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Analysis of the Reasons Behind Yesterday's Crypto Market Surge
The market saw a significant rise yesterday, and I believe there are several main reasons:
First, the market's expectations for improved liquidity have strengthened.
Funds are starting to flow back into risk assets, and the crypto market, being a highly elastic asset, often reacts in advance.
Second, there was a large accumulation of short positions in the market previously.
Many chose to short during the ETH and BTC pullbacks. When prices began to rise and break through, some shorts were forced to stop loss, resulting in short covering that further propelled the rise.
Third, ETH experienced a catch-up rally.
Previously, BTC showed relative strength while ETH had a larger correction. After market confidence recovered, funds began to seek previously undervalued assets, making ETH's rebound more pronounced.
From the current perspective, this rise looks more like:
Improved liquidity expectations + short covering + rebound driven by capital repositioning.
However, a short-term rise does not mean the trend is over. Going forward, the focus remains on whether the market can maintain strength and if capital continues to flow in.
Personal view:
I prefer to participate with small leverage, giving the market enough time, and not chasing short-term sharp rises or falls.
The market always fluctuates, and good opportunities require patient waiting.
(Personal opinion shared, not investment advice, manage your positions carefully.) Before this market rally, Bitcoin's volatility was at a cyclical low, and market participation was relatively low.
VanEck just said: multiple capitulation indicators for BTC have been triggered, possibly signaling the end of the correction.
Low volatility + low participation + high leveraged shorts = the perfect short squeeze recipe.
You think the market is dead?
It's just waiting for an excuse.
When it comes, it will be 2.98 billion.
The next question is:
If trading volume and capital flow can't keep up, can BTC and ETH hold this rebound?
Are ETFs still continuing to buy?
Do shorts dare to come back in? $ETH $BTC $SOL On August 19–20, the crypto derivatives market experienced its most one-sided liquidation since 2026. Coinglass data shows that within 24 hours, 173,214 accounts were liquidated, with a total liquidation amount of about $2.98 billion, of which short positions accounted for $2.74 billion, accounting for 92%—a record for single-day short liquidations, surpassing $2.47 billion on October 10, 2025. Even more extreme is the speed: liquidation in 1 hour is about $1.3 billion, and in 4 hours, about $1.8 billion. The previous day, it was only $196 million for the whole day—a 15-fold jump. The most exaggerated thing today isn't how much BTC has risen, but who is driving the price up. Core question: Is this a reversal, or a short squeeze? Conclusion First: The main driving force behind this rally is forced buying caused by short stop-losses or forced liquidations, not institutional spot buying that is sweeping up. (1) Clearing structure: extremely unilateral · 1 hour: Total liquidations about $1.31 billion, with short positions accounting for about 94% · 4 hours: Total liquidations about $1.8 billion, short positions accounting for 93% · 24 hours: Total liquidations about $2.98 billion, short positions accounting for 92% · 24-hour long liquidation: only about $240 million If it is a trending bull entry, long and short liquidations should be more balanced. In reality, almost all the losses have fallen on the bears' side—a typical short squeeze structure. 4-hour exchange distribution (Co#FOMC9To3Split
A 9-3 vote sounds decisive. I think the disagreement is the real story.
Three Fed officials still wanted another hike, even as inflation cools. That tells me the bar for rate cuts is still high.
Markets may be celebrating softer data a little too early. Is the Fed more divided than investors think? What happened in the crypto world last night: $BTC approached $70,000, and the real trigger for the rally was not a single positive factor, but three fires igniting simultaneously. Last night's rally should be considered the most noteworthy large bullish candle in the crypto space recently. $BTC climbed steadily from around $64,000, approaching $70,000 intraday, with a single-day gain exceeding 7% at one point; $ETH reclaimed the $2,000 level, and major altcoins like $SOL and $XRP even outperformed $BTC. In the latter part of the rally, capital began to flow into MEME tokens like $DOGE and $PEPE, and the market saw a long-awaited comprehensive return of "risk appetite." However, if you interpret last night's rally simply as "the SEC released positive news, so the market rose," that would be an oversimplification. The real logic is that three events happened almost simultaneously: the U.S. Treasury stepped in to support liquidity, the U.S. government continued to ease crypto regulations, and highly leveraged short positions were collectively liquidated. The combination of these three factors created last night's large bullish candle. The first fire: The U.S. Treasury took action, and the market's biggest concern—the "liquidity issue"—suddenly eased. The most important news last night was not even from the crypto world itself. The U.S. Treasury announced that starting September 9, it will at least double the scale of long-term Treasury liquidity support repos. For long-term government bonds with maturities of 10–20 years and 20–30 years, the repo limit will be raised from $2 billion to at least $4 billion each time. Why did this news boost $BTC? #美财政部扩大长债回购，30年美债高位回落
Let's talk about the recently announced US Treasury bond repurchase.
The US Treasury officially announced an expansion of long-term bond repurchases, raising the single repurchase limit for 10-30 year US Treasuries from 2 billion to at least 4 billion, starting in early September. Once the news broke, the 30-year Treasury yield immediately fell from its high.
Many people's first reaction might be that this is a disguised form of easing, but I want to emphasize: this is not a Federal Reserve rate cut, nor is it QE. The Treasury's repurchase mainly aims to improve liquidity in the US Treasury market and manage debt; these two are fundamentally different.
Recently, long-term yields have been rising continuously, putting considerable valuation pressure on the stock market, gold, and BTC. This repurchase can temporarily ease Treasury volatility and give the market a breather. However, in the long term, core issues like the fiscal deficit, bond supply, and inflation expectations remain unresolved, so pressure on long-term rates persists.
Also worth noting, Bitcoin's recent strength is partly due to increased optimism on the regulatory front and partly boosted by the positive impact from the Treasury bond move, pushing the market to break out of its sideways range and rally significantly.
Short-term sentiment has been calmed, but this should not be blindly taken as a trend reversal. We still need to continuously monitor Treasury supply and demand as well as Federal Reserve actions.
What are your thoughts on the subsequent impact of this Treasury bond repurchase?$BTC This wave is a real breakout!
How many friends woke up last night to find BTC hitting 69,000? This wave confirms a bullish trend.
Last night, the US Treasury suddenly announced that the long-term bond repurchase scale would be increased from 2 billion each time to at least 4 billion (effective September 9). The market calls it "QE Lite" — the dollar instantly dropped to a three-month low, the 30-year US Treasury yield plunged from 5.33% to 5.18%, and risk assets collectively surged. BTC jumped directly from 64,000 to 69,500, touching 70,000, with a single-day gain of +7.2%. This is not a pump by whales; it’s a macro liquidity expectation shift overnight.
This move caused 70% of short positions to be liquidated. According to Coinglass data, the crypto market liquidations in 24 hours reached 2.9 billion USD involving 175,000 people, with BTC shorts alone liquidated for 1.15 billion. Spot BTC ETFs finally saw inflows again, with net inflows of about 487 million USD from 8/17 to 8/18, ending the net outflows of the previous two days; whales also added 2.9 billion USD in positions over 60 days. The buying pressure is real, but "forced liquidations" account for the majority.
So my caution is that the RSI is already at 73.37, a typical overbought level, and this breakout just stopped right at the 200-day moving average (69,000). Once the excitement of "QE Lite" fades, profit-taking and trapped positions unlocking will cause a pullback to come quickly.#闪迪高位波动，存储股估值分歧加剧
I've been closely following the storage sector recently. SanDisk's high-level fluctuations have really brought the internal market disagreements fully to the surface.
After the investor day released long-term growth targets, the stock price surged directly. It was expected that the market would continue upward, but on August 18th at the open, it plunged sharply, with an intraday pullback of over 9%, the big swings were quite alarming. By the opening of the US market on the 19th, SK Hynix, SanDisk, Micron, and other storage stocks briefly rebounded. Many thought the correction was over and a new rally would start, but unexpectedly the sector weakened again by close. SanDisk closed down 3.5%, while Western Digital and Seagate Technology fell even more.
It is clear that short-term funds are frantically switching back and forth to speculate at this high level. The market debate now centers on a few core issues: how strong is the real demand for AI storage, whether long-term customer agreements can be implemented and fulfilled, and whether the entire sector's valuation needs to be re-priced.
