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$ETH surged overnight, with the entire crypto market turning bullish, and HYPE becoming one of the brightest performers.
As of writing, HYPE is priced at $73.9, up 26.86% in 24 hours, just under $3 away from a new high around $76.5, ending nearly two months of sideways decline.
Regarding the positive catalysts, aside from factors previously mentioned in articles like "From Hedge Funds to Family Offices: Who Is Quietly Increasing HYPE Exposure Through PURR?" and "On the Eve of HYPE's Explosion: AQAv2 Starts Yield Accrual This Month, HIP-4 Poised to Launch," including Wall Street's entry and Hyperliquid ecosystem growth, the most direct positive news was Trump’s mention last night at a White House meeting that "the US CFTC chairman is pushing for Hyperliquid to enter the US market in a fully compliant and legal manner." Combined with earlier news that "Hyperliquid Policy Center and trade.xyz jointly proposed the US SEC introduce pre-IPO perpetual contracts," the process of Hyperliquid entering the US market compliantly may be faster than the market expects.
A silent battle over "US-compliant on-chain Perp DEX" and "pre-market pricing power for US stocks" has quietly begun, with Hyperliquid as the "industry’s best promoter."
Hyperliquid Becomes a Popular Choice for US-Compliant On-Chain Trading Platforms: Trump’s Endorsement and US CFTC Chairman’s Efforts
For Hyperliquid and HYPE, the foremost positive catalyst is naturally Trump’s direct endorsement.
As the midterm elections approach, Trump has launched a new round of political momentum and publicity, with the crypto industry once again serving as his best example to prove "Make America Great Again." Importantly, he views various regulatory improvements in crypto as key measures to "encourage innovation and compete for dominance in finance, crypto, and technology."
As an on-chain trading platform currently closely watched by traditional finance and crypto markets, Hyperliquid’s industry status and liquidity scale are undoubtedly prime examples. Hyperliquid has not been passively waiting for opportunities but has actively lobbied and pushed for compliant entry into the US market.
Hyperliquid Policy Center and trade.xyz Proactively Lobby US SEC: Opening Regulatory Doors for Pre-Market Contracts
On August 18, Hyperliquid Policy Center and trade.xyz jointly submitted a comment letter to the US SEC proposing to include IPO pre-market perpetual contracts (IPOP) within the IPO modernization reform framework, allowing investors to trade price exposure to a company’s stock via perpetual contracts before the company officially lists, creating an open and continuous market pricing.
The "IPOP" mentioned here does not represent company shares, nor does it grant holders voting rights or other shareholder privileges; it only provides price exposure and will end its pre-IPO function once the company officially lists.
trade.xyz stated it has completed 5 IPOP markets on Hyperliquid, including Cerebras, SpaceX, SK Hynix, and Changxin Memory, with pre-listing prices in some cases close to the stock’s opening price after listing, providing issuers and underwriters with additional public price discovery signals.
Both parties also recommend that the US SEC and CFTC clarify regulatory classifications for stock-like perpetual contracts and establish rules on disclosure, listing qualifications, market manipulation prevention, leverage, and position limits, with the ultimate goal of allowing US investors, including retail, to participate in the IPO pre-market perpetual contract market.
Earlier this year, in March, S&P Dow Jones Indices officially authorized trade.xyz to launch on-chain perpetual contracts based on the S&P 500 index for eligible non-US investors; on May 26, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins initiated the CLL-16 proposal inviting market discussion on IPO, direct listing, and other listing reforms.
On July 14, Hyperliquid Policy Center, trade.xyz, and Sullivan & Cromwell formally met with the SEC’s crypto task force to introduce the Hyperliquid protocol, technology, and HIP-3 market.
In the battle for pre-market pricing power in the US stock market, Hyperliquid’s past performance and mature process system provide ample evidence supporting the lobbying efforts and subsequent reliable price discovery mechanisms for the market.
As previously mentioned by Robinhood’s CEO and Uniswap’s founder, "tokenization is reshaping the global financial industry." Regardless of traditional finance’s stance, transforming traditional financial assets with on-chain trading platforms has become a reality; the difference lies in whether regulators proactively intervene, clarify boundaries, and manage rules. This is a true historical trend.
US CFTC Chairman Becomes a Key Force Driving Hyperliquid’s Compliant Entry into the US: Hyperliquid’s "Invisible Connections in Washington"?
Besides proactive lobbying, another major "ally" for Hyperliquid is Michael Selig, the current CFTC chairman responsible for pushing Hyperliquid’s compliant entry into the US, as mentioned by Trump.
On August 14, Michael Selig announced in advance that the CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee’s first meeting would be held on August 20 in Washington, focusing on crypto asset regulation, AI, and prediction markets, with a live broadcast on the CFTC website.
This morning, at the White House cryptocurrency meeting, he reiterated that tomorrow’s inaugural CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee meeting will share more details on the future regulatory path... SPCX faces a release of 319 million shares above $140 during the rebound, with the core conflict centered on the high-level position absorption capacity and the transmission of risk appetite. Compared to the first round of sell-offs for digestion, this round of unlocking directly tests the market's macro liquidity.
Before the first round of 912 million shares unlocking, the stock price had dropped to $108, clearing profit-taking positions, whereas this unlocking occurs above $140, resetting the critical point of selling pressure from high floating profits. The selling pressure from unlocking directly affects cross-market positions through risk appetite; if large-scale sell-offs trigger a run, funds will quickly return to low-risk assets.
The current driving factors are ranked as follows: marginal liquidity depth on the exchange, institutional expectations for the realization of AI and aerospace fundamentals, and the degree of position clearing in overall high-risk assets. Fundamental data such as Starlink revenue and computing power deployment determine the turnover efficiency of high-level chips.
The bullish scenario requires that selling pressure above $140 is absorbed and digested by buying. The trigger condition is that turnover remains high on the unlocking day and the price does not fall below $130. If Starlink and AI business revenue expectations remain stable, institutional replenishment willingness will drive a rebound in macro risk appetite and provide a positive demonstration for cross-asset liquidity.
The invalidation signal for this bullish scenario is a daily-level volume surge accompanied by a rapid price drop below the $125 support level, indicating insufficient fund absorption willingness.
The bearish scenario is triggered by concentrated selling pressure from unlocking causing a stampede. When market risk appetite is suppressed, the unlocking of 319 million shares induces profit-taking, and a price break below the previous low of $108 will open downward valuation correction space and suppress overall high-beta sector positions, including the crypto market.
The invalidation signal for the bearish scenario is a continuous increase in order depth below during the selling pressure release period, with the price forming a narrow oscillation platform above $135.
In the next 7 days, focus on observing the turnover rate changes on the first trading day of unlocking, as well as the order depth and liquidity absorption of $SPCX at the key $130 defense level.
#银行业支持CLARITY，稳定币奖励成争议 #美联储7月FOMC纪要9比3，官员加息分歧仍在🚨 JUST IN: $BTC
Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $685M in net inflows yesterday. 💰
That’s a strong signal of renewed institutional demand and adds another bullish catalyst behind BTC’s recent momentum.
ETF flows are back in focus—now the key question is whether this demand can remain consistent. 📈
#BTCRallyOrSqueeze
#BTCETHETFFlowsDiverge #BTCRallyOrSqueeze Cracks in the foundation never start from the top floor; they begin with the rusting of the thinnest rebar inside the load-bearing wall. Last night’s Walmart earnings report was like a rain-soaked construction blueprint—the revenue figures looked good, with a "pour volume" of 187.9 billion exceeding expectations, and the "concrete grade" of $0.81 per share also meeting standards. But if you look down at the blueprint for same-store sales in the U.S., the 2.6% growth rate is a full floor lower than the market’s estimated 3.7%. The stock price fell 9%, like the groan of a tower crane swaying in a storm.
They said the nearly $3 billion tariff refund would be used for "price cuts" and "customer experience renovations." In plain terms, it means pulling out the rebar originally meant for building load-bearing walls to weld railings on store windows. The inflation layer is shifting, and consumers’ sensitivity to price tags is rusting and brittle like old pipes in an aging building—Americans are now only buying discounted nails, not whole rolls of wire. Retailers’ profit margins are like non-load-bearing partition walls that have been repeatedly knocked down; they look decent but can be broken through with a single hammer strike.
