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There is a change in the weekend liquidation data, which is quite worth watching.
In the past 24 hours, about $117 million worth of positions across the network were liquidated, with approximately 56,600 traders wiped out.
Among them, long liquidations were about $49.96 million, while shorts reached $67.5 million, showing a clear shift towards shorts.
This coincides with a reversal from the Friday market movement.
Previously, it was the longs that were heavily liquidated.
Now it's the shorts' turn.
This indicates a very real change:
Leverage positions are switching sides.
When the market falls, the longs get liquidated.
When the market rebounds, the shorts get liquidated.
So when looking at BTC now, what’s truly worth focusing on might not be whether a certain level can be broken, but which side the next round of leverage will pile onto.
Because prices can move sideways.
Leverage, however, will not stay quiet.
$BTC On-chain addresses, the whales are all the house, one person buying, some retail investors selling, highly controlled, brothers with long positions, close them when you should, don't trade spot, no one will take the plate, this will go to zero Accounts chasing longs are still crowded in the market, but SUSHI's intraday peak can no longer hold.
Conclusion upfront: SUSHI's more than 20% rally this round has lost its intraday strength—if it breaks below 0.2367, I will open a short position with a stop loss at 0.273. If the rebound fails to reclaim yesterday's close, I won't let go. I'll break it down in three layers below.
Volume aspect: The 24-hour trading volume is 16 times the monthly average. After touching the peak at 10 AM, volume and price diverged. At 11:30, a 15-minute candle dumped volume 3.5 times that of the previous hour, selling harder than the buying.
Price aspect: The current price is 0.2377, close to today's low, having retraced over 12% from the intraday peak.
Chip distribution: 60% of accounts are long, funding rates are below zero, bulls are crowded on the surface, but contract funds do not support the price increase.
Market aspect: BTC is dozing near the 80,000 mark; this high-volume long upper shadow is SUSHI's own story.
Risk warning at maximum: An old token with a market cap over 60 million USD, nearly 99% below its all-time high, a 16x volume pulse day, two-way spikes are the normal script. The only fatal flaw for shorts is a high-volume close above yesterday's close; if that happens, admit the mistake, data will prove it, no stubbornness.
Execution plan fixed: Open short if it breaks 0.2367, stop loss at 0.273 above, first target below at 0.1972 platform before considering taking profits; if rebound closes above yesterday's close, admit the mistake and reverse position, no arguing with data.
I’m watching the key levels for you, stay alert to avoid missing out.
$SUSHI $BTC$BTC BTC is now hovering around 79,700, after being slapped back below 80,000 by the non-farm payrolls yesterday, and today it's consolidating and catching its breath. Here's how to play it.
The market is actually solid: ETF funds are aggressively buying, with a net inflow of nearly $1 billion this week, totaling $3.8 billion over three weeks. On September 4th alone, $730 million was added, a new high for the year. Binance's holdings have broken through $10 billion, a six-month peak, with leveraged funds all betting on direction. But the probability of a rate hike in September has surged to 59%, and the PPI on the 10th and CPI on the 11th are judgment days; big money won't move before the data.
Technically, it's grinding inside the 79,000-82,800 box, RSI at 66 is not yet overbought, the Ichimoku cloud still shows a bullish alignment, the structure is intact, just missing a strong volume bullish candle.
My strategy:
Entry: Do not chase the current price. Buy in batches on pullbacks to 78,000-78,500; aggressive traders wait for a volume-backed break and hold above 80,300 (recent resistance turned support) to chase the breakout.
Targets: First target 82,000-82,800 (May high resistance zone), if daily closes above 83,000 then look for 85,000-87,000.
Stop loss: Halve position if daily close falls below 77,500; exit all if it breaks 74,000 (mid-term structure invalidation level).
In short: ETF support + macro pressure, trade the box top and bottom until the upper edge breaks, avoid heavy one-sided bets before CPI release.
Not investment advice, trade at your own risk. WLFI advisor ogle is actually the largest whale holding PONS token, with a $0.1 million position and unrealized profit exceeding $13.77 million. According to on-chain data monitoring, WLFI advisor Ogle's actual holdings on PONS are not the publicly listed 10.96 million tokens, but rather a total of 15.28 million PONS held by two addresses, averaging about $0.10. The current total value is about $13.92 million, with an unrealized profit of about $13.77 million, yielding an 87x return, making it the token's actual largest holding address. On September 6, on-chain data monitoring showed that WLFI advisor Ogle's actual holdings on PONS tokens differ significantly from the 10.96 million tokens previously shown on the FOMO page. Further tracking revealed that Ogle also holds 4.32 million PONS in another address, worth about $3.86 million. The combined holdings of 15.28 million tokens between the two addresses bring the total value to about $13.92 million at current prices, making it the largest PONS whale. In terms of position formation cost, Ogle bought these tokens at an average price of $0.1. Based on current market value, its unrealized profit has reached about $13.77 million, with a return rate of 87 times—a typical case of making significant profits after building positions at a low price. There are two main reasons why this event has drawn attention. First, the gap between the ranking data and the actual on-chain holdings exposes blind spots in some token position statistics tools. If investors rely solely on a single data panel, they may seriously underestimate the actual concentration of shares; Second, the WLFI advisor status and the huge low amountRecently, the Solana chain has been coming up with new tricks every day. I originally thought Meme coins had already peaked, but then $STONK suddenly appeared, pouring a bucket of hot oil on this fire!
Seeing a 140% increase within 24 hours and a market cap that once broke $100 million, my first reaction was: this name is way too "Wall Street." But this token's rise is definitely not just because of its name. Its combination of Meme + RWA (Real World Assets) strategy basically rubs the craziness of crypto and the barriers of traditional finance together.
Honestly, the impact of $STONK's explosion is much stronger than those animal coins that rely purely on memes.
1. What do people usually fear most when rushing into Memes? They fear a one-time spike and no real grounding. $STONK is different; it supports users issuing Meme tokens and lets you pair them with tokenized RWAs (like stock tokens or pre-IPO original shares). This logic is brilliant, basically giving the "street dog" a "respectable dad." This gameplay instantly leaves behind those tokens that only recycle memes by several lengths. If funds don't flow here, where else would they go?
2. Pushing the market cap from tens of millions to the $100 million mark in one day is obviously not something retail investors can do by random chance. We can see that the core forces are using this new concept of asset pairing to conduct an extremely efficient liquidity siphon. The essence of this behavior is the construction of a cross-sector arbitrage narrative. After experiencing early-stage low-position chip accumulation,I haven't shorted SOL, but around $104, I won't prematurely bet on "altcoin season is coming" just because BTC is attracting funds again.
The most popular market scenario now is:
BTC rises first → ETH takes over → SOL explodes → finally, small coins broadly rise.
This scenario has happened before, so many people are trading the next leg in advance.
But the latest fund data does not support this conclusion yet.
On September 4, the US BTC spot ETF had a net inflow of about $174.6 million.
ETH also saw inflows, but only about $25.9 million.
What about SOL?
A net outflow of about $5.2 million.
And this is not the first time.
On September 2, when BTC ETF had a net inflow of about $101.1 million, ETH had a net outflow of about $48.2 million, SOL outflowed $6.1 million, and XRP also outflowed about $7.2 million.
What this tells me is not that "SOL is bad."
But rather:
Institutions buying crypto now does not mean institutions are buying crypto indiscriminately.
Funds still have clear tiers.
