to Google's load platform, but instead found its own load point in the gaps of chip claims. I've seen too many construction logs of unfinished buildings. When two major contractors start reserving settlement joints for each other's foundations, it means neither has figured out the underground river beneath the plot. #nvidiagooglebackai#银行业联名施压, the terms of CLARITY stablecoin may be regenerated
The banking industry's final comeback? 134 executives jointly pressure, CLARITY stablecoin terms may become a potential change
What was once thought to be a certainty for the CLARITY Act was now "stabbed in the back" by the banking industry at the critical moment. This concerns the "financial future" of USDC in our hands and the overall direction of the crypto market, and is worth careful consideration.
Just yesterday, more than 134 officials and bank executives from the American Bankers Association jointly submitted a letter to the Senate, demanding a final revision of Section 10404 of the CLARITY Act.
Simply put, the core demand of bankers is one thing: to completely plug the loophole of stablecoins' "disguised interest-generating effects."
Previously, although the Tillis-Alsobrooks compromise banned direct interest payments, it retained the reward space linked to "real business activity." Banks see this as a "backdoor"—if stablecoins can provide similar returns through rewards or incentives, then ordinary people's money will definitely flow to the crypto market, so who would still deposit it in banks?
The wording of this joint letter is very severe, warning that if this gap is not sealed, the deposit base supporting local loans could weaken by hundreds of billions of dollars. Previous analyses even predicted that bank deposits could decrease by $1.3 trillion, and community bank lending capacity would decrease by $850 billion.
This is no longer just a simple battle for financial innovation, but a battle for survival.
Interestingly, Wall Street is not monolithic. Investment banking factions, led by Goldman Sachs CEO Solomon, publicly support the bill's advancement, believing clear regulation creates a fair environment; JPMorgan's Dimon stands with retail banks, firmly opposing stablecoins eroding deposits. BlackRock, also holding huge stablecoin reserves and RWA tokenization businesses, calls for clear rules. Clear cracks have appeared within traditional financial giants due to differences in interest structures.
What does this mean for the market?
Currently, the CLARITY Act has been passed by the Senate Banking Committee and is awaiting a full vote. This joint letter is a last-minute pressure from the banking industry to embed amendments before the bill reaches its final vote.
If the amendment passes, the stablecoin's "interest-like" reward mechanism will be greatly compressed, which would be a blow to the business models and valuation logic of issuers like USDC. But if the bill passes cleanly, it will clear compliance barriers for institutional funds (pensions, insurance, etc.), with Citi analysts even linking BTC's $143,000 target price to this.
Whether it will be a "compliance bull" or a "regulatory chokehold," the coming weeks will be the decisive battle.On July 30, the US storage sector welcomed a long-awaited warmth. STX surged 8.18%, WDC rose 6.29%, SKHY rose 3.01%, and SNDK also rose nearly 1%. Several core stocks collectively fluttered in the red, forming a stark contrast to the devastation a few days ago. Why say "long time no see"? Because just a few days ago, this sector experienced an unexpected disaster. Before the market opened on July 27, storage stocks were still broadly rising, and market sentiment was quite optimistic. But after the market opened, the situation changed dramatically, with almost no substantial negative news released. Stocks like SanDisk, Western Digital, and Seagate all plunged sharply, with intraday drops exceeding 6%, catching investors off guard. The next day, the decline not only failed to stop but continued to expand, pushing sector confidence to the brink of collapse. $SNDK So today's bullish candlestick has sparked considerable market controversy. One perspective holds that this is a typical technical recovery after a sharp drop; after a large drop, naturally some will buy the bottom. Short-term funds are hoping for a rebound and then exiting, which does not necessarily mean a trend reversal. The other side is relatively optimistic, believing that industry fundamentals have not deteriorated, and that the panic selling in recent days was an overreaction of market sentiment, while today's recovery is a correction for mispricing. $SKHYNIX It's hard to say for now which is right or wrong between the two camps. But there's one intriguing detail: in this round of rebound, Seagate Technology led by a wide margin with an 8.18% increase, surpassing Western Digital and SK Hynix. Behind this divergence may lie subtle shifts in market logic. Over the past two years, the narrative of the AI wave has almost$CL $XAU
Hello everyone! On this turbulent morning, let's take a look at crude oil and gold.
① Crude Oil
Today's market: Crude oil prices rebounded sharply. Brent crude futures rose over 8%, returning above $90. According to Reuters data, Brent crude rose 7.91% to $90.74 per barrel. WTI crude rose about 7.6%, surpassing $85. New York crude futures rose above $85, up more than 7%.
Drivers of the rise: The Middle East conflict escalated again. Iran launched attacks on U.S. military facilities, increasing the risk of war. The U.S. Central Command stated that all ballistic missiles fired by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard were intercepted. Saudi Arabia intercepted drone attacks from Iraq-based pro-Iran militias. U.S.-Iran relations have shifted from diplomatic negotiations back to conflict.
Short-term outlook: Market analysis expects Brent crude to fluctuate between $80-$100 in the short term due to intermittent escalation and easing of the Middle East conflict. If Brent crude stabilizes above $100, the probability of a Fed rate hike in September will significantly increase. Oil price trends are one of the most critical data variables before the September FOMC meeting.
② Gold
Today's market: After the Fed's rate decision announcement, the U.S. dollar index and U.S. Treasury yields fell, and gold prices surged. Spot gold rose 1.82%, surpassing $4,100 per ounce. The intraday high reached $4,085.92. London spot gold was quoted at $4,065.88 per ounce. New York gold futures were at $4,132.12 per ounce. August 2026 gold futures closed at $4,036.3.
Technical aspect: Since June 20, London spot gold has generally traded in the $3,940-$4,200 per ounce range. The RSI has reached 82.94—severely overbought. The daily chart remains within the $3,940-$4,200 range, not yet broken. Support is watched at $4,010, resistance at $4,065.
Drivers: The sharp rise in crude oil combined with rising inflation expectations pushed gold higher. The Fed kept rates unchanged but internal hawkish divisions intensified, and geopolitical risks increased.