Looking at the Tokens circulating in this market, they resemble a glass curtain wall tower built on sandy soil. No matter how grand the whitepaper or how detailed the cross-section diagram, if the underlying retail consumption soil experiences uneven settlement, the entire site’s "bearing capacity" must be recalculated. The Purchasing Managers Index is the anemometer, consumer confidence is the settlement observation point, and tariff policy is the suddenly rerouted municipal drainage pipe—you might think it only affects surface runoff, but in reality, it’s quietly eroding the basement raft foundation.
I watch the BTC five-month downtrend candlestick like seeing a leaning building slowly leveled by jacks. But Walmart’s warning is more like the level tool in a structural engineer’s hand: when the world’s largest retail body starts trading discounts for traffic, it means the retaining wall of deflationary pressure is sliding outward. The valuation of any crypto project is just an ancillary building on this entire commercial geological belt. If the load-bearing pillars of the underlying business creak, no matter how bright the neon signs on the roof are, they are merely consuming the structure’s ultimate load-bearing capacity prematurely.
Tower cranes don’t swing for emotions, and levels never lie. #walmartbeatcompmiss$BTC $ETH Rat High-Quality Analysis!
Let's break down the current market situation.
BTC has broken the previous long-term low volatility pattern, accelerating in the short term. The 24-hour market liquidation scale is close to $3 billion. A large part of this round of rally is driven by concentrated short squeeze liquidations, with shorts forced to cover, pushing the price sharply higher.
There are also objective bullish points: continuous net inflows into the US spot ETF, with BTC+ETH combined inflows exceeding $700 million over two days. Institutional buying is returning, the US dollar is weakening, and liquidity expectations are improving, providing underlying support for risk assets.
But here is a key divergence:
We need to distinguish whether the market rally is purely a short squeeze-driven short-term pulse or a new trend recovery driven by ETF buying.
The risk is very real: if subsequent trading volume and stablecoin liquidity do not keep up, the leverage piled up now, combined with profit-taking at high levels, could amplify retracement volatility at any time.
Simply put, the short squeeze rally has strong explosive power but questionable sustainability. Gains pulled up by blowing out shorts can quickly fall back once the shorts finish stop-lossing and no new real money steps in to take over.
On the operational level: don't get carried away by the short-term surge, and don't mistake the short squeeze for a perpetual bull market. Chasing highs carries huge risks. Focus on whether follow-up capital can continue to keep up. Leverage must be restrained; avoid heavy positions at high levels for speculative play.
$ETH📝 Today's share $BTC #BTC加速拉升，资金还能继续接力吗？
Title: "Up 20% in Three Days, I'm Wondering Who's Taking Over the Position"
Just three days. BTC surged from 64100 to 79000, rising over 20%, directly stepping into a technical bull market. Shorts were liquidated for $3.7 billion, marking the worst short squeeze since 2021. 124,000 people were liquidated, with a total amount exceeding $1 billion.
What’s the logic behind the rise? The U.S. Treasury doubled the scale of bond repurchases to $4 billion, causing long-term bond yields to fall, improving liquidity expectations. The SEC introduced a new regulatory framework, the White House held a crypto summit, and Trump publicly pushed the CLARITY Act. Regulatory easing + liquidity expectations + short squeeze, the triple positive factors combined to ignite the rally.
But what really keeps me awake is—the core driving force of this rally is short covering, not new buying. A large number of shorts were forcibly liquidated, creating passive buying that pushed the price up. Whether the subsequent market can hold depends on whether spot buying can catch the momentum. If ETFs continue to flow in, ETH outperforms BTC, and altcoin breadth expands, the market can form a real risk appetite expansion; otherwise, if BTC falls back below 68000-69000, beware that this rally might just be a short liquidation event.
Retail traders’ long-short ratio surged to a greed index of 72, just three days ago it was in panic. Market sentiment is switching too fast.
Risk reminder: After a 20% rise in three days, a pullback is inevitable. The cost-effectiveness of chasing longs at this level is extremely low; wait for a pullback to stabilize before considering adding.#SPCX 319 million shares unlocked this week, can the selling pressure be absorbed?
Another batch of SpaceX shares is being unlocked.
What does this have to do with the crypto world? Before the last unlock, SPCX dropped from 225 to 108, and the market expectation had already priced in the sell-off. On the actual unlock day, there was hardly any selling pressure left. Now with the second batch unlocking, the stock price has already risen back above 140, so the situation is different and the market reaction might also differ. If this round of unlocking can also be smoothly absorbed by the market, it indicates that institutional confidence in the AI + aerospace sector is stronger than expected. This serves as an indirect reference for the AI sector in the crypto market—if the market can digest unlocking sell pressure on the scale of hundreds of millions, it means the liquidity environment is healthy.
Here’s my take. This round of SpaceX unlocking will bring short-term pressure but won’t be disastrous. The previous 912 million shares unlocked didn’t break the market, so 319 million shares this time definitely won’t either. What really matters is whether the AI business can continue to contribute to revenue expectations—Starlink profitability, AI computing power deployment, and stable rocket launches—these fundamentals are the underlying logic supporting valuation.
For BTC, the SpaceX unlock itself has no direct impact, but it is a window to observe market liquidity and risk appetite. If this batch of shares can be smoothly absorbed, it at least shows that money is still flowing and liquidity hasn’t dried up.
What do you think?
$BTC $SPCX $ETH #BTC accelerates its rally, can the funds continue to take over? #Spot ETF funds diverge, BTC selling pressure remains #BTC and ETH violent surge truth: a short squeeze caused by a mass short surrender 💀
BTC breaks above 65000, ETH holds steady at 1930. In the past 24 hours, BTC shorts liquidated $56 million, ETH shorts liquidated $25 million, totaling over $80 million in short positions cleared in a chain reaction.
Two large orders stand out on the chart: a $25 million BTC short liquidated near 65000; and a $3.2 million ETH short stopped out at 1930.
It was the massive short covering that directly pushed prices to the intraday highs.
This surge is not purely due to aggressive long buying, but more so a short squeeze triggered by shorts collectively surrendering under pressure.
Looking at these shorts, those who stopped out in time were relatively lucky; if they had stubbornly held on, this rally would have completely crushed them.
I myself fell into this trap; my overall market judgment was correct, but I couldn’t hold my positions.
Being right on the market but losing the position is a frustration even worse than losing money.
In a bull market, the risk of holding overnight short positions is far scarier than imagined.
The market can go days without a decent pullback, and small floating losses erode traders’ mentality; many are forced to cut positions before dawn, only to watch the market continue to surge.
A key current signal: funding rates have not yet reached an extreme overheated zone, and there are still many short positions in the market. It’s possible the main players will push for another round of short squeeze upwards.
As long as many voices in the market think “it’s risen too much, time for a pullback,” this rally may not end easily.
In trending markets, holding positions is far more important than frequent trading.
Don’t let a single bearish candle shake your big-picture view. Missing out is painful, but the biggest regret is being right on the direction yet exiting too early.
$BTC $ETH💰📈 The real signal behind $BTC’s 25% pump:
→ $2.5B added to futures OI
→ $1.5B came through
→ $246M+ net futures buying
→ Strongest taker buying since 2024
This wasn’t just a short squeeze.
Spot + leverage + forced liquidations all hit at once.$ETH ETH's current price of approximately $2,388 is the result of multiple forces resonating:
Dimension Core Drivers Sustainability Assessment
Fundamentals Deflationary narrative + 33.7% staking lock-up Medium to long-term bullish
Project Glamsterdam upgrade (Q4 mainnet) Strong catalyst but not yet implemented
Circulation $1.3 billion short squeeze + continuous ETF inflows Fully priced in short term
Macro Treasury buyback expansion + regulatory tailwinds Depends on execution after September 9
Short-term risks: RSI at 85.62 overbought, OI declining, MACD momentum exhausted, all indicating a risk of sharp correction. The first key support is in the $2,250-$2,300 range (recent buying concentration area); breaking below may retest $2,000; the first resistance above is in the $2,460-$2,480 range.
