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Circle’s Q3 highlights a key distinction: growing stablecoin activity does not automatically mean higher reserve income.
Results released Nov 4 included:
• Total revenue and reserve income: $865M, up 17% YoY
• Net income from continuing operations: $226M, up 5%
• Adjusted EBITDA: $317M, up 85%
• USDC onchain transaction volume: $13.9T, up 49%
• Average USDC in circulation: $73.3B, up 8%
Reserve income fell 8% to $658M, mainly due to a 61 bps decline in the reserve return rate, partly offset by higher average USDC circulation.
Transaction volume measures activity, while balances and reserve yields help determine reserve income. More transfers do not automatically mean higher issuer earnings.
Other revenue reached $207M, including $182M from the ARC token presale. Circle attributed adjusted EBITDA growth to presale revenue and lower distribution costs, partly offset by increased investment in new products.
The presale contribution should be assessed separately from reserve income when evaluating earnings sustainability. This quarter’s revenue mix may not be repeated in future quarters.
Arc public mainnet launched Sept 16 with native USDC integration and 100+ institutional and ecosystem participants. Launch participation is a starting point; sustained activity will offer further evidence of adoption.
Payments expansion adds another perspective:
• Circle Payments Network: $41.3B in annualized payment volume
• Tazapay: over $25B in annualized payment volume, with local payout coverage across 100+ markets
These are payment-volume metrics, not revenue, and should not be added together as an already combined business. Circle’s proposed Tazapay acquisition is expected to close in 2027, subject to regulatory approvals.
The next test is whether payment adoption can support durable earnings as reserve yields and costs evolve.
Which matters most for Circle’s outlook: USDC circulation, reserve yields or payment adoption?
#CircleQ3USDCVolumeUp49% The Democratic Party swept both the House and Senate. I previously said that the day the midterm election results came out was a phase low point. I even placed an order at 75,000, but it didn't execute because the rebound was too fast. Today, let's talk about who's really driving this rally.
$BTC rebounded sharply from the low of 75,618 to above 80,700. It looks fierce, but it's all due to short covering. In the past 24 hours, there was a total liquidation of 822 million across the network, with shorts accounting for 511 million, or 62%. In just one hour, 378 million shorts were liquidated; however, open interest actually dropped 4.36% to 347.7 billion, indicating that the rise is due to clearing old positions, not new money entering. Spot BTC ETFs have seen a net outflow of 1.16 billion over the last three trading days, with institutions selling and retail investors buying. Recovering 80,000 is just a psychological barrier; 82,000 is the real test, and further breakthroughs require new buying pressure.
$ETH is the strongest rebound among the three, standing above 2,400, but the fundamentals are still insufficient. On the same day, spot ETFs still saw an outflow of 85.35 million, and the old story of strong on-chain institutions but weak off-chain remains unchanged; 2,370–2,390 is the support zone to watch. This sharp bounce is due to concentrated short covering, not because institutions have returned.
$SOL is the weakest rebound, with active addresses still around 1.88 million. Adoption after Alpenglow hasn't stopped, RSI is near oversold, but no funds are coming in. It has strong fundamentals but was mistakenly punished by macro factors. When risk appetite returns, it will likely lead the rally. For now, neither flee nor chase.
So overall, this rally is mainly driven by short squeezes. The bull run will only be called when new buying enters the market. #Sony Earnings Preview: How Are the Gaming and Music Businesses Performing?
Key Metric Thresholds
1. PS5 Shipments
- ≥1.7 million units: ✅ Exceeds expectations
- 1.4–1.69 million units: ➖ Meets expectations
- <1.4 million units: ❌ Below expectations
2. PS Plus Paid Subscribers
- Month-over-month increase of 500,000 or more: ✅ Exceeds expectations
- Month-over-month change between -200,000 and +490,000: ➖ Meets expectations
- Month-over-month decline greater than 200,000: ❌ Below expectations
3. Gaming Segment Operating Profit (excluding one-time Bungie restructuring costs)
- ≥215 billion JPY: ✅ Exceeds expectations
- 190–214 billion JPY: ➖ Meets expectations
- <190 billion JPY: ❌ Below expectations
4. Software Revenue (First-party + Third-party + DLC/In-app purchases)
- Month-over-month growth: ✅ Exceeds expectations
- Slight decline (≤5%): ➖ Meets expectations
- Decline >5%: ❌ Below expectations
Music Sony Music Segment Scoring
1. Recorded Music Streaming Revenue Growth (USD)
- ≥12%: ✅ Exceeds expectations
- 7%–11%: ➖ Meets expectations
- <7%: ❌ Below expectations
2. Publishing Streaming Growth (USD)
- ≥10%: ✅ Exceeds expectations
- 6%–9%: ➖ Meets expectations
- <6%: ❌ Below expectations There is an on-chain address with a 98% win rate that reduced its $BTC long position by $6.66 million from November 4 to 5. Many people's first reaction was "the big player ran away." But he still holds $18.1 million in long positions, which doesn't look like running.
The path of the position reduction is even more interesting. He didn't dump it all at once; instead, he first closed about $2.2 million, then reopened about $1.8 million, and then closed about $6.2 million again. Close, open, then close again, with a net reduction of $6.66 million. This is not panic; someone is repositioning according to plan.
The prices also match. In these two days, the weighted average closing price of his long positions was about $80,253, and the weighted average opening price was about $80,104, two numbers almost identical.
Looking over a longer period makes it clearer: this address made 42 rounds of trades from September 18 to October 30, with a win rate of about 98%. Over more than a month and 42 rounds, his money is not made by betting on one big move but by taking a very narrow slice each round and repeating it.
My judgment: he is reducing exposure, not changing direction. The $18.1 million long position is still open; the direction hasn't changed. The $6.66 million reduction means he doesn't want to be fully invested at this level. He is taking some profits off the table and leaving room for the next dip.
What’s worth thinking about is that a person with a 98% win rate acts so boringly with just a close and open. Those who survive are often not the ones with the most accurate judgment but the ones who make a little profit each round and then pull back.$RENDER
The coin that rose 9.3% has only a little over two million USD in the contract pool.
The DePIN sector rebounded 5.79% across the board this morning, RENDER pulled from 1.477 to 1.64, now at 1.614, up 9.3% in 24 hours, leading this batch.
I checked the leverage. Perpetual positions are 1.53 million tokens, equivalent to 2.47 million USD, spot 24-hour volume is 2.83 million USD. The pool is so small that a single order of tens of thousands of dollars can draw a decent bullish candle, which has little to do with the narrative.
The volume is real though. 110k at 22:00, 175k at 23:00, shrank to just over 30k at midnight, then 130k at 5:00, 140k at 6:00, and 110k again at 9:00, with continuous buying, not just a single spike and retreat.
But the fee rate is only 0.005%, half of the 0.01% benchmark. Despite nearly a 10% rise, bulls are unwilling to pay more. Either spot is buying, or no one dares to add leverage here.
I usually watch this kind of structure without acting. It looks good rising, but the relay is insufficient. Wait until the fee rate returns above the benchmark and someone is willing to pay for long positions, then we can talk about whether it’s really starting.
