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The $TRUMP team appears to be selling TRUMP through strategic liquidity additions and removals.
Over the past 10 hours alone, they have received $3.39M in $USDC from $TRUMP sales.
Serious selling pressure to watch.$ETH short-term overbought signals are more severe than Bitcoin's, making chasing the highs extremely risky; however, the mid-to-long-term capital structure is undergoing a qualitative change—ETF funds and institutional allocations may be building up greater explosive potential for it than Bitcoin. In the short term, watch closely whether the $2440-$2510 resistance can be broken; in the mid-to-long term, focus on whether Wall Street's tokenization process continues. It remains a high-risk, high-beta choice, but the "story" is becoming different.$SNDK model restructuring, valuation bottom confirmed
What truly reverses market expectations is Investor Day—SanDisk is trying to prove it is no longer a "weather-dependent" cyclical stock. The core weapon is the "new business model": it has signed 4-year long-term contracts with 8 customers, locking in at least $93.9 billion in minimum revenue through fiscal year 2028, covering two-thirds of shipments in 2028, and explicitly setting floor prices. Even if prices plunge 72%, the long-term contracts can guarantee profits won’t collapse, overturning the old model of huge losses whenever demand falls.
Valuation and risks: expectation gap remains, beware of cyclical backlash
Even though the stock price has risen several times, its forward P/E is only about 7x, far below the semiconductor industry average of 27x. Major banks like Citi and Goldman Sachs still give a "buy" rating. But this is not without risks.
1. Cyclical patterns are hard to break: long-term contracts can smooth fluctuations but cannot completely eliminate cycles.
2. Moat controversy: compared to Samsung and SK Hynix with HBM technology moats, SanDisk’s product barriers are relatively easier to catch up with.
3. Whether shareholder returns can be fulfilled: the company promises 100% excess cash return to shareholders, which supports valuation but depends on execution strength. *LATEST: Phantom officially announces dropping Sui* 😬
Only integrated for 20 months before pulling out, this speed is faster than the bull and bear cycles.
*Core Announcement*
**Item** **Details**
**Time** Complete shutdown within 2026. Phantom hasn't given a specific date yet, keep an eye on follow-up announcements
**Reason** **$SUI TVL has dropped about 82% since the peak in October 2025**. On-chain activity has significantly weakened
**User Actions** 1. Transfer assets to other wallets like **Slush** 2. Or use **Phantom's free Swap** during the transition period to exchange
**Fees** Phantom will cover swap fees during the transition period
*Why drop it? Here's the translation*
Phantom is the top wallet in the Solana ecosystem. The decision is very pragmatic:
1. *TVL collapsed*: October 2025 was Sui's highlight, then dropped 82%. No TVL = no users = no revenue
2. *No activity*: Integrating Sui consumed engineering resources, but DAU/transaction volume didn't pick up
3. *Focus*: In 2026, AI+BTC+ETH+Solana are the main lines. The Sui ecosystem story can't be sustained, so cut losses first
*Impact on $SUI and users*
1. *Short-term negative*: Phantom is one of the largest entry points. Shutdown = one less CEX-level traffic entry,#美伊制裁升级，能源通胀风险回升
Trump's "Economic D-Day" escalates the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz from a "military operation" to a "systemic financial strangulation." The $93 oil price already reflects the risk that "the blockade will continue," but it has not yet factored in the risk that "secondary sanctions might also drag China into the fray."
On August 19, Trump announced a "devastating economic action" against Iran, calling it "Economic D-Day," demanding the cutting off of all Iranian financial channels, oil smuggling, ship registrations, and other routes. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin followed up, calling it "the toughest sanctions in history."
Oil prices surged in response—Brent touched $94.71, hitting a nearly one-month high. WTI surged to $87-88. The Strait of Hormuz remains essentially closed. Research institutions estimate that if the strait remains closed for a quarter, WTI could rise to about $94, pushing U.S. Q4 inflation up by approximately 0.6 percentage points year-over-year. U.S. gasoline prices have already risen about 29% compared to a year ago. HSBC has raised its 2026 Brent average price forecast to $95, warning that even if an agreement is reached, the supply shock's impact on global inflation will be difficult to reverse.
On August 24, Brent fell back to $93.22. The market is waiting for Mnuchin's press conference that afternoon. The real suspense lies in the "secondary sanctions"—if the measures involve punishing key buyers like China, $93 is just the starting point. If it's just "more of the same," the market has already cast a vote of no confidence in advance. #杰克逊霍尔临近，沃什能否明确政策路径 Folks, this Friday is the real highlight—the Fed Chair Wash's debut at Jackson Hole. Some even think this is more worrisome than Nvidia's earnings report.
Why is the market so nervous?
Since Wash took office, he completely scrapped "forward guidance." After the July meeting, he said nothing clear, causing the 30-year US Treasury yield to soar to 5.34%, the highest since 2007. Now with US debt exceeding 40 trillion and inflation above 2% for five consecutive years, the silence is turning into an expensive noise.
What exactly is the market waiting for?
Wall Street isn't looking for hawkish or dovish statements but a clear "policy reaction function"—what data will trigger rate hikes, how to view the 3.50%-3.75% rate range, and whether to stick to the 2% inflation target. Barclays expects Wash is unlikely to provide near-term guidance. If he still dodges the issue this time, long-term Treasury sell-offs may intensify.
What does this mean for Bitcoin?
Last week BTC rose over 25%, gold broke 4600, reflecting a "currency depreciation trade." Rate cut expectations favor risk assets, while hikes do the opposite. Currently, Polymarket shows a 55% chance of a rate hike this year, CME shows a 45% chance in December.
Before Friday, PCE data will be released on Wednesday. Until these two events conclude, Bitcoin will likely fluctuate between 75,000-78,000. Folks, the direction is good, but don't rush the pace; wait for Wash to clarify before making moves. $BTC *$TRUMP is selling again... The classic script is back* 😅
*Latest on-chain data*
**Data** **Details**
**11-hour sell-off** **3.39M USDC** taken by team wallets
**Transferred to OKX** **646,000 TRUMP** ≈ **$15.5M** just moved into the exchange
**Weekly increase** **+80%** from last week till now
**Pattern** Every time the price rebounds → the team sells off
Lookonchain is watching closely. 646K transferred to OKX basically means they're about to dump.
*What does this mean?*
1. *Typical "pump-and-dump" Memecoin play*
Price up 80% → FOMO buyers come in → team converts to USDC at the top. Matches previous reports of selling after rebounds
2. *$15.5M selling pressure*
646K dumped on the market, liquidity gets eaten up directly. Especially with the market waiting around $80K for news, it’s easy to be dragged down
3. *Why is it still rising?*
Because the "Trump + election + policy expectations" narrative remains. Retail investors are buying faith, not the token structure
*Trading perspective*
- *Short-term*: 80% weekly gain + continuous team selling = extremely high risk. Chasing the price means taking the team’s chips
- *Key level*: Watch if the OKX sell orders get absorbed. If it breaks the previous low, it could accelerate BTC weekly is up about +23%, rising from 64,700 to around 79,400, currently digesting at 77,000 today. ETH weekly is up about +28%–30%, from 1910 to around 2545, now pulling back to around 2450.