BTC is the first choice, ETH has some support, but SOL has not yet proven it has entered a sustained institutional allocation phase.
Chasing SOL prematurely at this time is essentially betting on an event that has not yet happened:
Fund rotation.
I prefer to confirm a bit later. Is $SNDK at this position an opportunity or a trap?
First, let's look at SanDisk's fundamentals. Since 2026, the stock price has risen about 550%, making it the strongest stock in the S&P 500. However, it has fallen more than 30% from the historical high at the end of June. The average target price given by 24 analysts is $2125, which still has 22% upside from the current price; Lynx Equity is more aggressive with a target price of $2450.
But the risks are also obvious: some analysts believe that the windfall profits brought by AI infrastructure demand have pushed the valuation to a 60% premium over fair value, and aggressive capacity expansion may trigger a cyclical downturn.
My judgment: short-term is slightly high, mid-term depends on whether growth can be realized. On September 11, the August CPI data will be released, which is a key variable for the Federal Reserve's decision—if the data is strong, the probability of a rate hike increases, putting pressure on tech growth stocks; if the data is weak, it benefits risk assets.
The real highlight is the FOMC meeting on September 15-16. Currently, the market prices in about a 60% chance of a rate hike, with the Fed's internal vote split at 6 to hold and 5 to raise, with Powell's vote being crucial.
If the rate is raised by 25 basis points, U.S. Treasury yields will rise and the dollar will strengthen, which is directly negative for high-valuation growth stocks like SanDisk. If rates remain unchanged, risk appetite will rebound, and AI concept stocks will likely rally—the day Waller turned dovish, the U.S. stock market had already surged.
My strategy: no additional positions before the CPI data is released; wait until the direction is clear. SanDisk's fundamentals are fine, but betting on the Fed at this position is not cost-effective. $SNDK This Sunday morning surge, what I find most worth watching is not how much BTC has surged again, but that its relationship with gold is starting to get interesting.
BTC has retouched around 80,000, and ETH has also climbed back above 2,500. More importantly, the 90-day correlation between BTC and gold has risen to +0.50, indicating that the current capital logic is no longer that simple.
A few days ago, the market was still trading on rate hike expectations, but after the non-farm payrolls data was released, risk assets started moving upward again. If you only focus on "BTC has risen, so keep bullish," it's easy to get caught up in chasing the rally.
I recently suffered this loss myself trading Sandisk.
It hovered around 1,700 for an hour, and I kept thinking it couldn't rise further, so I shorted it, even adding to the position and loosening the stop loss. But the price went straight up, turning an initial risk of a dozen dollars into over 40 dollars.
So now, looking at BTC, I’m not in a hurry to chase just because it’s back above 80,000.
What really matters is: can a new support form above 80,000, can ETH continue to follow after breaking 2,500, and can BTC’s relative strength against gold persist.
Liquidity is thin on Sunday anyway; I’d rather wait for confirmation than guess a top just because "it looks too high." #BTC与黄金90日相关性升至+0.50 #美联储官员称应加息，9月概率升至58.6% $BTC $ETH $XAU BTC and gold correlation hits a record high; analysts say the "digital gold" narrative may become the main theme of the bull market. Coinkarma founder Benson Sun wrote that this may be the starting point of the largest bull market in Bitcoin's history. The 60-day correlation coefficient between BTC and gold rose to 0.663, breaking the historical peak of 0.64 in November 2020 and the highest since trading began in 2011; during the same period, BTC's correlation with the Nasdaq dropped below 0.25, forming a rare combination of "high gold correlation + low US correlation." He believes BTC is shifting from a high-beta tech stock to a hard asset resistant to fiat currency depreciation. In his lengthy article, Benson Sun provided core data: historically, only 2.2% of trading days have seen BTC correlation with gold 60-day correlation coefficient above 0.5, with only two previous periods. The first stage was in August 2020, when BTC traded sideways between $10,000 and $12,000 and started a main rally, reaching a peak of $64,000; the second was October 2022, when Bitcoin was in a long-term bottom zone. Even after experiencing the FTX black swan in between, it still rose 276% from the signal level to the $73,000 high. This is the third time in history that such a high gold correlation has appeared, and the structure is purer: while gold correlation broke above 0.6, the Nasdaq correlation fell below 0.25. Previous bull markets mainly relied on halving narratives combined with dollar liquidity spillover, with "digital gold" being more of a theme and rarely a true main theme. At the macro level, signals of divergence between the U.S. dollar index and U.S. Treasury yields have appeared:Altcoins Surge: Robinhood Chain and Solana On-Chain Heat Ignite L2 and DeFi Sectors, ARB, RAY, and SUSHI Lead the Gains On September 6, altcoins saw a broad rally, with L2, DeFi, and DEX sectors surging significantly. ARB rose over 51% in 24 hours, RAY over 42%, and SUSHI over 24%. The core drivers came from Robinhood Chain's ecosystem expansion and expected revenue-sharing expectations, rising Solana token issuance heat, and projects with real trading scenarios and fee capture capabilities due to capital inflows. The altcoin seasonal index rose to 40, with total altcoin market cap reaching $1.10 trillion. This rally is not just meme, but a clear ecosystem catalyst. First, the core logic behind the ARB leading the rise in the L2 sector is that Robinhood Chain is built on Arbitrum Orbit, and 10% of net protocol revenue must be allocated to the Arbitrum ecosystem, with 8% going to the DAO treasury and 2% to development funds. This means Robinhood's traditional financial user traffic will be directly converted into real income for the Arbitrum ecosystem. Second, Solana's on-chain token issuance platform StonkFun announced the launch of Raydium LaunchLab, and all new token deployments will follow thereafterDERIVATIVES SIGNAL 💲💸
Derivatives data is showing a mixed picture.
Bitcoin futures OI is around $54.6B and almost flat over 7 days. $SOL OI dropped roughly 10.2%, suggesting leverage is being reduced more aggressively in Solana.
If $BTC holds $80K with stable OI, the structure could remain healthier. A price decline alongside rising OI would be a warning sign.#BTCGold90DayCorr #HammackBacksHike #OKXOutcomeLeagueFOMC A few days ago, the discussion was: too high risk, macro uncertainty, should BTC continue to fall or not. Then suddenly—institutions started pouring funds aggressively into Bitcoin. The US spot Bitcoin ETF saw a single-day net inflow surge to about $680 million, marking an extremely large capital inflow in recent months. Previously, BTC was considered expensive, but now as the price warms up, institutions are rushing to accumulate. It must be said, these Wall Street players talk about risk, but their actions are very honest🤣. What's even more noteworthy is: previously, ETF funds had shown continuous fluctuations and even periodic outflows, causing the market to worry that institutional funds might be preparing to withdraw. But now, a large-scale return suddenly appears. What does this indicate? The funds may never have left. They were just waiting off-market for a more suitable entry point. And after BTC reclaimed above $80,000, market sentiment also began to clearly recover. Meanwhile, the macro environment is becoming increasingly critical. Going forward, the market will continue to focus on US inflation data, Federal Reserve policy expectations, and the interest rate path in September. As long as liquidity expectations continue to improve, risk assets have a chance to receive new capital support. So what really matters now is not how much the ETF bought on a certain day. But whether this capital inflow can be sustained. A daily inflow of billions of dollars can be understood as a sentiment rebound. But if net inflows continue for multiple trading days—then it might not be a simple rebound. Instead, Wall Street may be starting to reprice BTC again. Thought it was expensive at $78,000? Wait for institutionsLet me teach you a method to prioritize news. This weekend's news was explosive: the US military sank an Iranian oil tanker, the Revolutionary Guard retaliated against ships in the Strait of Hormuz, and at the same time, Russia and Ukraine agreed on a three-day ceasefire—two completely opposite geopolitical developments hitting at once, yet $BTC remained almost unchanged over 24 hours, still hovering in a narrow range below 80,000.