#美国中期选举：民主党赢得国会两院控制权 #AMD data center revenue nearly doubled, revenue and guidance both exceed expectations
$BTC $XAU AMD's Q3 earnings far exceeded expectations, with data center segment revenue nearly doubling year-on-year. EPYC CPUs paired with AI accelerator cards continue to scale up, with AI computing power becoming the core growth engine. Q4 revenue guidance is also higher than expected, driving strength in the computing chip sector after hours.
Positive for AI semiconductors, boosting market risk appetite, but note that the prior gains were significant, so there is a possibility of a pullback after the positive news is priced in.
For gold, this is only a secondary disturbance factor. The resilience of tech company profits indirectly reinforces the Fed's high interest rate support logic, bearish for gold prices but with limited impact. The main market focus remains tonight's ADP report and Friday's nonfarm payroll data, combined with safe-haven expectations from the congressional deadlock.
Considering the current market context
This earnings report is a strong boost for the tech sector but insufficient to change gold's current employment data-driven dynamics. Gold still depends on tonight's ADP and Friday's nonfarm data; if employment data is strong, combined with tech profit resilience and rising rate hike expectations, gold's rebound pressure will increase.
Don't be one-sidedly bearish on gold just because of AMD's positive news; it is only a secondary variable, and the safe-haven premium from the congressional deadlock still exists.
Brothers, share your gold price views in the comments…$BTC
This morning, I saw the 30th breaking news, the least noticeable one being that the Moscow Exchange will launch BTC, ETH, and USDT spot trading on December 1st.
Russia's largest securities exchange uses the stock market infrastructure for matching orders, with clearing handled by the National Settlement Depository. The details are interesting: retail investors must first pass a test, and each brokerage can buy up to 300,000 rubles per year, about 3,700 USD.
So the scale is symbolic, not about volume. A sanctioned exchange, providing a settlement channel for banks cut off from SWIFT, can only handle so much traffic.
The market situation further illustrates the issue. South Korea's KOSPI dropped over 5% intraday, Nasdaq futures down 1.3%, gold rose 4.3% in one day breaking 4100. Stocks are falling, safe havens are rising, BTC pulled from 76,932 to 81,200, now 80,814, about a 5% increase.
Three assets that shouldn't all rise together are rising simultaneously; I interpret this as pricing in fiat currency depreciation. But volume doesn't support this theory: at 11 PM last night, one 1H candle had 3 million contracts, the previous one 1.48 million, and the following 11 candles combined less than 2.6 million, only 80% of that single candle.
The fee rate is 0.0078%, still below the 0.01% benchmark. BTC rose 5%, yet bulls didn't even pay a premium. This doesn't look like new money entering the market, more like short positions above being cleared, with the price moved to a level where no one is floating a loss.
I tend to see this as a new consolidation zone, not a step up. To really move higher, we need to see a second 3 million volume candle.
#美国中期选举：民主党赢得国会两院控制权 SanDisk fell nearly 10%, Micron and Seagate dropped over 7%, Western Digital fell over 6%, SK Hynix ADR dropped over 5%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index expanded its intraday decline to 5%.
SK Hynix's Q3 operating profit was 83.33 trillion KRW, with an operating margin of 80%, a record high. CEO Kwon Oh-hyun said something in the conference call that silenced all the shorts — "For the next three years until 2029, DRAM and HBM capacity is practically sold out," and customer demand is more than twice the company's supply capacity.
Samsung's HBM capacity is fully sold out through 2027. Kioxia's NAND capacity is fully sold out through 2027.
Profits hit record highs. Capacity is sold out four years in advance. Supply shortage will continue until 2030.
Yet the stock price dropped 10%.
This is not a fundamental problem. This is the result of a governor election in Texas, temporarily overshadowing a four-year order book.
On November 4, Democratic candidate Gina Hinojosa won the Texas governor race. One of her core campaign promises: immediately suspend data center project approvals upon taking office and re-examine the impact of these projects on electricity, water resources, and local infrastructure.
Goldman Sachs released a report that day with a figure: local-level approval freezes could affect about 45% of planned new data center capacity in the U.S., with Texas alone accounting for about 25%.
The market logic chain instantly connected: if data centers are not built → who will chips be sold to? → sell first, then talk.
JPMorgan's storage industry report released the day before the crash clearly stated: DRAM prices rose 23% quarter-over-quarter in Q3, exceeding expectations; HBM4 has already started shipping; manufacturers unanimously indicate demand will still exceed supply after 2027, with over 75% of capacity locked in for fiscal year 2027. JPMorgan maintains an "overweight" rating on SK Hynix, Samsung, and Kioxia.
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley did the same thing at the same time: they changed the valuation framework for storage stocks from price-to-book ratio to price-to-earnings ratio because the "cyclical stock" label no longer fits this order book.
In other words: Wall Street is not bearish on storage. Wall Street is selling a stock that no longer behaves like a cyclical stock using cyclical stock selling methods.
When a stock falls 7% because "a few fewer data centers might be built," while its HBM capacity is already sold out through 2029 and customers are lining up for products, is the market pricing reality or pricing a policy scenario that has not yet occurred?
Regulatory risk is real. Approval delays will cause short-term noise. But what is delayed is the pace, not the demand. Texas suspending approvals cannot change the long-term computing contracts already signed by Microsoft, Amazon, and Google, nor can it change the industry fact of HBM supply shortage until 2030.
Storage stocks have retraced about 45% from their 2026 highs, with valuations compressed to less than 3.5 times the expected 2027 price-to-earnings ratio. The assumption embedded in this price is that AI capital expenditure will encounter major problems.
But the financial reports say the exact opposite.
On the day of the crash, someone in the stock forum typed: "The tech bubble has started to burst."
When the bubble bursts, capacity cannot be sold out through 2029.
Do you trust an emotional pricing caused by a governor's campaign promise, or do you trust a signed order book locked through 2029?
$SNDK $SKHY $AMD 🔥 The US October non-farm payrolls are here! Is there still a chance for a rate cut?
I believe the current Federal Reserve is probably more conflicted than investors!
Employment is too strong, so there's no reason to cut rates; employment is too weak, and worries about an economic recession will resurface. The most awkward situation is that employment cools down, but inflation refuses to settle.
I've always held the view that what the market truly needs is not the Fed desperately cutting rates, but an economy that can withstand rate cuts.
Why do I say this?
If non-farm payrolls weaken moderately and the unemployment rate remains stable, it indicates the labor market is cooling without losing control. This is the scenario the US stock and crypto markets prefer to see.
But if employment suddenly deteriorates sharply, even if rate cut expectations heat up quickly, don't rush to call a bull market! Because what the market will worry about next could be corporate profits and an economic recession.
Conversely, if employment remains strong and wage growth is still hot, why would the Fed rush to ease?
For $BTC, I pay more attention to three signals: the US dollar index, US Treasury yields, and the market's pricing of the next rate cut.
Rising rate cut expectations do not necessarily mean Bitcoin will rise; real liquidity improvement is more likely to support a sustained rally.
My judgment is clear: the window for rate cuts has not completely closed, but expecting a single non-farm payroll report to directly ignite a bull market is probably too simplistic.
