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#BTC continues its strength, can the capital flow sustain?
Just took a look at the market, BTC has pulled back from 79,500 to around 77,000, after rising from 64,000 to nearly 80,000 in a week, up more than 20%, so a correction is normal.
The logic behind this rally is actually quite clear:
It initially ignited from a short squeeze. Over the past few days, the entire market liquidated over $3 billion, shorts were forced to cover, pushing prices higher and higher. But the key turning point is that the capital structure has changed.
From August 17-21, the combined net inflow into US spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs was $2.615 billion, marking the strongest single-week performance since October 2025. On August 20 alone, the inflow was $826 million. Institutional funds are taking over, shifting from "short squeeze-driven" to "spot buying-driven."
Market opinions are also interesting:
CNBC host Jim Cramer was selling off Bitcoin weeks ago citing quantum computing risks, but now he’s advising viewers to "buy directly." Long-term bear Peter Schiff calls the break above 72,000 a "fake breakout" and suggests selling BTC to buy gold.
To be honest,
when Cramer turns bullish, people get a bit nervous—his reputation as a "contrarian indicator" is well known. But in the short term, whether ETF funds can continue to absorb profit-taking is the key to the quality of this rally. Let’s first see if 77,000 can hold.
Personal opinion, not investment advice.
$BTC $ETH $DOGE Account Position Divergence Radar
First, separate the sides and bets; new information only arises when the account direction and top positions are inconsistent.
$DOGE account numbers consistently lean long, but the top position ratio remains below 1, so the numerical advantage hasn't translated into a top position advantage. Price is rising while positions are shrinking; interpret this phase as a reduction rebound. The top position ratio needs to recover to 1 before position weight starts to align with account sentiment.
$SUI account numbers and top position weights are still not aligned; keep the divergence label for now and let the next layer handle price and position. A 15-minute decline accompanied by risk exposure contraction—observe the reduction speed first; do not label it as new short positions. The account structure is still in flux; price and open interest will determine which side truly gains the advantage.
$WLD different account metrics stand on opposite sides; currently treat this as divergence without amplifying any particular proportion. Price is moving down while positions increase, so this is not a simple overall reduction in positions in the short term. Divergence markets tend to fluctuate; wait for the top positions and price response to fully align before making a judgment.#BTC continues its strong momentum, can the capital flow sustain?
I am the mid-term intelligence analyst. BTC surged to around 78,000, honestly quite fierce, but we need to clear the accounts — not all this money is "new money."
First, looking at real cash: US stock spot ETFs have had net inflows for several consecutive days, with $307 million flowing in on August 21 alone, and BlackRock's IBIT taking in $239 million; institutional replenishment is real. But on the other hand, "short liquidations" contributed most of the firepower in this rally, with $3 billion worth of shorts liquidated in a single day, which is a one-time fuel that will burn out.
Mid-term, I see it as "strong but unstable." If ETFs can maintain daily inflows of two to three hundred million, the capital flow can hold, and BTC can stabilize above 70,000; but if the Fed stays hawkish and US bond yields rise again, those institutional inflows can quickly turn into outflows, as happened with a net outflow of $4.5 billion in the first half of last year. Plus, August is historically BTC's weakest month, so mid-term, don't get overly bullish; a pullback that doesn't break 70,000 is the real signal that capital can hold.
In short: short-term funds are hot, mid-term depends on ETFs not breaking flow, otherwise it's just high-level turnover after a short squeeze.
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$DOGE Sun Yuchen won a key round in the legal battle with World Liberty Financial, as the court ruled that his personal claims will continue to be heard in an open court rather than being moved to closed-door arbitration. 🔥 World Liberty originally hoped to transfer the entire dispute to arbitration and restrict the disclosure of documents. However, according to information disclosed by Sun Yuchen, the judge rejected this approach, at least for the part related to his personal allegations, and the trial will remain transparent. This detail is more noteworthy than the amount in dispute itself. Sun Yuchen's allegations involve multiple aspects: $WLFI's control over the token, the operation of USD1, lending issues, and World Liberty's financial capacity when facing a huge judgment. If these issues are addressed in an open court, they will receive broader scrutiny. It should be made clear that this is far from Sun Yuchen's final victory. But from a strategic perspective, avoiding the entire case becoming a closed arbitration indeed secured him a substantial advantage—his arguments can at least be considered in a more transparent judicial process. Looking back: Sun Yuchen claims to have invested $45 million and is seeking compensation in the hundreds of millions. A dispute of this scale is destined not to end quickly. The current situation looks more like the prelude to a protracted battle rather than a conclusion. For the market, the direction of this case may affect the short-term sentiment of the WLFI token and the related DeFi ecosystem. Open trials mean more details will gradually emerge, and any disclosures involving token control or stablecoin operations could trigger volatility. Invest US August composite PMI soared to 56, hitting the highest since April 2022, and the Q3 GDP growth forecast doubled directly to 3% — I stared at this data and laughed for a long time, confirming one thing: the nine Fed voters who maintained rates unchanged are probably now messaging each other in the office saying, "We're done for, how do we wrap this up?" 📊 First, look at the data: services are sprinting, manufacturing is lagging Behind On August 21, S&P Global released data in three sentences: Composite PMI 56.0, expected 54, previous 54.5 — highest since April 2022. Services PMI 56.8, expected 54, previous 54.6 — 20-month high. Manufacturing PMI 53.2, expected 53.9, previous 53.9 — five-month low. Translated into plain language: Americans are crazily spending on services (travel, dining, finance), but their willingness to buy goods is cooling down. The economy hasn't collapsed; instead, it's accelerating — this is the "good news" the Fed, which wants to cut rates, least wants to see. CME FedWatch shows the probability of keeping rates unchanged in September dropped from 67.3% to 59.9%, while the probability of a 25 basis point hike rose from 32.7% to 40.1%. The chance of at least one rate hike before year-end remains as high as 68%. Even harsher, in July's FOMC, 9 votes favored keeping rates unchanged, 3 opposed, all 3 opposing votes were for rate hikes. Now with PMI data exploding like this, those 3 people are probably writing emails: "I told you so, right?" ⚔️ Man$BTC
【Trend-following Short】First Choice
· Entry: Open short near 77,200 - 77,300 on rebound.
· Stop Loss: 77,550.
· Take Profit: First target 76,600, second target 76,440 (previous low).
【Oversold Rebound Catching】Cautious
· Entry: Open long near 76,500 - 76,600 on pullback.
· Stop Loss: 76,300 (must exit if breaks previous low).
· Take Profit: Near 77,000 (quick in and out).
【Core Reminder】
Currently oversold with rebound demand, but overall bearish bias. Keep position light, use stop loss, take profits quickly, never hold through losses.During BTC's retest of $80,000, a $500 million long liquidation occurred within 15 minutes, and during the same period, an inflow of approximately $1.17 trillion into spot ETFs was confirmed. This flow, where long position liquidations and spot buying pressure were simultaneously observed, raises the question: is this simply an expansion of volatility, or a signal that the position structure itself is changing? Reports emerged that BlackRock purchased 11,098 BTC and 132,769 ETH over two days. However, this was not BlackRock's own investment but investor funds flowing into the IBIT and ETHA spot ETFs. In other words, it is more accurate to view this as structural demand inflow through the ETF channel rather than directional bets by individual institutions. - Liquidation event: While BTC fluctuated around $80,000, approximately $500 million worth of long liquidations occurred within 15 minutes. This indicates that leveraged long positions had been excessively accumulated. - Spot ETF inflow: During the same period, large-scale funds flowed into spot ETFs. The simultaneous occurrence of liquidation and inflow suggests a cooling off of the derivatives market overheating.Summary $BTC $ETH From August 20-22, 2026, the second largest asset in the crypto market, Ethereum (ETH), staged an "epic" short squeeze rally: its price successively broke through the $2400, $2440, and $2500 integer levels, reaching a high of $2546.78, marking a three-month high since May 2026. Unlike the previous unilateral rally dominated solely by Bitcoin, this round of Ethereum's breakout is more symbolic: its upward momentum is not simply driven by Bitcoin sentiment but stems from a resonance between its own fundamentals and structural capital inflows — the US spot Ethereum ETF set the strongest single-day fundraising record in nearly 10 months, on-chain staking rates hit an all-time high, and structural derivatives short squeeze rallies combined to jointly propel ETH into an independent strong trend. As of now, ETH's 24-hour trading volume has exceeded $1.693 billion, its market cap has rebounded to $292.711 billion, firmly holding the second position among global crypto assets, while also returning to the top 72 of global mainstream asset market caps. Technically, it has for the first time since this cycle's pullback re-crossed above the weekly EMA50 "golden line." A series of data indicate that this rally is not driven by short-term speculation but signals a long-term institutional capital layout based on fundamentals — marking a shift in market style from the previous Bitcoin-dominated rally to a "structural market" phase characterized by comprehensive prosperity across public chain ecosystems, DeFi, Layer2, and other sectors. 1. Market Review: From Range-bound Consolidation to Trend Breakout In financial market technical analysis, the loETFs attracted $2.6 billion this week. As I review the data, I increasingly feel that BlackRock is playing a big strategic game.
Five consecutive days of inflows: $BTC ETF $1.92 billion, $ETH ETF $69.7 million, totaling $2.61 billion — the strongest week in ten months. BlackRock alone took 79% of this. On August 21, BTC ETF inflows were $307 million, with IBIT contributing $239 million. August 20 was even more remarkable, with IBIT taking 82% of the $606 million inflow. IBIT's cumulative net inflow has reached $62.427 billion.
