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PONS has just opened USDT-margined perpetual futures on OKX at 03:00 UTC on September 5. But the key point is that the price had already moved hard beforehand: PONS had gained roughly 41% in 24 hours and pushed toward the $0.73–$0.75 ATH area after reports that Uniswap Labs acquired a position. ⦿ So this is not simply a case of “OKX listing = PONS goes up.” The listing adds another liquidity channel, and more importantly, brings PONS into the perpetual futures market — where traders can use leve$ZEC To be honest, I wasn't particularly eager to talk about this, but since everyone is interested, I'll briefly share my personal view.
This wave of ZEC has already risen quite a bit, so it's normal that most shorts are feeling uncomfortable.
Currently, ZEC's market cap is about 17.1 billion USD, while $DOGE is only 13.3 billion. Regarding ETFs, ZEC currently has 1, and DOGE has 4. I have to say, ETF expectations have indeed played a big role in this recent surge.
So if you want to short $ZEC, you must be mentally prepared for it to continue skyrocketing. Position size, stop loss, and your own expectations are all very important.
I'm currently shorting ZEC myself, with a personal target around 1450, so at this stage, I can still accept this price. As for why I look at 1450 but choose to short instead of go long, explaining that would be too long.
Based on past experience, some coins held by Grayscale do tend to experience a sharp pump followed by a quick dump, and the decline is often very fast.
As for whether it can hold at the peak in the end, that depends on your own judgment.
Not enough words, goodbye!If we recognize BTCFi as the next long-term narrative worth watching, then the most important question next is: Who is truly undertaking the financialization of BTC? Currently, I think two directions are especially worth watching: Babylon and Core. But in fact, the two are not the same approach. Babylon is more likely: the core logic of Bitcoin Security Layer is: BTC ↓ Staking ↓ Economic Security ↓ PoS Network ↓ Earning Returns. In other words, Babylon's core is not simply moving BTC to another chain, but making BTC an economic security asset for other networks. Currently, Babylon's BTC TVL has reached the multi-billion dollar level. This data is very important. Because it proves one thing: the market is indeed willing to turn BTC from a "static asset" into a "productive asset." Core is taking a different path. Core is closer to: Bitcoin Financial Ecosystem BTC ↓ Staking ↓ DeFi ↓ Lending ↓ DEX ↓ Yield It aims to build a complete financial ecosystem around BTC. So I prefer to understand it this way: Babylon: BTC → SecuritStrong non-farm payrolls pressure valuations, but the AI industry chain and privacy coins have real demand support!
$BTC Non-farm payrolls increased by 162,000, far exceeding expectations, then came under pressure again. It's not due to negative news within Crypto, but the market re-trading high interest rates, with US Treasuries and the dollar strengthening together. Fortunately, ETF inflows remain strong, institutional demand hasn't disappeared, and CPI will be the key going forward.
$RE rose 3% to 0.46, with abnormal trading and expanding volume for two consecutive days. Small-cap coins tend to be pulled up by funds when the market is sideways; with a market cap of 70 million, it has high volatility. 0.45 is support, 0.50 is key resistance. This kind of small coin follows sentiment, so set stop losses and don't get attached.
$ZEC broke through $1000, making the privacy sector the strongest sub-sector in this round. ETF funds, spot demand, and short squeeze combined have exaggerated the upward speed, but as derivatives volume and open interest grow simultaneously, it has moved from fundamental revaluation to a fundamental plus leverage phase, so volatility will only increase.
ETH is still a high-elasticity version of BTC; ETF staking and corporate holdings continue to absorb supply, and elasticity expands as soon as macro eases; SOL remains near $100, with a trading format upgrade on September 9 as a fundamental catalyst; MU rose 3.26%, with HBM core suppliers directly benefiting from AI server demand; AVGO rose slightly and stabilized, supported by an AI revenue guidance of 58 billion!
#美联储官员称应加息，9月概率升至58.6% $DOGE rebound fuse may be hiding in two signals.
TD Sequential has completed a 9-count on the daily chart, suggesting selling pressure may be exhausted.
At the same time, a Morning Star pattern signals a potential bullish reversal.
Two signals aligning can create stronger technical entry conditions—but they’re probabilities, not guarantees. Volume and follow-through still matter.
$DOGE 👀Two primary scenarios from here: Orange 🟧 - bullish path BTC completes some variation of an impulse over the coming days, followed by a three-wave correction. If we get that structure, I’d be much more confident that BTC is heading back towards new all-time highs. Blue 🟦 - bearish path BTC begins moving down impulsively. That would confirm the price action from February until now was a flat and increase the probability of new lows. The exact paths may look different from what I’ve drawn - it’s$BTC IS TESTING BUYERS AGAIN 👀
Bitcoin’s push toward $82K looked promising, but sellers quickly stepped in, sending price back toward $79K.
Now the key question isn’t whether $BTC touched $82K it’s whether buyers can defend $78K–$80K.
Hold that zone and bulls could get another shot at resistance.
Lose it decisively, and the short-term structure could weaken further.
No rush. Let the chart confirm.Got it, the coin price crashed but money is still flowing into the channel
After the non-farm crash, many people focused on BTC dropping from about 81,200 to 80,000, even once below 79k, and ran away quickly
The truth is the opposite
The US spot ETF has had a net inflow of about $3.8 billion over three weeks
Marking the strongest three-week accumulation since 2026
This week another inflow of about $987 million, about 7% more than last week
Thursday alone saw about $731 million, the largest single day since January 14
On Friday, the day the price crashed, there was still a net inflow of about $175 million
BlackRock's IBIT took about $117 million, about 67% of that day
Total scale about $101.3 billion, with a historical cumulative inflow of about $55.6 billion
After the big outflow at the beginning of the year, this is the first time the rhythm has truly been turned around
Retail investors got scared off by the candlestick
But money in the channel is still coming in
Along with ETH spot ETF inflows from about $824 million down to $218 million, a drop of about 74%
XRP shrank from about $110 million to about $19 million, a drop of about 83%
Money is clearly squeezing into the BTC channel, not the whole market running away together
So understood, the bearish candlestick on the chart does not mean funds are leaving
Spot channels and leveraged positions are offset accounts
Don't just use one bearish candlestick to label institutions
The next real pricing anchor is the September 11 CPI
Not last night's bearish candle, don't get scared away Strong non-farm payrolls pressure valuations, but the AI industry chain and privacy coins have real demand support!
$BTC After non-farm payrolls increased by 162,000, far exceeding expectations, it came under pressure again. This is not due to negative news within Crypto, but because the market is re-trading high interest rates, with US Treasuries and the dollar strengthening together. Fortunately, ETF inflows remain strong, institutional demand has not disappeared, and the upcoming CPI is the key.
$RE rose 3% to 0.46, with abnormal trading and continuous volume expansion for two consecutive days. Small-cap coins are easily pulled up by funds when the market is sideways; with a market cap of 70 million, it has high elasticity. 0.45 is support, 0.50 is key resistance. This kind of small coin follows sentiment, so set stop losses properly and avoid getting attached.
$ZEC broke through $1000, making the privacy sector the strongest sub-sector in this round. ETF funds, spot demand, and short squeeze combined have exaggerated the speed of the rise, but as derivatives volume and open interest grow simultaneously, it has moved from fundamental revaluation to a fundamental plus leverage stage, so volatility will only increase.