The first half was driven by treasury repo and White House/SEC expectations, short sellers got squeezed. The second half is about ETFs: BTC saw inflows of about 1.92 billion last week, ETH about 697 million. The short squeeze sets the pace; institutions decide if it can hold.
Still policy-driven trading. Clarity voting is in September and remains uncertain. BTC first looks at 73,000, ETH first looks at 2300–2350. If volume and inflows don’t keep up, it’s just a retracement.
NFAWill the US military be the last trump card for US debt? Will gold surge as a result?
Geopolitical rhetoric mostly only triggers short-term pulse moves and rarely determines the medium- to long-term trend of gold. The core drivers of gold prices are US inflation, US debt expectations, real US dollar interest rates, and safe-haven capital allocation. Risks are gradually priced in by the market rather than a single piece of news directly causing a one-sided big move.
Looking back historically, the primary role of government bonds was war financing. During World War II, the US implemented yield curve control, but the Federal Reserve will not fully backstop all US debt. At the critical point of debt pressure, there is a possibility of sacrificing bondholders’ interests to preserve fiscal stability.
The transmission path of geopolitical conflicts: conflicts push up oil prices, raising inflation expectations, pressuring long-term US debt yields, with energy as a key intermediate variable.
Currently, the market’s two main concerns are: first, sticky inflation causing real returns to shrink; second, debt expansion combined with high inflation weakening the US dollar’s purchasing power, making gold the preferred hedge. The military is only responsible for geopolitical order and does not directly guarantee US debt principal and interest.
Three scenarios for the future:
▪ Base case: inflation slowly declines, debt risks ease, gold oscillates with a slow bull trend, unlikely to see a violent surge
▪ Bull case: Middle East conflict pushes oil prices higher, inflation expectations rebound, gold strengthens
▪ Bear case: inflation falls rapidly, debt concerns cool down, gold comes under pressure and declines
$BTC $ETH $XAU #BTC冲高后震荡，ETF资金持续流入 #ETH触及2500美元后震荡 #黄金突破4600美元，债券避险地位受挑战 Alibaba's 80 billion placement, plunging 10% — this is not a pullback, but a hard switch in valuation logic. $BABA
Placement price at HKD 112.7, an 8.4% discount, intraday low hit 110.
Net profit plummeted 75%, all funds poured into AI infrastructure.
The market votes with its feet because Alibaba has transformed from a light-asset platform into a heavy-asset gambler — making old shareholders bear the military-grade costs together.
But on the other side, sovereign funds snapped up the quota within an hour. Institutions are betting on AI computing power paying back in 2.5 years and Alibaba Cloud's revenue growth of 45%.
No rush in the short term: the stock price will repeatedly test the bottom around 112, 110 is the panic test level, and 118-123 above is the resistance zone. The lock-up period is 90 days, so the stock price is unlikely to have a big move.
Is this a golden pit? It depends on whether AI revenue can catch up with capital expenditure speed. Wu Yongming's 2.5-year payback window is the test.
Operation advice: aggressive investors can lightly try long positions between 112-110, stop loss at 108; conservative investors wait for a volume breakout above 118 before following; those trapped should not add positions, wait for right-side signals.
Don't forget to hedge tail risk with Puts.
In summary: the pit created by panic selling could be gold or an abyss. Wait for the AI results before deciding.
#BTC冲高后震荡，ETF资金持续流入 #ETH触及2500美元后震荡 #OKX预言家：F1与TI15赛果揭晓 $BTC $ETH $SOL *LATEST: Grayscale Released a Report* 📊
*Key Point: "Now is a favorable entry point for long-term investors"*
*3 Reasons Given by Grayscale*
1. *Adoption Trends*
Continuous ETF inflows + AI/software companies mentioning Bitcoin reserves in earnings season. Institutional adoption is still in early stages, not peaked yet.
2. *Cycle Stage*
83% of coins are held by long-term holders. Historically, after this data appears, the next 6-12 months are mid-bull market. Not yet at "extreme greed".
Current $77K-$79K still has room compared to last cycle peak.
3. *Macro Conditions*
US Treasury balance sheet expansion + peak interest rate expectations + weakening dollar. Both risk assets and inflation-hedge assets benefit.
Trump + Congress pushing the "Clarity Act," reducing regulatory uncertainty.
*In Plain Language*
Grayscale means: *"Don’t wait for $60K, you might not see it again"*
They believe now is not chasing highs, but a "mid-term accumulation zone."
Logic: Institutions have started buying $390M/day, retail hasn’t FOMO’d yet, and macro is turning dovish.
*But watch out for risks*
Grayscale sells ETFs, so they are naturally bullish. But two risks not mentioned in the report:#BTC consolidates after a rally, ETF funds continue to flow in #ETH consolidates after reaching $2500 #BTC consolidates after a rally, ETF funds continue to flow in #ETH touches the $2500 mark and enters consolidation
#SNDK's rebound and turnaround fantasy has been shattered by the market 🤦
Since hitting the all-time high of $2354, SNDK has embarked on a long one-way downward path, with a maximum drawdown close to 99%, nearly wiping out all previous gains.
Currently, the storage sector is experiencing rotational recovery, with BICO, BEAT, ALLO, KAITO, and APR successively attracting capital. These tokens have fully completed bottom chip exchanges, successfully breaking out of the bottom range, with a clear rebound trend.
Only SNDK is completely unable to keep up with the sector's warming momentum.
It has neither a deep washout with volume surge nor a long-term sideways consolidation with sufficient turnover; the bottom chips have never settled. It has been drifting down without resistance throughout, with scarce buy orders on the market and severely lacking capital support.
While the sector collectively recovers, only it continues to weaken.
Capital has long voted with its feet, providing the answer.
Even if the sector's market heats up again, if an individual token's fundamentals and chip structure can't keep up, it will still miss out on the entire rebound rally.
$BTC $ETH#IranOilRiskEscalates
Iran risk is becoming an inflation story again. Brent jumped 6.4% last week as new sanctions and shipping threats raised the odds of real supply disruption. If crude keeps climbing, the chain reaction matters: higher energy costs, stickier inflation, tougher Fed pricing and pressure on risk assets. Gold may like that setup. BTC is less predictable. The key question isn't whether oil rises, but whether it rises enough to change the rate outlook.Bitcoin touched 78,800 before pulling back, currently consolidating around 77,000.
It rose nearly 20% in three days, wiping out several months of sideways movement in one go. Liquidations once approached $3 billion, with shorts being swept away in a wave.
More noteworthy than the short squeeze is that ETF funds have truly started flowing in. Last week, the combined net inflow of US $BTC and $ETH spot ETFs was $2.6 billion, the strongest single-week inflow since October last year. BTC saw $1.9 billion, with consecutive days of net buying, indicating the market is shifting from "short covering" to "spot accumulation."
However, a rally driven by short squeezes comes fast and can retreat just as quickly. Whether it can hold depends mainly on whether ETFs continue buying and if spot holders can withstand taking profits. Without fresh money to sustain it, a surge of selling at the highs will cause significant volatility.
#BTC冲高后震荡，ETF资金持续流入 Everyone is guessing whether Waller will be hawkish, but I think Wednesday at 20:30 is even harder to predict.