On the ETH side, there were positive inflows every day for five days, with no outflows. ETHA had a single-day inflow of $122.12 million on August 19, with Fidelity's FETH following with $36.54 million. ETH ETF total assets are $12.06 billion, accounting for 4.51% of ETH's market cap. Additionally, SOL ETF inflows were $14.58 million, and XRP ETF inflows were $13.24 million — institutional demand is spreading from BTC to altcoins.
BTC ETF total assets have surged to $90.16 billion, accounting for 6.1% of BTC's market cap. Now, if IBIT sneezes, BTC catches a cold. But inflows are rocket fuel; once it reverses, it will be a free fall.
#ETF #IBIT #ETHA #BlackRock #InstitutionalAccumulation #财报观察员：泡泡玛特增长换挡，多IP能否接力？
Plush toys are the strongest growth driver this year: 9.82 billion in the first half, +60%, accounting for 57.2% of total revenue (company interim report). For every 100 yuan sold, 57 yuan comes from plush toys, shifting from a supporting role to the absolute main force, completely changing POPMART's revenue structure. This is not a short-term trend but a category migration.
It transforms IP from "display cabinet collectibles" to "daily companions," expanding the audience from core players to the general public. The Star People series can reach 2.65 billion, with plush form playing a crucial role. The company is also promoting POP BAKERY and City Playground, expanding IP into a lifestyle. Plush ASP is higher than blind boxes, which also raises the average transaction value and store efficiency.
A double-edged sword: short-term it supports incremental growth and drives speed; long-term, beware of category singularity. If plush sales slow down, the overall story needs to be reassessed. The focus in the second half of the year is on how plush performs in Asia-Pacific and North America, and whether new products can take over from the Star People series.
The category's success itself validates POPMART's IP operation capability: the same IP can open new audiences by changing carriers. In the long run, category expansion is more valuable than a single category hit, but the premise is that each new generation of products can maintain popularity. Plush is not the end point but the starting point of IP lifestyle integration; playgrounds, bakery, and collaborations are all extension directions. Category expansion can raise the ceiling, but every link tests the supply chain and IP operation capabilities (market page 09992.HK).
$POPMART 🚀 Trump Coin surged 94% in one spike! It jumped straight from 1.7 to 3.4 USD, hitting a new high since March 21, with market cap back above 1.9 billion USD.
🔥 Three drivers combined: heavy short positions piled up, once the price broke through it triggered massive liquidations, with over 30 million USD in TRUMP liquidations in the past 24 hours. Rumors circulate that the Trump family will issue a new token on Robinhood; although unconfirmed, it’s enough to ignite FOMO. BTC broke through 75,000, ETH pulled above 2,400, and political meme coins naturally get scooped up by funds in this environment.
But above 3.5 USD there’s little short liquidity left, so the short squeeze effect may be nearing its end. Circulating market cap is 1.9 billion USD, still far from the peak of 34 billion. 80% of tokens are locked up, so the cost to pump is much lower than back then.
The short squeeze fuel is running out fast; whether it can hit 4 USD depends on if there’s a new story to catch it.👇
$TRUMP Let's briefly review what happened this week.
This market rally started when the U.S. Treasury announced an expansion of long-term bond repurchases, which directly pushed down long-term yields and released liquidity, driving a broad rebound in risk assets. Bitcoin challenged 80,000 on Monday, while Ethereum, Solana, and Dogecoin also surged sharply.
During this process, shorts were heavily liquidated, and spot ETFs saw significant net inflows, representing a typical "liquidity-driven + short squeeze" market.
However, starting today, there have been pullbacks and wicks both up and down, with leveraged longs and shorts both getting stopped out, indicating increased market volatility. In the short term, the macro environment is still influenced by Treasury repurchases, but funds are beginning to consolidate. The true trend needs to be observed to see if it can hold steady.
This rally is a rapid surge driven by macro liquidity, moving very fast, but technically most assets have not yet truly turned into strong bulls (many are still stuck at previous highs or resistance zones).
A real bull market usually consolidates and pulls back before continuing to rise. The most important thing now is to "wait for signals and control leverage."
Focus on mainstream coins first; altcoins will follow the overall market. In the short term, it's best to stay on the sidelines and act only when there is a clear direction. The parent company of Yangtze Memory plans to raise ¥33 billion for implementation, with a gross margin as high as 76.8% reshaping NAND pricing rules, but capital-intensive capacity expansion is disrupting the long-term supply-demand balance of pure flash memory targets such as $SNDK.
Market facts show that the average NAND selling price in Q1 2026 rose 173% compared to the previous year's average, driving quarterly revenue to ¥47 billion. In terms of driving factors, strong demand for data center SSDs from AI servers ranks first, full factory capacity second, and the subsequent expansion pace causing supply pressure backflow is the critical third variable.
The trigger for the upward scenario lies in enterprise SSD demand continuing to exceed expectations. If products like PE522 accelerate penetration in LLM inference and KV Cache offloading scenarios, maintaining high average prices, pure NAND targets such as $SNDK will receive performance support. The observation variable here is the verification cycle of cloud vendors' purchase orders; if delivery is stable, the upward trend will continue.
The oscillation scenario holds when supply and demand maintain a fragile balance. The 76.8% high gross margin will induce industry follow-up capacity expansion, but short-term delays in equipment arrival will limit shipment growth. In this scenario, close attention must be paid to month-on-month price changes; if the average price increase narrows but does not turn negative, the market will maintain sideways digestion at a high valuation range.
The downward scenario is driven by collective capacity expansion caused by capital expansion. Once the parent company's ¥33 billion fundraising translates into capacity implementation, combined with competitors catching up in wafer bonding technology, it is likely to trigger the next round of supply surplus. If the average price plummets and the gross margin quickly falls from 76.8%, targets highly exposed to the Flash cycle will face valuation compression.
A signal of judgment failure lies in the shift of core competitive dimensions. If the competition focus shifts from pure bit density and capacity scale to enterprise-level firmware certification and specific customer binding, or if the adoption speed of enterprise SSDs is slower than expected, the profit inflection point will occur earlier or later.
The key observation variables to watch in the next 7 days: the speed of enterprise SSD certification advancement among end customers, and the industry's stance on expansion plans and capital expenditure adjustments.
#财报观察员：泡泡玛特增长换挡，多IP能否接力？ #三星股东回报落地，最高约800亿美元#黄金突破4600美元，债券避险地位受挑战
1. U.S. debt surpasses $40 trillion, Treasury expands long-term bond repurchases. The market begins to worry that more liquidity may be needed in the future to sustain the debt system, causing the dollar to weaken.
2. Dalio recommends underweighting bonds, allocating about 10% to 15% of the portfolio to gold, and holding a small amount of BTC. The logic behind this is straightforward: bonds depend on the credit of the issuing country, while gold and BTC are not liabilities of any government.
3. Looking back at the 1970s, high inflation and fiscal pressure caused the real purchasing power of U.S. debt to decline, making gold an important outlet for preserving value. Today, gold and BTC rising together also carries a similar currency depreciation trade characteristic.
4. Bonds will not immediately lose their safe-haven status, but their safety is being repriced. If the dollar continues to weaken and long-term bond yields remain high, the share of non-sovereign assets in portfolios may increase.
$XAU $XAUT #沃尔玛在美销售放缓，消费压力受关注
Walmart $WMT needs to generate at least $10.9 billion in free cash flow in the second half of the year
This is actually not part of the financial report, but something I inferred from a statement made by management during the earnings call
"Free cash flow for Walmart this fiscal year is expected to achieve double-digit growth"
In the previous fiscal year, Walmart $WMT's full-year free cash flow was $14.923 billion
Based on a minimum 10% growth expectation, this fiscal year also needs to reach at least $16.415 billion
So
Subtracting the results from the first half of the year, we get about $10.9 billion in free cash flow needed, a year-over-year increase of about 36.4%
This means an additional $2.906 billion needs to be generated
Looking at the purple section in my image, you should be able to see that the required year-over-year growth rate is as high as 36%
I really don't think Walmart can achieve this growth in the next two quarters
The only two recent instances of over 36% year-over-year growth happened after the 2022 inventory crisis, but this time there is no such motive or background
"Management said the main factors are strategic projects and inflation, with no obvious inventory risk"
So this time, Walmart needs to generate nearly $2.9 billion more free cash flow while maintaining high capital expenditures and without significant inventory reduction space"Just 6 Points Away"
Weekend chat, going wherever the conversation leads.
This week, the A-share market followed a very typical script: first giving you hope, then crushing it right before your eyes. On Monday, the Shanghai Composite Index surged 1.41% to close at 3982.65. On Tuesday, it peaked at 3994.18, just 5.82 points shy of the 4000-point psychological barrier—not even 6 points, but it just wouldn’t break through. Even more frustrating was the downward gap on July 13; it was just one point away from being filled, but the market stopped right there and then took a sharp downturn.
On Wednesday, it plunged 95.88 points, a 2.4% drop, breaking below 3900 and hitting a low of 3879.58. The ChiNext board was even worse, crashing 6.26% in a single day, breaking through the 3700, 3600, and 3500 levels all in one day, like missing a step on the stairs. The day before, there were still 110 stocks hitting the daily limit up; by Wednesday, only 38 limit-ups remained, while limit-downs surged to 130 at one point. Sentiment went straight from KTV party mode to ICU. Thursday and Friday saw a slight recovery at the lows, with Friday closing at 3905.2. The weekly chart showed two consecutive bearish candles; the Shanghai Composite fell 0.56% for the week, with the STAR 50 index taking the hardest hit, down 3.73%.
In short, it was like pouring cold water right at the doorstep of 4000 points. I actually think this isn’t a bad thing. A sudden surge all the way up would be risky; this kind of rally that gets pushed back shows that trapped positions and profit-taking are being cleared out, and exchanging chips is healthier than a hard ceiling.
