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The previous decline of $PUMP was due to doubts about the sustainability of its revenue. After enduring several months of bear market, it proved that even when the meme market is not doing well, it can still generate considerable income. Recently, with the meme sentiment warming up and income increasing, it has attracted people's attention and interest, leading to a reevaluation.Behind Bitcoin's Surge: US Treasury Repo Triggers Short Squeeze, $4 Billion Shorts Liquidated
Bitcoin saw a strong rebound this week, breaking out from the previous weeks-long range of $62,000 to $67,000, briefly surpassing $77,000.
The key turning point in this rally is related to the US Treasury expanding the scale of long-term bond repurchases.
The US Treasury announced it would at least double the scale of long-term bond repurchases to ease pressure in the bond market. After the announcement, long-term US Treasury yields and the US dollar weakened simultaneously, raising market concerns about the dollar's purchasing power declining. Funds began flowing into assets like gold and Bitcoin, which are considered "currency depreciation trades."
Meanwhile, after Bitcoin broke through the critical $67,000 level, a large number of shorts who had previously bet on a decline were forced to cover their positions. Since short covering requires buying Bitcoin, this further pushed prices up and triggered more liquidations, creating a continuous short squeeze rally.
According to CoinGlass data, over $4 billion in short positions have been liquidated in the crypto market during this rally. Many traders originally believed Bitcoin would continue to face resistance around $67,000, but the market movement quickly shattered those expectations.
In addition to macro factors, policy news also supported market sentiment. At the White House cryptocurrency meeting, Trump again pushed Congress to advance the CLARITY Act, and CFTC Chairman Mike Selig stated he would use existing authority to promote related crypto policies.Elon Musk's mom shopping at Miniso went viral, and everyone's guessing how much it will rise on Monday.
I dug into this company, but don't rush in just yet—there are some things that need to be clarified.
First, the most crucial point: "The world's richest man's mom is an indirect spokesperson" but it hasn't been officially announced yet.
Right now, there's only a video of her shopping that was caught on camera. $MNSO Miniso's official account hasn't said a word.
So many people are "betting on expectations" rather than "reacting to positive news."
But I checked the data, and there really is something worth noting:
• Dividend yield 5.91%, solid
• Market cap 26.8 billion HKD, TTM 20x
• Down 42% this year, currently hovering near the lowest point in a year
This definitely isn't a star stock anymore; it's very likely a value stock that's been halved and is now bottoming out.
But the risks also need to be considered:
Q1 net profit margin 9.7%, below 10% for the first time in over two years—scale is still growing, but profitability is declining.
Overseas growth has also slowed to only 21.9%.
Simply put: expansion and profitability, now it can only focus on one.
Another misconception: it's not the same as Pop Mart.
Because many people compare it to Pop Mart.
Pop Mart owns its IP (like MOLLY, with gross margins over 60%), Miniso rents IP (Disney, Sanrio collaborations, earning rental spreads).
"IP advantage surpassing Pop Mart"—rented versus owned IP, they're really not the same thing.
My view:
There will likely be a strong emotional surge on Monday, but chasing the high is just carrying the bags for others.BTC holding near $77.2K while ETH remains below $2,500 tells me this is still a selective market, not a broad risk-on move. SOL’s modest relative strength does not change that conclusion.
ETF-flow attention may support BTC at the margin, but rising AI infrastructure costs and the renewed gold-versus-bonds debate argue against chasing beta. I would treat current resilience as consolidation until ETH participation improves.
Not advice, just analysis.#BTC experiences volatility after a rally, with continuous inflows into ETFs
#ETH fluctuates after reaching $2500
The US CPI inflation data will rewrite the market's pricing logic for the Federal Reserve
The monthly released CPI is a key data point stirring the entire crypto market. An inflation reading rebounding beyond expectations indicates inflation stickiness, causing the market to delay rate cut expectations, leading to widespread sell-offs in risk assets, with Bitcoin often experiencing short-term sharp declines; if CPI continues to cool down, it opens up the imagination for rate cuts, which is favorable for Bitcoin's valuation increase. However, one should not be bound by single-month data, as monthly figures can have statistical noise; the inflation trend over consecutive months must be observed. Additionally, non-farm payroll data is equally important: overheated employment proves strong US economic resilience, giving the Federal Reserve no motivation to cut rates, suppressing coin prices; if employment weakens continuously, rate cut expectations rise, benefiting BTC. But remember one exception: if employment deteriorates enough to trigger recession fears, the market will sell off all risk assets, and Bitcoin will also be dumped—it's not that worse non-farm data means a better market.Epic Short Squeeze Followed by Sideways Movement: Where Does the Quality of BTC and ETH's Rebound Differ?
Since August 19, the crypto market has witnessed an epic short squeeze rally. BTC surged nearly 25% from a low of $64,000, once approaching the $80,000 mark; ETH gained over 9% in a single day, quickly climbing from $1,900 to above $2,500. In just three days, over $2.7 billion in short positions were liquidated across the network, marking the largest short squeeze wave since 2021. However, after the peak and subsequent pullback, the market entered a high-level sideways phase. Although BTC and ETH appear to be oscillating in sync, the underlying quality of their rebounds, support logic, and sustainability have already diverged significantly.
Starting with BTC, this rebound essentially results from a triple resonance of "macro liquidity recovery + institutional capital replenishment + short squeeze." The U.S. Treasury announced doubling the scale of long-term bond repurchases, directly lowering long-term U.S. Treasury yields and marginally easing dollar liquidity, opening valuation repair space for risk assets; combined with the SEC launching a customized regulatory framework for crypto assets, industry compliance expectations have significantly warmed, jointly igniting institutional entry sentiment.
On the capital front, this week’s U.S. spot BTC ETF net inflow reached $1.9 billion, the highest since October 2025, with BlackRock’s single product contributing over half of the increase, clearly showing concentrated accumulation by leading institutions. However, it must be soberly noted that since 2026, BTC spot ETFs have still seen a cumulative net outflow of about $2.9 billion; this week’s massive inflow looks more like a corrective replenishment after continuous outflows in the first half of the year, rather than a trend reversal indicating full-scale new capital entry.
The market also confirms this: as the price neared the $80,000 integer level, early whale investors sold over 7,700 BTC continuously for three days, precisely suppressing the rally pace; simultaneously, the $78,000–$82,000 trapped positions formed at the end of 2025 were released en masse, creating strong resistance. This push-and-pull formed a game of "institutions building positions at low levels to support the price, while trapped holders distribute at high levels to cap gains," determining that BTC is unlikely to break new highs in one go, and will more likely digest selling pressure gradually through oscillating upward movement. Technically, $75,000 is the core cost line for institutional accumulation this round and a strong support level; holding this level maintains a medium-term bullish bias.
Looking at ETH, the rebound shows more elasticity but is weaker in quality compared to BTC. The underlying fundamentals remain solid: as of the latest data, Ethereum staking totals 41.89 million ETH, accounting for 34.7% of total supply, hitting a new all-time high, with over one-third of circulating tokens locked long-term, structurally shrinking supply and fundamentally limiting deep downside. The regulatory framework’s implementation also benefits Ethereum’s ecosystem applications, enhancing long-term valuation expectations.
However, the core short-term driving force for the surge is more sentiment and leverage-driven. This week, spot ETH ETFs saw a net inflow of $697 million, also a near ten-month high, but only about one-third the size of BTC’s inflow, with BlackRock’s single product contributing over 80% of the increase, indicating institutional capital return is more a supplementary allocation to leading products rather than a systemic industry-wide accumulation. The rising AI+Crypto narrative, Layer 2 ecosystem progress, and concentrated short covering attracted many retail and short-term speculative funds, with derivatives open interest fluctuating over 12% in a single day, intensifying the long-short battle.
This sentiment-driven rally naturally has a pulse-like characteristic: fierce gains but weak sustainability. Once market sentiment fades or macro interest rate expectations fluctuate, profit-taking corrections will be much stronger than BTC’s. Technically, $2,400 is a short-term support converted from previous resistance, while $2,650–$2,700 is a dense trapped position zone near prior highs; without sustained capital relay, it is difficult to hold above effectively.
Overall, this rally is a valuation repair after prior excessive pessimism, not a full bull market start. BTC’s rebound is underpinned by leading institutional capital, following a macro allocation recovery logic, steady and more sustainable; ETH’s rebound is supported by fundamentals but overlaid with exhausted sentiment, following an elastic game logic, more volatile and pulse-like.
