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#Tether首次完整审计：透明度成焦点
"Tether's First Full Audit: Reserves Exceed Liabilities by 6.8 Billion"
Tether's first full audit has been completed, with KPMG issuing an unqualified opinion.
In past years, it only released quarterly attestations, which many in the industry treated as a red flag—I have reviewed several of these. This time, KPMG went through all four financial statements, physically verifying each gold bar in the treasury.
Official announcement on August 13. Total assets are 187.7 billion against liabilities of 183.6 billion, with 146 tons of gold and 99,000 bitcoins on the books. Q2 operating profit was 1.5 billion USD, USDT circulation is about 184.6 billion, accounting for approximately 61% of the stablecoin market.
CEO Ardoino declared: "This is a decisive moment for the stablecoin industry; once again, we have proven them wrong."
Can this boast be swallowed? Finews reminds that the announcement notably lacks the actual financial statements. The balance sheet and income statement were not released with the announcement, so only half the red flags have been lowered.
My review habit follows two lines. Excess reserves are like monitoring blood pressure; the audit scope shows 6.814 billion, quarterly report scope shows 4.11 billion, halving from 8.23 billion in Q1, indicating the buffer is thinning. The loop is only closed when the statements are made public; don't place heavy bets before this step is completed.
The audit stamp is a milestone, but prices only recognize details. 6.8 billion is just the beginning. $BTC The US-China AI “pick sides” policy isn’t just geopolitics, it’s now crypto’s most potent macro driver. BTC and ETH no longer trade on tech narratives alone, they’re priced as risk-sensitivity barometers for the AI arms race. Key Data Points: - When US-Iran tensions eased (Hormuz reopened), BTC surged +12.8% ($59,375 → $67,000) in June; ETH hit $1,974, its highest since April. Oil dropped ~7%, 10Y yields fell 42 bps, and S&P 500 rallied +3.6%. - In late July, renewed Iran hostilities spiked oil Recently looking at UniSat and FB, I noticed these 3 things are starting to connect 👀
I recently reviewed the updates from UniSat and Fractal again, and it feels like it’s no longer just about "what features were updated today."
There are several threads slowly coming together.
First, FB’s first halving is getting closer.
Many people’s first reaction is still to think about the price, but I’m more interested in how the supply rhythm, miners, and market participation will change after the halving.
After all, this is the first complete halving cycle since Fractal launched.
Second, FIP-102 has started discussions about a deeper connection between FB and the Bitcoin mainnet.
The focus isn’t on issuing more coins, but on trying to give FB more usage space on the Bitcoin mainnet.
If this really moves forward, FB’s positioning might gradually change as well.
Third, what UniSat is doing is increasingly unlike a simple wallet.
From asset management, to trading, data, Fractal, and various Bitcoin native ecosystem entry points, it feels more like it’s slowly building a "path for users to enter the Bitcoin ecosystem."
$BTC $XCH At 2 a.m., I recalculated $XCH's market value, and my first reaction wasn't cheapness, but absurdity. An L1 designed by BitTorrent founder Bram Cohen, featuring an independent consensus mechanism, a dedicated virtual machine, an independent asset model, and still developing its underlying protocol, currently has a circulating market cap of only about $20 million. What does this mean? Many projects without mainnet, revenue, institutional products, or even GitHub that are about to stop updating can easily exceed hundreds of millions of dollars in valuation just by labeling them AI, DePIN, or RWA. But Chia has been running for five years, with no network downtime, no code stoppage, and no development team disappearing, yet the market almost prices it as "the project is about to die." But the question is, is Chia really dead? Open GitHub, and the answer is very straightforward. In March 2026, Chia released versions 2.6.1 and 2.7.0, adding new wallet and RPC features, PoS2-related development, and significantly enhancing network attacks, mempools, and node connections. In May 2026, version 2.7.1 will continue to be released. The main repository still has a large number of pull requests, with wallets, full nodes, consensus, security, and development tools continuously updated. A project that has truly been abandoned will not continue to rewrite network defenses, optimize wallet protocols, advance the next generation of Proof of Space, or see token prices fall$BTC $ETH #BTC成交萎缩. Can ETF buying rebound 🌍? Latest international news (8/17 morning–noon) · The Fed has shifted its pricing to a dovish but remains unwavering: CME shows a 66.9% probability of holding rates unchanged in September, with a 33.1% rate hike; Goldman Sachs says a rate hike is "highly unlikely," but Walsh's written statement still sticks to the 2% inflation target. The yield on 10-year U.S. Treasuries peaked at 4.65%, while the 30-year yield fell below 5.2%. The opportunity cost of zero-yield assets has not truly decreased. Hormuz unresolved: weekend traffic plummets (5 boats on Saturday / 0 boats on Sunday vs 31 boats the week before), WTI 82.4, Brent 88.5, Middle East risk premium persists→ tail inflation + risk appetite pressure hits both sides. · US/Japan-Korea divergence: S&P edged down on 8/14 but hit a weekly high, SanDisk +7.4% storage attracted funds; Nikkei rose 0.59% early on August 17, South Korea's KOSPI rose 2.42%, with Asia-Pacific risk appetite warming but crypto desensitized. ETF bleeding: BTC spot ETFs had a net inflow of 865 million yuan from 8/3-7, 131 million yuan outflow on 8/13, 56.2 million yuan outflow on 8/14, totaling a weekly net outflow of 385 million yuan. Institutions are "reducing positions without bottom-fishing." 📊 BTC/ETH real-time market (around 13:00 on 8/17) · BTC: $62,740-$63,100, 24h ±0.1%, down about 3% weekly; The intraday range is 62,780-63,320, 63,000, shifting from support to resistance, with the 50-day moving average at 63,370/2😮💨 一位2005年出生的年轻女孩，在周五鼓起勇气踏入加密货币市场，却没想到迎头撞上一堵高墙。昨天市场表现惨淡，今天行情稍稍回暖，但热度不足以化解手中的仓位困境。她用全仓8倍杠杆买入BICO，本想着赚点零花钱，没料到天天守着仓位、夜夜难安，精神消耗远比想象中沉重。回头看看交易者数据，空头大多已浮盈，多头那边却是一片亏损中勉强支撑的景象。这种割裂，折射出当前市场里投机情绪与真实流动性之间的拉扯：一部分人在恐惧中加码搏反弹，另一部分人则在反弹中悄悄兑现利润。 🍂 把她拉回现实的是两件大事。一是消费端动能正在转弱，通胀对政策放松的钳制并未解除，9月是否能出现边际宽松，仍然充满不确定性。二是标普盈利虽然超预期，但华尔街似乎并不买账，目标点位略显保守，暗示风险资产进一步上冲的空间有限。市场对利好反应钝化，对利空却相当敏感，这种状态往往意味着正在积蓄某种变盘前的情绪波动。 📉 她还看到系统里推送的另一条数据：ETF买盘出现反转，BTC的杠杆仓位出现回升。这看起来是个有趣的信号——机构资金时而回流，但杠杆资金也在悄然增加，说明市场上不同资金属性的分歧正在加大。有人靠现货稳步建仓，有人则赌情What is $SNDK really trading? Don't just focus on AI storage shortages; the answer lies in the market data
Many people think of AI storage shortages first when they hear $SNDK, but that's just the surface logic. The market data already tells us the core of the capital's real game.
First, the market is rewriting its valuation logic. SanDisk relies on long-term supply agreements to lock in large orders, turning cyclical storage business into revenue with more stable expectations. Capital is betting on its ability to maintain high gross margins, which underpins the premium.
Second, betting on the new generation of storage technology dividends. It has partnered with SK Hynix to launch the HBF high-bandwidth flash memory standard, positioned between HBM and regular NAND, tailored for AI inference scenarios. Capital is betting early that this new standard can open a whole new hardware track.
Third, the unique capital effect in the crypto market. Among US stock-mapped tokens, $SNDK's contract open interest has long been near the top. A large amount of capital that cannot directly participate in US stocks can only enter the market through this token, with short-term funds frequently flowing in and out, further amplifying market volatility.
