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#Netflix growth may slow, advertising business becomes new focus 🚨 September PPI month-over-month 1.3%, expected 0.6%, the largest single-month increase since March 2022. Year-over-year 6.3%, expected 5.5%, the highest since December 2022.
Energy: +10.8%, gasoline +20.3%, energy contributed most of the increase
Goods: +2.6%, year-over-year +9.8%
Services: +0.8%, year-over-year +4.8%
Excluding food, energy, and trade services: month-over-month +0.5%, year-over-year +5.0%
August data was also revised upward, year-over-year changed from 5.4% to 5.6%
PPI is the price at the production end, CPI is the price at the consumer end. The previous day's CPI was already higher than expected, and now PPI is also higher than expected. I'm wondering if production costs will continue to pass through to the consumer end. Currently, the data is insufficient to judge, I'm not sure.
Do you think this wave of cost pressure will pass through to the CPI next month?
$BTC #USCPIAndPPITopForecasts Why doesn't this crypto cycle have its own story?
Every bull market had its own mania.
In 2017 it was ICOs, in 2020 the summer of DeFi, in 2021 NFT and memecoins.
And what was there in this cycle? ETFs, treasury companies, stablecoin regulations.
These are Wall Street stories, not blockchain ones.
There is an interesting theory why this is so.
Each wave was launched by a new open primitive on which anyone could build something on day one without anyone's permission. ERC-20 gave ICOs, Uniswap's AMM gave DeFi, ERC-721 gave NFT.
This time no new primitive appeared.
At the same time, venture money returned: about $50 billion in 2025.
But it mostly went into products controlled by a single company: perpetual exchanges, tokenized stocks, prediction markets.
The logic is clear: a fund needs a business that owns the users.
The problem is that such products are easily copied by web2.
Kalshi with a license and card payments outcompeted Polymarket.
Fanatics replicated the tokenized Pokémon card model.
When the core product is held by one operator, the winner is the one with more distribution, and that is web2.
Where does crypto really win?
Where web2 simply cannot replicate it. Uniswap started with a grant and a few hundred lines of code, and today more than $3 trillion has passed through it.
Its contracts are immutable, anyone can connect to them, and they operate even without a team.
The second path is an application on such primitives that offers the impossible in web2. Pump.fun allowed creating a token with one click and earned almost $1 billion in 2025.
The next wave may begin at the intersection of open protocols and AI.
An agent without KYC won’t open an account on an exchange, but can easily read a smart contract and build a new product on it.
People who have never coded will be able to build.
The test for any project is simple: if the team disappears tomorrow, will others continue building on it? 👀#Netflix growth may slow, advertising business becomes new focus New trade prediction: Tesla Q3 earnings beat expectations Yes
7.64 shares, cost 6.03 XP, currently -3.79% small floating loss, holding to wait for the earnings report after market on 10-21 (Wednesday).
Logic:
▫️ Delivery numbers announced at the beginning of October: 486,532 vehicles, 5.3% above expectations, stock price +4.7% that day
▫️ Consensus is very low: EPS $0.44, revenue $27.8 billion, Q2 just missed by 34%, expectations have already been lowered
▫️ In the past four quarters, 2 beats and 2 misses; delivery beat + low expectations, this combination is worth a bet Yes
Risks are also clear: good deliveries don’t equal good profits, Q2 is an example. Small position, won’t mind the loss, just consider it buying a lottery ticket for earnings night.At 2:30 AM, the weekend market is even more exhausting than midweek.
After hitting a wall at the intraday high of 81,644, the gradual decline has started again, just touching a low of 81,110, currently at 81,179. $ETH is testing the 2,400 support again, just briefly dipping to 2,399.7. The weakest is $HYPE; yesterday the whale's staked support at 80 dollars didn't hold, dropping directly to 78.53, with 24-hour trading volume shrinking to 474 million dollars. No market makers are supporting the weekend, purely retail investors stepping on each other.
On Twitter tonight, everyone is talking about "Uptober (October must rise) stalling." A glance at the hard data explains why it can't rise:
1️⃣ Institutions are exiting: $BTC opened at 84,856 at the start of October, now down nearly 4%, altcoins are worse ($ETH down over 10%, $SOL down 11.5%, $XRP down 12.3%). Throughout October, spot ETFs have seen a net outflow of nearly 1 billion dollars, with total holdings dropping from 57.6 billion to 56.96 billion.
2️⃣ Macro and mining debt double whammy: September CPI at 3.7% is suppressing, futures markets are already pricing in a 47% chance of a Fed rate hike on October 28. Plus, last Friday the US stock market closed with mining leader $CRWV plunging 11.91% to 61.39 dollars, with over 10 billion in mining debt default alarms still unresolved. Before the US market opens next Monday, no one dares to catch the falling knife at this level.$NEAR This short position with 50x leverage has a floating profit of 227%, opened at 5.099, now the mark price is 4.867. Four consecutive short trades (STRK, FIL, WLD, NEAR) all hit, the core reason is one: this round of altcoin retreat is systemic, not an issue with individual coins.
Looking at the 4-hour chart, after peaking at 5.438, it fell continuously with bearish candles, short moving averages converging downward, price breaking below the 5.0 whole number level. I opened the short because I saw its rebound lacked volume, with obvious selling pressure above 5.1, bulls couldn't hold the support. NEAR, as a veteran L1, its narrative hype has long passed; when the market refuses to value it, capital reprices it with a slow downward drift seeking a bottom.
Interestingly, the funding rate is still positive (0.00733%), indicating bulls haven't completely given up, but the market is already voting with its feet. It dropped 0.43% intraday, the bears' rhythm is steady. Now it's not far from the previous low of 4.525; with 50x leverage, I still dare not be careless. Approaching the previous low easily triggers short sellers' profit-taking rebounds. I choose to let profits run but not add positions.
The commonality of this round of altcoins: after high-level divergence, capital collectively withdraws; without new stories, no one takes over. Catching the retreat tide is much more comfortable than guessing the bottom, patiently waiting for the right side.#Netflix growth may slow, advertising business becomes new focus Many people are focused on whether the Federal Reserve will raise rates in October, overlooking the other side: European Central Bank officials have clearly leaned toward a rate hike in December, making policy trade-offs increasingly complex.
