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[100x Challenge: Day 53 — Live Trading Record]
1. Capital Status
Initial Principal: 3000 yuan + 0.1 XAU (bought at 4250)
Today's Profit: 42 yuan
Current Assets: 9014 yuan (115%)
Profit Withdrawal: 400 yuan
2. Income Details:
Accumulated Copy Trading Income: 21U
Prediction Income: 5U
Creator Rewards: 14U
3. Current Positions and P&L
Current Positions: 0
$BTC The 100x challenge has reached day 53.
$ETH After the Fed meeting ended yesterday, gold experienced slight fluctuations. I noticed the 4250 level was repeatedly tested and showed clear support structure, so I bought 0.1 spot and kept it on the earning platform. For gold, I am targeting 4800.
After the news release, the market did not move as expected. Wash’s hawkish remarks introduced significant uncertainty to the upcoming market.
In this kind of market, as a swing trader, I feel comfortable. I expect the US stock market to enter a wide-range oscillation.
BTC, as a mirror of the US stock market, has been unable to break below the 75500 range, which supports my previous logic of a wide-range oscillation upward between 7.6 and 8.2.
The cooldown period for the main account ends the day after tomorrow. Ready to start!
The small account currently holds 5 positions, all cheap chips picked up last night. Reviewing today's market: BTC pulled from 75000 up to 76581, rising nearly 1600 points, with a high touching 76742. The 77000 resistance level has been tested several times, and each time it pulls back there. The support at 75000 is very strong, it can't break down. In short, it's a 75000 to 77000 range box. My approach: buy at the lower boundary of the range, short at the upper boundary, and exit when reached. Before losing 200,000 U, I always hoped for a breakout, but the false breakout slapped me in the face. Now I'm honest, trading a small 5000 U position within the range, never holding a position without stop loss. $BTC $BTC #Fixed 9 coins rebound across the board, but trading volume dropped by 15.84%
The decline range of mainstream samples has just been fully recovered: from 13:00 to 14:00, all 9 coins fell; from 14:00 to 15:00, all fixed samples closed higher.
The strength of the rebound funds is still weak. The total trading volume of the samples dropped from 21,297,500 to 17,923,900 USDT; ADA had the highest increase at 0.87%.
If the next closed 1H candle sees at least 6 coins continue to rise and the trading volume exceeds 17,923,900, the rebound is confirmed; if at least 6 coins turn down, it fails. Would you consider this broad but low-volume rise as a correction, or wait for funds to catch up first?
#BTC #ETH #OKBETH layout strategy
First, look for a pullback to 2435-2440 with reduced volume to stabilize, then consider light long positions if a lower shadow bullish candlestick appears;
Second, if it rebounds to 2460-2465 with increased volume but fails and an upper shadow bearish candlestick appears, consider light short positions.
Keep position size within 20%, exit long positions immediately if it breaks below 2424, exit short positions immediately if it rises above 2465. If the daily chart breaks below 2366, the overall strategy should shift to bearish.Lately, the more I watch the market, the clearer it becomes, yet also more frustrating.
The long-short ratio of BTC and ETH contracts across the entire network keeps rising, repeatedly approaching a stark 2:1 ratio, with bullish sentiment in the market unprecedentedly unified. Many trading friends around me have heavily gone long following the trend, firmly believing the bottom has stabilized and a rebound is imminent. According to past market inertia, when retail bulls cluster and contract longs become crowded, it should be the standard script for the main players to smash the market, shake out positions, and deeply probe with spikes to explode the bulls.
But this time, the market is not following the usual pattern at all.
Previously, the two biggest uncertainties in the market—the Federal Reserve's interest rate hike expectations and the US CLARITY crypto bill news—have all been realized and settled, with all negative factors fully exhausted. In past markets, news realization would be a turning point for a sell-off, likely triggering a deep correction. But this time, the market is extremely resistant to decline; after the negative news is fully digested, selling pressure instantly dries up, with almost no panic selling emerging.
Funds that had been on the sidelines have rushed in to buy the dip, firmly propping the price above the box support, completely locking down the downside space for bull liquidations.
What’s even more interesting is that the price neither falls nor rises.
The bottom support is extremely solid; every slight pullback is met with buying, but every rebound to key resistance quickly faces pressure and falls back, hesitating to break out with volume to new highs. The entire process is a narrow-range oscillation, repeatedly shaking out positions, a tug-of-war that neither rises nor falls, completely grinding down market patience.
The more I watch, the more I sense the institutional control rhythm; this is not a natural long-short battle but a typical chip distribution style shakeout. 📂 20U Real Account Record 077
💰 Principal: 20U
📈 Profit on this trade: Position open
✅ Total profit: +34U
📌 Current position: $SOL 5x long
The Fed's rate hike has been implemented.
25 basis points, interest rate now at 3.75%-4.00%.
Interestingly, after the news dropped, the market did not continue to plunge sharply.
BTC has now returned to around 76,000, and SOL has also touched around 100 again.
This makes me focus on one thing:
The negative news is out, can the market still continue to fall?
If the news has been priced in early, and the market starts to find support afterward, there might be a short-term emotional recovery.
But we can't rush to say it's a reversal yet.
After all, the Fed's stance this time is not dovish, and the market is still digesting the possibility of further rate hikes.
My $SOL long at 97.1 is still open.
Stop loss at 94.9 remains unchanged.
Now let's see if it can hold above 97 and break through 100 again.
This time, no guessing the top or bottom.
Let's first see how the market moves.
Starting again with 54U, taking it slow.
$SOL $BTC The $30 billion tax cut list is still under discussion, but project teams have already started recalculating next year's server bills.
Tariffs are reduced on physical goods, not tokens, so this chain effect in the crypto space will take a couple of detours. A more likely explanation is that the easing of China-US trade relations will first suppress the dollar's safe-haven demand, then affect the pricing anchor of risk assets.