At that moment, the GDP revision and July PCE will be released together. The previous GDP was 1.5%, and the annualized PCE rose 5.1%. One controls growth, the other controls inflation. If the data leans slightly to one side, US Treasuries and the dollar might get unsettled first.
BTC hasn’t broken above 79603.1 on the 4-hour chart yet, ETH is stuck below 2549.34, and the S&P daily chart just pulled back from a high. I don’t believe there’s an advantage in betting on the speech in advance. I’ll only acknowledge this wave can continue if BTC breaks above 79603.1 and ETH closes back above 2549.34 after the data release; if interest rate expectations ease but both coins can’t break through, I’ll consider that the expectations have already been fully priced in.
$BTC $ETH #杰克逊霍尔临近，沃什能否明确政策路径
For information organization and personal opinion only, not investment advice. Shorting dYdX, three reasons.
First, Arcus strategic shift substantially hollowing out DYDX token value
dYdX team launched a brand-new DEX called Arcus, deployed on Robinhood Chain instead of their own dYdX Chain. Arcus offers 95 tokenized stocks and perpetual contracts with 24/7 zero-fee trading. It is an independent product with independent infrastructure. dYdX Labs is telling a new story, but this new story does not place dYdX Chain and DYDX token at the core.
Founder Antonio Juliano promised that a portion of future Arcus tokens would be allocated to the dYdX community, but allocation details and unlock timing have not been disclosed. The market worries about resource diversion and value transfer issues. After Arcus's official announcement on July 2, DYDX plummeted 45%, giving back all gains from the previous five days before the announcement. This is not a technical correction; it is a narrative collapse.
Second, the Perp DEX sector is shrinking overall, with dYdX falling the fastest
The entire Perpetual DEX sector has shrunk by over 60% from its peak in October last year. In the past 30 days, trading volume dropped from 1.36 trillion to 498.2 billion, a 63.4% decline. Among leading platforms, dYdX's weekly average trading volume fell by 43.2%. GRVT dropped 59.1%, and Hyperliquid was halved. The whole sector is squeezing out excess.
Worse, although funds remain on bridges, turnover rate has decreased—from nearly two cycles per day before to less than 1.5 cycles now. A low volatility, low trading environment is a persistent negative for protocols like dYdX that rely on trading volume.
Third, market share crushed by Hyperliquid
Hyperliquid generated $1.34 trillion in trading volume and $320 million in revenue in the first half of 2026. In the past three months, derivatives trading market share is 31%, while dYdX only has 16.76%. dYdX's total on-chain TVL is about $480 million, Hyperliquid's is $2.1 billion. Both dYdX and GMX lag behind Hyperliquid in trading volume growth and product expansion pace.
dYdX's marginalization fundamentally stems from its liquidity responsibility mechanism. dYdX adheres to a DeFi design with no protocol backstop; in extreme market conditions, when market makers withdraw, liquidity depth disappears immediately. Hyperliquid is more centralized, with a treasury willing to assume liquidity responsibility, making it better suited for high-leverage perpetual contract markets. $BTC $TRUMP $ETH
Shorting is not betting on it going to zero, but betting it will continue to be marginalized under this competitive landscape. Set your stop loss properly; don't hold on.1. Let's start with the market: BTC surged over 10,000 points in one week. Over the past week, the crypto market experienced a wave that caught many people off guard. BTC surged from around 64,000 to above 77,000, briefly breaking above $77,430 within 24 hours, marking a new high price since May 27. Over the past three trading days, the cumulative increase exceeded 20%, with over 160,000 liquidations within 24 hours, and short liquidations amounting to $1.149 billion. Ethereum also rose more than 7%, with the total market capitalization of the crypto market jumping nearly 8% to about $2.37 trillion.
What happened?
Several factors are overlapping and resonating: the U.S. Treasury announced an expansion of long-term Treasury repurchases to "no less than $4 billion," lowering long-term yields and weakening the dollar; Plus, Trump met with crypto industry leaders to signal policy; The market had previously accumulated massive leveraged short positions, and as soon as the price broke through 65,000, a chain of liquidations was triggered, and the positive feedback mechanism pushed BTC above 77,000.
2. But a Surprise Over the Weekend Just after BTC surged above 77,000, the weekend began to show a pullback from its highs. From August 22 to 23, BTC fell about 2.4% to around 76,600, ETH dropped over 5% to $2,383, and Idacoin, XRP, and others dropped over 12%. Nearly 180,000 people were liquidated, with long positions liquidated by $753 million. Reasons for the pullback: First, early profit-taking was concentrated in the previous stage; Second, on the 22nd, Rezai, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, stated that any country involved in imposing economic restrictions on Iran,Taking a quick look at the bid-ask spread, $XRP is around 1.47, with the spread more than doubling compared to usual. Such a sharp widening of the spread indicates that market makers are withdrawing orders, and market liquidity is drying up.
In an environment of liquidity depletion, even a small sell order can cause a significant drop, but likewise, a small buy order can trigger a strong rebound.
Holding a 100x leverage position in this unstable microstructure carries extremely high risk. I took profit on 80% directly, and moved the stop loss on the remaining 20% to 1.5149 to break even, with a trailing stop at 1.488. If you haven't entered yet, don't open positions when the spread widens—that's a liquidity trap. $BTC $ETH A sudden little insight: Market makers passively press short sellers; behind the lively rise hides a fragile market signal
In the current round of collective rally in crypto assets, a set of on-chain data deserves the attention of all traders: the top three market makers Wintermute, Cumberland, and Auros have passively accumulated a combined net short exposure of $220 million due to market buy orders, already incurring millions of dollars in unrealized losses. Many might mistakenly think this is due to institutions actively bearish and heavily betting on a decline, but the truth is quite the opposite—this is risk inventory forced out by liquidity providers due to a one-sided upward market.
The primary role of market makers is to place two-way orders, simultaneously posting buy and sell orders to earn the bid-ask spread. Ideally, they pursue delta neutrality, avoiding holding large one-sided long or short positions and not betting on direction. When market buy orders surge and many traders aggressively take sell orders, the sell orders posted by market makers get continuously filled, passively selling contracts, and the short positions accumulate higher and higher. Data shows that even with positions heavily skewed to the short side, Wintermute still maintains thousands of two-way orders, quoting both sides in 74 out of 77 contracts, which is a typical market-making business structure, not a subjective bearish short position.
The risk lies in the word "passive." Currently, Wintermute alone carries $163 million in short positions covering multiple major coins including $BTC, $ETH, and $SOL. If the market continues to rise, unrealized losses will further expand. Market makers face only two options: first, buy contracts to close short positions, which would further push prices up and create a small short squeeze; second, maintain short positions and bear the loss pressure from continued price increases.
This also reflects the volatile nature of a monkey market: a rise does not necessarily mean a fundamental reversal. Part of the buying power transforms into risk burdens for liquidity providers. Once prices surge and market makers collectively close positions, it amplifies market volatility; conversely, if prices turn down, these short positions become a buffer for market buy orders.
For ordinary investors, do not simply interpret this as "big institutions betting on a decline," nor blindly bet on a short squeeze just because institutions hold short positions. This data reflects significant structural risks accumulated inside the derivatives market, which is currently in a high-volatility phase. The more intense the one-sided market, the more severe the inventory imbalance of market makers, and the more violent the volatility caused by subsequent reversals.