Short-term shortages can only trigger pulse rallies. The essence of this round of the market is driven by valuation reshaping, technical expectations, and incremental capital from the crypto community.
This article is only a market review and does not constitute any investment advice. #BTC成交萎缩，ETF买盘能否回暖 #SPCX持股结构曝光，哈佛13F重仓 #财报观察员：AI基建财报接力登场 $BTC $ETH $SNDK Fewer coins available doesn't automatically mean buyers are ready to act on it.
$BTC is holding near $62.9K, $ETH sits close to $1.9K, and neither is doing much to inspire confidence right now. What's interesting is the whiplash underneath: August opened with real strength, ETFs pulling in over $750 million across the first week, only for that momentum to reverse into three straight sessions of outflows through Aug 14, including a $57.6M single-day drain.
That's not collapse — it's hesitation. Broader sentiment is sitting neutral to mildly bearish, with short-term traders staying defensive while longer-term holders remain patient. Price is still capped below the $65-66K zone, and nothing in the current data points to a forced squeeze or a clean technical breakout. This reads more like a controlled bounce off support than genuine conviction returning.
The structural story — tightening supply — hasn't gone anywhere. What's missing is the demand side actually showing up with consistency instead of one strong week followed by a retreat.
#BTCVolumeDriesUp #SPCXOwnershipRevealed #AIInfraEarningsWatch
Not financial advice.My view on this morning's spike in SNDK.
Before the European session opened, there was a sharp pull from 1630 straight up to 1775 and then an immediate drop back down. The tactic was too crude. Over the weekend, BTC was sideways, US stock futures were closed, and the perpetual contract depth was pitifully thin. In this environment, a 40+ dollar upper wick was most likely the big players using small funds to knock out the short positions clustered above to trigger stop losses, while also testing the selling pressure at the high level.
As for fundamentals, the original factory's production cut effect is indeed fermenting, and enterprise-level SSD orders are booked through Q1 next year, which everyone knows. But the problem is, this information has been circulating since the June earnings report, and the stock price should have priced it in long ago. The daily chart in the past two weeks clearly shows an ascending wedge pattern, and today's spike just hit the upper boundary, with volume not keeping up—a typical false breakout warning pattern.
My trading view is as follows:
· Chasing at 1775 is a gamble with a poor risk-reward ratio; above 1800 there is a huge volume of trapped positions waiting to be released.
· If I were to participate, I would wait for a pullback to the 1580-1600 range, which is the previous dense trading zone overlapping with the 20-day moving average, where I could try a light long position.
· If it breaks below 1550 directly, then this spike is a signal of a phase top, and it's time to exit.
In short: watch from above 1700, only consider entering below 1600. In this market, watching more and trading less is better than anything else—don't let a single spike throw off your rhythm.😄
$SNDK
$BTC
#消费动能转弱，9月政策仍受通胀制约 Data from Woofun‑AI shows that on August 13, the US Bitcoin spot ETF experienced a net outflow of $131.1 million, a fact confirmed by data from FarsideInvestors as well. Moreover, this was not a one-day anomaly; it marked the second consecutive day of outflows, with the speed of outflow noticeably accelerating compared to the previous day.
This also indicates that after a brief period of stabilization, market sentiment has started to turn cautious again. But first, it’s important to distinguish one point: this capital flight is more about the market reaching a critical juncture, with institutions taking profits to hedge risks, and does not mean the long-term upward trend has reversed.
Let’s break down where the money was withdrawn from. Ark Invest’s shturl. saw an outflow of $58.8 million, the largest in this redemption wave; following closely was Fidelity’s FBTC.US with $55.1 million outflow; Grayscale’s GBTC.US was also redeemed, with $36.3 million flowing out.
These leading, established ETFs were the main sources of outflows that day. The reason ARKB and FBTC saw such heavy outflows is likely because after a sustained rise, some institutions chose to take profits, while others began reassessing short-term macro risks. The two consecutive days of outflows amplified market concerns, and short-term market liquidity indeed faced a test.
However, an interesting development is that although most ETFs were being sold off, not all on-exchange funds chose to exit; signs of differentiation have become very clear.
Citibank Meibang’s MSBT, on the contrary, attracted $7.1 million in inflows against the trend; Grayscale’s MiniBTC even absorbed $38.9 million in one go. These two inflows offset some of the selling pressure from other products.
Here we can see a key bullish signal: large funds have not completely abandoned the Bitcoin sector; rather, they have shifted from high-priced, high-fee legacy products to newer products with lower fees. The capital is rotating within the sector, not exiting the entire market.
This rotation behavior occurs partly because many institutions chose to lock in profits after a rally, and partly because everyone is waiting for clearer monetary policy signals from the Federal Reserve. Bitcoin has been oscillating within a range recently, and no one is willing to trigger a major move recklessly.
So the current withdrawal from high-level old ETFs and redeployment into lower-fee MiniBTC essentially represents an internal capital rotation.
Short-term consecutive outflows may look like a cooling of enthusiasm among traditional financial investors, but daily or several days’ capital flows should only be considered short-term sentiment indicators and cannot directly determine a long-term market downturn.
Going forward, we should pay more attention to the capital movements in low-fee ETFs. If products like MiniBTC can continuously attract buying, it indicates that the institutional long-term base remains intact. The ETF capital flow data in the coming days will be the most critical evidence to test whether this is a capital flight or just a rotation and shakeout. $BTC $ETH
#BTC成交萎缩，ETF买盘能否回暖 This morning, 10x Research posted two consecutive posts: first, "$BTC trading volume shrinks, market enters narrow consolidation," and a few hours later added, "Trading volume has sharply contracted, volatility range narrowing." If the same institution calls it twice in one day, it means they have observed at least one trading cycle and are not isolated phenomena. Looking at the data, the shrinkage is real. I took $BTC of the last 60 daily charts: the average daily trading volume over the past 7 days is only 75% of the previous 14-21 days, which means it's shrunk by a quarter. The most extreme was yesterday (08-16), with a total trading volume of 695 BTC, the lowest single-day volume in nearly two months. During the same period, BIT data confirmed: $BTC 7-day implied volatility dropped to 25%, a historic low. The market doesn't just go up or down; it's simply that no one is willing to bet. Some may ask: Can ETF buying really stir up this pool? The answer is a bit cold. Last week, $BTC spot ETFs saw a net outflow of $39 million, led by Fidelity's FBTC. What does this mean: institutions are not bottom-fishing; instead, they are reducing positions—$BTC since the spot ETF launched, capital flows have always been "$BTC eat meat, $ETH drink soup," but the reverse has been the case over the past two months: $ETH ETF capital flows have outperformed $BTC for two consecutive months. $ETH Yesterday (12:04) there was news saying that the cost range for major players was between 1900-24001. Coins and Current Status GPS is GoPlus Security's native token, focusing on Web3 decentralized security infrastructure, providing real-time on-chain risk detection and security audit APIs for wallets, dApps, and public chains. It belongs to the crypto sector's security infrastructure target, has been listed on major exchanges like Binance, with a total token supply of 10 billion. 1. Current Fundamentals • Track Attributes: There are actual products being implemented, and protocols generate real revenue through API services. They are not purely empty narrative coins, but their overall circulating market capitalization is relatively small. They are small- to mid-cap coins with much greater elasticity and volatility than mainstream coins. • Upward Momentum: This surge is driven by oversold recovery + altcoin rotation funds—the coin's all-time high reached $0.22, and the current price is only about 7% of the peak, indicating a significant long-term decline; Coupled with the recent broad rally of small-cap crypto stocks and the rebound in attention to the security sector, funds have taken advantage of the momentum to drive the market higher. Currently, there are no major landing-level positive announcements, indicating strong emotion-driven characteristics. • Potential selling pressure: Tokens have periodic unlocking rules. In July 2026, a multi-million dollar token unlock was completed, and ongoing circulation pressure will continue to release pressure. 2. Technical Status • Price Strength: Latest price 0.014772 USDT, 24-hour increase 39.35%, 7-day cumulative increase 56.93%, 90-day gain doubled, typical short-term aggressive rally; However, the major cycle remains oversoldCan't stop the crash, a crash is just a matter of time
The data looks great—earnings +31%, PE dropped from 26x to 22x, Wall Street target at 7894 points (still 1.4% upside), it looks like a healthy bull market.