But what project teams are truly anxious about is not the price, but compliance costs. Once trade channels loosen, the standards for cross-border fund scrutiny may change accordingly, and the business scope for stablecoin and payment projects will be redrawn.
Keep an eye on whether specific tax rate numbers appear in the follow-up press conferences. If it only says "maintain communication," it means this round is still at the posturing stage, so don't rush to price it as a positive.
#美国加密税收与BTC储备法案获推进
#CLARITY法案下一步怎么走？ #BTC财库优先股融资升温 $BTC Today, I watched the market for a day and discovered a very interesting phenomenon. Many people are still discussing whether BTC can continue to hit new highs; the truly profitable funds are already flowing into the strong ecosystem. If you're still chasing hot topics everywhere, this bull market might not make big money. Why do I say this? Because in the mid to late stages of a bull market, the market doesn't rise all coins at once but rotates. BTC rallys, and funds flow into ETH. Once ETH stabilizes, SOL starts to kick off. SOL heats up, and tracks like SUI, MOVE, AI, and DeFi continue to take over. Those who truly reap the benefits don't predict the peak, but stand early at the spot where funds rotate. I've been keeping a close eye on four coins lately. BTC: Determines market direction. ETH: Determines institutional capital sentiment. SOL: Determines ecosystem explosion speed. SUI: Determines whether this round of new public blockchains has excess returns. Especially SUI—I've noticed many people shouting $10 when prices rise, then shouting for zero when it drops a bit. This kind of sentiment is exactly what the market loves to harvest the most. I've always believed that when trading, you must separate 'faith' and 'position.' You can be optimistic about a project for the long term, but you can't be fully invested in a single price for a long time. When prices rise, you need to cash in profits; when prices fall, you need funds to keep positioning. Here's another reminder today. Recently, the crypto market has been affected by US regulatory news, with short-term volatility clearly amplified. Many people have started to doubt whether the bull market is over because of a single bearish candle. My view is just one sentence: NoI believe this 25 basis point rate hike, on the surface, is the "boot dropping," but in reality, it's the starting gun for a new round of tightening cycle. Don't be fooled by the short-term calm.
Although it meets expectations, 16 out of 18 people in the dot plot think there will be more hikes before the end of the year. What does this mean? It means the current 3.75%-4.00% is definitely not the peak. This morning I was just verbally thinking about shorting new coins, but my hands are always faster than my brain, so I immediately opened a short position on $CNPY. It really is a case of saying it and then doing it.
I specifically opened a light 3x position to test the waters. New coins are the most unpredictable; when the sentiment picks up, the price surge seems limitless. I don't dare to go heavy and gamble hard, so I’m just using this small position to try my luck, betting that the hype for doubling in seven days should be cooling off now.
Looking at my old positions, they are slowly recovering: $CAP had a deep unrealized loss of nearly 80% before, but now it has narrowed to 26.5%, finally climbing out of the pit by a good margin; FLOCK is also gradually stabilizing, with unrealized losses within 5%, so I don’t have to worry about it every day.
I’m not expecting big gains from this new coin trade, just hoping to catch the point when the sentiment cools down and get a small pullback. After all, these new coins built purely on hype can rise crazily but also crash just as fast. If it really turns downward, the crash speed will definitely be no joke.After recent macro volatility intensified and BTC pulled back to around $76K, ETH is also retesting key support areas. If $ETH breaks below $2,400 and further sweeps liquidity below $2,350, I will focus on watching buying reactions. 📍 Watch the buy zone: $2,280–$2,360 If the price further pulls back to $2,200–$2,280, I will continue to watch for stoppage and volume confirmation. The market remains highly volatile after the Fed rate decision, so I won't chase the rally here; wait for price + volume + structure confirmation. 🎯 For me: $2,350 = key watch level $2,280 = key demand zone $2,200 = deeper retracement zone $ETH The next step is more important than predicting direction whether funds actually flow back. #ETH #Ethereum #Crypto #BTC #MarketUpdateThe Meme tokens on the ARC chain collectively took a hit last night.
During a live broadcast, some ecosystem coins directly dropped by 40%–75%.
But what I think really needs reviewing is not which country the developers come from, but the most common mistake a new ecosystem makes:
The fundamentals of the main chain are not the same as the fundamentals of the meme tokens.
Behind Arc are Circle, USDC, and a group of traditional financial institutions, which proves that this chain has infrastructure and institutional resources;
But whether a Meme token has value depends on:
Liquidity, token distribution structure, community consensus, developer execution, and whether there are buyers to take over.
The biggest lesson from last night is:
Don’t assume every token on a strong chain is strong just because the chain itself is impressive.
As for airdrops, the official side still hasn’t given clear Token/airdrop rules, so we can’t say “the airdrop is gone,” nor can we assume there will definitely be one just because the mainnet was launched.
Arc can still be observed, while the meme tokens are reshuffling.
Sometimes, when the first wave of bubbles on a new chain bursts, that’s actually when we truly start looking for projects. $SYN doubled in one day, some people earned 300,000 lying down
One address opened a 3.25 million $SYN 4x long position on Aster.
The data looks like this: position about 588,000, unrealized profit 304,000, return rate 207%.
What others see is a 4x leverage bet that paid off, earning in one day what others make in years.
What I see is that this money has nothing to do with me; I often even trade in the opposite direction.
A 4x leverage doubling only yields 207%, indicating he entered early, not chasing the high.
I would most likely exit such a position when it rises 30%, then watch it double.
My prediction: $SYN's current hype won't last more than three days; most who chase in will catch the last leg.
Wall Street dog, five-guarantee household, destined to watch the show.