In terms of strategy, BTC suits a medium-term allocation approach: continue holding core positions, accumulate in batches near $75,000 on dips, avoid blind chasing or easy shorting; ETH suits swing trading: take profits in batches above $2,600, wait for pullback stabilization before considering low entry, strictly control position size, and avoid buying at peak sentiment. $BTC $ETH $DOGE #BTC冲高后震荡，ETF资金持续流入 #ETH触及2500美元后震荡 #英伟达AI服务器或涨价超15% $SPCX will continue to fluctuate within the $120 range. The concentration of chips and the approaching lock-up expiration on September 9, combined with market valuation divergences on Starship propulsion and AI infrastructure routes, have significantly suppressed short-term capital risk appetite. If clear AI infrastructure integration measures emerge later, capital repricing will drive the price to break upward. If the price effectively falls below the key support level of $120, the range-bound fluctuation scenario will be invalidated.
#美财政部扩大长债回购，30年美债高位回落 #美光加码AI存储，十年研发投入100亿美元 #财报观察员：泡泡玛特增长换挡，多IP能否接力？Brothers, $ZEC went from 480 to 860, nearly 80% in three days,
This coin was basically forgotten by the market before, but this week it took off in one wave. Futures trading volume surged to nearly 10 billion, with open interest at 1.76 billion, accounting for 13% of the market cap. The capital heat is visible to the naked eye.
Essentially, three things coincidentally happened in the same week:
ETF expectations: Grayscale resubmitted documents on August 21, planning to convert Zcash Trust into a spot ETF with the ticker ZCSH. Bloomberg analysts commented "getting closer to launch." With BTC and ETH's market performance as reference, once the compliance door opens, the institutional capital inflow will be significant.
Then the technology: On July 28, the Ironwood upgrade went live, retaining privacy features but allowing the ledger supply to be audited, filling the regulator's biggest headache—the "unclear issuance" issue.
Also on the mining power side, Nasdaq-listed Cypherpunk invested 33.33 million to acquire mining machines, directly taking 18% of the total network hash rate. They now hold 320,000 ZEC, aiming to reach 5% of the total supply. A publicly listed company putting real money into accumulation is much more reliable than various online pump calls.
ETF opening the channel, technology patching loopholes, institutional chips backing it—Zcash is shifting from a geeky little toy to an asset acceptable to institutions, and this transformation may just be starting.$ZEC surged from 589 to 859 in two days, this "privacy revival" wave closely monitored by the sister throughout
OKEx market shows ZEC currently at $851, up 12.9% in 24 hours, directly breaking the historical ceiling from January 2018, soaring over 60% in 7 days, with OKEx single-day trading volume hitting $2.29 billion.
1. Catalysts are still intensifying: Grayscale submitted its 5th amendment to the SEC, the Zcash Trust converting to a spot ETF (ticker ZCSH) is just one step away, market rumors say it may launch on August 25; parent company DCG is negotiating to directly inject 200,000 ZEC (about $160 million). Institutions are lining up to enter, not retail FOMO.
2. But the sister wants to honestly tell you: ZEC futures 24-hour trading volume is $9.5 billion, 9 times the spot, with open interest accounting for 13% of market cap. This leverage structure means the price can rocket up or elevator down. In June, it crashed from 630 to 250.
3. My strategy: hold the base position without moving, add more after confirming support at 750-800, target 900-1000; if it breaks below 750, let it cool off on its own. For those chasing highs, the mountain top winds are strong, remember to fasten your seatbelt~#美国PMI创四年新高，9月加息分歧升温
Latest Data
US PMI significantly exceeded expectations, hitting a four-year high, highlighting economic resilience. US Treasury yields rebounded, and September rate hike expectations diverged. $BTC is oscillating at high levels, while $ETH, $SOL, and other high-beta coins are more sensitive to macro interest rate changes.
Market Consensus
Some believe the economy is overheating and the Federal Reserve will resume rate hikes, putting pressure on crypto markets; others see it as a short-term pulse that does not change the overall easing direction.
Underlying Logic Analysis
Strong PMI provides hawkish arguments for the Fed, but a single data point cannot determine the September decision; final judgment depends on CPI and non-farm payroll data. Rising yields will suppress risk assets; if BTC is under pressure, ETH, $SOL, and various altcoins will experience larger pullbacks.
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Personal View (Personally leaning towards a gradual bull market return, just a personal opinion, not investment advice)
Macro uncertainty is rising, increasing market volatility. Avoid aggressive positions, closely monitor US Treasury yields and $BTC key support, and strictly control positions in highly elastic coins. The interesting part isn’t simply that foreign capital is selling—it’s that Asian indexes are still rising despite the outflows. 👀
South Korea saw about $1.6B in foreign outflows, yet chip exports and currency strength helped support the market. With MSCI passive flows expected to rebalance on Aug. 31, the active-vs-passive fund battle could become an important near-term catalyst for $SKHYNIX and Korean equities.
#海力士40万亿回购，扩产与回报如何平衡On-chain "zero liquidity" essentially represents a triple collapse of funds, market making, and trust:
No market making = no depth: New chains or low-quality tokens lack project teams providing liquidity pools and market makers placing orders; buy and sell orders are empty, and orders are just air.
LP drained: Pools are unlocked, tokens are highly controlled by the project team, who can withdraw liquidity or rug pull with one click, instantly reducing liquidity to zero.
Chips locked up: A large amount of tokens are locked in vesting, staking, or stuck on the other side of a cross-chain bridge, resulting in zero actual circulation—valuable but no market.
The chain itself lacks popularity: High gas fees, low TPS, few users; funds are unwilling to cross-chain in, and both buyers and sellers watch from the sidelines.
In short: liquidity is not "having tokens," but "someone willing to take the other side at any time"—no people, no money, no trust, the chain is a stagnant pool.$BTC and $ETH are showing early signs of weakness after the recent rally. My bias is cautious, but predictions are never certain—risk management matters more than any single indicator.
As for $BEAT, the volatility is extreme. Bottom-fishing without confirmation can quickly turn into a larger loss, so waiting for stabilization may be the cleaner approach.
Take it step by step—don’t try to get rich in one trade. 📉$AAVE Many people still see @aave as just a lending protocol.
I believe this underestimates what it is becoming.
The bigger goal is to make on-chain credit a part of financial $BTC $ETH #BTC冲高后震荡，ETF资金持续流入 #ETH触及2500美元后震荡 #基础设施, ultimately able to serve cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, tokenized assets, institutions, and everyday users from the same liquidity layer.
This distinction is important.
Today, @aave already handles huge sums, with lifetime deposits exceeding $3.4 billion and lifetime borrowings over $1 billion. Stablecoins have become one of its strongest use cases, with about $20 billion in stablecoin deposits in its market.
But the interesting part is not these numbers.
It is that these numbers enable aave to build the next thing.
The old DeFi model was simple:
deposit → borrow → yield farm → repeat.
The next model looks much bigger:
capital → liquidity → credit → tokenized assets → financial products.
This is where @aave is positioning itself.
aave horizon is already working on using tokenized real-world assets as collateral, allowing qualified institutions to borrow stablecoins without selling their underlying assets.
Market net deposits have exceeded $450 million, with borrowings around $135 million.
And aave v4 pushes the infrastructure argument further.
v4 does not force every asset into the same market structure but introduces liquidity hubs and specialized branches, allowing different markets to have their own risk parameters while still accessing shared liquidity.
Simply put:
deep underlying liquidity.
specialized markets on top.
This could make it easier for new assets and financial products to access DeFi without fragmenting liquidity every time a new market is created.
That is why my focus on $AAVE is not just about its token price.
The real question is not:
"How high can $AAVE go?"
But:
"To what extent can aave truly become the infrastructure for the future on-chain credit market?"
If stablecoins continue to grow, RWA adoption accelerates, institutions keep going on-chain, and DeFi becomes more embedded in wallets, exchanges, and fintech products, then the lending layer will become increasingly important.
And that is exactly the market @aave is trying to own.
The goal is not just to be the place where people borrow $usdc or $ETH. TAO has the stronger market recognition, a capped 21M supply and an established subnet ecosystem. QUBIC is the contrarian bet: its model connects mining infrastructure with AI computation, aiming to turn otherwise wasted energy into useful neural-network training. If I had to lock one for 12 months, I’d choose $TAO for the clearer liquidity, adoption and market structure. But $QUBIC is the one I’d keep watching for asymmetric upside if its AI infrastructure thesis actually scales. The real quesDuring the day, BTC just approached 80000, and at night it directly crashed.
Let's restore the scene first:
$BTC consecutively broke through the 78000 and 77000 levels, hitting a low of 75500; $ETH lost 2400; $SOL plunged 11.5%; XRP was the worst, plummeting 37% in minutes.
Liquidation data:
Within 1 hour, the entire network liquidated $523 million, with long positions liquidated at $448 million. In 24 hours, 286,000 people were forcibly liquidated, with liquidations exceeding $1.8 billion. The largest single forced liquidation was on Hyperliquid's BTC-USD, a single $24.96 million position. About $500 million long positions of XRP were liquidated within minutes.
Why the crash?
From August 19 to 21, the market just experienced a $3 billion short squeeze, BTC rose 20% in three days, and long leverage piled up like a powder keg. Over the weekend, liquidity dried up, order books were as thin as paper, and a large sell order could break through multiple price levels—there was no macro negative news, it was just that the rise was too sharp and leverage too heavy, causing self-liquidation.
