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This wave of rebound, frankly, is just a slight easing of macro pressure, plus a repair rally driven by short-term short sellers covering their positions. Don't rush to treat it as a new reversal.
The Nasdaq, semiconductor, and memory sectors are warming up together, giving risk assets a chance to catch a breath. But the core bottleneck for crypto has never been a single daily bullish candle; it's when ETF funds start flowing back in.
Last week, BTC and ETH spot ETFs were still experiencing net outflows; institutional big money hasn't returned at all. The overall environment of inflation and high-yield US Treasury bonds hasn't improved, so it's hard for the rebound to hold firm.
BTC holding 82,000 is just the first small hurdle; the real test comes when it pushes to 83,000, to see if there is solid and sustained buying, and whether tech earnings can continue to support sentiment.
It's fine to play lightly in the short term, but chasing highs is unnecessary; chasing gains in a volatile market is the easiest way to get hit.
#SpaceX's first full quarterly report after going public will be revealed $BTC $ETH "Three consecutive weeks of bloodletting, are the big players off-exchange pretending to sleep?"
Last week's ETF data is truly painful: BTC and ETH combined net outflow was about $549 million, with ETH alone seeing a weekly outflow of about $320 million, nearly 10 times the redemption intensity of BTC. For the week ending October 16, ETH spot ETFs have had net outflows for three consecutive weeks, with a cumulative outflow of about $955 million in October.
More importantly, the structure:
ETH outflows are highly concentrated in BlackRock's ETHA, accounting for about 85% of the single-day outflow on October 14. This looks more like a few large accounts rebalancing rather than a collective retail sell-off. But the reality is harsh — institutional patience is clearly thinner for ETH than for BTC, and ETH's rebound depends on the big players changing their minds first.
️ A few suggestions:
- Don't interpret single-day outflows as panic, but be wary of the inertia of continuous outflows
- ETH's weakness is unlikely to change in the short term, so don't rush to catch a falling knife
- Focus on whether ETHA redemptions slow down and whether BTC can stop falling first
Until risk appetite returns, the market is unlikely to have a decent rally. Retail investors are struggling on-exchange, but the money that decides the direction is watching from off-exchange — and that's the most frustrating part.
#ETF持续流出，BTC反弹能否延续？ 🇺🇸The US suddenly softened its stance and plans to get those sanctioned oil tankers running again.
At first glance, this seems like a slap in the face to itself. But if you connect this with the election and inflation, everything becomes clear.
With the election approaching, people can't afford gas and prices are sky-high—how do you win votes? You have to bring down oil prices.
When crude oil drops, inflation expectations can catch a breather.
Once inflation stabilizes, the Federal Reserve has room to cut interest rates.
Only if the Fed cuts rates can the dried-up liquidity outside the market possibly overflow into our crypto space.
It's all interconnected.
But this is only a "plan" to resume.
Is it a real easing or just a show? Nobody knows.
Look at the current market: Bitcoin $BTC is stuck at 82,000, and options volatility is at a five-year low. Capital has long lost its temper; even those betting on direction have fled.
Oil prices haven't truly fallen yet, so don't rush to pop the champagne. Wait for this macro farce to end, then pick up the bloodied chips.
Do you think these oil tankers will really come out? 👇$CL
#美国拟恢复受制裁油轮运营 First slaughter the longs, then kill the shorts. The contract market cleans up both sides; no one can leave alive!
In the past 24 hours, the entire network liquidated about $262 million to $293 million, with ETH shorts liquidated at $56.5 million, longs at $15.49 million, short/long ratio 3.65x; BTC shorts $29.32 million vs longs $10.57 million, short/long ratio 2.77x. ETH+BTC combined accounted for over 57% of liquidation weight, the main battlefield remains.
But if you only look at these 24 hours, you’ll miss the real script:
On October 15, US CPI/PPI consecutively exceeded expectations, BTC once dropped below $80,000, with $948 million leveraged liquidations across the network, 90.6% were longs. First kill the longs, kill them clean.
Then came these 24 hours: price bounced, shorts found their previously celebrated profits instantly wiped out, forced to cover losses, then precisely squeezed again.
In short: the market first kills longs, then shorts; essentially it’s a leverage purge, not a directional choice. High-leverage players get hit on both sides, spot holders are actually the safest.
Brothers, which side are you on this round?
#ETF持续流出，BTC反弹能否延续？ The growth story of $CRCL USDC can't be judged by circulation alone!
Many focus on USDC's circulation hitting new highs and think Circle is stable. But what truly determines its long-term value is not "how many coins are on-chain," but where these coins are being used.
Three key observation dimensions:
- Payments and commercial settlements: Visa has used USDC for on-chain settlements with an annualized scale of $7 billion; companies like Meta and DoorDash have started using USDC to pay creators and drivers
- On-chain financial infrastructure: Circle, together with BlackRock and Visa, launched the Arc public chain aiming to become an institutional-grade settlement layer
- AI agent payments: Over 98% of AI agent payments choose USDC, making it the native currency of the machine economy era
But the reality is also clear:
Circle's revenue in the first half of the year was about $1.4 billion, of which $819 million (about 59%) went to channel commissions and transaction costs, leaving a net profit of only 7 cents per dollar. Circulation growth can signal demand, but whether it can convert into a sustainable business model is the core issue.
Before the Q3 earnings report on November 4, I will focus on whether USDC's actual use cases continue to expand and whether these uses can support a broader growth narrative.
#ETF持续流出，BTC反弹能否延续？ The price plunge is just a ventricular premature beat on the ECG monitor; the real threat lies in the unstable plaque in the coronary artery—BlackRock's Bitcoin Buffer Protection Fund filed with the US SEC is like temporarily fitting a high-risk myocardium with an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
First, the diagnosis: it’s not a spot fund but an option linked to its own spot Bitcoin fund, combined with short-duration fixed income, performing a palliative surgery with capped upside and buffered downside. The capped returns are like clamping the aorta: reducing blood loss but also limiting perfusion; principal is not guaranteed, equivalent to no extracorporeal circulation safety net. The option is not myocardium but a temporary pacemaker—it can correct rhythm but cannot eliminate coronary stenosis; if counterparties, volatility pricing, or roll costs cause thrombosis, the buffer will fall off when most needed.
From anesthesia induction perspective, this structure fears low perfusion most: when the market rises, returns are capped, like distal tissue hypoxia after aortic clamping; when the market falls, the buffer is limited, like a tourniquet that can only compress capillaries but not stop arterial rupture. Principal not guaranteed is a hard red line, meaning the pre-op consultation cannot promise "zero risk exit." For risk-averse capital, this is a restrictive plan after pre-op evaluation, attracting some "myocardium" unwilling to be directly exposed to Bitcoin’s high volatility; but it also diverts blood flow originally destined for spot funds, causing shunting.