Going forward, more important than guessing rate cuts is determining whether the market is trading a soft landing or recession risk.
Do you think the next rate cut will come earlier or continue to be delayed? "Under Resonance, Don't Treat History as a Script"
The BTC halving rhythm once again overlaps with the U.S. midterm election cycle, so the market naturally compares the post-midterm election trends of 2014, 2018, and 2022: after the election results, the bear market did not end immediately but took approximately 71 days, 39 days, and 13 days respectively to find the bottom. The bottom appears faster and faster, driven by deeper institutional participation and accelerated information dissemination, compressing panic and risk pricing into a shorter window.
This set of statistics is valuable for reference but cannot be directly applied. Each downturn is driven by different factors, and this round also includes the binding of election results with expectations for crypto policy: if control of either chamber changes, regulatory direction, legislative progress, and market pricing could all be rewritten.
Therefore, the midterm election is more like a time anchor rather than a button for a definitive bottom. History suggests that the "final drop" may occur, but the rhythm, depth, and triggering conditions still depend on policy variables and capital reactions. Cycle resonance is worth attention, but simple replication is not advisable.With the midterm elections settled, the Democrats have taken both chambers, and Trump basically can only talk tough for the next two years. There will be much less of those "troubles" like tariffs and geopolitical issues.
The sharp drop in oil prices reflects the market betting on a US-Iran détente. Iran may be tough in words, but negotiating with someone else is always better than clashing head-on with Trump. The Russia-Ukraine situation will also ease somewhat; the Democrats want to solve the oil price issue, so Russian oil won't be a deadlock. This is also good for the Federal Reserve, as its independence will face less interference and frictions with the ruling party will be reduced.
$BTC and the US stock market have already started pricing in a positive direction, but the real handover won't happen until early 2027; for now, Trump is still in power. Data shows there is liquidation pressure both above and below BTC. Breaking above 82,000, about $337 million in short positions could be forcibly liquidated. Falling below 79,000, about $919 million in long positions could be liquidated, with significantly greater pressure below.
The liquidation chart is essentially a forced liquidation map; the taller the bars, the more likely that price level will trigger a chain reaction of liquidations, amplifying short-term volatility.I got stuck reconciling this morning: the cost basis for SOL and ZEC positions is stuck at 0.0067%, while ETH only costs 0.0026%. On the same chart, the expensive side is two and a half times pricier than the cheap side.
First, let me show the cheap position I hold: ETH has the lightest cost basis, the 24-hour position decreased by 7.22%, and the price also followed to around 2426. This position isn’t hot to hold, so I’m willing to let it stay a bit longer. 😌
Now look at the expensive position: SOL and ZEC have high cost bases; ZEC’s 24-hour position surged 14.90%, SOL dropped 4.25%, but ZEC has already pulled back 0.87% in the short 1-hour term. The more aggressively the expensive position surges, the less willing I am to renew its funding.
BTC is stuck in the middle, with a cost basis of 0.0044%, the 24-hour position only moved 2.06%, and the price is holding above 80000, grinding around 80655. This position neither rushes to run nor falls behind, so I let it stay put.
Here’s how I calculate it: a high cost basis means bulls are lining up to pay and hold hard; a fast-rising position doesn’t mean the direction is stable. Once the short-term grip loosens, the expensive position gets washed out first. The cheap side, on the other hand, is where no one is crowding; the price keeps up, and the position isn’t overheated.
With the Bank of England decision coming tonight, I won’t bet early. If the expensive position’s cost basis pushes higher, I’ll halve it first; if the cheap position weakens, I’ll follow out.
So expensive doesn’t necessarily mean wrong, cheap doesn’t necessarily mean right. I only adjust positions based on the cost basis column, won’t renew funding for the expensive position, and won’t chase this segment. 💡#US Midterm Elections: Democrats Gain Control of Both Houses of Congress
With the Democrats winning, will BTC face short-term pressure or long-term benefits?
The crypto industry had previously been closely linked with the Trump camp, so with the Democrats fully controlling Congress, the market naturally worries about changes in the regulatory environment.
But investors need to distinguish between two issues: one is short-term policy expectations, and the other is Bitcoin's long-term value.
In the short term, the progress of regulatory bills, trading platform rules, and institutional fund sentiment may all affect BTC prices. In the long term, Bitcoin's trajectory also depends on global liquidity, institutional allocation, ETF fund flows, and market demand.
I don't believe a single midterm election can determine Bitcoin's long-term fate.
If future regulations become more transparent, it could actually help traditional financial institutions establish a more stable participation framework. Of course, tighter regulation may also bring temporary pressure.
Investing in BTC means you can't just focus on Washington press conferences. What really matters is whether funds are entering the market and whether there is demand for $BTC ⛏️ A Bitcoin mining company, the most valuable asset in its financial report is no longer the coins.
Riot sold over 20,000 coins this year, leaving just over 2,000 on the books, in exchange for a 15-year AI lease agreement.
910 megawatts, about $28 billion, the entire campus leased to an unnamed cutting-edge AI lab.
While peers were downgraded by Bernstein, it rose nearly 10%.
I think from now on, when looking at Riot, first check if the lease can be delivered on time, no need to look at the coin price first.
$RIOT #Meta再发债150亿美元，融资成本上升
On November 3rd, Meta completed a $15 billion issuance of five tranches of US dollar bonds, with a 30-year maturity in 2056, a coupon rate of 7.5%, and a yield of 7.53%, which is 220 basis points above US Treasuries. Subscription orders reached $58 billion, nearly 4 times oversubscribed.
But this is not an improvement in credit; it is "demand exchanged for a higher yield." The same batch of 30-year bonds has a spread nearly 0.9 percentage points higher than similar bonds Meta issued in April this year. S&P downgraded Meta's outlook to negative before the bond issuance, citing high capital expenditures and negative free cash flow—Q3 FCF was -$2.12 billion.
This is not just Meta's issue. Oracle issued bonds this week with coupons above 7%-8.5%, compared to 5%-7% in February; Alphabet's 19-year euro bonds yield over 5.2%, while the same maturity in May was only 4.5%. The yield premium on large tech company bonds has risen to the highest level since 2003, with Meta's CDS quotes reaching 1.2%, comparable to junk sovereign debt.
The financing logic for AI capital expenditures is shifting: from an "equity narrative" to "debt cost constraints." The $15 billion subscription enthusiasm shows the market is still willing to provide funds, but the 7.5% 30-year coupon indicates that the market's patience in providing funds is becoming more expensive. $BTC $ETH $ZEC #美国中期选举：民主党赢得国会两院控制权 US stocks rise instead of falling, with the Dow closing up 3% and the S&P up 1.58% to 7688 points — the market logic is "uncertainty resolved + oil prices to fall = easing inflation." Brent crude oil plunged 10% intraday, falling below $100, as everyone bets that under Democratic checks, the Iran conflict will end sooner; gold broke through $4000, rising 3.34% to 4072.
Cryptocurrencies were sold off along with "Trump-associated assets" — the expectation of relaxed regulation is gone, which is a short-term negative; but with US Treasury yields falling and bets on rate cuts heating up, there is long-term support for coin prices, with these two forces pulling against each other.