I also carefully reviewed Bank of America's view. They believe the growth and profit margin targets given by SanDisk can be used as a reference benchmark for Micron's valuation. But, after all, no matter how good the targets look, whether they can be realized depends entirely on real conditions: the price trend of NAND flash, the execution of major customer agreements, and whether AI server demand can continuously support profits. The AI concept has inflated a valuation bubble for storage, but whether the bubble can hold ultimately must return to fundamentals.#美联储7月FOMC纪要9比3，官员加息分歧仍在
The latest July FOMC minutes have been released. The Federal Reserve maintained interest rates as expected, but the 9-to-3 vote represents the largest split since 2016, completely breaking the previous unanimous mild expectations.
Most officials lean towards a cautious wait-and-see approach, choosing to wait for more inflation and employment data before acting, showing no rush to raise rates. This means the Fed currently has no fixed policy path and is fully data-dependent: if inflation rebounds, tightening will resume; if data weakens, the status quo will be maintained.
This is critically impactful for the crypto market. Previously, the market generally speculated on an early arrival of an easing cycle, but this minutes report directly extinguished aggressive rate cut expectations, bringing back the narrative of prolonged high rates. The US dollar and US Treasury yields are likely to rise in the short term, continuing to suppress sentiment for risk assets like BTC and ETH.
The core market logic has slightly adjusted: in the short term, there is unlikely to be a flood of positive stimulus; rebounds are mostly corrective rather than trend reversals. The biggest risk on the charts is repeated inflation data, which could trigger the Fed to tighten liquidity again.
Personal trading view: macro uncertainty is rising again, and market volatility will increase. Hold your spot positions steady without chasing highs blindly; keep low leverage on contracts to avoid stop-loss whipsaws caused by policy expectation reversals. Going forward, closely monitor US inflation data as it will determine the Fed's subsequent policy direction. On August 19, Bitcoin surged straight up from around $64,000, reaching an intraday high of $69,888.
Within 24 hours, $1.44 billion worth of short positions were wiped out in one wave. 110,000 people were liquidated.
Social media started flooding again with messages like “Bull is back!” and “Breaking $70,000 is just around the corner!”
Wait a moment.
What’s different about this rebound compared to before?
Is it a true reversal or just a one-time pulse?
Let's start with the optimistic side — this rebound does have "quality."
First, the macro policy is structural, not just temporary rhetoric.
The U.S. Treasury announced it will double the size of long-term Treasury buybacks from $2 billion each time to at least $4 billion, effective September 9.
This is not just talk; it’s a scheduled policy change. Once the news broke, the 30-year Treasury yield plunged from 5.34% (the highest since 2007) down to 5.19%. When yields fall, the opportunity cost of holding Bitcoin decreases.
Second, ETF inflows are real.
On August 17, Bitcoin ETFs saw a net inflow of $297.6 million, followed by another $189.3 million on August 18, totaling $487 million over two days. BlackRock’s IBIT led the charge.
This reversed the previous continuous outflow pressure. This isn’t just talk; it’s real money.
Third, regulatory signals are improving.
The White House held a crypto meeting, and Trump publicly pressured Congress to pass the "Clarity Act." Meanwhile, the SEC proposed new rules exempting certain token issuances from securities registration requirements.
Regulatory uncertainty is decreasing. The guardrails for institutional entry are being set up.
Fourth, on-chain data is positive.
Net Bitcoin outflows from exchanges continue — coins are moving from exchanges to cold wallets.
Leverage is decreasing. Open interest in futures contracts has dropped by about 8%. The market is less "speculative."
Most importantly: whales have accumulated about 43,000 Bitcoin over 60 days, worth $2.75 billion, ending months of continuous selling.
These are not "empty" signals.
But — here comes the hard truth.
First, the short squeeze was a "one-time buy."
The $1.44 billion short liquidation was forced buying. It wasn’t proactive buying based on bullish outlooks; shorts were forced to cover.
Such buying disappears once the squeeze ends.
After that, real demand needs to take over. Where is the real demand?
Second, the 30-year Treasury yield remains near the highest level since 2007.
Although it fell from 5.34% to 5.19%, 5.19% is still a 19-year high.
High yields mean risk-free returns are very attractive. Why would capital risk buying an asset with 30% volatility?
Fundstrat analysts point out that Bitcoin’s 30-day realized volatility has dropped to one of its lowest historical ranges. Historically, during similar periods, the median price volatility over the next 60 days was 30.2%, with gains and losses evenly split four times each.
Low volatility often precedes large volatility, but the direction is uncertain.
Third, the U.S. fiscal year 2026 cumulative deficit has reached $1.8 trillion. The July monthly deficit was $432 billion, the largest since March 2021.
What does $1.8 trillion mean? It already exceeds the entire fiscal year 2025. The full year is expected to surpass $2 trillion.
The government is filling the gap by issuing debt; how can bond yields fall?
Fourth, long-term holders are exiting.
In the past 30 days, net holdings by long-term holders have dropped significantly. Although I can’t independently verify the exact figure of 356,000 coins, the trend is clear — some of the most steadfast holders are withdrawing.
On one side, whales are buying; on the other, long-term holders are selling. Who’s right?
So, is $69,000 a starting point or an endpoint?
I don’t know. You don’t know. No one knows.
But there are a few indicators you can watch:
First, can ETF inflows continue?
$487 million over two days is great, but if the third day turns into outflows, this rebound will be a one-day wonder.
Second, can Bitcoin hold above $65,000–$66,000?
This is a key support zone. If it can’t hold, forget it.
Third, can Treasury yields return to a downward trend?
If yields spike back above 5.3%, all risk assets will come under pressure.
Don’t bet on direction with opinions; use indicators to judge.
This rebound has structural support — policy, capital, regulation, and on-chain data all show real improvement.
But it also faces structural headwinds — high yields, high deficits, and long-term holder sell-offs.
Which force is stronger?
Let the data speak.
$BTC $ETH $SOL #BTC突破69000美元，这轮上涨能走多远？ Big players and retail investors completely diverged today.
Among 208 Alpha contract tokens, 82 are inverted — retail investors are more bullish than big players, nearly twice the 45 tokens favored by big players. Simply put, the main holders of positions now are retail investors, while big players are standing on the sidelines.
Looking at the tokens where big players are most heavily leveraged: AT at 11.08x, HUMA at 8.11x, KITE at 7.26x, but the open interest (OI) is only 9M, 12M, and 16M respectively. With such small market caps, a few trades can easily push the price down. The total sector OI is just 1292M.
Adding another layer: out of 205 tokens, 22 have dropped more than 70% from their 90-day highs, with a median drawdown of -45%.
Despite such declines, retail investors remain more bullish than big players. I lean bearish on this structure — when over 80% are inverted, it has never been a sign of a bottom.$BTC BTC surged overnight straight to 70000, shorts collectively wiped out 💥
Ladies, last night's BTC went absolutely crazy!
Current price **69100**, up 7.4% in 24 hours, directly touching the 70k mark$, hitting a new high since early June and the largest single-day gain since March. The 62000–65000 range that had been flat for six whole weeks was broken through with a big bullish candle, those who drew the box are probably still rubbing their eyes this morning👀
Three exciting details on the chart:
**1. The ignition came from the U.S. Treasury.** The long-term bond repo limit doubled from $2 billion to $4 billion each time, the market instantly understood and shouted "QE Lite"! The dollar index dropped to 98.8, 30-year U.S. Treasury yields plunged 10 basis points, even gold surged to 4500. Once liquidity loosened, risk assets took off across the board.
**2. This was a "long-planned" short squeeze.** A few days ago, funding rates were still bearish, but ETFs quietly saw inflows, shorts piled up more and more — which ended up fueling the main force. Over **$1 billion** worth of BTC shorts were liquidated in 1 hour, marking the largest short squeeze since records began in 2021; 175,000 liquidations in 24 hours, $2.9 billion vanished into thin air. Tears of the shorts, fuel for the bulls😢➡️🚀
**3. Double policy insurance.** Trump met with Coinbase and other crypto executives at the White House, while the SEC simultaneously proposed exemptions for some digital asset issuance registrations — a warm regulatory breeze all at once.