In such an environment, chasing highs with full positions is extremely risky. The market has the potential to continue surging, but internal risks are also accumulating, making repeated volatility the norm. Position control and not blindly trusting single-direction signals remain the most important trading principles today. BTC held firm near 77,000, but the real buyers caught this wave of buying were not retail investors, but institutional funds in the ETF channel. Have you noticed that after the price returned to 77,000, contract open interest didn't surge but actually shrank a bit? I've been watching a detail over the past two weeks: when BTC rose above 77,000, spot buying was clearly more active than contract leverage. What does this mean? It means the current rally is not driven by retail investors pushing the price up, but by passive allocation with real money supporting the bottom. This structure is often more resilient to declines than sentiment-driven ralls. But the market never shows you only the comfortable side. - On the bullish side: The daily pullback did not break 75,000, indicating that this level has been recognized by the market as a temporary bottom. ETF funds keep flowing in, meaning there are fixed external buyers every day. This rhythm is very similar to the "slowly rising, never stopping" state at the end of 2020. After ETH reached 2500, although it fluctuated, there was no panic selling. High-beta coins like TRUMP remain active in altcoin sectors, indicating that risk appetite has not truly cooled. - Bearish risk: It is precisely this comfortable feeling of "everyone thinks it will continue to rise" that makes one thing most easily overlooked—prices have already priced in too much optimistic expectations. If ETF inflows slow down, even if it only turns negative in a single day, the market will use sharp corrections to reprice. What's even more troublesome is the accumulation in the futures market$BTC long-term logic: macro suppression, on-chain bottom building
Unlike SanDisk's proactive business model restructuring, Bitcoin remains trapped in the macro and on-chain game.
1. Macro: High altitude is lonely: high interest rates make the opportunity cost of holding Bitcoin extremely high. It diverges from gold's trend, behaving more like a risk asset rather than a safe haven. Although Fed rate cuts are a long-term positive, Bitget CEO predicts a possible oscillation around the current price ± $20,000 by year-end, and the Kalshi platform also bets on about $75,000 by year-end.
2. On-chain: painful bottoming: currently, the coin price is below the recent buyers' and active investors' holding costs, a typical "surrender phase." But the good news is that this round of pain is much less severe than previous bear markets, with a more even distribution of holdings and less concentrated selling pressure; the bad news is that whales have been continuously distributing for over a year, and market demand remains weak. $ETH capital structure has undergone a qualitative change.
Ethereum's "story" is shifting from "the number two" to "Wall Street's new battleground":
1. ETF funds outperform Bitcoin: Ethereum spot ETFs have seen net inflows exceeding $510 million for four consecutive days. In July, ETH ETF net inflows accounted for 3.19% of fund size, while BTC ETFs only accounted for 0.34% — the former is about 9.4 times the latter.
2. Institutions are accelerating their accumulation: In Q2, JPMorgan's ETH exposure surged 67.3% quarter-on-quarter, Morgan Stanley increased by 18.6%, and Bank of America expanded its ETHA holdings by about 29 times. The growth rate of institutional ETH allocation has clearly surpassed BTC.
This is akin to SanDisk's "long-term locked-in profits" — both are reconstructing valuation logic with new capital narratives. For Ethereum, this narrative is the implementation of RWA and AI intelligent agent applications.Brothers, I just took a look at BTC's weekly chart, and it's currently right at the top position where previous bear market rebounds peaked, with the red line clearly drawn.
In previous times reaching this point, the second week always saw a direct drop, without exception. But this time, I think it might be different. The biggest difference is that previous rebounds were driven by on-exchange funds playing among themselves, while this time it's off-exchange funds putting in real money.
BlackRock and others are not here for charity; last week alone saw a net inflow of 1.9 billion, with IBIT taking in 1.3 billion. This level of buying pressure never happened in previous rebound rounds. Plus, US Treasury repos have pushed down long-term yields, the dollar is weakening, and funds are flowing into alternative assets. The macro environment is completely different from those previous times. Also, the Fed's September rate cut is highly likely now. Bitcoin currently benefits from the dual narratives of "rate cut benefit + digital gold." Whether it can break through this level is really hard to say.
From a technical perspective, the weekly RSI is about 68, not yet in the overbought zone. If there is a real volume breakout, I think seeing 85,000-88,000 is possible. Of course, if the weekly close candle body falls below 74,000, it might follow the old script again.
Personally, I'm leaning bullish now, but I won't add positions here. I'll wait for a confirmed breakout or pullback confirmation. Brothers who already have positions can hold some, but don't bet everything here.
Let's wait for the revised GDP data on Thursday and the PCE on Friday before making further moves.#BTC fluctuates after rally, ETF funds continue to flow in #ETH fluctuates after reaching $2500 Good afternoon everyone!
Analyzing BTC, ETH, and SOL from the perspectives of cycle position, narrative realization, and expectation gap.
$BTC BTC is in the mid-cycle phase, with the narrative already fully institutionalized. With the launch of spot ETFs, institutional entry channels have been opened, and the market no longer solely relies on retail inflows. The biggest expectation gap currently is not about technical upgrades but about macro policies and regulatory attitudes. BTC's main contradiction is no longer on-chain development but the acceptance level by the traditional financial world. The positive news is partially priced in, making it difficult for pure narrative-driven surges to occur going forward; price movements will more closely follow USD liquidity swings. The advantage is the most solid consensus; the downside is the lack of a growth story itself, and the late bull market elasticity is often weaker than competing coins.
$ETH ETH is in a state where narrative realization falls short of expectations. The market originally expected the Layer 2 network explosion to drive ETH value up simultaneously, but the reality is that while Layer 2 is thriving, the mainnet gas burn continues to decline. ETH-ETF brings capital inflows but only at the funding level, without repairing the "business growth-token yield" transmission chain. The market keeps expecting upgrades and application booms but repeatedly faces underwhelming realities, creating a recurring expectation gap. This causes ETH to often rebound strongly but struggle to consistently outperform BTC, with each round of price ratio spikes followed by pullbacks.
$SOL SOL is a case of overextended expectations. The market pricing has largely factored in the long-term story of SOL ETF approval and large-scale ecological explosion in advance. On-chain Meme trading is active, and user engagement is high, but the high activity mostly comes from short-term speculation, with limited real business retention. Token unlocking continuously releases supply, requiring a steady influx of new funds to absorb selling pressure. Its market performance heavily depends on continued narrative amplification; once the ETF is launched or the ecosystem falls short of expectations, a "good news realized" correction is likely.
The three are currently at different cycle positions: BTC focuses on macro reality; ETH on whether it can repair the value capture mechanism; SOL on whether the long-term narrative can truly materialize. Loose liquidity can push prices up but cannot resolve their internal expectation gaps. If future realities fail to meet the high expectations priced in by the market, significant corrections will occur.HK$80 billion bet on the future: Alibaba's share placement boosts AI computing power—strategic anxiety or a ticket for the times?
Alibaba announced a placement of 710 million shares, raising about HK$80 billion, all invested into AI infrastructure. On one hand, AI cloud revenue maintains double-digit growth; on the other, the surge in capital expenditure and equity dilution has sparked heated discussion. Everyone is watching when this huge sum will turn into real cash.