Arthur Hayes' view is worth noting: he believes once ETH breaks through the $3,000 mark, a reflexive effect will drive the price rapidly past $5,000. But before that, the overbought digestion near $2,400 will be the first test. 1. Market Performance: Both Fiercely Surging Bitcoin ($BTC) broke above $77,000 on August 22, reaching as high as $77,840, with a 24-hour increase of 7.8%. This week, Bitcoin's cumulative gain approached 25%, marking its best weekly performance since February 2024. Bitcoin previously broke through $79,000, just one step away from the $80,000 mark. Ethereum ($ETH) surged simultaneously, breaking through the key $2,000 resistance level and continuing to rise, reaching $2,388.57 on August 22, up 8.4% in 24 hours. ETH has risen more than 26% over the past 7 days, rebounding to levels seen in early May this year. The ETH/BTC exchange rate has also continued to strengthen, rebounding to around 0.031. 2. Core Drivers of the Surge: Triple Positive Factors Resonate 1. Treasury Department's "non-quantitative easing" releases liquidity. On August 19, the U.S. Treasury announced it would at least double the scale of long-term Treasury liquidity-backed repo operations, raising the maximum limit per operation from $2 billion to no less than $4 billion, covering two maturity ranges: 10-20 and 20-30 maturities. It took effect on September 9 and lasted until November 4. Previously, the yield on the U.S. 30-year Treasury note hit 5.337% intraday on August 18, the highest since April 2007. After the buyback announcement, the 30-year yield plunged about 15 basis points to 5.192%. The Treasury Department emphasized that this is "non-quantitative easing," with funds coming from the Treasury's general account rather than money creation, yet the market still interprets this as liquidity broadeningThe crypto market recently experienced an extremely rapid sentiment reversal: 🔸 BTC: approximately $64.1K → $77.9K with a short-term gain of over 21%, with buying once again dominating. 💥 After short liquidations exceeded $3.7B and repeatedly broke through key resistance, a large number of leveraged short positions were forced to exit, further amplifying the upward momentum. 💰 The total market capitalization of the crypto market increased by about $390B, BTC rebounded, and ETH and some high-beta altcoins quickly recovered. 📊 BTC has climbed back above the daily 200-day moving average. Long-term trend indicators have strengthened again, and the market is beginning to reconsider trend reversals, rather than just technical rebounds. 🟢 Altcoin's total market capitalization rebounded from key support areas. Funds began to spread from BTC to ETH and some altcoin assets, with risk appetite clearly rebounding. More importantly, market sentiment shifted from "end-stage bear market despair" to FOMO and extreme optimism in just a few days. Meanwhile, the return of spot funds, improved ETF demand, and a rapid reduction in short positions are all strengthening the momentum of this rebound. But this is precisely where calm must be maintained. The faster the price rises, the higher the short-term profit-taking and leverage risk. What the market really needs to prove now is not whether BTC can continue to rise, but whether the price after the breakout can hold steadily and turn previous resistance into new support. 🔥 Momentum has returned, but a real trend reversal needs to be confirmed by "holding firm" rather than "surging." $BTC1. Current Status of Whale Group Behavior Differentiation There is currently no collective bullish or bearish sentiment among whales in the market. According to holding strategies, whales are divided into four categories: long-term coin hoarding whales, short-term trading whales, altcoin theme hunters, and institutional market-making whales. On-chain monitoring data: There are approximately 1,280 whale addresses with assets exceeding $10 million in the market. Among them, only 31% are pure spot long-term hoarding addresses, 47% participate in both spot and contract bidirectional trading, and the remaining 22% are market-making and arbitrage bot addresses. Large transfers are often misinterpreted by the market as buy or sell signals. Long-term whales mainly accumulate in batches at key support zones and rarely participate in high-leverage contracts; short-term whales use market fluctuations for quick in-and-out trades; altcoin hunters focus on sector rotation and MEME pulses; institutional market-making whales only earn liquidity spreads and do not bet on one-sided large market moves. 2. On-Chain Signals of Mainstream Coin (BTC, ETH) Whales (Real-Time On-Chain Statistics) 1. BTC Excluding ETF and mining pool addresses, private whale holdings total 3.06 million BTC, with a 30-day holding growth rate of +2.13%, indicating slow accumulation at low levels without violent scooping behavior. Exchange BTC reserves remain at 1.332 million BTC, with a net outflow of 8,200 BTC in the past 7 days. This week, 19 dormant addresses that had been inactive for 1-7 years made transfers, of which only 4 directly transferred to exchanges. Most were wallet reorganizations or asset migrations, which do not equate to selling. When the price approaches support levels, whale buy orders account for 18% of the market spot transaction volume; when rebounding to resistance zones, whale spot selling accounts forEthereum Pullback: Not the End, But a Recharge
Since August, Ethereum (ETH) has experienced a nerve-wracking pullback. The price rebounded from around $1500 to $1935, rising nearly 30% in 30 days. On August 18, ETH briefly touched about $1913 before retreating to around $1886. On the morning of August 19, it was quoted at about $1895.
The panic in the market is understandable—Ethereum is down 57.3% compared to a year ago, and the all-time high of $4953 remains out of reach. The network is flooded with FUD voices like "VC chains are failing" and "Solana will surpass Ethereum." Every drop tests holders' confidence.
But behind the pullback lies a confluence of multiple factors, not a fundamental collapse.
On the macro level, escalating geopolitical tensions combined with the Federal Reserve's hawkish stance have jointly suppressed risk asset performance. Trump's "harshest economic war in history" against Iran, Brent crude oil breaking above $91 to a three-week high, and soaring oil prices pushing inflation expectations have actually strengthened the case for rate hikes. Tightening credit conditions interacting with the typical seasonal liquidity vacuum in August trading windows—August is traditionally one of the quietest months in trading volume, with market participants on vacation causing liquidity to dry up—have amplified price sensitivity to marginal capital outflows.
On-chain, the total DeFi TVL across all chains decreased by $43.4 billion (38%) in the first half of 2026, and Ethereum spot ETF holdings dropped from 6 million to 5.2 million coins. These structural challenges do exist but mostly reflect a cyclical deleveraging process rather than a fundamental loss of Ethereum network value.
What truly deserves attention are the signals selectively ignored by the market during this pullback.
First, the technicals are quietly warming up. ETH price has risen above the 50-day moving average ($1856). Although the 200-day moving average ($2000) still acts as resistance above, the daily chart has entered a wide oscillation range between $1850 and $2000 after rebounding from $1500. In recent weeks, it has gradually risen within the $1870-$1935 range, forming a short-term ascending channel. After the MACD golden cross, momentum has slightly weakened, but the RSI at 57 remains neutral to bullish.
Second, institutional funds are quietly flowing back. On August 18, Ethereum spot ETFs saw a net inflow of $71.47 million, with BlackRock alone contributing 90%. Consecutive weeks of net inflows—the direction has changed. The media only focuses on "ETH underperforming BTC" but selectively ignores the fact that institutions are quietly accumulating in the $1900-$2000 range.
Furthermore, the on-chain token distribution is improving. The amount of Ethereum held by exchanges continues to hit multi-year lows, indicating that current volatility is largely driven by derivatives positions and short-term liquidity repricing rather than systemic spot selling.
Most notably is the ETH/BTC trend. ETH/BTC traded near 0.0298 BTC on August 19, holding above the 20-week moving average (around 0.0291 BTC). Analysts point out that the ETH/BTC weekly chart is forming a BARR bottom pattern—a classic long-term bullish reversal structure. If confirmed, Ethereum could have about 40% upside relative to Bitcoin.
Pullbacks are never the end but a process of recharging.
Every Ethereum upgrade delay—Shanghai upgrade, Deneb upgrade, Pectra upgrade—has triggered market panic, but which one didn’t later surge to make people regret selling? The Glamsterdam upgrade was postponed from H1 to Q4, and developers warned it would break the 21000 gas hard-coded assumption—the community exploded again: "Another delay! ETH is doomed!" But history repeatedly proves that every upgrade delay is a buy-the-dip opportunity.
Currently, ETH is near $1935, just $15 shy of the critical $1950 level—holding above it confirms a bullish trend. The core support below lies between $1870-$1890 (Fibonacci 38.2% level plus dense 4-hour moving average support). Only a valid break below this would disrupt the daily rebound structure.
On one side, there are continuous ETF net inflows, BlackRock accounting for 90%, Tom Lee’s Bitmine holding close to 4.8% of total supply with 87% staked and locked; on the other, YTD down 35%, over 50% down in a year, Glamsterdam delayed to Q4. The bulls and bears are battling.
But true trending moves never start when everyone is already optimistic.
ETH now resembles Bitcoin at the end of 2023—99% thought "the king of altcoins is finished," but after ETF approval, it exploded. On the day $1950 breaks, you’ll realize: it’s not that ETH is failing, it’s that you’ve been cutting losses at the lowest points every time.
Pullbacks are the market’s gift, reserved only for those who understand. $ETH $OKB $BTC 📊$BTC: History Says Don’t Get Too Comfortable
Three cycles show a similar pattern:
2018: June bottom → +49% into July
2022: June bottom → +43% into July/August
2026: June bottom → +34% so far
If the pattern repeats, $BTC could still reach around $83K at a 40% summer gain
But there’s another side to the comparison: previous rallies were followed by final lows later in the year.