**Key levels**: Resistance at 70000, 75000; support at 66600, 65000 (the upper box boundary turned support).
In short: the box direction is chosen, spot continues to win by holding. But RSI is already overbought, don’t get carried away chasing highs, **a pullback to 65000–66600 is the right-side entry point**, patiently wait for the wind to come～✨
*(Personal review, not investment advice)* Brothers, don’t rush to call it a drop yet.
Take a look at the market: today isn’t a "red drop," it’s a crazy surge—$BTC has risen over 8% in 24 hours, climbing from $64,600 all the way toward $70,000, hitting a new high since early June. $ETH is even stronger, up more than 18%, once breaking through $2,300. The Dc and TH you mentioned are also following the overall market today.
So, can the rally continue tonight and break through 70,000? Here are some objective facts:
On the positive side: this wave is a typical "short squeeze" scenario—short positions are too crowded, with over $1 billion in BTC shorts liquidated in just one hour, and the short-to-long liquidation ratio reaching 8.6:1. Passive buying pushed the price up hard. On the news front, the Trump administration has launched a series of moves—crypto regulation turning friendlier, the SEC proposing issuance exemptions, and the Treasury expanding long-term bond repurchase operations. ETFs are also seeing continuous net inflows.
On the risk side: this rise is mainly driven by short covering, not solid new capital inflows. 70,000 is both a psychological barrier and a technical resistance level; whether it can hold above is key. Also, Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) has stopped buying and is still selling, so the largest buyer has disappeared.
My judgment is that tonight it will most likely test 70,000 or even briefly break through, but holding above will be difficult. After the short squeeze momentum is exhausted, if there’s no new narrative to take over, a pullback is very likely.
Don’t chase the rally or panic sell near 70,000. Better to watch more and act less. It’s better to miss out than to get trapped. #花旗拟推BTC托管，机构入口扩容 The bull is back, the bull is back!
My long position is taking off first 😂
This wave of $ETH.
Why does it look more and more like the wave on May 8, 2025?
It consolidated for so long before.
Everyone was doubting.
But once it broke out with volume,
capital started accelerating directly.
This kind of market situation
really easily confuses the shorts.
——
Remember that time in May 2025?
After ETH was weak for a long time, it suddenly broke out with volume.
Pectra upgrade combined with rising risk appetite.
ETH rose nearly 20% in one day.
It directly broke through $2200.
At that time, many people thought:
It’s risen so much.
It should fall now, right?
But the longer they waited for a pullback,
the higher the price surged.
——
So now I actually think
that the easiest phrase to get trapped by in a super bull market
is: “It’s risen so much, it must be about to fall.”
When the bull market truly starts,
the “top” in many people’s eyes
will eventually become the starting point for the next acceleration.
A big bullish candle
sometimes isn’t the end,
but the confirmation of a trend beginning.
——
I also like shorting myself,
but after experiencing this kind of market,
I realized that
shorting is fine,
but never try to hold against the market when capital is rushing in crazily.
The truly comfortable shorting point
should wait for trend exhaustion,
wait for volume to lag behind,
wait for clear market divergence,
not just see a rise
and think: “It’s almost the top.”
——
I’m holding this wave first.
I already have a base position in altcoins too.
Let the profits run a bit.
Let’s see how far this bull
can really run. 🐂 The July FOMC minutes revealed a 9-3 split, breaking the expectation of unilateral easing. The current core conflict lies in the direct clash between the Federal Reserve's hawkish officials' caution against recurring inflation and the risk appetite for high-valuation assets.
The benchmark interest rate remains in the 3.5%-3.75% range, with three officials—Logan, Harker, and Kashkari—voting against and advocating a 25bp rate hike. This vote distribution indicates serious doubts within the policy about the future inflation path, and the market's expected pricing has begun to tighten.
The transmission order of driving variables is inflation stickiness, U.S. Treasury yield volatility, and the high-valuation positions in the AI sector. For the first time, the Federal Reserve included the AI infrastructure financing boom and U.S. Treasury volatility in the discussion of financial stability risks, limiting the leverage funds' capacity to push up risk assets.
Interest rate futures show about a 67% probability of maintaining rates in September, proving that the space for rate cut expectations has been compressed. Crypto funds show sector differentiation in position adjustments, with ETH's gains significantly stronger than BTC's.
The bullish scenario triggers if subsequent inflation continues to weaken and the probability of maintaining rates in September rises back above 80%. If this condition is met, the decline in U.S. Treasury yields will release risk appetite again, driving assets like ETH with relatively strong characteristics to expand their rebound space; if CPI rebounds or U.S. Treasury yields break upward, this scenario fails.
The bearish scenario triggers if subsequent inflation data rebounds beyond expectations, prompting more support for rate hikes from the three hawkish officials. If the probability of a rate hike in September rises sharply, high-valuation AI assets and leveraged positions will face liquidity tightening shocks; if employment data deteriorates rapidly forcing hawks to concede, this downside scenario fails.
The overall invalidation signal is when interest rate futures quickly price the probability of a 25bp rate hike in September above 50%. Once the market's direct pricing continues to tighten, risk assets will shift from the current oscillating divergence into an overall deleveraging phase.
In the next 7 days, key observations should focus on changes in the U.S. Treasury yield curve, whether the September interest rate futures probability center deviates from 67%, and the persistence of ETH's relative strength against BTC in the crypto market.
#财报观察员：小米Q2财报出炉，是汽车救场还是手机拖后腿？ #银行业支持CLARITY，稳定币奖励成争议泡沫期最容易被忽略的一件事：涨回来，不等于风险没了。 你有没有发现，每次大盘刚回暖，大家的第一反应都是"ETH 下一站是不是 2000？"而不是"我手里的仓位扛得住一次假突破吗？" SOL 重新站回 80，BTC 顶着 68K 走，市场确实是活过来了。那种从连续几周的犹豫、横盘、来回插针里突然喘上口气的感觉，像闷热天里终于来了阵风。 但我想说点反共识的。 现在最值得盯的，不是还能涨多少，而是这个位置上的衍生品结构到底干不干净。 先看事实。SOL 这轮回抽 80 是很有含金量的，它历来是风险偏好回归时弹性最大的那批资产。只要 BTC 能稳在 67K 上方，资金往大市值山寨扩散的路就还在。ETH 的 2000 也不是什么遥不可及的幻想了，一旦 BTC 继续强，ETH 开始补涨，那个心理关口就会变成全场盯着的下一块跳板。 但这里有个大家容易误判的点。 涨回来不等于清算结构被洗干净了。很多时候，价格回到原位，但杠杆也重新叠上来了。如果这波上涨是空头回补推的，而不是新增资金进场，那上方每过一个关口，都会多一层获利盘和杠杆盘的共振卖压。换句话说，反弹越急，越要留意资金费率和持仓量的变化。 - 如果#BTC突破69000美元，这轮上涨能走多远？
On the evening of August 19, BTC surged intraday to 69,888 USD, briefly breaking through the 69,000 USD mark before retreating to fluctuate around the 68,000 USD range, with a 24-hour increase of over 5%; ETH also strengthened in sync, reaching a high of 2,119 USD, with a single-day increase once exceeding 8%, as the mainstream market experienced a strong rebound.
Looking back before this rally started, the market had been in a long-term low-volatility sideways state, with volatility dropping to a cycle low and overall participation sentiment being lukewarm. VanEck previously suggested that multiple capitulation indicators had been triggered, indicating the rally might be nearing the end of its adjustment phase. This rapid surge directly broke the long-term low-volume consolidation pattern, and the market began debating the core driving forces behind the rise.
Two mainstream interpretations are apparent: one view holds that spot buying is returning, with funds reallocating to BTC, ETH, and other major coins, officially starting a new rally; the other believes this surge is more due to concentrated short covering combined with short-term leveraged funds pushing prices up, amplifying the short-term rise but casting doubt on its sustainability.