ETH is still a high-elasticity version of BTC; ETF staking and corporate holdings continue to absorb supply, and elasticity expands as soon as macro conditions ease; SOL remains near $100, with the September 9 trading format upgrade as a fundamental catalyst; MU rose 3.26%, with HBM core suppliers directly benefiting from AI server demand; AVGO rose slightly and stabilized, supported by an AI revenue guidance of 58 billion coming up!
#美联储官员称应加息，9月概率升至58.6% $ICX suddenly surged 50%, the long-dormant old coin is stirring up trouble again.
A few days ago it was still around $0.008, now it has surged above $0.013, this short-term spike is indeed fierce.
But this rise should not be seen as just an ordinary rebound.
ICX is currently at a very special stage, with ICON preparing to officially shut down the network by the end of this year and complete the migration to SODAX. After September 30, the two-way exchange between ICX and SODA will become one-way, only allowing ICX to be exchanged for SODA.
Coincidentally, around this time window, ICX suddenly experienced a volume surge, making it easy for the market to start speculating on the "last wave of the old coin's rally."
However, although the rise from 0.008 to 0.013 looks exaggerated, the price is still at a historical low. For such a small market cap, low liquidity old project, once funds concentrate in, a 50% rise is not unreasonable, but the pullback can also be very fast. $BTC has been consolidating sideways for a long time, seemingly unable to fall, but in reality, risks are continuously accumulating.
US non-farm payroll data exceeded expectations, significantly raising the market's probability of a Fed rate hike in September. Once the policy meeting releases a hawkish signal, US Treasury yields will rise, the dollar will strengthen and Bitcoin, as a risk asset, will come under direct pressure.#HammackBacksHike #BTCGoldRatioHigh #OKXOutcomeLeagueFOMC $ZEC Current Market Status (2026-09-05)
Current price around 1008 USDT, nearly 100% increase in the past 30 days, short-term already in a high range.
- Market characteristics: shallow liquidity, frequent spikes, large bullish and bearish candlesticks are normal; frequent liquidations in the futures market, intense leverage fund battles.
- Main drivers of this rally: SEC ending investigation, anticipation of Grayscale ZEC spot ETF, privacy sector hype, halving supply contraction; partly driven by speculative funds, not entirely from actual on-chain usage explosion.
- Chip characteristics: large holders concentrated positions, after a short-term surge, there is selling pressure risk from large holders and miners unloading.
Three scenario simulations (logical deductions only, do not represent guaranteed price movements)
✅ Optimistic scenario: ETF approved smoothly, regulatory environment friendly
Trigger conditions: US SEC approves Grayscale ZEC spot ETF; Federal Reserve cuts interest rates, overall crypto market improves; no strong global bans on privacy coins.
- Expected performance: compliant institutional funds enter, ZECUSDT pushes higher. But due to small market size, the rise will be accompanied by extremely intense back-and-forth volatility, with deep corrections after big rallies.
- Potential risks: after positive news materializes, "buy the rumor, sell the fact" may occur, with profit-taking pressure causing a pullback.
#ZEC现货ETF首日成交额1480万美元 #美联储官员称应加息，9月概率升至58.6% #ZEN: Early Listing Valuation Was Low, Horizen 2.0 Transformation Brings Value Repricing Opportunity
✅Bullish: Core Logic Supporting Value Repricing
1. Early in the listing, privacy sector awareness was insufficient, and the opening valuation was indeed low compared to similar privacy coins.
ZEN launched in 2017. At that time, ZEC, also in the privacy sector, received a high premium at market opening, while ZEN had limited market recognition early on. Its market cap and per-coin price were suppressed compared to similar privacy coins at the opening stage.
Initially, it was an independent PoW public chain, bearing full network security and cold-starting its ecosystem alone, with poor liquidity. It was long undervalued by the market, and many technical accumulations were not fully priced in.
2. Horizen 2.0 is a complete strategic overhaul, fundamentally changing the project and warranting repricing.
From an independent L1 privacy public chain to a Base-layer L3 compliant privacy infrastructure:
- Inherits Ethereum’s security base, no longer maintaining hash power security independently; EVM compatible, greatly lowering development barriers, gaining access to Base’s massive liquidity and developer resources.
- The approach upgrades from pure anonymous transfers to modular privacy with ZK+TEE authorized auditing, avoiding regulatory dead ends faced by strong anonymity coins, opening new scenarios like privacy DeFi, AI confidential computing, and on-chain reputation Obscura.
- Total supply remains capped at 21 million, PoW mining is completely ended with no new mining output; token roles upgrade to governance, staking, and privacy service payments, with ecosystem service fees having a buyback mechanism to capture tokens.
The fundamentals are completely different from the old ZEN listed in 2017; the old market pricing system no longer fully applies, creating conditions for repricing.
3. Token distribution structure is gradually improving.
Current circulation rate is about 87%, with remaining reserves unlocking linearly monthly over 48 months, fully unlocked by 2029-07-23; after unlocking, treasury token outflows require DAO voting and will not be dumped unconditionally. After staking mechanisms launch, some tokens will be locked up, further shrinking circulating supply.
4. Long-term sector logic: Web3 compliant privacy is a blue ocean.
Ordinary public chain transactions are fully public; more DeFi, AI, and institutional businesses require privacy protection while supporting auditability. If benchmark applications like Obscura succeed, they will generate real business demand, driving the token’s value to be reassessed by the market.$SNDK I think Micron's recent rise was initially underestimated by the market in one aspect: AI not only increases demand for HBM but is also redistributing the entire memory industry's capacity.
HBM consumes a lot of wafers; using the same capacity for HBM means less is available for regular DRAM. Meanwhile, AI servers require not only HBM but also a large amount of DDR5, so the current situation is somewhat like this: the most profitable products are competing for capacity, while other products are also in short supply.
This explains why Micron's profit elasticity has been so exaggerated recently.
Many of the chipmaker's costs are fixed—factories, equipment, and R&D have long been spent. When memory prices rise from 100 to 120, revenue might only increase by 20%, but a large portion of that extra 20% can directly turn into profit. So when the memory cycle is up, profit growth often far exceeds revenue growth.
More importantly, the market never buys stocks based on how much is earned today, but on how much can be earned six months or a year from now.
What everyone is really trading now is: AI capital expenditure continues to grow → HBM squeezes capacity → DRAM remains tight → Micron gains stronger pricing power.
Therefore, I think Micron's previous rise is not just "riding the AI wave." Essentially, the market suddenly realizes that memory manufacturers have much stronger bargaining power in this cycle than previously imagined. XRP experienced a relatively large pullback today, with limited recovery after intraday dips, reflecting a cooling in short-term risk appetite for the payment sector. The core focus for XRP remains the cross-border payment narrative, changes in the regulatory environment, and progress in institutional applications, but it is also an asset highly sensitive to news. The current market seems to be digesting previous positions, and active trading indicates that disagreements have not ended. If overall market sentiment improves, XRP's resilience is often strong; if risk assets continue to be under pressure, volatility may continue to increase. $XRP#The world's largest sovereign wealth fund plans to reduce $80 billion in U.S. Treasury holdings
The leader has something to say
The world's largest sovereign wealth fund proposes to reduce $80 billion in U.S. Treasuries. The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund manages about 2.3 trillion in assets, and the management suggests lowering the government bond allocation from 70% to 50%, potentially reducing U.S. Treasury exposure by $80 billion. This money is not leaving the U.S. but shifting to MBS guaranteed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae, switching to higher-yielding products.