History isn’t a guarantee—it’s a reminder
Enjoy the rally, manage risk, and don’t confuse momentum with certaintyNote a narrative line that is easily overlooked: Trump has set his sights on Greenland's rare earths, with related mining projects rushing to start production by 2029. On the surface, it's about mining, but underneath it's a great power competition for key minerals—rare earths, AI chips, energy—all essentially the same game of resources and industrial chains. The characteristic of this type of theme is "big story, slow payoff," suitable as narrative reserves but not for chasing hot trends with all-in bets. Protect your ammunition; don't pay today's premium for a story three years from now. This wave of $BTC surged straight from 64,000 to 77,000, which is not a technical rebound at all, but a short squeeze triggered by macro liquidity flooding. Look at the recent macro data: the U.S. Treasury announced doubling the scale of long-term bond repurchases, directly pushing down U.S. Treasury yields; meanwhile, spot Bitcoin ETFs have seen continuous net inflows for several days, attracting nearly 1 billion USD just this week. This means institutional funds are aggressively entering the market through ETFs to scoop up assets. Driven by massive buying, BTC easily broke through the psychological barriers of 72,000 and 75,000. On the trading floor, over 170,000 investors were liquidated in the past 24 hours, with shorts suffering heavy losses. This is a typical "a rising tide lifts all boats" scenario; in the face of macro trends, any resistance level is essentially meaningless. Going with the flow is the way to survive. $ETH $SOL #BTC加速拉升，资金还能继续接力吗？ Dalio suggests allocating 10–15% of funds to gold to hedge against the US debt crisis, with spot gold hitting a new high of 4630 overnight. This narrative is worth repeating: when a veteran managing hundreds of billions is shouting "stay away from bonds, embrace hard assets," it indicates that market trust in fiat currency is gradually loosening. $BTC is moving in the same direction as gold in this wave, essentially the same "devaluation trade." Which is the better hedge? Gold is stable, BTC is more elastic, each has its own way of thriving. Let's wait and see. I completely agree. After a prolonged downturn, the real challenge is often not to understand the market, but to switch your trading mindset in time. This year, the crypto market has undergone a clear reshuffle, but looking at the longer timeframe, market positions do not seem to have entered an extremely crowded phase: 📊 BTC open interest remains significantly below the yearly high 📉, perpetual contract funding rates remain generally mild 📈, options skew has just shifted to the bullish side 💰, forward premiums are still not aggressive, and the market has not fully chased gains. Meanwhile, BTC has rapidly rebounded from previous lows to above $70,000, with short-term new positions accelerating significantly. This means that volatility going forward is very likely not to be low. But this does not mean the market has already "overheated." More noteworthy is that recently, net inflows have resurfaced from US spot BTC ETFs, with institutional funds and risk appetite rebounding; As BTC breaks through key resistance levels, market sentiment is gradually shifting from caution to a neutral to bullish bias. This is more like a repricing phase after a new trend starts, rather than everyone already fully invested in buying long positions. Of course, after a rapid rise, a pullback can happen at any time, especially when leveraged positions grow too quickly, and short-term volatility may be significantly amplified. So instead of rushing to judge that "the price has risen too much," it's better to continue observing: whether spot funds continue to flow in, whether ETF inflows can continue, whether OI growth is healthy, and whether buying interest still exists during price pullbacks. If these conditions continue to improve, then the current position structureWLFI Market Observation: Sideways Movement Is Not "Reluctant Selling" but Waiting for Liquidity
Interpreting the sideways movement around 0.06 as "main force bottom support" or "selling pressure exhaustion" actually ignores a crucial variable: chip supply.
First, what really matters is not how many sell orders are currently on the order book today, but how many chips will have the ability to enter circulation in the future.
The biggest issue with WLFI has never been whether someone is supporting at 0.0595 or pressing at 0.0598, but that there is still a huge potential supply within the entire token structure. Even if a large number of tokens are officially unlocked one or two years later, it does not mean there is no supply pressure today. The unlock date determines when new circulation is added, but the chips that have already been unlocked and entered the treasury or related entities’ control determine the market’s current potential selling capacity.
Second, do not misinterpret "no dumping now" as "no tokens available to dump."
These are two completely different concepts.
If the relevant treasury, institutions, or whales already hold a large amount of WLFI that can be circulated, then the real question becomes:
Why must they dump everything at 0.06 all at once?
For a massive amount of chips, the worst exit strategy is to directly break through the order book. The lower the price, the worse the market depth, and the less capital can actually be realized.
What is a more efficient method?
Maintain the price → wait for volume → attract new liquidity → turnover → release chips in batches.
Therefore, "the price hasn’t dropped" itself cannot prove that selling pressure has disappeared; sometimes it only proves that the current buy orders can temporarily absorb the chips being released.
Third, the logic of "high volume without price increase means selling pressure exhaustion" can be completely reversed.
Huge volume with almost no price movement means a large number of chips are exchanging hands within this price range.
As for whether this is accumulation or distribution, volume and a few order book levels alone cannot prove it.
Orders on the book can be canceled, re-posted, or used to create depth; what really cannot be ignored are the completed transactions and chip structure.
So I actually think what deserves the most attention around 0.06 is not the so-called "weaving machine," but:
With such large volume, who exactly is continuously providing these chips?
Fourth, dropping from 0.35 to 0.06, a decline of over 80%, does not automatically lead to the conclusion of "the price can’t fall further."
Price decline is not valuation.
An asset falling from 0.35 to 0.06 does not mean 0.06 is cheap; if future circulation continues to expand, it is entirely possible that:
The coin price continues to fall, but the project’s fully diluted valuation remains high.
This is why studying such tokens cannot focus solely on the K-line but must also consider:
Circulating Supply, Unlocked Supply, Treasury Holdings, Unlock Schedule, FDV, and real market depth.
Finally, about the so-called "one-year anniversary window."
Anniversaries are not cash flow, anniversaries are not fundamentals, and time points themselves do not magically eliminate supply.
If the market is willing to buy at 0.06, then chips can certainly keep turning over around 0.06; if new funds are strong enough, it can even rise in stages.
But this is different from "no selling pressure."
The real danger is never that someone dumps hundreds of millions of WLFI in one go today.
The real danger is:
The market thinks it is waiting for the main force to pump the price, while those holding massive low-cost chips may just be waiting for the market to provide sufficient liquidity.
The order book can only tell you who is placing orders at this second.
The chip structure tells you who will qualify as sellers in the future.
So my logic is simple:
0.06 can hold, can rebound, and may even see a sharp rally due to sentiment.
But before the huge potential supply, unlocked chips, and future unlocking pressure are truly digested by the market, any rise cannot be defined as a trend reversal just because "someone is supporting on the order book."
The higher the price rises, the better the liquidity, and the greater the space for potential sellers to realize their chips.
What you see are support orders.
I see liquidity.
You study who will push the price up.
I care more about who has the most tokens to sell to you after the price goes up.The fear and greed index has swung back to greed, and the comment section is once again neatly filled with "bull return" posts. To be blunt: in a market that gains 24 points in a week but volume doesn't pick up, the ones excited are mostly those who just jumped in recently. The fuel for the short squeeze is the shorts' stop-loss orders, not the trend. Once these squeezed shorts cover and the bulls who took over start trampling each other, you'll see who's swimming naked. Don't make your heaviest decisions when emotions are at their peak. Shift your focus from tonight's spike back to the calendar: Jackson Hole is from next Wednesday to Friday (8/27–29), with Wash's debut on 8/28. This kind of pulse-like surge is essentially the agitation before a major event, with both bulls and bears betting on the central bank's words. From the volatility structure, the options side hasn't joined the spot market's celebration, indicating the market hasn't priced this rally as a trend yet. Before the event unfolds, don't stake your position on a direction that hasn't been validated. The data won't play along with you.Spot gold hit a new high of $4630 overnight, rising more than 2% intraday. Dalio came out again saying "reduce bonds, allocate 10–15% to gold" to hedge against the US debt crisis. Looking at it together with $BTC: gold, silver, and Bitcoin are resonating as part of the same "devaluation trade"—long-term interest rates remain high, fiscal expansion continues, and capital is seeking non-sovereign assets as a safe haven. Logically, BTC benefits, but don't forget its beta is much higher than gold's, so it rises sharply but also falls quickly. Watch your position size.Three US states plan to put welfare on the blockchain, but the announcement doesn't specify which three states
On August 21, Digital Asset announced: The RISE project plans to pilot in three US states in Q1 2027, using Canton to consolidate food, childcare, cash, and other welfare benefits, distributed monthly or bi-monthly.