In short, it’s a normalization of "veto politics": the Democrats control Congress but lack a two-thirds majority, so legislation cannot be pushed through; Trump holds veto power and cannot push his own agenda either. On issues like budget, tariffs, the war on Iran, and immigration, the next two years will be a repeated tug-of-war. For the market, a stalemate is not necessarily bad — fiscal expansion is limited, oil prices fall, and rate cut expectations rise, which in the short term is actually a relief.
The three things to watch next are: whether there will be disputes over state certifications, whether oil prices can stabilize, and how the first round of budget battles will be fought after the new Congress convenes in January next year. The official has not disclosed the exact total amount of stolen STRK, nor a precise fixed number of "how many STRK remain with the hacker," so a definitive figure cannot be provided. There are two reasons for this:
1. In the stolen asset list this time, BTC, ETH, and stablecoins are the key disclosed targets. STRK is one of dozens of small and medium coins. Binance and on-chain tracking agencies (Lookonchain, ZachXBT) have never publicly revealed the original total amount of stolen STRK;
2. The hacker's method involves splitting in batches, cross-address coin mixing, cross-chain jumps, and small dispersed exchanges. Some are transferred to multi-layer intermediate wallets for temporary storage. On-chain analysts can only monitor the portion that has already entered DEX and CEX sell pools. A large amount of STRK transferred into silent relay addresses has already left clear tracking paths, creating blind spots in statistics.
Currently confirmed public clues:
1. Shortly after the incident broke out, monitoring platforms like Onchain Lens captured that the hacker addresses started batch selling STRK, synchronizing with coins like WLD, PEPE, UNI, gradually exchanging them into ETH as laundering transit chips;
2. Market consensus: STRK has not been frozen. Stablecoins USDT/USDC can be blacklisted and frozen by issuers, but STRK is a native on-chain token without issuer freeze authority, all falling under hacker-controlled addresses;
3. The hacker's strategy is not a one-time dump: Lazarus (TraderTraitor) tends to extend the cycle, selling in batches during market recovery phases, i.e., during rebounds, continuously releasing selling pressure. This was the risk point you previously focused on.
Why it is difficult to count the "remaining amount":
- Multi-address splitting: a large amount of STRK is split into dozens or hundreds of independent anonymous wallets;
- Coin mixing protocols and cross-bridge jumps: after entering privacy mixing layers, on-chain tagging becomes invalid;
- Interval operations: sometimes sales pause for weeks, waiting for market recovery before small sales, making continuous statistics difficult;
- Some STRK may be temporarily retained, not rushed to exchange, serving as backup chips.
Market-level significance (aligned with your main line):
Even without knowing the exact remaining quantity, the core risk logic remains unchanged:
1. The STRK in the hacker's hands are cost-free chips. As long as the market rebounds, there is motivation for continuous dumping; combined with STRK's own fixed large monthly unlock selling pressure, forming a double selling pressure resonance;
2. Clarify: this is selling pressure caused by exchange custody theft, not a problem with Starknet's underlying cryptography, and unrelated to its independent L1 or post-quantum technology itself;
3. On-chain tracking can only see the "already sold portion." The silently hidden chips represent invisible looming risks, and this uncertainty cannot be completely eliminated.I think the truly striking part of this tax news is not the 0.2% figure itself, but that it changes the basis of taxation from "how much profit is made" to "how much the asset is worth."
According to The Defiant, the crypto community is seeking to overturn a 0.2% tax in Illinois. This tax is levied based on asset value rather than profits, and covered brokers must charge Illinois clients accordingly. At present, it is a matter of seeking to overturn, not having been repealed yet; I do not conflate these two stages.
My judgment is that this represents a real cost issue for affected users and should not be dismissed as mere industry lobbying for policy space. Taxing based on asset value means the tax base does not directly depend on profitability; if users have not made money but are still within the tax scope, this burden will not naturally disappear due to lack of profits. This is what concerns me more— a small tax rate does not necessarily mean a light burden.
Another key point is that the tax is collected at the broker level; the rules will reach customers through service providers, not just remain in the legal text. However, the source does not specify the frequency of taxation or exact boundaries, and I do not want to fill in those gaps. For me, what to watch next are the detailed tax rules and the progress of challenges, rather than prematurely interpreting "seeking to overturn" as a policy benefit.The current crypto market has entered a stalemate phase of long-short squeeze, with the market more reflecting position battles rather than a clear trend direction. Derivatives whales are heavily shorting, betting on a downturn while collecting fees from long positions, yet the spot price remains stable near key support, marking the most intense battle between bulls and bears this year. Bitcoin ($BTC) is oscillating around 77,600, with a large number of leveraged long liquidation orders stacked near 76,000; if this level breaks, it could easily trigger a chain liquidation. Ethereum ($ETH) has fallen below 2,300, with moving averages showing a bearish structure, and each rebound appears weak. HYPE ($HYPE), a recently popular asset, saw profit-taking after a short-term rise, with large traders' actions continuously suppressing its price movement. The market is currently very special, with short funds dominating; upward moves are costly for shorts, but after a prior drop, the market has entered an oversold zone, creating a technical rebound demand. The clash between crowded shorts and oversold conditions can easily cause violent fluctuations, but note that even if a rebound occurs, it may only provide liquidity for shorts to exit and does not indicate a market reversal; selling pressure is likely to return after the rebound. As external factors bring changes in expectations, traders are also watching subsequent regulatory and risk appetite trends, with many short holders waiting for a suitable window to reassess positions. The key focus ahead is whether the liquidation zone near 76,000 will be touched before short funds withdraw, which will also determine the next move.76000 is not the bottom, it is the ten-day exit
$BTC dropped to around 76300 yesterday, pierced with a spike, then stopped.
It hovered above 76000, but volume never came out.
How is this number calculated:
For ten consecutive trading days, daily outflows exceeded 1 billion USD.
Over ten days, this adds up to tens of billions of dollars in selling pressure.
Who is placing orders here:
Institutions are selling, but no one is taking the orders.
The reason no one dares to take them is not the price, but the midterm elections not being settled.
The next step down:
If 76000 doesn't hold, there is no ready buy order below.
Even if it holds, it will only be sideways, not a reversal.
Ten days of outflows totaling 10 billion, the buyers have not yet entered.
If this level breaks down, it will be faster than yesterday's spike.
#BTC现货ETF资金流出，企业财库增持放缓
#$BTC In June this year, seeing the monthly RSI of $SNDK enter an unprecedented extreme range, I wrote: Boiling water can only eventually cool down.
Having worked for more than a decade in jobs related to underlying hardware, this has become part of my market intuition. Looking back at this year's trend analysis of SNDK, I even feel like I held a stroke of genius.
Friends who follow the storage sector must be quite concerned about "when it will bottom out" and "when to buy." My answer is: wait until the storage topic is scarcely followed, like a faded star, and the long-term decline is about to end.
At that time, I will write again: When the sun rises again, the clumped ice will surely melt.To pour some cold water first, I don't directly consider the "pro-support faction winning" as a market-wide positive.
The most easily overestimated is converting the politically friendly label in advance into policy dividends for all tokens.