#长端美债5%会成新常态吗？
#OKX百万规划师 #OKX预言家：来星球玩预测 $ETH Core DAO's business on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) The truth about $CORE The token itself is not listed on the London Stock Exchange. The listed product is the BTC staking ETP product (1VBS) from third-party issuer Valour (a subsidiary of DeFi Technologies), with underlying staking technology supported by Core. Many community promotions simplify it as "Core debuting on the London Stock Exchange," which is promotional tactics and not CORE token trading. Product: 1Valour Bitcoin Physical Staking (1VBS) 1. What it is: ETP (exchange-traded product, similar to an ETF), publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange, regulated by the UK FCA, with physical Bitcoin as the underlying asset, and Bitcoin entering the Core network for non-custodial staking to generate yields. 2. Business Logic - Valour holds real BTC, with institutions cold storage and custody; - Entrust BTC to Core network validators for staking to generate staking rewards (nominal annualized rate of about 1.4%); - Staking rewards are included in the product's net asset value; investors buying this LME stock indirectly receive "BTC price appreciation + staking rewards"; - Opened to professional investors in September 2025; Obtained FCA license in January 2026, opening trading to ordinary UK retail investors. 3. Core plays a role here: underlying technology service provider - providing Satoshi-PIn the market, all you hear are myths of hundredfold gains, but what you don't hear is the silent zeroing out of many others. Every narrative of "missing out" tempts you to go All in on the next so-called certainty. But the truth is: the luck to hold the leading chip in the race can't be replicated by reviewing past trades. Watch less of others' sudden wealth and calculate your own win rate more. 🙏Colend (Core Chain Lending Protocol) Status (2026-09) 1. The contract was not shut down, on-chain contracts still existed, and the frontend web could still be opened, but the business was basically "essentially frozen," with activity nearly zero. - March 2026: The CORE token price crash triggered a large-scale chain liquidation, severely damaging the entire protocol. Although the official statement stated that the protocol code itself was not hacked and was caused by market leveraged liquidation, with no bad debts, liquidity was severely destroyed. - Currently, TVL is only a few million USD, with the vast majority of collateral assets being CORE/stCORE; Stablecoin and BTC liquidity are almost exhausted. - Almost no assets can be borrowed: even if collateral is deposited, the lending pool has no available liquidity; Ordinary users can only make deposits, and lending functions are basically unavailable. 2. CLND token situation - CLND tokens are still listed on exchanges, but trading volume is extremely low, depth is poor, and the price has dropped significantly from its peak. - Colend's official social media updates have greatly decreased and no longer conduct large-scale incentive campaigns. 3. Key reminder for existing users - The contract is not frozen, so you can withdraw your deposited collateral assets manually via the app; Do not keep depositing new funds in the account. - The protocol has experienced extreme liquidation events; the collateral is highly volatile CORE, and leverage risk is extremely high. Brief summary ✅: The contract technology has not been hijacked or shut down, and it is still accessible#长端美债5%会成新常态吗？
After the rate hike, long-term US Treasury yields still break 5%! Fed Chair Walsh avoids discussing debt vulnerabilities, is the crypto valuation ceiling sealed shut?
After the Fed raised rates by 25 basis points, long-term US Treasuries showed no signs of cooling. The 10-year briefly touched 4.95% before turning back to around 5%, the 2-year rose to 4.73% factoring in continued tightening, and the 30-year is firmly above 5%. Facing high long-term rates, Fed Chair Walsh blamed strong economy, geopolitical issues, and AI capital expenditure competing for funds, but said nothing about the US's massive fiscal deficit and debt sustainability.
This explanation doesn't fool the market. Even if AI investment is booming, it can't fill the huge debt black hole. Even if future rate hikes peak and the 2-year short end falls back, as long as the 10-year and 30-year long ends stay above 5%, pricing is completely hostage to inflation risk and term premium. A risk-free rate anchored long-term at 5% permanently raises funding costs, ending the era when high-beta assets could spin stories to inflate valuations.
I've already started trimming my spot holdings these days. Stabilization of short-term rates might help the market catch a breath; blindly staying out risks missing short rebounds. But as long as the 5% anchor on the long end can't be removed, the valuation ceiling is tightly pressed down. If institutions use the rebound to withdraw liquidity and collect long bond interest, altcoins could face even harsher valuation crashes at any time.
The rate hike bearish impact landing doesn't mean costs cool down; the 5% on long-term US Treasuries is the real tightening curse. Facing a locked valuation threshold, are the altcoins in your hands waiting for a miracle, or have you already started defending?The boot has dropped, but the way it landed is different from what everyone expected.
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points last night, the first time in over three years. Before the meeting, the market pricing probability surged from 87% to 92.5%, so most people already knew the outcome. After the decision was announced, BTC dropped to $75,355 within an hour, then quickly bounced back above $76,500. It looks like a classic "bad news is fully priced in" scenario, right?
But take a closer look at the dot plot. Among the 18 officials, 16 expect another rate hike within the year, 2 expect two hikes, and no one expects a rate cut this year. Wash's exact words at the press conference were: "I find it hard to describe financial conditions as restrictive." To translate: this 25 basis points is just an appetizer.
Let me tell you a more painful data point. CryptoQuant shows that short-term holders transferred BTC to exchanges within 24 hours jumped from 19,400 to 33,100 coins, of which 23,200 were sold at a floating loss — the largest stop-loss sell-off in nearly a month.
But long-term holders didn’t move a single coin. All the selling pressure comes from recent entrants.
So the real question has never been "Will the Fed raise rates or not?" The question is: who is willing to buy at this price? Are you cutting losses or adding to your position now? 🚨Don't just focus on this Fed rate hike! The real warning signal is hidden in their interest rate forecasts for the coming years: more and more policymakers believe that the "normal rate" for the U.S. might be higher than previously imagined.⚠️
On September 17, "Fed mouthpiece" Nick Timiraos mentioned a change that the market easily overlooks.
Two years ago, when the Fed started cutting rates, 10 policymakers thought the long-term rate would eventually fall below 3%, 7 thought it would be above 3%, and 2 thought it would be around 3%. But now, the picture has clearly changed: only 1 policymaker thinks the long-term rate will be below 3%, 11 think it will be above 3%, and another 6 think it will stay around 3%.
What does this mean?