The limited scale of similar products indicates low market compliance with palliative treatment. Approval is not an ethical slogan but a hemodynamic assessment: whether the buffer is real, liquidity sufficient, bleeding can be stopped under extreme conditions, whether option counterparties might suddenly stop, and if redemptions could cause cardiac tamponade. If approved, new allocation demand would resemble collateral circulation, not heart transplantation.
Looking at linkage: tokenized US stock targets show peripheral hypoperfusion first when risk appetite contracts, sharing the same sympathetic excitation as Bitcoin buffer products. Don’t be anesthetized by the word "protection"; protection limits infarct size, not restores ejection fraction. What the market truly needs is not more pain pumps but coronary angiography: to see clearly where funds come from, where they go, and which segment is already stenosed. If BlackRock’s application is approved, it only installs an adjustable balloon counterpulsation on a highly volatile myocardium, with limited flow and very narrow indications.
The real lesion is not in the product structure but in the market treating volatility as a tumor that can be excised—it’s just a symptom; hemostatic clamps cannot stop arrhythmia. #blackrockbtcbufferetfBTC shows intraday weakness with fluctuations; after a midday pullback, no obvious panic occurred, indicating the market is still waiting for a new directional choice. Recently, traditional financial channels have continuously improved external transfer services for BTC and ETH, and the boundaries of institutional participation are gradually expanding, which provides some support for the long-term liquidity narrative. However, short-term prices are more influenced by macro sentiment, ETF capital flows, and leveraged positions. The current key is not the daily rise or fall, but whether there is sustained support during pullbacks; when volume is insufficient, the market tends to maintain consolidation to digest.#美国拟恢复受制裁油轮运营 The U.S. intends to lift restrictions on some sanctioned oil tankers, allowing them to resume shipping operations. This news mainly impacts the oil shipping sector, with a relatively mild effect on oil prices.
These tankers were previously forced to halt operations due to sanctions, effectively locking up shipping capacity, which was one of the supports for the previous strength in oil shipping rates. If the policy is implemented, the release of idle capacity will increase tanker supply, likely weakening oil shipping rates and putting pressure on oil shipping stocks.
However, it is important to distinguish: allowing tankers to operate is only the lifting of restrictions on transportation means, not the lifting of sanctions on crude oil itself or a direct increase in crude oil production. The fundamental supply and demand of crude oil remains unchanged. Oil prices are more influenced by a slight easing of geopolitical risk premiums, mainly fluctuating, making a sharp one-sided drop unlikely.
Deeper signal: this represents a marginal relaxation of U.S. energy sanctions and a cooling of geopolitical risk pricing. Overall, this is a short-term event-driven development; its sustainability depends on subsequent official documents, the tonnage of tankers allowed to operate, and the corresponding cargo sources. $BTC $ETH $SNDK U.S. stock markets are closed over the weekend, but AI contracts exploded first—where exactly is the rhythm heading? Do you think it’s news causing the sell-off, or did someone sniff something out early? My clearest observation from watching the market these past two days is that sentiment shifted from chasing gains to strategic play, then slid a bit toward shakeout. The trigger was quite specific: a roughly $2 million long position in SNDK was liquidated first on Binance, coinciding with the U.S. stock market closure and no spot price support, causing selling pressure to break through the order book. Immediately after, over a dozen addresses on Hype simultaneously placed IOC market orders within 1.8 seconds—not just reducing positions but also opening new shorts. AI-related assets like $SNDK, $MU, $SOXL, and DRAM all plunged together, with the liquidation chain spreading across multiple platforms. What’s truly worth pondering here isn’t who moved first, but what the market is actually trading. Binance’s AI perpetual contracts already have the largest volume among platforms, with large orders prioritized here, so prices naturally react earliest here. But on a deeper level, without underlying stock prices anchoring over the weekend, contracts become the sole pricing venue, and even slight selling pressure can amplify into an emotional avalanche. In this structure, bulls might say that after leverage is cleaned out, positions are lighter, the AI narrative remains intact, and the pullback is a buying opportunity; bears focus on the synchronized moves within 1.8 seconds as a signal of risk appetite contracting again, with altcoins and AI sectors following down, indicating funds are wary of running naked over the weekend. My own understanding is that sentiment has alreadyETH follows the overall market adjustment, but on-chain fundamentals discussions have not cooled down. Recently, traditional financial institutions continue to extend settlement and deposit token businesses into the Ethereum ecosystem, indicating that ETH's core value still lies in asset tokenization and application hosting capabilities. After the market pullback, there is support, but short-term funds are unwilling to blindly chase highs. The market places more emphasis on mainnet activity, L2 capital flow, and institutional allocation rhythm. As long as mainstream fund sentiment remains stable, ETH remains an important indicator for observing the strength or weakness of the public chain sector. $ETHXRP has been relatively weak recently, with intraday rebound attempts, but selling pressure above remains obvious, indicating that the market is still cautious about pricing the payment narrative. XRP's advantages are high recognition and ample liquidity, so once the market warms up, it can easily become a target for capital rotation; however, to establish an independent trend, stronger actual catalysts are needed, such as progress in institutional products, cross-border payment application data, or ecosystem news. Currently, it looks more like a phase of divergence between bulls and bears, and it is not advisable to treat short-term fluctuations as a trend reversal before a volume breakout. $XRPGoldman Sachs raised the rating from "Neutral" to "Buy" on the board, while simultaneously slashing the target price from 139 to 106 — this is not an upgrade, it's like pushing a pawn to the opponent's baseline to exchange your own bishop and rook; the piece is still on the board, but its position is already crippled.
Last week, CoreWeave dropped about a quarter, and long-term bond yields tore through 15 points. A grandmaster immediately understood: this is not a midgame pawn sacrifice, this is a broken pawn chain. Your cash burn rate is faster than the pace of financing moves; the bishop on the rear wing hasn't left the palace yet, but the opponent's rook has already pressed to the second rank. JPMorgan says debt and burn risks are exaggerated, and project returns can cover financing costs — it sounds like "my knight has an exit to the sea," but you have to first calculate twenty moves ahead whether the opponent will promote the pawn or not.
The most truthful move during the session was the spike to 7% and then the pullback, closing with a loss of 0.44. Opening high and closing low is a typical sign of softening after long consideration. Ratings are the public opinion's piece maneuvering; the target price is the real position evaluation. The rating went up, but the target price went down, indicating the research desk knows clearly: the long-term contract orders are like passed pawns in an endgame — they look good, but how many moves and escort resources are needed to push them through, no one dares to guarantee under the timer.
Putting this board together with XAVGO's linkage on the same coordinate is even more interesting. The correlation between US stock compute power targets and token assets is becoming like two strongholds on the same pawn chain — one gets hit, the other also wobbles. This is a line blockade: you think you are hedging two different assets, but actually you are moving along the same diagonal line, and the opponent's bishop pins down both your pieces simultaneously.