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The most entertaining part this week was still the new stocks. Yushu Technology went public, with a single lot’s opening price gain exceeding ¥470,000; Pinzhun Laser’s single lot gain was over ¥450,000. I wrote about Pinzhun before—its opening high hit ¥1300, theoretically worth ¥550,000 per lot. Just a few days later, here comes another ¥470,000-level jackpot.
But then both stocks dropped sharply afterward. This is the reality: winning the lottery with the allotment, standing guard when chasing high prices. A single lot worth ¥470,000 means millions who didn’t get allotments watch others get rich, and those who can’t resist rushing in to catch the falling knife end up paying the final price of the wealth story. STAR Market IPOs have small circulating shares and high issue prices, so they’re naturally a playground for speculative capital. I just watch this kind of hype from the sidelines; the value proposition is too low.
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On the policy front, two things are worth noting this week.
One is that the August LPR remained unchanged: 3.0% for one-year and 3.5% for five years and above, unchanged for 15 consecutive months. But the central bank has been active behind the scenes: seven-day reverse repos have had zero injections continuously, overnight reverse repos have shifted from an end-of-month emergency tool to a mid-month routine operation, and DR001 has been steady in the 1.35%-1.4% range. In short, policy rates are steady, liquidity is ample, and the approach is precise and gradual. Institutions expect a possible rate cut of 10 basis points plus a 0.5 percentage point reserve requirement ratio cut around the end of Q3, with the LPR following suit.
The other is that on August 21, the Ministry of Finance, the central bank, and the financial regulatory commission upgraded policies to promote domestic demand through fiscal and financial coordination. Since January, six policy tools have cumulatively supported over ¥20 trillion in new credit in the first seven months, benefiting 6.22 million enterprises and 113 million residents. This time, the support is increased: credit card installment consumption now qualifies for interest subsidies, including car purchases and home renovations; the number of participating institutions expanded from about 100 to about 400; the interest-subsidized loan cap for small and micro enterprises rose from ¥50 million to ¥75 million; and the cap for personal consumer loan subsidies increased from ¥3000 to ¥5000.
This is real money directly supporting consumption. I usually never use installment payments, but after reading this, I’m tempted to try a small installment just to test the waters—though it’s just a thought; I’m used to the peace of mind that comes with being debt-free.
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Overseas developments are more intense than domestic ones.
The Iran war has entered its sixth month, the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, and Brent crude oil has risen for six out of eight weeks. Even worse are refined oil products: since the war began, European diesel prices have surged 70%, and U.S. gasoline prices have jumped 60%. The Northern Hemisphere is heading into winter soon, and this energy inflation is a short-term chokehold that won’t be easily swallowed.
Long-term U.S. Treasury yields have soared to multi-year highs, prompting the Treasury to act. It announced doubling the size of long-term bond buybacks to at least $4 billion each time. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen even appeared on TV to calm markets, saying she has a "big toolbox" to suppress yields. The Treasury stepping in to support the market is something unimaginable in the past and shows how official pressure is mounting amid this selling wave.
At the Federal Reserve, new Chair Powell has been in office just over three months. The July meeting marked the fifth consecutive hold, keeping rates at 3.50%-3.75%, but with three dissenting votes all calling for hikes. Note carefully: the discussion is about rate hikes, not cuts—the world has truly changed. The market has basically priced in a 25 basis point hike in December. Next Thursday is the Jackson Hole symposium, where Powell will deliver his first keynote. But he’s known for giving no forward guidance, so it will likely be a Tai Chi performance again—don’t expect to hear anything definitive.
U.S. stocks also struggled this week: the Nasdaq 100 fell for the fifth straight day; Walmart posted its largest single-day drop since 2022, with the slowest same-store sales growth in six years. Europe’s Stoxx 600 index fell for seven consecutive days. Oil prices and U.S. Treasury yields are pushing up together, and global equity assets are paying the price.
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Three things to watch next week:
1. Nvidia’s earnings report on August 26, which is basically a thermometer for the AI market. A-shares tech sectors like optical modules and computing power will follow its lead. Tech stocks have already taken a beating this week, so we’ll see if this report offers some relief.
2. The Jackson Hole symposium from August 27-29, with the highlight being Powell’s speech on Friday. Also, on Wednesday, the U.S. July core PCE data will be released, expected to show a 3.3% year-over-year increase, marking the 65th consecutive month above the 2% target—a truly surreal figure.
3. The peak of mid-year report disclosures in A-shares. Additionally, 29 companies will have share unlocks next week, totaling about ¥18.384 billion in market value, with Monday being the most concentrated pressure day. If you hold stocks with upcoming unlocks, check the dates in advance.
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On Saturday, I cooked a pot of winter melon pork rib soup, went swimming in the afternoon, and came back to find the cat had taken over half the keyboard. This article was typed out from between the cat’s paws. That’s all for the weekend. Have a great weekend, everyone.The weekend market was actually livelier than on weekdays—is that reasonable? Previously, once Saturday arrived, the market seemed to take a holiday; BTC and ETH moved sideways in a straight line, altcoins collectively went flat, and watching the market was a snooze. But now it's completely different. Weekend liquidity is actually maxed out, BTC and ETH have started narrow-range oscillations, and funds are running around wildly. A few new faces that popped up last week, like BEAT and BICO, wanted to keep performing this week, but the market's attention has shifted away from them. Because funds are so abundant, ZEC suddenly started to surge, directly drawing all eyes away from BTC and ETH. Whether it can break $1000 today has become a suspense many are watching. TRUMP also started to take over, surging 50% in one day—such explosive power is rare on weekends. OKB is not to be outdone, rising 10%. Although it doesn't look as fierce as other coins, its trend is very steady, pulling up to around $115. From my observation, OKB was a bit out of sync with BTC's rhythm a few days ago, possibly because it had risen too much before, but at this position, I think there is still momentum, just less elasticity than other coins. The core of this weekend's market is not BTC or ETH, but the strength switching between sectors. Funds did not choose to stay in the big coins; instead, they chased targets with narratives, emotions, and elasticity, indicating that risk appetite is actually spreading rather than contracting. The bullish logic is: weekend liquidity has not dried up; instead, incremental funds are entering the market, willing to push up volatile assets, indicating [Pharaoh Market Watch]
Pharaoh throws down the cup: Samsung this round basically treated the Korean stock market like building blocks to dismantle and rebuild!
Yesterday Samsung dropped a bombshell: a 2026 shareholder return plan sized between 90 trillion to 110 trillion KRW (about $6.5-8 billion), the largest in Korean history! Adding the 29.3 trillion already executed in the past two years, the three-year cumulative return is 120-140 trillion KRW, more than 5 times the 2020 plan.
Where’s the money coming from? The AI chip money printer is smoking—Q2 semiconductor operating profit hit 89.2 trillion KRW, an 18-fold year-over-year surge, with a full-year estimate of 380 trillion.
How will it be distributed? In Q3, 30 trillion KRW cash dividend will be paid first, with details finalized by the end of October; the remaining 60-80 trillion KRW will be reviewed in January next year, possibly increasing dividends or share buybacks for cancellation; another 15 trillion KRW buyback will be used as employee benefits.
Market reaction is quite honest: stock price rose 3.87%, but fell after hours—because some expected 200 trillion, so the upper limit wasn’t fully satisfied. But Samsung’s current P/E ratio is only 4 times, a bargain! This round of returns is the fuse for valuation repair.
What’s the impact on crypto? Samsung plus SK Hynix combined will return over 150 trillion KRW to the market, shifting memory stocks from “burning cash to expand production” to “stable profit distribution,” fundamentally changing valuation logic. Bitcoin is still hovering around $75,000, won’t directly pump the market, but as AI infrastructure progresses smoothly, risk assets’ sentiment warming up is a good sign.
Good trades come to those who wait, Pharaoh will keep watching, you stay steady. $BTC $ETH $DOGE #三星股东回报落地，最高约800亿美元 The BTC rebound this week can no longer be simply understood as a "bounce after a big drop." On Friday, it once surged to around $79,000, with a weekly increase of over 20%. More importantly, capital has started to flow back: the US spot BTC ETF saw a net inflow of about $1.6 billion this week, including a single-day inflow of over $517 million on August 20, and the latest daily data released on August 21 reached about $606 million, marking consecutive days of net inflows. This indicates an important change: this time, it's not just retail investors chasing the rally; institutional funds have also started buying again. Moreover, several catalysts have appeared simultaneously in this rally: the US Treasury expanded long-term US Treasury repurchases, triggering market expectations of improved liquidity; Trump continues to push for crypto regulatory legislation; meanwhile, a large number of shorts have been forced to cover, further amplifying BTC's rise. So the real question now is no longer: "Can BTC still rise?" but rather: "Can this capital inflow sustain?" I think we need to be a bit cautious here. Continuous ETF inflows are certainly good, but if capital inflows start to decline significantly while BTC continues to rise rapidly, it means the price may be running ahead of the funds. Conversely, if ETF net inflows continue in the coming weeks and BTC can stabilize above $70,000–$75,000, then the nature of this rally may truly change. A price breakout only proves strong buying pressure. Sustained capital inflows prove the rally's sustainability. So what I am most focused on now is not What exactly happened to $BTC BTC these past two days? Can it still surge to 80,000?
BTC finally stopped pretending to be dead these past two days.
On August 20th, it rose about 5.3%, and on the 21st, it continued to climb about 7.3%, reaching as high as around $79,300.
In just two or three days, it jumped straight from over 60,000 back to the doorstep of 80,000.
But I think the core of this rally boils down to three words:
Short squeeze, ETF buying, range breakout.