According to the Stand With Crypto page, out of 435 House seats, 397 have been confirmed, with 226 pro-crypto members elected; out of 35 Senate seats up for election, 33 have been confirmed, with 19 pro-support members elected. I am cautious for two reasons: supporting crypto does not equal endorsing every token and business, so policy benefits cannot be generalized; the number of elected members does not equal the number of votes for passing bills, as specific terms still require negotiation, and seat advantage cannot be directly converted into regulatory relaxation.
Of course, bulls might see further ahead. If subsequent specific bills can gain bipartisan support and clearly improve industry operating conditions, I will change my stance. Based on this news, are you bullish or bearish? Which type of business do you think will benefit first, and why? #索尼财报前瞻：游戏与音乐业务表现如何？
Combining Sony's recent performance with market expectations, the core focus of this earnings report is the "profit structure divergence." Although hardware sales in the gaming business have declined, the high profit margins from subscriptions and digital content are sufficient to support profit growth; the music business continues to be a more stable growth engine, driven by strong streaming and copyright revenue. The market generally expects revenue pressure, but profit performance is likely to exceed expectations. The key is to verify whether the gaming business can maintain profitability resilience despite hardware contraction.Brothers, go for it. The midday spike was really dramatic. The bears who were waiting to keep dumping suddenly became the ones getting carried away 😂
$BTC: This rally looks more like short covering pushing the price up. Some short-term bearish fuel has been consumed, but the possibility of continued short squeezing can't be ruled out. However, don't rush to call a reversal yet. The key is whether the rebound can hold the pullback level; if it can't hold, it's still a shakeout.
$ETH: Also repairing in the short term, $2300 is the short-term dividing line. If it can hold above and test around $2388, the rebound space might open up; if it spikes up then falls back, it's likely to remain volatile and oscillate.
Today is just bulls and bears setting traps for each other, with shorts waiting to dump getting harvested instead. Don't rush to chase the rally; spike moves are the easiest to whip back and forth, so be sure to set your stop losses properly.
#AMD数据中心收入近翻倍，营收及指引均超预期 Let's calculate: incorporating cross-chain contract calls into a single transaction, the real weight lies in consolidating the dispersed execution results together, rather than just connecting to another chain. The Ethereum Economic Zone (EEZ) has launched the Rollup X development testnet, demonstrating synchronous composability; I think this is more like a tool for developers to verify application logic, not yet a finished product delivered to users.
① A single transaction calling a contract on another chain is the key point of this demonstration. If an application can achieve atomic cross-chain execution, developers have the opportunity to reduce the remedial logic for "executed here but not there," which I consider the most practical value.
② Initiated jointly by Gnosis and Zisk, with additional funding from the Ethereum Foundation. The initiators and supporters explain why it has attracted attention, but I wouldn't directly equate organizational endorsement with application deployment capability.
③ The number of new tokens added is zero, and the default gas token is $ETH. This indicates the solution does not introduce an additional token, but this does not imply lower user costs, as no fee data was provided.
My judgment is that this news is more significant for cross-chain application development than for explaining short-term market trends. What I want to see next is whether developers can use it to create business processes that were difficult to achieve before, rather than just rerunning the call demonstration.Term Structure Radar
The scale of the first positive spread for $ETH is very small. The near-buy far-sell quote spread is +0.58%, with the first pair scale about 2 dollars; at a scale of 10,000, this tier only covers about 0.02%. Under small volume, the impact will quickly erode the spread. OKB Dollar-Cost Averaging Log: Daily 100U, Day 375
$OKB Price: $111.95
In this high-level volatile market, I hope you all have accurately bought the dip. Currently, the so-called "King of Understanding" is basically sidelined, meaning from now on it's mostly just talk. The Democrats have taken control of both chambers and imposed more restrictions. The market rebound is a good start. Let's hope the US-Iran situation ends soon; it's been dragging on for over half a year.
Funds Injected Today:
100 USDT | Coins Acquired: 0.89 OKB
Total Funds Injected:
37,625.13 USDT (Daily DCA: 37,500U + Others: 125.13) | Coins Acquired: 395.53 OKB | Average Cost: 95.04 USDT | Profit: +6,649.37 USDT (+17.72%)
BTC has reclaimed $80K, but the rebound is accompanied by large-scale short liquidations, so the market trend reversal is not yet confirmed. The US midterm elections have changed regulatory policy expectations, while Circle's financial report reflects the stablecoin industry's ongoing expansion alongside cost adjustments.
Overall Summary: Market rebound, concentrated short liquidation, regulatory expectation changes, stablecoin business expansion.
#DollarCostAveraging #OKB #USMidtermElections: Democrats win control of both chambers of Congress The most eye-catching today is $TRUMP. As of 10:04 AM Beijing time on November 5, OKX spot price is 1.243 USDT, down about 18.7% in 24h, with a low of 1.218 setting a historical low; CoinGecko shows a 24h network-wide trading volume of about $390 million, market cap only about $350 million, down over 98% from the $73.43 peak.
The cause is that the Democratic Party took control of both houses in the US midterm elections, and the incoming House Oversight Committee Chair Garcia stated intentions to investigate the Trump family's crypto business, with subpoena power starting January next year. DJT stock price fell 24.5% the same day, closing at a historic low of $4.49.
My view: BTC rose about 5% in the same period, but TRUMP broke down against the trend, this is purely political pricing. The anchor of a political coin is political influence; when the anchor loosens, rebounds are mostly short-term speculation. I will wait until the hearing schedule is clear in January next year to reassess. OKX BTC perpetual liquidation heatmap, current price level 80662. The red area represents the liquidation zone for long positions below, and the green area is the liquidation zone for short positions above.
A large amount of long position chips are stacked in the range from 72200 to 80000 below. The red curve is continuously declining, indicating that this round of rally has washed out a large number of low-position longs, and the long liquidation pressure near the current price below has significantly weakened.
Above 81200, short liquidation bars are continuously distributed. The closer to 88400, the total short liquidation volume gradually increases, meaning that as the price rises, short liquidations will be continuously triggered, forming upward momentum.
High leverage positions are concentrated in the 77000–80000 range, which is also the core area of this round of consolidation.
In the short term, testing the short pain point near 81200 upwards is the priority direction; however, the short liquidation zone above increases gradually rather than erupting suddenly, making it difficult to have a continuous one-sided surge.
Support areas below are 79400 and 76400; if the price turns downward, it will continue to harvest the remaining long chips.
Overall, the market structure shows layered long and short pain points with a consolidation and washout pattern. Do not blindly chase the rally.
#美国中期选举：民主党赢得国会两院控制权 $BTC $ETH $ZEC AI chip market sentiment is improving, but why doesn't the crypto market necessarily rise in sync?
AMD's data center revenue grew 97% year-over-year, indicating strong demand for AI computing power. However, this does not mean all risk assets should rise simultaneously, as the capital structures of traditional tech stocks and crypto assets differ.
Tech companies can gain valuation support through orders, gross margins, and cash flow, while crypto assets also need to consider ETF creations/redemptions, exchange liquidity, leverage, and on-chain activity.
If AI investment continues to expand, market risk appetite may be supported; but if financing costs rise and capital expenditure return cycles lengthen, tech stocks could face valuation pressure.