True experts looking at this situation don't focus on "whether the rating can improve sentiment" as a one-liner judgment. Sentiment is the second hand on the chess clock; no matter how fast it turns, it doesn't change the piece comparison. The core issue is only one: can the long-term compute power contract, this passed pawn, survive on the open line of financing costs without being captured? The 15-point bond yield is the opponent's heavy piece pressing on the open line; every step you push the pawn forward, you must first calculate if there is a counter-sacrifice.
Goldman Sachs lowering the target price but raising the rating is a combination move with a more straightforward explanation in chess: they want to appear proactive but dare not promise material advantage. In this situation, I wouldn't rush into the midgame — first see if the opponent can truly convert the 15-point pressure into a siege, then see if the long-term contract can really exchange for a rook.
Raising the rating is a move, the target price is an evaluation, and the closing bearish candle is the pressing of the timer. #coreweaveratingupgradeThe volatility of SOL has clearly narrowed in the past two days.
On the 19th, the full-day volatility was 2.59%, and from the 20th until now, it’s only 1.77%, the narrowest two days in a week. From the 12th to the 18th, the intraday volatility ranged from 4% to 7%, with the 12th and 13th even exceeding 7%. Now it suddenly dropped below 3%, with the price repeatedly fluctuating between 104 and 105, reducing the range of movement.
After hitting a low of 100.43 on the 18th, it recovered to 105 on the 19th, and on the 20th it’s oscillating between 104 and 105, neither falling back nor breaking above 106. The trading volume is also cooperating: 1.87 million units on the 19th, and only 410,000 units by 3 PM on the 20th, much less than the same period on the 19th. The volume hasn’t kept up; the current volatility is just existing funds changing hands.
During the week from the 12th to the 18th, SOL had daily volatility above 4%, with the price dropping from 111 to 100, then pulling back to 104. Now the volatility has narrowed to within 3%, signaling that this tug-of-war has paused, with both bulls and bears waiting for a clear signal.
Volatility narrowing usually happens before a directional choice. If it continues to narrow over the next two days and the price holds between 104 and 105, it means strength is accumulating. Conversely, if volatility suddenly expands and volume increases simultaneously, it’s time to choose a direction. There’s no rush to act now; wait for volume confirmation. $SOL $BTC BTC retraced to 81500, $ETH fell below 2400 — it's not a fundamental collapse, but a capital seesaw effect.
Crude oil at 107 absorbs liquidity
Pre-election risk appetite declines
But on-chain data hasn't worsened (ETH Gas remains low, BTC holding addresses hit new highs)
Conclusion: Passive decline, not active selling. #ETF持续流出，BTC反弹能否延续？ Driving pile foundations into someone else's strata is the most cost-effective way to build a building, but also the easiest way to get stuck during the inspection phase.
JPMorgan Chase directly cast dollar deposit certificates onto the Ethereum mainnet, opening 24/7 transfer, settlement, and collateral management to approved institutional clients. This is not building a new building; it's moving the vault into an already operational city's underground utility tunnel. Other banks are still drawing blueprints for their own chains: building new cities from scratch, first constructing roads, then attracting businesses, then waiting for population inflow, which may take a decade without success. JPMorgan chose the most seasoned approach—connecting to existing municipal infrastructure, leveraging existing road networks, and tapping into the liquidity already settled on-chain.
From a structural selection perspective, this step is correct. Liquidity and tokenized asset ecosystems are the foundation bearing capacity of this site; the geotechnical report for this site has been repeatedly verified, so there is no need to redo static load tests or gamble on unknown soil conditions again.
But I must point out a node deliberately downplayed on the blueprint: the real load-bearing walls are not on-chain. The entire weight of this deposit certificate rests on the main pillar of the bank's balance sheet; the on-chain layer is just a curtain wall. The curtain wall can be made extremely beautiful, with modular panels, ultra-clear glass, and fluorocarbon spraying—transparent, modern, and replicable; but when an earthquake comes, what determines whether the building collapses are the columns and shear walls, not the facade. The so-called on-chain dollar deposit is essentially "a creditor's claim on a bank" dressed in a new exterior material. No matter how new the material is, the load-bearing system remains old.
What truly deserves attention is the settlement and collateral management layer—that is equivalent to building an underground utility tunnel for the entire area, burying water, electricity, gas, and communications all at once. Once the utility tunnel is built, all subsequent buildings must connect to it. Whoever controls the maintenance access of the tunnel controls the floor area ratio allocation rights of this area.
As for the premium linkage of surrounding plots, those model rooms adjacent to the main building are most likely to be sold as completed units before the main structure is topped out. The utilities in the model rooms are temporarily connected, the foundations are built separately, sharing the same address as the main building but not the same load-bearing system. The facade can be copied, but construction quality cannot; renderings can be created, but hidden works inspection records cannot.
The white paper is just a design drawing. I never look at renderings, only at reinforcement drawings and hidden works inspection records. #jpmcoinonethereum** Market Overview: Strong Prices, Weak Capital, Who's Really Buying?**
BTC — 83,100
Prices look strong, but the spot ETF reported a net outflow of about $331 million, with IBIT accounting for about $326 million. This indicates that a short-term price rebound does not mean institutional demand has recovered; the ETF channel is still bleeding.
ETH — 2,418
Rebounded from about $2,180, sentiment has somewhat recovered. However, investment products continue to see outflows, with last week's ETP net outflow around $249 million to $320 million, with redemption pressure mainly concentrated in a few large products. ETH's short-term movement looks more like a "price correction" rather than a capital reversal.
ZEC — 1,191
Quickly surged from $1,048, showing strong short-term momentum. But its previous gains were excessive, with crowded leverage positions, and ETF funds have also started to flow out. This kind of rebound is highly elastic and will have more volatile fluctuations.
In short: BTC prices are strong but ETFs are weak, ETH is rebounding but capital is still withdrawing, ZEC has strong momentum but unstable chips. Now is not the time to just look at prices; we need to see where the money is really flowing. 🫡
BTC #ETH #ZEC #ETFCapitalFlow #CryptoMarket
#ETF持续流出，BTC反弹能否延续？ BTC vs ETH: Which Will Reflow First? My Judgment: BTC First, ETH Later
Current capital flow still favors BTC to reflow first. Although in some periods of 2026 ETH ETF inflows are faster, with cumulative ETH ETF inflows of about $1.5 billion this year, higher than BTC's $985 million; BTC ETF holdings are about $109 billion, while ETH's are only about $18 billion. BTC remains the primary choice for institutional allocation.
Exceptions and variables:
- If ETH has its own catalysts: strengthened staking yield narrative, regulatory benefits, significant on-chain activity rebound, ETH may synchronize or even temporarily lead.
- If macro conditions quickly turn accommodative and US Treasury yields fall, risk appetite rises, ETH has greater elasticity.
- If ETH's relative outflow continues to increase, it indicates short-term institutional preference is still weaker than BTC.
In short: BTC leads the inflow due to its core status and scale advantage, ETH needs risk appetite recovery or its own narrative ignition.