What does this indicate? The market has long learned to assign weights to news. Regional conflicts like these, which "look scary but don't affect dollar liquidity," are categorized as noise; the real price driver is next week's CPI—it directly determines whether the Fed will raise rates in September.
So don't reflexively shout 'safe haven' or 'bullish' at every war update. First ask: does this affect liquidity, or just sentiment? $ASTER's pump is always like this: it spikes up and then comes down. I define this kind of pump as a shakeout; only when the vast majority have exited will the real trend begin.
Regarding ASTER's fundamentals, many think the current market cap is too high and not cost-effective. Let's do some math.
$ASTER currently has a market cap of about $2 billion. With a monthly profit of approximately $5.5 million, the annualized profit is about $66 million, corresponding to a PE of around 30.
This valuation, at the stage just after the bear market ended, is actually not cheap, but what really matters is the profit growth ahead.
Assuming profits can nearly double in the next few years:
$66 million to $132 million to $264 million to $528 million.
If the market cap remains at $2 billion, the PE will compress from 30 to 15, then 7.6, and finally only 3.8.
ASTER itself also has a deflationary mechanism; the larger the ecosystem and the higher the profits, the more obvious the value capture for holders through buybacks and supply contraction.
The market likes to price ASTER based on current data, but what I care more about is: if profits continue to grow for two or three years, is the current $2 billion valuation still expensive? Taking advantage of this trend, I have also started to position myself early in $LDO.
Recently, platform coins like OKB, BNB, privacy coin $ZEC, and L2 ($ARB) have all performed well one after another. Now, I actually want to find some directions that are still relatively low, and LDO is one of them.
First, the weekly chart of LDO is still in a low-level recovery phase after a long-term decline. I'm not sure if this is the absolute bottom, but I'm willing to take a position here first.
Second, I am betting on sector rotation. The previous directions have already risen, and if funds continue to look for low-level directions, staking/DeFi is worth watching in advance.
Third, and the reason I chose LDO instead of just any low-level coin: Lido itself has recently taken action. The DAO has previously exchanged 1,591 stETH for about 10.026 million LDO, and there are new transaction plans coming up.
So this time, I'm not betting on LDO taking off immediately, but rather entering early while the price is still low, waiting for rotation.
If it rises, I'll keep holding; if there's a normal pullback, I'll consider adding.
Next steps:
What will really change my judgment is BTC. If BTC's daily chart doesn't show a clear upward signal for a long time and momentum continues to weaken, I will consider closing my position.
The position is already set, now let the market verify it on its own.$BTC is no longer fighting just a technical resistance zone. Right now, $80K is being driven by the Fed, inflation, Treasury yields and the dollar. Bitcoin recently pushed above $81K, but the strong August employment report quickly changed the mood. 🇺🇸 U.S. payrolls jumped 162K, crushing expectations near 53K, while unemployment remained at 4.1%. The stronger labor data gave the Fed more room to keep policy restrictive and pushed September rate-hike expectations toward roughly 60–63%. BTC reacRecently, I have started to turn my attention to a direction that might be overlooked by the market — $ZEN. The recent surge of ZEC has reignited the entire privacy sector. What the market should focus on now is not necessarily the leading coins that have already skyrocketed, but whether funds will begin to spread to low market cap projects. Recently, $ZEN's trend has clearly become active, with trading volume continuously increasing, and a cumulative rise of nearly 40% in just one week. The current price is still around $8, and its overall market cap remains relatively low compared to popular coins. This is also why I started paying attention to it. Horizen is not a new project but a veteran player in the privacy sector. With the advancement of Horizen 2.0, the project is upgrading towards the Base ecosystem and privacy infrastructure, with its core still centered around zero-knowledge proofs and on-chain privacy technology. Recently, market funds have also begun to refocus on ZK, privacy computing, and modular infrastructure directions. ZEC has already shown the market that as long as the narrative is strong enough and the funding sentiment is concentrated, a long-dormant old project can also be revalued. If the privacy sector continues to heat up, the market will definitely start looking for the "next ZEC." And targets like $ZEN, which have a veteran project background, relatively low circulating market cap, and new narratives, may be more likely to become the focus of funds in the next phase. Of course, I don't think it will simply replicate ZEC's trend. But if the privacy sector truly enters a phase of widespread expansion, this current position,58.6% does NOT mean a September rate hike is guaranteed.
That’s a market probability, not a Fed decision.
The strong NFP pushed hike expectations higher, but August CPI is still the bigger test.
For crypto, the chain is simple:
Strong data → higher yields → stronger dollar → pressure on risk assets.
$BTC already struggled to hold $82K, so I’m watching the $78K–$80K zone closely.
I’m not trading the headline.
I’m trading the reaction.
#FOMC #BTC #ETH #OKB#BTCGold90DayCorr I'm still holding $PUMP, too lazy to join the hype. $PONS Robinhood chain's single-day DEX volume hit 3.7 billion, surpassing Solana. It's the temporary champion created by "inviting the whole chain to freely swap cat coins"; it's not because of superior technology, but because this chain is like a free-entry casino now, everyone comes in to spin the roulette, and the turnover naturally explodes. Wait until September 29 when the entry fee is reinstated, and see how many people are really here to gamble and how many are just here to enjoy the free air conditioning.
#Robinhood链上收入创高，资金却转为净流出 Many people are still asking
whether $CORE can still rise
But I think a more worthwhile question is
when the next wave of BTCFi truly explodes
can CORE become one of the value capture beneficiaries
The current logic of Core is no longer just
building a Bitcoin ecosystem chain
but moving in one direction
$BTC generates revenue
The ecosystem generates income
Income drives CORE buybacks
Combined with BTC Staking
LST
BTCFi
Neobank
RWA and other applications continuously landing
If this flywheel really starts running
CORE's valuation logic will also change
Previously, people might have seen it as
a public chain valuation
In the future, the market might see it as
Bitcoin financial infrastructure + income + buybacks
Of course
there is still a long way to go
And in early September, Core just completed an emergency hard fork to fix an abnormal validator reward issue
In the short term, the focus is still on whether network stability and user confidence can recover.