I treat AMD's earnings report as an industry sentiment signal, not a direct trading instruction. Whether $BTC and $ETH can develop independent trends still depends on their own spot demand.
Narratives can influence each other, but capital must be verified separately.
#AMD数据中心收入近翻倍，营收及指引均超预期 #美国中期选举：民主党赢得国会两院控制权 #CircleQ3营收超预期，USDC链上交易量增长49% The Bank of Japan is going to raise interest rates, but the reaction from Japanese companies is surprisingly: no feeling.
The meeting minutes are very straightforward. One committee member said that companies reported that previous rate hikes hardly affected their operations, and almost no one cut capital expenditures just because borrowing became more expensive. Another added that with the stock market rising and the yen weakening, the corporate financial environment actually became looser.
In plain terms, the central bank is tightening the faucet hard, but the people inside the house say they haven't gotten wet. So, while we across the sea are panicking over $BTC dropping two hundred dollars, are we worrying too much on behalf of others?
However, if there really is a rate hike in December, $ETH will still have to shake a bit. Once the yen carry trade money runs off, the first wave to get hit will be us.My first reaction is: this is a bit like looking at a report card — the scores look good, but whether they can actually solve the problems is another matter. I've only been in the circle for a year, and now when I see "support crypto," I can't help but ask: support what exactly? 🤔
According to Odaily, Bitwise analyst Camran Khosravi said that currently there are 51 U.S. senators who support crypto, down from 52 before the election. The original count included two candidates from Alaska who both support crypto. The Democrats took 7 seats previously held by Republicans, with 4 of the winners receiving an A rating from Stand With Crypto. He believes crypto is becoming a bipartisan issue.
My understanding is that this news is more important for industry practitioners who need clear regulations than for those who just watch short-term market trends, but I’m not sure if that’s correct. The number of supporters is down by one, so it can’t be directly interpreted as an acceleration of policy progress; however, since supporters exist across different parties, if they can cooperate on specific rules, the industry’s dependence on a single party might weaken. This is my speculation.
What I haven’t figured out yet is to what extent the A rating represents actions after taking office. The label "support crypto" doesn’t seem sufficient to indicate how they will vote on specific bills.
I’d like to ask seniors familiar with U.S. legislation: to verify whether these senators can truly push regulations forward, which bill’s co-sponsorship or voting records should be tracked next?Meta has started setting Token budgets for employees, and I imagined a new type of leave note: "Boss, it's not that I don't want to think today, it's just that my electronic external brain is out of funds." 😂 Previously, we worried about colleagues slacking off; now we might worry about them saying "think deeper" and using up the budget.
This news also mentioned that Apple has lowered the AI spending cap for employees, while Microsoft, Tesla, and Uber are also tightening or setting limits. Meta, on the other hand, encourages the use of self-developed tools. What interests me more is the detail about the Token budget: my judgment is that the controllability of AI tool expenses is becoming important, and the limit should not be directly interpreted as big companies losing faith in AI.
The reason is practical: pay-per-use tools can be judged by the bill for being expensive or not; for assistants that can be called continuously, the cost might be hidden in repeated attempts. This also makes me think of AI agents in the crypto space: if they can both call models and operate on-chain assets, then my guess is that users will need single-use authorization limits, anomaly pauses, and clear billing, rather than just an interface that shows "fully automatic."
When I look at such products, I first look for where the brakes are before listening to how they boast about the engine. If you set permissions for your on-chain AI assistant, would you choose "autonomous execution within budget" or "confirm with you every time money is spent"? For those who choose the latter, here’s a joke: did I hire an assistant, or did I just recruit a boss who hands me a reimbursement form every day?I came across the interest rate futures in the early morning, and the market was unusually quiet. Have the 25 basis points in December really been fully priced in? I've been watching derivatives closely these past two days, and the more I watch, the more interesting it gets: the market verbally says "rate hikes are already priced in," but in reality, positions are honestly being built up. On September 16, the Fed raised rates by 25 basis points; on October 28, it held steady at 3.75%-4%, though internally two members still want to continue hiking. September's PCE year-over-year was 3.6%, and by November 3, interest rate futures priced in nearly an 80% chance of a rate hike in December. These numbers themselves aren't scary; what's scary is how quickly they have been priced in. My own feeling is that the trade now isn't about "whether to hike or not," but "how the path changes after the hikes." If inflation surprises again, the market will have to reprice not just December but the entire yield curve through 2027. This is the key point because it will transmit through risk appetite: first, front-end rates rise, suppressing valuations; then the dollar and real rates strengthen, squeezing high-beta assets; and finally, altcoins start to feel the chill. BTC usually holds up first in this environment, ETH follows with a lag, and sentiment-driven tokens like $PEPE are often the last to feel the pain. The bullish logic isn't absent either: the rate hike landing itself could become a "sell the rumor, buy the fact" scenario, with short-covering driving a squeeze rebound, especially when leveraged shorts are crowded, making the rebound painful. But the fragile point is also clear—if positions get too crowded and funding rates turn positive, any data surprise could trigger... A meeting summary often explains the direction better than the rate hike itself. In the Bank of Japan's September meeting minutes, a member directly stated that feedback from companies shows that previous rate hikes and possible recent hikes have limited impact on business operations, with almost no companies reducing capital expenditures due to rising borrowing costs.
Another member added a more crucial point: the recent stock market rise and yen depreciation have actually eased the financial environment faced by companies.
The weight of these two statements lies in breaking the central bank's biggest fear—the constraint that rate hikes will hurt the economy. Once this constraint loosens, the December rate hike shifts from "whether to" to "when." The market is already pricing in this expectation, and against the backdrop of persistent inflation, many economists look further ahead, believing the terminal rate will exceed 1.75%.
For the crypto market, the transmission chain is not complicated. As yen interest rates rise, carry trade spreads narrow, leveraged funds close positions first, $BTC with the best liquidity often feels the selling pressure first, $ETH follows with a pullback, and highly volatile assets like $SOL usually see amplified declines.
But we must also see the other side. The Bank of Japan's rate hike is an action following inflation confirmation, not a recession signal. What is truly damaging is the simultaneous occurrence of liquidity contraction and risk appetite decline; so far, only the former has happened.
It is worth considering: if the December hike really happens, will the market treat it as the end of bad news or as the start of a tightening cycle? These two interpretations correspond to completely opposite trading strategies.The Nasdaq closed up 1.44%, but the three major storage giants all fell collectively by 5%-8%.
This is not market schizophrenia; they simply do not operate under the same trading logic.
The Nasdaq's heavyweights are software and cloud giants like Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple. As long as they strengthen, the index can hold up; storage has a smaller weight in the Nasdaq, so even if it collectively drags down, it’s hard to pull the index down.
To explain clearly why cloud giants surged while storage was hammered:
1️⃣｜Election expectations caused pricing divergence, which is the most direct trigger.
With the Democrats taking both the House and Senate, the market started pricing in: subsequent approvals for data centers, power, and new AI projects will likely tighten regulation.
✅ Microsoft / Amazon / Apple: profits come from existing cloud business, not relying on continuously building new data centers, with capital clustering around this certainty of cash flow.