This is a signal that global central banks are collectively moving toward tightening, not just a solo act by the Fed. The liquidity taps on both sides are being turned down simultaneously, and the first to suffer from oxygen deprivation will always be risk assets.
Against this macro backdrop, why do I hold onto my short positions in $BTC and $ETH without letting go? It’s not about predicting how much they will drop tomorrow, but about the odds being in my favor. At the table, you don’t have to win every hand; you just need to patiently raise bets in the direction where your opponents keep making mistakes. Those who go all-in chasing longs are like fish who stubbornly follow the river card despite knowing the opponent will raise rates.
Do you think the world will raise or cut rates in December?Bitcoin has now surged to become the 12th largest global asset, and everyone is guessing if the next target is silver?
Currently, Bitcoin has forcibly pushed Saudi Aramco down to 13th place. Keep in mind that in 2020, Saudi Aramco was the undisputed global market cap leader. To break into the global top ten, Bitcoin still needs another big surge. But looking further up, silver at 6th place has twice the market cap of Bitcoin. And gold, at the very top, has 18 times its market cap.
Bitcoin's current situation is quite delicate; it has surpassed almost all the giant companies, but it still lags behind the true precious metal leaders by an order of magnitude.
Look at what happened in the market this week. Tech stocks collectively pulled back 6 to 10 points, silver dropped 6.5%. But Bitcoin? It only dipped slightly by 1.4%. Among the global top ten, six assets fell more than it did. What does this resilience indicate? It shows that capital is treating it as a different kind of asset. You can even see some traders shorting tech stocks and simultaneously going long on Bitcoin. $BTC
So the question is, will Bitcoin's next surpassing target be silver? How long do you think it will take to double again? $ETH #NetflixQ3AdsAndMargins #NetflixQ3AdsAndMargins The most frustrating thing about this weekend's market isn't how much it fell, but the slow grind downward.
BTC actually hasn't moved much, hovering around 80,000, about 1,000 less than Friday. This week it touched 84,000, then dropped below 80,000 to a one-month low, bounced back near 83,000, then got pushed down again—just going in circles, stuck in place.
Altcoins are in a worse spot. Comparing prices from Friday evening to now: ZRO dropped 15%, WLD, ARB, and APT are down about 10%, NEAR fell 8%, AAVE dropped over 7%. The rebound from Friday was completely wiped out in two days. ETH and SOL did a bit better, each down around 3%. The total market cap is 2.74 trillion, with BTC making up about 60%. The altcoin season index is at 56, still far from the 75 threshold.
Ultimately, money is flowing out. Last week, US crypto ETFs saw a total outflow of $610 million, with Ethereum alone accounting for $320 million. BTC at least has institutional support, altcoins don't. On weekends, with thin order books, even a small sell-off can trigger a big red candle.
I'm watching three things going forward. First, the US stock market opening on Monday—Nasdaq dropped over 2% last Friday, semiconductors fell 10% over the week, and crypto is basically following Nasdaq now. Second, oil prices—Brent closed near 110 on Friday; if oil doesn't drop, expectations for rate hikes won't ease. Third, the rate decision on the 27th and 28th, likely unchanged, but the December hike is still looming.
Until BTC can reclaim 83,000-84,000, I treat altcoin rebounds as short-covering and don't hold them. Bottom-fishing altcoins now is basically fighting liquidity. If you're itching to trade, keep your position light and avoid leverage. $BTC Tesla's earnings report this time
I chose Yes in the OKX prediction, with 301.24 shares.
Used the free XP!
As a long-time Tesla owner,
I took this opportunity to seriously look at
how much profit the cars they sold actually leave.
Checked, in Q3 they delivered 486,532 vehicles,
about 5.3% higher than the analyst consensus of 461,974 vehicles previously compiled for Tesla.
This gave me some reason to support Yes:
The number of cars sold was better than expected, and if the profit per car holds, earnings could beat expectations.
But another set of data must also be considered: energy storage deployment was 13.7 GWh, below the previous expectation of 15.9 GWh. So I can't interpret all news as positive just because I chose Yes.
Right now, the focus is on automotive gross margin, especially the performance excluding regulatory credit income. If deliveries rely on bigger discounts or expenses rise faster, selling more doesn't necessarily mean earning more.
Recently, new car topics have been hot, but that is different from how much was actually earned in Q3. Whether this Yes prediction is correct will ultimately depend on the settlement rules of the question and the actual numbers in the earnings report.
The earnings report is scheduled for October 21 after the US market closes, early morning October 22 Beijing time. I'll record this judgment first, then after the results come out, see where I was right and where I oversimplified.
#OKXUSearningsSeason #Tesla #TSLA #USStocks 1. Long upper shadow candlestick, surge and pullback
On the 4-hour chart, a long upper shadow just formed at 110.34, representing a one-time bullish surge triggered by news. After encountering heavy selling pressure at the high, profit-taking occurred, and the price pulled back to oscillate around 107.
This long upper shadow is crucial: there is heavy selling pressure above 110, making a one-time breakout difficult. It is a surge to test the market, not a sustained one-sided rally.
2. Bullish moving average alignment, solid support below
Short-term WMA5, WMA10, and WMA20 are all trending upward, with the price firmly above all moving averages; SuperTrend is at 104.46, marking the watershed of this rally.
As long as the price does not effectively break below 104.46, the bullish structure of this crude oil wave remains intact, maintaining a high-level oscillation pattern.
Two branches
1. Base scenario: $BZ Brent oscillates widely between 104 and 110
If geopolitical news does not escalate further, the range-bound oscillation will continue. Energy inflation continues to exert chronic pressure on risk assets, $BTC remains in narrow weekend consolidation, awaiting Monday's liquidity window.
2. Bearish escalation scenario: news worsens (Middle East conflict escalates), volume breakout above 110.34 holds, oil price opens upward space, inflation expectations heat up sharply, directly compressing the B-wave bull trap space, possibly skipping the consolidation and accelerating the start of the C-wave. US tech stocks were slaughtered like this but BTC didn't crash along?
This phenomenon is quite interesting👀
Last week, the Nasdaq dropped 4.5%, with significant selling pressure on semiconductor and AI-related stocks.
In contrast, although BTC once fell below 80,000 USD, it later bounced back to fluctuate around 81,000 to 82,000.
What I think is worth noting this time is not just the drop, but that market funds are starting to reassess risk.