1️⃣ Shorts got squeezed hard
After BTC broke out of the six-week sideways consolidation range, a large number of short positions stopped out and liquidated, which in turn fueled the rally.
The first half was driven by capital, and the latter half somewhat:
The shorts ended up fueling the bulls.
2️⃣ ETF funds have returned
This week, the US spot BTC ETF saw a clear inflow, with a cumulative net inflow of about $1.6 billion from Monday to Thursday, and on Thursday alone about $606 million.
This is more important than just looking at the candlesticks.
Retail shouting “bull return” is worthless; institutions buying with real money is what counts.
3️⃣ BTC finally broke out of the long-term consolidation
It had been stuck around 60,000 for so long, both bulls and bears were exhausted.
Now that it has broken upward, it means the market has finally chosen a direction.
But here’s the question:
Having risen to 78,000–80,000, is it still worth chasing?
My answer: I don’t recommend mindless chasing.
Because the rise was too fast these past two days, short-term profit-taking has clearly increased, and after today’s peak, a pullback has started.
Next, focus on three key levels:
🔴 $79,300–80,000
The most critical resistance zone.
If it can hold above 80,000 with volume, rather than just spiking and then getting pushed back, the upside space may continue to open.
🟢 $75,000–76,000
The normal pullback observation zone.
After such a big rise, a correction here would actually be healthy.
If it holds here on low volume and then moves up again, it indicates a quality breakout.
⚠️ $72,000–73,000
This is what I consider an important defense level.
If it falls back below here, the previous breakout might turn out to be a false breakout, and the probability of BTC returning to the consolidation range will significantly increase.
So my judgment going forward is simple:
Around 78,000: don’t chase.
Hold above 80,000: stay bullish.
Pull back and stabilize near 75,000: even better.
Break below 72,000: start defending.
Also, although the funding rate has turned positive again, it hasn’t reached an extremely crazy level yet.
In other words:
The bulls are getting excited, but not completely crazy.
So I don’t think this rally is over yet.
What really needs to be tested now is not:
“Can BTC touch 80,000?”
But:
“Can BTC turn 80,000 into support?”
If it holds, the market will start looking for higher levels.
If it doesn’t hold, it will first shake out those who chased in these past few days.
The most interesting thing about crypto is this:
When it was over 60,000, no one dared to buy.
At 80,000, suddenly the whole world is asking:
“Is it still possible to get in now?”
The market loves to punish those who rush in at times like this.
#BTC延续强势，资金流能否持续？ #美国PMI创四年新高，9月加息分歧升温 Family, the PMI data just came out, and the disagreement over the September rate hike has heated up again.
The US August S&P Global Composite PMI hit a four-year high, with the services sector expanding stronger than expected. Although the manufacturing PMI was below expectations, it still remained in expansion territory. The economy hasn't clearly slowed down and is still running. This set of data provides new grounds for the three dissenting votes against rate hikes at the Fed's July meeting—if the economy is this strong, how can inflation come down?
There are indeed signs of cooling in CPI and PPI and weakening employment, but the strengthening PMI suggests demand resilience may delay the pace of inflation decline. Data conflicts, and so does the market. The probability of a September rate hike had dropped below 30% due to non-farm payrolls and CPI but is now rising again.
For BTC, the impact of this data is quite complex. In the short term, a stronger PMI will push up US Treasury yields, putting pressure on risk assets. On the other hand, if the market believes a strong economy can support corporate profits, risk appetite might remain high. BTC just broke above 75,000; if Treasury yields continue to rise from here, the pressure from profit-taking won't be small.
Family, the direction remains the same, but the path won't be so smooth. Let's wait for the market to digest this data before commenting further. Share your thoughts in the comments on whether you think PMI will change the policy path in September. Have a great weekend. $BTC $ETH BTC Market Analysis
Recently, BTC has experienced a valuation recovery rally, with the price quickly breaking out from a low-level consolidation range and once reaching the $79,500 mark, hitting a new high in over three months. Unlike previous rallies driven purely by sentiment, the core logic of this rise is shifting from "trading interest rate cut expectations" to "trading economic soft landing," with noticeable changes in capital structure and market stability.
On the macro level, the latest US August composite PMI recorded 56.0, the highest since April 2022. The services PMI surged to 56.8, far exceeding expectations, indicating that the US economy's resilience is much stronger than the market anticipated. There is no recession risk, inflationary pressure is marginally easing, and soft landing expectations are strengthening. Market expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts have been revised from "aggressive cuts" to "delayed gradual cuts." This mild macro environment is most favorable for risk asset valuation recovery. US Treasury yields have oscillated down from highs, and the US dollar index has not shown a strong trend, directly boosting BTC allocation demand. Meanwhile, spot BTC ETFs ended a continuous net outflow trend, with a single-week net inflow exceeding $400 million. Leading institutional products continue to attract capital, and mid-to-long-term allocation funds are accumulating in batches at low levels, providing solid bottom support for the market.
Technically, BTC has effectively broken through the consolidation box below $70,000 that lasted for months, confirming a mid-term upward structure. Short-term resistance is concentrated in the $81,000-$82,000 range, a dense area of previous trapped positions, where the first test will likely trigger selling pressure and volatility; the core support has moved up to $75,000-$76,000, with the previous box top now converted into strong support.
In the short term, after a rapid rise, some short-term profit-taking has accumulated, requiring high-level consolidation to digest, but the overall downside space is limited. Operationally, a mid-term allocation approach is suitable. Existing positions can be held, and price pullbacks to the support range can be bought in batches to avoid blindly chasing highs at market sentiment peaks.
ETH Market Analysis
ETH is the leading force in this rally, with short-term gains significantly outperforming BTC. The price quickly rose from around $1,900 to an intraday high of $2,542, with a single-week maximum increase exceeding 33%, showing the highest elasticity and explosive power among mainstream coins. Unlike BTC’s macro-driven logic, ETH’s rise results from ecosystem fundamental improvements, capital style rotation, and market sentiment resonance.
On the fundamentals side, Ethereum ecosystem data continues to warm up. Total locked value on Layer 2 networks steadily climbs, daily transaction counts and active addresses rise in tandem, and on-chain fee revenue grows month-over-month, indicating real demand recovery for ecosystem applications. Meanwhile, total staking volume continues to increase, with over one-third of circulating supply locked long-term in staking contracts, structurally shrinking supply and further amplifying price elasticity. On the capital side, after risk appetite rebounds, capital style shifts from defensive to aggressive, showing rotation from large-cap value targets to elastic assets. Spot ETH ETFs saw a single-week net inflow hitting a near ten-month high, combined with concentrated inflows from short-term speculative and retail funds, jointly driving this rally.
Technically, ETH decisively broke through the long-term strong resistance at $2,400, opening mid-term upward momentum. Short-term resistance is concentrated in the $2,700-$2,750 range, overlapping with previous trapped positions and key Fibonacci levels, where the first test will likely trigger selling pressure and pullback; core support lies at $2,300-$2,350, a critical short-term strength threshold. Caution is needed as US PMI exceeding expectations cooled rate cut expectations, and rising rate expectations suppress high-elasticity assets more strongly. Currently, daily-level overbought signals are obvious, and sentiment-driven positions are relatively high. Once upward momentum weakens, profit-taking pullbacks could be much larger than BTC’s.
Operationally, long-term holding without movement is not recommended. A swing trading approach is more suitable: take profits in batches when prices reach resistance zones, consider buying on dips after stabilization, control position volatility, and avoid chasing highs at peak sentiment.I went all in on this trade at the breakout point, so why couldn't I hold it?
Let me analyze my novice trader psychology for you.
1) During that period, I had become desensitized to the choppy market. I had no idea how the market would react to any news. Bitcoin was so trashy at that time that you thought news wouldn't cause any movement and the trend wouldn't continue.
This is why I prematurely took heavy positions in a choppy market, and the impression left in your brain is something like if it’s not balanced, it’s gone. Target Brother had the same problem; when the bottom bullish trend came out, he couldn't hold either.
2) Look at the chart, I experienced a situation where the price spiked on news day and instantly returned to the starting point. Once, when the Bitcoin ETF news passed, I set an alert at 28,000. When the alert went off, I went all in immediately, the price jumped straight to 30,000, and I made a $200,000 profit in 5 minutes. I took profit on a few positions after the big breakout, but the next second, damn fake news, it dropped back to the starting point and the profit was gone.
Look at this trade of mine, same operation, the 67,000 alert went off and I mechanically went all in, making $260,000 profit in 2 minutes. Two minutes is too fast; if I could have made $260,000 over a day or a few hours, I wouldn’t have taken profit. I was afraid it would fall back, so I took profit.
But now I have no obsession with big or small trades. This thing is like a lottery; as long as you can make money, it’s fine. Whether you make a lot or a little depends on fate. $PUMP has been rising aggressively recently. Even during the midday spike today, it didn't drop much. To be honest, I don't want to short it right now. Because there are so many coins worth shorting in the market currently, there's no need to stubbornly short this one. If the market were calm now, without the previous big surge, I might consider shorting it. But after that previous big surge, I feel there's no need to short it. There are other coins more worth shorting. —————————————————— Let's look at its contract data. We can see that its contract open interest has been almost continuously rising, but the long-short ratio hasn't been consistently falling. This means that at this stage, there is still capital going long. Let's also look at a longer time frame. We can see that its contract open interest has reached a previous high, and the long-short ratio has hit the previous lowest point. However, if we look at the K-line at that time, we can see that this situation did not cause a significant price drop. This means the current shorting pressure is insufficient. —————————————————— The project itself is also quite good; its revenue is very high and often surpasses $HYPE. The only downside is that it lacks a stable buyback mechanism. In other words, the profits cannot be consistently used to empower the token. In this case, the price largely depends on the project's own operations. Currently, itThe recent major fluctuations in Bitcoin and gold followed by a strong rebound have made me think a lot.