Maji's 160 million long position is also holding: 1225 BTC opened at 77660, floating loss of 1.08 million, liquidation price 71840—only about $4000 from the flash crash low.
Leverage-driven rallies inevitably end with leverage liquidations. 80,000 didn't hold; those chasing highs should wake up. $BTC remains in a balanced setup around $77.5K. ETF inflows are strong, but rising exchange supply and slightly lower open interest suggest the market still needs to prove that spot demand can absorb selling without excessive leverage.
The $72K weekly level remains an important reference as the settlement approaches. 👀from here, Washington's extra 50% duty on selected Canadian imports should put little pressure on $BTC by itself. the duty covers nearly $20b, just 5.2% of U.S. goods imports from Canada, which limits how far it can weaken growth, lift inflation and rates, or cut risk appetite. starting September 8, Canada plans dollar-for-dollar retaliation, if Canada follows through and both governments add more tariffs, real yields or the dollar can rise, and traders can cut leverage and push $BTC lower.The interesting part of $ONDO isn’t the hype — it’s what’s happening underneath it. USDY is essentially a tokenized yield-bearing asset backed by short-duration US Treasuries, giving holders onchain exposure to government debt while the underlying assets generate yield. The scale is already significant, with USDY around the multi-billion-dollar range as tokenized Treasury products continue expanding. But there’s an important catch: access is restricted for US and Canadian persons, despite the uAs of August 23, a noteworthy capital signal has emerged in the crypto market: Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs saw a combined inflow of about $2.6 billion last week, with weekly trading volume rising to approximately $29 billion, a significant increase from before. At the same time, Bitcoin and Ethereum prices strengthened in sync. The numbers are impressive, but they resemble more of a capital health report than a bull market confirmation.
First, let's look at the inflows themselves. The significance of ETFs is not just putting assets into a new package, but connecting a portion of institutional funds to the spot market. When inflows and prices improve simultaneously, it indicates that at least some capital is willing to increase allocation in the public market. For crypto assets, this kind of buying is more valuable as a reference than pure short-term leverage because it usually does not disappear immediately after a single candlestick closes.
But the second number is equally important: weekly trading volume rising to about $29 billion indicates increasing market activity and also means that the divergence between buyers and sellers is widening. Increased volume can drive breakouts or amplify volatility. If capital continues to flow in and prices find support after pullbacks, it suggests new demand may be forming; if trading volume is high but net inflows quickly cool down, the market may revert to high-turnover sentiment trading.
Also, note an easily overlooked fact: Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs are still in negative returns year-to-date. In other words, capital returning does not mean institutions have fully turned optimistic; it is more likely that some investors are readjusting positions after price recovery. The market’s attitude is not a switch but more like a dial, gradually turning from cautious slowAs a long-term holder, during a bull market I never pay attention to performance below the daily level; I only care whether higher highs and higher lows are formed at the weekly level. If they do occur, then every pullback is an opportunity for us to enter, ignoring short-term fluctuations.
Here I address some common psychological patterns that beginners often experience.
First, the habitual shorting after a sharp rise on the 15m/1h/4h charts.
Please remember that after a bull market begins, the market continuously raises its lows and highs, meaning the previous weekly-level pullback low will not be reached again before the bull market ends. Therefore, habitually shorting after a sharp rise in an attempt to seek a return to the previous low or below it is going against the trend and carries very high risk. The correct approach is to buy on pullbacks and follow the trend.
Second, the constant belief that the market has already peaked, usually after a rapid surge, thinking the bull market is over.
In all markets, such tops usually require a distribution phase before a decline, and this distribution process is actually very slow. Taking BTC as an example, crypto distributions often last from 5 months to 1 year. During this time, the main players build a protective distribution platform. Whenever the price falls below this platform, they buy to support the price, keeping it high to facilitate selling at elevated prices. Therefore, the bull market top is far less fragile than you might think. If you can recognize it, it will give you enough time to react.
Third, the habit of closing long positions and shorting at highs.
There is always a perfect script in mind, trying to capture every fluctuation. In a bull market, long and short orders never have the same advantage; long positions at low prices are especially rare and valuable. You need to distinguish the primary from the secondary: in a bull market, longs are primary and shorts are secondary. Shorts can be used to lock in profits, but do not close your longs. If you always fantasize about closing longs at highs, then shorting down to the pullback low, and then re-entering longs at the low, at best you will miss one or more important rallies, and if your skills are poor, you may even suffer huge losses.#BTC冲高后震荡，ETF资金持续流入 The core driving force behind this round of rally comes from the decline in U.S. Treasury yields combined with concentrated short covering. After the collective rebound of BTC, ETH, and SOL, the market has entered a correction and verification phase. The elasticity of the three coins is rising step by step; once the market weakens, the retracement magnitude will also increase accordingly.
$BTC, as the anchor of the entire market, shows the most obvious institutional capital traces, and the flow of spot ETFs is the most important indicator.
After testing the historical heavy lock-in zone of 78000‑83000, the price encountered resistance on the upside. The 69000‑71000 range is the lifeline of this rebound; if it holds, the high-level consolidation pattern can continue; if it breaks down effectively, the logic of this rebound will be questioned.
One thing to be clear: a large part of this rise is driven by short position closures; sustained incremental spot capital has not truly entered yet, and the actual U.S. Treasury yield may impose constraints at any time.
$ETH has higher elasticity than BTC, and its movement basically depends on the overall market, making it difficult to have an independent trend.
The net inflow intensity of ETH-ETF is less than BTC; layer-2 scaling and staking narratives mostly serve as emotional boosters and rarely drive the market independently. Whenever the market pulls back, ETH’s decline usually exceeds BTC’s, lacking a solid independent support level, so its direction can only closely follow BTC.
$SOL has the highest beta and strongest explosive power among the three, but also the greatest risk.
Its trend is highly tied to on-chain MEME popularity and market expectations for SOL-ETF. On-chain popularity comes quickly and fades quickly; token inflation and regulatory uncertainty remain long-term hidden risks. When the market is good, it leads the way; when sentiment turns bearish, its downside damage far exceeds BTC and ETH.
The market is currently in the chip digestion phase after a short squeeze.
Three things will decide the direction going forward: whether BTC’s key support can hold, whether ETF buying will continue to increase, and whether U.S. Treasury yields will rise again.
To continue rallying, incremental spot capital must take over; the most likely scenario is prolonged consolidation and grinding; if support fails, this rebound round will be declared over.
Leverage positions remain high, so be alert to liquidation risks from rapid pullbacks and manage positions carefully.
$BTC $ETH $SOL
#BTC冲高后震荡，ETF资金持续流入Most of the $BTC and $ETH inflows come from ETF funds, and this will continue in the future. Other altcoins rely on on-exchange funds to operate, so the probability of large market funds rotating into altcoins is not very high. Even if it happens, it will be very limited because there are currently too many altcoins, and the market share is completely diluted. Even if the altcoins you hold have been included in ETFs, can you be sure that the big capitalists trading US stocks will be interested in those small pieces of altcoins? In their eyes, the only cryptocurrencies are BTC and ETFs, nothing else. Essentially, there are many sellers but few buyers, oversupply, falling prices, and passively rising yields. Traditional major buyers of U.S. Treasuries—China and Europe—are all continuously reducing their holdings; Japan and South Korea are still holding their holdings but are gradually shrinking their positions. Old main buyers are selling Treasuries as a long-term trend. So the question arises: how can existing buyers stay and take over Treasuries? My judgment: almost impossible. The constraints are too strong. Considering geopolitics, exchange rates, and foreign exchange reserve security, the probability of large overseas sovereign capital increasing holdings in the medium to long term is very low. Is there a second path that indirectly holds down Treasuries and lowers yields? A direction the market often overlooks: the Bitcoin + stablecoin chain. Underlying logic chain: 1. Most stablecoins on the market have underlying reserve assets heavily allocated to U.S. Treasuries and short-term U.S. Treasury bills. 2. To maintain stable currency values and sustain the Bitcoin ecosystem, a massive amount of U.S. Treasury bonds must be held as underlying collateral. 3. As the crypto market expands, it passively brings incremental funds to buy U.S. Treasuries. This capital is not a traditional central bank sovereign buyer, but private capital, which takes on U.S. Treasury supply from another dimension, indirectly supporting Treasury prices and suppressing rising yields. 👉 The derived trading conclusion: If this logic holds, a resonant market will occur: when gold rises, Bitcoin rises in tandem. Gold is the traditional central bank's safe-haven choice to hedge against U.S. Treasury credit risk. Bitcoin+$TRUMP has rebounded. Is everyone really willing to buy at this price? As for me, I’m not willing. If it could drop to around $0.1, maybe I’d be willing to buy a thousand or eight hundred to take a chance. But at this current price, I personally think it’s very high. If anyone is still willing to go long at this level, I would call them a brave warrior. —————————————————— Let’s take a look at its contract data. We can see that when its price rises, both the contract open interest and the long-short ratio increase simultaneously. This means that this market rally is driven by short-term funds. The entry of short-term funds often signals the end of the uptrend. In most rebound phases, short-term funds will push the price up sharply to trigger short squeezes and make profits. However, not all coins can trigger a short squeeze; many times, the price just hits a high point and then starts to wick down. Let’s also look at its data over a longer period. We find a very similar situation: both contract open interest and long-short ratio rise together. This confirms that this round of price increase is indeed driven by short-term funds. This further supports what I just said. —————————————————— Personally, I don’t want to buy $TRUMP at this level because it’s just too expensive. At this price, $TRUMP is indeed a bit too pricey. I personally believe this is a good level to short, as it should already be near the top of the rebound.BTC and ETH: The driving logic has completely diverged, and the market trend depends entirely on these two factors
Recently, the crypto market has entered a high-level divergence phase after a rebound. BTC has been fluctuating repeatedly between $75,000 and $79,000, while ETH has been oscillating widely around $2350-$2550. Many are caught up in whether the market will continue to rise, but they have overlooked that the driving logic behind BTC and ETH's price increases has completely diverged: one is anchored to macro policy expectations, following an institutional valuation recovery path; the other is tied to ecosystem narrative sentiment, following an elastic game theory path. Although they appear to rise and fall together, their underlying pricing logic, chip stability, and market sustainability are fundamentally different.