It is recommended to continuously track SoSoValue and Farside's ETF daily/weekly data, as well as US Treasury yields, inflation data, and risk asset performance.
Personally, I still believe: BTC will reflow first, followed by ETH. 🫡
#ETF持续流出，BTC反弹能否延续？ Notice of Allowance only means "permission to register"; it is still in the Intent-to-Use phase. Actual use evidence must be submitted for the registration to be considered complete, so the real implementation may still take 6-12 months. Don't treat it as a short-term bullish catalyst.
Step's cumulative 7 million are registered users, not monthly active or monetizable users. Teen accounts have small funds and more regulatory requirements, so their per-user value is far less than adults. The truly valuable aspect is the migration path of these users after they turn 18.
A senator specifically questioned Step's youth protection, crypto business, and fund security; this is not just ordinary noise. Evolve Bank as the underlying institution, FDIC deposit insurance, and minor account data compliance—any issue with any of these would cause a collapse of trust.
Short term is narrative, mid-term is a distribution revolution.
Traditional fintech customer acquisition costs often run tens to hundreds of dollars, but Step has 450 million subscriptions as a free distribution channel. Step provides the banking infrastructure, BitMine provides the DeFi narrative, and the conversion cost for young people from "scrolling videos" to "opening accounts" is extremely low.
Coinbase and Robinhood have the highest user acquisition costs. If Step can bring even 1% of its 500 million fans into financial scenarios, its scale will surpass most mid-sized brokerages. This is the real imagination at the intersection of the Creator Economy and finance. The impact on crypto is more indirect.
In the short term, it can drive some traffic $BTC $DOGE
#ETF持续流出，BTC反弹能否延续？ $BZ brothers, this is today's MVP. While Bitcoin is crying at 81,500 and Ethereum is struggling at 2,400, Brent crude oil is smirking at the $107 mark.
Why? Because:
The Yanbu refinery was bombed (Saudi Arabia's largest export hub)
The Strait of Hormuz has become a minefield (oil tankers hit mines and caught fire)
War risk insurance premiums have surged 40 times (from 0.25% to 10%)
Russian diesel won't arrive until November at the earliest (distant water can't quench nearby thirst)
These four factors combined mean $107 is just the starting point. As long as the fire in the Middle East doesn't go out, $110 is the next stop.
The whole world is short on coins hahaha The SOX index gained 1.61% after eight consecutive sessions of losses, with memory stocks broadly participating in the recovery. The Nasdaq 100 also climbed around 1.2%. This suggests valuation pressure may be easing temporarily, but a lasting recovery is not yet confirmed. This week’s earnings will be crucial in determining whether AI demand and order growth can support heavy capital spending, especially as financing costs continue to weigh on valuations.
#NetflixQ3AdsAndMargins During earnings season, I prefer to put my position in Tesla: not betting on deliveries, but betting on whether the narrative can be pushed further forward.
In the past two days, I've been reviewing earnings forecasts from major companies, and personally, I lean towards Tesla (TSLA) having a chance to beat expectations this quarter.
The delivery data is already out: 486,532 vehicles, which is indeed better than Wall Street's expectations. But what really determines whether this earnings report can beat expectations is no longer how many cars were sold, but whether the automotive gross margin can hold steady, whether energy storage can continue to scale, and whether management's stance on Robotaxi and FSD commercialization is more optimistic than the market's.
Currently, market expectations for Tesla are not very high; Q2 just experienced revenue beating expectations but EPS missing significantly, which pressured the stock price.
If this time the automotive business gross margin can be maintained or even slightly rebound, and energy storage continues to maintain high growth, the market will easily reprice it.
More importantly, Robotaxi has made substantial progress in Austin, and the number of Cybercabs is also increasing. If management can provide a relatively clear city expansion timetable or unit economics model this time, even if just earlier than expected, it could become a catalyst for beating expectations.
Of course, risks remain. Price cuts continue to erode profits, capital expenditures remain high, and if the earnings report only shows good deliveries but profits continue to be squeezed, even if revenue looks good, the market may vote with its feet.$PHA surged 26% in one day with volume 14.5 times the usual, then a "math genius" suddenly appeared in the forum.
Let me translate his theory: buying the bottom of over 400 coins is like starting 400 companies; eventually one will go public, and the profits will naturally diverge. Sounds very reasonable, right?
The problem is that out of those 400 coins, 390 are zombies, and 9 of the remaining 10 are on the path to zero. His model completely ignores the death rate. Anyone can post screenshots of doubling positions, but what about the 400 that didn’t double? No one speaks up.
Today’s volume is real money, 14.5 times the usual, pushing the price to 0.64. But look at the position — up 71% in 30 days, nearly doubled in 90 days, and doubled in half a year. Who’s really profiting the most? Those who bought in at 0.3 to 0.4. If you chase now, you’re just taking their profits.
This position isn’t unwatchable, but chasing now means paying wages to the earlier batch. $PHA 🌟 Short-term profit-taking activity has put pressure on $BTC
In the first two weeks of October, short-term $BTC holders who were in profit executed the largest transfer to exchanges in the past year. This selling action caused the price to drop from 87k to the current level.
So far, this profit-taking flow has returned to the annual average level.
$BTC $ETH $ZEC #CanBTCReboundLast Why does Circle only keep $7 for every $100 it earns?
In the first half of 2026, Circle $CRCL had a revenue of $1.4 billion, paid $819 million to partners, reinvested $473 million, and had a net profit of $108 million, accounting for 7.7%.
Converted, for every $100 of revenue: $59 went to distribution partners; $34 was reinvested; only $7 was kept.
According to Circle's latest disclosed data, that $34 reinvestment resulted in: 55 financial licenses, clearing and settlement relationships with 25 banks, compliance systems in 185 countries, and native deployments on 35 public blockchains. Abandon $ZEC, switch to shorting $ETH! The big trend is downward, so it's safer to follow the trend and short.
Since I missed the chance to flip the position on ZEC, I'll short ETH instead.
Manual take profit on ZEC
For the previous ZEC short, although the profit was substantial, its volatility was extremely intense, fluctuating up and down and very torturous. To secure the gains, I chose to manually take profit. Trading is not about romance; take profits when you can.
Precise entry on ETH short
After taking profit on ZEC, I immediately focused on ETH. Why? Because its structure is much clearer than ZEC's!
I decisively opened a short near 2391.33 for the following reasons:
1. Moving averages pressing down like Mount Tai: ETH price is heavily suppressed by EMA9, EMA21, EMA55, and the Bollinger middle band. A classic big bearish alignment.
2. 2400 resistance holds strong: Today ETH tried multiple times to break the 2400 whole number resistance but failed each time, and volume did not support the move, indicating bulls are exhausted.
3. Downtrend line perfectly applying pressure: Each time price retraces to the downtrend line, it is precisely suppressed, showing weakness.
4. MACD death cross with expanding green bars.
My position plan:
· Stop loss: set at 2421 (if broken, it means the bearish structure is invalidated).