1) To capitalize on a favorable market trend, you can choose low leverage with wide stop-losses, similar to Bitcoin above 60,000 and gold at 4000-4100. If you are optimistic, enter with low leverage and set wide stop-losses; stop loss only if Bitcoin falls below 60,000 or gold below 3950, so you can catch this rebound.
2) During the middle consolidation phase, avoid trading. The more you trade, the more your mind associates it with consolidation, so when Bitcoin breaks through 67,000 or gold breaks 4200, you will inevitably fail to hold your positions.
3) High leverage can be used after a clear breakout from the range. For example, after a decisive break above 67,000, you can chase longs. The stop loss should be set within the range, and take profit can wait until the first pullback from the top appears, then exit on the rebound.
4) Sometimes news actually increases certainty. You need to tell a narrative that convinces the market to have confidence in holding positions. For example, SPCX confirming the date for a new listing, the decline in US stocks and Bitcoin.
After Bitcoin compressed and consolidated for a month, news came out about the US Treasury expanding long-term Treasury repurchases and the White House cryptocurrency meeting. Behind this news catalyst is definitely the involvement of insider trading.Assuming an investor holds two positions simultaneously:
1. In China: opening a long position by buying Unitree Technology stock
2. Overseas: shorting UNITREE Perp through USDC
Then, during the first few days of trading, the Mirror Value Transfer completed through these two markets converts RMB into USD.
This scenario is preset mainly because, according to some public regulations, the lower bound of exchange loss in underground money changers is roughly 3%-5%, although the time cycle may vary slightly.
However, the continuous negative fees and transaction cost erosion within the first 3 days of Unitree’s listing also reached 3%, and since Unitree is a giant valuation IPO product, this phenomenon is an interesting coincidence.
Although one charges fees based on transactions and the other based on time, financially both can be uniformly expressed as the Effective Haircut paid to ultimately obtain overseas value.
If this mechanism truly exists, then Funding is, to some extent, an implicit price of cross-border capital friction.$OKB is close to 120 at the top, but I actually have a concern.
Today it peaked at 120, now at 110. Account +32.86%
Looks pretty good. But I do have a worry.
Is this rally driven by OKB itself, or is it led by the overall market?
If it's the market leading — BTC went from 64,000 to 77,000, OKB from 80 to 110, roughly the same increase, which means OKB is still following BTC and hasn't formed an independent trend. Once BTC pulls back, OKB will follow down.
If OKB is strong on its own — then we should see signs of new capital inflow, like a surge in on-chain data from X Layer, or a clear rise in OKB staking volume.
I checked the data, and currently, I don't see any obvious independent signals. This rally is more like a rising tide lifted by BTC's breakout.
So what should people doing dollar-cost averaging (DCA) do?
The advantage of DCA is: no need to make judgments. When prices rise, your holdings increase; when prices fall, you buy cheaper next time. But the downside is also: no judgment, so you never really know when to take action.
I'm starting to understand why some say "DCA to a certain extent requires active profit-taking." It's not about being bearish; both buy-and-hold DCA without selling and short-term trading without stop-loss are essentially passive positions.
Of course, saying this after just over 100 days might be too early. But the 120 level is worth thinking about. #BTC延续强势，资金流能否持续？ The afternoon spike probably shook out a lot of people again, stabbing down sharply and then quickly pulling back. The chart looks intimidating, but basically, it's just shaking out chips. I'm still bullish on my side. ETF funds are still flowing in continuously. Although the probability of the CLARITY Act passing is very low, the market is not trading on the direct implementation of the act but rather speculating on marginal improvements in regulatory expectations. A large batch of short positiRecently, many FOMO brothers have rushed into the crypto world. Let's reminisce about what happened on 10/11 back in the day.
In the early hours of October 11, 2025, a macroeconomic negative shock hit, and the entire crypto market started to cascade down.
BTC dropped continuously from around $120,000, and altcoins were even worse—many coins lost dozens of percentage points within just a few minutes.
But the real terror wasn’t the drop itself; it was the liquidation chain that kicked off.
Prices fell, causing high-leverage long positions to liquidate.
Liquidations forced exchanges to sell off assets.
Forced selling further crashed the market.
The crash triggered the next batch of liquidations.
So it went:
Price drop → Liquidation → Forced liquidation → Bigger drop → More liquidations.
Within 24 hours, the entire market saw liquidations exceeding $19 billion, with about 1.6 million accounts liquidated.
Then the exchanges started to ramp up the drama.
Assets like USDe, theoretically pegged to $1, were crushed down to just over $0.60, and WBETH and BNSOL also experienced severe price deviations.
Many people were using these as collateral.
You originally had collateral worth 1 million in your account, but the system suddenly told you:
Sorry, it’s only worth a bit over 600,000 now.
So the margin ratio exploded, triggering more forced liquidations.
What made it even more intense was that, for a while, asset transfers were abnormal—some people watched helplessly as their positions neared liquidation, tried to transfer funds to cover margin, but couldn’t get the money in.
In the end:
Coins dropped.
Leverage blew up.
Collateral lost its peg.
Liquidity vanished.
The system froze.
One moment you were calculating what to buy after achieving financial freedom, the next your account was left in ashes.
A dream of overnight riches, shattered by an overnight liquidation.
A fleeting dream, all turned to dust.【BTC Bullish Structure Activated, But the Risk-Reward Ratio for Chasing Longs Now Is Not Attractive】
$BTC has rallied from $64,000 to nearly $80,000, and this move is not without fundamental support.
The U.S. Treasury has doubled the scale of long-term bond repurchases, Trump is pushing the CLARITY Act, the SEC has proposed a new framework for crypto financing, and spot BTC ETFs saw a daily net inflow of $606M. Both capital and policy expectations are improving.
However, over $3B in short liquidations within two days have also amplified the gains. This means there is genuine buying pressure, but it’s mixed with a large amount of forced buying.
Currently, the weekly chart has broken above the downtrend line, and short-term holder demand has started to turn positive. The bullish structure is indeed changing. The problem is that the daily RSI has entered the overbought zone, and the price is approaching the $83,000 liquidation-heavy area. The space for chasing longs now may not be worth the risk of a pullback.
Personally, I won’t FOMO here, nor will I short just because the price has risen too much. A more reasonable strategy is to wait for the market to fill the gap and confirm support before paying attention to long entries on pullbacks.
Would you chase the breakout now, or wait for a pullback to get in?Sun Yuchen loudly proclaims the original intention of blockchain freedom and demands that the WLFI project team issue him tokens to compensate for his losses.
But I want to ask, when you forcibly converted Huobi users' GALA into PGALA back then, why didn't you talk about freedom? Why didn't you talk about fairness?
You publicly promised not to sell WLFI, but secretly attracted retail WLFI deposits to Huobi with high interest, misappropriated Huobi users' WLFI, dumped it on Binance, and maliciously shorted it—why didn't you talk about freedom and fairness then?
You forcibly converted Huobi ecosystem chain funds into HTX, unlocked tricks, and treated the vast majority of users like chives, rubbing them on the ground repeatedly—where did fairness and freedom go?
This time, it's just a boomerang flying back to hit your own head.
This world speaks of cause and effect; you once treated users unfairly, and now that you are suffering losses and want fairness, who would support you?
Early WLFI investors all agree to immediately destroy your WLFI tokens to prevent you from dumping them after receiving them and cutting us off.
No matter how loudly you shout now, it's useless; regardless of the lawsuit's outcome, the WLFI tokens cannot be recovered.
@justinsuntronRecently, major exchanges have all made U.S. stocks a core feature, which really marks a sea change. I believe it's not that U.S. stocks are superior to crypto, but rather that crypto's quiet period coincidentally met the continuous new highs of U.S. stocks (mostly tech stocks). Conversely, if crypto kept hitting new highs while U.S. stocks were in decline, would so many exchanges be so keen to bring U.S. stocks onto the blockchain? I doubt it. bstock, rtoken, gstock, xstock, ondostocks—there's a dazzling array, each with its own strengths and unique features, truly overwhelming. No single type is the best; rather, you have to choose which is the most suitable. For me, I hope to achieve compound returns through long-term holding of U.S. stocks, while also allocating some funds to chase high gains. Therefore, being able to collateralize stocks and borrow stablecoins to reinvest is the most suitable choice, representing an attempt to pursue high yields using low-volatility U.S. stocks (?) as the underlying asset—let's call this "equity-based." With this filter, the various versions of U.S. stocks mentioned above can be ranked accordingly in my view. Of course, using borrowed stablecoins for wealth management is also a good option. Exchanges have shown considerable sincerity, although most yields hover around 10%, which is still ridiculously high compared to fiat returns. Another tip from my experience is to pay close attention to the "redemption period" when doing stablecoin wealth management; redeeming principal early before the promotional interest rate ends can yield more substantial and stable returns than redeeming after the promotion ends.
$HYPE #美国PMI创四年新高，9月加息分歧升温
The US PMI surged to a four-year high, showing economic resilience beyond expectations, which directly amplified internal divisions within the Federal Reserve again. The data rose above the expansion-contraction line, with orders and production strengthening simultaneously, while price components remain high, indicating that inflation risks caused by economic overheating have not been completely eliminated.
Previously, the market leaned towards trading a “pause in rate hikes,” but with this strong data, the possibility of a rate hike in September has resurfaced. In the July FOMC, there were already 3 votes supporting a rate hike; now with the PMI strengthening, hawkish members have more arguments, but employment data remains weak, with both sides citing data, leaving the Fed in a dilemma.