First, looking at BTC, its market core is always anchored to macro expectations. This round of rebound is essentially a valuation re-rating driven by expectations of interest rate cuts. In the past half month, U.S. core PCE inflation data has fallen more than expected, July nonfarm payroll growth has slowed, and the market's probability of a Fed rate cut in September has quickly risen from 40% to 68%. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield has fallen from above 4.4% to around 4.2%, and the dollar index has weakened simultaneously, directly opening up valuation recovery space for risk assets. BTC, as the crypto asset most sensitive to interest rates, is the first to benefit from the marginal shift in policy expectations.
On the funding side, spot BTC ETFs have maintained steady net inflows, with over $1.4 billion flowing in over the past two weeks. There has been no single-day surge of emotional buying nor significant outflows signaling panic selling, showing typical institutional steady accumulation characteristics. This type of capital seeks mid-to-long-term allocation returns under a rate cut cycle and does not frequently enter or exit due to short-term volatility. Therefore, BTC's market features are very distinct: small pullbacks, strong support, rare extreme fluctuations, and every rise accompanied by sufficient turnover. However, the limitation on the rise is also clear: the $80,000 round number is a dense area of previous trapped positions, and each test triggers concentrated selling pressure, making a breakthrough difficult to achieve quickly. Technically, the $74,000-$75,000 range is the core cost band for institutional accumulation this round and a strong support level. As long as it is not effectively broken, the mid-term oscillation with a bullish bias will remain unchanged.
Next, looking at ETH, its upward logic is clearly less correlated with macro factors and more a resonance of ecosystem narratives combined with supply contraction. The underlying price has solid supply-side support: the current total staked amount across the network has exceeded 42.5 million tokens, accounting for 35.2% of total supply, a new historical high. More than one-third of circulating chips are locked long-term in staking contracts, fundamentally limiting deep downside risk. Layer 2 network transaction volume continues to climb, and on-chain fee revenue has grown month-over-month, providing real support for the ecosystem fundamentals.
The core short-term catalyst for the rally is narrative heating. Recently, the decentralized AI agent concept has rapidly fermented in the crypto circle, with many AI applications and autonomous agent protocols based on the Ethereum ecosystem being released intensively. The market has reignited imagination about Ethereum ecosystem real-world use cases, opening valuation upside potential. Ecosystem expectations resonate with the AI narrative, attracting a large amount of short-term speculative and retail capital, driving rapid price increases with elasticity significantly outperforming BTC. However, this narrative-driven market naturally carries emotional attributes and poor chip stability. Recently, ETH derivatives open interest has fluctuated over 12% in a single day, and funding rates have been volatile, indicating intense long-short battles and a high proportion of short-term funds. Once the narrative cools or macro interest rate expectations fluctuate, profit-taking corrections will be much stronger than BTC. Technically, $2350-$2400 is a short-term chip concentration support band, and $2600-$2650 is a previous high resistance zone. If sentiment is right, it can test highs but is difficult to sustain above.
Overall, the current market is not a broad bull market but a dual-driven differentiated market. BTC's market is dominated by macro policy and institutional funds, moving steadily with strong sustainability, suitable for earning cycle profits; ETH's market is dominated by ecosystem narratives and sentiment funds, highly elastic and volatile, suitable for earning swing profits. Neither is absolutely better or worse; it depends on whether it matches your trading cycle and risk preference.
In terms of operations, for BTC, do not worry about short-term ups and downs; focus on a mid-term allocation strategy, continue holding the base position, accumulate in batches when it pulls back to support zones, avoid blindly chasing highs or shorting lightly. For ETH, closely follow the narrative rhythm, take profits in batches when it rises to resistance zones to avoid buying at the emotional peak, consider buying on dips after stabilization, and strictly control position leverage. Ultimately, the crypto market is no longer a single market moving up and down together. Understanding the core drivers of each asset and trading what you understand is far more reliable than blindly following trends or guessing tops and bottoms. $BTC $ETH $DOGE #BTC冲高后震荡，ETF资金持续流入 #ETH触及2500美元后震荡 #英伟达AI服务器或涨价超15% What makes $ZEC stand out to me is its use of zero-knowledge cryptography to enable optional transaction privacy. Users can prove transactions follow the protocol’s rules without revealing every detail publicly.
Very few protocols manage to combine cryptographic verification, selective privacy, and decentralized settlement in one system. That’s why I believe $ZEC deserves more attention.
#BTCETFInflowsSurge #NvidiaServerPriceHike #三星股东回报落地，最高约800亿美元
Samsung has really flipped the table this time.
The board has just approved an unprecedented shareholder return plan, ranging from 90 to 110 trillion KRW, equivalent to 65 to 80 billion USD. This is the highest level in the history of Korean companies, several times the previous record. Even more striking—Samsung's 80 billion comes on top of SK Hynix's 40 trillion KRW buyback and cancellation. The two major memory giants are simultaneously entering a "capacity expansion + massive returns" mode. The money earned from AI memory is already so much that it doesn't need to be fully reinvested into production lines; hundreds of billions can be stuffed into shareholders' pockets. On one hand, they are investing heavily to expand HBM capacity, and on the other, distributing real cash to shareholders—both happening simultaneously.
This has a twofold impact on the crypto space.
First, the Korean memory giants are confirming the profitability of AI hardware with real cash. The 80 billion return plan tells the market that the profits of the memory leaders are real, not just accounting games. Second, it serves as a reference for AI track and DePIN projects in the crypto market. Projects with real revenue will become increasingly valuable, while those relying on storytelling to support valuations will find it harder to survive. Capital will concentrate toward projects generating cash flow, and pure narrative premiums will be gradually squeezed out.
Samsung and Hynix entering the "capacity expansion + massive returns" phase simultaneously indicates that AI hardware has moved past the pure burn-money stage and is starting to generate considerable free cash flow. For Bitcoin, with tech stocks stabilizing, risk appetite won't be too poor, and capital will gradually flow out.
$BTC After six months of sideways movement, Pantera suddenly calls for a bullish turn
An established institution managing tens of billions of dollars suddenly said something that would have been laughed at two months ago: Bitcoin's consolidation is over. Pantera Capital published an article this week stating that BTC has been hovering above the 200-day moving average at $69,000 for half a year, and historically, after such consolidation ends, the market often experiences sharp and significant moves.
In plain language: they believe the sideways movement is not a dead end but a buildup for a big move.
On-chain data is indeed supporting this. CryptoQuant analysts report that this week Bitcoin ETFs saw a net inflow of 14,700 BTC, the second-largest weekly inflow since October 2025, with nearly 22,000 BTC accumulated in August. BlackRock recently bought 11,100 BTC and 132,800 ETH in one go—these are real institutional purchases with actual capital, not just optimistic talk. Pantera also pointed out: market positioning is reversing, with investors shifting from cautious or even net short positions to increasingly strong bullish sentiment.
Two months ago, no one believed this. Back then, BTC was stuck between $64,000 and $66,000 all summer, with the daily average cost line pressing down hard; anyone calling a bull market was seen as a bag holder. Then on August 19, a single bullish candle changed the game, wiping out $2.7 billion in shorts, and the price surged from around $68,000 to $79,000 in a week. Pantera stepping forward now to say funds are turning bullish is less a prediction and more a stamp of approval on a trend that has already happened.