AI companies are investing heavily in capital expenditures, and investors are beginning to doubt whether future profits can keep up, while the crypto space simultaneously faces pressures from inflation, interest rates, and liquidity.
But BTC not falling in the same magnitude as tech stocks does not mean it has decoupled.
What I want to observe next is whether this relative strength can continue when the US stock market reopens.
If BTC can stabilize first and ETH and SOL start to follow, then market sentiment might truly improve.
Do you think BTC is beginning to show resilience or is the real test of weekend liquidity shortage waiting until Monday?🤔
$BTC $ETH $SOL #美国CPI与PPI双超预期，年内能否再加息？ A group member just asked me if they should bottom-fish ARB, and I directly threw the contract data in their face. The main players have already taken their money and disappeared; are you still going to catch the falling knife halfway down?
Don’t just stare at the K-line tonight, dig into the data: first look at the worst hit $ARB, current price 0.1839, down nearly 8%. Guess what? The long-short ratio actually surged against the trend from 0.75 this morning to 1.80! Meanwhile, open interest dropped from 22 million to 17 million. The signal is clear: the main players are retreating, retail investors think it’s oversold and are frantically bottom-fishing, but these people are all catching the fall halfway down.
Next, look at $UNI, current price 7.10, down 4%. The long-short ratio is even more extreme, hitting 2.07. Funding rates occasionally turn negative, meaning longs are losing even on interest. Retail investors are stubbornly buying more as it falls. All the chips above 7.4 are trapped positions; the rebound has no volume at all.
Finally, look at $NEAR, current price 5.01. Long-short ratio 1.47, and open interest is increasing against the trend. The bulls are still holding on hard. With this structure, unless the bulls are completely crushed into despair, the market won’t bottom out.
My view is firm: these are all bull traps. Going long now is just giving your head away; going short is easy to get squeezed. The risk-reward ratio is extremely poor. Wait until the market volume shrinks and stabilizes completely before considering buying a little.
#特斯拉发布新一代Roadster，行情走高
#美国CPI与PPI双超预期，年内能否再加息？
#SpaceX上市后首份完整季度财报将揭晓 $BTC #Currently trapped in a consolidation range, bulls and bears have entered a stalemate phase. The current level around 81350 is in the middle of the range, not suitable for heavy position entry for speculation.
The upper resistance range is 87000–88000, a zone of multiple overlapping pressures.
The 20-month long-term moving average, the 2026 opening price level, and the average cost concentration of medium- to long-term holders all overlap here. Once the price rebounds to this area, a large amount of previously trapped positions will choose to sell to break even, releasing concentrated selling pressure, making a one-time breakthrough very difficult.
The lower support range is 78000–81500, the defensive bottom line for funds.
Glassnode on-chain data shows the market's real average holding price is 78000; spot ETF institutional holding cost is at 81500. Recent market action has repeatedly briefly pierced 81500, with quick buy orders stepping in to pull back, proving strong defensive power at this level.In a recent interview, Sun Yuchen explicitly said he is "more bearish on BTC," citing AI and quantum computing as reasons. He believes AI algorithms could, within 1 to 1.5 years, pose a substantial threat to elliptic curve cryptography, turning those two million BTC with lost private keys into potential selling pressure. Interestingly, although he verbally expresses bearishness, he hasn't reduced his core holdings at all; he just moved them into a new cold wallet without signatures for isolation. This indicates he is warning about tail risks in extreme scenarios, not advising you to liquidate now.
As for "listening to Sun's cuts," he indeed nailed the storage sector and did so aggressively. In November 2025, he predicted "perpetual storage shortages," after which SanDisk (SNDK) surged from $35 to over $1400, a multiple-fold increase. This was no wild guess but a sharp insight into the industry's supply-demand cycle.
However, it's important to see that this bearish stance on BTC and the previous bullish view on storage operate on different logical levels. Storage is an industry necessity, while bearishness on BTC stems from long-term concerns about cryptography being broken—currently, there is no solid evidence of AI breaking Bitcoin. Moreover, he previously said "AI and crypto are complementary," so this time it seems more like risk hedging.
Therefore, his words should be heeded, but what you should listen to is his framework for analyzing industry trends, not blindly copying his conclusions. AI breaking BTC is currently a "ghost story" that requires long-term monitoring; don't be scared off by a single statement. $BTC $ETH Today's Position Daily Report
Viewpoint Signal: Justin Sun's latest interview sends a bearish signal—bearish on $BTC due to the impact of AI and quantum computing, difficulty reaching consensus on hard forks; he revealed that last year he reduced 80-90% of his $ETH holdings in the $3600–4000 range, shifting funds to U.S. stocks; cautious on the Nasdaq mid-term but has not actually shorted yet.
Speech and Action Analysis: He claims BTC remains a core holding without reduction, but in reality, he significantly adjusted ETH and increased U.S. stock allocation. Celebrity opinions can be a reference but cannot replace price and capital data; especially important to distinguish between "public statements" and "actual positions."
Market Implications: Such interviews mostly affect sentiment and do not confirm trends. BTC core holdings not reduced indicate he has not fully exited; ETH reduction reflects some funds reassessing short-term cost-effectiveness. Nasdaq "bearish but not shorting" also shows institutions are waiting for signals.
Position Conclusion: Do not panic sell just because a big name is bearish, nor blindly bottom-fish because "core holdings remain." Focus on BTC key support, ETH capital flow, and U.S. tech stock trends #纳指100周跌5.5%，芯片股八连跌 #Strategy再度增持，财库同步加仓 Brent crude surged to $110
This time inflation is likely even harder to reduce!
Brent crude touched $110 intraday yesterday and closed at $109.86, while WTI crude also climbed back above $100. There are several direct reasons for this rise.
Saudi Arabia's energy transport route to the Red Sea's Yanbu port is threatened by missile attacks, and attacks near the Strait of Hormuz are increasing. Meanwhile, Russian refineries have been hit by drone attacks again, further intensifying supply concerns.
More notably, the International Energy Agency has agreed to release an additional over 20 million barrels of fuel, and the U.S. is also preparing to arrange up to 17 million barrels of crude oil swaps from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Earlier, U.S. CPI and PPI were already hot, and now oil prices have risen to this level, which is obviously bad news for inflation. If high oil prices persist, the Federal Reserve will find it even harder to ease rates comfortably, while companies will have to bear higher transportation and production costs.