At the critical juncture of technological iteration, tech giants have no room to lie flat. AI infrastructure is a top-level game that must be followed up on. Global cloud providers are crazily stacking computing power bases with tens of billions of dollars. Whoever slows down due to concerns over short-term profit margins risks falling behind completely in the next-generation cloud ecosystem reconstruction. Alibaba’s share placement fundraising despite large cash reserves is precisely to ensure firm control over computing power and ecosystem when the industry explodes.
The paradigm for evaluating tech companies is shifting. Static low valuations are often value traps. Companies willing to endure short-term financial pain and invest capital into advanced productivity will, once past the inflection point, unleash massive compounding from their computing power flywheel.
Alibaba’s large-scale share placement investment in AI—do you see this as seizing the initiative or responding to anxiety? Do you value its revenue growth or cash flow improvement more?
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The above content represents personal views only and does not constitute any investment advice. DYOR, NFA.
#阿里配股加码AI，回报能否覆盖稀释？ 🔥ZEC ETF is approaching listing, will it continue to rise?
ZEC surged 80% in a week to a new high, with the market speculating on the spot ETF listing expectations.
Looking back at SOL, there was also a frenzy of speculation before listing; after the ETF was officially launched, the coin price began to pull back—buying the expectation, selling the reality.
⚠️ZEC is now at a high level, and the ETF benefits have already been priced in. I believe that regardless of whether the ETF successfully lists, there will be a significant pullback.
#ZEC创站内历史新高，隐私资产重估 Jackson Hole matters less for the tone of Kevin Warsh’s first major speech as Fed chair than for whether he connects inflation, employment and growth to actual policy choices. After July’s 9-3 vote to hold, with three officials favoring a hike, ambiguity is becoming a market variable in its own right.
Confidence, PCE, revised Q2 GDP and durable-goods data may test both inflation and demand. My read: a clear data-to-policy framework could move September hike odds, the dollar, Treasuries and risk assets more durably than a single hawkish or dovish phrase. Not advice, just analysis.
#WarshAtJacksonHole$CAP sideways distribution, nearly half of the holdings reduced by five million in five days, but the price didn't move, can you believe it? Serious divergence, it's really like boiling a frog slowly and calmly unloading the goods. First time seeing this kind of manipulation. This old whale is very patient, not expecting it to suddenly surge or crash. **BTC AND SIGNALS FOR A NEW CYCLE**
$BTC has just reclaimed the 200-week moving average — a key technical area for assessing the long-term trend. In the previous cycle, after reclaiming this level, BTC rose about 48% within 90 days. If history repeats itself, the bottom may have formed and the target above $100K in the next 3 months is no longer an unlikely scenario. However, ETF inflows and price structure still need confirmation.
#BTCETFInflowsSurge #ETHTests2500 #AIEarningsW #Jackson Hole Approaches, Can Waller Clarify the Policy Path?
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The Jackson Hole Annual Meeting is approaching, and Waller will deliver his first keynote speech since taking office, just over ten days before the September FOMC meeting. U.S. Treasury yields are fluctuating at high levels, BTC is consolidating at a high level, and highly elastic coins like ETH and $SOL are extremely sensitive to interest rate changes, intensifying market competition. Waller consistently downplays forward guidance and refuses to provide a clear interest rate path.
Market Consensus
Expecting Waller to clearly set the tone on September rate hikes and long-term policy to judge the subsequent direction of crypto.
Underlying Logic Analysis
This speech is unlikely to provide a clear policy path, only reiterating the anti-inflation stance and downplaying specific guidance. Hawkish remarks would push up U.S. Treasury yields and suppress crypto; neutral ambiguity would maintain volatility; dovish bias would benefit risk assets. $BTC is the liquidity anchor, while $ETH, $SOL, and altcoin volatility will be further amplified.
Personal Viewpoint (Personally leaning towards a gradual bull market return, just personal opinion, not investment advice)
High event uncertainty, no early bets on long or short. Strictly control leverage and positions, observe key support for $BTC, reduce operations on highly elastic coins, and wait for the speech to settle and the market to clarify before making moves. $TSLA's current trading core lies in the decoupling between its high multiple valuation and the progress of technology implementation. FSD remains at the L2 level, and the high latency of end-to-end AI inference limits the speed of narrative realization.
The current market facts show that the historically highest P/E ratio reaching 1000 times and a market value exceeding the combined total of the nine car companies behind it are mainly supported by carbon credit revenue and high premium belief. Market expectations for autonomous driving and Optimus robots have been fully priced in, making fundamental realization ability the key pricing threshold.
In the ranking of driving factors, the primary variable is the speed of reducing end-to-end AI inference latency and breakthroughs of the autonomous driving system to higher levels; the secondary variable is the macro liquidity environment's pricing pressure on high valuation sectors; the third variable is the sustainability of carbon credit income.
The upside scenario trigger condition is an improvement in macro liquidity or renewed speculative sentiment pushing risk appetite higher. If technological iteration can effectively reduce inference latency and push the autonomous driving system beyond the L2 level, the high premium narrative will be supported, triggering a short squeeze; the signal of this scenario's failure is another delay in key technology delivery.
The downside scenario trigger condition is market funds returning from belief-based pricing to fundamental accounting. When FSD remains at the L2 level and carbon credit profits cannot support the current market value, the high valuation represented by a 1000x P/E ratio will be repriced; the signal of this scenario's failure is market liquidity premium forcibly absorbing the technology delivery gap.
Although short selling has a relatively high risk-reward ratio, it is very vulnerable to squeeze risk during sentiment-driven rallies. If subsequent trading volume aligns with liquidity recovery, prices will maintain wide fluctuations within the high valuation range.
In the next 7 days, focus on observing $TSLA's further data disclosure regarding AI inference technology and the market's capital diversion from high valuation tech stocks.
#美伊制裁升级，能源通胀风险回升 #美光加码AI存储，十年研发投入100亿美元Market Core Status: Short Squeeze Residual Heat Remains, but Upward Momentum Weakens
Last week's market was a typical example of a "short squeeze": The U.S. Treasury expanded the scale of long-term bond repos (no less than $4 billion per transaction), triggering the bond market. The 30-year U.S. Treasury yield plummeted from 5.34% to 5.19%, the dollar weakened, directly igniting the "currency devaluation trade" narrative in cryptocurrencies. Coupled with over $4 billion in short positions forcibly liquidated last week, the price was pushed from around $62,000 all the way up to $79,500.