However, the states and specific programs were not mentioned, and it was clearly stated that "federal approval is required." I treat this as a proposal, not an implementation.
Unless the states and programs are disclosed and it is clarified how manual corrections will be made for erroneous rejections, "programmable welfare" is just automating errors.
Are you more afraid of fraudulent claims slipping through, or eligible families being blocked by the program? You can only choose one; explain why.
Crypto assets are high risk; this article does not constitute investment advice and is purely personal opinion.
#OKX星球 #CantonEveryone is focused on K-line looking for bad news, but the bad news was hidden in Cargo.lock.
The Rust core library arrayref 0.3.10 suffered a supply chain attack — a malicious version impersonated the proc-macro1 dependency, secretly downloading and executing a backdoor during compilation, potentially stealing developer login information and local machine keys. crates.io has removed the related versions, but the key point is: development machines and CI environments that refreshed dependencies or ran builds during the exposure window should be treated as compromised. Focus on checking Cargo.lock, rotating keys, and investigating abnormal connections.
This is somewhat negative for the crypto industry. The incident does not directly correspond to any specific token, but Rust is the core development stack for Solana, parts of Ethereum infrastructure, and many on-chain tools. Supply chain contamination amplifies risks to wallets, nodes, transactions, and development keys. Short-term price impact may not be immediate; what really needs attention is whether project keys have leaked, build environments are contaminated, or counterfeit packages spread subsequently.
Source: PANews
#Crypto100WBreaking down this wave of $BTC's 24% weekly increase by volume makes it much clearer. The price hit a new high in this cycle, touching nearly 80,000 intraday, but the volume ratio has remained at an extremely low level — this is not a healthy volume surge trend, but a typical short squeeze pulse: buy orders from forced liquidations of shorts are pushing the price up, while genuine incremental capital has not entered significantly. Historically, this "price rises without volume" pattern rarely sustains for long. Focus on the structure, not the sentiment. The fear and greed index has surged from neutral last week to 71, returning to the Greed zone, but I want you to look at the derivatives side: funding rates across exchanges have maxed out at positive values. In plain language—right now, the bulls are paying the bears; emotional greed and structural overcrowding are the same thing. At times like this, the higher the price climbs, the more it relies on fuel squeezed out from the shorts rather than new buying pushing it up. $BTC has surpassed 77,000; don’t just focus on the color of the candlesticks, first ask: who is paying? The data won’t play along with you.$SPCX quickly faced pressure after reaching a high of $139.87, falling back to around $136, showing weakness amid rising U.S. Treasury yields.
The U.S. stock market declined under interest rate pressure, and the bullish momentum in the aerospace sector began to weaken, with prices retreating to the $130-$139 consolidation range.
Macro funds diverted to the storage sector represented by SK Hynix, intensifying the deleveraging process of previously high-position chips.
The valuation contraction caused by U.S. Treasury yields combined with the chip sector's capital inflow effect led to a concentrated release of profits at the aerospace sector's high levels.
If bulls can complete chip turnover at the lower edge of the $130 range, prices are expected to retest the upper resistance at $139; breaking below this level would delay the rebound logic.
If forced liquidations trigger a chain of sell-offs breaking the $130 defense line, the retracement space will further open, and the bullish defense structure will be declared invalid.
Weekend liquidity thinning amplified slippage volatility, and concentrated short covering could also bring about a rapid technical spike at any time.
In the next 24 hours, focus on whether the support volume at the $130 integer level is sufficient to absorb this round of deleveraging sell pressure.
#海力士回购落地，三星股东回报待确认 #黄金重回4500美元，机构分歧加剧 #SPCX本周解禁3.19亿股，抛压能否被承接？On the evening of August 19, $BTC surged straight from $64,000, with over $1 billion in short positions liquidated within an hour. In the following 5 trading days, it rose more than 20%, approaching $80,000. The essence of this rally is not new buying, but the crowded shorts accumulated over six months of consolidation being chain-reactively triggered after the price broke through a key liquidation zone—17.7 million people worldwide were liquidated in the past 24 hours, with $1.196 billion in short liquidations, and BTC shorts losing nearly $2.7 billion, marking the largest forced liquidation wave since 2021.
The logic behind going long at 69,940 is betting that the "crowded shorts + macro tailwinds" deadly combo will inevitably cause a stampede. When the price breaks through the dense short liquidation zone at $68,000, passive buying forms positive feedback, and the profit and loss of 100x leverage is extremely amplified, with unrealized gains soaring to 1086%. $ETH
Currently, BTC is oscillating near a high of $77,500, with $80,000 as a strong resistance at the round number level. Weekend liquidity is thin, and overbought conditions are extremely severe. Under 100x leverage, any spike could instantly wipe out unrealized gains. Strongly recommend taking profits in batches and securing gains. $SOL #BTC加速拉升，资金还能继续接力吗？ Once Saturday arrives, the market closes, and the incremental capital channel through ETFs is temporarily paused.
$BTC surged to around 79,600 before pulling back to 77,500 to consolidate, while $ETH touched 2,450 and then held above 2,400.
After two consecutive days of sharp rallies, it's normal for the major coins to take a breather now. I feel that over the weekend, they are more likely to first consolidate at higher levels rather than continue to blindly push higher.
However, there's an old saying in crypto: when the majors sleep, altcoins rule.
As long as BTC and ETH don't suddenly dive, the funds that missed the main upward wave in the past few days might look for elasticity in smaller coins.
Major coins sideways and altcoin rotation is often where the real weekend action happens.
The happiest thing is that my $LAB Martingale strategy has finally climbed out of a deep hole.
The profit curve once nearly dropped to -100%, but after a bumpy ride through 4 cycles, it finally returned to +3.75%. When I saw it turn positive, I really couldn't help but laugh 😄
In the next couple of days, I plan to pick a few more altcoins to test small-scale strategies, but I won't get carried away just because this one strategy broke even.
Liquidity is thin over the weekend; altcoins can rocket up and crash down without reason.
My approach is simple: majors stabilize the market, altcoins provide the entertainment, small positions for trial and error, and run once profits are made.
It's hard enough to break even once; I can't afford to send myself back into the hole again.
#BTC加速拉升，资金还能继续接力吗？ Commentary on the four major US stock market players on Thursday, with key data attached 📊. Under pressure from US Treasury yields, most US stocks opened lower yesterday and continued to slide. $SPCX is feeling the heat from margin-call-driven selling, with the stock price dropping another notch. Today it is trading in the 130-139 range, and the market is waiting for this wave of forced liquidation to run its course. Turning to the memory chip giants — $MU, $SNDK, and SK Hynix — the landscape i$BTC whale completed a high-intensity short turnover within one hour.
The wallet with a leaderboard score of 77 opened about 9.66m USD in BTC short positions after 15:03 UTC, then covered about 8.87m USD, with the official snapshot showing it still holds about 770k USD in short positions; simultaneously, it also retains about 380k USD in $HYPE short positions.
This round of covering has realized about 15.8k USD in BTC profits and 4.1k USD in HYPE profits. Its net realized BTC gains over the past 30 days are about 131.6k USD, but HYPE attribution is only about 220 USD.
This looks more like short-term risk aversion rather than a consistent medium-to-long-term bearish stance. Revenue up 23.8% but profit growth slows: Pop Mart bids farewell to the single-hit era, how far can multi-IP relay go?
The just-released half-year report places the trendy toy giant Pop Mart at a very delicate crossroads.
Data shows the company’s total revenue for the first half of the year increased by 23.8% year-on-year, but while revenue maintained double-digit growth, net profit growth showed clear signs of slowing. The once viral top-tier LABUBU’s growth is starting to slow, while the newly launched "Star People" has emerged as one of the few incremental highlights in the financial report.
At the same time, enthusiasm in some overseas markets has cooled, and the lengthening of inventory turnover days reminds the market that Pop Mart is undergoing a profound shift from "relying on a single blockbuster to a multi-IP coordinated relay."
In the trendy toy and pan-entertainment IP industry, no single character can defy the objective emotional cycle.
Whether it was the early Molly and Dimoo or the later LABUBU, after explosive breakout popularity and a high base accumulation, consumer freshness and aesthetic fatigue inevitably arrive on schedule. If a trendy toy company always bets its future performance on one or two leading IPs, its valuation in the secondary market will inevitably suffer significant cyclical discounts.