Simply put, more and more people inside the Fed are starting to believe that the "low interest rate era" everyone imagined before might not come back so easily.📈
Even more noteworthy is the forecast for 2029. Among the 17 policymakers who submitted forecasts, more than half believe that if the U.S. really wants to push inflation back to 2%, interest rates might still need to be maintained at 3.6% or even higher by then.
Note, this is not saying "interest rates will definitely be 3.6% in 2029." The SEP itself is a forecast made by policymakers based on current information and will be continuously adjusted as the economy and inflation change.
What really matters is the direction behind it—the Fed policymakers' expectations for long-term interest rates are generally moving upward.The rate hike came as expected, but not as planned. Usually, when there was a rate hike, the crypto sector would generally fall. But this time was different—it had already fallen several days earlier, and the rate hike was basically a fact. So when the actual rate hike was announced, it actually rose. The market's uncertainty lay in: how many times to raise rates. In September, there was a 25 basis point hike, Goldman Sachs predicted another hike in October. Previously, the market predicted another hike in December. Currently, the overall market forecast is two rate hikes this year. As of today, institutions have cashed in profits, and funds have started to flee. However, some institutions have turned from short to long. Currently, BTC and ETH have entered a consolidation cycle, entering another cycle of short selling on high and long on dips. In contrast, $ZEC has surprisingly broken away from the market and moved independently, aiming for 1400! This time, the short sellers have completely lost, including me! No one expected it to rally like this, and the expectation that breaking 1300 would lead to a pullback turned out not 🙂 ↔️ to fall at all. The market is now caught in a tug-of-war between long and short positions, making it relatively easy to trade~ Meanwhile, the fake market is full of monsters and monsters, all vying for gains, constantly breaking new highs. This is the negative side having been fully released??? September 17, 15:00 4-hour trading volume ranking and long-short ratio 1. $ETH, price $2443.87, 4-hour turnover $624 million, 4-hour long-short ratio 1.0052 2. $BTC, price $76558.9, 4-hour turnover $430 million, 4-hour long-short ratio 1.0259 3. $ZEC, price $1360.34, 4-hour turnover $3.LSK current price is 0.4861, with thin buy orders on the order book, dense sell orders clustered at the 0.50 whole number resistance, funding rate turning negative, yet contract open interest is increasing against the trend. This signal is very straightforward: shorts are adding positions, but the spot price hasn't dropped, a typical sign of a short squeeze ahead. Large on-chain transfers have seen net outflows from exchanges in the past three days, whales are accumulating. Just finished my shift, closed the logbook, and am watching the screen closely at this 0.486 level.
My bias is bullish. Enter in batches between 0.482 and 0.486, set a stop loss at 0.472; if broken, admit the mistake and exit. First take profit at 0.508, second target at 0.525. If volume breaks through 0.50, add more positions and move the stop loss up to the cost price. This trade has a sufficient risk-reward ratio, control your position size well.
Avoid heavy positions in contracts; spot can be held. No news in the market is the best news, purely watching capital flows.
$LSK
#长端美债5%会成新常态吗？
@OKX星球 If BTC pulls back and retests near the 50-week and 200-week moving averages, this area could become a very important long-term support zone in this round of correction. Historically, similar long-term moving average areas have shown clear support near cycle bottoms, but whether this time will happen again still requires price confirmation. 📌 Current focus: ➤ Hold the long-term moving average area → Market structure still has a chance for gradual recovery ➤ Volume volume returns to key resistance → Bullish momentum may recover further ➤ Break below and continue running below this area → Original upward logic needs reassessment Considering BTC's recent volatility near $75K and volatility caused by macro interest rates, ETF flows, and regulatory news, the more important thing now is not to predict the next move in advance, but to observe whether price + trading volume + open interest improve simultaneously. I won't chase rallies here. What really matters is: can the key support withstand a full pullback? #BTC #Bitcoin #Crypto #DailyOrbitWhile most crypto markets remain under bullish pressure, $ZEC has risen about 11%, showing very strong relative strength. 📊 I am now focusing on several key points: ➤ The Zcash community has recently almost unanimously supported shortening block times from 75 seconds to 25 seconds, with network efficiency and trading experience becoming new focal points. ➤ Grayscale's ZEC ETF-related funds have surpassed $500M, with institutional funds and compliant products continuing to attract attention. ➤ The previous key support around $1,065 was not effectively broken, followed by a clear price rebound. More notably: when major assets like $BTC and $ETH are under pressure, $ZEC has remained relatively strong, and this countertrend performance is often more worth watching than a simple rally. 🎯 Next key position: $1,297 This is the previous high area near September 9. If the price can break through with increased volume and hold above $1,297, the market may further focus on a new high range; If it fails to break through after a rally, caution is needed to watch for short-term profit-taking. 🔥 The real question right now is not whether ZEC will rise, but rather: Is it still in the early trend stage, or has it already entered the high-level chasing zone? Against the backdrop of the Federal Reserve restarting rate hikes after years and market volatility significantly amplifying, I focus more on whether price, trading volume, and capital flows can continue to synchronize, rather than blindly chasing highs #ZEC #Zcash #Fed$ONE Today's strongest gain belongs to an AI remix token! It almost doubled in one day. I didn't get any on OKX, but luckily I had some long positions set up a few days ago on the neighboring platform, which have already gained 500%! This coin announced shutting down its own mainnet a while ago and switched to an AI remix project. Honestly, it seems like AI remixing isn't easy to do now either, so it missed the dividend period. But at least it finally got rid of the burden. The project itself has been running for about six years, a solid old project in the crypto space. Judging by the coin price, the team hasn't been doing too well either. This time it should be a desperate move to survive, and today's surge is more like a price correction. I don't think the rally will last long, so it's not advisable to chase the highs Last night the Federal Reserve's decision was released, a typical buy the rumor, sell the fact scenario.
When the data came out, there was an initial upward spike to lure buyers, but after the speech leaned hawkish, funds began to take profits. BTC swept through long and short stop losses back and forth, overall still maintaining a range-bound oscillation without a clear one-sided direction.