In the short term, I remain cautious about the U.S. stock and crypto markets. If oil prices continue approaching $120, the market may need to readjust its expectations for interest rates.
$CL $BTC $XAU
#布伦特触及110美元，油轮遇袭加剧供应担忧 #SpaceX上市后首份完整季度财报将揭晓
Personally, I am bullish for the following reasons:
1. The market is not focused on revenue but on cash burn: Q2 capital expenditure was 18.4 billion (twice the revenue), with the AI segment alone burning 15.8 billion. If capex continues to spiral out of control this time, or if the 2027 computing power pricing (Evercore model is $30/W) falls short of expectations, even a beat will still lead to a decline.
2. Lock-up expiration looming: On the second trading day after the earnings release, about 911.5 million internal shares will be unlocked (accounting for 20%). The stock price has already halved from its June peak, and there is a significant chance of profit-taking after a beat due to the good news.
Conclusion: The numbers will most likely beat. Institutions of Evercore's scale rarely raise target prices a week before earnings without good reason. However, if you make earnings predictions on OKX Prophet, betting on "exceeding expectations" is fine, but be cautious about betting on "post-earnings price increase"—watch for three key terms in the earnings call: computing capacity, 2027 pricing, and Starship reuse progress. These three factors determine mid-term expectations and are more important than the Q3 numbers themselves. $BTC $ETH Big Brother Maji's total position is 58.86 million USD, hedging longs and shorts, but the profit and loss are like fire and ice.
Big Brother Maji holds simultaneous positions: short BTC, long ETH, and short $HYPE, clearly a hedged long-short account.
Breaking it down:
$BTC short, 40X full position, opened at 84070, currently floating profit +571,900, liquidation price 105,963. The most comfortable of the three trades.
$ETH long, 25X full position, opened at 2500.18, floating loss -565,500, liquidation price 1576.21. Holding the long position through tough times.
$HYPE short, 5X full position, opened at 66.2399, floating loss -3,662,000, liquidation price 100.17. The most painful short trade.
Totaling up: BTC short profit of +570,000 is basically offset by ETH long loss (-565,500), the real drag on the overall account is the $HYPE short loss of -3,660,000. So Big Brother Maji's 58.86 million position is actually a net floating loss of about 3.65 million, not as good as it looks on paper.
In short, he’s not all-in on one side but using a long-short combo to hedge. But with 40X and 25X leverage, net value can swing wildly with the market, so ordinary people really shouldn’t copy this.
#特斯拉发布新一代Roadster，行情走高
#美国CPI与PPI双超预期，年内能否再加息？
#SpaceX上市后首份完整季度财报将揭晓 Watching the storage sector closely at the market open made my heart tighten. Is this pullback more grueling than expected? SK Hynix has dropped over 30% in ten days, just a step away from the late July low, and the Korean memory chain has been knocked back to square one. Turning to Micron, the paper loss is about 20%, still some distance from the previous low of $706, showing a different level of resilience. Musk's endorsement is still supporting sentiment. But what really made me pause and take note isn't who fell the most, but the rhythm of this volatility: a fast drop, hesitant rebounds, and repeated probing of lows—a classic case of emotions collapsing first, with prices confirming later. For high-beta stocks like memory, once entering this phase, the correlation with BTC and ETH may not be synchronous, but the contraction in risk appetite will first transmit to altcoins and high-volatility narratives. Those with heavy positions will be forced to reduce exposure first, rather than actively rotate. I personally made a very real mistake: buying Micron around 900, quite a bit, and now stuck there—neither moving nor staying still feels right. Reviewing it, the problem wasn't misreading the direction but the rhythm—mistaking "a big drop" for "the bottom is in," ignoring the fact that lows will be repeatedly tested during volatile phases. There is also a bullish path: Micron is relatively resilient, the previous low hasn't been broken, and the AI storage demand narrative remains intact. Once sentiment recovers, the leaders will bounce first. The risks are clear too: continued breakdowns in Korean stocks will drag down the entire sector's valuation, and Micron's catch-up drop is only a matter of time, making heavy holders more passive then. So the move now isn't to add, but to first calculate how much volatility you can withstand and break down the pace of averaging down.Shorts think they are harvesting the trend, but they are actually handing a matchstick to the next needle.
The screen is full of “longs being killed,” with 222 million long positions liquidated, which is unsettling. But the liquidation heatmap tells a different story—a story that chills the backs of shorts: Above $ETH, the traps laid by shorts are much bigger than the pits under the longs’ feet.
On the news front, the bearish factors are real, but a “systematic retreat” is false. Brent crude surged to $110, and core CPI at 2.6% exceeded expectations; the macro combination is indeed unfriendly. ETF net outflows of 82.41 million and BlackRock IBIT outflows of 71.8 million yesterday look scary, but the same batch of funds had net inflows of 175.7 million on October 13. Single-day, single-product outflows are a different matter from institutional systematic withdrawal. The more critical signal lies in derivatives: $ETH open interest has shrunk from 20 billion to around 15 billion, with leverage on the long side being genuinely washed out, while shorts have been piling up thicker and thicker as prices weaken—this asymmetry in position structure is what really deserves attention.
$BTC at 81,000 has held support after three retests, corresponding to a cost zone of about 2.31 million $BTC short-term holders, a dense area of real chips. $ETH is more subtle: 2400 is not just a psychological barrier but also a trigger for short liquidations. Holding above and stabilizing will cause the liquidation engine to eat up the short positions above; the buying pressure is driven by forced liquidations, and short squeezes always move faster than declines.
$BTC $ETH $SOL
#美国CPI与PPI双超预期，年内能否再加息？ 🌌 Early Sunday morning, gold, BTC Layer 2, and audio micro futures gathered for a look
$XAUT 4154, this round it diverged from BTC 🥇XAUT quietly lifted to 4154, up 1.7%. Normally, gold moves in tandem with risk assets, but this round with CPI+PPI both exceeding expectations, BTC was hammered while gold didn’t fall but rose, indicating that the money buying gold is not the same batch trading risk but is separately allocated for hedging. The Strategy earnings preview says BTC’s book profits rebounded sharply; the company is fully invested in BTC, and the funds on the gold side are completely separate from the corporate BTC holdings logic, each following its own path.