Institutional money has a characteristic: it doesn’t shout based on news but speaks through positioning. Continuous net inflows into ETFs, mining companies, and BTC treasury companies’ stock prices soaring collectively indicate real money is entering. But conversely, the area around the 200-day moving average has always been where the most disagreement occurs; a confirmed breakout signals a trend, but a false breakout means a pullback is likely. So this level serves more as a reference point for short-term swings—above it, bullish sentiment dominates; below it, bulls and bears have to battle again.
In the short term, momentum funds and trend strategies are attracted by the 200-day moving average breakout; these funds come and go quickly, and when many chase highs, volatility inevitably increases. Long term, Pantera’s logic still holds: fundamentals like stablecoin adoption, prediction markets, and perpetual contracts are improving, while digital asset prices are still about 50% discounted from previous highs. Price recovery is a slow process with many twists along the way.
Don’t forget another detail: Q2 Wall Street institutions’ 13F filings show overall institutional Bitcoin ETF holdings increased by 7.5%, reaching a historic high in holding ratio. Cautious talk but increased holdings is a classic institutional play. Pantera’s statement that post-consolidation moves are often sharp is based on historical data, not guesswork—previous cycle accelerations also followed similar long consolidations. History won’t repeat exactly, but at least it shows this money isn’t here for sightseeing.
So here’s the question: how much do you believe the story institutions are telling? Or do you also think the market built up during this six-month consolidation is only at the second act?Those betting on a September rate hike have quietly reached 40%
This week the market shows a very divided picture: on one side, the crypto community is talking about rate cuts, easing, and the Fed's backstop; on the other side, CME FedWatch rate futures data shows the probability of a 25 basis point hike in September has already reached 39.9%, nearly 40%.
You read that right, not a rate cut, but a rate hike.
Last week, the US August composite PMI hit a four-year high, with economic data heating up, causing the market's pricing for easing to start loosening. The 30-year US Treasury yield once approached 5.3%, and the Fed intervened heavily in the bond market to suppress yields, but the market interpreted this backstop as lasting only two days. Now the real pricing in rate futures is: a 60.1% chance of no change in September, and a 39.9% chance of a rate hike. Translated, this means that out of every five predictions, two expect the Fed not only to hold steady next month but to tighten.
This is completely contrary to the mainstream narrative in crypto. People are discussing how far away QE restart is and when the rate cut window will open, but the market is voting with its feet in the opposite direction. This kind of mismatch is dangerous but common: narratives are slow variables, pricing is a fast variable, and when the two diverge enough, one must be corrected.
For risk assets like BTC, the direction of interest rates is more important than any single news item. If there really is a rate hike in September, the real dollar interest rate will rise, and risk assets will generally come under pressure—this logic is unavoidable. Conversely, if the market pricing is wrong and the rate hike expectation is falsified by data, it could trigger a rebound after the bad news is fully priced in. So in the next two weeks, every economic data release and every official speech will amplify volatility.
A reference approach for trading swings: rate futures probabilities are a weather vane. If the 40% figure continues to climb, risk asset valuations will need to be discounted, and short-term positions should be reduced accordingly; if data weakens and the probability falls back below 20%, easing trades regain the upper hand, then it’s time to reassess the bullish logic. Don’t fight the Fed, and don’t fight market pricing—disagreements between the two are both the biggest opportunity and the biggest trap.
Looking longer term, the US’s $40 trillion debt ceiling means every Treasury intervention is insurance for long-term rates; the broad easing trend remains unchanged, only the pace varies. On the crypto side, continuous ETF inflows and institutional accumulation fundamentals, combined with the tug-of-war with macro interest rates, may be the true main theme for the second half of the year.
One last question: do you trust the narrative or the pricing? If there really is a rate hike in September, can your positions hold up?Just earned 12.5 million, but Maji lost 2 million again in 80 minutes
The name Maji is well-known in the circle—Huang Licheng, Big Brother Maji, one of the most stubborn bulls on-chain. His account drama these days is even more absurd than a feel-good story.
Let's start with the good news. After being liquidated nearly 500 times, he managed to roll up $152,000 in principal to over $10 million in 3 days, netting 12.5 million. Even 500 liquidations couldn't knock him down; instead, he turned it around. This kind of story would be legendary for anyone.
Then the reversal came. ChainCatcher's on-chain data monitoring shows that in the past two hours during a short-term plunge, Maji's account shrank from $12.8 million to $10.8 million in 80 minutes, a floating loss of 2 million. He still tightly holds 888.88 BTC long positions and 19,100 ETH long positions. The Bitcoin side has a floating loss of $470,000, while Ethereum has a floating profit of $2.17 million. Overall, he's still in profit, but the drawdown speed is visible to the naked eye.
Honestly, seeing a number like 888.88 tells you how much this person trusts his own judgment. 500 liquidations, nearly 100x gain in 3 days, and then losing 2 million in 80 minutes—these words together on one person are a mix of miracle and warning. He makes leveraged money and loses leveraged money. The same strategy is a money printer when the market goes his way, and a meat grinder when it doesn't.
Does this extreme account have reference value for ordinary people? Yes, but in the opposite direction. Maji's approach is heavy position holding, betting on direction, liquidation order, and liquidity. Copying this blindly is suicide for ordinary people. What’s worth learning is the other side: surviving 500 liquidations and turning around shows that as long as the position doesn't wipe out the principal, being alive means there’s always a next round; and his 2 million loss in 80 minutes reminds everyone that floating profit is not real profit—only realized gains count.
From the market perspective, the expansion of floating losses in such high-leverage long accounts is often one of the early signals of a short-term trend change. The more high-risk positions like this appear in on-chain monitoring, the higher the chance of flash crashes. For swing traders, rather than guessing direction, it’s better to watch these whales’ position changes. When they start reducing positions, that’s when caution is needed. In the short term, whale drawdowns amplify volatility; in the long term, as long as these bulls keep holding, market sentiment hasn’t yet collapsed.
A bit of background: Big Brother Maji is not just a big on-chain holder; he was also a notable figure during the NFT craze. He bought a lot of Bored Ape NFTs early on, and later lost a lot when the NFT market cooled off. People like him naturally attract attention in the circle; whenever his account moves, the whole network watches. So news of his 2 million floating loss itself amplifies market sentiment. Retail investors seeing that even whales can’t hold on easily are more likely to panic. This is also the benefit of on-chain transparency—who’s swimming naked is clear at a glance.
Finally, a question: If you were Maji, would you continue to go full leverage after 500 liquidations? Share your choice in the comments.$BTC $ETH
When the crypto market sentiment is unanimously euphoric, it is a signal to reduce positions and observe, not to add more; BTC is consolidating sideways with low volume at a high level, and the louder the "this time is different" chants, the more you need to hold back; what truly determines the level of all risk assets is the $40 trillion US debt + the inability to suppress long-term yields—this macro fissure—not the candlestick itself. This round of debt issues resembles a chronic approaching crisis rather than a quickly resolved episode.
Breaking it down into three layers:
Short-term sentiment layer: thin volume over the weekend, groups spamming "bull return," fear and greed entering the greed zone = a signal of unified sentiment; those chasing after the short squeeze pulse are excited, while those who positioned early remain calm; he chooses to "keep his hands in his pockets and watch a bit longer," avoiding anxiety about missing out.
BTC positioning layer: grinding sideways at a high level + others advising "don’t miss out" = one of the typical features of a sentiment top, not a time to add positions with the trend.
Macro mainline layer (which he believes is bigger than the candlestick): Bassett says to increase long bond repurchases and activate the Treasury’s toolbox, but bond vigilantes are not buying it; the $40 trillion US debt weighs heavily, and long-term yields cannot be suppressed. This sword hangs over BTC/US stocks/gold. Global risk assets are dining at the same table, and their level depends on how long this basin of water (liquidity + interest rates) can hold. The market bets on a rate cut, but the probability of a Fed rate hike in September has reached 40%
CME's FedWatch tool just updated a striking set of numbers. The probability of the Fed keeping rates unchanged in September is 60.1%, which sounds relatively stable, but on the other hand, the probability of a 25 basis point rate hike has climbed to 39.9%.
This is quite intriguing. In recent weeks, whether retail investors in the crypto space or Wall Street, the common saying has been that a rate cut is coming. The Fed has been aggressively buying back U.S. Treasuries, which the market interprets as quasi-quantitative easing. Bitcoin rebounded nearly 25% in a week, returning to around $80,000, altcoins followed suit, and the whole market seemed to be celebrating a premature bull run. The consensus script was clear: more money will flow, and risk assets will continue to rise.
But the Fed insiders don't think so. Recently, Musalem publicly said a rate hike is needed now, and Daly opposed it, causing internal disputes. Many dismissed this as noise, just hawkish remarks from individual officials. Now it seems the market's pricing is tilting that way, with the rate hike probability rising from just over 30% to nearly 40%.