Short-term outlook: Gold is in a severely overbought state, making chasing further gains less cost-effective at the current level. The medium- to long-term support logic remains unchanged—central bank gold purchases may still gradually push the gold price midpoint higher. But the short term will mainly be characterized by volatility.$SNDK I'm back again
But this time, my finger was hovering over the close key
1010.54 opened with 50x long orders
Current price 1015, unrealized profit 9.3U, increase 23%
Margin 40.6U, 2 positions
The books are green
But I couldn't laugh
Strong parity price is 988.88
There is only a 26-point buffer from the current price
a 2.6% decline
This string is stretched too tight
As long as one bearish candlestick breaks through 1000,
This is a 40U margin and 9U profit
Instantly reset to zero
Just yesterday I lost 128U on this platform
Come back today
Saying I'm not afraid would be a lie
But this time I brought stop-losses
I don't intend to let it do whatever it wants anymore
Immediately pull the take-profit and stop-loss lines to between 1000 and 1005
Falling below 1000 means the bulls still can't hold up
Whether to break even or exit with a small profit, never hesitate
If it can hold above 1030,
So I pushed my stop loss above 1015
Use profits to bet on 1050
Take a look at the 1-hour chart
The MACD green bars are shortening but still below the zero axis
SK Hynix has already fallen below 950
The entire semiconductor sector is still struggling in a slump
Go long in this environment
It's about picking up coins at the bottom of the waterfall
It was already poured over once yesterday
Today, I can't be stabbed twice by the same knife
$LAB actually bounced up from 0.1257
V-shaped reversal pulled 11 points
Current price is 0.1552 MACD golden cross
It looks quite convincing
But 0.1603 is today's high
If you can't break through, it's just a double top
I absolutely won't chase this position
I really want to touch it. Place a limit order between 0.145 and 0.148
Wait until the MA support is broken after a pullback
If you don't give them a chance, let them act on their own
$SKHYNIX and SNDK are in the same sector, struggling together
It has already fallen below 950
The 4-hour MACD green bars are still pushing downward
The lowest was 885
Funds are completely fleeing
Tuition was already paid yesterday
Not even looking today
Wait for a bullish divergence to appear between 850 and 880
Or stay above the MA20 for an hour before talking
Now, just block him directly
I don't expect big profits from this order
Could they avoid losses or even close out with minimal profit?
It was victory
Close the SNDK page and set your stop-loss accordingly
Let it run on its own
Don't let profit cloud your judgment
Nor are fears controlling the hands
Today's goal is just one
Come out alive with 40U in principal7.30, Morning Brief #美联储即将公布利率决议
Plain language interpretation of the Federal Reserve monetary policy press conference:
This time the Fed held steady, but Waller's remarks leaned hawkish throughout. He first directly corrected the market's easing fantasies, clearly stating that this decision should never be defined as a pause in rate hikes, emphasizing that this is a strict review of the economic situation and the beginning, not the end, of the policy story;
Then he firmly stuck to the 2% inflation target with no room for relaxation, bluntly saying the market's expectation of a soft target is a misunderstanding, and specifically pointed out that the June core CPI single-month cooling data has very little impact on the decision and will not lead to easing just because of one month's data;
Finally, he issued a strong statement saying that if inflation remains high, high interest rates and even further rate hikes will continue to be used as tools to suppress inflation, firmly holding down the market's preemptive expectations of rate cuts, with a very clear and resolute hawkish stance.
#海力士业绩创纪录但不及预期，存储股剧烈波动 $SKHYNIX #停火48小时告吹，美伊边打边谈 #银行业联名施压, the terms of CLARITY stablecoin may be regenerated
Over a hundred U.S. banking institutions jointly sent a letter to the Senate, collectively pressuring revisions to the stablecoin rules of the CLARITY Act, causing the previously balanced negotiations to face another twist.
The core contradiction is obvious:
The existing draft already restricts direct interest payments for payment-type stablecoins, but the banking industry believes the provisions contain loopholes and worry that platforms will disguised returns through various rewards and indirect incentives.
Banks' core concern: stablecoins will become a substitute for bank deposits, triggering massive deposit losses and disrupting traditional credit systems, requiring the complete shutdown of all types of yield models.
1. The legislative game has entered its most difficult stage
The debate is not just a word game; at its core, it is a battle between traditional banks and stablecoin issuers for dollar depositor funds. If the banking industry tightens the terms as demanded, the DeFi stablecoin wealth management sector will be directly under pressure; If the current version is maintained, the bank will continue to lobby lawmakers to block the bill's progress.
2. Short-term expectations for implementation cooled again
Previously, the market expected a vote on the Gradual Pricing Act within the window period, but now that divisions have resurfaced, there is a risk of a downward revision in the probability of passage. Regulatory expectations repeatedly pull and pull, making it difficult to create a sustained unilateral rally.
Let me share my independent judgment:
There is no simple positive or negative news.
Optimistic scenario: The industry and banks have reached a compromise amendment, the bill is smoothly implemented, bringing medium- to long-term regulatory certainty.
Pessimistic scenario: Irreconcilable differences, votes postponed or even postponed again, and regulatory narratives in the crypto sector cool off in the short term.
Practical reminder:
Don't bet on the bill being implemented quickly. During the news tug-of-war phase, repeated reversals in expectations are very common. Two key points will be continuously tracked: whether the Senate will accept the banking amendment, and whether the full voting schedule will be delayed.
Do you think that with banks continuing to pressure the bill, it will directly slow down the pace of the CLARITY Act?[Introduction to US Stocks 06] The Three AI Directions We Care About Most and How to Allocate Positions?
After reviewing the entire AI industry chain, the most important focus for tracking right now is still three directions. The positioning logic for each direction is completely different, so never buy in the same way.
The first direction is AI energy. In addition to BWXT, we will continue to monitor companies like Oklo, which directly benefit from data center power demand. But it's important to note that these risk levels are completely different: BWXT has mature businesses and government orders, making it more stable; Companies like Oklo are much more volatile and risky, so you can't buy with a core position approach. If you choose the right direction but position the wrong position, you will still suffer losses.
The second direction is AI storage. As GPUs continue to upgrade in the future, HBM's bottlenecks will become increasingly apparent, with Micron and SK Hynix remaining the core beneficiaries of this industry chain. But the storage industry has strong cycles; after a large rise, it will pull back. When capital spending rises, supply and demand will change, so this direction should follow financial reports and price rhythms, not just blindly enter after reading the article.
The third direction is AI Agents. In the future, AI will not just answer questions; it will perform tasks on its own, consume itself, and complete payments on its own. New opportunities will definitely emerge in fields like payments, stablecoins, and robotics. For example, companies like Coinbase are worth studying because if AI Agents truly start autonomous transactions and payments in the future, a payment system will be needed, along with stablecoins as underlying infrastructure.
Of course, this sector is farther and more remote than computing power and power, so we will continue to monitor it, but we won't treat companies at different stages with the same positioning logic. Core warehouses, offensive warehouses, and satellite warehouses must be clearly distinguished.
For companies with only stories and no real business implementation, we won't cling to it just because we can't bear it;
The industry direction is correct, but for short-term gains that are too fast or valuations are overdrawn, we won't blindly chase them. We will wait for earnings reports and price corrections, waiting for better entry opportunities;
Companies truly standing at the core of the industry, with unchanged demand, orders, and long-term logic, if the market continues to offer lower prices, will continue to buy in batches.
Specifically, the target is:
For a core company like Google, which we've studied for a long time and whose fundamentals haven't changed, we'll keep holding onto it. If the market offers a better price, we'll increase our positions;
A company like BWXT, which already has business and orders, and stands at the intersection of nuclear energy + defense + AI power, won't sell just because of short-term fluctuations;
Micron, Broadcom, and Arista, which are stuck at storage and network bottlenecks, are promising long-term prospects, but their operations should be based on earnings reports and prices—not just any position can be chased blindly;
For stocks like Oklo and Coinbase, which have large future potential but are also more volatile and uncertain, we place them in high-risk satellite pods. If you choose correctly, they can bring good returns, and if you make the wrong ones, they won't affect the security of your entire account.