· Take profit: first target near previous low around 2330.
Trading insight:
Don't be stubbornly bullish or bearish; just follow the trend. Rather than suffering in highly volatile coins, it's better to steadily profit in mainstream coins with clear structure.
What do you think, can ETH smoothly drop to 2330 this time? If it were you, would you short heavily or test with a light position at this level? Feel free to discuss in the comments! $BTC dominance is 59.6%, the entire market of 2.74 trillion USD fell over the day, with the majority of funds still concentrated on $BTC. Tokenized assets rose 101.9% in one day, RWA increased 46.3%, and the trading card RWA platforms also moved accordingly. Several sectors point to the same narrative: real-world assets going on-chain. Where is the money coming from? Look at USDT. Market cap over 24 hours is down -0.27%, stablecoins are shrinking, and no new money is coming in from OTC. Fear and greed index dropped from 57 to 55, sentiment hasn't warmed up. The fact that prices can rise like this without new funds means existing capital is withdrawing from other altcoins and crowding into the RWA sector. My judgment is that this rotation is short-lived; existing capital won't sustain it for long. The end signals to watch are twofold: RWA sector's 24h gains falling back to single digits, or $BTC dominance rising further from 59.6%, indicating money is flowing back into $BTC. Only if USDT market cap turns to expansion can it be considered new money taking over, giving the rotation confidence to continue.Bitcoin breaks through $83,000, MicroStrategy is buying, $ETH is entering, why can't $BTC just lift off?
Here's the conclusion first: the buying is real, but the selling is more urgent. Bitcoin is now stuck around $82,000, it touches $83,000 and then gets pushed back, completely different vibe from when it surged to $87,000 before.
MicroStrategy bought another 267 coins last week at an average price of $82,900, holding up to 848,000 coins now. ETH is not bad either, with a single-day net inflow of 526 million, BlackRock alone contributed 665 million. Looks lively, right? But the price just won't move.
The problem lies on the other side. Short-term holders have been dumping too much while in profit onto exchanges, and that selling pressure hasn't been fully absorbed yet. The volume bought by institutions can't absorb the profit-taking from retail and old holders. Simply put, slow money can't beat fast money.
From a technical perspective, the $82,500 to $82,800 range has turned from support into resistance, with the weekly close below it. According to Rekt Capital, if this level isn't reclaimed, the price will likely test below $80,000 again. Currently, the short-term is grinding back and forth between $80,800 and $82,800, unable to go up or down.
Directionally, I lean towards the short-term correction not being over. It's not bearish on Bitcoin, but the risk-reward ratio for chasing longs here is poor. The $80,000 round number will likely be tested again. If you really want to act, wait near $80,000 to see if there's a false breakdown and recovery signal, which is more comfortable than chasing hard now. #BitMine成全球最大ETH质押方 $SOL #奈飞增长或放缓，广告业务成新看点 Netflix's main focus in 2026 will no longer be "how many new subscriptions can be added," but rather "how deeply can existing users be mined." The three lines of advertising, sports, and gaming all point to the same question: can watch time become more valuable than membership fees? However, the financial report and market simultaneously reveal frictions: slowing growth, pressure on watch time, upfront costs, and valuations that are not cheap.I don't know if it's just an illusion, but institutions and smart money whales are going all out to short mainstream coins.
$BTC $ETH #ETF持续流出，BTC反弹能否延续？ #SpaceX上市后首份完整季度财报将揭晓 #10月FOMC临近，美联储暂停加息还有哪些变数？ Leverage is heating up, but spot hasn't kept pace
Shorts were just cleared out in one round, and all the money has flowed back to the futures side.
How is this calculated: In the past day, $BTC futures net inflow was $859 million, while spot was only $143 million.
In the last hour, futures still saw an inflow of $42.63 million, but spot actually had an outflow of $2.49 million.
A common misreading: many call this a bull takeover of the market, but it's not.
Money flowing into futures only means more people are betting on direction; if spot doesn't follow, the price lacks support.
It's even clearer with $ETH: in one hour, futures inflow was $58.53 million, spot only $3.4 million.
Market makers don't care who shouts the loudest; they watch if there's real buying on the spot side.
When the price can't push higher and no one is absorbing, resistance levels become meaningful.
#ETF持续流出，BTC反弹能否延续？
#$BTC $ETH A month ago, they were still loudly reaffirming the "SOL Treasury Strategy," holding over 2 million tokens, ranking fifth globally. Yesterday, they completely liquidated every single one, converting it into $223.8 million and immediately planning to buy back their own stock — SkyAI's move here tossed aside even the word "faith" before it could warm up.
Even more ironically, the buyback clause requiring SOL to stay above $100 was deleted by themselves. With no tokens left, who is it for? Major shareholder Bastion, holding nearly 10%, flipped the table on the spot, demanding an independent audit and forcing the buyback price up from $3 to $3.5 — no rise, no deal.
So is the treasury company a believer or a middleman? Pumping at highs, cashing out at lows, even major shareholders can't stand it and want an audit, yet retail investors are still pretending to sleep? $SOL $ETH $BTC #ETF持续流出，BTC反弹能否延续？ Conclusion first: $KORU dropped from a high of $11.64 to $11 today, falling 9.5% in 24 hours. The overall market only fell 1.7%, so this divergence is not a false sell-off.
Looking at the 4H chart: $KORU started a downward trend from 10:00, with highs gradually pushed down from 11.64 to 11.51 → 11.15 → 11.08. The 14:00 candle is the most critical: volume suddenly surged to 330,000 contracts (3 times the previous candle), but the price only reached 11.2 and couldn't go higher—high volume without price increase, a signal of main force reducing positions.
This is a relatively illiquid asset (24-hour volume about $94M), so once selling pressure can't be absorbed, the decline will be amplified. Without substantial negative news, it's most likely a chain liquidation cascade caused by leverage.
Do you think this kind of "small market drop, big coin drop" divergence is a buying opportunity or a stop-loss signal? Simply put, the world appears differently to different observers, and there is no superiority or correctness in any observer's perspective.
If the way of thinking from relativity is introduced into the field of economics, the conclusion would be: value can be different for people in different environments and with different ideologies, and none of these conclusions are right or wrong. In relativity, only the speed of light is absolute, unaffected by the observer's change. Similarly, in economics, only price is absolute, also unaffected by the observer's change. This leads to an interesting conclusion: price is absolute, while value is relative; price is real, while value is virtual. Moreover, price is unique, while value can be infinite, and among these countless different values, none is special. A trader's perception of the market is merely the degree of deviation between the relative value formed by their own values and the market's absolute real price.