$CORE 0.0186, an independent public chain running in the BTC ecosystem 🟠Core DAO is a public chain built on Bitcoin, with its own validation network and ecosystem applications. This round is not weakness but a short-term sentiment decoupling from BTC, following its own ecosystem development rhythm. The Strategy’s book rebound is a BTC spot-level matter; CORE will move when its own ecosystem has new progress.
$BEAT In the thin early morning trading hours, other micro futures are easily pulled into bearish candles by a few orders, but BEAT only moved 0.27 points, hovering at 0.0776. It’s not that there is capital protection, but the sell side is completely exhausted, with hardly anyone wanting to dump. This static state itself indicates short-term funds have already cleared out.
This article is for market analysis only and does not constitute investment advice.
#Strategy财报前瞻：BTC账面收益大幅反弹 Inflation is off the charts, but the Federal Reserve is hitting the brakes? The probability of a rate hike in October has plummeted to 15%
US inflation data exploded again, but the Federal Reserve seems to be watching and waiting.
September PPI rose 6.3% year-on-year (expected 5.3%), and 1.3% month-on-month; core PPI also exceeded expectations. Coupled with the earlier September CPI rising to 3.7% year-on-year, two consecutive inflation data points are flashing red, indicating that price pressures have not eased.
However, Federal Reserve Chair Powell was evasive throughout October 16, neither predicting rate decisions nor revealing whether there will be a rate hike in October. Officials like Daly and Goolsbee also hold cautious attitudes toward immediate action.
Hot data, soft officials. The market quickly reacted: bets on a 25 basis point hike in October dropped to 15%, but there is still disagreement on whether further hikes will occur this year.
What does this mean for the crypto market?
In the short term, it’s good news. Expectations for no rate hike in October are rising, US Treasury yields and the dollar temporarily lose upward momentum, and risk assets get a breather. This is also the macro foundation for BTC and ETH stabilizing after recent deep declines.
But don’t celebrate too soon. PPI and CPI have consecutively exceeded expectations, showing strong inflation stickiness. Not hiking now only delays the "boot dropping" moment. As long as inflation doesn’t come down, the sword of high interest rates will keep hanging.
In short: short-term macro pressure eases, bulls have room to rebound; but the inflation ghost hasn’t disappeared, and the long-term tightening curse remains. Don’t mistake "slowing rate hikes" for "stopping rate hikes"—the strategy of selling into rallies still applies, so manage your positions carefully. ETH has once again fallen below 2400, and this time I side with "truly weak."
ETH is currently quoted at 2,407 USD, with a 24-hour low hitting 2,393 (OKX spot real-time price).
The price is simultaneously below the 20-day moving average (2,561) and the 50-day moving average (2,553), with only the 200-day moving average (2,146) providing support; the daily RSI is 35.4, already in the weak zone.
Meanwhile, BTC remains above 81,300, dropping only 0.3% in 24 hours.
This year, ETH/BTC has fallen nearly 20%, with institutional money increasingly favoring BTC.
On October 17, the entire network saw 334 million USD liquidated in 24 hours, with long positions accounting for 223 million — basically, those chasing longs took the hit.
I think this drop in ETH is not just following the market but structurally falling behind.
However, the lower Bollinger band at 2,336 and the 30-day low at 2,317 are right below; shorting here has low cost-effectiveness.
No catching falling knives, no bottom fishing: only if it effectively breaks below 2,317 should we look further down toward 2,146.
If ETH recovers above 2,553, my "falling behind" judgment becomes invalid.
For this round, do you see ETH as completely falling behind, or as oversold with a rebound around 2,300? $BTC $ETH $SOL
#Ethereum #MarketAnalysis 💡 Justin Sun's latest trump card is revealed, with signals more glaring than they appear on the surface — he is cutting ETH not because ETH "is failing," but because the battlefield for offense has shifted.
$BTC 🛡️ It's not bullish, but "quarantine": his holdings haven't decreased for a year, yet he has transferred BTC into a new cold wallet that has never been signed before. What he's truly defending against is not volatility, but the potential impact of quantum computing on early wallet cryptography. The base position remains, but the stance is defense-first.
$ETH 🔄 The reduction is in "position size," not "belief": he cut 80-90% of his offensive position in the 3600–4000 range, leaving only 20% as a base position to observe, and has not yet bought back. Where did the money go? Into Nvidia + Nasdaq 100, holding a heavy base position in AI without moving. ETH is under short-term pressure, true, but more importantly, he proactively shifted risk exposure from crypto beta to the US stock AI narrative.
Macro factors pushed from behind 🔥: US September CPI at 3.7% and PPI at 6.3%, both exceeding expectations, with the year-end rate hike probability once approaching 90%. High interest rate environment suppresses valuations, with offensive assets taking the brunt first; the timing of ETH position reduction is no coincidence.
In short: BTC holds the baseline, ETH yields the offensive position, and US stocks take over. Don't be scared into chasing blindly by the words "position reduction"; look clearly at which direction the money is flowing 🧭.Currently, BTC is oscillating below a key resistance level, and directly going all-in on a high entry carries an unfavorable risk-reward ratio. As of October 18, 2026, BTC is priced around $81,351, with market sentiment in a "neutral" range. For investors looking to enter, a more reasonable approach is to wait for a decisive breakout above the key resistance before entering on the right side, or to gradually build positions on the left side within the core support zone below, rather than blindly trading in the middle range.
Core conflict in the current market
At present, BTC is trapped between two key moving averages/cost lines, facing selling pressure above and support below:
· Strong resistance above: approximately $87,000 to $88,000. This is not only the location of the 20-month simple moving average (around $87,165), but also coincides with the 2026 opening price ($87,490). Additionally, investors holding for 6 to 12 months have an average cost near $88,000, making the price near this area prone to triggering sell-offs to break even.
· Core support below: approximately $78,000 to $81,500. Glassnode data shows that the "real market average price" for active investors is about $78,000, while the average holding cost for the US spot Bitcoin ETF is around $81,500. Recently, the price has repeatedly fallen below $81,500 but has been pulled back each time, indicating buying support in this area.ETH Bearish Logic Breakdown: Liquidity Withdrawal More Fatal Than Technical Correction
ETH has dropped from 2807 to 2325. A trader who opened a short position at 2509 has successfully taken profit and is currently waiting for the right entry point for a second short. The voices in the comment section shouting "bulls will quickly return" have noticeably quieted down these past two days.