This is what the three-tier health check method ultimately does: it's not just a stock list, but a guide to putting each company in the right operating position.
You see, we dare to buy when prices are falling—not because we're bold or have plenty of money, but because we're truly prepared before the price drops. Whether you keep cash, what proportion of your core holdings you hold, how much to allocate to high-risk stocks, and whether a 50% drop in a single stock will affect your life and sleep—these questions haven't been thought through, and talking about long-term investing is just empty talk.
Why do we always have money to add positions during market panics? Because we adjust our cash ratio in advance and place different types of assets into different position levels.
So when we say we are optimistic about AI and buying on dips, it's not about going all in on cash at once, nor is it about borrowing money to chase highs. Our judgment is clear: the long-term main theme of AI is not over, the industry logic hasn't changed, and short-term account drawdowns won't change our judgment of the entire industry cycle. The real major rally may just be beginning. As value investors, now is the time to invest in phases.
Of course, with the direction clear, there are still many details to pay attention to: which companies are still worth buying at current prices, which have already overdrawn years of future growth; After Microsoft, Meta, Apple, and Amazon released their earnings reports, whose AI investment started converting into revenue, and who was still burning cash. These things can't be guessed blindly now; they have to wait for the financial report numbers to verify them.
Finally, a reminder: AiCoin has no private trading groups or actively recommends stocks. All public operations and sharing are published on official channels. There are many scammers online who impersonate avatars or fake accounts, so everyone must be careful to identify and avoid being deceived.
When it comes to investing, we always feel that sharing real operations and thoughts is far more valuable than shouting about ups and downs. If these insights can help everyone build their own investment framework, avoid pitfalls amid volatility, and gradually improve their returns through investment, then this is meaningful. #苹果公司市值重回全球首位, surpassing Nvidia 🚨Many people like to study who will rise, but rarely study why funds leave.
In fact, most projects lose value not because of a crash, but because funds leave early.
Price is just the last reaction.
The real changes have long occurred in on-chain fund flows, trading activity, and ecosystem growth.
When more and more funds stop participating, a project slowly enters a "bleeding state."
At first, it's just a decline in trading volume, then a decline in depth, and later the rebounds become weaker and the drops become easier.
Why can $BTC, $ETH, and $SOL restore liquidity the fastest after every market adjustment?
Because they have always been the largest capital reservoirs in the entire industry.
When risk appetite decreases, funds return here; when risk appetite increases, funds flow from here to other ecosystems.
As for $HYPE, $WLD, $ENA, $ONDO, $INJ, $SEI, $TIA, $CORE, $PYTH, $TAO, $FET, $JUP, $EIGEN, $RENDER, and $OKB, they need to continuously absorb liquidity from the mainstream market.
Without new capital inflows, prices will ultimately be affected.
Regarding $SLX, $LAYER, $APR, $PIPPIN, $LIGHT, $COMP, $GPS, $LAB, $CHIP, $BEAT, $BSB, $RAVE, $MRVL, $H, $DOGE, $ZEC, $ALLO, $PARTI, $HMSTR, $HOME, and $OFC.
The biggest fear here is not a price drop, but fund silence.
Because once liquidity starts to dry up, no matter how good the positive news is, it’s hard to reignite market enthusiasm.
⚠️Price can deceive, trading volume can deceive, but the ultimate flow of funds does not lie. True opportunities are always born where funds flow back in.$ETH Nonprofit Ethereum Institutional officially announced the completion of its first ecosystem funding round and formally established a supporters' alliance. Lead investors: BitMine, Sharplink, Ethereum co-founders Joe Lubin, Mihai Alisie; Over 100 industry leaders from the alliance are members: AAVE, Arbitrum, Circle, Galaxy, Robinhood, Uniswap Labs, and zkSync have all joined the competition. Core institutional goals: fully promote large-scale institutional deployment on Ethereum and Layer 2 networks, focusing on asset tokenization (RWA), stablecoins, on-chain collateral, and institutional settlement infrastructure; Continuously connecting banks, asset management institutions, custodians, fintech companies, and sovereign capital, building a neutral communication bridge between traditional finance and the Ethereum ecosystem. 🚨 A large number of players are calling out that Ethereum is facing a huge positive trend, predicting a one-sided surge! Rational Key Point: This is a medium- to long-term top-level ecosystem strategic benefit, opening up a channel for traditional capital to enter the market, but it will not immediately trigger a short-term surge! The biggest anchor point in the market is still the Fed's interest rate decision in the early morning. All positive factors require macro liquidity to support it, so don't rely solely on this major news to buy highs! 1. The Four Core Values of Deep Messaging 1. The Ethereum ecosystem forms a top-tier united front: co-founders, leading L2s, DeFi leaders, stablecoin issuers, exchanges, and investment banks form collective alliances. Say goodbye to ecological diversity[Introduction to US Stocks 05]
Some may ask: After all this, is NVIDIA no longer important? Of course not. Many people think Nvidia's biggest advantage is GPU hardware, but its true moat is the CUDA ecosystem. Simply put, the vast number of engineers worldwide have built AI development tools and software systems on NVIDIA's platform.
It's not that others can't make GPUs—AMD can, and Google has its own chips. But once you build hardware, the entire set of development tools and engineers' habits has to be rebuilt. This migration cost is Nvidia's deepest moat. Moreover, NVIDIA is no longer just selling a single chip; it is selling a complete AI cabinet packaged with GPU, network, software, cooling, and packaging. The future competition will not be on individual chips but on solutions for entire "AI factories."
So the next phase of AI funding won't stay in just one company. It will flow from computing power to electricity, to networks, to storage, and finally to truly profitable AI applications. What you need to look for isn't which stock is rising the fastest today, but which company is already waiting when the capital moves to the next stop.
Third layer: Company positioning — distinguishing what to sell, what to wait, and what to buy
The final checkup is to see where your company stands. This is very important: just because the AI direction is right doesn't mean all AI stocks will rise.
The internet changed the world, but when the internet bubble burst, a large number of companies went bankrupt; Electric vehicles are a long-term trend, but it doesn't mean all car companies will survive in the end. So you can't just buy all the stocks related to AI power, AI networks, or AI agents just because you hear about AI, electricity, AI, or AI agents. Retail investors don't have enough funds to cast a net.
When we look at a company, we first look at whether it has real business: whether revenue is growing, whether orders are solid, who the customers are, and whether cash flow can sustain its development.
Second, check whether it has a genuine commercial closed loop; it can't rely on financing forever or rely on the next round of investors to tell the story.
Third, see if you're standing in a position others can't avoid.
For example, Google—over the past six months, we've been continuously increasing our holdings. It's not because we think it will grow every day, nor because having Gemini equals an AI company, but because Google has three core advantages that many people overlook: First, Google Cloud is still growing rapidly, and AI customers will eventually pay in the cloud; Second, YouTube is one of the world's largest video platforms. In the future, AI-generated content will increase, and whoever has users and platforms will have the chance to turn traffic into money; Third, the advertising business has very strong cash flow, enough to support its continued investment in AI.