But the reality is—VIX is at a yearly low, options have fully turned bullish, everyone is scrambling for calls—the lower the volatility, the more fragile the market—the whole crowd is betting in the same direction, and any surprise will inevitably cause a stampede.
Earnings positives are already priced in, consumer data is collapsing, inflation expectations are still rising, the Hormuz Strait issue hasn't been resolved—the market is focused on the best news, ignoring the worst risks.
In extreme conditions, with everyone aligned in one direction and no brakes, the only final outcome is a crash. 📉#标普盈利超预期，华尔街为何仍谨慎？ What exactly is $SNDK trading? Don't just focus on the "AI storage shortage"; the market's pricing logic has long been reflected in the market data.
Catalyzed by the investor day event, $SNDK's stock price has surged recently, with concepts like an 80% gross margin target, long-term plans for 2030, and long-term supply agreements widely circulated in the market.
However, for investors holding positions, these grand narratives have limited reference value. The core question worth considering is: at the current stock price of $1641, what expectations have already been priced in? What key signals should be focused on in upcoming earnings reports to judge whether the company’s performance still has room for upward revision?
The core logic can be summarized in one sentence:
The market is no longer just trading on whether storage chip prices can rise, but on whether the company can sustain the ultra-high phased profits of Q4 FY2026 into FY2027 and beyond, converting them into a long-term maintainable profit level.
#闪迪投资者日后股价大涨，长期目标待验证
#SPCX持股结构曝光，哈佛13F重仓
#财报观察员：AI基建财报接力登场
$SNDK $ETH 📰Lining up to show holdings? This is "goods looking for people"!
Harvard heavily invested, Nvidia holdings, BlackRock closely following—institutions scrambling to back SpaceX—but the disclosure is for June holdings, while August unlocks have already started, with a trillion-dollar market cap waiting for counterparties.
This is not good news, it's a bull trap. 📉
#SPCX持股结构曝光，哈佛13F重仓 #BTCVolumeDriesUp
Bitcoin is trading in an unusually quiet environment. Spot volume has contracted, the trading range is near a multi-month low, and implied volatility remains subdued. Bitcoin ETF demand has also weakened, while Ethereum funds have recently attracted stronger inflows relative to their size. However, institutional interest has not disappeared: UBS reportedly increased its IBIT options exposure and added spot IBIT holdings during the second quarter.
Low volume often means the market is waiting for a catalyst. A breakout without stronger spot participation may be difficult to sustain, especially if stablecoin liquidity continues leaving crypto. Ethereum’s relative strength suggests that some capital is rotating rather than exiting completely. My view is that Bitcoin needs renewed ETF inflows, stablecoin growth and clear spot buying before a durable trend can form. Until then, leverage-driven moves may reverse quickly. At Monday's open, the market's focus was not limited to cryptocurrency trading itself, but rather on the significant divergence between oil prices and Bitcoin's movement. Last week, spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded net inflows of over $800 million, but in the second week, the flow quickly reversed to net outflows. Institutional buying has not continued, indicating that large funds remain cautious at the current price level and have limited willingness to enter. Meanwhile, leveraged long positions in the futures market continue to accumulate, with open interest once rebounding above 760,000 contracts. There is a clear divergence between the withdrawal of funds from the spot market and the rise in derivatives market holdings. This structure usually reflects that although market sentiment is optimistic, the buyer's willingness to invest real money in the spot market is weakening. On the geopolitical front, new uncertainties emerged over the weekend in the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. side claims that after defeating Iran, it will designate the strait as U.S. territory, while Iran says it has reached a provisional agreement with Oman on passage. Both sides hold their own accounts and do not acknowledge the other's control over the waters. As of now, the strait remains closed, and direct US-Iran negotiations have not resumed. As a result, international oil prices continued to rise, with Brent crude prices breaking through $88 and WTI crude also climbing above $81. Although oil prices remain high, they do not directly affect Bitcoin pricing, but their transmission path is clear: rising energy prices will drive up inflation expectations, thereby compressing the central bank's room for rate cuts. The US dollar and US Treasury yields remain strong, suppressing capital inflows into risk assets. Against this backdrop, Bitcoin's short-term performance may be weaker than the market has been before🛢️ Crude Oil WTI | $82.21 | Ceasefire Game Meets Easing Resonance
Conclusion first: Crude oil is structurally bullish in the short term but is currently stuck at the Fibonacci midpoint hurdle; for BTC, this is a medium-term bullish combo of "supply-side oil price decline + gold and silver easing resonance," with the real tail risk being a ceasefire breakdown.
- 🥇 Gold $4449, 21-day +10.9%
- 🥈 Silver $65.63, 21-day +17.1%
- 💵 DXY $99.49, 21-day -1.25%
Gold-silver ratio 67.8, breaking below 70. What does this mean? If the market were purely panic-driven risk-off, it would be "buy gold, sell silver," pushing the gold-silver ratio above 80+. Now silver is rising faster than gold — this is not risk-off, but a "rate cut expectations → weak dollar → commodity rally" easing resonance, a textbook macro environment bullish for BTC.
In crypto slang: liquidity is about to be loosened, and BTC’s medium-term gains come from this scenario.
Summary in one sentence
Crude oil is bullish but don’t chase — it faces resistance at the Fibonacci 50% level (82.57) with KDJ at a high 76.9; only above 82.57 can we look toward 85.88, and breaking below MA60 (81.56) targets 79.27.
Medium-term outlook is warm. The triple buff of weak dollar + gold and silver easing resonance + supply-side oil price decline points to rising rate cut expectations. The only risk to watch: ceasefire talks collapse → oil price surges again → stagflation scenario → the environment BTC least wants to see.📉 The US stock market is too fierce, all the funds have been sucked away!
Current state of the crypto market
· BTC trading volume has clearly shrunk, volatility has dropped to a several-month low
· ETF buying is weak, stablecoins continue to flow out
· BTC spot + ETF daily average trading volume has sharply shrunk compared to the bull market peak
ETH is relatively better — the net inflow ratio of ETFs in July was 9.4 times that of BTC. But still, not very strong.
The fundamental reason is just one — the US stock market is too strong!
The S&P 500 keeps hitting record highs, AI leaders (Nvidia, OpenAI, SpaceX) keep releasing good news, institutional funds are rushing into US tech stocks, while crypto has no new stories, low volatility, poor profit effect, who will come?
US stocks are partying, crypto is drying up. Before the rate cuts really land, crypto is a zero-sum game. Don’t expect a broad rally; only when US stocks take a breather might funds flow back. 📉
#BTC成交萎缩，ETF买盘能否回暖 The expectation of a broad market rally has been broken; a structural market trend is now established.
Abandon illusions and implement the following allocation:
Core Asset: BTC$BTC
· Mission: Base position defense to counter systemic volatility.
· Basis: Extremely high chip density at the 63000 support level, ETF selling pressure diminishing, whales accumulating at low levels.
· Discipline: Hold steady, avoid short-term speculation.
Offensive Asset: ETH
· Mission: Play for flexibility but do not initiate a strong attack yet.
· Constraints: Long-term logic intact (RWA/L2/options bets), but short-term hindered by ETF fluctuations, AI sector capital drain, SOL diversion, and high-yield stablecoin diversion.
· Key observation indicator: ETH/BTC exchange rate.
Exchange rate combat thresholds:
· Break below 0.028 → Fully contract risk exposure, reduce ETH and sector tokens, increase BTC + stablecoin allocation.
· Hold above 0.03 → Confirm return of offensive sentiment, gradually increase ETH holdings, small positions in L2/RWA hotspots.