To confirm the effectiveness of the rebound, subsequent trading volume and capital flow are key observation indicators. If incremental funds continue to enter and volume expands to firmly hold key resistance levels, the rally has room to extend; if volume cannot keep up and the rise relies solely on leveraged funds, the risk of a sharp pullback after the peak will significantly increase.Five addresses withdrew $51.4 million BTW from exchanges in the past 9 hours, with the coin price surging up to 770% in August 🤨
Interestingly: the withdrawal time was from 01:36 to 03:07 today early morning, during which $BTW was sharply falling (from 23:40, $0.6727 quickly dropped to $0.3130, a 53.4% decline). Currently, these 150 million tokens have not been transferred or sold.
Wallet addresses
0x9948b5257b9d9B5D06672Ae2279E5785965236df
0x492052bA92A3Fe0385FE4dc29099F4E0AD11A25c
0xbd530e13774EB81626D744302E5A6B6f5e3f9C78
0x452E2fb2B0025CD9a59B906c34d3F2eE606d8d6e
0x8f5f8958D27Adb5211f2f57201B6F7CfA325d3b1"Learning to Make Peace with Losses in Adversity"
The market never lacks opportunities; what it lacks are people who can keep steady hands on the wheel amid the storm.
Adding positions against the trend may seem brave, but it is actually an obsession with one's own judgment. We always think, "If I hold on a little longer, it will come back," forgetting that the market shows no mercy—it only recognizes rules, not emotions.
A true expert is not someone who never makes mistakes, but someone who can decisively cut losses after mistakes, keeping losses within a controllable boundary. Cutting losses is not admitting defeat; it is leaving a ticket open for the next opportunity. #黄金站上4430美元，期权资金转向看涨 $XAU #BTC突破69000美元，这轮上涨能走多远？
This round of Bitcoin $BTC breaking through $69,000 is the result of a triple resonance of Treasury liquidity benefits + epic short squeeze + improved regulatory expectations. In the short-term technical view, $69,500 is the key threshold determining the bull or bear direction; in the medium term, institutions like Standard Chartered Bank have set a target of $100,000 by the end of the year, but market divergence remains significant. The sustainability of the trend ultimately depends on whether macro liquidity truly shifts to easing and whether bulls can convert the "short covering" impulsive rally into sustainable incremental capital inflow. Currently, considering all factors, the rapid break above 70,000 by Bitcoin $BTC can only be called a rebound. Whether it is a bull recovery still requires confirmation from subsequent market trends. Even if it is a bull recovery, early bull phases often experience setbacks and fluctuations, so those who missed out need not rush.
For example, the first pullback window might appear around 3 o'clock. The next major window is at the 8.26 PCE and the Jackson Hole meeting from 8.27 to 8.29. If the Fed turns hawkish then, a comprehensive correction will follow.
This rapid rise in Bitcoin looks more like a long-suppressed buildup that was quickly pushed up on low-cost news-driven short squeezes, which is why it quickly pulled back 2,000 points after breaking the 70,000 integer level. If spot prices don’t follow after the pump, it will be pushed back to the original position. But since the market has been activated, combined with storage declines, many US stock players might return to their native market, which could amplify volatility and extend the consolidation period, generally lasting about a week, coinciding with the Jackson Hole meeting.
If the Fed does not turn hawkish this time, this rebound could continue under short-term liquidity easing until the procedural vote on CLARITY on 9.15.
Overall, this positive development seems more like a reluctant move by Bassett to suppress US Treasury yields. Bitcoin’s rise is at most a byproduct of this effort. However, the price increase might stimulate incremental buyers of stablecoin short-term debt under the GENIUS Act.
Before the Fed fully opens the liquidity tap, the market liquidity cannot simultaneously support US stocks, US Treasuries, and the US dollar. When US debt is high, first Japan’s selling is restricted, liquidity is provided through FIMA, then repos are doubled. This combination of measures buys time waiting for Fed support. The dollar acts as a release valve (last week the dollar weakened along with Fed bets, and a weak dollar is what this administration wants), while debt (supported by repos) and stocks come last.
Moreover, Bitcoin open interest is not rising but falling, suggesting shorts are forced to cover and longs are taking profits. Funding rates are stable, indicating no one is chasing longs after the peak.
Conclusion: In the short term (tonight), if it pulls back near 66,000, it’s a good time to enter. Riding the momentum could still yield gains. If it only starts to fall slowly after mid-September, better to wait until the liquidity bottom in October. Onshore Innovation 战略将资本与税基带回美国 SEC 主席 Atkins 反复强调 onshore innovation —— 让创新回流美国。 这是整场改革背后最深层的战略意图。 Atkins 把提案定性为"推动联邦证券监管现代化、适用于加密资产的最具历史意义的一步"，这种定调是配合 2025 年 8 月启动的 Project Crypto 一脉相承。 为什么反复强调 onshore innovation ？ 因为一个国家的加密生态竞争力，最终取决于项目数量、资本深度、监管清晰度。过去几年美国在这三项上都明显落后，导致人才和资本外流，新规正是要一次性补齐这三块短板。 过去几年间，大量加密项目被迫选择在新加坡、瑞士、开曼等地设立实体发行代币。 这背后有恶性循环：美国本土项目方被监管不确定性逼到海外，而这些代币又不在美国管辖范围内，导致美国投资者要么无法参与，要么进入更弱的离岸市场。 新规通过清晰的合规路径和最高可达的募资额度，为项目方提供了留在本土的充分理由，过去"赴海外"是因为在美国搞不定，现在"留下来"的理由变得越来越硬朗。 Digital Chamber CEOReasons for the US Increasing Bitcoin Prices
1. The US Treasury announced long-term government bond repurchases.
2. The funds for long-term bond repurchases are raised by issuing short-term government bonds.
3. The market has already shown a trend of declining long-term government bond yields and rising short-term government bond yields.
4. In other words, short-term government bonds have become "shit."
5. So, who will take this "shit"? -> Stablecoins will take it.
6. The backing assets of stablecoins mainly consist of short-term government bonds.
7. Recently, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated that the "Genius Act" framework will be rapidly advanced and public comments will begin.
8. Stablecoins were approved last summer, Trump signed the bill, and it will officially take effect on January 18, 2027. The timing is really clever.
9. The burden on long-term government bond yields -> first blocked by short-term government bonds, but this makes short-term bonds "shit." -> However, this "shit" is taken by stablecoins. -> The Genius Act to take this "shit" is about to be officially implemented.
10. To take the "shit," a bigger "shit" bowl is needed. -> Stablecoins still heavily rely on crypto exchanges. -> Therefore, crypto exchanges must become active. -> For crypto exchanges to be active, prices need to rise. -> To clean up this "shit," the US will activate the crypto market.
In fact, Yellen repeatedly conveys the message of "keeping the US as the world’s crypto capital."
Conclusion: Even "shit" can be turned into money. #美联储7月FOMC纪要9比3，官员加息分歧仍在
客观数据
利率维持不变，9票赞成，3票反对倾向加息25bp。部分委员保留进一步加息选项，美债收益率上行，BTC、ETH震荡，ETF流入承压。
市场表层共识
利率不动即为利好，币圈反弹可以延续。
底层逻辑推敲
属于鹰派持稳，不等于转向宽松，只是观望通胀。通胀一旦反弹，加息会重新提上日程。加密市场对实际利率敏感，美债走高会直接压制盘面，不可单向赌宽松。
个人观点（个人倾向牛市慢慢回归，仅个人观点，不构成投资建议）
慢牛大方向不变，但宏观扰动增加。重点跟踪CPI和美债收益率，通胀反复会带来阶段回调，数据降温反弹才有延续性。#BTC突破69000美元，这轮上涨能走多远？ Bitcoin surged overnight, approaching the 70,000 mark, reaching a high of 69,888 USD, then quickly pulled back. The market move came unexpectedly.
Before this rally, the market had been quiet for a long time, with Bitcoin trading sideways and low volatility. Many expected the market to continue consolidating, but instead, it broke out with strong volume.
ETH outperformed BTC, with a 24-hour peak increase of over 8%, leading many major altcoins to follow suit.
However, beneath the lively surface, there are still many points to be cautious about.
The biggest question now is: Is this rally driven by genuine spot market inflows, or is it a short-term spike caused by short squeezes and leverage buybacks?