From this perspective, the rapid rise of new IPs like Star People validates Pop Mart’s ability to "industrialize incubation and amplification" of creative design.
It proves that the birth of past blockbusters was not purely luck but a replicable system covering artist contracts, blind box and blind draw gameplay design, and omni-channel distribution.
However, for this multi-IP strategy to truly support a market cap ceiling in the tens of billions, the upcoming operations must face three extremely demanding challenges.
The first challenge is deepening the value and extending the lifecycle of both new and old IPs.
Simply iterating blind box figurines easily hits the upper limit of user repurchase. How to further embed mature IPs into higher-margin and more emotionally rich scenarios such as urban parks, gaming and film, and lifestyle is key to testing the true moat of the IP.
The second challenge is refined operation of overseas business and the single-store model.
When the overseas rapid store-opening dividend period ends, how to achieve localized resonance in different cultural circles and maintain healthy single-store profitability amid high overseas rent and logistics costs determines whether the overseas market can become a true second growth curve.
The third challenge is inventory control in the supply chain under multi-SKU expansion.
The more IPs there are, the difficulty of production scheduling and inventory management increases exponentially. Once a new IP forecast error causes inventory backlog, asset impairment will directly erode hard-won profits.
Facing the new development stage of multi-IP relay, do you think the most valuable moat for trendy toy companies in the future is continuously innovating to create viral new IPs, or focusing deeply on existing leading IPs to make them century-old classics?
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The above content represents personal views only and does not constitute any investment advice. DYOR, NFA.
#财报观察员：泡泡玛特增长换挡，多IP能否接力？ From the two screenshots, these are already strongly extended gainers, so the key question is not simply “which is green?” but which has momentum + sufficient volume + room for continuation. 🔥 My ranking RankTokenGainTurnoverView🥇$ZEC/USDT+18.88%$52.23M⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🥈$ZRO/USDT+15.70%$4.16M⭐⭐⭐⭐🥉$TIA/USDT+13.34%$2.95M⭐⭐⭐⭐$4STX/USDT+17.57%$2.62M⭐⭐⭐⭐$5WIF/USDT+15.40%$3.14M⭐⭐⭐⭐$6BERA/USDT+17.61%$1.08M⭐⭐⭐7SPK/USDT+14.70%$1.25M⭐⭐⭐8IMX/USDT+14.82%$269K⭐⭐ 🥇] $ZEC is the standout ZEC +18.88% with $52.23M tur🚨 180,000 people liquidated, 3.2 billion vanished into thin air! BTC breaks through $79,500, but the real storm is just brewing.
Mining company Canaan surges 25%, Strive jumps 16%, Coinbase follows with a 10% rise — this wave is not a retail frenzy, it's institutions scrambling to accumulate. Three major nuclear-level drivers:
💣 US Treasury repo "stealth maneuver" — The Treasury doubles long-term bond repurchases to 4 billion, the Treasury Secretary hints "this is just the beginning," long bond yields fall, BTC opportunity cost plummets, flooding the market.
💣 Trump calls the "national team" — Trump personally admits the US government is discussing "large-scale" coin purchases, sovereign buying expectations cause institutions to rush overnight.
💣 Shorts get "executed" — massive short positions piled near $60,000 get liquidated in a chain reaction, liquidations turn into buy orders, creating a short squeeze spiral, a textbook-level stampede.
📊 Next, watch two signals closely:
$72,000 is the lifeline; holding it means shorts continue to be crushed, with aggressive players even shouting an $180,000 target (logic: monthly repurchases may expand to 10-30 billion).
⚠️ But risks loom: if the "Clarity Act" sees no progress before September 15, dashed policy expectations could trigger a sharp pullback.
💎 The liquidity floodgates have just begun to open, but chasing highs is always riskier than missing out.
Think carefully: are you profiting from the "short squeeze" quick money, or the "liquidity" long-term trend? Then act. $BTC $ETH $SOL
#BTC加速拉升，资金还能继续接力吗？ Is the current macro environment good or not? The market has given the answer.
High interest rates + high inflation expectations + high oil prices + weakening consumption + initial signs of stagflation expectations + bond market risks. Facing this macro environment, I don't really believe #Bitcoin can truly start a new trend against the adverse macro conditions and the US stock market's countertrend.
The unique positives for crypto, after continuous fermentation from last night to today, how much momentum is left? This is the most important issue #BTC should focus on right now. Losing industry tailwinds, how long can BTC's price rise still be sustained? This is the reality we have to face.
Of course, besides the macro environment and industry tailwinds, more attention should be paid to the data factors driving the price, namely ETF and crypto capital net inflows. On the 19th, ETF net inflows hit the highest in 3 months. Looking ahead to next week, we need to watch whether ETFs can maintain stable net inflows or gradually decline until returning to net outflows. The logic for mainstream crypto funds USDT/USDC is the same. $BTC
As for the market, the most optimistic scenario currently is to test around 74,200 this week. The upcoming macro uncertainties remain quite high. Next week also has Nvidia earnings + core PCE, so obviously the current "policy-driven market" in crypto may not hold up!Same setup, three cycles:
2018 → June bottom, then +49% into July
2022 → June bottom, then +43% into July/August
2026 → June bottom, then +34% so far
So this pump is pretty good compared to the last two
BTC still can go to $83k to match 40% return in summer
But look what came after those pumps every single time
Final low in Q4...
DCA, that's the best strategy, don't get too excited$BTC
#PopMartEarningsWatch #BTC accelerating its rally, can the funds continue to take over?
BTC $BTC surged 25% in five days, with $3.264 billion in short positions liquidated, but the essence is a short squeeze rather than new funds driving the move—open interest in perpetual contracts has not rebounded, shorts were forced out rather than longs actively attacking.
ETF funds have seen net inflows exceeding $1.6 billion for four consecutive days, but holders' average cost ranges between $73,000 and $82,000, still overall at a loss, facing selling pressure near the cost line to break even. On-chain data shows whales accumulating heavily at low levels, while retail investors are accelerating their exit, indicating severe divergence.
The macro environment provides support—Treasury buybacks suppress long-term yields, and policy remains accommodative, but both CryptoQuant and Glassnode indicate that quantitative indicators have yet to confirm a bull market; the current rebound should be viewed as a "local rebound."
The 200-day moving average at $69,000 is the critical line between bulls and bears, and the Jackson Hole central bank symposium from August 27 to 29 will be the next key event. Conclusion: the short squeeze ignition is complete; whether it can continue depends on whether the spot market can put up real money to take over. This round of the U.S. stock earnings season is coming to an end. It's quite exciting: a sharp drop in July, stabilization and rebound in August. If you look at Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, and then Nvidia next week together, I think the market has been constantly asking how much longer this AI capital expenditure race can run. Over the past two years, models have grown larger and computing power has become increasingly scarce. Microsoft, Meta, $GOOG, and $AMZN have been continuously expanding data centers, and $NVDA Nvidia sells GPUs. So the simplest trading logic for the entire industry chain is cloud providers spend money → Nvidia makes money. But starting this year, the market is clearly not so easy to fool anymore. Microsoft's revenue this quarter was $90 billion, with Azure and other cloud services revenue growing 43% year-over-year. More importantly, the company expects calendar year 2026 capital expenditures to reach about $190 billion, and management still states that computing power supply will remain tight at least through 2026. This is a very strong demand signal. Meta has not hit the brakes either: Q2 capital expenditures reached $31.08 billion, with full-year capital expenditure expectations narrowed to $130–145 billion. Amazon is even more direct: AWS Q2 revenue grew 37% year-over-year, marking the fastest growth in 18 quarters; Amazon also disclosed that AWS's AI business and chip business annualized revenue scale has already exceeded $25 billion. So at least from the current perspective, A Still seeing people ask if the bear market's done. Wrong question.
Count the days chopping sideways, sure, technically not "over." But if price stops printing fresh lows, it already is.
Final legs down are always the smallest — that's just how exhaustion works. $ETH 's last flush barely dented it. $BTC followed the same script.
The floor moved. Early-year lows near $58K got replaced by a higher low months later.
That's not noise. That's sellers running out of ammo.
#BTCRallyOrSqueeze The surge was too sudden and too fierce. On Sunday, I was still anxious about life, never expecting such a big change three days later.
During the bottom of this bear market, it was so hard to endure. Every day I wondered what to do if it kept falling, how I would survive the final drop when it came.
When your mind is full of risks, it’s really not about the risks anymore.
At that time, I even thought about adding more leverage to encourage myself to be brave.
But in the end, I didn’t add any.