El-Erian said that the $80 billion scale itself is not large, but traditional buyers are becoming less reliable, making this signal very important. The U.S. Treasury doubled its long-term bond buybacks just last month, and now the sovereign fund is starting to adjust its allocation.
If global central banks and sovereign funds are quietly rebalancing, pressure on long-term U.S. Treasuries will persist. The suppression of risk assets by high interest rates will not disappear.
After BTC fell below 80,000, it is still fluctuating and has not reached a position to buy again $BTC $ETH $ZEC
The above analysis is timely; orders must have stop-losses set. Good luck.On the surface, prices show movement, but the underlying pressure is actually quite significant. For meme coins that rely heavily on political heat and market sentiment, short-term rallies do not mean fundamentals have changed. I focus more on the following issues 👇 1️: ⃣ Biggest pressure: The token release of continuous unlocking $TRUMP will not end all at once, but will continue until the end of 2027. According to the current unlock schedule, the next major release will be on September 18, about 28.7 million TRUMP, corresponding to roughly 4% of the current market cap, mainly involving internal holders. This means that every time the market rebounds, supply can once again become a key variable suppressing prices. 2️⃣ The narrative is strong, but persistence is key. The greatest advantage of TRUMP is attention. But attention and long-term value are not the same thing. If the rally is mainly driven by events, celebrity effect, and sentiment, then once the market cools down, the pace of capital withdrawal is often very rapid. Recently, the crypto market itself has also experienced significant volatility, with BTC once falling below around $80,000 again, and risk appetite has cooled. Therefore, in this environment, the margin for error in chasing rising meme coins is not high. 3️⃣ WLFI is the more deserving comparison group Regarding the Trump-related crypto narrative, $WLFI behind World Liberty Financial at least has product lines like DeFi, governance, and USD1 stablecoins.ATOM has recently seen some recovery, demonstrating the resilience of a veteran cross-chain asset. The core value of Cosmos still lies in modularity, inter-chain connectivity, and the application chain ecosystem, but the long-term market debate is also clear: the technical narrative remains strong, while the key focus is whether value capture and token demand can improve. If current funds flow back from overvalued new coins to the infrastructure sector, ATOM may gain temporary attention; however, to form a more sustained market trend, we need to see more active ecosystem engagement, staking demand, and positive changes in governance direction. $ATOMWhen the market suddenly quiets down, I actually find it a bit uncomfortable. Have you ever felt that the market has been like a cat napping in the afternoon, but its ears keep moving? I stared at the candlestick all night, and the feeling grew stronger—September might see a real major volatility, but most likely not now. Many people get nervous just by seeing the word "oscillation," but my understanding of the scenario is the opposite: the market might first give everyone a sweet kick, pull it up, make people lower their guard, and then wash the chips hard again. Let me be clear: I'm not making wild guesses. Looking at a few key support points, they're all hard ground. - BTC at 74K, the bottom line for bulls; breaking it would be a different logic. - ETH at 2350, more resilient than many think. - SOL at 95, which is crucial for counterfeit sentiment. - ZEC at 750, HYPE at 73; these two are thermometers of sector sentiment. If these levels are still holding, the overall structure is not bad. What is most worth watching now is not the price itself, but what expectations the market is trading. What I have observed is: safe-haven funds are slowly probing, but not yet at the stage of concentrated safe-haven aversion; Leveraged funds are also starting to converge, but not to the extent of panic deleveraging. This "not yet to the extreme" state precisely indicates that the real cleansing has not yet arrived. Capital's preference has actually quietly changed. These past few days, I checked on-chain data and saw that stablecoin inflows have slowed, but there hasn't been large-scale outflows from exchanges. What does this mean? People neither want to chase the highs nor do they#美联储官员称应加息，9月概率升至58.6%
The Federal Reserve will hold a policy meeting on September 15-16. The key to the actual decision on whether to raise interest rates will be the August CPI data released next Friday.
The current market pricing reflects a divergence between two paths: "a one-time rate hike correction" and "a renewed tightening cycle."
$BTC If the inflation data is moderate, the 58.6% probability may quickly decline; if inflation exceeds expectations, the probability may further increase.BTC is currently holding the high range, but the market signals are far more complex than the candlesticks suggest.
This week, BTC once surged to $82,000, then retreated to fluctuate around $80,000. The catalyst for this rebound came from Federal Reserve's Waller's statement: if inflation continues to improve, it supports keeping interest rates unchanged, suppressing expectations of a stronger dollar, which is positive for the crypto market.
However, contradictory signals have emerged on the macro level:
In the week ending September 2, U.S. money market funds saw a net inflow of $46.1 billion. Geopolitical conflicts, rising oil prices, and bond market pressures have driven traditional capital to flood into defensive cash assets for hedging.
On one side, the crypto market is eager for risk-on gains; on the other, traditional institutions are still hoarding cash for defensive allocations.
This is the biggest current contradiction: BTC indeed shows real buying pressure, but overall risk appetite has not fully opened.
Core observation question: Under the broader environment where traditional funds continue to favor risk aversion, can BTC firmly hold above $80,000?
- If it can hold: it means spot buying can absorb macro pressures, and the market movement is not just a pulse driven by news.
- If it cannot hold: it indicates this rally relies more on news-driven momentum, lacking real incremental funds.
A progressively confirming checklist of signals
1. First stop - ETH
After BTC strengthens, ETH needs to show matching strength as the first round of validation.
2. Breadth of major market coins
SOL, XRP, $BNB need to demonstrate sustained strength.
If only BTC rises alone while other major coins languish, the foundation of this recovery rally is very narrow.
3. Public chain Layer 1, to see if risk capital is willing to move down
SUI, APT, AVAX, NEAR, $SEI.
If BTC consolidates steadily and this group of public chains outperforms the market, it indicates capital is willing to spread toward higher risk.
4. DeFi sector, on-chain liquidity return signals
Lending $AAVE, DEX UNI/CRV, yield track $PENDLE.
A collective DeFi rebound represents the return of on-chain capital and on-chain yield demand.
5. Institutional infrastructure and RWA
LINK, ONDO. Institutional entry won’t just hype narratives; strength in infrastructure sectors is proof of real institutional capital deployment.
6. Layer 2 track
ARB, OP relative strength is used to judge whether Layer 2 network liquidity has truly improved.
7. AI crypto theme (high speculation)
TAO, RENDER, $FET. Only with overall speculative liquidity expansion will the AI theme show sustained momentum.
Core conclusion
A new major crypto market rally cannot rely solely on Bitcoin’s unilateral buying; it must be accompanied by broad market risk appetite expansion.
Currently, BTC buying pressure is real, but traditional financial markets still lean defensive, with liquidity entering selectively.
The next several trading days are critical; multiple sector signals need to resonate to confirm the rebound can continue to expand.