If it’s true spot buying returning, then the market has a foundation to continue upward. But if it’s just leverage-driven, with shorts covering pushing the price up, once the buying power is exhausted, a quick pullback is likely.
Another realistic observation: Although top coins are rallying strongly, altcoins remain highly divided, with no broad-based rally across the board. Overall market sentiment is far from euphoric.
This means the continuation of this rebound depends mainly on whether trading volume and capital inflows can sustain the momentum.
If volume fails to keep up and no new funds enter, this rebound will only be a temporary correction, and a pullback could come at any time. 机构疯狂扫货、监管彻底转向！SEC松绑+美债放水+空头踩踏，美联储零降息却暴力拉升！BTC突破69000！是反转还是诱多？ 比特币两天直接暴力拉升6000点，隔夜放量突破69000关口，最高冲到70000，创下3月以来最大单日涨幅，很多人瞬间踏空，也有人高位慌得一批。 首先，本轮暴涨不是偶然，是宏观流动性、监管利好、空头踩踏三重强力共振。 先讲最核心的宏观利好！昨晚美国财政部放大招，直接扩大长期国债回购规模，单轮操作上限从20亿美元翻倍到40亿美元。消息一出，长端美债收益率回落，美元指数大跌，创下三周最大跌幅，直接带动黄金、加密市场全线反弹，市场流动性瞬间宽松，这是本轮行情的核心导火索。 但这里有个风险点大家一定要注意：最新公布的美联储7月会议纪要，全程没有任何降息声音，和市场此前的降息预期完全背离。目前市场物价压力持续存在，叠加美伊局势僵持，霍尔木兹海峡石油运输受限，油价持续走高，通胀压力难消，9月美联储维持利率不变的概率极高，甚至还有加息争议，宏观面并非完全利好。 再看全球市场联动。日本央行传出重磅消息，最快9月、10月就要结束负利率，日元套息交易即将逆转，后续会持续影响全球资金流The SEC's crypto asset regulatory proposal has officially been implemented, marking a pivotal shift in crypto regulation from "enforcement-driven" to "rule-based."
Two core mechanisms:
1️⃣ Tiered financing exemptions: For small issuances, projects can issue up to $5 million cumulatively over four years and up to $75 million annually without cumbersome securities registration, significantly lowering compliance barriers for startups;
2️⃣ Decentralized safe harbor: After completing decentralized governance construction, projects can apply for compliance to exit securities regulation, achieving a transition from "securities" to "digital commodities."
What this means for the market:
• The biggest concern for institutional capital entry—regulatory uncertainty—is being eliminated;
• Crypto-related stocks surged (Strategy +14% in one day);
• In the mid-cycle view, compliance is one of the core prerequisites for a bull market to start.
In the short term, watch for volatility due to "positive news fatigue," and avoid blindly chasing highs; the mid-term outlook is generally positive.
(Original analysis, data from public reports, DYOR) #SEC #regulation $BTCFrom 62,800 to 69,800: Every step of this rally is backed by data
Do you know what true despair is?
It's not a crash. During a crash, you still have illusions, thinking "this is the bottom."
True despair is when Bitcoin consolidates around $64,000 for nearly three months. Volatility dropped below the 98.5th percentile historically, with the 30-day realized volatility annualized at only 42%. Fundstrat says that in history, during 8 similar low-volatility cycles, the following 60 days saw 4 times sharp rallies and 4 times sharp drops — the market is telling you: a storm is coming, but you don't know which way it will blow.
Then, on August 19, the direction emerged.
Phase One — Macro Ignition (August 17-18)
On August 17, Bitcoin spot ETF net inflows reached $297.6 million — the highest single-day inflow since May 5. BlackRock's IBIT alone absorbed $160 million.
On August 18, another $189.3 million flowed in. Total over two days: $487 million.
Institutional funds began positioning before the macro catalyst landed.
They knew something you didn't.
Phase Two — Policy Trigger (August 19)
The U.S. Treasury announced it would at least double the liquidity support repo scale for long-term Treasuries — from $2 billion each time to at least $4 billion, effective September 9.
Long-term yields dropped accordingly. The 30-year Treasury yield fell to 5.193%, the 10-year to 4.64%. The dollar index broke below 99, dropping to 97.92.
Bitcoin started its rally from the $64,000 area.
The logic is simple — risk-free asset returns decline, lowering the opportunity cost of holding Bitcoin. The dollar weakens, risk appetite rises.
Phase Three — Leverage Amplification (Intraday August 19)
After breaking through $68,200, all liquidity above was swept out.
Within one hour, over $1 billion in shorts were liquidated.
In 24 hours, the entire network liquidated $1.61 billion — $1.44 billion in shorts and only $168 million in longs; shorts were 8.6 times the longs.
8.6 times.
What does this mean? It means almost everyone in the market was betting on a decline. Short positions were overly concentrated; when the price rose, the chain liquidations uprooted the entire short camp.
The largest single liquidation occurred on the Hyperliquid platform's BTC contract — $48.8 million. Also, a whale's 1,800 BTC short was fully liquidated, losing $2.92 million.
This was not a market move, it was a massacre.
Bitcoin's intraday high reached $69,880, just $120 shy of $70,000.
Phase Four — Ecosystem Diffusion
Ethereum surged 18.6% in 24 hours, reaching $2,269. It reclaimed the $2,000 level for the first time in 79 days.
Solana rose 11.2% to $85.65. Hyperliquid surged 22.2% to $71.41.
Coinbase closed up 9.55%, Marathon up 7.70%. Strategy rose over 12%.
Every true trend rally can be traced through a complete chain of data transmission.
What makes this rally special is —
It was not "shouted out by some Twitter post."
It is the result of the resonance of macro, institutional, and contract forces.
ETF funds moved first → Treasury policy ignited → low volatility accumulated momentum released → concentrated short positions were targeted and blasted → ecosystem-wide diffusion.
Every step is backed by data.
But the real test is just beginning.
After the mechanical buyback from short covering fades, can Bitcoin hold $65,000 to $66,000?
Can ETF inflows continue?
If volume doesn't keep up, could this be another "false breakout"?
$BTC $ETH $SOL #BTC突破69000美元，这轮上涨能走多远？ Computing power consumption is not enough; SK hynix aims to plug light into memory. On August 20, SK Hynix, together with top institutions including the University of Virginia, published a paper in Nature Electronics, systematically outlining the CPO technology roadmap and proposing for the first time a "light-centric" architecture that extends optical interconnect from processors to memory interfaces. On August 20th, SK Hynix, together with several prestigious universities, published a paper in Nature Electronics, stating that optical interconnect would be plugged directly from GPUs to memory interfaces. It was all about a single sentence. But the amount of information is absurd. [Veteran's Ramblings] What does this have to do with us crypto traders? Don't rush to swipe away. Let me explain. The AI computing power narrative has been hyped from last year to this year—Nvidia, H100, HBM—on-chain data, US earnings reports, option fluctuations—all tell one story: computing power is the oil of the new era. But SK Hynix's paper broke a glass. It admitted that although HBM is powerful, when GPU clusters expand to thousands of cards, data transfer between racks becomes a new bottleneck. This is called a "bandwidth wall." Light is the only ladder to climb over this wall. Think about it. Think carefully. CPO, co-packaged optics. Previously, this only solved communication between processors and racks. Now SK Hynix says, not enough. You have to direct the light directly into the memory interface. Using a photonic intermediary layer to directly connect the XPU resource pool and memory resource pool. Multiple AI accelerators share large-capacity memory. The physical packaging restrictions were kicked away with one step. Translate into adult language:#现货ETF资金回流，BTC与ETH能否接力？
Institutional allocation in the crypto market is shifting: the total BTC ETF pool is about $79.5 billion, while ETH is only about $10.7 billion, a difference of more than 7 times. But looking at marginal flow rates, the picture changes:
• In July 2026, ETH spot ETF net inflow was about $365 million, BTC only $205 million, with ETH nearly doubling BTC for the first monthly reversal since listing;
• In the first week of August, BTC ETF net inflow was $854 million, ETH also had $245 million, and by AUM proportion, ETH's "capital attraction efficiency" is clearly higher than BTC's;
• The ETH/BTC price ratio bounced from 0.024 in May to 0.030 in August, a +25% increase.