But if I were to preemptively put a long-term watchlist
CORE still deserves a spot
Not because of whether it rises now
But because I value more
when the next wave of Bitcoin liquidity truly starts seeking yield
whether CORE can catch that money
That might be the biggest story for CORE in the next phase.While coin prices are fluctuating and retreating, ETF funds continue to flow in. As of September 4, the weekly net inflow of spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US stock market approached $1 billion, making it one of the strongest recent weeks for capital gains. Over the past three weeks, cumulative inflows have reached about $3.8 billion, with signs of institutional funds returning to the BTC market becoming increasingly apparent. On a single-day basis, on September 3, spot BTC ETFs recorded a net inflow of about $731 million, marking one of the strongest single-day capital performances this year, with IBIT continuing to hold the largest share and market funds clearly concentrating on leading products. Meanwhile, macroeconomic pressure is mounting. The latest US nonfarm payroll data is clearly stronger than expected, and market expectations for a September FOMC rate hike are heating up rapidly, with some market prices already rising to around 60% or even higher. Strong employment data combined with hawkish expectations have put pressure on BTC in the short term. The market will focus on the upcoming CPI data and the FOMC meeting on September 15-16. The market is interesting now: 📉 short-term prices are suppressed 💰 by macro data, but ETF funds have not withdrawn simultaneously 🏦. Institutional funds still lean more toward BTC ⚠️. However, continuous ETF inflows do not mean the price will immediately start a sharp rise. My view is: this pullback is more like a game between macro expectations and capital accumulation. As long as ETF funds do not see consecutive large-scale outflows, BTC's medium-term capital structure has not significantly weakened. However, whether the short-term market can regain a key position remains uncertain.#Federal Reserve officials say rate hikes are needed, September probability rises to 58.6%
Nonfarm payrolls are so strong, why is capital stubbornly sticking to semiconductors? Look here for next Monday's direction
Friday's nonfarm payrolls exploded, 162,000 crushing expectations. Logically, rate hike expectations heat up, US Treasuries dip, growth stocks should kneel, and the Nasdaq did turn green.
But the market is interesting, capital didn't run, instead there was a major rotation. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index surged more than 3 points against the trend, storage stocks soared. Why? Simply put, four words: earnings protection. Money is very smart now, no longer buying stories, only picking those holding real orders. AI computing power is something capital expenditure can't stop, demand for HBM and SSD is very strong, Bank of America is still calling for a 10%-20% rise in spot prices in September. This fundamental basically covers the negative impact of rising interest rates.
So the idea for next Monday is simple. Korean and US semiconductor stocks will most likely keep dancing, especially the storage line, with deep capital involvement, the trend is not over. But those guys in China's A-shares, everyone knows their tricks, don't get carried away chasing high openings, be careful of the "ancestral rules".
Directionally, continue to stubbornly focus on AI hardware (storage, optical modules), this wave is a structural market where industry trends fight against macro pressure, before CPI and the rate meeting land, this divergence will only get more extreme. $KORUThe core direct catalyst for the recent surge of $ARB is the protocol revenue sharing mechanism of Robinhood Chain. According to the cooperation agreement, Robinhood Chain must return 10% of the protocol's net income to the Arbitrum ecosystem, and the chain has accumulated fee revenue exceeding $13.05 million in just two months since its launch. On September 2, the single-day transaction fee reached a record high of $4.45 million, while the DEX trading volume in the past 24 hours exceeded $1.89 billion, topping the public chain rankings for the first time.
From a fundamental perspective, the ArbitrumDAO's report for the first half of 2026 shows revenue of $6.19 million with a gross margin over 97%, RWA asset scale reaching $1 billion, and ecosystem health far exceeding market expectations. The huge divergence between on-chain real income and governance token market value is triggering a revaluation by institutional funds.
On the market narrative level, ARB's pricing logic is shifting from "Layer2 Gas consumption" to "real on-chain income capitalization," combined with Robinhood's 86 million retail user traffic continuously flowing into on-chain interactions. ARB, as the core settlement layer asset, directly benefits from this traffic dividend.ZEC hits a new 10-year high at $1087! DASH follows with a 44% surge—Is this the spring of privacy coins or their last hurrah?
$ZEC is unstoppable. It surged from 600 all the way to 1052, breaking $1000 for the first time in a decade. DASH skyrocketed in sync, rising over 33% in one day, peaking at $73. The privacy coin sector is collectively erupting.
Three main reasons for the surge: Grayscale's Zcash spot ETF launches on August 25, with a cumulative net inflow of $34.4 million, Wall Street money is buying with real cash; Ironwood upgrade fixes the Orchard privacy pool vulnerability, pool assets hit a new high, clearing regulatory hurdles; about $36.6 million in leveraged liquidations were triggered, with $34.5 million from shorts, short covering pushed prices higher.
$DASH benefits from capital overflow. The Grayscale ETF attracts massive institutional attention to the privacy track, funds start rotating from ZEC to second-tier coins like DASH. Plus, Dash Platform v1.1 mainnet launch introduces zero-knowledge privacy transactions and a mobile privacy beta, giving reasons for speculation.
My judgment: This ZEC wave is a triple combo of ETF + tech upgrade + short squeeze. But RSI has hit 91, seriously overbought, and whales are starting to transfer years of accumulated ZEC to exchanges. Chasing ZEC above $1000 carries high short-term risk. On September 3, the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (Thai SEC) announced that the board has in principle agreed to strengthen the regulation of licensed digital asset operators handling stablecoin transactions and plans to publicly solicit opinions in September. To clarify the timeline and stages: September 3 is the date when the regulatory principles were approved and announced; it still needs to go through hearings and rule revisions, and the final regulations have not yet come into effect. On the same day, Thai blockchain media Siam Blockchain verified the main terms based on the regulatory announcement.
The most notable is the "daily limit of 5 million THB." According to the current plan, customers transferring stablecoins through each regulated operator are limited to no more than 5 million THB per person per day; the same 5 million THB limit applies to transfers out, and the amount should also be consistent with the customer's income source and financial status. Both the source wallet for incoming transfers and the destination wallet for outgoing transfers must be verified as owned by the customer themselves; in principle, transfers from or to other people's accounts are not allowed. Operators are also required to implement the Travel Rule, customer classification, risk wallet screening, and on-chain fund flow tracking.
However, this does not mean Thailand will cap all on-chain stablecoin transfers uniformly. The regulatory target is the deposit and withdrawal process completed through Thai licensed digital asset operators; if funds are transferred between two operators regulated by the Thai SEC, and both parties implement the Travel Rule, the announcement states that the above 5 million THB limit may not apply. The regulator indicated that recently, stablecoin transaction volume and amounts have significantly increased, especially USDT, and there are concerns about its use for money laundering, netOne of the most notable changes in the market today is not in how much Bitcoin is rising or falling. It is a bigger question: Why have Bitcoin and gold — two assets with very different characteristics — been trending more in the same direction in recent times? The 90-day correlation between $BTC and gold is being paid special attention by the market. This is not proof that Bitcoin has become "digital gold", nor does it mean that the two assets will always rise or fallLong and Short Crowding List
Only when cost, price, and position align can it be called crowding continuation; if they don't align, it signals the start of risk.
$PONS current rate +0.1092%, settled +0.966% in the past 24 hours, at the 0% percentile of recent samples. Price and position are rising synchronously, confirming that risk exposure is expanding with the increase. The rate has not reached historical extremes for the same coin; reading the current price-position structure, no additional crowding label is applied. There are only 7 settlement points in the historical sample, so the percentile is temporarily used only as a reference.
$RAY current rate -0.0265%, settled +0.030% in the past 24 hours, at the 3% percentile of recent samples. Price and position increased in 15 minutes; leverage risk exposure is increasing during this upward movement. The rate has shifted from the past direction to the opposite side, and position sentiment is being rearranged; the signal will be more complete after position expansion.
$ARB current rate +0.0100%, settled +0.030% in the past 24 hours, at the 100% percentile of recent samples. Price rises while position decreases, with the driving force more likely from old positions exiting. Even with extreme rates, the most certain conclusion during OI contraction is deleveraging; which side is exiting cannot be concluded based solely on this data.The market is leaning risk-on, but not decisively. ETH and SOL are outperforming BTC over 24 hours while BTC sits just below $80K. That rotation suggests improving appetite beneath the surface, though a hawkish rates backdrop still argues for patience over momentum chasing.