#HammackBacksHike #BTCGoldRatioHigh #OKXOutcomeLeagueFOMC#Robinhood on-chain revenue hits new highs, yet funds turn to net outflow Let's look at the numbers: BTC is now around 79,600, up 0.25% in 24 hours, ETH at 2,457 is up 0.23%. Looking at today, it's flat today, but if you extend it by two days, on Thursday it hit a high of 82,300, then dipped in to 76,600. Now it's back at 79,600. The difference between the highs and lows of a single candle is nearly 6,000 points, but it closes as if nothing happened. The screen is full of questions asking, 'Who is dumping? Is there another bombshell?' My answer is: no one is dumping, and no crash. It's that money prices are rising. August nonfarm payrolls added 162,000, just expected 55,000 is nearly three times the difference. Even worse, the July data was revised up from minus 23,000 to positive 21,000. This means the market's previous "jobs are doomed, Fed should cut rates" script has been completely torn apart. Now, on September 15-16, the probability of a 25bp rate hike varies by source: some reported 58.6%, some just over 50%. Anyway, it's over 50%. A week ago, that number was still in the 20s. So the recent fluctuations aren't negative news—they're repricing. What does this seem like? It's like dating someone you've been dating for half a year Suddenly telling you she's taking the civil service exam, she didn't cheat, didn't argue, and didn't complain about being poor. Her opportunity cost just changed. The two hours she used to walk with you on the street are now valuable. The market is the same. Once the risk-free rate gets expensive, all assets that rely on imagination have to be re-queued. Here's another topic that's been discussed most today but has gone in the wrong direction#闪迪涨近12%，NAND涨价放缓，产能却加码
"SanDisk surges nearly 12%, NAND price hikes slow down, but capacity is still expanding"
SanDisk's market price soared by 12%, then reversed to invest 200 billion in counter-trend capacity expansion.
North American giants are fiercely competing to build computing power centers, high-end SSDs are sold out, and gross margins have surged to 80%. But ordinary smartphone and computer manufacturers have long been unable to bear the price increases, contract price hikes have clearly narrowed, and buyers are extremely divided.
According to the usual rules, when the price increase slows down, production should be cut, but SanDisk, holding onto the cash flow brought by AI, has scheduled capacity expansion for several years later. Making chips from factory construction to slicing takes three to four years, and no one dares to lag behind in future capacity rankings.
Samsung and SK Hynix are also rushing to build new factories, which will add hundreds of thousands of wafers per month after concentrated production. The giants tacitly place heavy bets on the future, with current spot shortages directly evolving into a cross-cycle 100-billion arms race.
Everyone is anxious about whether the market can absorb this massive supply when all the new wafers are lined up and go offline. $BTC A bit off-topic, but when the non-farm payrolls unexpectedly dropped last night, that blond guy immediately came out to pressure for rate cuts and all sorts of things. It cracked me up. Even if you were the most powerful person in the world, so what? I know rate cuts benefit you a lot—for example, with rate cuts, your government spending decreases, it can also promote business loans and consumption, the stock market rises which can become your achievement, and it also helps your midterm elections. So you’re eager for rate cuts, but so what? Even if the Fed’s published data is somewhat fabricated, it’s still close to the truth. The market doesn’t buy your story. Did the market rebound when you pressured last night? Just like when we worked in state-owned enterprises, no matter how many policies and incentives we implemented, we still couldn’t save the market. The market environment was declining and deteriorating. What’s the point of doing more? In the end, we just gave up because you couldn’t save the market even by losing money and shouting. So everyone gave up. If it still didn’t work, the state-owned enterprises were sold to listed companies. The listed companies came in and flipped it for a year or two, but eventually couldn’t sustain it either, so they sold it to private enterprises. The private enterprises flipped it for three years, and in the end, they went bankrupt. Haha, it cracks me up. Luckily, I quit the state-owned enterprise back then, or else I would have been stuck in the same dead-end struggle, working hard for no reward. Because with the market cycles and the unstoppable torrent, you’re simply powerless to change anything. Back then, you were so insignificant.CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost's latest on-chain signal: OG holders who have held Bitcoin for over 5 years have recently shown a significant increase in on-chain activity.
The 90-day moving average of UTXOs representing old coin spending has reached 1,500 BTC, doubling compared to May's data.
During the consolidation phase, even the most steadfast long-term OGs have started transferring addresses, reflecting the overall market's cautious sentiment.
But the key point: on-chain transfers ≠ panic selling.
This portion of address activity is very likely related to the Coldcard hardware wallet security incident, where holders are migrating assets to new, more secure storage addresses. This is wallet asset migration, not profit-taking or dumping.
How to interpret this data
1. The rise in old coin UTXO consumption cannot be directly interpreted as a collective whale sell-off; the final destination of funds must be checked: only inflows to exchange addresses represent potential selling pressure. Much of it is just internal address transfers without selling pressure.
2. The OG group's unusual activity itself is a noteworthy on-chain warning signal; but considering the Coldcard incident background, the interference from security migration must be excluded before judging true selling intent.
3. The behavior of old holders serves as a reference for market bottoms/tops but should not be used alone for trading decisions; it needs to be cross-verified with ETF funds, spot trading volume, and net inflows/outflows on exchanges.
Insight: When seeing coins dormant for years being awakened, do not panic and turn bearish immediately. First distinguish whether it is "wallet migration" or "flowing to exchanges for liquidation," as these two behaviors have completely different implications for the market. #OKX预言家：9月FOMC利率决议预测上线 ZEC, the $1,000 mark has truly been broken through!
Just a few days ago, it was said that it was just a step away from 1000, and the market directly kicked through it.
During this rally, ZEC short positions totaling about $34.5 million were forcefully liquidated, a typical short squeeze scenario.
This surge is driven not by a single force but by a triple resonance:
✅ Spot buying entering the market
✅ Grayscale ETF narrative continuing to ferment
✅ Derivatives short liquidations bringing passive buying
Key catalyst: On August 25, Grayscale Zcash ETF (ZCSH) officially listed on the NYSE.
Traditional institutional investors don’t need to manage private keys themselves; they can gain ZEC exposure through regular stock accounts, which directly ignited market sentiment among institutions.
⚠️ But we must soberly view this short squeeze:
Short covering is passive buying and does not equal all new spot capital.
Short-term indicators have entered overbought territory, contract open interest has risen sharply, and after the surge, there is a risk of a sharp pullback at any time.
Key price references
- Core support: $985‑$1005, holding here means the bullish structure remains
- Next resistance: $1100
- If volume breaks below the $1,000 mark, many short-term bulls will face liquidation risk
Focus to watch: After the breakout, can it hold above $1,000, and can spot trading volume continue to expand?
If it relies solely on leveraged short squeezes, most of the gains can be quickly given back.
$BTC $ETH
#ZEC spot ETF first-day trading volume $14.8 million #Robinhood on-chain revenue hits record high, but funds turn to net outflow #美联储官员称应加息，9月概率升至58.6%
Due to the better-than-expected non-farm payroll data, the probability of a rate hike has increased, and $BTC $ETH have also fallen accordingly.
They dropped respectively to around $78,000 and $2,420, but then the market's attention shifted to the release of the CPI data.