Values are abstract; they originate from the beliefs in each person's mind. Interestingly, the values in each of our minds are not static; on the contrary, they are highly unstable and changeable. In fact, there are infinitely many factors that can influence the market, but all investors consider only a limited number of issues. From the "iceberg principle" perspective, traders' beliefs are all taken out of context, like blind men touching an elephant. What the market is does not matter; what matters is what traders are willing to believe. Regarding market fluctuations, it is less about changes in value and more about changes in values.🔷Pay with stablecoins at 175 million stores: Visa + Mesh
Visa and Mesh allow spending crypto and stablecoins from your wallet wherever Visa is accepted, without a separate card. Mesh converts to fiat, and the store receives a regular payment.
Red flag: no launch dates, wallet list, or regions provided. "175 million" refers to the entire Visa network, not stores accepting crypto.
DYOR.
Wallet or card: what do you pay with? 👇
#VisaMeshStablecoinPay $BTC #奈飞增长或放缓，广告业务成新看点 The most expensive thing in the crypto industry may never be technology or liquidity, but the cost of gaining new users' trust. Starting from October 21, Google will update its financial product advertising policy for the UAE. Eligible cryptocurrency exchanges and software wallets can advertise after obtaining local recognized licenses and passing Google's certification. On the surface, this is just an adjustment of advertising rules. But if you understand Google as one of the world's largest traffic gateways, things are different: who can legally buy traffic and who cannot enter mainstream customer acquisition channels are being written into a clearer set of rules. This is not a full liberalization but a licensing gate added to traffic. According to Google's announced update, advertisers promoting cryptocurrency exchanges or software wallets in the UAE need to obtain a license from one of the following regulatory authorities: the UAE Capital Market Authority (CMA), Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), Abu Dhabi Global Market Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), or Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). Obtaining a local license is not enough; advertisers must also pass Google's own certification and continue to comply with other local legal requirements. For complex speculative products such as CFDs and rolling spot forex, the recognized regulatory authorities listed by Google are CMA, DFSA, and FSRA. This indicates that Google does not treat "crypto assets" as a broad category but splits access according to business nature and regulatory boundaries.Boss Shi has two short positions with unrealized profits of 906,000 U, and this XRP trade really made money!
Breaking it down:
$XRP short, full position 10x leverage, 1.2 million tokens opened at 1.5022, unrealized profit +240,300, return +133.29%, the strongest in the market.
$BTC short, full position 10x leverage, 150 tokens opened at 86195.3, unrealized profit +666,200, return +51.52%, main profit driver.
The total margin for both trades is about 1.38 million U, overall only 1.89x short, position not heavy, but the direction is spot on.
The BTC trade contributed 70% of the profit, relying on a steady decline from 86195 down to 81700;
The XRP trade is even more extreme, dropping from 1.41 to 1.30 in a week, down 7.7%, with almost no decent rebound, the short position profited blindly.
What about the next week?
The macro factors remain the same: oil prices, US Treasury yields, and a strong dollar are weighing on the market, ETFs continue to see outflows, BTC will likely consolidate between 81,000 and 84,000, if it breaks below 81,000 it could fall further;
XRP is more fragile, when the market lacks momentum, these high-beta coins only follow the decline, below 1.3 look towards 1.25.
Risks are also clear: both trades are short, the same direction means no hedge, if a short squeeze rebound really comes, the 10x leverage will cause rapid drawdowns, knowing when to take profits is an art.
In short, Boss Shi is riding the trend this time, not bottom fishing or top calling. Data comes from position screenshots, may have delays, purely personal opinion, not investment advice.How to find potential golden dogs in memes that have already passed the first phase - 24h trading volume, number of holders, community
No need to say much about trading volume. Those that emerge in the first phase, as long as they are not malicious DS types, are basically independent narrative leaders. Observe the growth in the number of holders, then check if there is community building. Many SOL tokens don’t have a TG community but are on X, so daily attention to the growth in numbers is also necessary.
- Bottom chip distribution and potential whale funds
For whales, unless you dig out all related wallet addresses of the funds, it’s hard to use data to prove the presence of whales, wild whales, big whales, or strong whales. SOL is more about speculative capital making a quick hit and running.
A good IP (independent, new, with meme attributes) is also favored by capital, but if the front-row chips hold too much, it won’t start that quickly. It will at least grind for 2-3 days, try to pump and then dump to test selling pressure. If the front-row can’t be washed out, accumulation will start at a suitable price range, leading to a pump, but the ceiling won’t be that high since those holding too much in the front row are not insiders.
Based on this psychology, I often choose coins that no one wants, picking up trash to find potential. But once those with many chips dump and the support is insufficient, I will also max sell.The SOX index's 1.61% rise after eight losing sessions matters because the rebound was broad across memory names, while the Nasdaq 100 also advanced about 1.2%. That points to a pause in valuation pressure, not proof that it has cleared. This week's earnings need to show demand and orders can justify AI capex as funding costs remain a restraint.
#ChipStocksEnd8DaySlide 🧪 In the afternoon, I kept an eye on a thinly traded stock and casually reviewed the overall market
$LAB 0.04406, down 2.54. After dropping from the high point, the entrants are basically small positions speculating on a rebound, with no stable buying support, so whenever there are sell orders during the session, the price slides down, and the rebound is just an emotional pulse that can't hold. The market characteristic of this kind of stock is thin liquidity and quick moves up and down, not suitable for applying mainstream coin support logic.
$BTC 81471, up 0.15 📈 The afternoon market showed little change. Breaking it down from two sides: on one side, large wallets holding more than 10 coins are diversifying accumulation, and the number of participating big holders is increasing; on the other side, spot ETFs continue small net outflows, leverage funding rates hover around neutral or slightly negative, with long-term holders locking positions and short-term traders deleveraging, these two forces keep the price confined within a narrow range. The price above 81000 doesn't fall deeply due to stagnant supply, and can't rise due to lack of incremental buying, not because someone is actively dumping.
$RE 0.38090, down 4.60 😴 The small RWA insurance pool is the thinnest; the 0.41 support level broke down to 0.38, thin volume failed to support, and a single sell order pushed it down more than four points. The slow logic hasn't changed but the price is suppressed; first, let's see if it can stop falling.
$SPCX 144.25, down 0.85 🚀 SpaceX's first full quarterly financial report after listing has landed, the on-chain share is recalculated at 144, the pricing anchor is US stocks not the crypto market, the price is just a placeholder.
This article is for market analysis only and does not constitute investment advice.
#SpaceX上市后首份完整季度财报将揭晓 Today I completely sold off Hynix and significantly reduced my holdings in Korean stocks. Yesterday, when I was making money, I thought, "Surely, holding on to this thing will make money," but today I think, "Surely, decisively taking profits is the best." 😅 In short, decisively cutting losses is never wrong.The main funder ran away. Base exited Superchain on February 18 this year, causing OP to drop 28% in 48 hours. It previously contributed over 90% of the collective gas fee revenue. Now that income is gone, the so-called "50% buyback" fund is discounted.
The buyback hasn't started yet. The current rise is based on expectations, not actual buying. Relying on a 2027 announcement to support 2026 prices has rarely worked historically.