Many people thought that once the decision was out, a big bull market or a big drop would immediately follow, but the reality is continued sideways grinding.
Macroeconomic news release does not mean the market will immediately trend; news only amplifies volatility and cannot forcibly change the original range structure.
Key points on the current market:
1. Short term is a news digestion period; volatility will gradually contract, most likely continuing to oscillate within the range.
2. Next, focus on whether the upper and lower boundaries of the range can be effectively broken; do not subjectively predict direction before a breakout.
3. The news has just passed, spikes will still frequently appear; chasing highs and selling lows at this stage is most likely to get repeatedly trapped.
The biggest taboo in trading is rushing to open positions right after news releases.
After major news, prioritize waiting and watching; wait for the market to form a clear structure, then look for certainty opportunities, and control your trades first.
After the decision, are you planning to continue waiting for a breakout or to test with a light position?
Risk reminder: This is only a market review and discussion, not any investment advice. Cryptocurrency is highly volatile. #美联储三年来首次加息25个基点 $ETH $BTC BNB is trading around $725, but the more interesting story may be happening beneath the price. BNB Chain’s RWA ecosystem now holds roughly $5.6B in distributed assets and more than 1.3M holders. But there’s an unusual divergence: • RWA value: ~$5.6B • RWA holders: 1.32M+ • 30-day transfer volume: ~$17B • Holder growth has been much faster than RWA value growth That raises a bigger question: Is BNB Chain seeing deeper capital adoption, or is it mainly expanding distribution to more users? From a A counterintuitive logic: Why can financial assets continue to rise even as interest rates keep increasing?
Many traders have a deeply ingrained mindset: rate hikes = draining liquidity = risk assets fall.
But in an environment where government debt is already enormous, this logic might not be so simple. Because the flip side of rising interest rates is that the entire financial system's interest income is also increasing.
Banks can earn higher returns by placing reserves there; institutions and investors holding beautiful U.S. Treasury bonds can also get higher returns from short-term Treasury bills (T-bills). The larger the government debt scale, the more interest payments need to be made. In other words, high interest rates increase funding costs on one hand, but on the other hand, they also send more interest income into the hands of banks, institutions, and asset holders.
This creates a very interesting situation: the Federal Reserve is stepping on the brakes, but fiscal interest payments and the banking system might be injecting money back into the market.
From this perspective, even if the Federal Reserve stopped purchasing RMP-related assets in mid-August, if you factor in the expansion of bank balance sheets, the total assets of the entire system may still grow, and bank credit expansion itself can create deposit money.
Therefore, what really deserves attention is not just "what the interest rate actually is," but also whether the total amount of money and credit continues to expand. Bought more SOL today?
After cashing out $1 million, the whale opened another long position of 60,000 SOL
Smart money data shows that address 0x5986…89d9 closed a long position of 60,000 SOL $SOL today, realizing a profit of $1,000,700. Just 36 minutes later, the address reopened a long position of 60,000 SOL near $99.87.
The SOL long position is valued at $5,970,800, with an average entry price of $99.87, currently showing an unrealized loss of $21,300.
At the same time, there is a stop-loss order triggered at $81.494, with an estimated liquidation price of $57.57.
This whale's recent SOL trading win rate is not high: out of 14 closed trades, only 3 were profitable, a win rate of about 21.4%.
However, profits mainly come from a few large trades, with cumulative realized profits of $1,084,000 and cumulative realized losses of $175,500, netting a realized profit of $908,500.
Besides reopening a long position on SOL, the address also opened a long position of 2,000 ETH today and shorted 100 $BTC again. #美国加密税收与BTC储备法案获推进 #美联储三年来首次加息25个基点 Who would have thought that even after the Fed raised rates, the market didn't crash but instead stabilized $BTC
Last night, the Federal Reserve raised rates by 25 basis points, raising rates to 3.75%–4.00%, and the rate was unanimously approved 12-0, directly withstanding pressure from Trump to cut rates.
More importantly, the dot plot shows that the median interest rate rose to 4.1% by year-end, which means there is a high probability of another hike this year. October and December will be key windows for the future.
Interestingly, the market was not shocked. The Nasdaq closed mostly flat, while semiconductors led the gains, with SOXX up about 1%.
Why can U.S. stocks still hold up?
The answer is: the U.S. economy is still strong.
Retail sales in August grew by 1.2%, significantly exceeding expectations; The Federal Reserve also raised its GDP growth forecast for this year to 2.3%, while lowering the unemployment rate forecast to 4.1%. $ETH
Additionally, Washi mentioned three reasons why the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield has risen above 5%:
First, a strong economy;
Second, AI giants are spending money and issuing bonds frantically, competing with the U.S. government for capital;
Third, geopolitical risks have driven up capital costs.
So the real contradiction now is:
AI driving economic growth is also frantically grabbing money;
The stronger the economy, the less reason the Fed has to cut rates quickly;
Meanwhile, financial and AI giants simultaneously require massive amounts of funding.
Therefore, what the market is trading now is no longer just about "25 basis point rate hikes."
What truly determines the future market trends is when inflation and oil prices will come down, and when the Federal Reserve will stop raising interest rates $ZEC
If the US-Iran situation eases, oil prices fall quickly, inflationary pressures ease, and the Fed will have fewer reasons to continue raising rates.
By then, once liquidity expectations for Bitcoin and US stocks warm up again, the market may truly restart its rally.
#美联储三年来首次加息25个基点 The biggest hit from this interest rate hike surprisingly isn't on crypto, but on gold.
The Federal Reserve raised rates by 25 basis points last night, the first time in 2023, and in the dot plot, 16 out of 18 members still want to hike once more this year. As a result, gold dropped over a hundred dollars overnight, hitting around 4265 in the Asian session today, a one-month low. What about $BTC that same night? It still held around 76,000, no crash.
