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ZEC (Zcash) Downtrend Analysis
1. Market Rotation and Sector Rotation (Fundamental Factors)
ZEC belongs to the privacy narrative coins, which experienced a large surge earlier driven by privacy coin hype. When market hotspots shift to AI, Layer2, and new public chains, incremental funds withdraw from old narrative sectors.
When BTC and ETH experience volatility and pullbacks, high-elasticity coins like ZEC fall significantly more than mainstream coins; macroscopically, repeated interest rate cut expectations reduce risk appetite, and funds prioritize taking profits from heavily appreciated narrative coins.
2. Concentrated Profit Taking (Core Spot Selling Pressure)
ZEC had a huge short-term gain earlier, accumulating a large amount of profit-taking chips. After the price surged, early whales, institutions, and treasury positions took profits in batches, transferring a large number of tokens from cold wallets to exchanges, creating spot selling pressure.
This round of rally was largely narrative-driven, not sustained by continuous new inflows, and after the positive news was realized, buying quickly dried up.
3. Contract Leverage Liquidations Accelerate the Decline
A large number of long positions accumulated during the uptrend; after breaking key technical support levels, a chain reaction of long liquidations was triggered, and forced selling further pushed prices down, creating a negative feedback loop.
ZEC’s depth and liquidity are weaker than BTC/ETH, so even relatively small sell orders can cause large pullbacks. During the decline, funding rates turned negative, the contract market was dominated by shorts, intensifying market pressure.
#ZEC机构资金入场，高位杠杆开始出清 #ZEC巨鲸3.8万枚空单平仓，亏损超3500万美元 BTC and ETH just staged a sudden rebound, triggering the stop-losses on my heavily sized short positions. I ended up losing dozens of dollars, which is definitely frustrating. But one thing remains unchanged: I’m still cautious about the market and leaning bearish for now. If you’re also trading, there’s no need to rush into a position. Waiting for the upcoming CPI report before making a decision may be the smarter move. Why am I still bearish? First, the Fed’s hawkish stance continues to put pr#俄美推进柴油供应合作，俄乌能源停火仍存分歧
The Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire increasingly looks like a one-sided monologue.
On October 11, Trump announced that both sides had reached an energy ceasefire, but Ukraine said Russia was still attacking its energy facilities. On October 12, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak confirmed that Russian and American energy departments and companies are negotiating diesel supply, and Russia has partially lifted diesel export restrictions. According to media reports, the U.S. also warned Ukraine to stop attacking Russian refineries, or it might affect weapons and intelligence support to Ukraine.
The logic of the whole matter is clear. The U.S. wants diesel supply, Russia wants export channels, and both sides get what they need. As for Ukraine, in this energy ceasefire matter, it seems more like a bargaining chip on the table. So after a few days of ceasefire calls, the agreement hasn't been implemented, and attacks continue.
For the market, the focus is very practical. Diesel supply arrangements are still progressing, but the energy ceasefire hasn't materialized. Oil prices are slightly weak in the short term; Brent fell 1.03% today. But a bigger variable is that the U.S. needs Russian diesel to fill the gap, indicating that global refined oil supply is already so tight that there is no room to choose suppliers.
For BTC, this is a marginal short-term positive. Oil price decline can ease inflation expectations, reducing the urgency of Federal Reserve rate hikes a bit. But don't celebrate too early; as long as the energy ceasefire doesn't become a written agreement, and Middle East shipping risks remain unresolved, oil prices could bounce back at any time. $CL $BZ $USO Brian Foster worked at Coinbase for seven years, managed the BlackRock partnership, and now has moved to Morpho for marketing.
I just chased an RWA concept last week, saw the news was strong and jumped in, but ended up losing half in two days.
The lesson is: no matter how impressive the executive's resume is, it has zero short-term relation to the coin price.
Morpho's move, frankly, is trying to sell on-chain credit to traditional institutions, which is the right direction.
But short-term traders, don't get excited; personnel appointments are not catalysts, whether funds follow is what matters.
My prediction: this news will at most sustain sentiment for one day, after that we have to see if there is real change in on-chain deposit data.
If no change, just pretend it never happened.
#代币化资产加速扩张，规模化落地还有多远？
#$BTC ETC at $8.15, are you still waiting for it to rebound?
From 10.35 down to 7.78, the halving has landed, the upgrade is still far off, and tomorrow's CPI hangs overhead—Is this wave the final shakeout, or the slow death of an old chain?
Let's look at the surface first: it dropped, but halving happened, Olympia expectations remain.
Down 9% in the past week, up 6% in the past month, rebounded from 7.2 in mid-September to 10.35 then retraced back to 8.15. Market cap 1.3 billion, mid-tier altcoin, not a mainline.
The candlesticks tell you: price stuck in the 8.00-8.36 decision zone, daily RSI 42, 4-hour RSI 38, MACD below zero line, broke below 7-day and 30-day moving averages, selling pressure volume increased—all indicators shout one thing: short-term bearish, don’t rush to bottom-fish.
But take another look at the weekly chart.
At the end of September, the "Fifthening" halving was just completed, block rewards dropped another 20% to 1.6384 ETC.
Cap at 210.7 million, circulating 155-159 million.
Supply is contracting, the story is brewing. This is the most divisive point.
First: halving has landed, but the market didn’t even blink.
Entered a new halving cycle at the end of September, block rewards down 20% again.
Sounds like great news, right?
But look at the market—price fell from 10.35 all the way down to 7.78, halving didn’t lift the price.
Why?
Because halving is an expectation, already priced in.
The market buys "halving will happen in the future," not "halving has already happened."
Good news landing turns bad news, this is the classic crypto script, haven’t you memorized it yet?
Second: Olympia upgrade is the only decent catalyst this year.
Olympia aims for late 2026: EIP-1559-like dynamic fees, about 80% of base fees go to on-chain treasury, DAO manages spending.
In plain terms:
ETC wants to transform from "old PoW with no code changes" to "PoW Ethereum with sustainable development funding."
Sounds exciting, right?
But before landing, it’s just expectation, not a current price driver.
Third: technicals are on resistance, not support—CPI tomorrow is a looming threat.
Current 8.15 is right on the first resistance.
Resistance at 8.30-8.36, must reclaim to confirm a bottom.
Support at 8.00 (psychological level) → 7.78-7.94 (Oct 8 low) → 7.50 → 7.06.
Daily chart looks more like a pullback in a downtrend channel, no higher lows yet.
Bollinger Bands near lower band, short-term has room for a bounce, but bounce ≠ reversal.
What about macro?
BTC once dropped below 82,000, spot BTC ETF saw net outflow of 680 million last week, ETH ETF outflows for multiple days, Korean stocks plunged on AI/chip concerns.
Tomorrow (Oct 14) US CPI is the watershed.
If hot, altcoins get hit first; if cool, there’s a repair window.
ETC, a low liquidity asset, falls faster than BTC when macro tightens, and its rebounds are more fake.