If the CPI data meets expectations, with growth the same or lower than recently, and core inflation declines, the Federal Reserve might have a chance to keep rates unchanged based on the data.
Trump pressures the Federal Reserve, saying rates should be around 0.5%-1%, but if core CPI decreases or meets expectations, considering all factors, the Fed maintaining rates unchanged—on one hand not raising rates, and on the other managing expectations well—under market expectations of a rate hike, keeping rates unchanged is also a kind of implicit positive 🤔
@OKX星球 Same day, two markets.
📉 On the big board: The three major U.S. stock indexes all closed lower, Apple, Microsoft, and Google all fell, Tesla -6%
📈 On the other side: Philadelphia Semiconductor +3.4%, SanDisk +11%, SK Hynix +8%, Micron +6%
The non-farm payroll data pushed up rate hike expectations. Logically, growth stocks should have their valuations cut—so why are memory chips moving against the trend?
The answer lies in the fundamentals:
① Demand exploded: In Q2, the global DRAM market size reached $147 billion, a quarter-on-quarter surge of 56%, hitting a record high
② Supply is racing: Micron announced doubling HBM capacity, targeting Nvidia's next-generation chip orders
In short: This is not emotional speculation, but a solid rise in both volume and price.
But the contradiction is sharp—rising rate hike expectations suppress valuations, yet industry prosperity is pushing upward.
Tech giants are falling, AI hardware is rising, which side are you on? $BTC , although pressured by high interest rate expectations after the non-farm payrolls, has returned to around 79,000u. More importantly, the spot ETF saw a single-day net inflow of $730.9 million, the largest since mid-January. Macro is selling, institutions are buying; right now, $BTC is basically a clash of these two forces.
$ETH remains a highly elastic version of BTC. It rebounded about 5% in a single day earlier.
#HammackBacksHike #BTCGoldRatioHigh #BTC兑黄金比率升至1月以来高位，强势能否延续？
Data Analysis
The BTC/gold ratio has reached 18.2, meaning one BTC can be exchanged for over 18 ounces of gold, the highest since January. BTC is priced at $81,500, gold holds steady near $4,500. Both have risen, but BTC's weekly gain is 12%, while gold's is only a slight 1.5%, showing a significant difference in momentum.
Market Consensus
Bulls say the rising ratio confirms BTC's "digital gold" status, with hedge funds increasing positions and scarcity premium emerging post-halving. Bears argue gold is more stable due to central bank purchases, and new highs in the ratio often coincide with BTC being overbought, accumulating short-term profit-taking pressure.
Underlying Logic
The ratio essentially reflects risk appetite—BTC outperforms during loose liquidity, gold leads when risk aversion rises. The market currently prices in over a 70% chance of a rate cut in September; if upcoming nonfarm payroll data dampens expectations, BTC's pullback could be more than three times that of gold.
Personal View (Neutral, for sharing only, not advice)
The ratio is strong but RSI is near 70, so chasing longs has mediocre cost-effectiveness. More attention should be paid to volatility after next week's CPI release. It is recommended to enter in batches on pullbacks rather than chasing breakouts. Maintaining position discipline is key to waiting for a true slow bull market.The market is a bit cool today, continuously moving sideways with fluctuations!
$BTC has fallen back from above 81,000 to around 79,000, and $ETH along with altcoins are basically following the decline. The direct reason is simple: US non-farm payroll data exceeded expectations, cooling down rate cut expectations, and risk assets were all hit together.
But one thing is worth noting—
Prices are falling, yet ETFs are still seeing net inflows.
On September 3rd, there was a single-day inflow of over 700 million, and on the 4th, another 170 million came in. Institutional funds are not running away with retail investors.
What does this indicate?
Short-term sentiment is suppressed by macro data, but the mid-term capital logic remains.
A pullback after a surge is normal; what really matters is whether it can hold steady around 78,000.
Next, focus on two things:
First, whether the support level breaks; second, whether funds will flow back after next week's inflation data is released.
A correction is not scary; what’s scary is if the funds leave.
Currently, it looks like the funds are still here.#美联储官员称应加息，9月概率升至58.6% #Fed officials say rate hikes are necessary, September probability rises to 58.6%
On the eve of CPI data: The "last straw" for Fed rate hikes?
Strong nonfarm payrolls and weak wages rarely appear together, signaling confusion on the eve of the Fed's September meeting. August added 162,000 jobs, far exceeding expectations, and the market immediately repriced — the probability of a September rate hike jumped from 50% to 58.6%, with Citi pushing back the first rate cut expectation to June 2027. But Allianz Investment's Ripley warns that wage growth has slipped to an annual low of 3.09%, with real purchasing power declining rather than rising, casting doubt on consumption resilience.
Harker's hawkish remarks directly point to "rates not being high enough," but Trump calls for rate cuts, creating a delicate situation for the Fed amid political and economic tug-of-war. External pressures combined with internal data discrepancies make decision-making at the September 15-16 meeting increasingly difficult.
The only definitive factor now is the August CPI on September 11. Bloomberg forecasts overall CPI to rebound year-over-year to 3.4%, with core CPI mildly dropping to 2.4%. If overall inflation rises above expectations alongside an overheated job market, Harker's rate hike stance will gain strong support, and CME's hike probability could exceed 70%; conversely, if core CPI falls significantly, even if the overall reading is high, the Fed is more likely to wait and see, awaiting more data to verify whether weakening wages are transmitting to service inflation. This CPI will determine whether rate hikes are imminent or should be delayed. $BTC $ETH $SOL Recent comprehensive review of the crypto market
⚠️ Market review only, does not constitute any investment advice, contracts carry high risk
I. Summary of key macro events
1. The market initially bet on weakening employment and priced in rate cuts and easing expectations, causing funds to slightly push up coin prices in advance; Federal Reserve official Waller expressed dovish views, and the market generally expected rates to remain unchanged.
2. Nonfarm payroll data surprised: 162,000 new jobs added, far exceeding the expected 55,000, showing strong employment resilience. The market immediately repriced the probability of rate hikes, with September hike expectations rising close to 60%, the dollar and US Treasury yields strengthened simultaneously, and risk assets collectively came under pressure and declined.
3. The two most important upcoming market dates: September 11 CPI inflation data, and September 16 Federal Reserve meeting; these two results will set the short-term major direction.
II. Price and fund performance
• BTC: surged ahead to test 81,300 before data, quickly dropped to 78,600 after nonfarm release, then slightly recovered; the 80,000 level shifted from support to short-term psychological resistance.
• ETH: more volatile, broke below key support at 2,500, fell back to around 2,450 and oscillated; the market shifted from a one-sided bullish trend to a wide-range oscillation driven by macro data.
III. Summary of bullish and bearish logic
✅ Bullish logic: If next week's CPI inflation falls, rate hike expectations cool down, and easing expectations return, coin prices will see a corrective rebound.
❌ Bearish logic: If CPI rises again, inflation remains sticky, the Fed retains the option to hike rates, liquidity tightens, and selling pressure at high levels leads to further declines. #ZEC续刷历史新高
Recently, an interesting phenomenon has appeared in the market.
After ZEC broke its all-time high, it barely gave any chance for a correction and continued to accelerate its rise; Meanwhile, HYPE, which also hit a new high, began to fluctuate around $88 and even began to be affected by BTC's price movements.