This translates to two scenarios on the market:
① Scenario one: Subsequent inflation data follows the PMI strength. US Treasury yields rebound, the dollar strengthens, risk assets come under pressure, and BTC’s current rebound will face macro-level suppression, with ETF funds likely to flow out again.
② Scenario two: PMI is just a short-term pulse, while CPI and employment continue to weaken. The strong data is fleeting, rate hike expectations cool rapidly, liquidity expectations remain loose, and BTC’s rebound rally is consolidated.
To be honest, a single PMI report is not enough to definitively decide a September rate hike; it only increases uncertainty. The final decision still depends on CPI and non-farm payroll results. Brothers, I'm Ergou. Today I'm not watching the daily chart, but the monthly chart. I just saw a bunch of analysts shouting that $BTC will hit 1 million or 1.5 million dollars next year. I almost sprayed my dinner on the screen—these people aren't stupid, they're malicious! They pump with their words, you buy in with real money, and in the end, they feast while you stand guard. I thoroughly analyzed the monthly K-line chart and spoke with data to reveal the real ceiling of the next bull market. Premise: Suppose 57,750 is the bottom of this bull market! --- First, look at the bottom rises (the "guaranteed bottom price" the pumpers give to retail investors): · First bottom: 3,728 → Second bottom: 15,438, a 4.14x increase. · Second bottom: 15,438 → Third bottom: 57,750 (the lowest point in recent months), a 3.74x increase. The bottom multiples are decreasing—4.14x → 3.74x, with each rise smaller than the last. The pumpers' strength is like my age—worse year by year. Now look at the top rises (bull market ceiling): · 2021 historical high: 69,158 · 2025 bull market high: 126,173 · Top rise is only 1.82x! See that? The top growth lags far behind the bottom growth! What does this mean? It means BTC's scale is getting bigger, the cost for pumpers to push the price higher is increasing, and the gains in each bull market are shrinking. According to this decreasing logic to predict the next high: · If the top continues to decrease by 1.82x → the next high will be at most 200,000-$ETH at $2430, are you chasing the high? Let's look at the surface first: weekly gains exceed 30%, incredibly strong. The U.S. Treasury expanded bond repurchase liquidity injections, the Clarity Act bill is approaching a vote, and ETFs have seen consecutive days of net inflows hitting a nearly 10-month high. Positive news bombardment, the candlestick surged from 1900 straight to 2540, with unstoppable momentum. Then what? High-level consolidation, volume divergence, frequent upper shadows. The short-term rise is too much and needs digestion. First thing: ETFs are buying frantically, but you might have already missed out. Spot ETH ETFs have had consecutive days of net inflows, with single-day peaks exceeding $200 million, led by BlackRock's ETHA, accumulating inflows in the hundreds of billions. Institutions are scrambling to accumulate, retail investors are hesitating. From 1900 to 2540, a 30% increase, institutions and whales are already full. You look at 2430, conflicted: "Chase or not? If not, fear missing out; if yes, fear getting trapped." Second thing: Shorts were liquidated by $1 billion, who’s the next fuel? Over $1 billion in short liquidations across the network this week, ETH pulled from 1900 to 2540, shorts bleeding heavily. But pumping requires fuel. Shorts are exhausted, where is the next incremental capital? ETFs are still flowing in, but will the pace maintain $200 million daily? The Treasury's liquidity injection is already priced in, the Clarity Act hasn't officially passed yet; after passing, will it be "buy the rumor, sell the fact" or continue to rally? Third thing: fundamentals haven't changed, but the price already has. Fundamental Research Report $FTM / Fantom (Public Chain/L1) $3.20
Summary: Fantom ($FTM) overall score 64/100, rating Narrative over Execution. Breaking down the three layers, the company team has cash reserves, the protocol network shows signs of paid usage, and token value capture has been realized.
Project overview: Fantom (token $FTM), public chain/L1 sector. Focuses on DAG high-speed public chain, Sonic upgrade. Competitors include SOL, AVAX. Traditional enterprise collaboration relies on cloud servers and contract reconciliation; during high concurrency, Gas spikes, TPS limits, and frequent cross-chain bridge security incidents occur. Public chains use a unified state machine for trustless settlement, reducing reconciliation costs. Customer unit price $50-500/month, requires USDC or fiat settlement. Narrative-driven sector, usage drops 60-80% in bear markets. Positioned as an end-to-end vertical platform. Product implementation: protocol layer officially running, on-chain dashboard shows protocol fees accumulating, with evidence of paid usage. Latest version not found, 60 valid commits in the last 90 days.
User metrics: address MAU not disclosed, DAU not disclosed, 24h transaction volume $80.00M, TVL not found. Wallet addresses do not equal unique monthly active users; large addresses holding concentrated positions may overestimate real user count. Revenue side: user fees not disclosed, supplier income about 80-90% of user fees (to LPs and nodes), protocol treasury income $2.00M, token holder buyback and burn annualized no burn mechanism. 24h transaction volume is business flow, not revenue. Company profit does not equal protocol profit, protocol profit does not equal token holder profit. Code side: 60 valid commits in 90 days, 25 active contributors, latest version not found. GitHub is grade A evidence for direct verification. Investment background: company equity financing checked via PitchBook/Crunchbase (grade A), token private and public sales checked via whitepaper, release schedule, and on-chain unlock contracts (grade A), market makers and ecosystem grants are grade B, not representing long-term holdings by tech VCs, tech integration checked via API/SDK access evidence (grade B), strategic partnerships and logo walls are grade D. NVIDIA GPU usage does not equal NVIDIA investment, exchange listing does not equal exchange strategic investment.
Token side: total supply 1,300,000,000, circulating 950,000,000 (73.1%), FDV $4.20B, next unlock 2026-Q4 (adds +3.50% to circulation), no clear annualized buyback and burn. Must buy tokens to use product? Yes, strong value capture (Gas/staking/service access). Compared with peers (uniform criteria, no cross-sector comparison): Circulating market cap: Fantom $3.00B, SOL undisclosed, AVAX undisclosed. FDV: Fantom $4.20B, SOL undisclosed, AVAX undisclosed. Annual revenue: Fantom $2.00M, SOL undisclosed, AVAX undisclosed. Monthly active addresses or users: Fantom undisclosed, SOL undisclosed, AVAX undisclosed. Figures based on public data snapshots; missing data supplemented by official reports or industry standards. Valuation: circulating market cap $3.00B, FDV $4.20B, P/S 1500.0x, FDV divided by revenue 2100.0x. Pessimistic scenario $3.00B discounted 50-70%, neutral range oscillation, optimistic scenario revenue doubles, burn implemented, enterprise clients onboard, FDV P/S aligns with top projects. Final judgment: fundamentals solid (score 64/100). Token value capture realized (buyback/burn/Gas). Circulating market cap relatively expensive compared to fundamentals, overleveraged expectations, FDV moderate. Main risks: short-term large unlock dumping, protocol revenue long-term zero, token demand relying only on incentives (usage collapses if incentives stop). Key future metrics: weekly protocol fees, burn amount, active address retention, TVL/loan balance, GitHub version releases. Data from public sources for reference only, not investment advice. If indicator deviation exceeds 30%, reassessment needed.
Fundamentals covered here, the rest is up to the market.
#FundamentalResearch #Crypto #Research #OKXOrbit $SOL #Solana主网提速，节点门槛会否上升？
Is the third brother about to break 100?
Today's price is fluctuating around the $91 - $94 range. In the past 24 hours, it has shown certain upward momentum and volatility, with gains roughly between 5% and 11%
1. Core Market Data Performance
Current price range: approximately $93.56
24-hour high and low: highest around $101.07, lowest near $89.54
24-hour price change: approximately +5% to +11%, indicating active market buying
Recent momentum: Influenced by the overall cryptocurrency market (such as Bitcoin's strength boosting sentiment), SOL has shown a clear rebound and volume increase after a prior consolidation phase
2. Trend Observation and Technical Highlights
1. Surge and Pullback with Consolidation: During today's session, the price once touched or even broke through the important psychological level of 100 (high reached $101.07), then faced some profit-taking selling pressure, pulling back to fluctuate near 93, indicating that above $100 there is certain short-term relief and profit-taking pressure
2. Support and Resistance Levels:
Resistance above: $100 - $101 is a strong short-term psychological and technical resistance zone. If it can break through this area with volume and hold above, it will help open further upward space
Support below: around the $89 - $90 range (recent 24-hour low and round number level). If this support breaks, it may test lower intermediate platforms downward $HYPE broke $82 to hit an ATH, with a short whale holding $56 million in short positions suffering a $20 million unrealized loss but still holding on hard
Current price $77.93, up 33.8% this week, doubling from $39 at the end of May. Market cap $17.3 billion firmly in the top ten.
This new high is not fake. 24h spot + derivatives volume $7.68 billion, perpetual OI $2.95 billion, funding rate +0.0086% paid by longs, leverage exists but not crazy. More importantly, the pace: after touching $76 in June, it took two months to break the previous high; this time the single-day increase is only about 7%, compared to previous fluctuations of 12% or more, indicating selling pressure above is weakening and the chip structure is stable.
The worst off is the short whale. On-chain address Loracle holds 685,700 HYPE short positions, position value $56.39 million, currently unrealized loss $19.55 million, with a historical cumulative loss of $35.31 million. Liquidation price $101.16; if HYPE rises another 30%, this guy will be directly wiped out. Losing $35 million and still not giving up, either out of faith or as a hedge, but the market doesn't care about your reasons; in the face of the trend, shorts are just fuel.