What does this have to do with crypto? The market had been pricing in the rate hike for weeks, so once it happened, the uncertainty was removed from the price. Gold fell because the dollar and U.S. Treasury yields rose, and non-interest-bearing assets got sold first—not because people no longer fear fiat depreciation. Even the hardest safe-haven asset took a hit; crypto just wobbled a bit, indicating those who should be worried had already exited during the previous correction. There's another meeting at the end of October, and some will still use it to scare people. In the big cycle, this kind of macro noise is always a discount during corrections.
On the night of March 12, 2020, I was also scared stiff, but later realized that during a drop, what matters most is whether you're still at the table, not how much it fell today. If your position isn't big and leverage isn't high, it's time to sleep and hold your base position.
Are you planning to wait for the October meeting to play out and then average in batches, or start averaging in now?Who would have thought that even after the Fed raised rates, the market didn't crash but instead stabilized $BTC
Last night, the Federal Reserve raised rates by 25 basis points, raising rates to 3.75%–4.00%, and the rate was unanimously approved 12-0, directly withstanding pressure from Trump to cut rates.
More importantly, the dot plot shows that the median interest rate rose to 4.1% by year-end, which means there is a high probability of another hike this year. October and December will be key windows for the future.
Interestingly, the market was not shocked. The Nasdaq closed mostly flat, while semiconductors led the gains, with SOXX up about 1%.
Why can U.S. stocks still hold up?
The answer is: the U.S. economy is still strong.
Retail sales in August grew by 1.2%, significantly exceeding expectations; The Federal Reserve also raised its GDP growth forecast for this year to 2.3%, while lowering the unemployment rate forecast to 4.1%. $ETH
Additionally, Washi mentioned three reasons why the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield has risen above 5%:
First, a strong economy;
Second, AI giants are spending money and issuing bonds frantically, competing with the U.S. government for capital;
Third, geopolitical risks have driven up capital costs.
So the real contradiction now is:
AI driving economic growth is also frantically grabbing money;
The stronger the economy, the less reason the Fed has to cut rates quickly;
Meanwhile, financial and AI giants simultaneously require massive amounts of funding.
Therefore, what the market is trading now is no longer just about "25 basis point rate hikes."
What truly determines the future market trends is when inflation and oil prices will come down, and when the Federal Reserve will stop raising interest rates $ZEC
If the US-Iran situation eases, oil prices fall quickly, inflationary pressures ease, and the Fed will have fewer reasons to continue raising rates.
By then, once liquidity expectations for Bitcoin and US stocks warm up again, the market may truly restart its rally.
#美联储三年来首次加息25个基点
#美国加密税收与BTC储备法案获推进 🔷 Sellers are empty, buyers have returned: morning $BTC
• Night without triggers: boundaries held, by morning BTC around $76.5k
• Stocks rose, alts lead: ONDO +6.6%, SOL +2.6%
• MACD 4h positive for the first time in a week, 1d still negative
• CVD slightly negative, OI growing: money flows through futures
🧠 Rebound, not a reversal: 1d negative, spot silent. The market received clarity from Warshaw and is trading it upwards.
⚠️ As long as MACD 1d hasn't flipped — any upward move is a rebound within a downtrend.
🎣 Next post — entry points. $BAND BAND's order book is a bit tricky. Buy orders are densely stacked around 0.1827, the candlesticks have been sideways with low volume for several days, then suddenly volume spikes for a test—classic pump-and-dump manipulation. No news, purely a battle of funds; this is when it's easiest to get shaken out. My observation: only a firm hold above 0.18 counts as a real move; if it breaks below, admit the mistake and don't stubbornly hold. This is not financial advice; manage your own position size. How long have you been watching BAND? Is this a setup or a bull trap? Drop the tokens you're watching in the comments.
👇👇👇Why do most protocols issue only one token, and why does that token end up being nothing in particular? It has to serve as a governance credential and as an incentive reward; to carry the ecosystem’s vision and to bear price performance; to be both principal and yield, both an investment asset and a medium of consumption. One token is stuffed with five or six mutually contradictory functions, and the result is that it does none of them well enough. This is not for lack of care on the designer’s OpenAI says it won't IPO this year, yet it is reported to be discussing pre-IPO financing with a valuation exceeding $1.2 trillion.
To be honest, what makes this number most uncomfortable to me is not the high price, but that price discovery is becoming increasingly privatized. The company's fastest growth and biggest valuation jumps are shared by a few sovereign wealth funds and large institutions; by the time ordinary investors can finally buy on the public market, they may be handed a bill that has been marked up layer by layer.
Pre-IPO financing has another clever aspect: it can both supplement the massive computing power expenses and delay public market scrutiny of governance, cash flow, and risk disclosure. Security concerns can be used as a reason to postpone the IPO, but they have not stopped private capital from continuing to offer higher bids.
The most absurd scene of this AI feast may not be the valuation soaring to trillions, but that the public bears the externalities of the technology yet can only get a ticket to enter after the valuation matures.
#OpenAI拟IPO前融资，估值目标达1.2万亿美元 With the Fed catalyst now behind the market, attention is shifting back to liquidity, volume, and fundamentals. Here’s how I’m watching them: 🔥 $HYPE — The strongest setup of the group. Price is holding near the $80 zone, while Hyperliquid continues to have real protocol activity and a buyback-driven value story. The key question now is whether buyers can defend the recent support and reclaim higher levels. ⚡ $BICO — Still needs confirmation. BICO recently traded around $0.019, with daily volum$UVXY 10 minutes with zero trades, is this correct?$XLM current price 0.1828, the first resistance above is at the Bollinger upper band 0.1876, and the support below is at MA20 0.1795. These two levels determine who holds the upper hand in the short-term bulls vs. bears.