The difference between the two essentially lies in the stage in which the market is located.
ZEC had been quiet for a long time, with highly concentrated shares. After the price broke through a key resistance level, there were few floating chips in the market, and bears were forced to cut losses, forming a typical short squeeze rally. Thus, after the breakout, there was a continuous rally.
HYPE, however, is different.
Over the past year, HYPE has risen dozens of times, becoming one of the most watched star assets in the entire crypto market. As its market capitalization continues to expand, more and more institutional, trend, and quantitative funds are participating.
This means:
HYPE is still very strong; but it is no longer the fully independent small-cap strong coin.
When BTC experiences significant volatility, large funds often adjust their risk exposure in tandem, which also affects HYPE.
Looking at recent trends, after the release of nonfarm payroll data, BTC fell and HYPE was plunged to around 83.5. However, it is worth noting that after the negative news materialized, the price did not break below key support but quickly stabilized near 84.
This indicates:
HYPE began to follow BTC's volatility, but its strong structure remained intact.
For strong coins, what truly matters is not whether they follow the decline during a decline, but whether they can be the first to reach new highs after the market stabilizes.
$ZEC $HYPEMy conclusion: In 2026, when judging whether a DeFi project is safe, the first thing I will look at is no longer "how many audits it has undergone," but rather—who exactly has the authority to move the funds.
Many people's safety logic is still:
The code is open source, audited by major institutions, and the TVL is high enough, so the risk should be relatively low.
I believe this judgment is no longer sufficient.
This year, losses caused by crypto attacks are at least about $1.3 billion, and the growing risk is not that hackers find a complex smart contract bug, but that they directly obtain private keys, admin privileges, validator rights, or internal personnel trust.
The difference between these two types of attacks is huge.
Traditional contract attacks target the code.
Privilege attacks bypass the code.
As long as the attacker obtains legitimate signing authority, the blockchain may not even consider the transaction "abnormal"—the system simply executes according to permissions.
So now when I research DeFi, I additionally ask three questions:
First, who can upgrade the contract?
If a few addresses can change the core protocol logic, I will directly increase the risk discount.
Second, does the admin operation have a Timelock?
If the admin key is stolen and the attacker can transfer assets within minutes, an audit report won't save you.
Third, how many independent validators are required to confirm cross-chain assets?
If hundreds of millions of dollars ultimately depend on one or a few validator nodes, then the so-called "decentralization" may only exist on the user interface.Brothers, last night's nonfarm report was really something, a complete sleight of hand. Everyone was expecting a collapse in US employment, but the data came out: 162,000! More than twice the expected 56,000. At first glance, it looks like the US economy is incredibly resilient, but for those of us coding and trading, the biggest fear is only looking at the headline without checking the source code. 1. After analysis, excluding one-time patch-up jobs in government education and leisure hotels, the real organic employment growth is only about 60,000. What does this mean? It means private enterprises and manufacturing—the real backbone—still haven't recovered. This nonfarm report is like a heavily filtered beauty photo; the actual entity economy is quite haggard. 2. Average hourly wages rose only 3.1% year-over-year, while July's CPI was 3.4%. This means the purchasing power of American workers is actually shrinking. For the market, this is good news, indicating the labor market isn't overheated and inflation pressure isn't as high as imagined. 3. FedWatch shows the probability of a rate hike in September jumped from 50% to 58.6%. The Damocles sword of rate hikes is hanging again. Because the data looks good on the surface, the Fed has the confidence to keep tightening: since employment hasn't collapsed, they dare to continue tightening. After the data release, the 2-year US Treasury yield surged to 4.37%, and US stocks dipped slightly. In this macro environment, the pressure on our crypto circle is naturally unavoidable. *The rising probability of rate hikes directly benefits the US dollar, BTC and E I think the collaboration between Payward and SoFi this time is more worth watching than simply listing a stablecoin.
Both sides are directly connecting the banking system and the crypto trading system.
Payward will join SoFi's real-time settlement network SEN, allowing Kraken's institutional clients to settle USD 24/7; at the same time, Kraken will list SoFi-issued USD stablecoin SoFiUSD. On the other side, SoFi will use Kraken Prime as a source of crypto asset liquidity.
This is actually a very typical case of "mutually borrowing infrastructure."
SoFi has a banking license and a USD settlement network.
Kraken has crypto liquidity and trading infrastructure.
Previously, the two sides were two separate systems.
Now they are starting to connect the channels.
And stablecoins happen to be the bridge in the middle.
Once USD enters on-chain, it can flow 24/7; the on-chain trading demand can, in turn, enter the banking system.
So what’s really worth watching is not how much trading volume SoFiUSD has today.
But whether traditional banks and crypto exchanges will increasingly resemble infrastructure providers in the future.
Banks handle money.
Exchanges handle markets.
Stablecoins are responsible for gluing the two together.
This is what the true integration of financial markets looks like.
$BTC $ETH $USDC Altcoins started to warm up over the weekend! But this round of funds is clearly more willing to chase assets with catalysts and cash flow.
$SOL's triple top has returned to a recovery rhythm. What’s truly worth watching is the Transaction V1 upgrade on September 9, which will increase the single transaction capacity from 1232 bytes to 4096 bytes. There are further upgrade expectations by the end of the month. This wave for SOL at least has fundamental events supporting it, not just a rebound following BTC.
$DOGE bounced about 5% again along with risk appetite, but it remains a typical sentiment-driven asset for now. Without new strong fundamental catalysts, it acts more like a market risk thermometer: when BTC is stable and funds dare to spread out, it tends to be resilient; when macro tightens again, it usually gives back gains first.
$XRP’s latest rebound is close to 6%, with strength better than most major coins. Its current advantage is that institutional product access has opened, and the market no longer only trades on litigation and payment narratives; if ETF funds continue to flow in, XRP will gradually shift from event-driven to capital flow-driven.
$HYPE rose about 6% in the same period, with cash flow plus buybacks still being rare hard logic among altcoins; $BOME currently lacks independent catalysts and mostly follows Meme sentiment; $TRUMP is also event-driven trading—don’t take the recent US issuance of Trump commemorative coins directly as a fundamental positive for the token. The real factors affecting its price are liquidity and supply of chips.