To translate 39.9%, it means the market now thinks a September rate hike is almost as likely as a coin toss. A month ago, this number was unthinkable; traders were all betting on a rate cut.
We need to face a fact. This violent rebound in Bitcoin is largely built on expectations of easing. Once this expectation reverses, the gains propped up by the narrative will become very awkward. Fed Chair Powell doused rate cut expectations at his Jackson Hole debut, gold started to lag after surging to $4,600, and Bitcoin didn't really follow through. The strong gains this week—how much of the volume is real buying and how much is short covering—is unclear.
This rally from just over $70,000 to $80,000 saw the most aggressive buying from the funds most sensitive to interest rates. The real awkwardness is that everyone is betting in the same direction. Everyone expects easing, so leverage is piled on and positions are crowded. Historically, when consensus is this uniform, the reversal hits hardest.
So the question is for you. While everyone is still shouting that the bull market is here, has anyone considered that if the September button is pressed for a rate hike, how stable is this rebound built on expectations?With BTC maintaining the $77,000~$79,000 range, improvements in ETF supply and relative strength of altcoins are being observed simultaneously. What kind of capital is actually flowing into the market behind the apparent bullish momentum? Key data confirmed in the original text is that BTC is maintaining the $77,000~$79,000 range, ETH is above $2,400, and ETF inflows are improving. Observation targets included BTC's ETF and spot trading volumes, the ETH/BTC ratio, SOL's trading volume and momentum, OKB's relative strength, and ZEC's breakout and trading volume. This means that movement is detected simultaneously across multiple asset classes rather than the direction of a single asset. What matters here is not the price level itself but the distinction in the nature of the funds. ETF inflows represent the flow of structured passive funds, while an increase in spot trading volume signals a mix of real demand and short-term participation. The sharp rise in assets like ZEC and OKB can be seen as a move by short-term speculative funds with a relatively strong risk appetite. These three types of fundsIf $SPCX doesn't have any major events next week
it is estimated to still fluctuate back and forth around the 120 range
Currently, besides launching some satellites, Starship hasn't landed yet
Investing funds into AI, first letting Nvidia's stock rise
Tesla's stock rises, so logically SPCX should be affected too
There is indeed an effect, Tesla rises but SPCX falls, does that make sense?
Musk wants to grow the pie bigger, currently focusing heavily on AI
Who can say that the $1.8 trillion SPCX is just about rocket launches?
If it were just about rocket launches and Starlink, the valuation would be too high
Let's see what moves Musk makes next, the September 9 unlock won't be long
#SPCX因星舰发射与解禁引发多空分歧 Analysis of Core's Post-Quantum Technology
⚠️ Risk Warning: The content is compiled from publicly available information and does not constitute investment advice.
1. Conclusion First
1. Formal R&D has already started, with an official clear roadmap, but currently there is no post-quantum functionality available on the mainnet; it is still in the R&D planning stage and not yet implemented.
2. Roadmap plan: adopts a hybrid dual-signature architecture (traditional ECDSA signature + NIST-standard post-quantum signature in parallel).
Logic: each transaction carries two sets of signatures.
If a quantum computer breaks the elliptic curve algorithm, the post-quantum signature ensures asset security; if the new PQC algorithm has vulnerabilities, the original signature acts as a fallback, enabling a smooth transition and avoiding forced migration via hard fork.
3. Team's understanding: Official public view — hash and mining power themselves are not threatened by quantum computing; the greatest risk is the ECDSA signature (public/private keys), commonly referred to in the industry as the "risk of collecting public keys now and future quantum decryption stealing coins."
2. Progress Timeline (Public Information)
- April 2026: Officially announced the quantum defense roadmap and formed a cryptography research team;
- Current stage: scheme demonstration, algorithm selection (benchmarking NIST-standardized post-quantum signature ML-DSA), internal testing;
- No clear timetable for hard fork/upgrade launch, no testnet version open to the public;
- Currently, Core mainnet still uses standard ECDSA, like Bitcoin and Ethereum, natively without post-quantum capability.
3. Objective Advantages and Shortcomings (Compared with BTCFi track, Stacks/Babylon)
✅ Advantages
1. As an independent EVM-compatible L1, it can progressively upgrade cryptographic modules and design a "hybrid signature smooth migration" plan without forcing users to migrate private keys all at once;
2. Targeting institutional funds (lstBTC, custody clients), quantum security is a long-term narrative to attract family offices and asset managers, with strategic-level continuous investment motivation;
3. The planned scheme is compatible with retail self-custody BTC staking scenarios, balancing both retail and institutional needs.
❌ Shortcomings (Key community controversies)
1. Only remains at the roadmap planning stage, with no engineering implementation results or third-party cryptographic audit reports; it is an expected narrative rather than current capability;
2. Post-quantum upgrade involves major underlying cryptographic changes, likely requiring a hard fork in the future, with great difficulty coordinating validator nodes, wallets, and DApp ecosystem modifications;
3. Track competitor comparison:
Stacks and Babylon have also not launched mature post-quantum solutions; across the entire BTCFi track, post-quantum is generally a long-term R&D topic, and no chain has yet achieved full commercial post-quantum deployment; everyone is at the same starting line.
4. Distinguishing Two Easily Confused Misconceptions
1. ❌ Misconception: "Satoshi Plus consensus inherently has post-quantum resistance"
Consensus mechanism (hash power + staking) addresses 51% attacks; it cannot resist Shor's algorithm breaking ECDSA private keys. These are completely different security issues.
2. ❌ Misconception: "BTC staying on Bitcoin mainnet = naturally post-quantum resistant"
Bitcoin's native ECDSA signature itself fears quantum computing. BTC principal security depends on Bitcoin network's own future post-quantum upgrades, unrelated to Core chain. Core's quantum scheme protects transactions, staking certificates, and CORE token accounts on the Core chain.
5. Follow-up Tracking of Three Key Signals (to verify if the narrative is fulfilled)
1. Official release of a post-quantum cryptography whitepaper and selection of formal algorithms;
2. Launch of a testnet version, open for developer and wallet team integration testing;
3. Hiring independent cryptographic security firms to complete special audits, publish audit reports, and provide a clear mainnet upgrade timetable.
Brief Summary (can be directly included in your STX/CORE comparison article)
Core DAO has started post-quantum security R&D and publicly announced the roadmap, adopting a classic cryptography + post-quantum hybrid dual-signature scheme to address the risk of future quantum computing breaking signatures.
However, it is currently entirely in the R&D phase, with no related functions deployed on the mainnet, representing a long-term expected narrative.
All mainstream projects in the BTCFi track currently lack mature commercial post-quantum solutions; in the short term, this will not be a core catalyst for market trends but rather a long-term ecological competitiveness highlight.
#CORE #BTCFi #PostQuantumSecurity Nvidia server prices moving higher is interesting because it shows just how expensive the AI infrastructure race is becoming.
Everyone talks about AI demand being strong, but there’s another side to that story: companies actually have to pay for all this computing power. GPUs, memory, networking, cooling, electricity and entire data centers are becoming a massive investment.
Personally, I think higher server prices can be read two ways. If customers are still willing to spend aggressively despite rising costs, that says a lot about how important AI capacity has become. But at some point, companies also need to prove that the revenue generated from AI can justify those increasingly large infrastructure bills.
#NvidiaServerPriceHike $BTC Every major token distribution in the ecosystem triggers the same mechanical process. Thousands of wallets receive an asset they never bought and have no conscious attachment to it. For them it is just a digital lottery that needs to be converted into understandable liquidity as fast as possible. This exact moment shapes the first phase of the market cycle and it is always a panic exit. A flood of identical transactions hits the STONfi swap window. People sell not because they believe in a drop The Four Kings of BTCFi: Who is the True Leader in This Bull Market?
The biggest main theme of this bull market is definitely BTCFi, but many people can't distinguish the real hierarchy of STX, CORE, MERL, and BABY, leading to chaotic buying, mistimed moves, and inability to hold onto major bull stocks.
BTCFi will not be dominated by a single player but will instead see a segmented and divided market, with four categories of tokens corresponding to four types of capital logic and four different growth ceilings.
First Tier: CORE (The Absolute Comprehensive Leader)
CORE is not a Bitcoin L2; it is an independent Bitcoin hashrate L1 public chain, which is its biggest differentiating advantage.
Relying on Bitcoin hashrate as a security foundation and fully EVM-compatible, it is the only one among the four kings that has completed a commercial closed loop and entered the revenue era.
By 2026, with institutional staking of lstBTC, SatPay cross-border payments, and on-chain fees continuously generating real cash flow, there is an expectation of buybacks. The principal assets are locked on the BTC mainnet, and the security model is institutionally recognized.
It is the most versatile leader in this BTCFi cycle in terms of fundamentals, narrative, implementation, and capital capacity, with the highest certainty for the main upward wave.