Let's analyze the logic behind this situation:
1. Staking yields: BlackRock's ETHB annualized distribution is 1.9%–2.6%, which BTC ETFs cannot offer;
2. Narrative upgrade: stablecoin settlement + RWA tokenization reprice ETH as an "interest-bearing settlement layer," not a BTC substitute;
3. The allocation is not a retreat but a rebalancing — institutions are not clearing BTC but adding ETH exposure on top of their BTC base position. #美联储7月FOMC纪要9比3，官员加息分歧仍在
Just finished reading the July FOMC minutes from the Federal Reserve. The 9-to-3 vote result is really worth pondering, so I want to share my thoughts with everyone.
This time, most officials chose to keep interest rates unchanged, but three members voted against, insisting on a 25 basis point hike. The internal division is visibly growing. The majority think they can hold steady, but the minutes clearly state that if inflation doesn't continue to decline, policy tightening will still be necessary later.
On one hand, CPI has cooled down and employment data has weakened, providing reasons not to raise rates; on the other hand, hawkish officials remain focused on inflation and refuse to relent. CME data shows about a 67% chance of no rate hike in September, leaning towards a pause, but it's no longer a purely dovish market.
Another point I noticed is that the minutes specifically mentioned AI infrastructure financing, AI stock valuations, and financial stability risks brought by US Treasury volatility. In other words, the market game now is no longer just about whether to hike rates in September. Future inflation trends, long-term US Treasury yields, and the valuation bubble in the AI sector—all could rewrite the pricing of risk assets.
Looking at the market, crypto is also showing divergence, with ETH gains being quite strong. This kind of internal split actually increases uncertainty.
What do you think—will there be a rate hike in September? Are you more worried about inflation fluctuations or the risks in AI valuations going forward? The core reasons for Bitcoin's price surge yesterday can be summarized in three points: macroeconomic tailwinds, policy expectations, and short squeeze.
First, market expectations for improved liquidity have strengthened, with funds beginning to refocus on risk assets such as stocks, gold, and Bitcoin, providing a capital foundation for Bitcoin's rise.
Second, there are positive expectations regarding the cryptocurrency policy environment; the market believes future regulations may become clearer, boosting institutional confidence in entering the crypto market.
Finally, and directly causing the rapid price increase, is a large short squeeze. After Bitcoin broke through a key resistance level, short sellers were forced to buy to cover their positions, creating a chain reaction of "price rise—short squeeze—forced buying—continued price rise," which ultimately amplified market volatility.
Overall, this rally is driven by macroeconomic tailwinds igniting the move, policy expectations pushing it forward, and a short squeeze triggering it. It is important to note that due to the rapid short-term rise, the market may still experience high-level pullbacks and intense fluctuations.
#BTC突破69000美元，这轮上涨能走多远？ $BTC Không đơn giản như vậy. Crypto quan tâm đến thanh khoản và giá của tiền, không chỉ một quyết định Fed. Ngay cả khi Fed đứng yên, nếu: Treasury yield tăng Dầu tăng Inflation expectation tăng USD mạnh lên thì điều kiện tài chính vẫn có thể thắt chặt. Và khi tiền trở nên đắt hơn: Risk assets bị giảm định giá. Nasdaq chịu áp lực. Crypto cũng chịu áp lực. Đặc biệt là Altcoin. Vì vậy thay vì chỉ chờ câu: “Fed tăng hay giảm?” Tôi đang nhìn cả: Fed + US10Y + DXY + Oil + Liquidity. Bitcoin có thể sống tố$BTC short positions are no longer just pending orders but have already been executed.
About 750k USD worth of BTC short positions held by independent wallets were observed 4 hours ago; now all layered sell orders at 69k–70k USD have been executed, adding about 600k USD, expanding the short positions to 1.36m USD.
Another swing wallet continues to hold about 547k USD BTC and 417k USD ETH short positions. Both sides have increased or maintained real short positions after the rise but are currently also bearing significant unrealized losses.
Therefore, Tideline's live trading has only raised the $BTC target from -1.00x to -1.20x, gross 2.40x, net 0.00x. Public live trading: 0x000b8acb515609c0a4a407915497cf3827395777 Initial capital: 1000 U Latest position plan $BTC Short position -1.20x, target about 1.13k USD $XMR Long position +0.75x, target about 709 USD $MSFT Long position +0.45x, target about 425 USD Total position target 2.40x, net exposure 0.00x Rebalancing record This round only increases $ BTC: Target adjusted from -1.00x to -1.20x, adding about 189 USD to a short position based on current account value. $XMR and $MSFT remain unchanged. Balance Strategy: The second BTC source observed last time has already turned intent into a transaction. All tiered sell orders ranging from 69k to 70k USD were executed, adding about 600k USD, and official BTC short positions expanded from about 750k USD to 1.36 million USD. Another wave source continues to hold $BTC short positions of about 547k USD and $ETH short positions of 417k USD. Both independent sources retained or increased real short positions after the rise, but are currently suffering significant floating losses, so this round only increased by 0.20x and stopped at the 2.40x total position limit, with no repeated ETH additions. Smart Money Key $BTC: One source for new additions#美联储7月FOMC纪要9比3，官员加息分歧仍在
Just finished reading the July FOMC minutes from the Federal Reserve; the 9:3 vote is the core signal this time.
The July meeting kept rates unchanged at 3.5%-3.75%, with three officials—Logan, Harker, and Kashkari—explicitly dissenting, advocating a 25bp rate hike. This indicates that the hawkish faction within the Fed is still rising. Although most members currently prefer to wait and see, this does not mean a shift toward easing monetary policy.
The minutes' logic is clear: July's CPI decline and weakening employment data reduce the immediate rationale for a rate hike, so most support a pause; however, several officials reserve the option to raise rates, clearly stating that if inflation does not continue to decline, tightening will continue. According to interest rate futures, the market prices about a 67% probability of rates remaining unchanged in September.
Another easily overlooked key point: the Fed discussed risks brought by AI for the first time. The AI infrastructure financing boom, high valuations in AI stocks, combined with the intense volatility in the U.S. Treasury market, are all seen as potential financial stability risks.
From a trading perspective, the main market conflict has escalated. It's no longer just about whether there will be a rate hike in September. Any change in variables such as inflation rebound, long-term interest rate rise, or AI sector valuation correction will rewrite the pricing logic of risk assets.
The crypto market has already priced in expectations early, with ETH's gains significantly outperforming BTC.#美财政部扩大长债回购，30年美债高位回落
#美联储7月FOMC纪要9比3，官员加息分歧仍在 The US is considering purchasing a "substantial" amount of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. One statement from Trump might be opening the second growth curve for Hyperliquid.
Trump stated that CFTC Chairman Mike Selig is working hard to push Hyperliquid to enter the US in a "fully compliant and legal" manner.
What really deserves attention here is not how much HYPE rises in the short term, but:
Is US regulation opening a compliant channel for on-chain perpetual contracts?
If it ultimately materializes, Hyperliquid's positioning could be upgraded from "the world's leading on-chain Perps DEX" to the compliant on-chain derivatives infrastructure in the US.
Next, just focus on these three things:
1️⃣ What regulatory path will the CFTC provide
2️⃣ How the US version of Hyperliquid will be designed
3️⃣ Whether HYPE can truly capture new business value Last night's market rally was the result of multiple factors resonating together.
On the macro level, after the U.S. Treasury expanded the scale of long-term bond repurchases, U.S. Treasury prices rebounded, long-term yields fell, market sentiment was temporarily restored, and risk capital found reasons to re-enter.
On the policy front, discussions about regulatory clarity heated up again, and the market's willingness to trade based on compliance expectations significantly increased, further boosting long positions.
What truly ignited the rally was BTC's effective breakthrough of key resistance. The price started above $64,000, reaching a high near $70,450, breaking the sideways range that had lasted for several weeks.
After the breakout, trend-following and wait-and-see funds gradually followed, short covering further pushed prices up, and leveraged funds amplified the gains accordingly.