❌ Micron, SanDisk, Hynix: orders are highly tied to new computing power construction. Once new data center expansion slows, storage demand expectations are revised downward, and capital immediately cashes out and runs.
2️⃣｜Storage is essentially a cyclical stock.
The cyclical script always repeats: supply shortage → order explosion → capacity expansion and factory building → supply increases, demand lags → valuation gets cut. This script has never changed for storage over the years.
Meanwhile, the Nasdaq’s basket of cloud and consumer platforms has stronger demand sustainability. Even if semiconductor hardware collectively plunges, the index can still hold up.
Do you think this round of storage is a correction or the peak of the cycle? $SNDK $AMD The $SNDK storage sector experienced a significant sell-off today, with SanDisk dropping more than 10% in 24 hours, AXTI also plummeting, and the US semiconductor hardware sector collectively weakening.
The recent storage price hike rally had already been fully hyped earlier, with the price increase narrative fully priced in by investors. Now expectations are starting to loosen, with Kioxia signaling a weakening momentum in flash memory price increases. The end consumer market's acceptance of high-priced storage is declining, institutional profit-taking is concentrated, and selling pressure has directly emerged.
Additionally, with the midterm election results finalized and the Democrats taking control of both chambers, the market is beginning to price in expectations of tighter tech regulation, causing the high-valuation semiconductor hardware sector to bear the brunt first.
This sector panic sentiment is also worth noting for the crypto community. Risk asset preferences are interconnected; weakness in US tech stocks will indirectly suppress the bullish sentiment for $BTC and $ETH. #美国中期选举：民主党赢得国会两院控制权 $AKE This dog pump is so disgusting, this is already his third Dead Cat Bounce! Pure serial killing multiple cases.
【Hardcore review of this "underworld painting gate"】：
Looking at the 15-minute chart, it dropped straight from 0.00351 to 0.00220 with a decline of over 11%. The MA60 (0.00270) on top presses down like a steel plate, and the MACD lies flat below the zero axis. This trick of pumping then smashing the price is a "targeted demolition" specifically aimed at us retail investors.
【Unique insight: Why dare to be so disgusting?】
Switching to chart 2 data, I instantly understood: the long positions account for as high as 67.48%! The long-short ratio is 2.08! Retail investors are all halfway up the mountain thinking "it has bottomed out" and crazily catching the falling knife. If the dog pump doesn't repeatedly do these "SMO bounces," how can it thoroughly wash out your high-leverage longs and bottom-fishing funds? No washout, no pump.
【My operation advice】：
Look at chart 1, we firmly hold the high short at 0.00265 (point S). The operation is very simple now: set a breakeven stop loss and keep calm. As long as it doesn't break the previous high, add to the short position following the trend if it breaks below the previous low at 0.00220. Use the strictest risk control to outlast this disgusting dog pump!"Some teams' daily quotas may be reduced to $100." When I see this news from Apple, what concerns me most is the phrase "may be reduced to": it cannot yet be taken as a fully implemented policy. In the materials, Microsoft, Tesla, Uber, and Meta are also tightening quotas or introducing budgets. My judgment is that this looks more like companies starting to calculate AI's input-output ratio, which does not mean AI demand is dying down.
Anyone running a small company knows that whether a tool is good to use is one thing, but whether the end-of-month bill can be clearly explained is another. If the AI saves labor hours but does not translate into delivery efficiency, or if a lot of time is still spent on rework, then the expenditure is real cash flow, while the benefits may only remain in demonstrations. I care more about what each call fee returns rather than how busy the call volume is.
Risk reserves must also be kept. If the entire budget is eaten up by tool fees, there is less room for business trial and error. My speculation is that if companies continue to allocate AI budgets based on output, then tools that can prove cost savings will be more competitive, while products that rely solely on "integrating AI" to tell stories may face greater renewal pressure. This is somewhat negative for business models that burn money indiscriminately, but it is not a death sentence for the entire sector.
For friends in business, if your team says AI tools are indeed useful but cannot provide records of labor hour savings, would you first limit the quota to preserve cash flow, or keep a trial budget and accept the risk of temporarily unclear returns?"When I look at ETF funds, I usually separate "how much money has come in" from "whether the inflow is broad." Net amount VS breadth: one looks at intensity, the other at consensus; they can't be mixed.
According to Farside Investors, the total net inflow of U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs on November 4 (U.S. trading day) was about $35.1 million, with ARK 21Shares ARKB inflowing $19.9 million and Bitwise BITB inflowing $15.2 million.
My judgment is somewhat positive, but it’s not enough to indicate consensus diffusion. Net inflow shows that buyers dominated this channel on that day; however, the inflow amounts of these two products already equal the total net amount, so it can’t be concluded that everyone is increasing their positions. It reflects the direction of traditional institutions and U.S. stock investors, but it doesn’t represent the direction of the entire market.
Therefore, I pay more attention to breadth rather than single-day net amount. Which side do you agree with more: that a $35.1 million net inflow already carries weight, or that you need to see more products inflowing simultaneously? "Resubmitting and renegotiating a new agreement" is the part of this message that made me stop and think. I don't engage in high leverage, so I'm not in a hurry to guess which direction the news will take after it comes out. According to the report, if the current version of the Clarity Act fails to pass, it will have to go through the process again after the new session; the report also mentions that with the Democrats controlling both chambers, regulatory tendencies may become stricter.
What concerns me more is not the resubmission itself, but the cost of the rules being delayed indefinitely. For long-term value, this is a signal—not because it can determine the coin price, but because businesses and users need to know the boundaries when conducting operations or choosing services. If repeated negotiations prolong the period of unclear rules, then compliance investments may become harder to plan, which is my speculation.
However, I do not equate "stricter regulation" directly with long-term negative impact. Whether consumer protection can be effectively implemented, or whether DeFi requirements will make normal use difficult, depends on the specific provisions. Raising the threshold and improving the industry are not the same thing; you can't just equate them by looking at the headlines. I am holding without moving, but that doesn't mean these changes can be ignored.
Spot trading can wait patiently for the rules to be finalized, but high leverage may not have that luxury; the repeated back-and-forth in the news is enough to cause turmoil. For friends holding long-term, if the new version strengthens consumer protection but also raises the barriers to using DeFi, would you consider that trade-off worthwhile?📈 BTC stands above 80,500, leaning bullish but capped at 81,200.
First, admit the wrong position: if it falls back below 79,000, the rebound structure breaks, target returns to 77,000, then I admit I was wrong.
Yesterday's lower shadow was at 76,386, I wrote 76,600 won't be lost, retest 78,800, close above 80,500 to look higher. Now at 80,703, 80,500 holds, 81,200 (24h high) not yet surpassed.
Numbers: BTC 24h +4.78%, range 75,734–81,200; ETH +7.11%, range 2,226–2,450. Fee just settled at 0.00767%, down from the full 0.01% of the past two days—bulls haven't overextended. OI 2.67 billion, unchanged from 2.57 billion, shorts covering plus spot buying, not new money adding leverage.