HYPE's narrative is indeed upgrading. Transitioning from meme narrative to blue chip: in June, market cap surpassed Dogecoin to reach seventh place; Perp DEX leader's $7.68 billion daily volume shows real usage supporting the price, not just a pure capital game. It accounts for 41.3% of the OI on the neighboring exchange, fully mainstream now. $BTC and $ETH violently plunged with sharp spikes, and mainstream coins collectively dived, while platform coins represented by $OKB # instead showed independent fluctuations, not following the drop and even moving counter-trend. This is not a coincidence; it precisely confirms the rule we mentioned before that “platform coins have special attributes, and their rise and fall rhythms are out of sync with the overall market.” Essentially, this is caused by the combined effect of on-exchange capital flow and the underlying logic differences of the varieties, creating a "safe-haven seesaw" effect.
1. Why do platform coins fluctuate when mainstream coins plunge?
1. Temporary reservoir for on-exchange safe-haven funds
This is the most direct reason. In extreme crash scenarios, a large amount of capital is not bearish on the long-term market but wants to avoid short-term violent fluctuations. They won’t convert everything into stablecoins and exit completely but will prioritize flowing into defensive assets with real performance backing and less selling pressure, and platform coins are one of the top choices.
Compared to purely narrative altcoins and highly leveraged mainstream coins, platform coins are tied to real exchange fee income, have clear buyback and burn rules as a foundation, and have a more solid value anchor. Panic selling pressure is far less than BTC/ETH. After funds withdraw from high-volatility assets, they temporarily flow into platform coins for hedging, resulting in the contrasting trend of “mainstream coins plunging sharply while platform coins fluctuate counter-trend.”
2. The more it crashes, the more it profits: the inverse performance logic of platform coins
This is unique to platform coins and completely opposite to other coins’ pricing logic: the more volatile the market, the more the exchange profits, and the stronger the fundamentals of platform coins become.
While BTC plunges rapidly, the total contract trading volume and liquidation volume across the network surge instantly, directly increasing the exchange’s fee income, which may lead to stronger-than-expected quarterly buyback and burn efforts. The market prices in this logic in advance—while others panic sell, some capital is positioned to benefit from "platform performance exceeding expectations," supporting the price or even pushing it slightly higher, naturally preventing further decline and causing fluctuations and rebounds.
3. No profit-taking pressure due to prior stagnant rise, so it doesn’t fall easily
This rally has been a BTC unilateral market from start to finish, with platform coins stagnating and consolidating throughout, almost without new profit-taking positions.
BTC and ETH rose more than 15% in just three days, and during the sell-off, a massive amount of low-level bottom-fishing funds took profits, combined with cascading liquidations of high-leverage long positions, layering selling pressure and causing uncontrollable declines. Meanwhile, platform coins have been oscillating in a range, with a balanced mix of trapped and profit-taking positions near the current price, no concentrated selling pressure, and long-term base holdings supporting the downside. Even slight safe-haven buying can stabilize it and even produce fluctuations. Simply put: since it didn’t rise much, there aren’t many chips to sell during the fall.
4. Capital rotates inversely: siphoning during surges, dispersing during crashes
During surges, capital siphons off platform coins to chase mainstream coins—everyone sells platform coins to chase BTC for quick profits;
During crashes, the opposite happens: capital withdraws from high-elasticity, high-risk mainstream/altcoins and shifts to low-volatility, fundamentally backed defensive assets, forming an inverse rotation. This rotation is usually a short-term portfolio adjustment, not the start of a major platform coin rally.
2. Can these fluctuations continue? Two key judgment criteria
The current "resilient fluctuations" of platform coins are essentially a safe-haven effect during panic periods, not the start of an independent rally. The subsequent path depends entirely on the overall market condition:
1. Optimistic scenario: BTC stabilizes + trading volume remains high → transition from resilience to catch-up rally
If BTC stops falling and consolidates at key support levels, market sentiment calms but trading activity remains high (contract volume stays elevated), platform coins will switch from "safe-haven defense" to "performance realization" logic, leading to a genuine catch-up rally. This is the standard rotation rhythm in every major historical rally.
2. Cautious scenario: BTC continues deep decline → eventual catch-down, just slower
If the overall market continues to crash and liquidity contracts broadly, platform coins cannot remain immune and will eventually follow with a catch-down. However, due to fundamental support, the decline will be significantly less than mainstream and altcoins, and the downtrend will lag noticeably.
Final summary
This wave of platform coin fluctuations perfectly corresponds to their cyclical attribute of "rising slowly after bull markets and resisting declines in bear markets"—they lag the market by half a beat both up and down, always slower than the overall market rhythm. For holders, they are not assets for explosive gains but relatively stable safe havens during volatile markets.
Risk warning: This article is only a market logic analysis and does not constitute any investment advice. The cryptocurrency market is highly volatile; please assess risks rationally and make decisions cautiously.$BTC has already stunned the "shorts," but the real test for the bulls is just beginning.
From just above $60,000 all the way up to nearly $80,000, it completed a rise of over 20% in just a few days.
This rally has three engines:
ETF inflows have clearly reappeared;
The U.S. Treasury's long-term bond repurchase program has changed liquidity expectations;
A large number of shorts were forced to stop loss, further creating a short squeeze.
Here’s the question:
If shorts no longer contribute to the buying volume, who will continue to push it?
This is why I currently do not recommend blindly chasing the rally.
If BTC can hold steady around $75,000–$76,000 and then surge again with volume to challenge $80,000, that would be the most beautiful move.
Conversely, if it fails to break $80,000 and then consecutively falls below $75,000, the faster the prior rise, the harsher the subsequent shakeout might be.
A truly big market move never lets everyone comfortably make money.
Right now, the most important thing is not to guess the top but to watch the support closely. Everyone, this token surged directly by 94% in 24 hours, with the price soaring from $1.8 all the way past $3.4, and the market cap reaching $1.9 billion, hitting a new high since March 21. Those who cut losses and exited at $1.5 are probably full of regret now.
This rally was completely unsupported by any positive announcements from the project team, purely driven by a triple emotional resonance: BTC's weekly gain exceeding 20% boosting overall market risk appetite, the entire Meme sector heating up collectively, and Trump continuously pushing Congress to pass the CLARITY crypto bill.
After the price hit $3.4, it immediately dropped quickly, currently oscillating between $2.94 and $3.03, with clear profit-taking pressure at the high levels.
It is also important to pay attention to the token's fundamental risks: total supply is nearly 1 billion tokens, with only 248 million currently circulating, 80% of the tokens locked long-term, and subsequent batch unlocks will continue to bring selling pressure, representing a major long-term risk hanging over the market. Looking back at history, painful past experiences won't be completely erased by a single-day surge.
Personal view: stay on the sidelines, do not enter to speculate.
If the price can hold above $3.4 in the future, it would indicate that funds are truly speculating on Trump's crypto policy as the main theme; if it fails to hold the high point, this nearly doubled rally is a typical bull trap. This type of sentiment-driven token has very tempting upward moves, but the losses during downturns are equally hard to bear. $BTC $ETH $TRUMP #美国PMI创四年新高，9月加息分歧升温 Gold has risen above $4600, and this time the increase may not be a simple safe-haven rally but a repricing of "credit."
On August 21, spot gold broke through $4600/ounce, reaching a new high for the phase, with a weekly gain exceeding 5%. The core driver behind gold's rise is not just geopolitical risks, nor simply betting on a Federal Reserve rate cut, but investors beginning to reassess the long-term pressures behind dollar assets.
For many years, when global capital faced risks, the first choice was often to buy dollars and U.S. Treasuries. But now a new change has emerged: as the U.S. long-term debt scale continues to expand and the 30-year Treasury yield remains high for a long time, some funds are starting to doubt whether the traditional definition of "safe-haven assets" is changing.
The essence of this gold rally is based on three logics.
First, a change in expectations of dollar credit.
Gold itself does not generate interest, but when the market worries about declining currency purchasing power, its value is rediscovered. Recently, the weakening dollar has directly propelled gold's rise.
Second, signals released by the U.S. Treasury market.
Investors used to believe U.S. Treasuries were the safest global assets. But with long-term yields persistently high, the market is focusing on U.S. fiscal pressure and debt sustainability issues. The U.S. Treasury's recent expansion of its long-term Treasury buyback program has also been interpreted by some investors as an important move to stabilize the bond market, further stimulating gold demand.
Third, the direction of risk-averse capital is changing.
Previously, safe-haven funds mainly flowed to the dollar and U.S. Treasuries, but now non-sovereign assets like gold and Bitcoin are gaining more attention. The recent simultaneous strength in gold and BTC reflects investors' reallocation in response to risks in the monetary system.
My view is that gold breaking through $4600 does not mean there won't be short-term corrections. Any rapidly rising asset will experience profit-taking, especially since gold has risen continuously and technically shows signs of consolidation demand.
But from a longer-term perspective, the biggest change in this rally is not how much gold has risen, but that capital is searching anew for assets "not reliant on a single credit system."
What truly deserves attention in the future is not just whether gold can continue to reach new highs, but if U.S. debt pressure persists and dollar credit continues to be challenged, gold may still be in a long-term revaluation phase.
Of course, risks cannot be ignored. If the U.S. economy strengthens again and inflation heats up causing interest rate expectations to fluctuate, the pace of gold's rise may be interrupted.
So now is not simply a time to chase gold's rise, but to observe the underlying capital flows.
Prices are always more honest than words.
When capital begins to increase gold allocation through action, it reflects not just short-term sentiment but a judgment about the future financial environment.