Bull vs. bear, you decide:
On the bullish side:
Halving landed, supply contracting
Olympia upgrade expectations, catalyst in 2026
September’s fake Core-Geth event passed, miners switched back to safe versions
Perpetual funding rates slightly negative, open interest falls with price, longs reducing positions, not shorts aggressively opening
Bollinger Bands near lower band, short-term bounce possible
On the bearish side:
Daily bearish alignment, EMA resistance, MACD below zero
Halving good news landed but no price pump, market not buying it
Olympia too far away, landing in 2026
No ETF money story, volume driven by contracts and sentiment rotation
Tomorrow’s CPI, macro risk assets under pressure
Breaking 8.00 easily triggers another round of long liquidation
Trading strategy
Short-term long (only on rebounds):
Aggressive: if 8.00-8.05 holds and 1-hour closes above 8.20, light position, targets 8.36/8.55, stop loss 7.92.
Conservative: wait for daily close above 8.36, enter on pullback without break, targets 8.66, 9.00, stop loss below 8.10.
Oversold rebound: if it drops to 7.78-7.90 with lower shadow and volume contraction, can do one trade, stop loss 7.65, target first 8.15-8.30. This is bottom-fishing, not a trend trade.
Short-term short:
If 8.30-8.55 rally fails and falls back below 8.15, or volume breaks below 8.00, short with target 7.80, extended 7.50.
Stop loss placed 0.15-0.20 above entry candle high, don’t hold past 8.66.
Mid-term:
Only two cases worth holding:
Olympia testnet/mainnet schedule confirmed, and price retakes 9.20;
Post-CPI risk appetite returns, ETC follows ETH recovery.
Before that, it’s a 7.80-9.20 range ticket.
Don’t hold with “value coin” mindset before breaking 10.35.
Invalidation:
Daily close below 7.70 breaks lower range, look at 7.50/7.06, all long logic invalid.
Daily close above 8.66 invalidates bearish logic, look to 9.00.
ETC now is like the 2016 fork—
Everyone shouts "Code is Law," but ten years later, it’s still telling the same story.
Halving landed, upgrade in 2026, no ETF, developers left.
You think you’re bottom-fishing ETC, but you’re actually renewing faith from 2016.
Old chains don’t die, they just slowly wither. But your margin won’t wait for its rebound day.
The day it breaks 8.36—
It’s either the start of a rebound or another fakeout.
$BTC $ETH $ETC This Yi Lihua, do any of you brothers follow him?
Do you think the BTC resistance and support levels he describes in the article are reliable?
Let me comment one by one:
First question: The 400-day moving average of BTC is at 81,000, so it can get support and rebound here.
Comment: What the heck is a 400-day moving average? Twice the 200-day? It's the first time I've heard of a 400-day moving average. Did he have to make up a BTC 400-day moving average just to show off his sharp insight?
Second question: The strong resistance level of BTC is at 86,500, so every time it reaches here, it pulls back.
Comment: Does it pull back because there is resistance at 86,500? Isn't it due to recent macro issues like the crazy rise in oil prices, the repeated ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine over oil and gas, and the unstable situation between Yemen and Saudi Arabia? It's just that there was no special positive catalyst to push a one-time rebound above 90,000. It just so happens that BTC encountered resistance at 86,500.
When all these coincidences come together, they are described as a mechanical executable operation method. This kind of thinking is extremely naive.#BTC and ETH spot ETFs are flowing out simultaneously, has institutional demand weakened?
Looking at this data, don’t rush to shout "institutions have fled" yet.
$BTC and $ETH spot ETFs are flowing out simultaneously, indicating that allocation in regulated channels is cooling down, especially ETH which has seen eight consecutive days of withdrawals, looking more like a "real reduction" than BTC.
But I prefer to call it: macro risk aversion + profit-taking, not a collective long-term institutional exit.
When US Treasury yields, the dollar, and geopolitical risks rise, big money in ETFs first cuts beta; it’s normal for BTC and ETH to be trimmed together.
The difference is: BTC outflows are in pulses, ETH outflows are trending. So the phrase "institutional demand weakening" fits ETH more, while for BTC it’s more of a short-term retreat.
Next, watch the next three days: whether outflows spread to the entire IBIT/FBTC/ARKB camp or remain concentrated in certain products; whether BTC can hold above 84k;
and whether funds return after CPI and Federal Reserve statements. If outflows continue, that’s a demand inflection point; if they stop falling and rebound, it’s just October deleveraging.
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#9月CPI公布在即，哈玛克称仍需进一步加息 There are too many short positions on $BAT. Every time the whales pump it up, it slowly slides down. Pumping a few points at a time can't trigger the short positions, and instead, the shorts keep adding to their positions. How long can this coin keep going just relying on the whales to pump it?Unichain has been "sent away," what remains of the $UNI story?
On October 29, Uniswap Labs handed over its own child Unichain to Optimism. This self-owned L2, which was only set to launch in 2025, survived just over a year before being hastily transferred. The announcement was understated, but the strategic contraction is unmistakableUniswap is refocusing on its core business.
For UNI holders, this is not good news.
The daily trading volume of the Uniswap main protocol has always been strong,#BTC and ETH spot ETFs are flowing out simultaneously, is institutional demand weakening? The leader has something to say
BTC and ETH spot ETFs both saw outflows last week, totaling $1.221 billion. BTC had a net outflow of $679 million, ending three consecutive weeks of net inflows. ETH had a net outflow of $542 million, marking the largest single-week outflow since January and nine consecutive trading days of outflows.
Is institutional demand weakening? My judgment is that this is a phase of portfolio adjustment, not a trend of withdrawal. Before the CPI release, funds are hedging, which is expected. Plus, with the 30-year US Treasury yield at 5.7% and short-term debt yields high enough, some funds are temporarily moving into fixed income, which is normal.
But ETH is weaker than BTC. BitMine already holds 6.03 million ETH, close to 5% of the total supply, and management says they have basically bought enough. The largest ETH treasury buyer has stopped, so ETH has lost key support. That's why ETH is falling harder than BTC and its rebound is weaker than BTC's.
Today the market is recovering, BTC is up 2.09%, ETH up 2.94%. ETF fund flows and short-term prices are diverging; some are selling, some are buying. The market is waiting for the CPI to set the direction.
I still hold my BTC long at 82,800, stop loss at 81,500, target at 86,000. ETF outflows are a slow variable and do not affect the short-term rebound rhythm. I will reduce positions at the target and not cling to the fight. $BTC $ETH $ZEC
I won't touch ETH for now, waiting for ETF funds to flow back. No chasing highs or panic selling, just set stop losses properly. The most noteworthy data today is that BTC's total network contract open interest sharply dropped by 6.05% within 24 hours, falling to $54.091 billion. Meanwhile, the price rebounded above 83,000, making the signal of a reduction-driven rebound worth a closer look.
1. What changed? This morning, BTC briefly fell below 81,000, with over $770 million in leveraged positions liquidated within 24 hours, of which 88.9% were long positions. The price then made a V-shaped recovery, but the open interest did not rise correspondingly.
2. Why is this significant? This rebound accompanied by a decline in open interest indicates that the rally was not driven by new long entries but rather by short covering and forced liquidations. BTC funding rates have turned negative, meaning shorts are now paying to hold positions.
3. Which interpretation is currently more supported? It leans more towards a "technical correction after leverage clearing" rather than a trend reversal. Ethereum ETFs have seen net outflows for 10 consecutive trading days, showing institutions are still systematically reducing positions.
Next, watch the previous high at 83,800: a volume-backed hold above this level would validate the rebound; if pressure returns, the nature of this reduction-driven rebound will be confirmed. The direction may be revealed earlier than most expect. $BTC #9月CPI公布在即，哈玛克称仍需进一步加息 $BTC Dot plot says 4.1%, the speaker says more hikes are needed.