Compared to many pure growth tech stocks, its valuation is not outrageous. So we keep buying it—not because it has no risk—whether AI will impact search, whether capital expenditures can ultimately turn into profits, all need to be tracked and verified. But when you look at the risks alongside your existing business, the risk-reward ratio is still very good.
That's the logic behind investment. You can buy wrong, you can make wrong judgments, but you can't be without logic. Many people believe their logic is correct when stocks rise; When stocks drop, you panic to cut your losses—that's not investing, it's letting the price lead your emotions.
A truly rational judgment should be: before buying, you know why you bought it; after it drops, recheck whether your original reason for buying has changed. When the reason changes, they admit their mistakes and leave; The reason hasn't changed, and in fact, the company's industry position has grown stronger. The market downturn gives you the opportunity to position at low prices.1. Meeting Overview
On July 29, 2026, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the Federal Reserve concluded its two-day monetary policy meeting, announcing that the target range for the federal funds rate would be maintained at 3.50% to 3.75%. This marks the fifth consecutive pause by the Fed since 2026, with the last rate cut dating back to December 2025.
2. Voting Results: A Rare 9-3 Split
The vote at this meeting was 9 in favor and 3 against, a stark contrast to the unanimous 12-0 vote in June.
The three dissenting votes came from regional Federal Reserve Bank presidents:
· Beth Hammack (Cleveland Fed)
· Neel Kashkari (Minneapolis Fed)
· Lorie Logan (Dallas Fed)
All three advocated for a 25 basis point rate hike. This is the first time since 2016 that the Fed has seen three dissenting votes aligned in the same direction in a single policy decision, reflecting a significant increase in internal support for tightening.
3. Statement Changes: Communication Reform in the Warsh Era
Compared to the June statement, there were only three changes:
1. Voting results changed from "12 in favor, 0 against" to "9 in favor, 3 against"
2. Wording adjusted from "reaffirm" to "continue to implement" regarding the bank reserves policy
3. Added information on dissenters: explicitly listing the three dissenters and their rate hike stance
More notably, there was a structural change. Under Chairman Kevin Warsh's leadership, the Fed's statement was drastically shortened; the June statement contained only about 130 English words, far less than the previous length of over 300 words. The statement no longer provides forward guidance nor discloses committee members' expectations for future rate paths. Warsh believes "forward guidance is no longer suitable for the current macroeconomic environment."
4. Economic Assessment and Inflation Outlook
Current economic judgment:
· Economic activity is "expanding robustly," with strong productivity growth and capital investment
· Employment growth is keeping pace with labor force expansion, with little change in the unemployment rate
· However, factors such as the Middle East conflict bring "heightened uncertainty"
Regarding inflation, the statement acknowledges that inflation "remains above the 2% target," partly due to supply shocks pushing up prices in sectors including energy. The U.S. CPI year-over-year in June rose 3.5% (previously 4.2%), and core CPI rose 2.6% (previously 2.9%). However, renewed tensions in the Middle East in July caused international oil prices to rebound from below $70 to above $80, pushing up inflation expectations.
According to the June SEP (Summary of Economic Projections), the Fed significantly raised its 2026 inflation forecast: PCE price index from 2.7% to 3.6%, core PCE remained at 3.3%; economic growth was slightly revised down to 2.2%, and unemployment rate revised down to 4.3%.
5. Market Reaction: Triple Shock in Stocks, Bonds, and Forex
Following the announcement, markets experienced severe volatility:
Bond Market: The 30-year U.S. Treasury yield briefly exceeded 5.2%, reaching a high of 5.226%, the first time since 2007. Analysts interpret this as the market doubting the Fed's credibility in fighting inflation.
Stock Market: U.S. stocks plunged sharply at the close, with the Dow dropping over 1100 points; the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell over 3%.
Forex Market: The U.S. dollar index continued to weaken, with the euro rising over 0.6% against the dollar to 1.1467.
Gold: Spot gold briefly surpassed $4100/oz, gaining over 2%.
The money market lowered rate cut bets, with cumulative expectations for cuts by year-end dropping from 44 basis points to 36 basis points; the market still fully prices in two 25 basis point hikes by mid-next year.
6. Summary: Hawkish Pause or Divided Deadlock?
This meeting was characterized by Barclays economists as a "hawkish pause." On one hand, the majority maintained rates unchanged; on the other, the three dissenting votes and Warsh's statement that hikes will occur "if necessary" imply that the pause is a delay rather than an abandonment of tightening.
Warsh is attempting to wean the Fed off reliance on forward guidance, anchoring decisions on real-time data. However, his communication reform has sparked controversy—some analysts criticize it as "all packaging, no action." With more inflation data expected in September and continued pressure from the three dissenting officials, whether Warsh can maintain internal consensus will be a key focus in the coming months.[Introduction to US Stocks 04] Building on the complete logic of the three-layer checkup I didn't cover last time, let's talk about the three AI industry chain directions we're most focused on right now: which stocks will continue to be bought on dips, which will wait for earnings reports to be released, and which can only be placed in high-risk small positions.
First layer: Capital verification — Has the AI main theme really ended?
People always say AI is a bubble. In fact, whenever a major tech cycle first begins, people always call it a bubble. When the internet first appeared, some people shouted; when electric vehicles were just beginning, some shouted—Bitcoin, cloud computing, artificial intelligence—none of these concepts were criticized as bubbles when they first appeared.
Whether it's a bubble or not isn't that important; the core is two things: whether money is still flowing in, and whether demand is still growing.
Now, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon are all continuing to increase capital expenditures on AI and data centers, often reaching hundreds of billions. These tech giants don't joke with real money; you can say that a company invests in the wrong direction or a project doesn't make money in the end, and that's perfectly normal. But the world's wealthiest, most data-driven, and most customer-driven companies are all competing for GPUs, data centers, electricity, and network bandwidth. If you say the entire AI demand is over, that logic simply doesn't hold.
Moreover, AI has developed to a point where it's no longer just a chatbot to chat with people or write a couple of articles. Companies need to integrate AI into customer service, advertising, search, healthcare, manufacturing, robotics, and autonomous driving, ultimately all of which will focus on computing power and data centers.
So when we judge whether the AI cycle is over, we never look at what features a large model has updated, nor do we look at whether Nvidia is up 3% or down 5% today. We are watching whether the giants are still willing to continue investing money. As long as they continue to expand capital expenditure and compete for computing power, the main thread of AI infrastructure is not over.
Of course, Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon haven't finished their Q2 earnings reports yet, so today I'll explain the logic behind their judgments. Once the financial data is realized, we will use the same three-tier checkup method, breaking down each case one by one: whether capital expenditures have increased, whether cloud business has grown, whether AI investment has started to monetize, and whether the invested money has recouped into profits and cash flow. Before the financial report comes out, who says the answer is 100% certain? It's just guessing.