Position discipline:
· BTC base position → Hold long-term without negotiation.
· ETH position → Build positions in batches, no heavy single trades allowed.
· Hotspot positions → Very small trial positions, strictly no chasing the rally.
[Final Summary]
This cycle is not the same as previous ones; the logic of blindly holding for profit has failed.
#BTC成交萎缩，ETF买盘能否回暖
#SPCX持股结构曝光，哈佛13F重仓
#财报观察员：AI基建财报接力登场 SanDisk’s 70% Rebound: Has the Market Completely Repriced Its Future? SanDisk’s recent move has been remarkable. The stock surged from roughly 1,000–1,190 to 1,775, delivering a massive rebound within just two weeks. The key catalyst behind the move was the company’s Investor Day on August 13, which appears to have significantly changed how the market values SanDisk. 1. Investor Day Changed the Valuation Narrative Management presented an ambitious long-term financial outlook: FY2028–FY2030 revenBTC's ETF buying has returned, but what we really need to be cautious about is that everyone is starting to believe "it won't drop too much" again.
ETF capital inflow and leverage positions rising naturally indicate a risk appetite recovery. But the most deceptive thing about BTC is here: spot buying looks stable, yet derivatives sentiment can secretly push the market into a more fragile state.
I don't really like to directly translate ETF buying as a bull market confirmation,
because ETFs are slow money inflows, while leverage is a fast money amplifier. When both move in the same direction, the market runs smoothly; but if macro data, interest rate expectations, or oil price risks suddenly reverse, the first to be forced out is usually not the ETF, but the leveraged positions.
So this is better used as an observation framework,
not to ask whether anyone is buying BTC, but to ask how much of the buying is from money willing to endure volatility, and how much is just short-term money waiting for the market to keep giving feedback.
The difference is huge The core logic of the current market can be summed up in four words:
Liquidity siphoning
Capital is extremely pragmatic. When US stocks in AI, storage (SNDK), and gold (XAU) demonstrate overwhelming profit-making effects, capital naturally flows like a tide toward places with higher certainty. This is why BTC now resembles a restaurant with open doors but no customers—volume shrinks, price moves sideways, ETFs are weak, and stablecoins continue to bleed.
But note, institutions have not exited; they are just "changing venues." The fundraising power of the ETH spot ETF in July outperforming $BTC is the best proof.
The upcoming breakout points are clear:
If the US stock AI hype cools down and capital flows back, the current sideways movement is an epic buildup phase for a big move;
If capital remains tightly locked in tech stocks, don’t expect a full-scale takeoff—BTC will continue to play dead, while ETH and hot sectors engage in localized rotation.
Respect the market and follow the trend.
#BTC成交萎缩，ETF买盘能否回暖 Crypto valuation shifts to income, how exactly should BTC be priced?
I've been watching this debate for several days, and the more I look, the more I feel it hits the core of this cycle.
#加密估值转向收入，BTC如何定价
In the past, when people priced coins, they just talked about narratives, stories, and market dreams.
Like AI Agents shouting slogans and suddenly worth billions, or MEME coins telling jokes and their market cap skyrocketing.
But that approach is collapsing lately.
Now the market is forcing every project to show something real—cash flow, income, burn rate.
I looked at recent events, and they all point to this trend.
Goldman Sachs acquired Neos, shifting the crypto ETF focus to yield competition.
Even Tether went for its first full audit, making transparency a selling point.
Simply put, money is moving from "storytelling" to "counting income."
So what about Bitcoin? It has no profit and loss statement, how to price it?
My view is that it follows a different logic.
BTC's pricing anchor has never been income; it's credit, scarcity, and the "leading narrative" itself.
When the whole market is crunching numbers, it actually highlights BTC's scarcity that can't be calculated or clearly accounted for.
You can't figure out how much it's worth because it inherently resists calculation.
So this valuation shift, in the short term, benefits altcoins that can show financials, but in the long term, it actually endorses trust in BTC.
#加密估值转向收入，BTC如何定价？ "Why is the S&P hitting new highs while BTC is dead in the water?"
Looking at the two markets side by side makes it clear.
The S&P closed at 7786 on Friday, with a year-end target of 7894, just over 1% away. Earnings are real: Q2 year-over-year +31%, full-year forecast raised from 15% to 27%, P/E ratio compressed from 26x to below 22x. The profits have made up for the valuation cut, allowing it to grind near new highs.
Consumer data doesn’t match: July retail sales down 0.6%, confidence dropped from 55 to 51, inflation expectations still at 4.3%. It’s hard to raise or cut rates in September.
AI is even stranger. The numbers look good but stock prices don’t reflect it. Lumentum’s revenue doubled, Cisco has AI orders worth 9.3 billion, AMD just issued its largest-ever 4.75 billion debt, Nvidia’s OpenAI guarantee dropped from 250 billion to less than 120 billion. Jane Street lost about 15 billion in July, the first single-month loss in a decade. Harvard’s 13F public holdings have half invested in SPCX; the money hasn’t moved but they switched to issuing debt and cutting guarantees, pledging unlisted assets.
BTC is now at 63,500, down from 126,200 last October and 90,875 at the start of the year, a nearly 30% drop over the last 12 weekly candles, 11 of which closed between 60,000 and 66,000. ETH dropped from 4958 to 1902, a 62% retracement.
BTC will only move if interest rates ease or if there are real buyers in the spot market. Whether the S&P closes at a new high tonight is a different matter.
#标普盈利超预期，华尔街为何仍谨慎？
#BTC成交萎缩，ETF买盘能否回暖 HYPE｜Income Shrinkage and Selling Pressure Appear Together: How Long Can the Buyback Narrative Last?
The real change is that on 8/14, on-chain monitoring detected a certain whale (who redeemed 2,886,000 tokens from staking at the end of July) transferring out another 923,743 HYPE tokens (about $53.02 million) to Coinbase Prime and FalconX. Over two weeks, approximately 1,956,000 tokens (about $110 million) were sold, with a total profit of about $109 million, still holding about 969,000 tokens. Adding to this, HyperLabs sold 400,000 tokens on 8/10, core contributors unlocked 10 million tokens on 8/6, and the P0 tracking item scanned on 8/12 (net sell verification on the 14th) obtained new on-chain evidence.
Supporting Evidence:
The transfer of 924,000 tokens on 8/14 is recorded on-chain (monitored and reported by Lookonchain, original on-chain data can be verified).
Protocol revenue for the first four weeks of Q3 is about $45 million, with quarterly revenue paced at about $150 million, marking the fourth consecutive quarter of decline (Q2'26 about $202 million, compared to the Q3'25 peak of $357 million, a drop of about 43%).