Not advice, just analysis.Damn, why didn't I see this news yesterday? I got schooled back and forth by PONS.
Wintermute is buying $PONS through a TWAP strategy, with holdings already exceeding 3 million USD. It is speculated that they might be making a market on-chain.
The entry of a market maker means liquidity will improve, bid-ask spreads will narrow, and depth will get better, which is a positive signal for the token price.
I just chased in to buy some spot. If this really hits 1, then the stop-losses I took back and forth yesterday will be considered tuition fees.
#Robinhood链上收入创高，资金却转为净流出 #美联储官员称应加息，9月概率升至58.6% How much of the $UNI burn promise has been fulfilled after one year?
Last November, the UNIfication proposal emerged suddenly, promoting an annual burn of $400-500 million, causing UNI to surge 39% in a single day. Everyone thought the governance token was turning into a dividend asset.
Ten months later, the bill is out: the actual annual burn is about 4 million UNI, less than one-twentieth of the promoted figure.
Where did the money go? The 0.25% LP fee was kept to retain liquidity providers, and the actual portion of the protocol's 0.05% cut that went to burning was much less than expected.
The promised 100 million tokens for treasury burn were released in several batches slowly, and the 20 million annual "growth budget" is still being released quarterly, buying back with one hand and paying salaries with the other.
Comparing with peers: Aave puts its entire $100 million annual revenue into the DAO treasury, and Hyperliquid consistently buys back 1.15 billion annually. UNI’s price-to-sales ratio of 3.3x (based on the upper limit) looks cheap, but there’s a reason for that— the market has learned to discount “promises.”$ARB remains highly popular, how far can the traffic dividend go?
Some insist on continuing to go long, while others are shorting.
Real-time data
ARB current price 0.19787, with a notable short-term increase driven by Robinhood Chain. The 10% protocol revenue generated by Robinhood Chain flows back to the Arbitrum DAO treasury, bringing new cash flow to the ecosystem. Market $BTC at 80031, the overall market is oscillating at a high level.
Market consensus
Bullish: Massive retail trading on Robinhood Chain continuously supplies fees to the DAO, turning from pure narrative into actual income, validating the value of Layer2.
Cautious: The market is highly tied to the external chain’s popularity; once traffic declines, income shrinks directly; meanwhile, $ARB faces token unlocking selling pressure, posing significant risks at high levels.
Underlying logic analysis
$ARB itself does not trade directly but earns revenue by authorizing Robinhood Chain to use its technical framework for profit sharing. The dividend comes from the external ecosystem, not from an explosion of the native Arbitrum chain. The major market trend is still constrained by Federal Reserve rate hike expectations, with a 58.6% probability of a rate hike in September; macro factors will limit the upward potential.
Personal view (personal inclination towards a gradual bull market return, personal opinion only, not investment advice)
The new income is a tangible positive, but it is event-driven and not suitable for heavy positions at high levels; continuous observation of actual treasury income changes is recommended.Why did ARB suddenly take off? It's all about Robinhood Chain
After Robinhood Chain launched in July, transaction fees exploded, peaking at over $4 million in a single day. According to the protocol, 10% of its revenue is directly handed over to the Arbitrum treasury. This real cash inflow directly turns into hard income for the Arbitrum DAO.
But looking at it from another angle is even more interesting.
The chain of a big company is still playing with meme coins and low-tier tokens.
Everyone thought Robinhood launching a chain was to do RWA, but the majority of the transaction volume still comes from MEME and low-tier tokens. Licensed brokers set the stage, crypto gamblers perform the show, indicating that the cash flow will always be driven by native speculative sentiment.
What’s rising is expectations, not dividends.
The 10% cut goes into the treasury, but $ARB itself has no dividends or burn mechanism. The surge essentially reflects capital betting on Arbitrum’s upcoming tokenomics reform, granting ARB the power to capture treasury revenue.
Strategy shift: from entering the field to selling shovels.
Arbitrum has gotten smarter, no longer stubbornly focusing on Arbitrum One’s on-chain TVL, but pivoting to application chain infrastructure. If more giants use the Arbitrum Stack to launch chains, it can firmly establish itself as the AWS of Web3.
Mid-to-long term forecast:
Short-term sentiment is overheated; once subsidies end or MEME hype fades, data will inevitably decline. Coupled with unlocking pressure in September, chasing highs carries great risk. But in the mid-to-long term, Arbitrum has proven the commission-based business model works, and the underlying value support is completely different now. At the beginning of September, Bitcoin climbed back above $82,000, then retreated influenced by macro data, and is currently fluctuating around $80K. Many people focus on the price. But what truly deserves attention is that the capital structure and asset attributes behind BTC are changing. I see at least 5 signals: ① BTC is starting to resemble gold more than tech stocks. Recent data shows that the 90-day rolling correlation between BTC and gold has risen to about +0.50, reaching a high since 2020. Meanwhile, the correlation between BTC and the Nasdaq 100 has dropped to about 0.30, near a one-year low. This indicates a noteworthy change: Previously, the market was more accustomed to treating BTC as a “high-volatility tech asset.” Now, more and more capital is placing BTC and gold within the same macro framework—hedging against currency depreciation, fiscal risks, and long-term credit risks. This does not mean BTC has fully become “digital gold,” but at least this narrative is increasingly supported by data. --- ② BTC is attempting to decouple from U.S. stocks. For a long time, BTC was highly correlated with the Nasdaq: Tech stocks rise → BTC rises Tech stocks fall → BTC amplifies the decline But recently, the situation is changing. Glassnode also reminds that short-term decoupling between BTC and U.S. stocks has not necessarily persisted in the past, so it is still too early to declare that “BTC is completely independent.” What is truly worth observing is: This decoupling will persistThat number reflects market pricing, not a decision from the Federal Reserve. August NFP came in at 162K, well above expectations, pushing September hike odds sharply higher and lifting Treasury yields. But the next major test is still August CPI on September 11. The macro chain is straightforward: Hot data → higher yields → stronger USD → pressure on BTC & risk assets. $BTC already failed to sustain the $82K+ area, so I’m keeping a close eye on $78K–$80K. If that zone holds, the market can stab一句话结论 9 月 6 日早盘（北京时间 09:25–10:10），WOO 在 OKX 永续上上演下插针—上插针双杀：先 5 分钟闪崩至 0.00843**（较盘前 -28%），随即被垂直买盘暴力拉回并冲到 **0.01503 日内高点（自谷底 +78%），一根小时线量能 **4.8M** 竟达昨日全日成交的 **44 倍**。盘中剧烈但无任何消息面催化，BTC 同期横盘 —— 典型**薄盘杠杆清洗 + 空头挤压**，非基本面趋势启动。多空在0.012 一线拉锯，方向未明。 核心盘面（OKX WOO-USDT-SWAP） • 09:00–09:20：死水横盘 $0.01167-0.01181，零量 • 09:25 闪崩插针：高 0.01163 → 低0.00848（-28%），$855K • 09:30 谷底反转：低 0.00843（日内最低）→ 收0.01109，$972K • 09:35–09:40 多头反扑：0.01298/0.01434 • 10:05 日内新高：摸 $0.01503（谷底+78%），$639K • 10:10–10:35 缩量回落至 ~$0.0121 • After the strong non-farm payrolls, gold and growth assets were both pressured by interest rates, but Crypto has already started trading on its own logic 🧐
#BTC与黄金90日相关性升至+0.50
$XAU fell about 1.2% on Friday to around 4419 USD, mainly because the non-farm payrolls were too strong, pushing the September rate hike probability to about 65%. Gold's geopolitical safe-haven demand remains, but as long as the dollar and US Treasury yields stay strong, it will struggle to rise comfortably. The next key focus is directly on CPI.