#美联储官员称应加息，9月概率升至58.6%
#BTC兑黄金比率升至1月以来高位，强势能否延续？ Today, OKX launched the $PONS contract. Some people may not be very familiar with this coin, so let me first explain its origin. This project is a meme launchpad project, somewhat similar to $PUMP, except that $PONS is mainly based on the Robinhood Chain. —————————————————— Now that we've learned the basic situation of this project, let's take a look at some detailed data. For platforms like this, the most important thing to care about is revenue. In recent days, the project's daily income has been around five to six million USD. According to the project, 8% of its revenue is used to buy back tokens. Some might say 80% of the revenue from other posts, but that's not the case. Ninety percent of the project's revenue is shared with creators, and only 80% of the remaining 10% is used for buybacks. In other words, the buyback amount accounts for only 8% of the project's total revenue. However, even so, if we only look at recent revenue, its current market cap matches up. But if we look at it over a longer period, we can see that the coin's market cap is actually inflated. From the chart, we can see that at the end of August, the project's daily revenue was still around several hundred thousand US dollars. So, looking at the project itself, I believe it is currently in an overheated phase. In other words, the current price of this coin is relatively inflated. —————————————————— Let's look at its contract data. Its contract data is actually quite good, and the contract is holding on#SanDisk rises nearly 12%, NAND price increase slows, but capacity is still expanding
Clearly, the growth rate slowed in Q3, and ordinary smartphone and computer manufacturers have been pushed to their limits by high prices, but the big players are pouring money in wildly
SanDisk and Kioxia directly unveiled a $31 billion long-term plan, and over in South Korea, Samsung and SK Hynix also revealed plans to add 600,000 wafers of monthly capacity. When prices can't rise anymore, they still fiercely expand production $SNDK $SKHYNIX $SAMSUNG
A fragmented market: consumers can't afford it, AI side can't get enough
Consumer side is stuck
Smartphone and computer profits are eaten up by expensive chips, forcing end manufacturers to suppress demand
AI side is sucking blood wildly
The real money is in data centers; high-priced enterprise SSDs and high-bandwidth memory HBM are still in short supply
What exactly are the giants betting on?
The big players are investing heavily in capacity for 2028 and even 2029 and beyond, not based on the current limited demand, but betting on the infrastructure dividends of the AI era. Future computing inference will consume astronomical amounts of storage space
The current slowdown in price increases is just a brief rest for the consumer side. The giants are using government subsidies to lower long-term costs, aiming to crush small and medium players with absolute scale advantage in the new cycle a few years from now
In the short term, consumer-grade storage will enter a stable, grinding period, giving PC builders a breather
But in the long term, when this massive capacity is released around 2028, if AI hardware demand growth slows, the industry will most likely face another epic round of steep price cuts and reshuffling21 financial institutions are jointly launching a US dollar stablecoin, and my first reaction is: banks finally don't want to just complain from the sidelines.
In the past, stablecoins earned two layers of money: payment entry and reserve income. USDT and USDC have already proven that whoever controls the on-chain US dollar can take the cake of cross-border settlement, exchange liquidity, and institutional fund turnover. Now that major banks are teaming up to enter the field, the essence is a deposit defense battle as well as a payment relationship defense battle.
But the hardest part for alliance coins is not issuance, but governance. Who manages the reserves? Who takes the profits? Who takes the blame if something goes wrong? Which chain connects first? Without solving these issues, the 21 giants might still end up making a product like a car with too many steering wheels.
I am optimistic that bank stablecoins will expand the market, but I don't think they can easily crush the native players. The on-chain world hates slowness the most.
#21家金融机构拟推美元稳定币 This weekend's market is getting more interesting! BTC is being suppressed by macro factors, while altcoins and AI hardware are each going their own way.
$BTC has recently returned to around 80,000. The biggest contradiction is clear now: strong non-farm payrolls suppress rate hike expectations, but the spot ETF saw a single-day net inflow of $731 million, and institutions are still buying. BTC demand isn't absent; it's waiting for CPI to set the macro direction.
$ETH is still the one more sensitive to liquidity. When BTC is flat, it tends to amplify rebounds, but when rates continue to rise, it will be the first to have its valuation cut. Going forward, rather than focusing on short-term price, it's better to watch if ETFs, staking, and corporate holdings continue to reduce circulating supply.
$BICO is currently around $0.021, down nearly 14% over the week. The liquidity stimulus brought by the listing has faded. What’s most lacking now isn’t the story, but real users and revenue. Without fundamental growth, a low market cap can only bring volatility, not sustained buying.
$OKB is still waiting for X Layer applications to materialize; $QQQ needs to watch out for high rates continuing to suppress valuations; $SNDK surged nearly 12% against the trend on Friday, with funds still trading NAND shortages and AI storage; $SKHYNIX’s HBM share was still 50% in Q2, but Samsung has caught up to 33%. AI demand remains strong; the next phase is a battle for share and profit.
#美联储官员称应加息，9月概率升至58.6%
#BTC兑黄金比率升至1月以来高位，强势能否延续？
#全球最大主权基金拟减持800亿美元美债 Robinhood Chain Protocol Revenue Overview in the Last 7 Days
In the past 7 days, Robinhood Chain itself collected approximately $15.15 million through Gas; $UNI protocol fees were about $2.28 million; $ARB technology licensing fees were about $1.69 million; the actual settlement cost flowing back to ETH L1 was only about $1,700.
Looking at the application layer, PONS and PUMP had transaction fees of approximately $6.4 million and $1.3 million respectively in the last 24 hours, but their FDVs are only $460 million and $4.3 billion. Purely by horizontal comparison, PONS’s current valuation is not expensive. Of course, this calculation is rough: the scale of transaction fees cannot be directly equated with income quality, and the fee structure and sustainability must be considered separately.
$PONS’s own flywheel has already started turning—revenue scale, real users, and buyback and burn are all being realized simultaneously. Recently, daily transaction fees even once approached $6 million, entering the range of mainstream fee-collecting protocols.
If the bull market can maintain the current income level, and the bear market reduces it by a factor of ten, even if only about 10% of $HYPE’s valuation is given, corresponding to a market value of $2 billion, it is still reasonable.
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#波动雷达：币种异动观察 On Friday, September 4, the three major U.S. stock indexes closed lower: Dow -0.51%, Nasdaq -0.29%, S&P 500 -0.38%. Market structure showed clear divergence, with Tesla plunging nearly 6% due to Cybercab falling short of expectations; meanwhile, the storage, optical communication, and semiconductor equipment sectors surged against the trend, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index rising 3.37%. Chinese concept stocks strengthened, with the Golden Dragon Index up 0.89% and Baidu rising over 4%.
#BTC兑黄金比率升至1月以来高位，强势能否延续？
August nonfarm payrolls increased by 162,000, significantly exceeding the expected 56,000, with the previous figure revised upward. The market pushed the probability of a September rate hike to 60%. Under this pressure, gold $XAU and Bitcoin $BTC weakened, while crude oil closed slightly higher. A Federal Reserve spokesperson indicated that strong employment clears some obstacles to a rate hike, and Citibank directly postponed rate cuts until 2027.