Layer Two: Industrial Migration — Where will the next wave of money flow?
Many retail investors talk about AI with only three things in mind: large models, NVIDIA, and GPUs. You can't say wrong, but the perspective is too narrow.
If you only think of AI as a chat tool, it does seem very expensive now; But if you compare AI to the early stages of the internet—laying fiber optics, repairing base stations, and building data centers—then this industrial revolution may just be beginning.
AI is not the story of a single company; it is an entire industrial chain. You can imagine the future AI world as a new city; NVIDIA sells the city's most core production machines, but buying the machines is just the beginning.
When hundreds of thousands of GPUs move into data centers, the first thing is power supply. Without power, no matter how powerful the GPU is, it's just a bunch of scrap metal that won't boot. Traditional data centers already consume a lot of electricity, and the power demand for AI data centers is rising exponentially. AI servers like the GB300 have a power density on a completely different level from traditional servers. In the future, the electricity consumption of a large AI data center is almost equivalent to that of a small city.
That's why we've always said that the most profitable companies in the future AI sector won't necessarily be software companies, nor just GPUs and storage. The most reliable ones might be 'water sellers'—more precisely, companies supplying power to AI data centers, building power grids, supplying nuclear equipment, and ensuring long-term stable energy. This is also why electricity is currently a very worthwhile investment direction. Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Meta are all searching for new energy solutions, and nuclear energy has once again become the market focus.
For example, BWXT—we included it in our long-term research and portfolio list. It is not a newly established company that tells stories through presentations; it has long supplied nuclear reactor-related components and fuel to the U.S. Navy, and is also laying out small modular reactor SMRs. The business is divided into government and commercial segments. The commercial side produces core reactor components such as nuclear steam generators, heat exchangers, and pressure vessels, with most revenue coming from government orders.
This is actually why we are optimistic about it: it already has stable customers, orders, technology, and cash flow, and is already profitable, completely different from many nuclear energy companies still in the early commercialization stage. It stands at the intersection of three tracks: nuclear energy, defense, and AI-powered power. No matter which direction the capital rotates, it has a chance to benefit. Retail investors have limited funds, so it's impossible to buy all good companies. Choosing these multi-track cross-sector targets is the key to maximizing the effectiveness of limited funds.
With the electricity issue solved, the next step is networking. Hundreds of thousands of GPUs stacked together, transmitting data at high speeds, and if the network speed can't keep up, even the most expensive GPUs can't perform at their best. This is the value of companies like Broadcom and Arista — Broadcom makes high-speed network chips, Arista makes data center switches. In the internet era, it's all about how fast you get online; in the AI era, it's about how fast data exchanges between GPUs are. Whoever can solve network bottlenecks can make money.
#财报观察员: Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon will hand over their results tonight $LIT $UNI $VVV — FOMC LIQUIDITY SWEEP SETUPS LOADING 💥
📌 When the Fed speaks, the market shakes. But vibrations above these levels are opportunities, not threats. Smart money is waiting for a panic to take on the real "bags".
💡 $LIT has regained the intraday trading value zone with a tight structure above 1.35 — if the FOMC asks/offloads, this is the bid signal to hold/buy. $UNI block printed an educational order near 7.80, while $VVV press inside a bullish flag pattern for 15 minutes after a 6% trading volume rally.
🔍 Watch: If any of these levels break below their swing lows, the liquidity will be swept away — and that's when the real reaction comes. Question: Who will precede/advance the deal before the sudden bounce? 💬 Are you expanding positions on long orders or waiting for the volatility to confirm the trend? 👇
⚠️ Not financial advice. Always recognize and identify risks. 🛡️
🏷️ #LIT #UNI #VVV #DipBuying #FOMC Samsung Electronics released its second-quarter financial report today, and the numbers are quite impressive. Revenue was 171 trillion KRW, and operating profit was 89.4 trillion KRW, both basically in line with expectations. However, net profit exceeded market expectations, reaching 71.3 trillion KRW. The focus is still on the chip division, which alone contributed 89.2 trillion won in operating profit, almost the entire source of the company's profits. These days, the idea of 'whoever controls the chip controls the world' is clearly reflected in Samsung. Samsung's outlook on the upcoming market is clear: AI will continue to hold the market, but the smartphone and PC sectors may need a break. Demand for server chips will remain strong, and supply shortages won't ease anytime soon. On the other hand, demand for chips used in mobile devices and computers may slow down. The memory chip business was specifically mentioned. Samsung believes that as companies continue to heavily invest in AI infrastructure and AI applications become more widespread, demand for memory modules will remain strong. Therefore, continued profit growth in the second half of the year is highly likely. Another detail: in the second quarter results, about 3.1 trillion won was an "unexpected windfall" from the depreciation of the won. Exchange rates are truly a double-edged sword. Overall, Samsung's financial report and outlook reveal only one core signal: the wave of AI hardware infrastructure is far from fading. Server and storage chips are the biggest beneficiaries of this wave of dividends, while consumer electronics are still waiting for the next spring. $SAMSUNG For ordinary consumers or investors, they may have to get used to this structural differentiation of "AI enthusiastic, cold consumption."ETH's current token structure is sending a signal with significant historical significance. 📉 Ethereum's MVRV indicator has dropped to 1.01, which almost means that the current market price of ETH is now approaching the average buying cost for all holders. Simply put, the entire market, from large players to retail investors, is on the edge of profit and loss, with almost no room for floating profits. 🧐
The last time MVRV dropped to this extreme level, ETH's price was still around $1600. And what happened next? It is a trending price rebound, with main funds strongly taking hold in low-chip concentration areas. History won't repeat itself, but at this point, ETH's cost-effectiveness and potential odds are clearly more attractive than BTC, which is still hovering above $60,000. 🔥
This is not just a technical bottom-fishing signal, but a critical point between market psychology and capital competition. When the overall market holding cost almost coincides with the current price, it means that even slight fluctuations in any direction can trigger intense emotional resonance. Whales and smart money often quietly position themselves in this "unprofitable" range, waiting for a burst when liquidity returns. 💎
#ETH #MVRV #Ethereum #Crypto #Altcoin #BitcoinNVIDIA NVDA's PE ratio has fallen below 30.
The last time it was so low dates back to 2019.
For example, in 2022, Nvidia's PE ratio didn't fall below 30.
You say Nvidia's market value is too high to be moved.
Looking at the apple, I was moved to tears.
You say Apple hasn't spent money on AI, but I think NVIDIA hasn't spent money on AI either—it's still the one that collects money.
What exactly is the market pricing for? Will Nvidia achieve zero or even negative growth after 2027?