It seems that buying at the bottom itself is not realistically feasible.
Buying at a slightly higher price is actually the optimal solution, and at that time, I still had the courage.
Buffett has never historically bought at the lowest point. If he insisted on buying at the bottom, he might not have achieved what he has today.
You simply can’t go all in at the bottom itself #BTC加速拉升，资金还能继续接力吗？ #$ZEC $ZEC
The NU7 upgrade is expected around August 25, along with the start of community governance voting related to the halving.
The recent surge above $600 is essentially capital speculating in advance on the event, with the positive sentiment already priced in.
Looking back at past market patterns, prices often reach a phase top before major events are finalized; once the news is officially realized, it tends to trigger concentrated profit-taking and sell-offs.
Currently, the risk for holders is increasing, so be cautious of major players using the positive news to offload positions and then abruptly driving prices down.
Recommended strategy: prioritize closing 85% of your positions, keeping only a small portion as an emotional observation stake.
Focus closely on the NU7 voting results on August 25 and the market's reaction.
If, on the eve of the vote, the market shows high-level stagnation or starts a gradual decline, regardless of your position's profit or loss, liquidate all remaining holdings and exit to observe.Many people only saw that SNDK dropped but didn’t understand why SNXX fell so drastically. $SNXX is a 2x leveraged long token, and its mechanism forces position resets at the close of each day. The consecutive short squeezes in recent days caused SNXX to accumulate an enormous amount of long leverage positions internally. On August 22, even a slight stagnation and pullback in the underlying asset SNDK triggered a chain liquidation and passive deleveraging within SNXX. At 18.86, I predicted this "snowball" style death spiral was about to erupt and decisively took a 20x short position to target these leveraged longs trapped by the mechanism. The price instantly crashed to 15.2, and this 388.12% profit was a harsh lesson in the cruelty of derivatives mechanisms. In the crypto market, if you don’t understand the rules, you won’t even know how a crash happens.
Trading logic: Utilize the daily reset mechanism of leveraged tokens and the current crowded long positions internally. When the underlying asset’s trend slightly changes, anticipate internal stampedes in high-leverage products, pre-position shorts, and profit from the structural weaknesses of the product.
$ETH $BTC #BTC加速拉升，资金还能继续接力吗？ #Anthropic拟8月底公开IPO文件，募资或追平SpaceX After a round of rebound, $ENA's USD-denominated positions doubled to $237 million, while coin-margined leverage increased by only 23%. The expansion of derivatives exposure is significantly faster than spot accumulation, with short-term capital speculation heating up sharply. Currently, active buying accounts for less than 50%, and if sellers continue to apply pressure, it may trigger a deleveraging of leveraged positions. Going forward, it is necessary to observe whether spot buyers can increase volume to absorb positions, which will determine whether the position buildup turns into support or evolves into liquidation pressure.
#美联储7月FOMC纪要9比3，官员加息分歧仍在 #海力士回购落地，三星股东回报待确认 #黄金重回4500美元，机构分歧加剧Is the altcoin season back? — Observing the "emotional recovery" and "false breakout" traps from ZORA's surge
1. Appearance: localized frenzy, full-scale counterattack
ZORA token surged violently over 30% intraday, with 24-hour trading volume expanding to over 7 million USD. Coupled with the macro market rebound in the A-share ChiNext Index, strengthening precious metals, and the Hang Seng Index stabilizing, market sentiment is indeed warming up. Some funds are beginning to try to find high-elasticity assets in "new narratives" (such as AI, creator economy), attempting to replicate the past "altcoin season" frenzy.
2. Essence: short squeeze and chip game
ZORA's movement perfectly fits the classic script of a "big bullish candle trap." Such vertical rallies are often caused by forced buy orders from short positions in the futures market being stopped out or liquidated, rather than genuine spot market capital taking over. This rise is passive and short-lived; once shorts are cleared, buying demand will instantly dry up.
3. Analysis: emotional recovery, not trend reversal
A true "altcoin season" requires meeting three hard criteria: whether the breakout can hold at a high level, whether volume shrinks on pullbacks, and whether mainstream capital (ETFs or on-chain stablecoins) continues net inflows. The current sharp rise and fall of $ZORA looks more like a localized test during an emotional recovery phase, lacking sustainability. #BTC breaks through $69,000, how far can this rally go? $BTC Bitcoin (BTC) market in-depth analysis
Risk warning: This is only a market logic review and does not constitute any investment advice. Crypto assets trade 24/7 with extremely high volatility; virtual currency trading speculation is prohibited domestically.
Current market overview
Previously, BTC consolidated in a large range between $60,000 and $66,000 for a long time, forming a bottom. Recently, a strong rebound occurred with a short-term surge. This rally is driven by the combined effects of improved regulatory expectations, a decline in long-term U.S. Treasury yields, and large-scale short squeeze.
A large number of accumulated short positions were forcibly liquidated, and short covering further pushed prices up; however, it is important to distinguish that a leverage-driven short squeeze rally does not equal the official start of a new bull market. Sustainability depends on spot capital taking over.
Key price levels
• Strong resistance: $78,000–$83,000, a dense area of historical trapped positions. Continuous spot capital inflow and a daily close above this range are required to open up further upside.
• First support: $69,000–$71,000, the key platform broken through in this rally. Falling back below this range would cast doubt on the validity of this rebound.
• Mid-term strong support: $60,000–$62,000, the previous consolidation range center.
Key distinction:
Much of the short-term surge comes from contract short liquidations; a truly sustainable large-scale rally requires continuous inflows from spot ETFs and whale buying. Purely leverage-driven short squeezes tend to spike and then fall back.
Bullish driving logic
1. Improved chip structure, long-term holders locking positions
Long-term holding addresses now account for 83%, with a large amount of chips dormant and exchange inventories steadily decreasing; the proportion of trapped chips at high levels has significantly dropped compared to the bull market peak, easing selling pressure. The fourth halving is complete, mining output has shrunk, and the long-term supply logic remains unchanged.
2. Marginal macro improvement: decline in U.S. Treasury real yields
Bitcoin is a non-interest-bearing risk asset; U.S. Treasury real yields are the biggest macro switch. As long-term yields fall, the opportunity cost of holding non-interest assets decreases, benefiting Bitcoin and growth stocks as risk assets.
3. U.S. regulatory narrative catalyst
Market trading on expectations of U.S. crypto legislation being passed, warming policy outlook, increased institutional allocation willingness, and phase-specific large net inflows into spot ETFs.
4. Institutional base has formed
Spot ETFs, MSTR, and other institutions have established base allocations, no longer a pure retail market game. Institutional capital flows will directly dominate market levels.
Core risks
1. Macro remains the biggest constraint
If U.S. inflation rebounds and the Fed returns to a hawkish stance, causing real yields to rise again, it will directly suppress prices. Bitcoin is essentially a high-beta risk asset, not a pure safe haven; in crisis environments, it will fall alongside other risk assets.
2. This rally has a large leverage short squeeze component
Buying from short covering is one-time. After clearing shorts, if ETFs cannot sustain large net inflows and new spot buying is lacking, the market is prone to pull back to digest gains; current short-term indicators are in overbought territory, requiring a pullback.
3. Heavy trapped positions above
$78,000–$85,000 holds a large amount of historical trapped chips near cost lines; selling pressure to break even will continue to suppress upside.
4. Risk of regulatory expectations falling short
If U.S. crypto legislation progress is slower than expected or regulation tightens again, market sentiment will be quickly hit.
5. Derivatives leverage backlash
After the rebound, long leverage has rebuilt; if the market reverses, cascading liquidations will amplify the decline.
Three scenario simulations
1. Optimistic scenario: rebound turns into a trend
Trigger conditions: continued decline in Treasury yields; Bitcoin ETF sees consecutive days of large net inflows; substantial progress in regulatory policy implementation. Holding above $78,000–$83,000 resistance zone opens further upside.
2. Base scenario (higher probability): pullback and consolidation after surge
Short squeeze ends, price retests $69,000–$71,000 support zone to digest short-term profits, observe buying strength, and continue large range consolidation. This is a very common pattern after a short squeeze.
3. Pessimistic scenario: rebound fails, returns to previous consolidation range
Inflation data rebounds, Treasury yields rise; ETF funds shift from inflow to outflow; regulatory expectations fall short. Breaking below $69,000 key support leads to a return to $60,000–$66,000 range consolidation.
BTC vs ETH comparison
• BTC: digital store of value, stronger institutional consensus, relatively lower beta, stronger bear market resilience.