The market share of external developers under HIP-3 rose from about 2% at the beginning of the year to nearly 50%, and developer revenue share increased from 6% to 18% within a year; platform retained revenue and buybacks (about 97% of fees used for buybacks) are weakening simultaneously. When the candlestick loses its volatility, what is smart money doing? Amid the extremely calm midday Asian session, $BTC remained above $63,000, with retail investors waiting for direction out of boredom, but underlying institutional actions were reshaping the underlying logic of the industry. Setting aside technical topics today, let's look at the latest major industry news to break down the paradigm shifts behind the sideways phase. 📌 ══════════════ [Macro and Sentiment Background] 📌 [$BTC Price and Market Share] $63,445 | 24h +0.51% | Market share: 58.67% 📌 [Total market capitalization] $2.159 trillion 24h +0.42% 📌 [Fear and Greed Index] 31 | Status: Fear is trading sideways in the "fear" range on the Fear Index with a $BTC market share as high as 58.67%, and liquidity for altcoins drying up. This is not a simple technical pause, but rather the "starting gun" for capital to wait for compliance and institutionalization. 📰 ══════════════ [Event 1: 3x $BTC ETF Puts on Compliance Masks, Exchange Takes Back] According to DeepTide TechFlow, the 3x Bitcoin ETF is about to launch, and the most dangerous crypto leverage is moving from offshore into US securities accounts; Meanwhile, traditional banks are pushing crypto transactions into their own apps, and exchanges are relegating to the backend of financial systems. 💡 In-depth analysis: This is not simply product innovation, but a complete handover of pricing power and distribution channels. As a bankJust now, $SNDK surged after hours. At this point, some might wonder if the US stock market is about to return to a bull market. I don't think so; I believe this round of US stock rally is just a bullish catalyst. Why? Because Japan's rate hikes could burst the current bubble in the US stock market at any time. The previous joint intervention by the U.S. and Japan in exchange rates proves that the U.S. is also concerned about this issue. —————————————————— Let's take a closer look at the impact of yen rate hikes on US stocks. For a long time, there has been a stable interest rate gap between Japan and the United States. Currently, Japan's policy rate is 1.00%, the Federal Reserve's rate is 3.50%–3.75%, the 10-year US Treasury yield is about 4.686%, and the 10-year Japanese Treasury yield is about 2.846%. In other words, the US-Japan policy spread is about 250–275 basis points, and the 10-year Treasury yield spread is about 184 basis points. Because of the interest rate differential, a stable arbitrage channel has emerged. Institutions in Japan absorbed the yen at about 1% cost→ converted into US dollars in the foreign exchange market→ buying 10-year US Treasuries with yields of about 4.686%. This is a very stable arbitrage path. —————————————————— In the past, the Bank of Japan maintained zero interest rates for a long time. The arbitrage model I mentioned earlier had very high profits, so the scale was very large. But times have changed. Now that the Bank of Japan has raised interest rates to 1%, arbitrage has become problematic. Although the nominal interest rate spread remains hugeBTC｜The reason for outflows has disappeared, but the reason for inflows has not yet appeared
The real change is that the SEC's Reg Crypto rule proposal vote scheduled for the morning of 8/14 was suddenly canceled with no new date announced, nullifying the regulatory negative priced in by institutional funds; subsequently, BTC spot ETF funds shifted from continuous outflows to moderate inflows.
Supporting evidence:
The SEC's committee meeting and Reg Crypto vote originally set for 8/14 were canceled/postponed, confirmed by multiple sources (KuCoin, dev.to, Sina Finance), with no official new date.
ETF fund flows: 8/12 net outflow of $61.16 million (SoSoValue, IBIT -$14.34 million); 8/13 net outflow of $61.10 million (Farside, FBTC leading with -$46.8 million); 8/15 net inflow of $11.11 million; 8/16 net inflow of $36.01 million (FBTC +$61.3 million, IBIT +$20.4 million, ARKB +$13.4 million, BITB +$12 million, EZBC +$1.7 million, GBTC -$72.9 million).
Macro side (within 150 characters): US retail sales unexpectedly declined, weakening rate hike expectations; Coinbase BTC premium has been negative for 90 consecutive days, miner holdings decreased, indicating weak spot demand signals.When crypto assets and traditional stocks are entangled in the same account, a simple market movement can push emotions to the edge of losing control. Recently, someone shared their operational difficulties on social media. The narrative is short, but the information is substantial, especially the psychological shift from confidence to panic, which is well worth reviewing. The core scenario of this post is not complicated. The protagonist used OKB as collateral to borrow funds and short SanDisk, a traditional US storage giant. It sounds like a cross-market hedging strategy, with crypto assets as collateral and traditional stocks as the underlying assets. Logically, there is indeed room for imagination. But the market runs precisely without caring for anyone's personal script. At the moment the post was published, OKB's price was falling, while SanDisk's stock price kept rising, caught between both ends, with floating losses reaching $18,000. This loss itself isn't astronomical, but what really hurts is the problem with the funding structure. Using OKB as collateral for borrowing is equivalent to handing over the asset's security boundary to the price fluctuations of the collateral. Once OKB falls, the collateral ratio rises, posing mild pressure from margin calls to severe forced liquidations. Meanwhile, short positions on SanDisk are facing opposite pressure. The correlation between the two assets is not strong. The original intention may be to diversify risk, but in practice, this combination actually puts the pressure of two overlapping fluctuations on the account. From a market psychology perspective, the emotional evolution in the post is quite representative. At first, he wrote "haha," with a calm tone$ETH Institutional Sentiment Shows Subtle Shift｜DWF Labs: By Fund Size Proportion, ETH Spot ETF Outperformed BTC in Fund Flows Since June
On 8.17, DWF Labs published statistics on platform X: Using the fund's own assets under management as the baseline for comparison, since June, ETH spot ETF fund flows have clearly outperformed BTC spot ETFs.
📊 Key Data:
- June: ETH ETF net outflow accounted for 4.65% of fund size; BTC ETF net outflow accounted for 8.09% of fund size
During the pullback phase, ETH products faced less redemption pressure and showed stronger resistance to selling pressure.
- July: ETH ETF net inflow accounted for 3.19% of fund size; BTC ETF net inflow accounted for 0.34% of fund size
ETH's relative inflow speed reached 9.4 times that of BTC.
⚠️ Important distinction: This is a relative proportion lead, not an absolute dollar amount surpassing BTC. BTC ETFs have a larger asset base, so total dollar inflows remain higher, but the tilt of new allocations is shifting toward ETH.
Interesting reversal of views:
In May, DWF Labs judged that institutional interest in ETH was generally weak and funds were continuously declining. In just the past two to three months, recent weeks have shown a clear signal of fund flow reversal.
How to interpret this signal
1. Institutions are no longer solely betting on BTC; they are rebalancing internal crypto positions, with ETH staking yields and DeFi narratives regaining institutional attention.
2. There is a time lag between fund signals and market prices; currently, BTC and ETH are still in a consolidation bottoming phase, and the fund tilt has not fully reflected in prices or the ETH/BTC ratio.
3. This is only a two-month snapshot and cannot directly define a long-term trend; continuous monthly data is needed for confirmation.
Constraints to watch
ETH options ETF approval has been delayed until November, lacking options tools support; the Fed's rate cut expectations are wavering, and regulatory uncertainty still suppresses institutions' willingness to make large-scale allocations.
$BTC $ETH
#ETFFundFlowsThe most important change today is that BTC's funding side has completed a small cycle of "regulatory risk-averse outflow—moderate inflow after vote cancellation," but the quality of the inflow is insufficient: after the SEC temporarily canceled the Reg Crypto vote on 8/14, BTC spot ETF saw a continuous net outflow of about $120 million from 8/12 to 8/13, turning into a total inflow of about $47 million from 8/15 to 8/16; on 8/16 alone, $36.01 million flowed in, with Grayscale GBTC outflowing $72.9 million offsetting more than half. The bearish impact is delayed rather than canceled, the regulatory vacuum remains unresolved, and institutional inflows are still tentative.
The second matter is new on-chain evidence of the "scissor gap" between HYPE's "shrinking revenue and continuous selling pressure": after a giant whale unlocked on 8/14, another 924,000 tokens (about $53 million) were transferred out, totaling about 1.96 million tokens sold over two weeks; protocol revenue for the first four weeks of Q3 is about $45 million, expected to decline for the fourth consecutive quarter according to the rhythm, with buyback support weakening simultaneously.今天 11 点 46 分，OKX 新闻流弹了一条「ETH 现货 ETF 上周净流出 226 万美元」，BlackRock 主导。十二点零四分又来一条「分析师：ETH 大户平均成本集中在 1900 到 2400」。同一天，08 点 22 分链上数据里，有鲸鱼从 Kraken 提走了 5300 枚 $ETH，按当时价格大约 998 万美元——通常这种规模的提币，目的不是卖，是去质押或者进冷钱包。 两条新闻、一笔链上数据，方向看着相反，但拼到一起才看得懂图。 把 $ETH 想成一块油田，「ETF 净流出」是机构在井口用管道抽水卖，「鲸鱼提币」是有人把抽水机拆了装进自己仓库。前者短期对价格是拖累，后者中长期是在悄悄降低市场流通筹码。同一天发生这种事，往往不是巧合：ETF 那头流出来的量级太轻（226 万美元，分到七天每天才 32 万），远小于一级鲸鱼一笔提币；机构的小动作和鲸鱼的大动作在用不同的逻辑运作。 把这层拆开看，今天 1900 这个位置就值得多看几眼。$ETH 现价 1904 站在所有均线上方一丢丢（MA5 1887、MA10 1892、MA20 1888），三条线缠得很紧——这意味着ETH Data Part 3: The Cost of Large Accounts
In the first article, we analyzed investor behavior; in the second, we broke down the chip structure. But for a mainstream coin, that's still not complete; today let's talk about — "cost."