$NVDA
$SKHYNIX $CORE 当前的核心矛盾集中在国库代币解锁带来的持续通胀与 BTCFi 生态实际手续费造血能力不足之间的错配，盘口仓位正向避险方向集中。
国库与团队代币的持续解锁直接推升了市场通胀率，在缺乏透明划转公示的情况下，卖盘预期持续压制多头风险偏好。
协议目前依赖挖矿增发维持 TVL，单日极低的手续费收入无法形成有效代币回购，导致链上筹码出现阶段性出逃。
驱动因素按优先级排序依次为：国库筹码的链上锁仓规则、SatPay 商业化产生的真实现金流，以及社区独立审计下盘口做市资金的透明度。
上行剧本触发条件为团队对国库筹码实施 1 年以上的链上强制锁仓，并按比例执行 SatPay 手续费强制回购；需要观察的变量是 SatPay 的单日实际营收能否覆盖增发抛压，若协议收入不及解锁价值的 10%，反弹逻辑失效。
下行剧本触发条件为路线图继续延期且无透明锁仓动作，此时需观察链上极低协议收入对流动性池的侵蚀速度；若出现国库资金大额转入交易所，将加速仓位出清；但若链上发起大规模长期质押，下行趋势将暂缓。
未来 7 天最核心的观察变量是国库代币账户是否有链上锁仓动作，以及 SatPay 试点项目的具体上线时间表。
#AI巨头债券利差飙升：投资风险还是抄底良机 #交易之声：你的经验值得被听到Speak honestly about $CORE.
After that 99% crash, the price stopped at 0.018. Its market value dropped to about 21 million. The community was in chaos. $BTC Stakers keep selling. After months of waiting, the buyback was still nowhere to be found. Permissionless builders allow scammers to sneak in, harming the on-chain ecosystem. It feels exactly like a replay of the $ICE (ION) and $PI free mining exit traps.
But if they really deliver, the recovery path is actually quite simple.
$CORE will make a strong shift toward real revenue from BTCFi products in 2026. Lending, borrowing, yield applications, and SatPay New Bank. All these activities aim to buy back $CORE and create real demand, not just emissions.
The $ZEC partnership with Z Protocol is just extra fuel.
$CORE set up its Satoshi Plus to authorize private AI proxies on Zcash and block DeFi chains. Those fees flow back to the Core for more buybacks. $CORE holders can also receive $ZEC tokens in advance. This turns Core technology into something that can be franchised, generating additional revenue.
Double staking is a way to resolve selling pressure.
Stake BTC and CORE together to boost your Bitcoin yields without giving up custody. Making holding $CORE truly useful for $BTC holders.
If buybacks start to appear on-chain and Z fees initiate, oversold levels may finally reverse. Until then, it remains a high-risk zone for holders.
Now, we only look at the actual numbers, not on speculation. #美联储即将公布利率决议 #财报观察员: Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon deliver tonight. #海力士业绩创纪录但不及预期, storage stocks experienced sharp fluctuations In the past two hours, the market hasn't taken a new direction, BTC is still grinding around 64,000, OKX 24-hour range is 63,262–64,752; ETH is about 1912. The perpetual funding rates for BTC and ETH are both around 0.004%. The bulls are not crowded, and the market seems more like waiting for a new trigger.
Dr. Profit explained the disagreement quite clearly: he has closed out crypto short positions, switched to regular investment accumulation of BTC and ETH, and continued to hedge with US stock short positions; The reason is that AI stocks are more noticeably pulling back, while BTC and ETH remain within their ranges. He also plans to gradually close out Coinbase short positions in the coming weeks, so he is not entirely bearish on risk assets.
SoulXBT is more aggressive: the previous BTC long position at 63,482 was halved, and the remaining position stop-loss was moved to the current zone. The previous hard stop at 62,640 is no longer suitable for copying; At the same time, he kept his Nasdaq swing short position, choosing not to reduce his position, and his position style was clearly more aggressive than Dr Profit's. Chen Ge only pointed out that BTC has a potential head and shoulders bottom, but did not provide a neckline, confirmation level, or stop-loss mark. For now, it can only be observed as a pattern and cannot be considered an executable opportunity.
This round of rumors about the deprivation of LAB long positions and Korean leveraged accounts: the former has no corresponding spot on OKX and the source identity is unclear, while the latter has not yet found reliable public verification. Next, it remains to be seen whether 63,260 can hold, and whether 64,600–64,750 can break through with increased volume. #BTC #ETH Opinions and information are only compiled and do not constitute investment adviceToday's ETF Flows: Update on U.S. Spot Cryptocurrency ETF Funding:
🟥 Bitcoin ETF: -781 $BTC (-$49.75M)
🟩 Ethereum ETF: +4,900 $ETH (+$14.53M)
🟥 SOLANA ETF：-244.24K $SOL（-$18.07M）
🟥 HYPE ETF：-22.46K $HYPE（-$1.24M）
🟩 $XRP. $LINK, $BNB, $AVAX, $DOT, $HBAR, $DOGE, $LTC Cash flow is zero.$SNDK US stocks rebounded across the board before the market opened, with panic quickly recovering
Before the US stock market opened, storage stocks such as Micron Technology, SanDisk, and SK Hynix all turned positive, having generally plunged 3%-4% earlier; Seagate rose 4.6%, and Western Digital gained 2.2%.
The previous sharp decline in the sector stemmed from market concerns about the storage cycle peaking and SK Hynix's performance falling short of expectations, reflecting a short-term emotional crush.
Core support remains unshaken: AI computing power continues to drive the supply-demand gap for HBM high-end memory, long-term orders from manufacturers lock in downstream demand, fundamentals remain resilient, and negative factors have been fully priced in.
Short-term sector volatility persists. Going forward, focus will be on tracking the pace of storage contract price increases in Q3 and the implementation of AI capital expenditures. The recovery momentum from overseas giants is also expected to be transmitted to the A-share storage industry chain. #Hyperliquid海力士永续插针, the platform promised to compensate for liquidation losses$11 billion wiped out in 6 months – the biggest hack wave in crypto history 💥
More than 212 on-chain exploits this year alone, with North Korea-linked groups accounting for 55% of total losses. The real story isn’t just the numbers – it’s how they carry out these strikes.
🔍 The top 4 attacks (KelpDAO, Drift Protocol, Resolv, and CowSwap) made up 64% of total damage, and none were simple coding errors. Attackers breached developer credentials, manipulated RPC infrastructure, and exploited single-point validator setups. Even LinkedIn recruitment scams are being converted to steal admin keys.
📊 Ethereum still leads in absolute losses ($332 million), but Solana is now #2 – with 98% of the $326 million coming from hacked private keys and signature infrastructure. Meanwhile, Arbitrum saw its first-ever exploit using EIP-7702 wallet delegation. The attack surface is expanding faster than most traders realize.
💬 If you hold assets on any chain, what is your biggest vulnerability right now? Is it the protocol, the bridge, or your key management? 👇
⚠️ Not financial advice. Always manage your risks. 🛡️
🏷️ #CryptoHacks #ETH #SOL #DeFi #Security SpaceX secures another big order! $XSPCX $SPCX
On July 29, the U.S. Space Force announced it had awarded SpaceX two mission orders worth $1.6 billion, which will carry out 18 Falcon 9 launches from Vandenberg Base and be completed by the end of 2027.