Overall, this was a typical breakout rally ignited by spot buying, propelled by short covering, and continued by leveraged funds, with the macro and policy environment providing important background support. #BTC突破69000美元，这轮上涨能走多远？ Market Flash ｜ Day 4
#西联推出稳定币卡，接入Solana生态
SOL has significantly outperformed the broader market, with the rise driven by multiple converging factors. Western Union's involvement acts as an emotional catalyst but is not the direct trigger. Western Union officially announced in May the issuance of a compliant stablecoin USDPT on Solana, launched the Stablecard payment card in early August, and there was no new major announcement from Western Union yesterday. The market is mainly rehashing and hyping up the existing cooperation narrative.
The primary driver of this rally is the overall improvement in risk appetite in the crypto market, with BTC's strength boosting the high-beta SOL's elastic rebound. Continuous net inflows into Solana spot ETFs, institutional buying, large whale addresses accumulating coins, spot buying combined with derivatives long position covering have amplified the price increase. Additionally, the Agave network upgrade has been implemented, shortening block confirmation times, further improving transaction speed and stability, strengthening institutional confidence in its payment infrastructure. On-chain transfer volumes of RWA (real-world assets) and stablecoins continue to rise, lifting fundamental expectations.
Western Union's cooperation brings mid-to-long-term value logic: a traditional cross-border giant choosing Solana as the underlying layer, connecting to hundreds of thousands of offline outlets worldwide, proves that the public chain can serve real cross-border remittance scenarios, opening up the imagination for real-world payments and enhancing institutional valuation of Solana. However, this positive factor has long been priced in; with no new news yesterday, the market mainly used it as a narrative support during the capital rally. $BTC Bank deposits are hemorrhaging on a large scale, and Russia's new crypto regulations tighten escape routes for ordinary people's assets
On August 4, Putin officially signed the "Digital Currency and Digital Rights Law," with core regulatory provisions set to take effect on September 1. This law establishes a legal framework for crypto trading within Russia while imposing strict investment limits on ordinary retail investors.
Key restrictions of the law
Non-qualified ordinary investors are limited to purchasing a maximum of 300,000 rubles worth of cryptocurrency per year at each licensed intermediary, approximately 3,600 USD.
The Russian Central Bank's supporting draft further defines a tradable whitelist, allowing ordinary retail investors to trade only BTC, ETH, and USDT, while other coins are closed off to non-qualified investors.
On one hand, crypto investment limits are locked down; on the other, people continue to withdraw cash from commercial banks to hedge risks.
According to Russian Central Bank statistics, in the first seven months of 2026, cash withdrawals from the banking system reached 24.4 billion euros, with July's monthly cash circulation increase hitting a yearly high.
Two civilian asset "escape routes" are simultaneously narrowing
1. Bank deposits: Large-scale cash withdrawals by residents reflect their risk aversion toward bank deposits and a surge in cash holding demand;
2. Cryptocurrency: Originally an important channel for ordinary people to hedge local currency volatility, the new regulations cap annual limits and drastically reduce the range of tradable coins.
Cash and crypto, two civilian risk-hedging paths, are both being constrained.
Two sides of market reality
✅ Positive side: Russia officially legislates to recognize legal crypto trading, including mining, custody, and brokerage intermediaries under regulation. Qualified professional investors are not subject to the 3,600 USD annual limit, opening institutional crypto channels.
⚠️ Real constraints: The policy clearly stratifies, severely restricting ordinary retail investors' permissions. Ordinary people cannot convert deposits to cash without limits nor buy large amounts of crypto to hedge risks. The channels for diversifying funds outward are tightening.
Two follow-up points worth tracking:
① After the law takes effect on September 1, will private funds shift to off-exchange unlicensed channels?
② Will continued cash outflows from the banking system indirectly force more funds into compliant crypto whitelist assets BTC, ETH, and USDT?
$BTC $ETHThe entire network is shouting bull market overload: Is this surge a real reversal or the ultimate bear market trap?
[This surge is just a capital rebound, not a bull market reversal]
BTC breaks through 70000, ETH violently catches up, market sentiment is fully boiling, and the whole network shouts that the bull market is back. But this market is not a trend reversal; the core driving force comes from ETF institutional net inflows and concentrated short liquidations.
This is a short-term repair driven by on-exchange leverage and sentiment, without macro loose fundamental support. Such market moves have explosive power but very poor stability, and after a rapid rise, a deep correction can occur at any time.
[The essence of bull and bear markets lies in liquidity, not candlesticks]
What truly determines the market direction is Federal Reserve policy. The latest FOMC minutes released a hawkish signal: among 12 members, 3 support rate hikes, inflation stickiness has not disappeared, rate cut expectations continue to cool, and tightening risks still hang over the market.
[The ultimate turning point: Federal Reserve decision on September 17]
All current rises are tentative rebounds before the decision, a game of strategy, not a true bull market start.
The biggest risk at this stage is retail investors blindly chasing highs and going all in. Before macro easing signals arrive, all broad rallies have trap characteristics. In operation, resolutely do not chase highs or hold heavy positions, abandon bull market fantasies, focus on cautious short-term arbitrage, and wait quietly for the key macro results in September to determine the trend. #美联储7月FOMC纪要9比3，官员加息分歧仍在 #BTC突破69000美元，这轮上涨能走多远？ #美财政部扩大长债回购，30年美债高位回落 #FOMC9To3Split A 9–3 vote to hold rates sounds comfortable at first, but the details feel much less settled 🏛️
Logan, Hammack and Kashkari all preferred a 25bp hike, while several other members said tightening could still be needed if inflation stops improving. Softer CPI and weaker jobs data have reduced the case for acting immediately, and markets now put the odds of a September hold near 67%.
What caught my attention most was the Fed explicitly flagging AI infrastructure financing, stock valuations and Treasury volatility as financial risks. AI spending is no longer just a corporate earnings story—it’s becoming part of the Fed’s broader stability discussion 🤖
To me, the minutes don’t signal a clear policy turn. They show a committee willing to wait, but not ready to relax.
I’m curious which becomes the bigger concern by September: inflation staying sticky, or tighter financial conditions doing too much damage.New range:
704
693 market price
675
The prices mentioned in the last range were all taken out. I also mentioned, "Once the trend changes, making the wrong move is troublesome; this really is a technical skill." BTC ended over 10 weeks of consolidation. Last night, after Trump's signal, it directly broke through 70k, causing short liquidations of 2.7 billion and 170,000 liquidated positions. This level of liquidation is very large, and many people have fallen back into poverty.
During this stagnant period, I chose to rest, even stopped posting on X, immersed myself in playing basketball, exercising, gaming, and dodged a bullet. It was quite comfortable.
Looking at overall liquidity, this time it’s clearly a rat trap, with no obvious signs of a bull comeback. Wall Street is still selling, and calling a bull return is still premature. The next more critical time point is September 15th, with the clear bill and Wash's speech.
Going long around 70k has very low cost-effectiveness because reaching this price is a liquidity vacuum. The price was broken through, and there isn’t much liquidity above. I will try shorting on the rebound to test $BTC 2026.8.20 Midday Market Analysis Summary
Clearly, on Wednesday night, the market was stuck around $64,000, but Thursday morning saw a strong bullish candle break through — today's market is a completely different world from yesterday.
During last night's US session, Bitcoin started from around $64,457 and surged to $69,415.6 by this morning, a 24-hour increase of 7.41%. Ethereum was even stronger, jumping from $1,915 straight up to $2,259.59, an 18.06% gain. Solana rose over 11%, XRP over 10%, and the top eight coins all surged — this is not just "a bit lively," this is a total market upheaval.
$BTC is around $69,415.6 today, up 7.41% in 24 hours. From the stubborn resistance at $64,500 yesterday to breaking above $69,000 today, it gained over $4,700 intraday. Technically, BTC's daily chart is forming an inverse head and shoulders pattern; once it effectively breaks the neckline resistance near $66,600, the theoretical target points to $76,000. The $65,000 level has shifted from resistance to support, but after such a sharp rise, a pullback to confirm support is likely — around $64,400 is a key support zone.