Unlocks are scheduled until 2029. Circulating supply is 2.3 billion / total supply is 4.29 billion. Moreover, STRK has surged 322% in four weeks, rising more aggressively than OP — indicating capital rotation within the L2 sector, not just OP dominating. $OP BTC at $81,800, do you still dare to hold?
ETF outflows have continued for two consecutive weeks totaling 228 million, institutional holding cost is 84,350 with everyone at a floating loss, yet the number of large whale addresses on-chain has hit a new high—at the 81,800 level, is this a golden pit or the last window to get off?
First, look at the surface: box consolidation, neither dead nor alive.
BTC is now at 81,800, down just over 1% in 24 hours, weekly chart is soft. It has retraced 35% from last October’s ATH of 126k, market sentiment at 55, on the edge of greed—not panicking, not euphoric. Candlesticks tell you: 80k-84k box range bouncing repeatedly, RSI 37-48 neutral to slightly low, MACD negative but no accelerated decline, 50-day moving average still above 200-day moving average—mid-term structure intact, but short-term is just grinding.
First thing: institutions are standing guard at 84,350, you are cutting losses at 81,800—this is called precise handover.
US spot BTC ETF has had net outflows for two consecutive weeks, 228 million last week. Why outflows? Because institutions’ average holding cost is about 84,350, now at 81,800, all at a floating loss.
Institutions themselves are trapped, short-term they have no face to add positions, nor to run. Upward movement is suppressed, it’s that simple.
But look at the other side—Strategy is still buying on a small scale, medium and large addresses are at a new high. No large-scale sell-off on-chain, more like consolidation after high-level rotation.
Second thing: Uptober failed, but the real bomb is on October 28.
October is traditionally a strong month for BTC, but this year it’s been suppressed by ETF outflows and macro factors, performance is mediocre. This is not BTC failing, it’s macro holding its head down.
Fed rate at 3.75%-4.00%, just hiked once in September. CPI/PPI is hot, 10-year US Treasury yield over 5%, a headwind for zero-yield assets like BTC. China’s Q3 GDP exceeded expectations briefly boosting risk appetite, but global tech stock volatility and oil prices are dragging behind.
Biggest focus: October 28 FOMC.
Market expectations for further rate hikes have clearly declined. If Fed tone is dovish or subsequent data softens, liquidity expectations improve immediately—BTC as a high Beta asset will bounce faster than anyone. Conversely, if inflation data again exceeds expectations, whether 80k holds or not is another matter.
This is not a one-way market, it’s waiting for a catalyst. No catalyst, continue grinding; catalyst arrives, one bullish candle changes perspectives.
Third thing: technicals in one sentence—80k is life, 84.5k is the hurdle.
Support: 81,300-81,000 (short-term) → 80,000 (psychological iron bottom) → 78,000-77,000
Resistance: 82,300-83,000 → 84,500 (ETF cost zone, dense trapped positions) → 87,000-88,000 (20-month moving average)
Daily chart box consolidation, 4-hour chart weak, volume average, no abnormal heavy selling. This is not a crash pattern, it’s a shakeout pattern. But the difference between shakeout and crash is whether 80k holds.
If 80k breaks, 78,000 next; if 80k holds, 84,500 next. The 3,000 gap is the dividing line between retail and hunters.
Bull vs. bear, you decide:
On one side:
Post-halving supply pressure low, circulating 20.1 million coins
Institutionalization continues, corporate treasury allocations ongoing
On-chain large whales accumulating, address count at new highs
50-day MA still above 200-day MA, mid-term structure intact
If FOMC dovish, liquidity expectations reverse immediately
On the other side:
ETF outflows for two weeks, institutional floating losses suppress upside
US Treasury yields 5%+, high rates + sticky inflation environment
84.5k dense trapped positions, rebounds face sell-offs from unlocking positions
Uptober failed, market lacks narrative catalyst
Bulls just shaken out once, sentiment fragile
Trading strategy
Short-term (1-3 days):
Light long positions near 81,800, stop loss 80,800-80,500, target 82,500-83,000 to reduce. If volume breaks below 81,000 and fails to hold, reverse to light short, target 80,000-79,000, stop loss above 81,500. Position size 10%-15%, use high leverage cautiously—recent volatility punishes the stubborn.
Mid-term (until FOMC):
Build long base positions in batches at 80,000-81,000, target 84,500-85,000, stop loss 79,000. If daily close holds above 84,500 with volume, add positions targeting 87,000-90,000. If daily close breaks below 80,000, reduce or switch to short, target 76,000-75,000.
Long-term (spot mindset):
Slow dollar-cost average below 80,000, don’t chase highs. Post-halving supply structure is clear, long-term narrative intact. But don’t expect doubling in a month—BTC is a slow bull now, not a mad dog.
BTC now is like itself in October 2023—
Everyone was cursing “halving is a scam” “ETF is all priced in,” and what happened?
From 27,000 to 73,000.
Every big rally start has a period of frustrating consolidation that makes you want to give up.
The market never lacks opportunity, it lacks you still alive at 80k.
$BTC $ETH $ZEC When BTC starts dancing with gold, ETH is still paying for Nasdaq
BTC and ETH are taking two different paths. BTC's correlation with gold has risen above 50%, while its 90-day correlation with the Nasdaq has dropped from 60% to 33%; ETH has not decoupled and remains highly tied to Nasdaq. Same market, two pricing logics.
For $BTC, 80400 is the trendline support, 81000 is the 400-day moving average, strong buying support around 80000, and 81800 above is the lower boundary of the triangle—only a close above this signals strength. ETF net outflow last week was 229 million, BlackRock IBIT outflow was 165.4 million, but exchange reserves only rose from 2.67 million to 2.68 million, whale holdings remain above 3 million coins, and groups holding over 10,000 coins have not accelerated selling. Selling pressure is easing, and spot demand has not truly turned positive yet.
$ETH is more subtle. 2400 is a psychological barrier, 2357 is the 24-hour low, and 2368–2377 below is a dense on-chain liquidation zone. Resistance above is at 2427, but the real focus is on microstructure: ETH's eight largest liquidation pools are all above the current price, with 101.6 million liquidated in 24 hours, including 61.1 million short positions. Shorts are paving the way for longs, but only if 2357 holds.
Strategically, for BTC, only confirm a bottom between 80400–81000, and consider the right side only after closing above 81800; for ETH, maintain a squeeze logic above 2357, and if it breaks, liquidation zones trigger—do not enter. Two markets, do not use the same position sizing.#Netflix growth may slow, advertising business becomes a new focus Netflix will release its Q3 earnings report on October 20. The market is currently focused on two things: revenue growth and the advertising business.
The company's own forecast is Q3 revenue of $12.86 billion, a year-over-year increase of about 12%. Operating margin is expected to be 33.2%, compared to 28.2% in the same period last year, an increase of 5 percentage points. Both revenue and margin are rising, but the growth rate has clearly slowed compared to previous years. The market's concern is exactly this: Netflix's subscription growth has peaked, so what will support it going forward?