The mission belongs to the NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 project, carrying military satellites (including airborne moving target designation capability) for detecting, tracking, and targeting aerial targets.
SpaceX's military launch orders hit a new high
On July 29, 2026 local time, the U.S. Space Force announced that it had awarded SpaceX two mission orders totaling $1.6 billion (about 1.6 billion USD) to carry out 18 Falcon 9 rocket launches, launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, with plans to complete by the end of 2027. These missions belong to the National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 project, carrying military satellites for detection, tracking, and targeting of aerial targets (part of the Space Based Sensing and Targeting combination, including capabilities such as airborne target designation)Brothers, Meta just released a record-high revenue report, but the market's response was—a 6.8% plunge after hours! This sends a signal: the market's tolerance for AI spending is approaching a tipping point. Earnings data overview: Revenue: $60.8 billion, up 28% year-on-year, a record high—but the market is not excited. Net profit: $15.8 billion, below analysts' expectations—the revenue record failed to hold the profit floor. Capital expenditure guidance: annual floor raised from $125 billion to $130 billion, cap maintained at $145 billion—cash burning is still accelerating. Free cash flow: only $784 million—for a company of this size, it's already approaching the warning line. After-hours stock price: down over 6.8%—the market gave its assessment in the most direct way. Why is the market crashing the market? 1. New revenue hits, profits fall short of expectations Behind the glamorous $60.8 billion revenue lies the harsh reality of net profit falling short of expectations. New highs in revenue ≠ profits, costs are eroding profits. 2. AI burns money too much, free cash flow nearly exhausted In the second quarter, free cash flow was only $784 million—a staggering figure for a giant with annual revenue exceeding $240 billion. Where did all the money go? Chips, data centers, talent—AI infrastructure is swallowing everything. 3. Capital expenditure guidance raised again: annual capital expenditure floor raised from $125 billion to $130 billion, and recently partnered with BlackRock to raise at least 12 billion dollarsWhen will a market truly stop falling?
It's not that valuations have fallen to the point where they're cheap enough, but that no one believes it can keep falling.
Just like when A-shares fell to around 2700 points back then, a new voice began to emerge in the market:
No matter how bad China's stock market is, it shouldn't be worth only this price, right?
As more and more people reach this consensus and pessimism is basically released, truly capable big funds will gradually enter the market and use real money to support prices.
Stock prices began to rebound, the profit-making effect gradually recovered, and off-exchange funds flowed back in.
A new round of market trends has just begun.
So, what determines when the market bottoms out isn't just valuation and fundamentals—there's a more practical issue:
After the previous batch of "chives" has been harvested, how long will it take for the next batch to grow?
The biggest problem in the Korean market right now is that this round of harvesting has been too aggressive.
From young people to retirees, many ordinary families are deeply involved in stock and asset investment. If the market continues to decline, the loss is not just speculative capital, but the entire society's savings, confidence, and consumption capacity.
The deeper the cut, the slower the wound heals.
When ordinary people are already scared of being trapped or scared of losing money, it will no longer be as easy as it was before to get them back into the market.
What's even more troublesome is that South Korea may be facing more than just one capital market adjustment.
Its previously essential industries such as semiconductors, automobiles, batteries, shipbuilding, and consumer electronics are now facing increasingly fierce competition from Chinese companies.
Industry profits are squeezed, employment and income expectations decline, and naturally, the money residents can invest in the market also decreases.
So of course the Korean market will rebound in the future, but it may not be so fast to start a sustained bull market again.
Because bull markets never appear out of thin air.
It needs new funding, new industry stories, and a group of people who once again believe that "this time we can make money."
And now, in South Korea, what is most lacking may not be cheap stocks.
It's the confidence that has grown anew. $SKHYNIX $SKHY The Fed won't raise interest rates, but US stocks (especially SanDisk and semiconductors) plunged—complete logic. 1. Core Cause: The market trades expectations, not current interest rates unchanged. 1. Expectations for rate cuts were dashed, and instead, the market priced in "one more rate hike within the year." At the beginning of the year, the market unanimously bet on the Federal Reserve cutting rates 2-3 times in 2026, with funds buying high-valuation tech and storage stocks ahead of time; This policy meeting completely shattered the easing illusions: • Nine votes to keep rates unchanged, three members directly opposed, demanding a 25bp hike—a rare and massive internal division in years, with hawkish forces becoming more visible; • The chairman's speech made clear: inflation is highly sticky, and a resumption of rate hikes is not ruled out, with no timetable for rate cuts mentioned, and rate cut expectations directly postponed to the second quarter of 2027; • CME Interest Rate Futures Pricing: The probability of a rate hike at the September meeting is close to 80%, directly shifting the market from a "rate cut rally" to a scenario where high interest rates are maintained long-term + a high probability of further rate hikes. 2. US Treasury yields surged against the trend, with actual financing costs passively rising. Policy rates remained unchanged, but long-term US Treasury yields jumped sharply: the 10-year Treasury surged above 4.66%, and the 30-year yield approached 5.2%, hitting multi-year highs. • Stock valuation uses the Treasury yield as the risk-free discount rate; the higher the yield, the lower the value of the forward earnings discount; • AI storage/computing power stocks like SanDisk and Nvidia have large profits concentrated over the next 3-5 years, making them extremely sensitive to discount rates. When yields rise, valuations shrink sharply. 2. Three Major Hawkish Signals from This Meeting (Direct Trigger for Sell-Off) 1. Three opposing votes released internally当英伟达大跌、费城半导体指数全线走弱时，市场却把资金推向了一个看起来最不像“AI 核心资产”的公司——苹果。 苹果市值逼近5万亿美元，再次超过英伟达，登上全球市值第一的位置。 这件事很反常。 过去两年，市场最喜欢的公司是什么？ AI 模型做得最强、芯片卖得最多、数据中心建得最猛、资本开支砸得最狠。 谁敢讲一个足够宏大的AI故事，市场就愿意给谁更高的估值。 但苹果恰恰不是这种公司。 在七大科技巨头中，苹果的AI进展一直不算领先。新版Siri多次延期，AI能力迟迟没有完全落地，甚至还需要借助谷歌Gemini补足能力。 按照过去两年的估值逻辑，苹果本来不应该成为资金追逐的对象。 但现在，市场的审美正在改变。 以前，投资者愿意为“未来可能赚到的钱”买单。 现在，投资者开始重新重视“今天已经赚到的钱”。 当市场开始担心AI数据中心投入越来越大、债务融资越来越多、几千亿美元资本开支什么时候才能真正产生回报时，苹果的优势反而被放大了。 苹果不需要疯狂扩建数据中心，也不需要为了AI竞赛不断举债烧钱。 它的AI资本开支占营收比例相对较低，却拥有庞大的现金流、成熟的硬件利润，以及超过25亿台活跃设备构成的Bitcoin's dominance is plummeting 📉, but that's not good news. The censorship tendencies of BIP-110 and Wall Street capital's ambiguous attitude toward children's content have completely distorted mainstream narratives. The conclusion is harsh: in the old order's game, there are no winners.