From the capital perspective, XLM funding rate is +0.0100%, the highest among the three candidates, indicating that perpetual market bulls are willing to continuously pay to hold positions, with funding clearly favoring the bulls. In terms of price structure, MA5=0.18282 has crossed above MA20=0.179545, MACD histogram +0.0005841 maintains bullishness, RSI 56.1 is in a neutral to slightly strong zone, not yet overbought, so there is still room to rise. 24h +3.51%, trading volume 22.3M USDT, the best volume among the three, combined with a 30-candle K-line amplitude of about 7.93%, indicates a moderate volume-driven push rather than an emotional spike.
The risk lies in the Fear & Greed Index reading of 50, a neutral value, meaning incremental funds have not fully entered. If the funding rate continues to rise while the price stagnates, it may trigger a bull squeeze and pullback, so chasing highs requires caution. Strategically, buying on dips near MA5 offers better risk-reward.Today's third trade: Long at 4291, exited at 4310, pocketed 19 points, 13426 profit.
The logic for this trade is the same: on the 15-minute chart, firmly stepping on support to go long, near the previous high resistance at 4310, not greedy, exit at the target.
This is the third trade of the day for group members, three trades, three wins. When the rhythm is right, you keep winning consecutively. In short-term trading, execution is more important than prediction. Hold when you should hold, don't hesitate when it's time to exit.
At the 4310 level, do you think it's resistance or a consolidation? Let's discuss in the comments. $XAU #美联储三年来首次加息25个基点 #美国加密税收与BTC储备法案获推进 #长端美债5%会成新常态吗？ First, let's correct a mistake. Many people have seen a waterfall drop from 3000 straight down to 190 on the daily chart of this asset, a 30-day decline of -91%, and concluded: SpaceX has crashed. That is not a crash; it is a Rebase. In June 2026, OKEx changed the contract's valuation from "estimated shares" to "actual shares," and subsequently converted the Pre-IPO contract into a standard stock perpetual (this is verifiable on the official website). The valuation unit changed, but the K-line was not adjusted for this, so the chart looks like a halving followed by another halving. This is similar to A-shares' ex-rights and U.S. stocks' stock splits: 1 share splits into 2 shares, the price changes from 100 to 50, your number of shares doubles, but your equity remains unchanged. When looking at such charts, first confirm if there is a gap, then look at the rise and fall—if the order is reversed, the conclusion will be completely opposite. Back to today: 1. Structure: Two lows raised the September range: high 154.78, low 138.38. On 09/16, a second bottom test at 142.51 did not break the previous low of 138.38, followed by a large bullish candle that recovered all losses and pushed back above 152. Raising the lows is a necessary condition for a double bottom, not a sufficient one—this is very important; most people mistake "looks like" for "has formed." The measurement target algorithm is not complicated: using the rebound high of 152.99 as the neckline and the secondary low of 142.51 as the bottom, the measured amplitude = 152.99 − 142.51 = 10.48, add upwards, theoretically #AnthropicIPO controversy continues
Safety calls for slowing down, but IPO and computing power haven't stopped
The market pricing reflects this tension
Reportedly still aiming for a 2026 listing and choosing Nasdaq
Secretly submitted draft S-1 to the SEC in June
Public prospectus and terms have not been disclosed yet
At the same time, reportedly signed a 6-year, $13.7 billion computing power contract with Rum Group
GPU expansion hasn't noticeably slowed due to safety concerns
On one hand, advocating slowing down frontier models
On the other, IPO pace and large-scale computing power proceed in parallel
Is safety a moat, or just amplifying valuation and capex pressure? The debate continues
For risk assets, it feels more like emotional disturbance
The real test will be the S-1 disclosure and contract fulfillment
So my judgment is: don't mistake calls to slow down as a signal to stop investing
$ANTHROPIC $BTC #AnthropicIPO controversy continues #AINegative news lands but no crash! Ultimately, news cannot change the trend
In the past two days, two major events have occurred consecutively: the failure of the Clear Act vote and the Federal Reserve raising interest rates by 25 basis points. Both are solid negative factors for the crypto community.
But in reality, we have also seen that Bitcoin did not experience the expected sharp decline!
This illustrates one principle: the news itself is hard to reverse the market trend; the vast majority of positive and negative news has long been priced in by the market.
Often, when news is released and there is a surge or plunge, the root cause is not the news itself but that the market has already formed a bottom or top in advance. Truly mature traders do not overly rely on news but focus more on honing their technical skills and market reading.
After the Federal Reserve's rate hike, the anticipated crash did not occur. The 750 level could not be broken downward, and the market has already shown signs of a rebound.
From the CVD indicator on the order book, we can see: during the decline, CVD continued to fall to new lows, but the price did not simultaneously hit new lows.
This indicates that the active market sell pressure has exhausted, with a large number of buy orders supporting the bottom and absorbing selling pressure. This is a typical bullish divergence signal, meaning the downward momentum has dried up and the probability of a rebound has increased.
Next, focus on two resistance levels during the rebound: 773 and 780.
After the rebound meets resistance, look for opportunities to short at higher levels. Aggressive traders can go long at 758-761, targeting 768. #FederalReserve raises rates by 25 basis points for the first time in three years $BTC $ZEC really gets stronger the more it shorts
The overall market is average, but ZEC quietly hit a new high again. It has pulled away from my entry price by a full $400, and the hope of breaking even is getting slimmer and slimmer. At least within this month, I can't expect to break even.
The hardest part about shorting is when you know it’s going to rise, but you can’t close your position because the losses are just too big. You don’t want to hit the close button because closing means a realized loss, but not closing means a floating loss, and then the losses just pile up more and more, making you even less willing to close the position—a vicious cycle.
Also, the long-short ratio for ZEC contracts is something I’ve only seen in small-cap altcoins that suddenly pump; I never thought it would appear in a top 10 mainstream coin. It’s absolutely ridiculous.
Most likely, it will continue to rise next. How much, I don’t know. I can only keep adding margin. All the profits I made elsewhere have been poured into this.
#美联储三年来首次加息25个基点
#美国加密税收与BTC储备法案获推进
#长端美债5%会成新常态吗？ My judgment: The advancement of the US crypto bill is a medium- to long-term positive, but in the short term, it only serves as a sentiment catalyst and is unlikely to directly trigger a unilateral surge.