I pulled out the group holding more than 100 ETH to take a look, and their average costs are as follows:
1. Holding 100-1k: $1,900;
2. Holding 1k-10k: $2,000;
3. Holding 10k-100k: $2,100;
4. Holding >100k: $2,400;
In other words, the high-net-worth and whale groups of ETH form a cost band between $1,900 and $2,400.
In a bull market, the price tends to positively deviate from this cost band; conversely, in a bear market, it negatively deviates. The more severe the deviation, the stronger the demand for mean reversion.
So, assuming we start dollar-cost averaging when ETH price is below the cost band and stop when it returns to the cost band, we can ensure not missing out on cycle dividends under controlled risk.
If we combine this with LTH-NUPL — when the indicator enters the red signal zone (LTH-NUPL < 0), it means LTH sentiment is in an extreme state of despair.
Looking at data from the past 10 years, this strategy’s win rate is almost 99.99%.
Yesterday in the comments, I saw some friends say: "Can ETH really return to $2,700?"
I couldn’t help but laugh... Truly, the deeper the love, the greater the pain!
For various reasons, Ethereum in this cycle has indeed disappointed many, with no certain expectations for its future.
But it’s not that pessimistic, especially now. Seeing ETH at $7,200 might be difficult, but I have no doubt about ETH at $2,700. BTC shows an advantage in ETF demand, while ETH exhibits a similar trend in institutional inflows. Both assets are in a pre-trend confirmation stage, so what criteria will the market use to choose a direction? As of August 17, BTC remains around $63K, and ETH stays below $1.9K, with neither of the two major assets confirming a new trend. The key fact is the direction of capital flow. BTC has steady capital inflows centered on ETF demand, whereas ETH, despite continuous institutional inflows, shows relatively muted price reactions. This is not simply bearish but signals that capital is assigning different roles to the two assets and allocating accordingly. - Capital flow: BTC ETFs maintain continuous net inflows, absorbing defensive demand, while ETH sees institutional funds coming in but with low price elasticity. - Price levels: BTC at 63K and ETH below 1.9K indicate both assets are in a neutral zone, meaning capital movement within the range dominates rather than directional movement. - Momentum basis: BTC is at 65K $CORE From "Digital Gold" to "Yield-Earning Assets": CORE Institutional Edition Launched, Insights into Bitcoin's Long-Term Value and Short-Term Limitations ⚠️ Risk Warning: This article is for industry information exchange only and does not constitute any investment advice. Recently, CORE launched institutional solutions for professional capital, focusing on compliant BTC staking and lstBTC liquidity services, providing targeted connections with custodians, asset management companies, and family offices. Objectively break down the long-term value of this news versus short-term expectations. Long-term positive logic 1. Directly addressing institutional pain points: A large number of institutions hold BTC in cold wallets for a long time, lacking compliant channels to generate returns. CORE collaborates with leading custody service providers such as BitGo and Hex Trust, so assets do not need to be transferred out of custody systems, and BTC yields through time-lock staking, without cross-chain encapsulation of WBTC. A mature yield-generating plan is expected to boost the willingness of traditional capital to allocate to Bitcoin. 2. Improving the BTCFi narrative system. For a long time, Bitcoin has mainly been used as a digital store-of-value asset, with few financial application scenarios. After institutional tools are implemented, BTC can participate in staking, lending, and issuing liquidity certificates, further broadening Bitcoin's acceptance in traditional financial sectors. 3. Optimize chip structure. Institutional holders can no longer profit solely from buying low and selling high; stable pledge yields will encourage long-term funds to reduce short-term selling, which is expected to ease spot selling pressure in the medium to long term. Short-term constraints that need to be viewed rationally: 1. There is a long cycle for institutional business implementation. Risk control review, system integration, and capital strategy adjustment#标普盈利超预期，华尔街为何仍谨慎？
In Q2, S&P constituent earnings significantly exceeded market expectations, but Wall Street institutions did not aggressively raise their targets accordingly. The overall stance remains conservative, creating a clear contrast between impressive earnings and restrained expectations.
This round of earnings is highly concentrated in AI computing power leaders; most of the index's profits come from a few giants, with limited improvement among most companies, leading to severe market structure divergence. Additionally, many gains come from equity investments and other non-core businesses, not entirely from main operations.
Institutions have three main concerns: first, inflation stickiness remains, the pace of interest rate cuts is uncertain, and the high-interest-rate environment suppresses further valuation expansion; second, large tech companies continue to increase AI capital expenditures, and whether these huge investments can sustainably convert into profits requires verification in subsequent earnings reports; third, the index is already at historical highs, and there is a risk of correction if AI sector momentum declines.
Mapping to the crypto market: strong US stock earnings indicate overall risk appetite is still acceptable, but institutional conservatism means limited incremental funds, making it difficult for large spillover into the crypto space. New highs in US stocks do not necessarily mean BTC will surge; they can only serve as a sentiment reference.
Personal view: US stocks are currently supported by corporate earnings rather than driven by valuation bubbles. The crypto market is more influenced by ETF fund flows and its own spot buying, so do not directly copy US stock trends for trading decisions. ETH Data Part 3: The Cost of Large Accounts
In the first article, we analyzed investor behavior; in the second, we broke down the chip structure. But for a mainstream coin, that's still not complete; today let's talk about — "cost."
I pulled out the group holding more than 100 ETH to take a look, and their average costs are as follows:
1. Holding 100-1k: $1,900;
2. Holding 1k-10k: $2,000;
3. Holding 10k-100k: $2,100;
4. Holding >100k: $2,400;
In other words, the high-net-worth and whale groups of ETH form a cost band between $1,900 and $2,400.
In a bull market, the price tends to positively deviate from this cost band; conversely, in a bear market, it negatively deviates. The more severe the deviation, the stronger the demand for mean reversion.
So, assuming we start dollar-cost averaging when ETH price is below the cost band and stop when it returns to the cost band, we can ensure not missing out on cycle dividends under controlled risk.
If we combine this with LTH-NUPL — when the indicator enters the red signal zone (LTH-NUPL < 0), it means LTH sentiment is in an extreme state of despair.
Looking at data from the past 10 years, this strategy’s win rate is almost 99.99%.
Yesterday in the comments, I saw some friends say: "Can ETH really return to $2,700?"
I couldn’t help but laugh... Truly, the deeper the love, the greater the pain!
For various reasons, Ethereum in this cycle has indeed disappointed many, with no certain expectations for its future.
But it’s not that pessimistic, especially now. Seeing ETH at $7,200 might be difficult, but I have no doubt about ETH at $2,700. Stablecoins are becoming more like banks, while $BTC is more like a true off-system asset.
The more stablecoin regulation advances, the more stablecoins resemble financial institution liabilities. Customer identification, anti-money laundering, reserve requirements, issuance licenses, regulatory filings—these measures make stablecoins safer, more compliant, and easier for institutions to accept. This sounds positive, but it also means stablecoins increasingly resemble an on-chain extension of the dollar system rather than free assets.
This is easy to understand. Stablecoins are essentially not anti-dollar; they are digital dollars. They rely on reserve assets, bank accounts, short-term debt, issuer credit, and regulatory approval. Users use stablecoins to access dollars more conveniently, not to escape the dollar. The more compliant stablecoins become, the more they are integrated into the existing financial order; the more integrated they are, the less likely they can serve as "off-system assets."