Meanwhile, Ethereum is gathering momentum for awakening. The ETH/BTC pair is about to strengthen overall in tandem with altcoins, which is a structural capital migration. When Bitcoin falls into a crisis of trust, funds naturally flow toward more open and flexible assets, with Ethereum truly benefiting from this round of restructuring. 🚀Guys, on the night of the Federal Reserve's decision, the US stock market had a roller coaster! After the announcement of the decision, the three major indices briefly surged, then sharply declined before closing lower across the board. The Dow fell 2.18%, the S&P 500 dropped 1.5%, and the Nasdaq dropped 1.7%—the market voted with its feet, interpreting the three opposing rate hike votes. The semiconductor sector continues to come under pressure: Micron Technology plunged nearly 10%, SanDisk dropped 7%, Nvidia dropped 3.5%, and SK Hynix dropped 2.6%. Only Seagate Technology rose more than 2% against the trend, after its Q4 earnings exceeded expectations and had an optimistic Q1 guidance. What is the market worried about? The weight of the three opposing votes: This is the first time since 2016 that three votes have aligned against interest rate hikes. The market had expected the Fed to send few hawkish signals even without raising rates—but three votes against directly changed the narrative. Uncertainty surges at the September meeting: If inflation data remains strong, these three votes could become even more votes. The market was forced to reprice the probability of a rate hike in September. The logical return to "good news is bad news": if economic data continues to strengthen, it is equivalent to giving the hawks ammunition. With interest rate cuts still far off, risk assets naturally flee first. The Fed did not raise rates, but three opposing votes have already sent a "hawkish chill" to the market. $SNDK $SKHYNIX $XSKHY #海力士业绩创纪录但不及预期, storage stocks experienced #苹果公司市值重回全球首位 volatility, surpassing Nvidia #英伟达 and Google, which provided massive guarantees for AI data center debt $SNDK US stocks rebounded across the board before the market opened, with panic quickly recovering
Before the US stock market opened, storage stocks such as Micron Technology, SanDisk, and SK Hynix all turned positive, having generally plunged 3%-4% earlier; Seagate rose 4.6%, and Western Digital gained 2.2%.
The previous sharp decline in the sector stemmed from market concerns about the storage cycle peaking and SK Hynix's performance falling short of expectations, reflecting a short-term emotional crush.
Core support remains unshaken: AI computing power continues to drive the supply-demand gap for HBM high-end memory, long-term orders from manufacturers lock in downstream demand, fundamentals remain resilient, and negative factors have been fully priced in.
Short-term sector volatility persists. Going forward, focus will be on tracking the pace of storage contract price increases in Q3 and the implementation of AI capital expenditures. The recovery momentum from overseas giants is also expected to be transmitted to the A-share storage industry chain. #Hyperliquid海力士永续插针, the platform promised to compensate for liquidation lossesThe Nasdaq has fallen for seven consecutive days
This round of decline is no longer just a simple profit-taking
The market is beginning to reprice AI
Last night, US stocks continued to weaken
The Nasdaq fell 1.7%.
S&P dropped 1. 5%
The Dow Jones fell more than 1,100 points
Crushing the market is not just one thing
On one hand, the Federal Reserve continues to hold its stance
Interest rate expectations continue to move backward
On the other hand, AI giants are still ramping up their investments in CapEx
But the market began to ask a question
The money spent
When will it truly turn into profit?
Chip stocks have once again become the hardest-hit area
The AI industry chain is collectively under pressure
The logic of funding is changing
In the past, the market was willing to pay for stories
The market now cares more about cash flow and profit realization
The long-term logic of AI remains unchanged
What has changed is valuation and expectations
When prices rise, it's all about imagination
During pullbacks, focus on performance
This may be the biggest main theme in U.S. stocks in the coming months
The above content is for market analysis only and does not constitute investment advice. Investing carries risks; please proceed with caution when entering the market
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Bank of America clients have been buying U.S. stocks for four consecutive weeks. Institutional investors' net purchases last week reached the highest level since December 2020 and are the second highest on record since Bank of America began tracking in 2008. Retail investors are also buying.
However, hedge funds have been selling for the third consecutive week.
The same data shows three completely different actions.
What are institutions doing? The technology, financial, and industrial sectors are seeing the strongest capital inflows. After months of outflows, the industrial sector recorded a record demand last week. This is not "defensive buying," but an "offensive repositioning"—withdrawing funds from defensive sectors and reallocating them into cyclical and growth sectors.
What are retail investors doing? Following the buying trend. Retail investors have been net buyers for several weeks, but their buying usually lags—they tend to follow after the market has already risen for some time.
What are hedge funds doing? Selling for three consecutive weeks. Hedge funds are the fastest among the "smart money"—they go long and short and act quicker than anyone else. Three weeks of selling indicates that at least some short-term funds believe the current U.S. stock market has reached a point where reducing positions is necessary.
Institutions are buying, retail investors are following, and hedge funds are exiting—these three things happening simultaneously indicate that there is no consensus on the current market position.
Why are institutions buying? The drop in oil prices has eased inflation concerns, and expectations of a U.S.-Iran ceasefire have opened a brief window of risk appetite. The Federal Reserve held steady last night; although there were three dissenting votes, at least in the short term, rate hikes are not the baseline scenario. Nearly 80% of companies have beaten expectations this earnings season.
Why are hedge funds exiting? The S&P 500 has risen nearly 20% year-to-date, and valuations are not cheap. The three dissenting votes indicate growing division within the Fed, increasing uncertainty about the future path. Oil prices could rebound at any time due to volatility in the Middle East. Near historical highs, hedge funds choose to exit first out of caution.
Key detail: This net buying by institutions is the second highest since 2008 according to Bank of America. Such a level of buying usually appears before significant market volatility or structural shifts. The market is currently at historical highs. Such buying at these levels means either institutions see something retail investors do not, or they are preparing to sell after one last rally.
Who is right or wrong will be clear after the Q3 earnings season. But I tend to believe institutions are betting on the "AI narrative spreading from hardware to broader sectors." After tech stocks have risen, it's time for industrials and financials. Hedge funds are betting "this rally is over." Divergence between long-term and short-term funds often appears at the end of a trend.
$QQQ $BTC $CL Walsh revealed at the press conference that to assess inflation, he references far more data than just the PCE, and during FOMC discussions, staff have already formed internal forecasts based on existing information.
While we are still waiting for the data release, the Federal Reserve already roughly knows the direction of inflation.
Therefore, maintaining the interest rate this time also means the committee has taken the current inflation situation into account.
What truly deserves attention is the core PCE released Thursday evening.
If the data is below expectations, the market will believe inflation continues to cool, and subsequent policy pressure may ease.
If the data is above expectations, it will further reinforce the market's expectation that high interest rates will be maintained longer.
Many people think the market trades on news, but actually, the market trades on expectations.
When the news is released, funds have often already acted in advance.
What truly determines the price is not who sees the data first, but who understands the expectations first.