The advertising business has become a new focus. Netflix is launching a low-cost ad-supported plan, aiming to use advertising revenue to make up for the shortfall in subscription growth. This earnings report will be watched to see if the advertising business has truly scaled, whether subscription users are still growing, and if the margin can be maintained above 33%. If advertising revenue exceeds expectations, the market may allow room for valuation recovery. If advertising falls short of expectations, combined with slowing subscription growth, the stock price will face significant pressure.
For BTC, this matter is not direct. But Netflix represents the consumer internet and streaming sectors, and its earnings reflect consumer spending willingness. If Netflix's growth slows, it indicates consumers are cutting back on non-essential spending, which is a negative signal for overall consumer confidence. Weak consumption puts pressure on the economy, making the Federal Reserve's policy path more complicated. In the short term, BTC will still focus on tonight's CPI; Netflix's earnings report is next week's matter.
Operationally, don't bet in advance. Wait for the earnings report to land and see how the market reacts before making decisions. #Strive large-scale accumulation, Strategy buyback scale exceeds coin purchase
Plain talk about Bitcoin
According to glassnode data: the exchange inflow caused by short-term holders realizing profits has fallen back to the annual average level.
The "release" phase of short-term profit-taking is basically over. Most of those who wanted to take profits during the rebound have already sold.
Exchange inflow returning to the mean indicates a decrease in active selling pressure from short-term holders.
Related indicators such as STH-SOPR are currently near 1.0 (break-even), indicating that recent buyers are basically neither making nor losing money when selling, with no large-scale panic selling or crazy profit-taking.
Reduced selling pressure ≠ increased demand. Many analyses point out that ETF and spot buyers have not yet clearly re-entered the market.
Recent ETF fund flows have been average, with net outflows at times.
The overall cost basis of short-term holders is still below the price (data points to about $74,000–$75,000 range), currently still providing some unrealized profit buffer, but the buffer is narrowing.
If the price continues to consolidate or slightly pull back, and new funds do not follow, the market may enter a longer period of consolidation.
Operate cautiously, hold your principal, and wait for positive signals before taking action🤑
$BTC #SpaceX上市后首份完整季度财报将揭晓
$BTC $ETH $SOL
Glanced at the daily chart Monday morning: BTC at 82489, ETH at 2426, both slightly up, seemingly calm on the surface. But stretching the timeframe reveals: over the past month or so, the market has completed a round trip up and down.
BTC pushed from 62685 to 87374, nearly a 40% increase; ETH rose from 1869 to 2807, up 50%. During that period, anyone saying "the trend is back" had a strong case.
Then the market started to pull back. Now BTC has retraced about 5.6% from its high, ETH nearly 14%. ETH surged aggressively on the way up and didn’t hold back on the way down—when BTC sneezes, ETH catches a fever first.
The real pain isn’t the sharp drops, but this dull-knife style decline: small red candles one day, small green the next, with lower shadows probing then pulling back. Want to sell, but the drop isn’t decisive; want to buy, but can’t find a solid footing.
Last week’s CPI and PPI data caused continuous disturbances, now data days trigger reflexive reactions. Tonight when US markets open again, semiconductors have already fallen eight days straight last week; if weakness continues, crypto will likely wobble too.
So this wave— is it a consolidation after a rise, or a shakeout before a new start? The former means more pullback ahead; the latter means a grind before moving up. The answer depends on capital flow: continuous inflows and buyers on dips suggest a shakeout; if it’s just low-volume rebounds and weakness on data releases, it looks more like consolidation that’s not over yet.bmnr already holds 6.04 million ETH, about to acquire 5% of the total ETH supply, with most of the ETH already staked in PoS. Based on the current price of ETH, it can earn $309 million passively in a year. During this bear market, ETH's price dropped as low as $1500, and bmnr contributed significantly to the buying pressure.
My main concern is that bmnr openly controlling ETH makes it a major player. The ETH staked earns rewards in ETH, so to cash out, they would need to dump ETH on the market. In the 2026 bear market, ETH did not enter a deep bear phase, so bmnr essentially hasn't been tested by a severe bear market. If a deep bear occurs, will bmnr be forced to sell coins to repay loans due to borrowing interest?
In financial markets, whoever uses leverage must repay debts. There is no perpetual motion machine; when prices rise, they can spiral up stepping on each other’s heels, but when they fall, they spiral down to death. When a whale falls, life begins anew. We wait for the power of time to see how bmnr faces a deep bear and whether it can withstand it.The doors of traditional finance are opening one by one, but the pace of opening is much slower than the price candlesticks. Deutsche Bank plans to launch $BTC and $ETH custody services for institutional and corporate clients within weeks, while Charles Schwab is gradually enabling external transfers for these two assets—moving from "only able to buy" to "able to withdraw." The symbolic significance of this step far outweighs the immediate capital impact. What truly deserves attention is not the custody itself, but whether the boundary of the whitelist will expand. Schwab's current move is to expand $SOL trading support, which is completely different from opening $SOL custody; although $XRP is recovering, there is no official confirmation that it has entered Schwab's or Deutsche Bank's custody list. The market's misinterpretation of "supporting trading" as "supporting custody" is the most easily overestimated part of this narrative. On the price front, $BTC is at $82,212, up 1.28% in 24 hours; whether it can hold $82,000 depends on buying support; $ETH is at $2,416, up 1.58%; bank custody landing is positive but does not mean immediate capital inflow; $SOL is at $104.55, up 2.29%, showing the strongest elasticity among the four; $XRP is at $1.2984, up 1.92%, the rebound is valid but custody attribution remains uncertain. My judgment is: lowering the custody threshold is only the first step; what determines how far the market can go is never the whitelist, but the real inflow. The fact that all four coins rose today indicates sentiment recovery, but to upgrade the rebound into a trend, we need to see official expansion of the custody whitelist or confirmation signals of amplified on-chain net inflows. If the whitelist$UNITREE has risen nearly 30% over two consecutive days, with negative funding rates deepening, and the short squeeze rally is still fermenting.
On Hyperliquid, UNITREE is currently priced at $80.285, up nearly 30% in two days, while the A-share Yushu Technology is also strengthening.
The contract continues to have negative funding rates, indicating a large number of short positions are trapped, continuously paying interest to the longs, and short squeeze pressure remains in the short term.
Large long holders with positions around 900,000 cost basis at 90.41 are still at a floating loss, and the pressure from this part of the position unwinding above is a hidden risk.
The current rally is driven by favorable robot policies, plus speculative hype ahead of the ecosystem conference on the 22nd.
Note that JPMorgan has given a reduce (underweight) rating with a target price below the current price, so do not misinterpret this as bullish. Meanwhile, Yushu's revenue grew in the first half of the year, but net profit after deducting non-recurring items declined, indicating fundamentals are not strong.
#ETF持续流出，BTC反弹能否延续？