$BICO is currently around 0.022 USD, with the previous exchange-driven stimulus basically fading. The market is familiar with the abstract story of accounts; what is truly lacking now are users and revenue. A low price does not mean cheap; without business growth to take over, small caps are more prone to amplified volatility from liquidity tightening.
$OKB is no longer just a simple exchange platform token. After supply is fixed, its valuation is increasingly tied to the X Layer. Going forward, no need to repeatedly emphasize scarcity; just watch whether on-chain applications, trading volume, and users can sustain growth.
$QQQ continues to be pressured in valuation by high interest rates; $TRUMP is still driven by events and chip distribution, political news cannot be directly considered token bullish; $HYPE's focus today is the nominal unlock on September 6, 9.92M is just the claimable amount, not all entering the market. The real focus is on actual claim rates and whether buybacks can absorb the supply.
#美联储官员称应加息，9月概率升至58.6%
#黄金ETF增持近10吨，期权波动受关注 Trump has started babbling about the Federal Reserve again.
The nonfarm payroll data just came out, and Trump was the first to get restless.
August nonfarm payrolls increased by 162,000, far exceeding the market expectation of 56,000, with the unemployment rate holding steady at 4.1%. With employment this strong, the Federal Reserve actually has more policy space to suppress inflation.
The market immediately reacted: the probability of a rate hike in September surged to around 60%, and Wall Street began discussing the "rate hike" option again.
Then Trump turned around and started pressuring the Federal Reserve to cut rates.
Why?
In simple terms, two words: votes.
The midterm elections are approaching, and inflation remains the issue that American voters are most dissatisfied with. Although rate cuts cannot immediately solve inflation, they can first stimulate the stock market, real estate, credit, and consumption.
With the stock market rising, loans becoming cheaper, and the economy feeling better, voters naturally find it easier to feel that "life is getting better."
As for whether inflation will rise again later, that is a matter for the future.
There is also a more practical issue: the U.S. fiscal situation.
The U.S. debt has already exceeded $40 trillion, and high interest rates mean the government has to bear huge interest expenses every year. The higher the interest rate, the greater the fiscal pressure; if rates go down, the fiscal space can breathe a little.
#美联储官员称应加息，9月概率升至58.6% Today the overall market declined broadly, but $BNB charted an independent trend, rising against the tide and becoming the only standout among mainstream exchanges, also delivering an unexpected blow to $OKB.📈
This rally is not accidental. Last night, the non-farm payroll data triggered panic at one point, but today the Federal Reserve released a dovish signal, coupled with Trump's public call for a significant rate cut, market sentiment quickly digested this, and the bears were squeezed again. Other coins rely on macro recovery, but BNB depends more on intensive catalysts within its own ecosystem: a $4 million prize meme trading season, the Pasteur hard fork doubling TPS, and same-day cooperation news with Mastercard and Kazakhstan. Multiple positive factors combined with last week's volume breakout at the 728u dense resistance zone and MACD golden cross created a resonance between technical and fundamental aspects.
In the short term, BNB's strength is supported by its ecosystem narrative, but rising against the trend also means considerable correction risk, so chasing highs requires caution. While warming market sentiment benefits risk assets, repeated macro policy shifts may still cause volatility.⚠️ The above is market observation only and does not constitute investment advice. While the whole network is chasing memes, UNI quietly surged 14.6%. I dug into the market and news: Hayes bought 244,000 tokens OTC this morning (unit price 7.06, about 1.73 million U), and a whale swept up 850,000 U in spot, a clear buy signal. But OTC didn't enter the order book; the real market movement is driven by the DeFi revaluation narrative—CRV, AAVE, and a basket of blue chips all moving together.
There's a number that makes me uneasy: the breakout daily volume is only 1.05 times the average volume, and RSI is up to 87. Fortunately, the fees are neutral, leverage isn't overheated, and it's real spot money buying, not contracts piling up.
My take: hold above 7.24 to watch the 8.0 target, I give this path a 35% chance; a pullback to the 6.4-7.0 FVG without breaking is a third-buy opportunity, probability 40%; if the daily closes below 6.3, exit immediately, below that 6.1 there's still a liquidity pool waiting to be swept, I give 25%. Looking further up at 9.8 and 10.3—the trapped zone from last November is the real test for this narrative. Honestly, chasing at this level is not as good as waiting for a pullback.
Data as of noon 9/6, not investment advice, manage your position well. Do you think Hayes's 7.06 cost is a starting point or a ceiling? #UNI #DeFiMacro is still fighting the crypto rally.
Global money-market funds received $46.1B in one week as investors moved toward safety. Brent crude reached about $97.6 amid US-Iran tensions, keeping inflation and rate risks alive.
That creates a key $BTC test:
ETF inflows support price
Higher oil and yields can cap upside
Watch the reaction, not just the headline.Midday Review｜Geopolitical tensions flare up again in the Middle East, intensifying the tug-of-war between oil prices, BTC, and ETH
⚠ Market review only, not investment advice
The midday market is intertwined with two main themes: geopolitical conflict in the Strait of Hormuz in the Middle East, combined with the US nonfarm payrolls exceeding expectations, which has heightened expectations for a Fed rate hike. Both commodity and crypto markets have entered a high volatility window simultaneously.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard released previously unseen on-site footage showing their handling of vessels violating regulations in the strait, publicly refuting US escort claims and warning that the US is the greatest threat to maritime trade. As a global energy chokepoint, geopolitical friction in the Strait of Hormuz directly pushes up crude oil risk premiums, causing oil prices to surge rapidly. If shipping through the strait is obstructed, it will further exacerbate US inflation pressures, indirectly raising expectations for Fed tightening, forming a chain reaction of "geopolitics → oil prices → inflation → high interest rates."
In the crypto market, $BTC is repeatedly tugged at a critical level. The 80,000 mark sees fierce battles between bulls and bears. The nonfarm data has increased the probability of a September rate hike, and rising US Treasury yields suppress risk asset valuations. Geopolitical news has not triggered a pure safe-haven buying spree; instead, BTC behaves more like a high-beta risk asset, where worsening conflict tends to trigger selling pressure.
$ETH follows BTC’s trend with greater elasticity. The market lacks incremental funds and short-term movement depends on BTC’s direction. If oil prices continue to rise, reinforcing inflation expectations, crypto assets will continue to face liquidity pressure.
Currently, the market resonates with dual uncertainties: on one side, the Middle East situation could escalate at any time; on the other, next week’s CPI data will determine the FOMC’s final direction.#BTC与黄金90日相关性升至+0.50
I am shorting the world's highest quality digital asset.
Yes, it's $BTC
According to Bitwise, based on Bloomberg data, as of August 31, the 90-day rolling correlation between BTC and gold rose to about +0.50, close to the 2020 high and the second time since 2015 it has surpassed 0.5.
Interestingly, during the same period, the correlation between BTC and the Nasdaq dropped to about 0.30, reaching a one-year low.
This indicates that BTC is gradually shedding its label as a high-risk tech asset and is increasingly resembling true digital gold.
With U.S. fiscal expansion and increased long-term Treasury repurchase volumes, capital is starting to seek assets that can hedge against inflation, currency depreciation, and fiscal risks, and gold and BTC happen to align with the same logic.