▪️ Median of September dot plot 3.8% → 4.1%, unanimous 12-0 vote to raise rates by 25bp
▪️ SEP pushes return to 2% to 2029, core PCE revised up to 3.4%
▪️ CPI announced on 10/14 at 20:30, August reading CPI 3.4%, core month-on-month 0.3%
▪️ CME shows 78.4% probability of no rate hike at 10/27–28 meeting
▪️ Concurrently 10Y at 5.36%, 30Y at 5.73%, highest since 2002
The disagreement is not about how tough the speaker is, but that the "median of the dot plot" and the "tone of the speaker" are not the same thing.
The dot plot is the composite result of 19 voters, reflecting the committee's view on year-end rates; the speech is an individual statement, which can be interpreted as tougher. What is truly priced in is the former—CME's 78.4% no hike indicates the market treats the rate meeting as an uncertain variable. CPI is the only number not yet factored into this pricing.
Direction is to wait and see — if CPI is below expectations, bets on rate hikes will fade; if above expectations, the long end will move up another notch. Costs dropped by 82%, but I’m actually panicking
Researchers have reduced the estimated computational cost of dedicated quantum-secure Bitcoin transactions by 82%, down to $59.
The potential risk exposure is huge.
According to a Glassnode study, about 6.04 million bitcoins (30.2% of the then-issued Bitcoin supply) have public keys visible on-chain.
In theory, a sufficiently powerful quantum attacker could derive private keys from exposed public keys and take control of the associated cryptocurrency.
My thought is: what used to seem impossible is now being seriously pursued.
What’s more troublesome is something else.
Every time you move your coins, it’s like hanging your house keys online.
About one-third of all bitcoins worldwide are already in this state.
And the new solution only protects those that haven’t been exposed yet.
So the dividing line isn’t about cost, it’s about whether you acted early.
The good news is, changing to a new address can be done today, almost for free.
The bad news is, the attack has no deadline, but the risk is always present.
Don’t mistake the absence of incidents for safety; quantum security doesn’t mean it’s impenetrable.
It means it hasn’t been broken yet.
Those who act early can sleep well.
$59, one step closer than what I wrote before.BTC staged a classic "short squeeze counterattack" in the past hour. It briefly dropped below $81,000 in the morning, causing nearly 170,000 liquidations, but then the price strongly rebounded to around $83,800.
The core driver of this rebound was short covering, not new capital inflows. In the past 4 hours of liquidations, short positions accounted for over 90%. Meanwhile, spot ETFs saw a net outflow of as much as $681 million in a single week, with institutions reducing positions during the rebound.
In the short term, watch the resistance at the previous high of $83,800; if it fails to break out with volume, it will likely retest support at $83,000. The real decisive factor will be tomorrow night's CPI data—if inflation exceeds expectations, this rebound may be just a flash in the pan. $BTC $BTC BTC short-term 1-hour and 4-hour short positions have more liquidations, indicating this rapid rebound primarily swept out the shorts. Looking at the 24-hour timeframe, long position liquidations reached 110 million, significantly higher than the 53.119 million in short liquidations.
In simple terms: short-term rally harvested shorts, but over the full-day larger cycle, longs are still being heavily liquidated. The market oscillates back and forth, shaking out positions, with longs and shorts being liquidated in turn. This kind of market easily triggers stop losses on both sides, so positions must be kept light. #9月CPI公布在即，哈玛克称仍需进一步加息 #台积电Q3营收创新高，盈利表现待揭晓 #半导体板块集中抛售，韩国KOSPI跌超6% 【Under negative ETH funding rate, who is placing the 2523 buy order to support the bottom?】
Just after the US stock market opened, an abnormal signal appeared in the ETH order book.
What has changed with ETH? The funding rate is negative (-0.00064%), shorts are paying to hold positions, but buy orders account for 58% of the order book, with a large 250 ETH order placed at 2523.83.
Why is this worth attention? Over the past 10 days, ETH spot ETFs have seen continuous net outflows, indicating institutional withdrawal; however, the futures order book shows someone absorbing at the lower level. These two forces are moving in opposite directions.
Which observation is currently more supported? It leans more towards "passive defense under crowded shorts" rather than active bullishness. Negative funding rate means short positions are concentrated, and if the price does not fall, there is a possibility of a short squeeze.
Next, watch two signals: whether 2520 (MA20) can hold, and whether ETF outflows converge. If it doesn't hold, the support order may just be a buffer; if it holds, the story is just beginning. $ETH Write an analysis post about the field I am most skilled in.
I have spent 1000 days and nights studying various macro data and geopolitics of different countries.
First, regarding the screenshot, tomorrow is the release day of the 5-star data CPI, which will be published at 8:30 PM.
The most noteworthy points are the annual rate and the Fed's favorite core CPI monthly rate month-over-month.
Currently, the expected data for the annual rate is not optimistic, while the core monthly rate month-over-month is still acceptable; last month was 0.3%, and now the expectation is 0.2%.
If one is good and the other is bad, they can offset each other. If both are bad, then we need to focus on analyzing the current positions and status of BTC and ETH in the market.
First: If both data points are good,
BTC and ETH will strongly break through their respective resistance levels at 83850 and 2566, these two key positions.
Second: If one is good and the other is bad, regardless of whether the annual rate or the monthly rate is good, overall, as long as ETH is around 2535 at the time of release with one good and one bad data point, it will most likely move sideways downward. Subsequently, it will continue to oscillate within a range.
Third: If both data points are bad,
If at the time of release BTC is above 83000, a sharp drop is inevitable. Altcoins will suffer even more.
If BTC and ETH tonight, for unknown reasons, fall below 81000 and 2430 respectively, then with bad data, the rise or fall tomorrow is uncertain.
Only by breaking below their respective lows to find a bottom, or by the negative news being fully priced in, will there be an open-ended positive outcome.Bottom at 80,000 or chase the rise at 86,000?
CPI will give the answer tonight
CPI data is the "trigger" for the crypto market's directional choice tonight. If the core month-on-month is 0.2%, BTC is expected to hold above $83,000 and challenge 86,000; if it is 0.3% or higher, there is a high probability of a pullback to 80,000 or even lower.
The current market has already "voted with its feet" in advance. The capital flow sends a clear warning: Bitcoin spot ETFs saw a net outflow of as much as $681 million last week, ending three consecutive weeks of inflows; Ethereum ETFs also had a net outflow of $542 million, with institutions proactively reducing risk amid macro uncertainty.
The key contradiction lies in the misalignment between market pricing and Federal Reserve expectations. Prediction markets show a 67% probability that BTC will fall below $80,000 within October, meaning the current crypto prices have not fully priced in the scenario of "core CPI exceeding expectations."
Operational advice: reduce leverage and stay on the sidelines before the data release. If the core month-on-month is 0.2%, lightly follow BTC's short-term rebound with a target of 85,000-86,000; if core is 0.3%+, wait for BTC to pull back to the dense on-chain support zone at 77,000-78,000 before considering phased buying, rather than blindly bottom-fishing around 81,000. Ethereum requires additional attention to ETF capital flows and transfer movements of wallets related to the foundation.