The logic is very clear: currently, the two bills have only passed committee votes and are not formal legislation. The US congressional legislative process is lengthy, with uncertainties in Senate review and presidential signing stages. It could be modified or shelved at any time. Many market claims that "BTC is entering a national reserve bull market" are overly optimistic.
The "Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act" paves the way for industry compliance, facilitating institutional compliance entry, but it also clearly defines tax obligations on crypto assets, which will increase transaction costs, making it a double-edged sword.
The more critical constraint remains the macro interest rates. The Federal Reserve just raised rates by 25 basis points, and the dot plot signals a hawkish bias, possibly raising rates once more this year. The 10-year US Treasury yield has surpassed 5%. The high interest rate environment continues to suppress valuations of high-risk assets. Policy benefits can only offset part of the negatives and cannot reverse the overall liquidity tightening backdrop. This is also the core reason why BTC only rose slightly by 0.9% without an explosive rally. $ETH $BTC The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points on 9/16, the first time since July 2023. The US Dollar Index closed at 100.31 that day, breaking above the MA120. Looking at data from 2010 to now, the US Dollar Index has officially crossed above the MA120 a total of 23 times. In the following 30 days, Bitcoin dropped 14 times and rose 9 times.
MA120 is originally my stop-loss line, so I took a closer look: after these 23 times, in the next 30 days, the proportion of Bitcoin declines was
$BTCZhongji Xuchuang's name appears on the accompanying list, which concerns me more than BYD or Xiaomi. It makes AI data center optical modules, and recent reports say it may face export restrictions from the United States.
On one side is the shadow of export controls; on the other, the possibility of accompanying the delegation to the U.S. The simultaneous appearance of these two signals indicates that optical modules are a significant bargaining chip at the negotiating table.
Market makers look at spreads and liquidity, not news headlines. The list itself does not generate transactions; implementation is what matters. The scale of corporate delegations is considerable, compared to the CEO lineup during Trump's visit to China in May this year, suggesting there is room for investment and trading.
But what insiders say is, in the end, just a possibility.
Before the news drops, fluctuations are all driven by emotions. I'll wait for the list to be confirmed before deciding whether to move.
#AI发展焦虑升温, regulatory discussions have escalated
#海力士回应美国扩产传闻 #财报观察员: Oracle AI cloud revenue up 121% $HYPE $UNI UNI dropped to 5.9 but I didn't panic; instead, I waited for this rebound, currently with a floating profit of 2400U
Last night, I positioned long near 6.21, originally targeting just around 6.5. Unexpectedly, after entering, the price once dipped to about 5.9. At that time, the market indeed showed pressure, but I didn't rush to cut losses due to the short-term pullback.
Why?
Because from the market perspective, there was clear support near 5.9; after the price dropped, it didn't continue to weaken. Since the key support wasn't effectively broken, it means that although bears were selling off, there were still buyers below.
So I chose to hold on to this position, betting on this rebound.
As a result, the market indeed gave an opportunity. UNI rebounded all the way from around 5.9 and has now reached near 6.7, not only recovering the entry price but also breaking through the original target of 6.5.
Currently, this position shows a floating profit of 2400U.
But at this point in the trade, I won't be greedy for the last leg; the profits to take have already been secured, and the exit point has been planned in advance. This time, I won't guess the highest point; I'll take profits when it's good enough. #美联储三年来首次加息25个基点 $BTC Wash this time the dot plot shows 16/18 people support another rate hike within the year, with a high probability of one more in December. But the key is——
Middle East war → oil price capped at $100 → inflation won't come down → rate hikes continue → strong dollar
Strong dollar → gold under pressure (down 1.5% today) → but war safe haven provides support
Tariffs + inflation → US stock valuations under pressure → Dow down 3 consecutive days hitting a new stage low
However, crypto assets have shown independence in this "hawkish + war + tariffs" conflicting environment, indicating funds are looking for things the Fed can't control
BTC is the digital gold narrative, $ZEC is privacy + scarcity narrative, $ETH is stuck in the middle waiting for October catalysts. The three directions have different logics, but today all proved: rate hikes landing = bad news fully priced in, short-term bottom confirmed.Rate pressure just hit the market, crypto legislation remains stuck in uncertainty, and yet Bitcoin’s weekly move is only around -1.5%. That reaction is what catches my attention. 👀 If the headlines keep getting worse but BTC keeps absorbing the selling, the downside pressure may be losing some force. $BTC holding the $75K–$76K area is becoming increasingly important. The longer Bitcoin refuses to collapse despite negative catalysts, the more interesting the next liquidity move becomes. 🎯🔥 #B#海力士回应美国扩产传闻
SK Hynix says there is no conclusion yet; it already said this once in July.
▪️ Intel's first Ohio factory will be completed in 2030 and start production in 2031, originally planned for 2025
▪️ Indiana packaging plant about $4 billion, mass production only in the second half of 2029
▪️ Lutenik: For products not made in the US, tariffs can be as high as 100%
The disagreement is not about whether to go to the US, but that the delivery schedule and the schedule when it is needed differ by five years. The factory will be ready in 2030, but the shortage is now—Apple has already downgraded its 2026 hardware shipment plan, and the top Mac Studio model has to wait 16 to 18 weeks.
The market only gave one day: on that day, Korean stocks rose 4.08%, ADRs rose 3% pre-market but closed flat at 174.87, and turned negative the next morning. Choi Tae-won said in July, "We need to build a factory in the US"—two months later, the company only denied "acquisition."
Seoul is also demanding something—urging it to build four new factories in the southwest, and using this US investment to negotiate the undistributed 200 billion won out of the 350 billion won Korea-US commitment. The same capital expenditure, two governments competing.
In July, the rumor was acquisition; in September, it was lease or joint venture, talking about the same factory site. This trip to the US, are you betting it’s for capacity or for tariff exemption?