The capital flow is also strong; this week, the U.S. spot BTC ETF saw a net inflow of about $987 million, marking three consecutive days of net inflows.
Is BTC truly becoming digital gold, or are gold $XAU and BTC just being driven by the same macro logic?
The answer may not be that important.
As more institutions begin to include BTC and gold in the same asset allocation framework, the pricing logic of BTC has already started to change.
And now, I am shorting the world's highest quality digital asset.
Digital gold BTC is being redefined once again.
The above is only my personal opinion and does not constitute any investment advice!Institution lists can create sentiment, but the 13F time lag must be deducted first. In the first round of quarterly disclosures compiled by James Seyffart, 30 known reporting institutions held about $74.88 million in three US $HYPE-related ETFs as of June 30, with the top five accounting for 70.8%; this is just a historical snapshot, banks may hold on behalf of clients, and trading institutions may also have hedges.
Switching to OKX, at 11:36 (UTC+8) the spot price is 85.891 USDT, up 2.17% in 24 hours, with spot trading volume about 27.28 million USDT. The perpetual contract's last 24 full hours trading volume is about 165 million USDT, open interest about 1.338 million contracts, equivalent to $115 million; the current cycle Funding rate is about -0.00155%. The latest full 1H and 4H gains are only 0.12% and 0.03%, corresponding to trading volumes of about 840,000 and 2.56 million USDT respectively.
This set of reactions indicates that evidence of traditional account participation is increasing, but the short-term market has not uniformly chased prices due to the list disclosure. I will regard 86.43 as the upper confirmation: if a breakout occurs with volume and open interest expanding simultaneously, the disclosure may continue to be priced by the market; if it falls back and loses 83.71, treat it as digestion of old position information rather than new buying.On September 4th, Bitcoin briefly surpassed $82,000, hitting a four-month high.
Then it pulled back. Now it’s hovering around $80,000.
Many only see the “price increase” but miss the five structural changes happening behind the scenes.
These 5 signals are 100 times more important than the price itself.
Signal 1: BTC-Gold 90-day correlation breaks 0.50, highest in six years
Bitwise data shows Bitcoin’s 90-day rolling correlation coefficient with gold has climbed above 0.50, the highest level since 2020. Grayscale research further points out this correlation has surged from near zero at the start of the year to over 50%.
“Digital gold” — a term shouted for over a decade, now supported by data, no longer just a slogan.
Exact words from André Dragosch, Bitwise’s Head of European Research: “In truly significant contexts, Bitcoin can act as ‘digital gold.’ Today, this factor may start to impact the market.”
Investors no longer debate whether to hedge currency devaluation with gold or Bitcoin — they buy both.
Signal 2: BTC-Nasdaq correlation drops to a one-year low
At the same time, Bitcoin’s 90-day correlation with the Nasdaq 100 index has fallen from over 60% to about 33%. The correlation with the S&P 500 is even more drastic, dropping close to zero.
Bloomberg ETF strategist Eric Balchunas notes: Over the past six months, Bitcoin’s correlation with U.S. stocks has fallen below that of gold, small caps, emerging markets, and U.S. Treasuries.
Decoupling from U.S. stocks is the first step for BTC to become an independent asset class.
What was BTC before? Nasdaq with leverage. When tech stocks rose, BTC rose; when tech stocks fell, BTC fell even harder. Now it’s different.
Glassnode says such “decoupling” has historically been brief. But this time is different — driven by U.S. debt surpassing $40 trillion, investors are seeking alternative assets.
Signal 3: Spot ETF inflows hit $731 million in one day, largest since January
On September 3rd, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw a net inflow of $731 million in a single day, the largest daily increase since January 14th.
BlackRock’s IBIT alone took in $454 million, accounting for 62%.
In the past three weeks, Bitcoin ETFs have accumulated net inflows of $3.8 billion.
Institutions are still buying at $82,000, which is very important.
Retail investors are guessing the top, institutions are adding positions. Who’s right or wrong is unknown, but the real money direction is clear.
Signal 4 (Warning): Fidelity says — bottom may have appeared in July, or a new low may come in November
Fidelity released its Q4 crypto outlook this week: Bitcoin may have bottomed in July, but according to the four-year cycle model, a new low could still occur in November 2026.
The last confirmed bottom was in November 2022. If historical patterns continue, the next bottom window is around November 2026.
Exact words from Fidelity Research VP Chris Kuiper: “The four-year cycle is not a precise timing formula and cannot be used for exact market timing.”
In plain language: it may have bottomed, or it may not have — you decide.
Signal 5 (Bottom line): Galaxy’s baseline bottom is $40,000–$46,000
Galaxy Research Head Alex Thorn’s baseline scenario: the bottom range for this cycle’s correction is between $40,000 and $46,000.
He presents an interesting argument — “a calm top raises the floor.”
The October 2025 top is unusually mild, with no frenzy, no FOMO, no retail rush to catch the falling knife. A mild top means a mild bottom. Even if it falls to $40,000–$46,000, it’s still much higher than any previous bear market bottom.
Even the most bearish institutions set a bottom much higher than historical bear markets.
To summarize:
BTC is moving with gold, no longer with U.S. stocks.
Institutions are still buying at $82,000.
Fidelity says it may have bottomed or may not have.
Galaxy says the worst case is a drop to $40,000.
Together, these 5 signals indicate only one thing:
BTC is transforming from a “high-risk tech asset” into a “macro hedge asset.” This process won’t happen overnight, but the direction is clear.
Bitwise puts it well: “Bitcoin was priced as a risk asset for its first fifteen years; if this correlation trend continues, the next fifteen years could be very different.”
$82,000 is not the end.
But it’s not the beginning either.
It’s the market telling you: BTC’s nature is changing.
$BTC $ETH $XAU #BTC与黄金90日相关性升至+0.50 $IOST has been quietly shipping while price remains extremely compressed. Its September 3 engineering update reported continued work on the IOST Agent, security reviews, SDK improvements and infrastructure performance. But here’s the disconnect: the development narrative is active, while reported trading activity has cooled — the project cited peak trading volume above $9M for July 31–August 13, then above $6M for August 14–27. At $0.000759, I’d rather wait for the market to prove it cares. B$ETH has surged back to 2500 again. When Bitcoin surged to 82000 recently, the whole screen was shouting "ETH is done" and "ETH is worse than Dogecoin," but what happened? This massive wealth has finally come back to Ethereum. But this time it's different from before. Previously, when ETH rose, it basically followed Bitcoin’s lead—Bitcoin up 5%, ETH up 3%; Bitcoin down, ETH down 8%. In short, it was a high-beta follower, unnoticed when rising, the first to get hit when falling. But this time, ETH is developing its own independent logic. The most critical change is not on the candlestick chart, but on-chain: the circulating ETH is visibly decreasing. In the past week, the US spot ETH ETF net inflow has approached $700 million, institutional funds are aggressively buying; on-chain, over 42 million ETH are locked in staking contracts, accounting for more than one-third of the circulating supply, and these coins won’t return to the market in the short term; meanwhile, ETH balances on exchanges continue to decline—no one is depositing ETH to exchanges, indicating no one wants to sell. Picture this: on one side, ETF funds are buying; on another, ETH is locked in staking; and on the other, exchange reserves are shrinking. More buyers, fewer sellers, and thinner circulating supply. This is the strongest foundation for ETH’s current rebound. What was ETH’s biggest pain point before? Oversupply. When the market rose, old holders would sell to break even, staking releases would flood the market with selling pressure, and exchange sell orders would appear, pushing the price back down. It couldn’t rise, because... Brothers, first look at three sets of data.