$BTC $ETH $OKB
#黄金突破4600美元，债券避险地位受挑战 If you missed the $BTC market move this week, make sure to catch it next week. $ETH $SOL
1. Wednesday's PCE and Friday's Nonfarm Payrolls + Chair's speech will significantly amplify volatility at these two time points. Around the news release, liquidation maps and technical levels often fail, frequently causing direct gap downs that break stop losses.
2. If a series of US data this Monday is strong (high inflation + good GDP + strong employment), the market will reprice to delay rate cuts, putting overall pressure on BTC;
3. If the consecutive data weakens, rate cut expectations will heat up, driving BTC strength.
4. During the Jackson Hole Symposium, try to reduce leverage and avoid heavy positions; price swings within minutes of the speech can be very large.BTC reclaims 77K, how far can this leverage flow expand? In this rebound where short covering and spot inflows worked simultaneously, the next price-determining factor is the speed of funding rate normalization. BTC has reclaimed 77K and is attempting to approach 78K. ETH remains around 2.4K, showing a relatively sluggish trend. It is accurate to view this rise as the result of complex capital behavior rather than a single factor. In an environment where expectations of expanded US Treasury buybacks increase liquidity premiums, capital inflows into BTC spot ETFs continue, while short covering in the futures market accelerates price increases. The key point is that the short squeeze is still ongoing. If the short positions liquidated during the surge are confirmed, this can act as additional upward momentum. Conversely, if the current position's leverage cost, i.e., the funding rate, enters an overheated zone, new long entries become burdensome and upward momentum may weaken. In other words, the sustainability of this rally depends more on derivative position costs and remaining short volumes than on price levels Altcoins just collectively flash-crashed 20% to 30% I actually think the market isn't over yet Altcoins suddenly experienced a rapid plunge just now, with many coins pulling back 20% to 30% in a short time. But I think this move looks more like a violent deleveraging after the previous rapid rise. In the past few days, BTC surged straight to around $79,000, continuously squeezing the market. In the past few days, tens of billions of dollars worth of liquidations have occurred, and altcoin leveraOn the chessboard, $110 million in chips was wiped out overnight—not by clever tactics, but crushed beneath the 2,300-point wall by a single bullish candlestick. Onlookers cried massacre, but to us in the game, it was just a fierce "central breakthrough" in the midgame.
The shorts seemed like a solid chain of pawns on this board, densely pressing down on Ethereum's head. They thought they had set up an ironclad defense on this long-standing sideways range, waiting to wear down the opponent until they ran out of steam. But true masters know that the so-called sideways range is just the opponent repositioning heavy pieces on a large scale. The moment the candlestick surged and broke through, all the shorts hanging on the cliff instantly became "vulnerable targets"—no protection, no retreat, forced to close positions and exit. $108M was triggered in a chain reaction, like the collapse of the king's wing defense line again and again, eventually turning into an avalanche of the entire defense.
But the player does not cheer for a single game's win or loss. I focus on the truly valuable clues: the US spot Ethereum ETF withdrew $189M in one day, with BlackRock alone moving $122M. This is not retail pocket change; this is heavy firepower slowly and steadily assembling. In chess terms, this is called "heavy forces advancing on the rear wing"—not expecting a one-hit kill, but consolidating the line with three consecutive days of net inflows. The bullish candlestick caused by short covering often looks like a probing pawn sacrifice—aggressive but possibly abandoned the next moment; while the continuous ETF inflows are the "horse stance" that truly stabilizes the center.
So the essence of the question is not "who won this round of confrontation," but whether this assault is a lone deep incursion or a large army pressing the border? The one-hour candlestick is like a novice player, only seeing the pursuing troops ahead, not the enemy's main force quietly completing an encirclement five moves later. Is the $110M liquidation loud? In front of money houses holding tens of billions in single transactions, this is a local piece exchange. What really determines the game's direction are the "long games" behind the ETFs—each of their moves is not for the current check, but to have one more pawn entering the endgame.
The situation has now shifted: shorts are wiped out, bulls control the offense, but the most fascinating part of the board is always the ambush. When you think the buying is blazing and leverage has raised the assault rifle, a counterattack can shred the entire offensive line into pieces. True high-level players don't care about gains or losses of a single city or castle; they calculate whether, after this wave of leveraged funds is drained, the remaining pieces can still hold the center. What I see is that the pawn that just broke through already has almost no reinforcements behind it—before the endgame arrives, all the turmoil is just the death knell before sacrifice. #ethwipes1.1bshorts$ETH's Independent Market Logic
🚀 Why is ETH rising more sharply than BTC?
Ethereum rose about 29% this week, far surpassing Bitcoin's 22%. Behind this is ETH's unique logic. Let's break it down one by one.
🏛️ Bullish Factor 1: Macro Liquidity Improvement (Shared with BTC)
Like Bitcoin, the news that the U.S. Treasury is expanding long-term Treasury repo operations also boosted ETH. The decline in long-term yields makes non-interest-bearing assets like ETH relatively more attractive.
📜 Bullish Factor 2: Improved Regulatory Expectations (Greater Benefit to ETH)
On August 18, the SEC proposed a "crypto asset regulatory" framework, aiming to exempt crypto investment contracts from securities law registration requirements. Grayscale stated that this proposal is expected to drive activity on Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain.
ETH is more sensitive to regulatory changes because Ethereum is the underlying platform for the vast majority of token issuances. Citi strategists pointed out that "regulatory catalysts will drive further adoption and capital inflows," emphasizing ETH's particular sensitivity to network activity as well as stablecoin and tokenization growth.
💰 Bullish Factor 3: Record ETF Inflows
On August 20, the $ETH Ethereum ETF saw a single-day inflow of $220.77 million, hitting a 10-month high. ETH trading volume surged 484% to $40 billion, about 14% of its circulating market cap.
🔄 Bullish Factor 4: Short Squeeze (More Intense for ETH)
Since August 19, the total liquidation amount of Ethereum contracts has exceeded $1.33 billion, with shorts accounting for as much as 88.4%. ETH accounts for about $1 billion of total short liquidations. Massive short covering further pushed up the gains.
🏦 Bullish Factor 5: Exchange Supply Contraction (Unique to ETH)
This is ETH's most unique bullish factor. From June 2 to August 18, exchange ETH balances decreased by about 1.15 million coins, a 15% drop. Meanwhile, BTC exchange balances increased by 1.8% during the same period.
This means: ETH is undergoing a unique supply contraction, while Bitcoin is not. This supply contraction is amplifying ETH's price elasticity.
🎯 Institutional Price Targets
$ETH Citi's 12-month forecast target is $3,175, with an optimistic scenario up to $4,488. 21Shares estimates a base case for 2026 between $3,400 and $3,700.
If ETH can continue to break through the $2,300 to $2,450 range, it will strengthen the argument for a rise to $2,700 and ultimately $3,000. #BTC延续强势，资金流能否持续？ #黄金突破4600美元，债券避险地位受挑战 #三星股东回报落地，最高约800亿美元 $BTC
【Cycle Analysis】Is the Bitcoin bull market back? Don't be overly optimistic! The bottoms in September and December are still ahead!
Although Bitcoin has recently shown a very strong trend and real money continues to flow in, blindly chasing highs is still unwise. Combining a self-made valuation model with the Hurst cycle theory, the current strategy and logic are as follows:
1. Long-term operation approach: strictly follow the valuation range
Previously, based on a self-made valuation range chart using the 200-week moving average, Bitcoin has rebounded from the "very cheap zone" to the "cheap zone." See Figure 1.
Current strategy: The price has entered the cheap zone, so personally pausing incremental buying (previously clearly advised bottom-fishing Bitcoin and Ethereum at 63,000 in the group).
Future plan: If the market offers a pullback opportunity to return to the very cheap zone, continue incremental bottom-fishing; start incremental profit-taking when rebounding to the reasonable zone; clear positions when reaching the expensive and very expensive zones.
Dollar-cost averaging advice: Long-term investors can continue dollar-cost averaging as planned, synchronizing operations for Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin.
2. Cycle model analysis: The bottoms in September and year-end are still ahead
The cycle model is not an omniscient perspective but a scientific trading analysis tool. The Composite Line fitting curve is not the actual price trend but is used to predict the timing of relative highs and lows. The real peaks and bottoms need to be confirmed by the price crossing above or below the FLD line, so there will be some deviation, but the trend is meaningful as a reference. Today BTC suddenly dropped, and altcoins on Binance almost instantly crashed, which actually revealed the truth about this altcoin market cycle: many gains are not from a spot bull market, but from leverage plus thin liquidity.
BTC is the risk anchor of Crypto. Once it plunges sharply, contract liquidations, quantitative risk reduction, and market makers withdrawing bids happen simultaneously, causing the order books of small coins to instantly become empty.
So next time, don't just look at who falls the hardest; I actually watch who recovers first.
BTC drops → altcoins crash → open interest gets washed out → top 50 holders hold firm → price recovers first.
These coins are the most worth studying.
Because truly strong altcoins are not those that rise the most when BTC goes up, but those whose market makers still refuse to give up their chips when BTC is deleveraging. #BTC加速拉升，资金还能继续接力吗？ The vertical expansion cycle of $SNDK has now come to a complete end.
After experiencing a structural decline of over 99%, it has long been left far behind its historical peak and is still being relentlessly pressed down by continuous selling pressure in a slow downtrend channel, unable to even mount a decent rebound.
Other tokens in the same sector like $BICO, $BEAT, $ALLO, $KAITO, and $APR have already secured strong liquidity support and have made clean and decisive recovery rebounds, with many doubling from their lows. Only $SNDK fails to catch any buying interest, with buyer support so weak it is almost negligible. $SNDK #SPCX 319 million shares will be unlocked this week; can the selling pressure be absorbed?