This is where $BTC differs. It has no issuer, no reserve account, no licensed entity, and no built-in customer identification process in the protocol. You can trade it on compliant platforms, but the protocol itself is not a liability of any financial institution. This attribute may not be obvious in daily life because most people only care about price; but as stablecoins become more bank-like, $BTC's non-bank nature becomes clearer.
This is not to say stablecoins are bad. On the contrary, stablecoins may be one of the most successful applications in the crypto world. They solve problems of transfers, trading, global dollar liquidity, and on-chain cash layers. Without stablecoins, crypto market liquidity would be much worse. The issue is that the success of stablecoins and $BTC comes from different needs. One requires stability, the other scarcity; one requires compliant liquidity, the other non-sovereign reserve.
In the future, on-chain finance may develop a clear layering: stablecoins handle payments and cash, RWAs handle yield and real-world asset mapping, and $BTC handles long-term scarce reserves. Once this structure forms, $BTC does not need to be the most commonly used payment tool; it only needs to be the hardest-to-replace hard asset layer.
So when looking at stablecoin regulation today, don't just consider its impact on USDC, USDT, or payment companies. Instead, focus on how it reshapes the division of labor among on-chain assets. As digital dollars increasingly resemble bank products, $BTC's reason for existence becomes clearer: it is not a better dollar, but an option outside the dollar.
Stablecoins bring crypto into the financial system; $BTC preserves crypto's off-system imagination. Without the former, crypto struggles to scale; without the latter, crypto might only remain a faster dollar network. 今天中午 12 点 27 分，OKX 新闻流弹了一条短消息——Hyperliquid AQA 预计每年贡献 2 亿美元回购 $HYPE 。 数字有点吓人。把 Hyperliquid 想成一个大菜市场——HYPE 就是这个菜市场的「招牌」，现在市场管理方说：每年从摊位费里抽 2 亿美元出来，专门砸自己的招牌。这事儿在过去两年的加密圈子里并不常见，传统的回购多见于股票和传统 DeFi。 HYPE 自己确实接得住。链上摆着的：累计已经销毁 4771 万枚代币，总营收 12.4 亿美元，Hyperliquid 的原生永续合约是主要贡献者。8 月 16 号还有个数据：RWA（现实世界资产）独立用户群，80% 以上的新用户是从别处迁过来的。这意味着 HYPE 不只是交易所在烧钱，它本身在变成一个「结算层」——多空双方把交易押到这里，市场方再拿交易费回来买自己的代币销毁。 钱是真的，价也真涨了。问题是涨到这儿还能不能进。 先看今天的状态。$HYPE 现价 58.9 附近，24 小时涨 3.4%，是今天主流币里最显眼的那只。MACD 的红柱今天扩大到了 +1.54，RSI6 跳到 68.7——这些都In trading, the biggest fear is a kind of disease—habitually placing limit orders and waiting for a pullback.
The one-sided rally from October 2023 to March 2024 left a deep impression on me. $BTC surged from 25,000 all the way to 73,000, and $SOL was even more extreme, starting at $38 and climbing to 210 in five months. At that time, if you were still sticking to the old rule of "buying on pullbacks," you were basically out of luck for making a fortune.
Why? Because that rally simply didn’t give you any decent pullbacks. $SOL kept charging upward every day for five months straight, leaving almost no room for short positions to survive. Occasionally, a 1 to 3 percent pullback was already a huge blessing—where could you expect a deep pullback to comfortably place limit orders and enter? The market is that ruthless; in a one-sided rally, those waiting for pullbacks end up just waiting to break even. Even worse were those who shorted mid-way—they got stuck with no decent rebound to exit, and ultimately had to cut losses and leave.
During those two or three months, some reached the peak, while others could only watch helplessly. What made the difference? Not luck, but mindset. In that kind of market, you simply can’t trade like it’s a range-bound market—you have to chase buys and fill at market price. Placing limit orders and waiting to fill is basically handing opportunities to others.
There will likely be similar opportunities in the future. When the phase changes, your trading mindset must change accordingly. Be aggressive when you need to be, don’t chicken out; be cautious when necessary, don’t be greedy. The market will always reward those who understand it.$XIAOMI The past two years have seen Xiaomi's stock price behave like a roller coaster. Many newcomers jumped in driven by the hype around Xiaomi's cars, only to have their confidence shaken by the back-and-forth volatility. The overall Hong Kong stock market environment is weak, compounded by a downturn in consumer electronics. After a round of correction, Xiaomi's stock price is currently at a relatively low valuation compared to recent years, representing a phase of temporary bottoming in market perception. Many new investors see a price drop and assume the company is failing, but this must be clearly distinguished: short-term stock price movements are driven by sentiment and do not equate to the company’s actual operational collapse.
One signal worth noting is Xiaomi's large-scale buybacks. The company is continuously repurchasing shares on the secondary market with real cash and canceling them, which is not just for show. Management’s willingness to spend money to buy back its own stock essentially means they believe the current price undervalues the company’s intrinsic worth. Having ample cash reserves provides the confidence to sustain buybacks, which is an important foundation. However, buybacks can only support the price floor; they won’t cause an immediate surge. It’s a slow-moving factor that primarily protects long-term shareholders’ interests.
Now, regarding the solid business fundamentals. The overall smartphone market is weak, and Xiaomi has shifted from simply chasing shipment volume to focusing on high-end products and raising average prices. But rising upstream component costs are squeezing the smartphone business’s profits, which is an unavoidable pressure at this stage.
The market’s biggest focus remains Xiaomi’s automotive segment. Delivery of the SU7 series is steadily progressing, and gross margins are gradually improving. Objectively, deliveries in the first half of the year fell short of the initial annual target, so blind optimism is unwarranted. Car manufacturing is a marathon, not a conclusion drawn from one or two quarters of data. New models will continue to launch in the second half, with ongoing capacity and supply chain optimizations. Economies of scale will gradually kick in.
IoT and internet services form Xiaomi’s core foundation. This segment generates stable cash flow and has a massive user base, acting as the group’s "ballast." It is precisely this stable income that continuously supports the huge investments in smartphones, cars, and extensive AI research and development. R&D spending eats into profits in the short term but is a strategic investment for the future.
The Q2 interim report will be released on August 18, which is the biggest upcoming news event. Institutions generally expect Q2 to likely represent the bottom of this earnings cycle. Due to the macro environment, promotional activities, and cost pressures, profits will remain under strain. If the report meets expectations, the worst phase is probably behind us; but if results fall short, the stock price will continue to face pressure, and investors must be aware of the risks.
Of course, I do not ignore the risks: consumer recovery falling short of expectations, chip costs continuing to rise, and automotive deliveries missing targets will all continue to weigh on performance. The stock market has no guaranteed wins, so don’t go all in.
From the perspective of a seasoned investor, I lean toward a bullish view on the subsequent recovery. The current stock price largely reflects market pessimism and does not fully capture the long-term value of Xiaomi’s integrated ecosystem of people, cars, and homes. The buybacks have already signaled confidence. If the interim report confirms the earnings bottom, then with new models ramping up and cost pressures easing in the second half, a fundamental turning point is likely to gradually emerge.
$XIAOMI August 17, 12:36｜Real-time Whale Activity: Funds Lack a Unified Direction, Market Awaits the Next Move
In the past 24 hours, $BTC whales have shown significant divergence. On one hand, centralized exchanges saw a net outflow of about 1,270 BTC, with some long-term holders continuing to withdraw coins and transfer them to cold wallets, demonstrating a strong willingness to hold long-term; on the other hand, quantitative firm Jump Crypto has cumulatively transferred about 1,560 BTC to Binance this week, with approximately 1,320 BTC still remaining in its wallet, indicating potential ongoing sell pressure on exchanges.