First set: The 90-day correlation between Bitcoin and gold surged to 0.86 in early September, the highest in six years since Q2 2020.
Second set: Fidelity's Q4 outlook clearly states—if the four-year cycle pattern continues, the next bear market bottom may be around November 2026. Galaxy Research is more severe, with a baseline scenario bottom between $40,000 and $46,000.
Third set: The spot Bitcoin ETF has seen a cumulative net inflow of $3.8 billion over the past three weeks, the strongest record since 2026. On September 3 alone, the net inflow was $731 million, the largest since January.
Correlation tells you to go long, the four-year cycle tells you to short, ETF inflows tell you to chase the rally.
Three signals, three directions.
This is the truth of the current market.
Signal One (Bullish): BTC is becoming an "amplified version of gold"
Original words from Bitwise Europe Research Head André Dragosch: Investors are reducing their view of BTC as a high-risk tech asset and turning it into a store of value.
Data supports this judgment—BTC's 90-day correlation with the S&P 500 has dropped to 0.18, far below the 0.65+ level maintained with Nasdaq in 2024-2025.
What does this mean?
BTC is decoupling from US stocks and linking to gold.
Bitwise said something worth engraving on a monument: "Bitcoin was priced as a risk asset for its first fifteen years; if this correlation trend continues, the next fifteen years could be very different."
Looking at correlation, you should go long.
Signal Two (Bearish): The sword of the cycle hangs overhead
The four-year cycle theory doesn't believe narratives, only history.
The last bear market bottom was November 2022. Four years later, the next window is November 2026.
Fidelity is cautious: "This is not a precise timing rule and cannot be used for timing."
But Galaxy is straightforward: The maximum drawdown from the October 2025 peak to now is only 51%, far below historical cycle drops of 85%, 84%, and 77%. Bottom signals have only triggered a few times, and the 12-13 months needed to form a bottom are still far away.
Baseline scenario: $40,000 to $46,000. Worse scenario: $30,000 to $37,000.
Buy at 80k, sell at 40k? Just thinking about it sends chills down your spine.
Looking at the four-year cycle, you should short.
Signal Three (Neutral to Bullish): Institutions are still buying at 80k
On September 3, $731 million flowed in in a single day. BlackRock's IBIT attracted $454 million, accounting for 62% of the total.
$3.8 billion accumulated over the past three weeks. In the past 30 days, Bitcoin ETFs have attracted over $3 billion, and BTC has risen 22%.
Institutions are still buying at $80,000.
It's not retail FOMO; it's BlackRock and Fidelity buying.
But one detail is worth noting: despite the significant demand rebound, Bitcoin ETFs have had a net outflow of about $1 billion year-to-date. In other words, they were selling for the first eight months and only started buying in the last three weeks.
Looking at ETF inflows, you should chase the rally.
Dilemma breakdown: three signals, three directions
Look at correlation → go long
Look at the four-year cycle → go short
Look at ETF inflows → chase the rally
This is not a "bull or bear" market; this is a "no matter what, it's tough" market.
My response framework (not investment advice, purely personal thinking):
Short term (this week): BTC is hovering near 80k, a four-month high. Both profit-taking and short-squeeze pressures exist. The Fed rate decision on September 16 is the next key catalyst—before that, caution is more important than aggression.
Mid term (Q4): You can't ignore Fidelity's November window and Galaxy's $40k-$46k bottom prediction. History doesn't simply repeat, but those betting "this time is different" have graves with three-meter-high grass.
Long term: Bitwise's conclusion—"If the correlation trend continues, the next fifteen years could be very different"—this is the real pricing anchor. The question is, can you endure the turbulence in between?
Positioning advice:
When "narrative upgrade" and "cycle fate" clash, the best strategy is not to bet on one side but to control positions and wait for clarity.
If fully long, ask yourself: can you hold if it drops to 40k?
If fully out, ask yourself: if the correlation narrative continues and BTC really takes off as "digital gold," will you regret it?
Now is neither the time to go all in nor to clear out.
It's time to halve positions, keep cash, and wait for direction.
A harsh truth.
This is not a market where "winning gets you a model."
This is a market where "surviving lets you see the endgame."
What does a 0.86 correlation tell you? Macro is changing.
What does the November cycle window tell you? History hasn't changed.
What does $3.8 billion ETF inflow tell you? Institutions are betting.
Three signals, three directions, only one truth:
Now is the hardest time to trade.
Those who endure have the right to talk about the endgame.
$BTC $ETH $ZEC #BTC与黄金90日相关性升至+0.50 $KO Trump himself is the ultimate super spokesperson for Coca-Cola. The White House Oval Office has a special red button; pressing it summons a servant with an ice-cold Coke. He drinks up to 12 cans daily, always drinks Coke on his private plane and at his accommodations, and has never consumed alcohol in his life, only Coke. Now, he is not just a consumer but directly involved in product decisions. This level of political endorsement is extremely rare in the history of consumer stocks.
Second, switching to real cane sugar is a genuine product upgrade. Currently, the U.S. market mainly uses high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in Coke, while the Mexican and other overseas versions have always used cane sugar. Connoisseurs generally agree that the cane sugar version tastes better. This switch aligns with the health consumption trend and is expected to directly boost sales and enhance brand premium.
Third, from a market perspective, KO is currently testing the $87-$88 range repeatedly. Previously, it was pressured by the stronger-than-expected August nonfarm payrolls, rising FOMC rate hike expectations, and upward U.S. Treasury yields, which weighed on high-dividend sectors overall. But this Trump news injects an independent catalyst; the presidential effect combined with product benefits creates a dual resonance, fully capable of offsetting macro headwinds and becoming the fuse for a price breakout.
Fourth, the Trump concept has already proven its appeal in the crypto market—TRUMP series Meme coins often surge several times over, with political narrative funds highly recognizing them. Now, this influence directly applies to KO, a century-old blue chip, only amplifying its power.
There is strong resistance at $90 above; once volume breaks through, the space will fully open. The core support at $84 remains intact, and the overall trend is still positive. This time, U.S. August nonfarm payrolls reached 162,000, far exceeding the market's previous expectation of about 55,000, with the unemployment rate holding steady at 4.1%. Strong employment data has reignited market concerns about the Fed's hawkish policy. BTC briefly surged to $81K–$82K before the data release, but quickly gave back gains after the news and is now back near $79K; ETH also fell from around $2,500 to around $2,450. This is what I've been waiting for: not to predict data, but to observe how prices react once the data comes out. My short-term observation range: 🟠 BTC → $77K If it falls below here, I will be more cautious about a further pullback to $74K–$75K. 🔵 ETH → $2,380 If ETH falls below this area and cannot recover quickly, the short-term structure may continue to weaken. 🟢 SOL → $96 SOL is more volatile; if BTC remains under pressure, it is likely to amplify the decline first. I won't chase the first big bearish candle. Wait for a rebound. Wait for confirmation. Wait for the market to reveal its own direction. Especially now, with the FOMC meeting on September 15–16 approaching, strong employment data has already raised expectations for a rate hike in September; Next, inflation data like CPI may still change this pricing. So my idea is simple: 📉 strong data doesn't mean shorting immediately. 📈 Price rebound