$ETH is around $2,259 today, up 18.06%. Yesterday it was suppressed near $1,920 by sell orders, relying on Bitcoin to pull it along, but today it took the lead itself — ETH's gain is more than double BTC's. The SEC's new "Regulation Crypto Asset" rule is a regulatory positive for Ethereum and is the core driver of this excess rally. It briefly broke above $2,300 during the session, but a pullback to confirm support near $2,250 is highly probable.
$SOL finally showed strength today, around $85, up over 11%. Yesterday it just broke out of the $74-77 small range at $76.97, and today it surged above $85, even briefly breaking $87. The $78 resistance was easily surpassed, but heavy futures positions remain a concern; if it fails to hold $80 on a pullback, profit-taking pressure could be significant.
$XRP completely broke free from the $1 tug-of-war, trading between $1.10-$1.12 today, up over 10%. On-chain large transactions averaged over 38 per day in the past two days, a roughly 280% increase; whales have accumulated over 642 million XRP near $1. Yesterday, the 50-day and 200-day moving averages were heavy overhead resistance, but today they were completely overcome.
$DOGE finally moved, around $0.075, no longer stuck at $0.07. However, its gains remain modest compared to other major coins.
$BNB at $632.75, up 5.1%. Yesterday we said holding above $600 would provide relief; today it broke above $630, with short-term moving averages aligned bullishly to provide support.
$ADA at $0.18-$0.19, up about 10%. It just caught a breath at $0.174 yesterday, and today it rode the market momentum higher. Cardano's Dijkstra upgrade plan provides thematic support, but it still remains over 93% below its all-time high.
$LINK in the $9.5-$10 range, up about 6-11%. Yesterday it was stuck at the $9.5-$10 barrier, but news about AI agent infrastructure gave it a direct boost today.
The most critical variables lie in macro and policy factors — yesterday, the 30-year US Treasury yield broke 5.33% intraday, a 19-year high, but after the US Treasury doubled the long-term bond buyback limit from $2 billion to $4 billion per operation, yields plunged to 5.19%. The SEC officially proposed the first dedicated crypto asset regulatory rule "Regulation Crypto Asset," the White House convened industry giants like Coinbase and Ripple, and Trump declared the crypto industry's "headwinds are over" — these three major positive signals combined to ignite the market.
The capital flow is also explosive — Bitcoin spot ETFs saw a single-day net inflow of $189.3 million, totaling $487 million over two days; Ethereum ETFs net inflow was $71.47 million. The Fear & Greed Index jumped from 46 (Fear) yesterday to 62 (Greed) today. The entire network saw about $2.9 billion liquidated in 24 hours, with shorts accounting for over 91% — this is a classic policy-driven short squeeze.
Overall, yesterday was "all thunder, no rain," but today it poured heavily. However, sharp rallies are often followed by intense volatility — after a round of short liquidations, long profit-taking is also substantial. The market rose from 64,000 to 69,000 in just one day, and technical overbought signals are emerging. In this market, either don't get on board, or if you do, don't forget to buckle up.
#BTC突破69000美元，这轮上涨能走多远？ $BTC $69,655. 8.22%. Broke 70,000 intraday. Pulled from 64,200 to 70,000 in 24 hours. Checking liquidation data, $3.332 billion in short positions were crushed.
Brothers, this is a textbook short squeeze. Total liquidations of $3.638 billion, shorts account for $3.332 billion, longs only $305 million. $BTC liquidations $1.664 billion, $ETH liquidations $1.343 billion. To translate: the bears shouting "BTC will break 60,000" yesterday were completely wiped out today.
But what really chills me isn’t the gain, it’s the rhythm. This surge happened within 24 hours after the FOMC minutes were released — the minutes were clearly hawkish, 9:3 vote, at least 5 members wanted a rate hike, and Walsh even proposed cutting the 8 annual meetings to 6. Hawkish minutes + BTC surging 8%, there’s only one explanation for this divergence: the market has already priced in the hawkish stance, a 65% chance of no rate hike in September, and shorts went long on hawkish news, getting reverse squeezed.
Honestly, this kind of liquidation-driven surge is not to be chased — chasing it is just handing money to the whales. Wait for a pullback to 65,000 to confirm support before considering.
#BTC #ShortSqueeze #Liquidation #7月CPI符合预期，9月还会加息吗？ **Current Prices of US Stocks RWA**:
- **GOOG**: $341.73 (52-week high $404.47, low $197.46)
- **MSFT**: $484.25 (52-week high $555.45)
- **AAPL**: $316.70 (52-week high $344.57)
**Not Recommended to Buy Now**:
1. **GOOG**: Analyst target price $289.71 is **below** current $341, indicating the market considers it overvalued. Insiders net sold $3.9M in the past 90 days.
2. **MSFT**: Up +21.75% in the past month, short-term overbought. Analyst target price $560 (room to grow), but the increase is already large.
3. **AAPL**: Down -3.37% in the past month (in a pullback), but P/E ratio of 34-37 is relatively high. Rothschild target price $400 (room to grow).
**Rotation Strategy Perspective**:
- Overall US Stocks RWA performance is average (GOOG down 1.29% monthly, AAPL down 3.37% monthly)
- Crypto assets have stronger gains (ETH +17-19%, HYPE +16%, SUI +6%, PUMP +12%)
- According to rotation rules (switch if gain difference >15%), funds should flow from US Stocks RWA to crypto assets, not the other way around
**Recommendations**:
- If you must buy US Stocks RWA, wait for a pullback
- Consider AAPL if it pulls back to $300-$305 (support level)
- Consider GOOG if it pulls back to $330-$335
- MSFT is not recommended for now (just rose 21.75%, high risk chasing the price)
**Current Priority Focus**: Breakout opportunities in crypto assets (BTC breaking $70K, HYPE breaking $75, SUI breaking $0.75) This morning everyone's asking "is BTC bouncing or done." Wrong question. Japan's 10-year yield just hit a 30-year high. The US 30-year just broke a 19-year ceiling above 5.3%. Gold just broke its multi-month downtrend. AMD just fell below both EMAs after its biggest run this year. These aren't four separate stories. They're one story: capital repricing around higher long-term yields, and the assets reacting first are the ones most sensitive to that growth stocks selling off, safe havens catchinIn the past 24 hours, the entire network liquidated $2.975 billion, with short positions liquidated exceeding $2.7 billion. This figure surpasses the $2.4666 billion short position liquidation on October 11, marking the largest short squeeze in the crypto market in nearly two years.$金山云(KC)$ 这份 Q2 财报的重点，不只是营收加速，而是公司在 AI 云需求带动下，首次实现 GAAP 经营利润转正。问题也很明确：净利润仍未转正，且为了接住 AI 算力需求，资本开支继续维持高位。 先看核心数据 Q2 金山云总营收 30.72 亿元，同比增长 30.8%，环比增长 13.6%。毛利润为 4.66 亿元，同比增长 37.6%；GAAP 经营利润为 2300 万元，上年同期和上季度均为经营亏损。Non-GAAP 经营利润为 1.24 亿元，对应 4.0% 的经营利润率。 经营端首次转正，是本季最重要的变化。营收、毛利润和费用控制同时改善，说明 AI 云需求带来的规模增长，开始传导到经营杠杆。 公有云是增长核心 公有云服务收入 23.58 亿元，同比增长 45.1%，环比增长 18.1%；企业云服务收入 7.14 亿元，同比下降 1.3%，环比增长 1.0%。 收入结构已经比较清楚，增长主要来自公有云，尤其是 AI 相关客户需求；企业云则仍处在相对平稳的阶段。对金山云来说，AI 云业务能否持续高增长，是后续收入趋势的核心变量。 AI云已经成为主要收入支撑 Q2 AIThe 9-3 FOMC vote to hold rates at 3.5%-3.75% looks less like a settled pause than a higher bar for the next move. Three dissents favored a 25bp hike, while many participants still saw tightening as possible if inflation stops improving.
Softer CPI and weaker jobs reduced the urgency to act, with CME odds of a September hold near 67%. My read: the larger market risk is not an immediate hike, but a prolonged period in which sticky inflation, long-yield volatility and stretched AI valuations reinforce each other—keeping risk assets sensitive to every data release.
Not advice, just analysis.
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