Currently, market liquidity is slightly recovering in the afternoon session, but there are no signs of concentrated sell-offs yet. Therefore, the short-term outlook for BTC is not purely bearish; rather, bullish and bearish funds are seeking a new balance. The key focus going forward is whether Jump Crypto’s related wallets continue transferring BTC to exchanges. If the transfer volume significantly increases, short-term selling pressure may intensify again.
Regarding $ETH, whales have recently been making minor portfolio adjustments rather than large-scale exits. Some wallets have moved ETH out and swapped it for $OKB, reflecting internal sector rotation and fund switching rather than full liquidation. Meanwhile, ETH staking remains at a high level, with no clear signs of large-scale unstaking and transfers to exchanges.
This suggests that current ETH whales are more focused on seeking new capital efficiency amid a volatile market: funds move toward hotspots rather than completely exiting the crypto market.
Notably, short-term speculative whales have been active. Recently, multiple wallets have withdrawn large amounts of USDT, repeatedly engaging in short-term trading during the volatile periods of $APR and $BEAT, showing a pattern of quick in-and-out trades without clear long-term positioning. Additionally, some funds have increasingly flowed into $H, continuing short-term speculation and amplifying intraday volatility in small-cap coins.
In summary, whales currently lack a unified direction:
Long-term holders—continue locking positions, awaiting trend confirmation;
Quantitative funds—retain liquid assets, ready to increase selling pressure at any time;
Short-term speculators—rapidly rotate around hotspot small-cap coins;
ETH whales—prefer internal sector adjustments rather than full withdrawal.
Therefore, what the market truly needs to observe is not the actions of any single whale wallet, but whether whale funds begin to form a consistent directional consensus.
At present, the market remains in a waiting phase. After the U.S. stock market opens tonight, global risk asset liquidity may further change, making it easier to see whether funds choose to continue defending or launch a new offensive.
Whales have no unified answer, and the market has yet to provide a final direction. The most important thing now is not to chase rallies or panic sell, but to closely watch for the moment when funds genuinely start collective action. $XIAOMI
Chatting with new retail investors about Xiaomi: The stock price has reached the bottom range, how should we view it?
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Friends who have just entered the market, I consider myself a long-term Xiaomi Hong Kong stockholder. Today, I want to talk about Xiaomi's current real situation, breaking down its operations, stock price, buybacks, and the upcoming mid-year report clearly for your own reference only, not as investment advice.
Xiaomi's stock price has been a roller coaster these past two years. Many newcomers jumped in attracted by the hype around Xiaomi's cars, only to lose confidence due to the back-and-forth volatility. The Hong Kong stock market environment itself is weak, compounded by the overall downturn in consumer electronics. After a round of correction, Xiaomi's stock price is currently at a relatively low valuation compared to recent years, considered a phase of bottoming out in market perception. Many new investors see the price drop and think the company is failing, but this must be distinguished: short-term stock price is driven by sentiment and does not mean the company's actual operations have completely collapsed.
One signal worth noting is Xiaomi's large-scale buybacks. The company is spending real money continuously repurchasing shares on the secondary market and canceling them, which is not just for show. Management's willingness to buy back their own stock essentially means they believe the current price undervalues the company's intrinsic worth. Having ample cash reserves gives them the confidence to sustain buybacks, which is an important foundation. However, buybacks can only support the bottom; they won't immediately cause a stock price surge. It's a slow-moving factor that mainly protects long-term shareholders' interests.
Now let's talk about the solid business fundamentals. The overall smartphone market is weak. Xiaomi is not blindly chasing shipment volume but shifting towards high-end products and raising average prices. However, rising upstream component costs are squeezing smartphone business profits, which is an unavoidable pressure at this stage.
The market's biggest focus remains Xiaomi's cars. The SU7 series deliveries are steadily progressing, and gross margins are gradually improving. Objectively, deliveries in the first half of the year fell short of the initial annual target, so we shouldn't be blindly optimistic. Car manufacturing is a marathon, not a conclusion drawn from one or two quarters of data. New models will continue to launch in the second half, with ongoing capacity and supply chain optimizations. Economies of scale will gradually be realized.
IoT and internet services form Xiaomi's core foundation. This business segment has stable cash flow and a huge user base, acting as the group's "ballast stone." It is precisely this stable income that continuously supports the massive investments in smartphones, cars, and AI research and development. R&D spending eats into profits short-term but is for future positioning.
The Q2 mid-year report will be released on August 18, which is the biggest upcoming news. Institutions generally expect Q2 to likely be the bottom of this performance cycle. Due to the macro environment, promotional activities, and cost pressures, profits will still be under pressure. If the report meets expectations, the worst phase is probably behind us; but if the data disappoints, the stock price will continue to face pressure, so risks must be acknowledged.
Of course, I do not avoid risks: consumer recovery falling short of expectations, chip costs continuing to rise, and car deliveries missing targets will all continue to suppress performance. The stock market has no guaranteed wins; don't go all in.
From a veteran investor's perspective, I lean towards a bullish view on the subsequent recovery. The current stock price mostly reflects market pessimism and does not fully reflect the long-term value of Xiaomi's full ecosystem of people, cars, and homes. Buybacks have already shown confidence. If the mid-year report confirms the performance bottom, with new models ramping up and cost pressures easing in the second half, the fundamental turning point is likely to gradually emerge.
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#CryptoRevenueVsBTC Watching the top ten hot topics in the US stock market, it's actually just one thing:
Companies are still making money, but the market is no longer giving valuations.
The S&P closed at 7786 on Friday, Q2 earnings up 31% year-over-year, full-year expectations raised from 15% to 27%, P/E ratio compressed from 26 times at the start of the year to less than 22 times. Yet Wall Street's year-end target is only 7894, about 1.4% above the current price. Earnings have been priced in, leaving little room on the upside.
At the same time, consumption is retreating: July retail sales down 0.6%, confidence dropped from 55 to 51, inflation expectations still at 4.3%. It's difficult to raise or cut rates in September.
Money hasn't left AI, it just changed posture. AMD just issued its largest-ever $4.75 billion bond, Nvidia reduced OpenAI guarantees from 250 billion to less than 120 billion, optical modules and storage earnings numbers exploded, yet stock prices still took a hit. Jane Street lost about 15 billion in July, the first single-month loss in ten years. Harvard's 13F public holdings have half invested in $SPCX
So the US stock market hitting new highs and BTC hovering around 63,000 are not two separate markets; it's the same money going to places that can report earnings and issue bonds. Zero-yield assets can only wait for interest rates to ease.
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#财报观察员：AI基建财报接力登场 August 17, 12:36 Real-time Whale Dynamic Data Sharing and Analysis
1. BTC whales diverge, long-term lock-up, quant retains sell-off chips
In the past 24 hours, centralized exchanges saw a net outflow of 1,270 BTC. Long-term whales continue to withdraw coins to cold wallets for long-term holding. Quantitative institution Jump Crypto has cumulatively transferred 1,560 BTC to Binance this week; the current wallet still holds 1,320 BTC, which can be transferred back to exchanges for liquidation at any time. Market liquidity slightly recovered in the afternoon with no concentrated dumping actions for now. Potential selling pressure requires continuous monitoring of this wallet's movements.
2. ETH whales slightly adjust positions rather than fully exit
Recently, many whale wallets have slightly transferred out ETH to swap for mainstream platform token $OKB, representing internal sector rotation rather than large-scale liquidation. On-chain data shows ETH staking remains high with no signs of mass unstaking and fleeing. Whales are currently switching tracks within the market's volatile trend to seek short-term opportunities.
3. Short-term speculative whales focus on small-cap altcoin battles
Multiple speculative wallets have transferred large amounts of USDT, repeatedly engaging in short-term trading during the volatile phases of APR and BEAT, quickly entering and exiting without long-term layout logic; some funds are diverted to continuously increase short-term speculation on $H, with intraday volatility further amplified by capital.
Overall, whales currently lack a unified direction. Long-term funds are locked and observing, quant funds retain chips for liquidation, and the vast majority of whales are waiting for the U.S. stock market to open in the evening before initiating large-scale trading actions.