• ETH: staking yield + public chain narrative, high beta, more elastic, deeper pullbacks, mostly follows BTC for catch-up rallies, rarely leads a bull market independently.
Key indicators to monitor
1. U.S. 10-year Treasury real yield (macro master switch)
2. Daily inflows and outflows of U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs to see if spot capital is taking over
3. On-chain data: exchange BTC balances, changes in long-term holder positions
4. U.S. CPI inflation data, Fed statements, crypto legislation progress
5. Derivatives: funding rates, long-short positions to assess leverage crowding
Summary
This rally is driven by the confluence of marginal liquidity improvement, regulatory expectations, and short squeeze.
Halving is a long-term supply logic and cannot drive a bull market alone; Treasury real yields and spot institutional capital are the two core factors determining whether the rally can continue.
Short squeezes can produce short-term surges, but do not equate to the start of a new bull market; subsequent capital and price confirmation are needed.The U.S. Treasury has quietly adjusted its debt management strategy, and Bitcoin is reacting sharply. The Treasury has doubled the cap on its long-dated bond buyback operations, raising the limit from $2 billion to at least $4 billion per operation. This shift has coincided with Bitcoin surging past several key resistance levels, reigniting bullish sentiment across the crypto market. 🚀 However, the macro context here is critical. This move is not Quantitative Easing (QE) and it is not Yield Cur$BTC Although there has been some short-term correction, capital flows have not significantly weakened, and the net buying structure remains intact. Compared to price fluctuations, selling pressure in the spot market appears relatively limited, indicating that the current decline feels more like a short-term profit-taking release rather than large-scale capital withdrawal. Recently, there have been signs of capital returning from US spot BTC ETFs, with single-day net inflows approaching $150 million, providing some support to the market. Meanwhile, BTC is repeatedly battling around $70,000, with buyers still actively taking on the sell-off. If spot selling pressure remains low while net capital inflows gradually expand, this round of pullback may just be a shakeout during the upward trend. **The key is not the short-term bullish candlestick, but whether spot funds have been continuously exiting. **At present, the answer still leans toward nothing. 📈 #BTC #Bitcoin #Crypto #BTC行情 #比特币The current price of $OKB OKB at $105.58 is the result of multiple factors resonating together: a complete overhaul of tokenomics (21 million deflationary supply) + ecosystem upgrade (X Layer native Gas + Exchange OS staking demand) + institutional endorsement (ICE strategic investment) + macro marginal improvements.
In the short term, the KDJ is overbought (J value 104.67), indicating a risk of pullback, and the battle between bulls and bears at the $100 mark will be critical. In the medium to long term, OKB's valuation logic has upgraded from "exchange platform token" to "Layer 2 ecosystem asset," but whether it can continue to rise depends on: the actual adoption scale of X Layer, whether Exchange OS can generate real trading volume, and whether OKX can convert the ICE partnership into sustainable compliant revenue. 📊 $SKHYNIX Contract Liquidation Express (August 22)
The direction changed hands three times, with the bears ultimately retaking control with a mild advantage. Total liquidations exceeded $1.16 million, with low concentration and continuous day-long competition...
Time Total Liquidations Long Liquidations Short Liquidations
1 hour $1,694.34 $323.15 $1,371.19
4 hours $26,700 $24,100 $2,599.86
12 hours $320,400 $90,800 $229,500
24 hours $1,167,000 $265,100 $901,900
From the SKHYNIX liquidation data: in 1 hour, shorts crushed longs with shorts 4.2 times longs, volume at $14,000, shorts tentatively controlling the market; in 4 hours, the direction completely reversed, longs crushed shorts with longs 9.3 times shorts, liquidation volume surged to $24,100, longs took over decisively; in 12 hours, direction reversed again, shorts crushed longs with shorts holding only a 2.5 times advantage, liquidation volume surged to $229,500, shorts regained dominance but with a cliff-like drop in ratio; in 24 hours, short momentum mildly rebounded, short liquidations at $901,900 versus long liquidations at $265,100, shorts 3.4 times longs, total liquidations exceeded $1.16 million. The 12-hour liquidation accounted for only 27.4% of the 24-hour total, indicating low concentration and evenly distributed liquidations across two 12-hour periods, showing continuous day-long long-short competition. The direction shifted from 1-hour shorts → 4-hour longs → 12-hour shorts → 24-hour shorts. After intense squeeze momentum and shakeout, bears ultimately established mild suppression, but the ratio was far below the 4-hour peak, indicating still fierce long-short competition. Leverage is recommended to be compressed to within 3x; although the direction is bearish, the strength is mild, so avoid blindly chasing shorts.
🔥 Market Wind Vane | August 22
Today's three hot topics point to the same theme: capital is simultaneously seeking direction in three tracks—whether Bitcoin's short squeeze can turn into sustained buying, whether Anthropic's trillion-dollar valuation can support the AI bubble, and whether Pop Mart's IP iteration can transcend the cycle.
₿ BTC Breaks $75,000: $3.3 Billion Shorts Vaporized, But Relay Is in Doubt
On August 21, Bitcoin strongly broke through the $75,000 mark, reaching an intraday high of $76,514, a three-month high. The core drivers of this rally were the confluence of "short squeeze + US Treasury repo + regulatory tailwinds"—Bitcoin surged from about $63,000 to above $75,000 in the past week, a cumulative increase of about 18%. Liquidation data was brutal, with over $3 billion liquidated network-wide in the past 24 hours, mostly shorts.
However, capital relay is uncertain. On-chain data shows new leveraged long funds have not yet entered on a large scale; this rally is still mainly driven by short covering. Whether Bitcoin can continue to rise will increasingly depend on whether spot buying and ETF inflows can take over. Prediction markets show traders believe the probability of Bitcoin staying above $75,000 in August is only 47%—after the squeeze, the real test is just beginning.
🤖 Anthropic Plans to Submit IPO Filing by End of August: Fundraising May Exceed $86.2 Billion, Valuation Targets $2 Trillion
On August 20, media reported that Anthropic expects its IPO size may match or even exceed SpaceX's record, with the earliest public filing by the end of August. SpaceX's previous IPO raised $75 billion initially, reaching $86.2 billion after overallotment—if Anthropic surpasses this, it will be the largest IPO in history.
Supporting this ambition is an astonishing revenue growth: preliminary Q2 revenue exceeded $11.5 billion, with an annualized run rate of $65 billion by the end of July. After completing $65 billion financing in May, valuation reached $965 billion. However, the company still faces huge computing power investment pressure, with a projected net loss of about $42 billion in 2025. Founded only five years ago, aiming for the largest IPO ever—the market is betting not on current profits but on AI's complete restructuring of the enterprise market.
🎨 Pop Mart Half-Year Report: LABUBU Still First, Star People Surges 580% to Take Over
On August 20, Pop Mart released its 2026 half-year report: revenue of 17.17 billion yuan, up 23.8% year-on-year; adjusted net profit of 5.16 billion yuan. However, revenue was below market expectations of 19.98 billion yuan, and net profit attributable to shareholders was 5.038 billion yuan, significantly below the expected 6.64 billion yuan.
The IP landscape is undergoing drastic restructuring. THE MONSTERS series, where LABUBU belongs, generated 4.45 billion yuan, still first, but its revenue share dropped from 34.7% last year to 26%; the new IP "Star People" generated 2.65 billion yuan, soaring 580.6% year-on-year, becoming the second largest IP. Founder Wang Ning admitted "this year’s 20% growth target is unlikely to be met." However, the company also announced a 2 to 5 billion yuan share repurchase plan within six months. LABUBU slows down, Star People takes over—the lifecycle management of IP is undergoing its toughest test.
💎 Summary
Three events sketch the same picture: Bitcoin broke through $75,000 with over $3 billion short squeeze, but prediction markets see only a 47% chance of maintaining it—spot buying is the key; SKHYNIX contract market direction changed hands three times, shorts went from 4.2x to being reversed 9.3x by longs, finally closing with a mild 3.4x short advantage, total liquidations exceeded $1.16 million, concentration only 27%, fierce day-long long-short competition without absolute suppression; Anthropic aims for the largest IPO ever with fundraising over $86.2 billion, redefining AI valuation limits; Pop Mart’s LABUBU slows while Star People surges 580%, IP succession continues. When short squeeze fades, IPO mega-raise, and IP shift happen simultaneously—who will be the true successor? #BTC加速拉升，资金还能继续接力吗？
#Anthropic拟8月底公开IPO文件，募资或追平SpaceX
#财报观察员：泡泡玛特增长换挡，多IP能否接力？