The root cause of the decline is not technical but liquidity. The spot ETF has seen outflows for 9 consecutive trading days, with a net outflow of $542 million last week, the largest weekly outflow since January. BlackRock's ETHA accounted for the majority—it's institutions withdrawing, not retail investors selling off. Meanwhile, CPI and PPI have consecutively exceeded expectations, pushing the year-end rate hike probability to 96%, while expectations for rate cuts have basically vanished. High interest rate environments suppress high valuation assets first and foremost.
This is not an ordinary technical correction but a systemic withdrawal of funds.
The trader's strategy is clear: do not open new shorts for now; if ETH rebounds to the 2450 to 2480 range, then add positions. The initial target is 2380, and if it breaks below, directly look at 2300. The core discipline is "no trades without the right price point," no impulsive actions, no chasing orders, keeping a long-term perspective—survival is the prerequisite for profit.
The market indeed leaves little room for bulls, but bears also need patience. The key is not stubbornness but waiting for the price to reach the preset level before acting.
This article is for market analysis only and does not constitute investment advice.
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#美国CPI与PPI双超预期，年内能否再加息？ Explanation: The market conditions and data mentioned in the text are all recent publicly available market conditions and qualitative descriptions of public statistics at the time of writing. Please refer to the exchange and official releases for specific values. 1. This round of correction: Risk assets collectively "cool down" Recently, major global stock markets have experienced a relatively significant correction. According to recent public market data, the three major U.S. stock indices generally closed lower for the week, with the technology and semiconductor sectors leading the declines. AI-related stocks, which had previously seen substantial gains, experienced even more pronounced pullbacks; the Asia-Pacific markets were under pressure simultaneously, while European stock markets showed relative resilience. Meanwhile, the volatility index, regarded as a "fear gauge," rose to a recent high, and market breadth weakened significantly — the number of declining stocks far exceeded advancing stocks, a typical characteristic of risk-off trading. Changes in sentiment are more noteworthy than the index declines: the previously consistent expectation of "buying the dip" began to loosen, with funds withdrawing from high-valuation, high-leverage sectors and shifting toward cash, short-term debt, and some safe-haven assets. This "sell first, watch later" behavior often indicates the market is transitioning from trend trading to risk repricing. 2. Driving factors: Triple overlap rather than a single negative factor The first layer is macro data. Recent U.S. inflation readings exceeded market expectations, and producer prices also saw a monthly jump, challenging the narrative of "inflation easing." The data itself is not alarming; the key is that it changes expectations for the interest rate path. The second layer is interest rates and liquidity. Against the backdrop of sticky inflation, market pricing of the next moves by major central banks has fluctuated, with long-term government bond yields remaining near multi-year highs. Rising real interest rates directly compress high-valuation assets.This time, inflation is likely to be even harder to reduce! Brent crude oil touched $110 intraday yesterday and closed at $109.86, while WTI crude oil also climbed back above $100. There are several direct reasons for this rise. Saudi Arabia's energy transport route to the Red Sea's Yanbu port is threatened by missile attacks, and attacks near the Strait of Hormuz are also increasing. Meanwhile, Russian refineries have been attacked by drones again, further intensifying supply concerns. What is even more noteworthy is that the International Energy Agency has agreed to release an additional more than 20 million barrels of fuel, and the U.S. is also preparing to arrange up to 17 million barrels of crude oil swaps from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Previously, the U.S. CPI and PPI were already on the hot side, and now oil prices have risen to this level, which is obviously not good news for inflation. If high oil prices persist, the Federal Reserve will find it even harder to ease interest rates comfortably, while businesses will have to bear higher transportation and production costs.When discussing the logic behind Tesla's profit recovery, we cannot overlook the key variable of regulatory credit revenue. This source of income, which once provided significant support to Tesla's profit statement, has now shrunk considerably.
According to Tesla's 10-Q report for Q2 2026, its automotive regulatory credit revenue was only $146 million, a sharp year-on-year decline of 67%. The company also clearly indicated in the report that changes in regulatory policies may affect related projects and future revenue recognition. Although the Q3 delivery data performed well, this does not predict the future trend of regulatory credit revenue.
Therefore, I actually believe this provides a more solid and purer benchmark for the next financial report: to observe whether Tesla's core profitability in the automotive business can achieve organic growth without relying on credit revenue improvement.
By excluding regulatory credit revenue and then comparing gross margins, we can more clearly reflect the profitability changes of Tesla's car sales themselves. If the continuous reduction in costs and optimization of product structure can still drive overall profit growth despite weak credit revenue, then this kind of recovery is more valuable and more worth our anticipation. #特斯拉发布新一代Roadster，行情走高 #奈飞增长或放缓，广告业务成新看点
Membership growth is gradually peaking
Pure subscription-driven growth is entering a slowdown phase
The new growth curve bets on advertising business 🔥
The 2026 advertising revenue target is directly doubled to $3 billion
Monthly active users of the advertising package have already exceeded 250 million
Continuously expanding new overseas markets, live sports content drives advertising sales
⚠️ Weakness: Advertising revenue proportion is still relatively low
Still in the early volume expansion stage, difficult to carry the load alone in the short term
Market highlights:
The mid-to-long-term focus is on advertising monetization potential
Each quarter's advertising business realization data is a key point in capital competition
Advertising has cyclical attributes; watch out for risks of advertiser budget contraction #索尼财报前瞻：游戏与音乐业务表现如何？ Sony FY2026 Q2 earnings preview before market open on November 5. PS5 hardware growth is weak, focus is on game software, digital revenue, and PS+ subscriptions. Music copyright business cash flow is stable, serving as a defensive base.
This quarter's market flexibility mainly depends on game segment data; if games underperform expectations, the stock price will be pressured; the music business plays more of a bottom-supporting role. ⚠️Personal opinion only, not investment advice. $DOGE Damn it! DOGE's order book is making my blood pressure spike. There's no movement outside, but the order book is like dogs biting dogs fiercely. The 0.0792 level is clearly being strongly supported by funds, the dog market makers have their scythes raised high 🔥
Looking at the candlesticks, it's obvious: volume doesn't match the price, a typical prelude to a shakeout. This kind of quiet strong pull-up is most likely a trap waiting for people to jump in.