79,500 is a leg, 80,000 a psychological level. Only if it closes above 81,200 and holds for 1 hour, then look to 82,000. Those who caught the knife at 75k on-chain need not panic, but don't get overconfident before 81,200.
If 81,200 passes, is it real or another fake breakout?
$BTC $ETH #BTCRebound
The above is personal opinion and does not constitute investment advice. The $SNDK storage sector experienced a significant sell-off today, with SanDisk dropping more than 10% in 24 hours, AXTI also plummeting, and the US semiconductor hardware sector collectively weakening.
The recent storage price hike rally had already been fully hyped earlier, with the price increase narrative fully priced in by investors. Now expectations are starting to loosen, with Kioxia signaling a weakening momentum in flash memory price increases. The end consumer market's acceptance of high-priced storage is declining, institutional profit-taking is concentrated, and selling pressure has directly emerged.
Additionally, with the midterm election results finalized and the Democrats taking control of both chambers, the market is beginning to price in expectations of tighter tech regulation, causing the high-valuation semiconductor hardware sector to bear the brunt first.
This sector panic sentiment is also worth noting for the crypto community. Risk asset preferences are interconnected; weakness in US tech stocks will indirectly suppress the bullish sentiment for $BTC and $ETH. #美国中期选举：民主党赢得国会两院控制权 @八佰哥爱理财 Seeing that 八佰哥 took a heavy loss bottom-fishing SOXL, many people ask when to bottom-fish SOXL triple semiconductor. Remember one core point: it is not a tool for long-term bottom-fishing to wait for a reversal; it is a tool for rebound trading.
Don't just rush in because it has dropped a lot. The truly suitable time to test positions requires multiple signals resonating together: interest rates, chip fundamentals, panic selling pressure, and technical stabilization.
Bottom-fishing on the left side has very low error tolerance; in a slow downtrend, the compounding loss of triple leverage will quietly eat away your principal. Wait for stabilization confirmation on the right side before participating with small positions, set stop losses, take profits when appropriate—this is the trading mindset suitable for SOXL.$176 million, resulting in nothing.
The U.S. midterm elections have concluded, with the crypto industry's super PAC spending over $176 million to support candidates. However, the Democrats swept Congress, and the industry now faces the prospect of stricter regulatory scrutiny. The crypto PAC has already set its sights on 2028, preparing to redraw the electoral map.
Assessment leans bearish: This is a clear cooling signal for the U.S. crypto regulatory environment. Democratic control of Congress likely means tighter overall regulations on stablecoins, exchange compliance, taxation, and SEC enforcement. In the short to medium term, this will suppress industry risk appetite and increase compliance cost expectations. For traders, the practical significance lies in the direction rather than timing; policy implementation still involves legislative and enforcement cycles, and what truly moves prices are specific bills and enforcement actions.
Scenario one: In the short term, watch the emotional reaction of $BTC, $ETH, and compliance-related assets. If regulatory bearishness is repeatedly digested, capital will tend to stay on the sidelines. Scenario two: The industry continues to increase political investment for 2028, indicating the game is far from over. Policy risk is a slow-moving variable, not a one-time clearance.
Which side do you focus on more: short-term sentiment digestion or the next round of bets for 2028?
Source: Cointelegraph💻 Seeing this message, I habitually ran a "code review": the input is the attitude of the senators, can the output be directly written as regulatory benefits? According to Bitwise analyst Camran Khosravi on X, as the results of the US midterm elections are gradually confirmed, there are currently 51 senators supporting cryptocurrency. He believes a bipartisan support trend is emerging.
My judgment is: this looks more like an improvement in the basis for policy discussion, not yet the delivery of legislative results. Among the 7 seats originally held by Republicans that the Democrats won, 4 winners received an A rating from Stand With Crypto. This indicates that the political space supporting crypto is not confined to one party, and the industry does not need to tie all expectations to party wins or losses.
The potential bug is that the variable "supporting crypto" is too broad. Recognizing the industry's existence does not mean agreeing with the same regulatory scheme; organizational ratings cannot be directly treated as votes in favor of specific bills. For ordinary users, there is still a need to refine demands between senators' attitudes and actual rules; you cannot skip testing and declare it live.
If it were me, I would change the observation indicator from "who supports" to "what is supported and how it is implemented." My speculation is that if bipartisan support can reach consensus on specific clauses, then it will better help companies assess compliance boundaries. I'll first add this to my observation list and not prematurely treat attitude changes as rule implementation. #索尼财报前瞻：游戏与音乐业务表现如何？ Sony will release its earnings report tonight, showing a divergence between the gaming and music sectors. The music business is a clear highlight, with sales up 21% last quarter, driven by continued growth in streaming and live performances. The gaming business faces short-term pressure, with sales roughly flat last quarter and memory costs squeezing hardware profit margins, but PS monthly active users still reached a record high of 125 million for the period. Upcoming major titles like GTA VI are expected to boost software revenue. Overall, music provides a floor while gaming awaits catalysts; attention will focus on whether the full-year profit guidance remains on an upward trend. #Circle's financial report is about to be released, will the growth of stablecoins translate into profits?
Circle exceeded Q3 expectations for USDC volume, quietly included an ARC token presale in the report, and still cut about 5% of its workforce. Revenue up. Seats down. The frog has seen both slides in one presentation.Tokenized stocks are splitting into two markets: those supported by issuers and those opposed by issuers.
Canton has just completed the first batch of tokenized Nasdaq stock trades under the SEC's innovation exemption framework.
On the other hand, 59 issuers have opposed their stocks being tokenized through OKX/ICE Markets.
This shows that RWA requires not only technology to put assets on the blockchain.
Who has the right to tokenize a stock – the issuer themselves or the trading platform?On November 5th, $BTC rose from $76,961 to a high of $81,196, up 4.86%, with a volatility of 7.21%. This bullish candle is very strong.
Looking at the spot whales: in 24 hours, large buy orders actively purchased 18,546 BTC, while large sell orders actively sold 15,361 BTC, resulting in a net inflow of 3,185 BTC, equivalent to $255 million. The buy-to-sell amount ratio is 1.21; large orders accounted for 76.75% of total transactions, with large buy orders making up 78.4%, and active buys across the entire market at 53.55%. In other words, this rally is mainly driven by large capital actively buying, not retail investors.
The futures market is even more interesting. Smart money's active buy ratio is 61.31%, but long positions only account for 21.33%—they are buying aggressively but holding positions for a short time, typical of quick in-and-out trades. The top traders' long-to-short ratio is 1.92 (longs at 65.7%), top accounts at 1.48, and all accounts at 1.39, confirming longs are dominant. Open interest is $7.74 billion, down slightly by 2.84% in 24 hours, with liquidations of $32.42 million in 24 hours. The funding rate is 0.0044%, indicating a bullish sentiment but not overheated.
Finally, ETFs: on October 29th, IBIT had a net inflow of $12.866 million, while FBTC and ARKB both had zero, totaling about $12.87 million, equivalent to 159 BTC—only a mild replenishment with limited strength.
In summary: the rise is backed by real money, but smart money holds positions briefly, and ETFs have not made large-scale purchases.
Short selling is recommended around 81,600, with a liquidation intensity of $600 million. A short-term pullback is highly likely after hitting this level.