#9月CPI公布在即，哈玛克称仍需进一步加息 #台积电Q3营收创新高，盈利表现待揭晓 #阿斯麦财报前瞻：EUV订单成关键看点 $BTC $ETH $ZEC Originally was about to sleep, but glanced at the K-line, BTC 15-minute RSI surged to 96.8, too hot for the short term, ETH and SOL also bounced along, but whether they can hold above the resistance level is the real focus.
$BTC rebounded from 80351 to 83665, 15-minute RSI surged to 96.8, clearly overbought, but contract open interest hasn't expanded much, indicating this rally is more like short covering and bottom-fishing driving it; spot market hasn't kept up at all. The 84000 above is a resistance level; if it can't hold, it's a fake rebound, chasing highs is very risky.
$ETH rose from 2405 to 2520, but the 4-hour MACD is still below the zero line. The lower edge of the 2550 to 2578 box has many trapped positions; it's not easy to break through directly. RSI is also overbought. Chasing longs at this position has poor cost-effectiveness.
$SOL rebounded from 101.58 to 108.08, 15-minute RSI surged to 74.9, 4-hour resistance is near 110. Like BTC and ETH, no new money is entering; this rebound lacks sustainability.
I believe tonight's V-shaped rebound is not a reversal, but more like an escape opportunity for those trapped during the day.
Follow-up operation plan: Only consider light long positions if BTC holds above 84000, ETH above 2550, and SOL above 110; otherwise, wait for a pullback. BTC looks at 82000, ETH at 2450, SOL at 103-105, and act after volume contracts and stabilizes.
#9月CPI公布在即，哈玛克称仍需进一步加息 Countdown 24 hours: 820 million evaporated overnight
At midnight, $BTC plunged to 80,927, $ETH touched 2,405, with 814 million contracts evaporated in 24 hours, 84.6% of which were long positions—no black swan, just leverage paying debts.
The rebound gap is very honest: BTC is only 0.3% away from the opening price, ETH hasn't touched back 2,560, $SOL is 3% short of 112. This is not a return of risk appetite, but funds hiding in BTC as a shelter. Market dominance is 59.3%, BTC is sucking liquidity.
Macro is not easing: Hamak says inflation has spread to AI infrastructure and electricity, with nearly 70% chance of rate hike in December, 10-year US Treasury at 5.24%.
October 14, 20:30 CPI, the decisive factor is core month-on-month—≤0.2% is a breather, 0.3% reignites debate, ≥0.4% triggers rate hike repricing. Risk is asymmetric; overheating is much more troublesome than cooling.
Watch three numbers: BTC 84,360, ETH 2,580, SOL 113. Only when all three move together is it diffusion; BTC alone moving is risk aversion.
#9月CPI公布在即，哈玛克称仍需进一步加息 #台积电Q3营收创新高，盈利表现待揭晓 #半导体板块集中抛售，韩国KOSPI跌超6% Lost $11.27 million in seven days, this crash really put Big Bro Maji on the hit list again.
First, two rounds of cutting positions and taking losses, actually losing $1.01 million + $12,000, left with only a 25x long position of 7,150 ETH, with the price just $26 above the liquidation line;
Then just after a slight rebound at dawn, he turned around and added positions again, latest holding 9,825 ETH, with an unrealized loss of $845,000, and cumulative funding fees burned $1.34 million.
On October 5th, the account still had an unrealized profit of $5.46 million, but in just seven days it dropped to only $562,000, a net value drawdown of nearly 90%. This is no longer a roller coaster, it's free fall.
Many people use him as a contrarian indicator to mock, but I think this is the harshest truth of high-leverage trading: unrealized profits are always just paper numbers, but liquidation is a real evaporation of principal.
He was right to bet on ETH long-term going up, but 25x leverage simply can't withstand any volatility. Even if the big direction is right, there's a high chance of dying halfway. Sideways movement is like a dull knife cutting flesh, funding fees are deducted daily, and if the trend doesn't come, the position is gone first.
Leverage is something where winning a hundred times is not enough to cover losing once. Do you think he can hold on this time, or is it another liquidation to zero?
$BTC $ETH 100x leverage earned 175%, netting 0.08U
$ETH rose from 2487 to above 2530, increasing by less than two points.
Someone used 6.91U principal, going 100x full long.
What does this number mean:
100x means if the price moves 1% against you, the principal is gone.
1% of 6.91U is 0.07U.
So this position survived because the direction was just right.
What he actually did:
Entry price 2487, unrealized profit 175%, which translates to only 0.08U earned.
Shorted another coin 3x, unrealized profit 65%, netting 0.1U.
Together, both trades made less than 0.2U.
Leverage amplifies the percentage, not the money.
When the principal is very small, doubling is just a few cents.
What really gets amplified is the liquidation risk.
Wait until a position that can lose the entire principal appears, then talk about profits.
#BTC与ETH现货ETF同步流出，机构需求转弱了吗？ $ETH Regarding $ETH ETH here, in the 1-hour and 4-hour charts, there are more short liquidations, with short-term rebounds first clearing out the shorts. But extending to 12h and 24h, the long liquidations significantly outnumber the shorts; in 24 hours, longs liquidated reached 130 million, while shorts only 39.378 million.
Simply put: short-term price surges harvest shorts, but over the full day in larger timeframes, longs are heavily liquidated. The market oscillates back and forth, with longs and shorts being washed out alternately. This kind of market easily triggers stop losses on both sides, so trading must be done cautiously.
⚠️ Risk warning: Liquidation data only reflects already occurred clearings and cannot be used to predict future market movements.LayerZero spent 10 million of its own money to buy coins, yet ZRO still dropped 14%, with the unlocking acting like a blade pressing down on everyone.
Market overview first: OKEx spot current price is 2.0272, down 2.1% in 24h, after reaching a high of 2.3673 it fell back to 2.03, a 14% pullback from the peak; trading volume is 5.9 million USDT, market cap 950 million, volume shrinking with a slow decline.
Interesting event timeline: Yesterday LayerZero Labs bought 10 million USD worth of ZRO on the open market, price surged to 2.48 that day, making people think the project team was stepping in to push it up, but today it was knocked back to reality — even insiders buying coins couldn’t stop the correction.
The reason is clear: On October 20, 23.63 million ZRO tokens worth about 53.73 million USD will unlock, split evenly between core contributors and the ecosystem. As the countdown enters the window, short-term funds dare not take the lead; technical indicators also align: RSI at 40.5, MACD bearish crossover below zero line, price pressed below the super trend and all short- and mid-term moving averages, no one dares to go long actively.
But don’t lose sight of the long-term logic: Since April, Stargate’s revenue has been 100% used to buy back ZRO, having purchased 2.538 million tokens. The project team investing real money to vote is a long-term signal, it’s just that the unlocking window causes short-term pressure.
Watch the support at 1.9984, if broken look down to 1.97; resistance is at 2.1384. The battle before the unlocking lands is about who has patience. DYOR, not investment advice.
#ZRO #LayerZero #CrossChainToday, the South Korean KOSPI plunged sharply, once falling below the 6000 mark, dropping more than 6% and triggering a circuit breaker. Weighted stocks were clearly under pressure, with Samsung Electronics falling over 5% and SK Hynix plummeting more than 7%.