Entering this week, BTC experienced profit-taking after reaching a high of $79,600, once dropping below $75,000, then rebounding above $77,000. The price currently trades around the $77,400-$78,000 range, showing a daily oscillating recovery trend. $BTC $ETH $SOL #卡什卡利称美债未失灵，长债回购能否治本？ Breaking down AAVE: protocol annual revenue about $112M, holders' income in the last 30 days is $0. 7 days +60%, I don't open it as dividends. OKX current price $141, 24h +16%. I didn't chase the $145 spike. 7 days already 40 points more than btc, I treat this slope as an event-driven rally, not a fundamental overnight improvement. The fee funnel is the key: 30d fees $29.5M, protocol only keeps $4.0M (about 14% cut), holders' income $0. Annual buyback framework $50M still in place, but execution can be reduced or stopped, it's not a coupon. Market cap $2.2B, about 20x annualized protocol revenue $112M— not cheap, priced with blue-chip premium. V4 is only 1.9% of V3 ($331M vs $17.1B); Horizon $258M still can't support a second curve. Morpho $9.4B rising together, indicating this is the lending sector beta. Contracts: OI $24M, fee rate +0.01%, OI/market cap about 1.1%. Leverage is not crowded. This wave is mainly not pushed up by short squeeze. Hard data (OKX AAVE/USDT): · Current price $141 · 24h $121–$145 · 7d +60% vs btc +21% · 30d fees $29.5M → protocol revenue $4.0M (cut 1After ZEC hit a new all-time high on the platform, I feel that the real test for privacy coins is just beginning.
Because when a long-dormant asset suddenly strengthens, it's easy to fall into the illusion that:
Price increase = the narrative has been validated.
But the market is never that simple.
What ZEC needs to prove now is not whether it can push up another big bullish candle, but whether after the rise there are new real users, on-chain demand, and long-term capital staying.
If there is only a price increase, a surge in trading volume, and then the hype quickly fades back into silence, essentially it's just a rotation of funds.
But if this rally can reignite privacy payments, wallet support, and actual usage, then ZEC might truly complete the transition from an "old coin catching up" to a "privacy asset revaluation."
The biggest mistake in crypto is to first see the price and then reverse-engineer a grand story.
So the higher the new high, the more I want to look at the fundamentals.
The real narrative is not that everyone starts discussing after the price rises, but that people continue to use it after the price cools down.
#ZEC创站内历史新高，隐私资产重估 Bitcoin has just shown a bullish MACD golden cross on the two-week chart.
The last two times this happened, cycle bottoms had already formed.
Will history repeat itself? $BTC $ETH $SOL #卡什卡利称美债未失灵，长债回购能否治本？
The Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department are currently at odds.
To put it simply, the Treasury is trying to stabilize the market, while the Fed is just watching. Without the Fed's cooperation, the Treasury's small-scale repos are simply insufficient. The market's reaction was honest: on the day the repo news came out, the 30-year Treasury yield dropped from 5.33% to around 5.19%, but then bounced back the next day. Compare 4 billion to 40 trillion in debt, you do the math on that ratio.
Kashkari offered two explanations. The optimistic view is that the bond market is catching up to the stock market, with AI-driven investment boosting productivity and high growth supporting high interest rates. The pessimistic view is that the fiscal deficit is expanding and government debt pressure is increasing. He admits both possibilities exist, and it's currently unclear which is the main cause.
Here’s my take. The disagreement between Kashkari and the Treasury boils down to "who controls interest rates." Ultimately, long-term rates are determined by inflation expectations, fiscal supply, and AI-driven capital demand; 4 billion cannot solve these issues.
For Bitcoin, if Treasury yields don’t come down, the valuation ceiling for risk assets remains capped. But the real turning point is the CLARITY Act vote on September 15; before that, Bitcoin will likely continue to oscillate at high levels. The direction is clear, control the pace yourself.
$BTC $ETH $TRUMP BTC is consolidating around the 77,000 USD level after a strong rally, indicating that the battle between buyers and sellers is still unresolved. Meanwhile, ETH is maintaining a more stable pace, and capital is gradually spreading to altcoins, with market sentiment cooling down from excitement to a more rational state. 📊
The spot ETF continues to record net inflows, confirming the allocation strategy dNo matter how good a project is, if the market is inactive, it’s really useless. Once the market becomes active, the so-called good things will stand out.
Rumors about TRUMP have been denied, yet trading volume continues to expand. Often, the market isn’t trading on news but on whether "there’s another person who still believes."
Total crypto market cap: approximately $2.64 trillion, down 2.16% in 24 hours; BTC market dominance about 59.1%.
U.S. stock markets reopen Monday; first, watch if Friday’s tech stock rebound continues. No new strong macro catalysts over the weekend, so short-term focus remains on the U.S. market open.
No new industry-level news for AI and storage. Without new data, storage remains in high-level oscillation trading and is not suitable for chasing after a one-day rebound.
SanDisk is really hard to sell; can only hold onto what is considered seriously undervalued SK Hynix. It’s best for everyone not to hold contracts; if you can buy spot, buy spot. Fees are too high, and most people can’t handle it.
$MU I am Cige. Kashkari's latest statement: the 10-year US Treasury yield is close to 4.7%, market trading and liquidity remain normal, and the Federal Reserve does not need to directly respond to long-term rate fluctuations and can continue to focus on inflation.
Previously, the Treasury Department announced raising the long-term Treasury liquidity support repo limit from 2 billion to at least 4 billion, and the 30-year yield has fallen back from the 19-year high of 5.33%. Kashkari's judgment further confirms that the Treasury's repo is only a liquidity management tool, not a pre-signal for Fed rate cuts or QE. The current debate is whether the rise in long-term yields is due to short-term trading pressure or a structural revaluation driven by fiscal deficits, bond supply, and inflation expectations. If the latter dominates, expanding repos can only reduce volatility and is unlikely to sustainably lower financing costs.
Regarding the impact on BTC, Kashkari's statement indicates the Fed will not provide additional liquidity support for the stock or crypto markets. The direction hasn't changed, but the pace is shifting. Cige has finished speaking; you can savor it. #BTC冲高后震荡，ETF资金持续流入 #卡什卡利称美债未失灵，长债回购能否治本？ $BTC $ETH $TRUMP Honestly, seeing Dogecoin's recent surge, many people's first reaction was to "close their eyes and short." But the market is never that simple. What's even more noteworthy is that Ethereum has broken through the previously dense trading zone, meaning that the gains of a mainstream coin have even surpassed that of some altcoins. If even mainstream assets move faster than your holdings, what's the point of your positions? Meanwhile, new altcoins keep emerging, and DOGE's supply is being issued infinitely. Each bull market only briefly "revives" this once-glorious meme coin. Once the market's upward momentum weakens, these altcoins, gradually forgotten by history, are often among the first to collapse. 📉 From the capital flow perspective, after Bitcoin's surge, it entered a phase of volatility, and ETF funds continue to flow in, indicating that institutions remain relatively optimistic. Ethereum also began to consolidate after touching $2,500. In the short term, market sentiment is warm, but volatility is increasing. Additionally, Samsung's shareholder return plan has been implemented, involving up to about $80 billion, providing some support for global risk asset sentiment. At this stage, market polarization is clear: funds prefer mainstream assets supported by real ecosystems and cash flow, while purely sentiment-driven meme coins face greater pullback risks. Every DOGE rebound is more of a psychological recovery than a fundamental reversal. Investors need to be wary of the typical pattern of "celebrating during gains and trampling during declines." Risk Warning: The crypto market is highly volatile. The above content is for market analysis only and does not constitute any investment advice. Please assess your own risk tolerance#Jackson Hole is approaching, can Waller clarify the policy path?
Damn! The Fed is now a complete black box, and Waller is treating the entire market like monkeys.
This guy threw away the dot plot, cut the guidance, and every meeting he just throws out a line that 2% is still the target, then leaves.