My idea is simple: around 0.0792 you can lightly short, set stop loss above 0.0825, don't be greedy, only a break below 0.076 counts as a real breakout. Control your position size and always use stop loss.
If you want to secretly ambush with me, click the token market card below to check the order book yourself 👇👇👇
Content is only my personal review and does not constitute investment advice. #NetflixQ3AdsAndMargins Veteran traders see this long position on $BASED as profiting from the "oversell" moment.
Entered long at 0.04693, now at 0.05037, floating profit +146.60%. The numbers look good, but with 20x leverage, the real test for a long isn't opening the position, it's avoiding the rollercoaster.
This drop from the high was accompanied by one negative news after another, yet the market didn't continue breaking down; instead, there was support at the lows. A classic case of bad news fully priced in, with capital starting to bottom-fish. I entered a long at 0.04693.
Now it has retraced to 0.05037, closing with a small bullish candle. There is selling pressure above, but the rebound strength isn't strong, more like a breather after an oversell.
The strategy is simple: hold if it stabilizes above 0.05; if it falls below 0.047, take profits first. Don't get attached to the rebound; don't give back your gains. $ZEC $SOL convenience store at 3 a.m. But this spot is interesting — the 6.5M long liquidation record below acts like a magnet, with the price sticking close to it, either bouncing off or being pulled down.
Why am I bearish? One divergence is enough: the proportion of long positions in all market accounts is 64.3%, but active long trades only make up 47.9%. In plain terms — retail investors are holding longs, but real money is selling. Under this structure, rebounds are often "passive cover-ups,".$PONS I need to start considering reducing my position. The cost here at 0.34 is still acceptable, but the cost of the neighboring position at 0.5 is already making me a bit anxious, so I have to cut some of my holdings! Currently, $PONS still shows a downward trend with no signs of stopping the decline. Previously, I judged it might bottom at 0.25, but now I think it could even go down to 0.2! Last month, I could almost compete with $PUMP in income, but now it barely generates any income—it's like night and day, with expectations dropping by 99%! The worst case is a big bearish candle hitting soon, followed by several months of continued decline. The logic and fundamentals are indeed broken now. I suggest brothers who are stuck to get out first; we might not see the day it rises again!#SpaceX上市后首份完整季度财报将揭晓 The core contradiction of the Q3 earnings report is not about "revenue exceeding expectations by several hundred million," but whether Starlink's cash flow can support the company's overall valuation during the ARPU decline cycle, and whether the progress of Starship's orbit insertion and deployment is enough for the market to start pricing in a "structural reduction in launch costs." EPS turning positive is an emotional catalyst, but the $10.8 billion single-quarter cash burn and $19.3 billion capital expenditure plan mean that SpaceX is still some distance from self-sustaining. The "quality" of profitability rather than its mere "existence" is the key to whether valuation divergences can converge after this earnings report.#NetflixQ3AdsAndMargins
This is the swing factor. Netflix is guiding ~$3B ad revenue in 2026, roughly double 2025's >$1.5B. S&P Global estimated Q2 ads at $618M, up almost 80% YoY. US Upfront commitments nearly doubled.Yan Yan will clarify it for you
The storage sector as a whole weakened in October for two reasons: first, the market worries about intensified competition in China; second, high-valuation stocks are under interest rate pressure, so funds are reluctant to stay long
But the key point is at the end of the month—SanDisk will announce next quarter's results on the 29th, which is likely to be the most important catalyst recently.A spoonful of a full stock acquisition stew is served, 0.7 shares of SpaceX for 1 share of Tesla. At first glance, this ratio looks like pouring a whole bottle of soy sauce into a small stir-fry pan, with the saltiness entirely controlled by Musk alone! He holds about 37% of the equity and 56% of the voting rights; the stove's heat and seasoning are all decided by his hands. The so-called "synergy" signature dishes of AI, robotics, energy, and space currently don't even have a prep list. The board hasn't convened, regulators haven't checked in, and the timeline and deal terms are all drafts on the kitchen blackboard—beautifully drawn, but the ingredients haven't been stocked yet.
My professional intuition is: this dish is still a "planned plating," not "freshly served." From June to December, even before the annual shareholders' meeting on December 6, it might just be the chef teasing the appetite. Real valuations, minority shareholder rights, and regulatory reviews are three strict heat controls—too hot and it burns, too low and it's undercooked. If any one fails, the whole dish must be redone.
Dear diners, remember: mainstream assets are the main course, filling and stabilizing the table; altcoins are the seasoning, too much ruins the flavor; leveraged contracts are the extra spicy chili, a slice or two perks you up, but throwing the whole bunch in will burn your intestines. This "buy one, get zero point seven" merger fantasy is like using chili oil as broth—smells pungent, but deadly to drink. Wait until the kitchen actually stocks ingredients and starts cutting before discussing the taste.
So my judgment is: this dish is still on the back of the menu, listing visions and tasting risks. #spacextesladealscenario October 28 (Federal Reserve meeting): The market prices in about a 71.8% probability of maintaining the current interest rate, with only about a 15% chance of a rate hike. However, the accelerated rise in the September CPI and the 6.3% year-on-year increase in the PPI—the largest since 2022—make an "early action" in October a tail risk that cannot be ignored. Bank of America is the only major brokerage predicting a rate hike in October. November U.S. midterm elections: Rate hikes have already suppressed employment, and after September's nonfarm payrolls fell significantly short of expectations, the probability of a rate hike in October sharply dropped. Political pressure from the elections and inflation constraints create a tug of war, but historical experience shows that the Federal Reserve tends to implement previously politically delayed policy moves after the election and before the new Congress takes office. December 8-9 (Federal Reserve meeting): This is currently the market consensus's strongest rate hike timing, with CME pricing the probability of a rate hike as high as 89.5%. Among 13 major brokerages, 12 bet on a 25 basis point hike in December to 4.00%-4.25%. December European Central Bank and Bank of Japan: The ECB deposit rate is expected to rise to 2.75%, with nearly 90% of economists betting on a rate hike in December; the Bank of Japan raised rates to 1.25% in September, and the probability of another hike before year-end approaches 90%, with the policy rate expected to rise to 1.5%. Franklin Templeton clearly expects the three major central banks in the U.S., Europe, and Japan to each raise rates by 25 basis points in December. The hidden variable throughout the process—data vacuum: The U.S. government shutdown has caused the October CPI and employment data to "possibly never be released." The Federal Reserve's decision in December mayWeekend liquidity is as thin as a convenience store at 3 a.m. But this spot is interesting — the 6.5M long liquidation record below acts like a magnet, with the price sticking close to it, either bouncing off or being pulled down.