This round of sell-off was driven by multiple factors resonating together: foreign capital continued to flee heavily, with net sales exceeding 1 trillion KRW in the morning session, and the outflow trend has persisted for several days; combined with the breakthrough in DDR5 new technology by ChangXin Memory, the market worries about the impact on Samsung and Hynix's storage pricing advantage. Additionally, the weakness in the US stock AI sector and hawkish remarks from Federal Reserve officials tightened liquidity expectations, further dragging down global tech risk assets.
The index dropped to around 5900, close to previous key support. Many local Korean brokerage firms believe that after the sharp decline, Samsung and Hynix valuations are oversold in the short term and require technical repair.
However, it should be noted that foreign capital selling pressure has not yet confirmed an end, and whether following the trend to short or directly bottom-fishing, the risks are relatively high.
Short-term judgment: A rebound repair is highly likely, but it is defined as a technical rebound rather than a trend reversal. $BTC $ETH $SKHYNIX #半导体板块集中抛售，韩国KOSPI跌超6% $SNDK previously stated that the storage supply-demand gap wouldn't be filled until 2028, so why is it falling?
The logic hasn't changed, but the market is pricing in a peak profit in 2027 ahead of time. ChangXin announced a breakthrough in 4F² technology, and the market's first reaction wasn't "China's chip rise," but rather "storage chips will become dirt cheap in the future."$BTC $ETH $SOL
Multiple pre-market news in the US stock market collectively signal that institutions are beginning to reduce equity risk and shift towards bond hedging, which will directly impact the crypto market.
In the crypto space, the correlation between BTC and Nasdaq has already rebounded. The risk appetite in the US stock market will directly affect the crypto market. Institutions reducing US stock holdings and increasing US bond allocations means risk capital is contracting, which will continue to suppress BTC and ETH. Yesterday, spot ETFs continued to see outflows, resonating with the risk-off sentiment in the US stock market.
If the US stock market opens weaker, the crypto market will simultaneously come under pressure; if the US stock market stabilizes and oscillates, the crypto space will maintain range-bound trading. Currently, with overall capital seeking safety, altcoins are facing greater volatility pressure.
BlackRock's moves are the most representative: it downgraded US stocks to neutral while increasing US bond allocations, ending a six-year underweight stance on US bonds. This reflects the current judgment of leading institutions that the cost-effectiveness of the stock market is declining, capital is prioritizing bond hedging, and willingness to allocate to risk assets is shrinking.
Bank earnings reports show divergence: JPMorgan's revenue missed expectations, with FICC business income below estimates; Goldman Sachs' equity trading business exceeded expectations, but fixed income business was weak; Citigroup slightly met targets. Big banks' earnings falling short of expectations will heighten market concerns about the economy.
Regarding memory chips, Morgan Stanley warns that the semiconductor cycle is nearing its peak, with high profitability posing a valuation trap, and expectations for tech stocks are beginning to ease.#渣打银行为Ripple旗下RLUSD提供托管服务
$XRP Banks custodize stablecoins, collateral doesn't need to move.
▪️ Standard Chartered provides institutional custody for RLUSD through its Dubai International Financial Centre branch, regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority
▪️ Supports RLUSD running on its native XRP Ledger
▪️ Plans to extend the "collateral mirroring" model to LMAX, allowing clients to use RLUSD as trading collateral
▪️ In the mirroring model, tokens remain in bank custody, and LMAX can confirm position value without client transfers
▪️ Standard Chartered says this model can reduce transfer risk and counterparty exposure; functionality still requires documentation, testing, and regulatory approval
The disagreement isn't whether banks are willing to custody stablecoins, but which step is saved by the "collateral doesn't leave custody" design.
Previously, to use stablecoins as collateral, the coins had to be transferred to the counterparty, and the transfer process itself was an exposure. The mirroring model lets the bank issue confirmation, and the counterparty recognizes the value, so the coins don't move, reducing risk exposure. Whether this process can be implemented depends on whether banks are willing to take responsibility for a "confirmation"—Standard Chartered has listed it as a pending approval item, indicating it is also waiting for conditions to be met.
The direction is for observers — collateral functionality approval and implementation marks a new stage; stopping at custody just adds another custodian.#Strategy's accumulation slows down, is the corporate treasury strategy changing?
Strategy's approach has shifted a bit; it used to buy coins blindly, but now it's starting to be more cautious.
Let's look at the data. From October 5th to 11th, during that week, Strategy only bought 250 BTC, spending less than 20 million USD. But in the same period, it spent 192 million USD to repurchase its own STRC preferred shares. Do the math: the buyback amount is 9 times the amount spent on buying coins. The man who used to "raise funds just to buy coins" is now using most of the money to fix the capital structure.
Looking at the bigger picture, SoSoValue statistics show that the net weekly BTC purchases by listed companies dropped by 90.6% week-over-week. This is not just Strategy's issue; the entire corporate treasury buying pace is collectively slowing down. On the other hand, BitMine still holds 6.03 million ETH, accounting for 4.9% of the total supply, with 84% of that staked, gradually locking up.
What impact does this have?
First, short-term buying pressure is definitely reduced.
Second, just because treasury players are not buying doesn't mean they are selling.
My view is simple.
Don't panic just because accumulation is slowing. Strategy is now spending 9 times more on repurchasing preferred shares, which is building a firewall for itself—stabilizing the capital structure first, then planning for future coin purchases. This is not a signal that the market will fall; treasury players are switching from "charging aggressively" to "holding steady."
What do you think? $BTC $SOL is bearish, with long positions liquidated for $25.11 million in the past 24 hours, while short positions only liquidated $8.48 million. The number of long trades is about half that of shorts, but the amount is much larger, indicating that large long positions were liquidated, whereas shorts are mostly small trades. The funding rate has dropped for three consecutive periods to 0.0013%. The sign of the funding rate doesn't indicate direction, but it has been narrowing, showing fewer people are paying to go long. Leveraged longs are being squeezed out, and no new money is coming in to take their place. The chart's highs are still rising, so the uptrend structure hasn't broken. However, these highs were pushed up by leveraged longs, who have just been cleared once; the 109.82 level was tested but not held. Moving averages show a bearish alignment and price has broken below moving average support, matching the liquidation direction, so I trust this side more. $920 million in open interest is still on the books, longs haven't fully cleared, and the next test will be at 101.56. Conditions to turn bullish: price must hold above 109.82 with open interest increasing simultaneously. If both occur, this bearish judgment is invalid.Interactive Brokers has also launched ETH staking, using ZeroHash technology. But the announcement doesn't provide a single yield figure, nor does it mention the lock-up period or whether you can withdraw at any time.
On-chain interest is originally something you can get in full just by opening a wallet. When integrated into a brokerage account, there's an extra layer of channel and an extra layer of fees; what they're really selling is convenience and compliance.