Nonfarm payrolls support rate hikes but are not the final verdict; next week's CPI is the decisive variable. If inflation rebounds, a 25 basis point hike in September is highly likely; if inflation falls, rates will remain unchanged. The baseline judgment is at most one rate hike this year, with a high threshold for a second hike. High interest rates will persist for a long time, continuing to suppress global risk assets #美联储官员称应加息，9月概率升至58.6% .The impact of nonfarm payrolls on Fed rate hikes is essentially a chain: nonfarms are the strongest evidence of the Fed's "dual mission" of "maximum employment" → employment strength determines the economy's heat and inflationary pressures → inflationary pressures determine how interest rates should move. But it does not act alone; it is fed to the Fed together with CPI/PCE. 1. Legal Origin: The Fed's "Dual Mission" The U.S. Federal Reserve Act sets two major requirements for the Fed: maximum employment + price stability (long-term inflation anchored at 2% PCE). Employment is too hot→ wages rise, consumption is strong→ inflation can't be suppressed, → rate hikes should be raised or rates kept high. Employment is too cold, → the economy is about to decline. → inflation will fall on its own. → Rate cuts or pauses are the monthly thermometers released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to observe "maximum jobs," with the largest sample size and the most trusted by the market. Therefore, every release directly changes interest rate expectations. 2. Transmission mechanism: How to "remotely control" rate hikes by nonfarms Simplified closed-loop: Nonfarm payrolls + unemployment rate + hourly wage growth → Assess labor market tightness → infer future inflation path → Market repricing "Fed rate hike/rate cut probability" → US Treasury/USD/US stocks/Gold Volatility Three specific scenarios: Nonfarm payrolls far exceed expectations (e.g., August 2026 actual +162,000 vs expected 56,000): Proves the economy can hold up, wage inflation remains sticky, the Fed "still has reason to raise rates," market rate hike probability from ~50Core driver of the decline: Nonfarm payroll data "critically" impacts rate hike expectations
U.S. August nonfarm payrolls surged by 162,000, far exceeding the market expectation of 56,000. The previous two months' data were revised upward by a total of 55,000, the unemployment rate remained at 4.1%, and the labor force participation rate rose from 61.4% to 61.6%.
After the data release:
· Bitcoin immediately fell below the $80,000 mark, then further lost the $79,000 level
· Rate hike expectations sharply intensified: Citibank pushed back the Federal Reserve's rate cut expectations directly to mid-2027
· U.S. dollar strengthened: higher Treasury yields made government debt more competitive against risk assets, tightening the global liquidity environment
· Trump pressured the Federal Reserve to cut rates: stating "rates must be lowered, or trade with countries with trade deficits will stop," but the market did not reverse the downward trend because of this $BTC $ETH $ZEC #Robinhood链上收入创高，资金却转为净流出 #Robinhood链上收入创高，资金却转为净流出
"Daily income of 4 million, funds withdrawn 20 million"
While investment banks are still toasting to the frenzy of collecting 4 million in tolls in a single day, large on-chain funds quickly withdrew over 20 million USD that same day.
Outsiders think brokers have found a money printing machine, but actually all the cash flow depends on token issuance platforms and buying bots hyping up low-quality tokens to keep up appearances, with nearly 90% of the fees pocketed by third-party tools.
The official platform hosting the stage can only earn a few basis points per transaction as a hard-earned fee, then has to pay packaging fees to the mainnet, and share 10% of profits with the technical infrastructure, leaving at most a few million USD actually landing in their pockets.
Fast money rushing in with gas fee subsidies fills up and runs, then floods back to the mainnet through cross-chain bridges to cash out, with high-frequency congestion even once stalling block-producing nodes.
Once the hype dies down, funds quickly pull out, and the grand blueprint of 24-hour US stock trading has yet to show any sign. $ETH From the perspective of capital structure, the current $BTC market support mainly comes from passive buying by ETFs and short covering, rather than new active long capital entering. Data from September 4 shows that Bitcoin ETFs had a single-day net inflow of $730.9 million, reversing the previous outflow trend, but options open interest in the derivatives market remains concentrated below $80,000. A large number of call options have strike resistance near the $80,000 mark, making a direct breakthrough very difficult. Meanwhile, the $ETH/$BTC trading pair has continued to weaken recently, dropping 0.90% on the day, indicating that capital is shifting from Ethereum to Bitcoin and market risk aversion sentiment is quietly rising.
This "$BTC holding alone, altcoins lying flat" structure is essentially a typical defensive market, fundamentally lacking the basis for sustained upward momentum. From an operational standpoint, there is absolutely no need to treat this as the start of a new rally and chase highs. Instead, the gains and losses at key levels should be taken as core judgment signals: if BTC fails to firmly hold $80,000, once the $78,600 support is broken, the first downside target is directly $78,000, which could easily trigger a new round of panic selling; ETH only truly opens room for catch-up gains if it reclaims $2,500, and if it falls directly below $2,428, there is no need to stubbornly bottom-fish; if $SOL fails to reclaim the key resistance at $103, the support near $101 will likely be tested again, so do not lightly bet heavily on a rebound at the support level. #Robinhood链上收入创高，资金却转为净流出 After the non-farm payrolls, funds began to withdraw from high-volatility altcoins, while assets with real income are actually stronger!
$BTC remains fluctuating around 80,000 after a strong non-farm report. The macro pressure is real, but the spot ETF saw a single-day net inflow of $731 million, the largest since mid-January, indicating institutions are buying. Now Bitcoin feels more like a tug-of-war between high-interest rate and long-term allocation funds. Next week's CPI will be the real directional choice.
$RE is fluctuating around 0.45 with continuous abnormal moves. Small-cap coins are quietly being lifted by funds during the market sideways movement, with trading volume expanding to $7 million. These coins lack big narratives and rely purely on sentiment-driven momentum, showing high elasticity but also high volatility. Light positions for trial and error are advisable rather than heavy holdings.
$HYPE no longer follows ordinary altcoin logic. The core is Hyperliquid's real trading income and buyback closed loop, combined with institutional entry. The higher the price, the less the market listens to stories alone. Going forward, business growth must cover high valuations and supply pressure.
$XRP is around 1.40, with regulatory tailwinds still present but needing short-term digestion; funds are withdrawing from the leading rally. DOGE is slowly declining at 0.084, with meme sentiment fading and relying purely on Musk-related news; ARB dropped 6% from its high at 0.131, needing digestion after a 49% weekly rise in L2; NVDA rose 2.5% against the trend to 234, with a $13 billion acquisition of Hugging Face plus Dell's earnings beating expectations, making the AI hardware chain the most resilient!
#美联储官员称应加息，9月概率升至58.6% Actually, Trump's recent back-and-forth between his left and right brain is a very normal operation. After all, with the midterm elections, Trump needs to balance the forces and support rates of the hardliners and the anti-war factions within the United States.
So recently, we will frequently see actions such as starting to join the UK, France, and Germany in submitting an application to the UN Security Council to investigate Iran's nuclear facilities, and claiming to bomb the nuclear facilities. This move is aimed at the military hardliners.
Meanwhile, multiple officials have released statements this week indicating a slowdown in military strikes against Iran. The midterm elections serve as a buffer window, and there is a focus on implementing economic and blockade sanctions against Iran. These actions are aimed at the anti-war faction.
Therefore, what we see is a "left and right brain battle" within Trump. Of course, the most important thing Trump has done recently is the escort mission behind the scenes of the conflict, cooperating with capital and media to start bearish commentary on crude oil prices to ease the pressure on energy supply.
For example, Goldman Sachs today took the lead in publishing an article stating that the previous estimate of 4 to 6 million barrels per day of energy output through the strait was pessimistic. Goldman Sachs believes that most vessels pass through the strait by turning off AIS, with actual transportation reaching 15 to 16 million barrels per day, already restored to two-thirds of the pre-war level.
However, judging by the weekend's energy price fluctuations, the market clearly does not accept Goldman Sachs' conclusion and has not made any pricing moves. Obviously, Goldman Sachs' analysis report currently has a credibility estimated to be even lower than Trump's.
But I think Goldman Sachs speaking out first is an important signal. I believe this week is an important escort phase for the US military. As the media begins to report more energy output through the strait, the US military escort should be ending in stages.