Why am I bearish? One divergence is enough: the proportion of long positions in all market accounts is 64.3%, but active long trades only make up 47.9%. In plain terms — retail investors are holding longs, but real money is selling. Under this structure, rebounds are often "passive cover-ups," not trend reversals. Adding to that, in the past 24 hours, BTC short liquidations reached 5.44 million, meaning short-term bears have been cleared out, making the upside lighter. On the macro side, CPI and PPI both exceeded expectations, raising rate hike expectations, weighing down risk assets like a stone.
My personal take: this is not a bottom-fishing spot, but a "wait for it to bounce then short" spot. The short-term resistance is at 82,600; as long as the rebound there lacks volume, I will gradually enter shorts with stop loss at 80,800–80,800, next target 79,800.$BTC
Bearish bias, but no chasing shorts; wait for rebound, short resistance. $BTC
One last question: do you think 81,400 is an "iron bottom" or a "paper bottom"? Comment "iron" or "paper" below, and I'll check the answer around this time tomorrow morning. #特斯拉发布新一代Roadster，行情走高 #美国CPI与PPI双超预期，年内能否再加息？ #纳指100周跌5.5%，芯片股八连跌 📈 Liquidity window opens: BTC holds firm at 80,000, ETH remains weak
1️⃣ Macro and gold: US September CPI and PPI both rebounded, inflation resilience draws renewed attention; but Waugh downplayed forward guidance at the IMF annual meeting, pushing the market's October rate hike probability down to 29%. DXY fell back to 101.65, US Treasury yields declined in tandem, giving risk assets a brief respite. Gold is tugging near the high of $4177, with safe-haven demand and tightening expectations counterbalancing each other.🌍
2️⃣ BTC ($BTC): The 80,000 level was first broken then re-established, with a V-shaped rebound back to 82,100. New on-chain whales (UTXO <155 days) have increased their market value to $78.6 billion, accounting for 33.06%, raising concentration of holdings. ETF funds completed turnover near the 77,000 average, 80,000 is a strong short-term support, with dense resistance between 84,000–85,000 above.🐋
3️⃣ ETH ($ETH) and altcoins: ETH spot ETFs still see net outflows, ETH/BTC dropped to 0.0297, about $2440, showing weakness under capital siphoning. The altcoin season has not yet arrived in the current stock game, so avoid blindly chasing highs; focus on SEC breakthrough clues (such as INJ) and high Alpha narratives like PayFi/RWA.⚠️#特斯拉发布新一代Roadster，行情走高 #美国CPI与PPI双超预期，年内能否再加息？ The monitor is still beeping, but the real lesion is not in the subscription curve; it lies in whether the newly built collateral vessel of ad revenue can sustain the 33.2% perfusion pressure. Netflix's Q3 preoperative assessment is very clear: revenue about $12.86 billion, year-over-year growth about 12%, operating margin 33.2%, compared to 28.2% in the same period last year. This is not simply a "better complexion," but myocardial perfusion rising from 28.2% to 33.2%, which is equivalent to rebalancing stroke volume and oxygen supply without reducing cardiac load. Subscriptions are the main coronary artery; advertising is the collateral circulation. The main coronary artery determines the baseline blood flow, while the collateral circulation determines whether the ischemic border zone can survive. When the advertising layer was just built, the two biggest fears were: first, inventory expansion like postoperative bleeding—vital signs appear stable on the surface, but there is continuous blood loss in the surgical field; second, content costs like the inflammatory response after extracorporeal circulation—delayed, diffuse, and ultimately swallowing the slight improvement in profit margin.
For US stock tokens like $xDELL, in my view, they are more like peripheral blood oxygen saturation: quick to respond, noisy, obviously influenced by sympathetic nervous system emotions, can indicate distal perfusion changes, but cannot replace central venous pressure. Price linkage is just the waveform on the monitor, not the cardiac output itself. To judge whether Netflix can continue to grow, one must look at subscription retention, ad fill rate, ad revenue per user, and content amortization moving in the same direction; to judge whether profitability can continue to improve, one must see if the 33.2% is sinus rhythm or a transient rhythm after defibrillation. If the 12% revenue growth relies on low-price ad volume, it is like using vasodilators to artificially support blood pressure, possibly worsening microcirculation; if subscription price increases and ad monetization happen simultaneously, it is like a patent bypass graft with unobstructed bridge vessels, truly restoring blood flow to distal myocardium.
The most dangerous misjudgment is to equate "profit margin improvement" directly with "cardiac recovery." Early postoperative hidden bleeding and low cardiac output are the greatest fears; the market’s biggest fear is treating ad growth as unconditional collateral circulation. If this collateral circulation of advertising cannot maintain perfusion pressure, the beautiful 33.2% figure is only intraoperative rhythm, not a discharge criterion. #NetflixQ3AdsAndMargins 🔥$FIL Major news: The PL team's 6-year token release will officially end in mid-October. The annual new tokens entering the market will decrease by about 75% (not a reduction in total supply), the biggest selling pressure phase has passed.
Additional note: Team release ending ≠ no new tokens; miner mining rewards are still distributed daily.
FIL is the leader in decentralized storage, once extremely popular, with a huge drop from its historical high.
Long-term bullish position, target seen at $2, stop loss set at $0.6.
Bullish logic: Premise is steady growth in enterprise storage business. AI requires massive cold data archiving, FIL's storage orders are slowly increasing; new token selling pressure has significantly decreased, current price is at the bottom range.
Risk control: If it effectively breaks below $0.6, it means the market is not optimistic about storage business development, the long-term bullish idea fails, exit immediately.
Simply put: betting on the AI storage sector opportunity + reduced token supply, slowly build a small position.
⚠️ Risk reminder: Personal trading idea only, not investment advice, crypto assets are highly volatile, strictly control position size. #SpaceX上市后首份完整季度财报将揭晓