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$ETH $ADA Market Overview ADA has long been in a fluctuating downward channel, with multiple rebounds being weak recoveries. The rebound heights are getting lower and lower, making it difficult to sustain a continuous trend. When the overall market warms up, ADA's gains lag behind public chain competitors like Ethereum and SOL; once the market pulls back, ADA often falls among the top in losses, making it a typical weak asset that follows declines but not rises. Recently, rumors have circulated that some trading platforms plan to delist ADA spot trading pairs, further suppressing market confidence and causing on-exchange funds to exit for safety. Core Reasons for the Decline 1. Continuous ecosystem contraction, lacking real incremental growth Cardano initially focused on being an academic public chain with peer-reviewed scientific narratives, but the implementation progress has been slow for a long time. On-chain TVL has shrunk significantly, DeFi activity is sluggish; once leading NFT marketplaces and on-chain data tools have successively shut down, daily active addresses and on-chain transactions continue to decline. The ecosystem lacks blockbuster applications, user loss is obvious, and there is no sustained capital or new user inflow to support the token price. The grand narrative has gradually been disproven by the market. 2. Competition in the sector squeezes space, narrative no longer scarce The smart contract public chain sector is highly competitive. SOL, ETH, and Avalanche continuously capture funds, while new public chains and modular chains keep diverting attention. ADA's "academic public chain" story is no longer fresh. Others are rapidly iterating their ecosystems, while ADA's update pace is slow. Market funds prefer chains with real users and high transaction activity, leading to continuous outflow from ADA. 3,$BTC The evening outlook given by Ayue has been partially realized with a slight gain, successfully moving up by over 800 points, and Ethereum also gained nearly 40 points! Friends who kept up with the pace, please pay attention and check, and be careful to reduce positions in batches. $ETH May it continue to follow the trend steadily, advancing step by step, creating new achievements, and living up to every trust and persistence.
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#9月CPI公布在即，哈玛克称仍需进一步加息 #9月CPI公布在即，哈玛克称仍需进一步加息
Don't rush to go all in before the CPI release; crude oil and U.S. Treasuries have already given their answers
The September CPI is coming tomorrow night, and the market expects the numbers to look bad this time. Core CPI month-over-month is expected to be between 0.2% and 0.24%, but the overall CPI year-over-year might jump directly from 3.4% to 3.6%-3.7%.
In simple terms, oil prices have pushed the overall number up, but core inflation is actually cooling down. The national average gasoline price in the U.S. is $4.33, nearly $1 more expensive than the same period last year. However, core components like rent, used cars, and insurance are stable, and the one-time factor of Verizon's price hike has also passed.
Crude oil is even more straightforward. Brent is fluctuating around 104-106, WTI around 91-93. Oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz are still being attacked, diesel supply is very tight, and U.S. diesel is $0.70 more expensive than before the conflict. But Trump has said he won't attack Iran before the midterm elections, and Russian diesel exports are starting to loosen up, so oil prices have both ceilings and floors.
U.S. Treasuries are even more interesting. The 10-year yield just surged to a 20-plus-year high of 5.36%, but on Tuesday it reversed and fell back to around 5.19%. The reason is simple: as Asian stock markets fell, safe-haven funds flowed back into U.S. Treasuries. But this doesn't mean the inflation problem is solved; it's purely a risk-hedging demand triggered by the stock market drop.
My view: short-term is more likely to be volatile, no rush to expect a one-way move. If core CPI meets expectations, U.S. Treasury yields may continue to fall in the short term, providing a breather for growth stocks The underlying stock plummeted, but the contract surged — I feel uneasy about the money I made
Tonight's most surreal scene: the US stock storage sector collapsed. Changxin Storage's IPO soared 466% on the first day, scaring global storage stocks — SK Hynix dropped 10%, Micron fell 5%, and SanDisk's underlying stock opened down nearly 5% again.
But OKX's SNDK contract jumped from 1,403 straight up to 1,465, soaring against the underlying stock, now even more expensive than the stock itself. I entered at 1,437, with an unrealized profit of +5.5U.
This surge isn't due to bulls being strong, but because shorts are too crowded: panic selling during the day pushed the contract cheaper than the underlying stock, and when the US market opened with bad news, shorts rushed to cover, pushing the contract price beyond the peak.
So my choice: pocket the profits first. The underlying stock is falling, Changxin's competition is real, and there's a big earnings test on 10/29 — the money made from this mismatch is temporarily parked by the market, don't take it as a sure thing.
Have you ever traded contracts linked to stock-crypto correlation? Let's discuss in the comments.
Risk warning: personal live trading record, not investment advice, leverage risk is extremely high, please do not copy trades. Bookmakers being investigated for advertising—what does this have to do with the crypto space?
Just saw that the FTC is targeting FanDuel and DraftKings, saying their ads might be misleading.
But notice one detail: Kalshi and Polymarket are not on the list.
That’s worth pondering.
Both involve betting, yet traditional gambling is being scrutinized while prediction markets are left alone.
Simply put, regulators currently treat these two as different species.
Gambling is gambling; prediction markets are more like financial instruments.
This is a sentiment boost for platforms like Polymarket, at least they haven’t been targeted in the short term.
But don’t celebrate too soon—the FTC’s review is still early, and it’s uncertain if the scope will expand later.
What I’m more curious about now is whether this wave of scrutiny will turn into free advertising for prediction markets.
#代币化资产加速扩张，规模化落地还有多远？
#$ZEC In the past decade or so, the mainland's attitude toward Bitcoin (BTC) has followed a main line: from "defining it as a virtual commodity, warning of risks, isolating the financial system," gradually moving to "completely banning domestic virtual currency-related businesses + clearing out mining + continuously cracking down on speculation/money laundering/illegal financial activities." It was not a sudden one-size-fits-all ban but a step-by-step tightening. 1. 2013: Recognized as a "virtual commodity" but denied currency attributes - The People's Bank of China and five other ministries issued the "Notice on Preventing Bitcoin Risks": Bitcoin is not currency but a "specific virtual commodity" and cannot circulate as currency. - Financial institutions and payment institutions are prohibited from conducting Bitcoin exchange, clearing, custody, pricing, insurance, and other businesses. - Ordinary people can buy and sell at their own risk—this is considered "commodity trading," not a legal investment product, nor currency. - Core logic: prevent money laundering, maintain the legal status of the RMB, and keep risks outside the financial system. 2. 2017: Expanded from "Bitcoin" to "virtual currency/ICO," clearing trading platforms - The People's Bank of China and seven other departments issued the "Announcement on Preventing Risks of Token Issuance Financing": ICOs were defined as illegal public financing. - Domestic token issuance financing and virtual currency trading platforms were centrally cleaned up; Huobi/OKEx and others moved their domestic businesses overseas. - Attitude change: no longer just "Bitcoin speculation is risky," but treating token financing, platform matchmaking, and fundraising behaviors as financial chaos to be cracked down on. - At this time, individual coin speculation was not yet considered a crime, but platforms, coin issuance, and fundraising were already prohibited. 3. 2021: Completely tightenedGlassnode: BTC has twice found support at the ETF cost basis, with key support below at $77,500
According to on-chain institutional data from Glassnode, BTC has twice stabilized and rebounded at the ETF cost basis level, which has shifted from previous resistance to support. If this defense line is breached, the next strong support is expected at the true market average of $77,500.
Opinion: The ETF cost line represents the breakeven point for institutional holdings. The fact that support has held twice indicates strong buying pressure in this area. However, support is not an ironclad bottom; macro interest rate hike expectations and ETF capital outflows could break through this range. Holding near $81,500 is necessary for a rebound; breaking below would directly target $77,500.
Contract trading strategy: Play long positions based on support, with stop-loss set below $77,500. If volume-driven break below $77,500 occurs, avoid bottom-fishing and follow the bearish trend. Also, continuously monitor daily ETF capital flows, as sustained outflows will weaken on-chain support effectiveness.