Second Tier: BABY (The Highest Long-Term Odds Dark Horse)
BABY follows the top-tier underlying security route, doing no DeFi or applications, only Bitcoin security leasing.
BTC remains entirely in native addresses, with no custody, no cross-chain, and zero-risk staking, making it currently the most trusted BTCFi model. It is heavily backed by top-tier capital and has no competitors in its niche.
Its downside is slow breakout and being more of an underlying infrastructure, better suited for long-term positions of over a year. It will see value revaluation in the mid to late stages of this bull market.
Third Tier: STX (Stable Defensive Type)
STX is a veteran Bitcoin native L2, focusing on BTC-denominated yields, with steady institutional recognition.
However, its fatal flaw is lack of EVM compatibility, limiting developer ecosystem expansion and making it difficult to attract massive new capital.
It is suitable for stable allocation to capture cycle dividends but unlikely to experience a super major rally, with its growth ceiling locked.
Fourth Tier: MERL (Purely Cyclical Elastic Token)
Merlin's ZK technology is solid, but assets rely on MPC custody, posing counterparty risk, which naturally deters large institutional funds.
Its market performance is entirely tied to inscription popularity, with explosive gains in bull markets and severe drops in bear markets. It is a typical swing sentiment token without independent long-term growth logic.
Final Summary
Want to ride the main upward wave and capture fundamental resonance: heavy position in CORE
Want extreme security and long-term bottom accumulation: allocate BABY
Want stable value preservation and low volatility holding: choose STX
Want to speculate on short-term trends and capitalize on inscription elasticity: small position in MERL
The core to making money in a bull market: choosing the right track and tier is ten times more important than frequently switching coins.
#BTCFi #CORE #BABY #STX #MERLOur market context index, is 57/100: Balanced, up 15 from yesterday.
$BTC is still around $77.5K.
US Bitcoin ETFs took in $1.918B last week, with inflows on all five trading days. But $BTC open interest is down 0.43% over 24 hours, while CryptoQuant now shows 2,549 $BTC moving onto exchanges.
The ETF bid is real. The question now is whether it can continue absorbing fresh exchange supply without leverage doing the work.
Our $72K weekly level settles at 00:00 UTC.鼠鼠调研分享！！！！（必看） 这两天市场涨得很热闹。 $BTC回到7.7万美元附近，$ETH站上2450美元，不少山寨也开始蠢蠢欲动。很多人第一反应是打开涨幅榜，找一只还没启动的币。 我把顺序反了过来，先看这轮资金从哪里进场。 上周美国BTC与ETH现货ETF合计流入约26亿美元，其中BTC吸金约19亿美元，ETH流入约6.97亿美元，创下去年10月以来最强单周表现。钱先去了主流币，这已经把眼下的布局顺序写得很清楚。ETF资金数据 我会把$BTC和$ETH放在最前面。 BTC负责承接机构资金，ETH负责提供更大的上涨弹性。7月ETH ETF流入相对市值的强度已经高于BTC，以太坊链上的稳定币规模也在继续增长。主流资金还没站稳之前，我不会急着把大头仓位扔进小币。21Shares市场研究 再往下，我更关注$SOL和$AAVE。 SOL目前占据超过三分之一的链上现货交易量，稳定币规模同比增长约50%。这条链已经逐渐摆脱只靠Meme币撑成交量的状态。 Aave现在有约89.9亿美元稳定币存款和74.4亿美元借款，利用率达到82.7%。市场只要重新活跃，借贷需求就会跟着抬头。一个吃交易扩张，一个Stocks and government bonds all on-chain AMM will reshape the global market
The founder of Uniswap recently made a prediction that sounds far from our daily contracts and meme coins, but on closer thought, it's a bit frightening. He said that when stocks and government bonds are truly all moved onto the blockchain, the automated market maker (AMM) model might actually reshape the global market itself.
The absurdity of this lies in its origin. The AMM mechanism was originally designed for obscure small coins, low-profile tokens, and trading pairs with very thin liquidity. You set up a pool, the algorithm matches trades for you, and anyone can provide liquidity to earn fees. It was never designed for assets at the level of the New York Stock Exchange. But now, those building this system are starting to focus on the most serious money: publicly listed company stocks and government-issued bonds.
There are already some signs in the data. Decentralized trading protocols like Uniswap have accumulated trading volumes exceeding $4.6 trillion. A few years ago, this was just a number for crypto insiders to entertain themselves. But the founder’s statement breaks through a layer of illusion: the real big market might not be about issuing more altcoins, but about bringing the heaviest traditional financial assets into the same pool.
The driving force behind this is tokenization. In the past two years, RWA (Real World Assets) have moved U.S. Treasuries, funds, and even private equity shares onto the blockchain, which is no longer new. But once stocks and government bonds also become tokens on-chain, their underlying trading infrastructure might not be traditional brokers and exchanges, but AMMs—automatic machines anyone can connect to, running nonstop around the clock.
What does this mean for us? No one can say for sure yet. Traditional stock markets have opening and closing times, market maker seats, and layers of regulation, while on-chain AMMs operate 24/7 without counterparty selection. If one day you can directly swap ETH for Apple stock or buy a slice of U.S. Treasury bonds with stablecoins using just a wallet, then all those intermediary institutions in the middle will find their roles awkward.
On the other hand, if trillions of dollars of government bonds really move onto AMMs, old problems like liquidity, slippage, and counterparty risk will be magnified many times over. The founder himself said the bigger market is just beginning. Whether this is a disruption or another beautiful fantasy, we might only understand when stocks and government bonds truly go on-chain.
Ultimately, this is still just a vision, not something that will happen tomorrow. But it points to a direction: the boundary between the on-chain world and Wall Street is gradually being erased. The ways we are used to playing might soon have to compete on the same stage with real global capital.
We crypto traders might be standing on the edge of a much bigger change, just not realizing it yet. 美国股市最危险的信号已经出现：基金现金仓位仅剩3.5%，$SNDK成为最拥挤的科技股。嘴上天天喊存储泡沫，手上却天天在买，真是言行不一，令人无语 😅 刚看完美银8月基金经理调查，机构手里的现金已经不多了。这项调查覆盖180位基金经理，管理资产约5.25万亿美元。结果显示：基金平均现金比例仅3.5%，为1998年以来第六低；全球股票配置净超配56%，创2021年11月以来新高。 美银的规则很简单：现金比例低于4%，就会触发“反向卖出信号”。因为当基金仓位几乎打满，市场的问题未必是企业基本面恶化，而是——下一波买盘从哪里来？ 更有意思的是，摩根士丹利刚刚统计了100只主动管理基金对科技股的持仓。结果显示，$NVDA是“低配”最严重的大型科技股，机构持仓比例比其在标普500中的权重低了2.53个百分点。而$SNDK却是“超配”最严重的科技股，主动基金持仓比指数权重高出2.30个百分点，实际配置比例接近指数权重的7倍。$KLAC、$LRCX、$WDC也属于方向相当拥挤的阵营。 这解释了最近市场的走势：SNDK基本面并没有突变，存储价格、长期合约和自由现金流都还算稳，但股价对好消息越来越不敏感BTCFi Four Kings Ultimate Review: Steady, Hardcore, Elastic, Ambush — Who Is the True Leader of the Bull Market?
⚠️ Risk Warning: This article only outlines the track logic and project architecture and does not constitute any investment advice. The crypto market is highly volatile; please conduct independent analysis and participate rationally.
The Bitcoin ecosystem bull market wave continues to advance, with many investors confusing STX, CORE, MERL, and BABY as all BTCFi track targets.
In fact, they are completely different levels, logics, and capital narratives.
These four projects respectively represent the four top BTCFi schools: Native Steady, Full-Chain Infrastructure, Inscription Elasticity, and Underlying Security. Their underlying architecture, asset risks, growth potential, and capital logic differ vastly.
1. Core Positioning of the Four Schools: Thoroughly Distinguish the Hierarchy
STX | Native Steady School: The Orthodox Bitcoin L2 Benchmark
Stacks is the earliest and most orthodox L2 infrastructure in the Bitcoin ecosystem.
It does not alter Bitcoin’s base layer; relying on PoX consensus + a dedicated programming language, it realizes on-chain smart contracts on Bitcoin and builds a complete BTC-denominated DeFi system using sBTC.
Advantages: Orthodox ecosystem, high institutional recognition, most stable price trend.
Drawbacks: Not EVM compatible, slower ecosystem expansion, limited explosive potential.
Positioning: BTCFi defensive leader, pursuing long-term steady compound growth.
CORE | All-Purpose Infrastructure School: Bitcoin’s Only Independent L1 Public Chain
Biggest market misconception: treating CORE as a Bitcoin Layer 2.
CORE is an independent Layer 1 public chain, not L2!
It relies on exclusive Satoshi Plus hybrid consensus, leveraging Bitcoin’s entire network hash power as a security base, fully EVM compatible, truly a "Bitcoin Supergrid."