The Treasury market is in total chaos.
The 30-year Treasury yield has surged directly to 5.2%, a level last seen before the 2007 financial crisis.
Traders now are basically gambling blindly with their eyes closed, winning or losing all depends on luck.
This Friday is the Jackson Hole annual meeting, and Waller will give his first speech as Fed Chair.
The whole market is anxiously waiting, just wanting to hear what he plans to do, hoping he can say something clear and straightforward.
Looking at those old hands on X, some think BTC surged from over 60,000 to 77,000 this week, nearly a 20% rise in seven days, ETF funds flooding in, and ETH up nearly 30% in a week.
The market suddenly went silent over the weekend, 170,000 people liquidated, longs basically wiped out.
Now everyone is waiting for Waller’s stance; if he is tough, US Treasuries will continue to fall, risk assets will shake, and Bitcoin and Ethereum will also plunge.
If he continues to be vague, market expectations for liquidity remain, and cryptocurrencies still have room to rise.
I think the neutral stance has long been priced in by the market; what can really change the market is an unexpected statement.
Whether Bitcoin can rise depends mainly on whether there is enough money in the market.
Whether Ethereum can keep pushing up mainly depends on whether people dare to take risks.
Gold is supported by safe-haven demand.
What Waller says this Friday won’t directly decide the next candlestick’s movement, but will determine the direction of capital flow next.
Actually, whatever this guy says in the end is like saying nothing at all. Sigh~😑 #美伊制裁升级，能源通胀风险回升
This time, with the US-Iran relations tightening again, I actually don't want to chase every diplomatic update; I only watch the oil prices.
Because whether geopolitical conflicts can truly impact the market is most directly reflected in crude oil. Last week, both Brent and WTI rose over 5%. If it were just emotional trading, oil prices would quickly retreat; but if transportation is restricted and supply expectations continue to tighten, then the issue shifts from "geopolitical risk" to "inflation problem."
For $BTC and the US stock market, the real trouble isn't Iran itself, but the chain reaction behind it: rising oil prices → rising inflation expectations → compressed room for rate cuts → US Treasury yields and the dollar strengthen again → risk assets come under pressure.
So what I’m most focused on now isn’t "whether it will escalate further," but whether crude oil can hold onto this wave of gains.
I think this is also a point that macro traders often overlook: news can be scary, but in the end, the market looks to whether prices confirm it.Review of the 9th issue of 2026: The bull market experienced an epic short squeeze, with the bear market bottom possibly reached two months early? What to do if your short positions are trapped or missed the short squeeze? Is there one last dip? Which assets should you buy on dips? After going through this epic short squeeze, since the 19th, the total short squeeze has exceeded 4.3 billion, and Bitcoin surged close to the 80,000 mark in one go. The main reasons for this explosive rally are short position liquidations combined with unexpected positive news. However, ETF net inflows for the week reached 1.92 billion, second only to the week of last year's bull market peak, and USDT net increase over the last 4 days was 1.6 billion, showing real capital flowing in to buy.
Besides capital returning, the bottom structure has become clearer after this rally. The bottom shows a head and shoulders and a large W double bottom pattern, with a clear long-term accumulation zone. 70% of on-chain indicators triggered bottom signals, and a large bullish candle broke through the descending channel, quickly moving out of the accumulation zone. Many dimensions align with a bottom formation.
But is it really the bottom? Comparing with the most similar 2018 bear market bottom, the answer is still uncertain. The key going forward is whether the 82,800 level can be broken and held, and also the depth of the retracement after the stage top. The pullback must not break below the 67,000 neckline of the head and shoulders bottom. Judging by these two levels together, there is a high probability to determine if this is the true historic bottom. These two points are very important, remember!
I missed this wave and it’s impossible not to feel anxious, but if the bear bottom is confirmed, there will still be opportunities to enter later. Missing the bottom doesn’t mean missing the bull market; everything is just beginning. Be patient and wait for a pullback. After all, this is a contract-dominated market, it won’t be a one-sided trend forever, and there will be many entry opportunities.
I have organized the logic and structure over the past few days and formulated the upcoming trading strategies. The differences in the following trading logics depend on whether it’s a reversal and whether the bottom formation is complete. Sharing with everyone, hope it helps.
1. Short-term buying on dips in spot market: buy on 5%-10% pullbacks to avoid missing out. Buy half the position in batches above 74,000, 70,000, and 67,000. If this is the first wave of the bull market, there is still considerable upside, especially after breaking 82,800. Mid-term focus is mainly long above 67,000. If you still hold short positions, a deep pullback near 70,000 is a good chance to close shorts and cut losses.
Preferred assets for building positions: large allocations in Bitcoin, ETH, SOL, and BNB. Altcoins have already surged, so avoid chasing. For altcoins, light positions in HYPE, PUMP, BGB, TRUMP, and ENA are possible, as these have performed well and have some fundamental support. In US stocks, I favor MSTR and will buy some positions; crypto-related stocks like COIN and CIRCLE are also decent.
2. 82,800 might be the last chance for the bears. The main long and short forces will battle here, and the bears have strong motivation to remove contract liquidity. This is also a relatively reliable shorting opportunity, but watch for fake breakouts followed by real drops. Only short confidently if that happens. If the breakout holds firmly, stop all losses; a turning point is likely here.
3. Assuming the bottom is confirmed, the price should not fall below 67,000. Falling below means reversal failed and the bottom formation continues. Pause buying and going long to avoid the last dip. Breaking the neckline means this rally is just the C wave of an ABC correction, and there might be one last dip or at least a retest of the previous low at 57,800 to complete a double bottom.
4. Pay close attention to the bill vote on September 15. If it passes and the market continues to rally, the bear bottom is likely confirmed. If it fails, expect a sharp drop and a bull squeeze, indicating a stage top and another bottom test. If that happens, the drop could be significant, but this is highly uncertain and even Trump is unsure, so it’s not a bet. Falling below 67,000 depends on luck; it’s unlikely in the short term unless a black swan event occurs.
There are still 2 months left in the one-year bear market cycle. Whether liquidity continues to improve remains to be seen. There should be a major pullback in these two months. If you miss the bottom, you can buy on the right side at the secondary bottom. Don’t rush to chase the rally and get trapped at highs. If you missed the short squeeze or your shorts are trapped, use this time window to close shorts and build positions. This might be the only opportunity right now.#财报观察员：英伟达领衔，AI回报进入验证期
NVIDIA's latest earnings report still delivers high growth, with its data center business continuing to lead. However, the market's focus has long shifted away from mere revenue growth rates. The entire AI industry has officially entered a phase of investment return (ROI) validation, no longer driven by storytelling based on concepts.
On the upstream computing power side, NVIDIA maintains a high gross margin, and server orders remain robust. But after several consecutive quarters of earnings surpassing expectations, the positive factors have been fully priced in. The market is beginning to question: when will cloud providers, who continue to make substantial computing power purchases, monetize through AI applications to recoup costs? Once corporate AI capital expenditures slow down, upstream chip demand will face direct pressure.