Do you think the ETF cost support will hold this time, or will it test $77,500?The biggest buyer of HYPE is not institutions: $1.26 billion, it is buying itself
Who is the biggest buyer of HYPE? Not institutions, not ETFs, it is itself. Data from October 10: Hyperliquid's cumulative protocol revenue has exceeded $1.4 billion, of which over $1.26 billion has been used to buy back HYPE. This number alone might not mean much, so let's find a reference — the total net asset value of all $HYPE spot ETFs combined is about $452 million.
In other words, the money the platform has spent on buybacks is nearly three times the total holdings of all ETFs combined. To put it simply: whether those institutions outside buy or not is actually not that important; the real main buyer is the platform's own daily revenue. Other projects rely on calling people in to support the market, but this one relies on real money buying in itself.
I used to focus on who was flowing in and out, but now I don't watch that anymore — that's just small money coming and going. Just keep an eye on the buyer who consistently scoops up every week without fail.Can a trading novice who knows nothing achieve stable profits in the market? I will show you with 100 real trades.
No need to chew on obscure theories, no need to study complicated indicators every day.
You just need to build a simple, personalized set of trading rules: when to enter, how much to take profit, how much loss requires exit, and order position size. The rules don’t need to be complex, just understandable and executable. (Trading strategy at the end of the article)
Today is the fifth trade of the spcx opening strategy.
The market gave the short position a 2:1 risk-reward opportunity, and the short position successfully took profit. As for whether the market will continue to fall or if there will be a big missed opportunity later, I don’t care; I only take the profits within my own trading strategy!
I will use several common market trading strategies to execute 100 real trades, no mysticism, no hype about huge profits, no hindsight bias. No need to chew on complex theories, no market trend predictions, just stick to fixed rules: entry conditions, take profit, stop loss, and position size all predetermined. Every trade is fully recorded, every profit and loss is shown truthfully. No reliance on one-time big wins, only looking at whether the strategy can produce positive results over the long term. As long as it can generate stable profits, anyone can replicate it.
Detailed strategy:
Only trade within the first four hours of the US stock market open, determine highs and lows based on 15-minute candlesticks before and after the open, enter when price breaks out, go long on a breakout above the high, short on a breakout below the low. Stop loss is set at the breakout candlestick’s high or low; if the stop loss is too tight, set it at the previous candlestick’s high or low. Risk-reward ratio is 1-2 times.
spcx is highly popular, with sufficient liquidity during opening hours and large volatility, making it a very good breakout trading target.
The market always has uncertainty; no strategy can guarantee profits forever. Even the best trading systems will encounter losing trades. What makes the difference is whether ordinary people can control their impulses and consistently follow their own rules.
$BTC $SPCX $ETH #9月CPI公布在即，哈玛克称仍需进一步加息 Summary in one sentence: Countries that ban cryptocurrencies mostly do not "collapse," but generally fail to completely ban cryptocurrencies; the result is "the disappearance of the open market, the growth of underground/P2P/stablecoin markets," expanding regulatory blind spots, and many countries later shifting from bans to licensed regulation. 1. Four typical outcomes 1. China: Financial system is completely cut off, but demand shifts underground/overseas - In 2021, exchanges were cleared out, trading was banned, and mining was phased out. - Goal achieved: The banking system, household savings, and power grid resources are no longer directly tied to highly volatile crypto speculation. - Cost: Trading moved to overseas platforms, USDT/stablecoin P2P, Hong Kong/offshore channels; retail investors find it difficult to protect their rights, and fraud and cross-border money laundering become harder to track. - Industry side: China-background teams like Binance and OKX went overseas; the domestic market missed the native CEX/stablecoin track but gained the digital RMB and Hong Kong compliance testing ground. - Conclusion: National financial security benefits are obvious, individual investor protection weakens, and industry spills over. 2. Nigeria: Ban failed, returned to licensing after 5 years - In 2021, the central bank prohibited banks from servicing crypto exchanges. - Result: Naira devaluation + inflation, people wanted USDT more; the market shifted from exchanges to P2P, OTC, and Telegram trading. - IMF later clearly stated: bans alone don’t work, leading to "digital dollarization" + regulatory black holes. - Around 2026, shifted to virtual asset regulatory framework and regulatory sandbox. - Conclusion: BanThanks to the market for giving me a V-shaped recovery, otherwise I would have been eating dirt today. Let's talk about my positions in BTC, ETH, SOL, and OKB:
Today, the four brothers I hold all took a hit, but who is the main decliner and who is affected by sentiment can still be seen from the on-chain capital flows:
1. $BTC is the most resilient, with the cleanest on-chain capital. Although the ETF redeemed $450 million, whales took advantage of the big drop to buy 15,000 coins, so BTC's mid-term trend will be very strong.
Also, 81,000 is a strong support level at BTC's 400-day moving average, and every pullback quickly rebounds. From a long-term perspective, BTC is also in a consolidating upward trend.
2. $ETH is the weakest, with ETF net outflows for 8 consecutive days, totaling $640 million. The capital side is too weak to hold.
Moreover, the selling pressure of 4,393 coins transferred from the EF wallet to Kraken remains suspicious, and 2,200 is a critical hard support level below.
3. SOL fell the hardest, mainly due to a $120 million short position on Hyperliquid. The ETF side only saw outflows of over $3 million, so the impact is minor. This token is being suppressed by derivatives sentiment, not by spot money running away.
4. $OKB followed the decline, but its fundamentals are very good: X Layer has integrated xStocks, plans to pursue SEC exemption for 63 US stock tokens, and with deflationary burns, the mid-term position is sustainable.
This kind of follow-the-fall decline can turn into an independent rally at any time, so holders with chips should hold tight!"$CORE The circulating supply you observed decreased by 81 million tokens. Based on public information, this is very likely due to the excess tokens burned during the hard fork in early September, which have now been updated and included in the data platform's statistics, rather than a new burn operation by the project team in October. 🔍 Why did the circulating supply decrease by 81 million? Your screenshot shows the circulating supply dropping from about 1.5 billion to 1.479 billion, a decrease of approximately 81 million tokens. This is directly related to the previous v1.0.26 hard fork event: · September 3 hard fork: Core DAO permanently burned over 150 million excess CORE tokens at the protocol level. · Data update lag: The hard fork occurred in early September, but data platforms (such as OKX) had delayed updates to circulating supply statistics. The 1.5 billion you saw earlier was likely pre-burn outdated data; the current 1.479 billion reflects the latest statistics after deducting the burned tokens. · Not a new burn: The "circulation rate of 70.45%" and the 81 million change you mentioned reflect the burn that occurred in September being re-accounted for, not a new action by the project team in October. 🧐 Did the project team perform new burns in October? No. Since the October 1 announcement about "gradually handing over block production roles to independent validators," there have been no new updates on the official Twitter. The circulating supply changes you see are statistical updates of historical events, not new burn announcements. 🤔 Why has the project team been "silent"? The October 1 statement essentially is a#贝莱德转向超配短债，下调美股评级
$BLK underweights U.S. Treasuries for six years, but this time it has reversed.
▪️ Short-term U.S. Treasuries rating upgraded to overweight, long-term U.S. Treasuries raised from underweight to neutral
▪️ When first underweighted in October 2020, the 10-year yield was about 0.9%; now it is above 5.2%
▪️ U.S. equities rating downgraded from overweight to neutral, agency MBS also downgraded to neutral
▪️ The report believes the market's bets on Fed rate hikes are already too high
▪️ Interest rate swaps show traders expect at least three 25bp hikes in the next 12 months
The divergence is not about whether BlackRock is bullish on U.S. stocks, but that it is doing two things simultaneously: locking in yields and avoiding volatility.