Coverage: BTC staking, institutional lstBTC liquid staking, SatPay payments, lending, RWA real-world assets; the only BTCFi leader with a complete commercial revenue system.
Entering cash flow profitability era in 2026, with real business, real institutional demand, and real buyback expectations.
Positioning: BTCFi aggressive infrastructure leader, largest growth potential, most hardcore narrative.
MERL | Inscription Elasticity School: Dedicated Channel for Bitcoin Native Assets
Merlin Chain focuses on ZK Layer 2 + inscription ecosystem, precisely solving BRC20, Ordinals asset congestion, and high gas fees.
All ecosystem activity, hype, and capital are tied to Bitcoin inscription cycles.
Advantages: Extremely strong bull market elasticity, highest gains during hype.
Drawbacks: Market highly dependent on sector sentiment, no independent narrative, very cyclical.
Positioning: BTCFi cyclical speculative target, riding waves and hype.
BABY | Underlying Security School: Bitcoin Security Leasing Dark Horse
Unique and completely differentiated track.
Does not do DeFi, trading, or applications; only one thing:
Zero-risk staking of Bitcoin native assets and security leasing for the entire PoS public chain network.
User BTC remains in native addresses throughout, no custody, no cross-chain, no wrapping; BTCFi’s highest security model.
Earns continuous income by "renting out Bitcoin’s top-level security," representing the most fundamental and essential public chain infrastructure narrative.
Positioning: Ultra-long-term ambush-type underlying dark horse, highest odds.
2. Asset Security Hierarchy (The Most Important BTCFi Watershed)
✅ BABY | Ceiling-Level Security
BTC remains in native UTXO addresses throughout, pure cryptographic staking, zero custody, zero wrapping, zero bridge risk, absolutely secure assets.
✅ CORE | Non-Custodial Hardcore Security
BTC locked with Bitcoin mainnet timelocks, principal never leaves BTC chain, no institutional custody risk, only data relay synchronization, extremely low risk.
⚠️ STX | Consortium Multi-Signature Mode
Asset security depends on node consortium; although there is a penalty mechanism, theoretical risk of consortium misconduct exists.
⚠️ MERL | MPC Custody Mode
Assets require custody mapping; native BTC leaves mainnet, exposing institutional counterparty risk.
3. Value Capture Logic: Determines Bull Market Multiples
STX
Pure ecological consumption + BTC-denominated staking yield, value slowly raised through ecosystem expansion, steady but slow.
CORE
Dual staking lockup + 2026 cash flow realization
lstBTC institutional service fees, cross-border payments, on-chain fees, future revenue buybacks
— The only BTCFi leader transitioning from "storytelling" to "real earnings"
MERL
Inscription ecosystem fees + 50% profit buybacks, market fully follows sector bull and bear cycles, high elasticity, weak sustainability.
BABY
Continuous income from network-wide public chain security leasing fees, unique track, long-term value severely underestimated.
4. Ultimate Summary: Four Targets Suit Different Investors
✅ Seeking stability, long-term holding, avoiding volatility: choose STX
Bitcoin native orthodox, heavy institutional holdings, most stable trend.
✅ Riding the bull market main rise, earning growth dividends, focusing on fundamentals: choose CORE
BTCFi’s only L1 infrastructure + only cash flow track, core mainline of this bull market.
✅ Speculating on hype, capturing waves, playing cyclical markets: choose MERL
When inscription hype arrives, elasticity crushes the field.
✅ Low-position ambush, betting on underlying narrative breakout, super high odds: choose BABY
Network’s safest BTC staking model, underlying infrastructure dark horse.
The true profit logic of the bull market:
Not randomly buying BTCFi, but selecting the mainline that fits your style.
#STX #CORE #MERL #BABY #BTCFiif allocation holders sell when releases start September 1, they can push FOLD down from 7.06 times its second auction price. the release schedule averages 21.63m FOLD a month for two years, about 135 times the 160k FOLD in operator bonds across five active keys. buyers priced FOLD at a $189.98m FDV with the deployment still at zero E3 requests, requesters pay fees in $USDS , so more operators or governance users must lock FOLD to create demand tied to the network.BTC holding near $77.2K while ETH remains below $2,500 tells me this is still a selective market, not a broad risk-on move. SOL’s modest relative strength does not change that conclusion.
ETF-flow attention may support BTC at the margin, but rising AI infrastructure costs and the renewed gold-versus-bonds debate argue against chasing beta. I would treat current resilience as consolidation until ETH participation improves.
Not advice, just analysis.If BTC firmly holds between 77K and 79K, and ETH holds 2.4K under its feet, then the next scenario won't be about "whether it rises," but "where the money will go." Have you noticed that in this round of rallying, retail investors feel a bit slower than institutions? My strongest impression over the past couple of days is that market sentiment has quietly shifted from "fear of missing out" to "picking sectors." BTC and ETH are like anchors; the real gains are actually in the corners that haven't been closely watched. First, let me share a few signals I'm tracking: - BTC: Spot trading volume is expanding, and ETF inflows have been positive for several consecutive days. This isn't short-term capital playing, but long-term funds slowly laying out positions. - ETH/BTC exchange rate: If this ratio stabilizes, it indicates that funds are starting to shift a bit away from BTC to the second largest group, which is an early sign of rising risk appetite. - SOL: Both volume and momentum are present, but not yet at FOMO's level. It's in a 'can go up or down' position, with the key to seeing if it can break previous highs with increased volume. - OKB: Relatively strong in terms of strength. Platform coins often move in the later stages of the market. If it strengthens early, it indicates smart money is lurking in the exchange ecosystem. - ZEC: Breakout accompanied by volume increase. The sudden reemergence of these established privacy coins is usually not accidental, but may be a type of capital seeking "low-level + story-driven" targets. My understanding is: the current market trading isn't about "whether BTC can still rise," but about "new money entering the market, who will be chosen as the first stop?" If liquidity continuesZcash: Is privacy still legal? This question hits the nail on the head
$ZEC surged from $500 to $876, driven by Grayscale ETF expectations + technical upgrades + hash rate expansion
But there's a sharp question—how can privacy still be legal?
Zcash's approach is "selective disclosure" where transactions are by default shielded, but can be revealed for audits. Grayscale dares to apply for an ETF because it can hold Zcash with transparent addresses, proving auditability to the SEC. Monero, with its mandatory anonymity, is out of the question for ETFs.
But in the long run, will regulation allow "selective anonymity" to persist? The current U.S. direction is anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing, with the ultimate goal of making all assets traceable. Zcash's design doesn't please either freedom or regulation.
Short-term speculation on expectations is fine, but don't treat it as a long-term belief. It can show you transparency, but its very existence challenges the rule of "transparency."
#ZEC创站内历史新高，隐私资产重估 $CORE Iron Rule One: A coin that has dropped 99.8% can still drop another 99.8%. From 14.48 down to 0.02, don’t bottom-fish just because it "has dropped enough."
Iron Rule Two: CORE is not a shitcoin. Satoshi Plus + EVM compatibility + strategic pivot, it has a solid technical foundation. But a good project ≠ a good price.
Iron Rule Three: The biggest risk is the October unlock. 401 million free tokens are coming, don’t go against the unlock.
Finally, a heartfelt word: friends, CORE fell from 14.48 to 0.02, then bounced back to 0.019 — whether this rebound is a dead cat bounce or a real reversal depends on whether it can hold after the October unlock. The project is good, the technology is solid, but the tokenomics are terrible, whales can dump anytime, and community faith is collapsing. Light positions, set stop-losses, don’t be greedy, wait for October — these twelve words are worth their weight in gold!
Whether the storm will come is unknown, but the October risk will definitely hit. Friends, wait for the risk to hit before making moves!$ENA has surged sharply over the past two days and is currently fluctuating at a high level. Personally, I think now is the time to go in and short the position. If you want to be cautious, you can wait and see if the trend continues. But I tend to be able to short now. This coin is probably about to fall. —————————————————— First, the logic behind this coin's rise is that many people in the market believe a bull market is coming. However, judging by the current situation, the market does not say it has returned to a bull market. Because there is no foundation to return to a bull market now, the Federal Reserve's interest rates remain high, the Bank of Japan keeps raising rates, and the international situation remains volatile. In this situation, it's hard to say a major bull market will emerge. Unless the U.S. truly opens its heart to crypto. Otherwise, it will be difficult for crypto to have a major bull market under the current circumstances. Since this round of crypto rally is not a bull market, the logic behind $ENA's rise is lost. It is going to fall. —————————————————— Let's take another look at its contract data. It can be seen that its contract open interest is gradually rising, while the long-short ratio of contracts rising accordingly is declining. This means that during its rise, a lot of funds are shorting. Currently, these short-selling funds have accumulated to a considerable level. I believe there is a short-selling opportunity now. Let's take a look at some data from a longer period. It can be seen that its contract account long-short ratio has dropped to a new low