The industry chain differentiation is becoming increasingly apparent: the hardware segment is the first to realize profits, while large models and AI application layers experience a stark contrast. Leading companies see rapid revenue growth, but most small and medium projects are still in the money-burning stage, with uneven progress in commercialization. AI is shifting from a nationwide expansion frenzy to a rational phase focused on detailed accounting and profit realization.
Personal view: The core contradiction in the AI market has shifted. Previously, the hype was about demand and orders; going forward, the competition will be about real cash flow and profit cycles. NVIDIA's performance is just the basic threshold; if downstream commercialization falls short of expectations, the entire sector's valuation will face correction pressure.
Mapping to the crypto market, AI computing power and AI concept tokens will experience differentiation. Purely narrative-driven themes will be abandoned by capital, while those with real-world application scenarios and cash flow support will develop independent momentum. Avoid blindly following and speculating on AI hotspots. Positions that closed with profits and those that were not yet liquidated diverged in the BTC range from 64K to 80K. It is necessary to verify whether this rally is a continuation of the trend or if conditions for invalidation are already forming. While BTC did rise from 64K to 80K, this movement was not uniformly reflected across all asset classes. ETH's participation in the rally was relatively slow, and some altcoins showed only weak rebounds after sharp spikes, indicating accumulated upward fatigue. OKB and BNB maintained a solid trend, but the storage sector appears to require a healthy correction before the next upward phase. NEAR shows uncertainty near the highs around $7.12–$7.13. At this point, when the market lacks a clear direction, capital preservation may be a more rational choice than aggressive trend following. From a market structure perspective, this rally was led by BTC, and ETH's failure to catch up suggests that risk appetite has not fully spread. In other words, for the uptrend to be intact,ZeroHedge pointed out that the phase peak in trading for chip and storage sector stocks coincides exactly with the historical high in total return swap (TRS) financing costs. The article further breaks down the underlying logic of this AI hardware rally: the market previously attributed the strong rise in chip and storage sectors to the explosive demand for AI computing power and sustained improvement in industry fundamentals. However, behind this narrative lies the hidden boost from large-scale leveraged funds. Hedge funds like Situational Awareness have been using over-the-counter derivatives such as TRS, leveraging multiple times to bet on tech stock rallies. After the market trend reverses, high-leverage positions directly amplify asset price volatility.
From a market structure perspective, TRS, as an over-the-counter total return swap, allows institutions to amplify their exposure without directly holding the underlying stocks. Earlier, global hedge funds crowded into semiconductor and AI computing sectors, pushing up the overall leverage ratio of the sector and directly raising financing pricing on the investment banking side. As leverage demand approaches its limit, investment banks tighten risk controls and financing costs soar, which are leading indicators of overheated trading and crowded positions. When costs hit historical extremes, it means the marginal power of the bulls is exhausted and a market turning point follows.
Public trading data confirms the backlash effect of leveraged funds: Situational Awareness’s previously heavily weighted high-leverage tech stock portfolio suffered significant drawdowns, triggering margin calls and forcing large-scale reductions in tech stock holdings. This event clearly reflects that the recent rally in popular chip and AI stocks is not fully supported by corporate profits or industry prosperity fundamentals. The degree of leverage in funding is the core variable driving short-term market fluctuations.
A deeper risk lies in the high concentration of semiconductor leveraged trading this round. Leading storage chips and AI computing targets are collectively bet on by leveraged ETFs and hedge funds, creating a negative gamma hedging feedback loop between derivative positions and spot trading: in the rising phase, leveraged funds add positions pushing prices higher; in the falling phase, they face collective liquidation and forced selling pressure, easily causing one-sided extreme market moves. Recently, leading investment banks have successively raised TRS financing spreads for chip stocks and reduced swap trading limits, essentially a passive correction of previous excessive leverage. As existing high-leverage positions gradually unwind, sector short-term volatility will remain high, and the market will gradually return from capital-driven speculative rallies to pricing logic based on industry fundamentals. $CL crude oil retraces to $85, but the whales are frantically adding positions—I've seen this script before
Geopolitical risks haven't materialized yet, but smart money has already quietly moved below $85.
CL current price is $85.32. Looking at the 1-hour chart, the price just touched the lower Bollinger Band at $85.07 and then rebounded. The MACD green bars are converging, DIF and DEA are still hovering below the zero line, and RSI across three periods is in the extremely oversold range of 32-37—a signal that short-term selling pressure is nearly exhausted.
The news is the main event. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen just announced the "toughest sanctions in history" on Iran. Iran directly warned: if the economic war continues, it will completely cut off oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's crude oil exports have plummeted from 2 million barrels per day to 287,000 barrels—the supply gap is clear, so oil prices can't fall further.
My personal view: this retracement is not a trend reversal but an emotional release "before sanctions take effect." Referencing October 2024, when Iran threatened to block the strait, oil prices first dropped 5% then surged 18% over two weeks. Geopolitical premium hasn't been priced in yet; the current $85 is clearly undervalued.
Trading strategy (core):
First entry zone: 84.50-85.00, build long positions.
Second add-on zone: add positions if it retraces to 83.80-84.20.
For specific entry signals and position management, follow Tang Seng; I will explain in detail. #美伊制裁升级，能源通胀风险回升 Personal View
[NVIDIA Price Increase, SanDisk Wins Effortlessly]
NVIDIA AI servers have raised prices by 15% across the board; on the surface, this is cost pass-through, but in reality, it signals the bargaining power of the storage supply chain.
AI servers consume 3 to 8 times more NAND flash than traditional servers. SanDisk's data center business revenue surged 1298% year-over-year, with its share of total shipments soaring from 12% to 38%.
SanDisk's enterprise SSD demand is booming, with revenue up 372% year-over-year, having secured $93.9 billion in long-term orders, solidifying its performance base for the next five years.
During the upward cycle of AI computing costs, SanDisk is shifting from a "supporting role" to a "leading role," continuously benefiting from the global computing power arms race $SNDK #闪迪财报前夕，HBF与存储紧缺引发热议 #闪迪财报双超预期，新增140亿美元回购授权 Occasionally crossing back to make Dan 234% pocketed
Look at the direction, it's worthless.
Look at the position, then it's valuable.
The client has been waiting.
I have been waiting.
Only when the position is right do I let him in.
Enter around 767.
Exit around 777.
Similar to the public idea.
Many people think I am accurate.
Actually not.
I am just more willing than most to wait for that position that belongs to me. $BTC $ETH $SOL #BTC冲高后震荡，ETF资金持续流入 #ETH触及2500美元后震荡 Discussing the industrial logic behind Nvidia and downstream manufacturers raising prices:
When Nvidia starts raising prices and terminal manufacturers like Apple follow suit, it indicates that the huge hardware costs of AI have officially reached the stage where "end consumers must bear the cost." Even Nvidia, at the top of the industry chain, can no longer absorb the costs alone.
This cost squeeze is actually quite negative for the storage sector. If downstream terminal manufacturers are under pressure, their bargaining power and willingness to purchase upstream storage chips will be suppressed.
This brings to mind the previous market event where Apple and Micron CEOs clashed, leading to a "long Apple, short Micron" hedging strategy. In this cost transmission chain, there are still hidden cross-sector hedging trading opportunities worth closely monitoring.
#AI成本 #英伟达 #美光 #美股交易 #交易日志$NVDA