In the same report, the short end is favored because yields have reached a "lock-in" level, while the reason for downgrading U.S. stocks is the "potential volatility brought by AI development." It clearly states it does not mean bearish on AI, just managing near-term risk — but this statement itself highlights the divergence: AI capital expenditure is increasing, financing costs are high, and whether companies can generate returns above capital costs is becoming a screening criterion.
The direction is to wait and see — if rate hike expectations cool down, short-term bonds benefit; if expectations strengthen again, this allocation will need to be reassessed. Something happened in the Strait of Hormuz, so why is $BTC also suffering?
Originally, I thought that when a geopolitical conflict breaks out, Bitcoin could at least benefit a bit from its "digital gold" status. But this time, the intense attacks in the Strait of Hormuz actually slapped it down.
To be honest: this round of crisis is bearish for the crypto market, not bullish.
The logic is actually simple——
When the strait is attacked, oil prices rise. When oil prices rise, inflation expectations return. When inflation returns, the Federal Reserve won't dare to cut interest rates easily. When U.S. Treasury yields rise, assets like Bitcoin that generate no interest naturally get sold off first.
A few data points illustrate the issue:
During the days of escalating attacks, Bitcoin once fell below $81,000, dropping nearly 4% in a week. Ethereum and other major coins fell even harder.
More dramatically, nearly $970 million was liquidated within 24 hours, of which $644 million were long positions. Leveraged funds fled faster than anyone else.
The most ironic thing is that during the most tense moments, gold and Bitcoin both fell together. The term "digital gold" temporarily doesn't hold up in the face of real inflation-driven geopolitical shocks.
So what should we watch next?
Don't just focus on the news headlines; focus on these two more practical things:
First, whether Brent crude oil prices can fall back below $100;
Second, whether the Federal Reserve will be forced to continue tightening because of oil prices.
Once oil prices ease, the macro pressure on Bitcoin will lighten considerably.
#9月CPI公布在即，哈玛克称仍需进一步加息 $ETH funding rate just turned negative. The total open interest across the network has dropped from daytime levels, down more than 4% in 24 hours. On the 15-minute chart, a bullish engulfing candle formed with significantly increased volume. Price rebounded upward but open interest continued to shrink; the total volume did not expand during the bulls' rally.
The rebound accompanied by declining open interest indicates that the move up was mainly driven by short covering. Sell orders pushing price down are decreasing, and there is a lack of new short positions pressuring the market. Negative funding rate combined with shrinking open interest shows that although bearish sentiment is strong, actual selling pressure on the market has eased and price is not continuing to crash.
Looking at the bigger timeframe, the current price is exactly at the 4-hour support near 2520. The daily EMA lines are smoothly expanding upward from bottom to top, maintaining an overall uptrend. During today's dip, the price slowed down after hitting the 4-hour support. This candle closed without breaking the support, and buy orders at the bottom absorbed this pullback.
For the outlook, I lean bullish. The major 4-hour support below is holding well, the bearish selling pressure has mostly been consumed, and I expect a corrective upward move.
$BTC $SOL #9月CPI公布在即，哈玛克称仍需进一步加息 Looking at the wallet data left me speechless for a long time.
$ZEC currently has the top four addresses holding about 79% of the chips, which means this — all the remaining people in the market still watching this coin and guessing to make a profit are basically fighting over these leftover crumbs. If this data were on any new coin, I wouldn’t even glance twice. Everyone talks about whales controlling the market every day, but when it comes to an old-timer like ZEC that’s been around for years, the feeling is different, like someone quietly cleaned the table.
Look at how it’s dropped 11.6% over the past 7 days, and the short-term price has also been smashed down to around 1199. Doesn’t it look like a bunch of scared folks are rushing to run before it’s completely dead? Then look at the daily chart — it kind of looks like a shallow pit has been dug all the way down. I’m not telling you to believe in this "double bottom"; analyzing this is even fuzzier than fishing, with more people wrong than right. $ZEC SNDK previously said the storage supply-demand gap wouldn't be filled until 2028, so why is it falling?
The logic hasn't changed, but the market is pricing in a peak profit in 2027 ahead of time. Changxin announced a breakthrough in 4F² technology, and the market's first reaction wasn't "the rise of Chinese chips," but rather "storage chips will become dirt cheap in the future."
SanDisk's fundamentals are fine—the NAND supply-demand gap won't peak until Q1 2028. But the stock price is reflecting the "worst-case scenario" in advance. 1450 is short-term support; if it breaks, look at 1200.
For those holding positions, if 1450 doesn't break, just hold on.To start with the conclusion: The price of $SKDD and the contract positions are telling two different stories right now.
In the past 24 hours, it has risen from 8.5 to 9.9, an increase of about 15%, while 239 perpetual contracts across the market have been falling during the same period. But if you look at the funding rate: -0.28%, meaning shorts are paying longs.
What does this number mean? The funding rate is the "seat fee" between longs and shorts on perpetual contracts, settled every 8 hours, with a baseline of 0.01%. -0.28% is 28 times the baseline. If shorts hold continuously at this level for a month, they will cumulatively pay about 8% — shorts are literally burning money.
Two possibilities: one, the contract side believes this rally can't hold and keeps shorting to hedge; two, shorts are trapped inside, floating losses are growing, and the risk of a short squeeze from forced liquidations is accumulating. Which is true, the candlestick chart will tell you. But one thing is certain now: the price is rising, yet the contract side remains net short.
A word to those using leverage: if you don't understand the funding rate, don't lightly open shorts on "rising days." Opening shorts on rising days means you are the one paying the rent.
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Do you think the shorts will hold until 10, or will they be squeezed out first?Tonight marks the start of the Q3 earnings season, with the Big Four banks reporting first, and their results are diverging. Goldman Sachs posted net revenue of 18.68 billion, up more than 20% year-over-year, with stock trading surging 72%, exceeding expectations; JPMorgan Chase's revenue of 50.91 billion fell short of expectations, dropping 2% in pre-market; Citigroup's profits increased by 40%, while Wells Fargo's 21.87 billion was below expectations. One sweet, one salty—bank stocks are likely to split at tonight's open.
The real focus is the US September CPI report at 8:30 PM tomorrow. The market expects the overall year-over-year rate to rise from 3.4% to around 3.6%, mainly driven by oil prices; core inflation expectations remain mostly unchanged. If the core softens a bit, long-term interest rates can ease; if it hardens, bets on rate hikes will resume.
In crypto, outflows are tightening: last week, Bitcoin spot ETFs saw net outflows of about $679 million, the largest week since late June, and Ethereum about $542 million. Meanwhile, the S&P hit new highs, but crypto didn't keep up—there, corporate earnings are supporting prices; here, it's reliant on new money inflows, so any tightening reveals the difference.
The 10-year US Treasury yield is hovering between 5.19 and 5.24 at high levels. Watch two key points: if the 30-year breaks 5.64, tension rises; Bitcoin can't break above 82,500, and buying pressure hasn't returned.
Before a long trip, I usually fill up the tank and review the route once, then don't touch it. Road conditions are unpredictable; the only thing you can prepare is fuel. Just jotting this down as a personal note, not investment advice.