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$IRYS and the neighboring $DOOD's pump tactics can't just be said to be similar, they are exactly the same.Many people are puzzled: Sun Yuchen himself is deeply involved in the crypto sector and still holds a Bitcoin reserve. Logically, he should be the least likely person to be bearish on Bitcoin, so why does he specifically highlight Bitcoin's quantum resistance risk?
1. He is not completely denying Bitcoin; he distinguishes between "short-term value" and "underlying long-term security vulnerabilities"
Sun Yuchen has not liquidated his Bitcoin holdings and acknowledges that Bitcoin is the cornerstone asset of the crypto market, with short-term consensus and ETF funds still holding value.
His bearish view is not about an immediate crash in the coin price but about the long-term inherent flaw in the underlying cryptographic system: Bitcoin uses the ECDSA elliptic curve signature algorithm, which lacks native post-quantum design; once quantum computing power reaches a certain level, Bitcoin addresses with exposed public keys could have their private keys computed, leading to asset theft and market crashes.
His core judgment: the market currently almost does not price in this long-term risk; ETF retail investors and institutions mostly focus on liquidity and market trends, ignoring cryptographic vulnerabilities.
2. The most critical point: Bitcoin's decentralization ironically becomes the biggest obstacle to upgrades
This is also the perspective that differentiates him from Buffett and Professor Gu:
Buffett denies assets without cash flow or value; Professor Gu predicts zeroing out after quantum cracking;
Sun Yuchen emphasizes: Bitcoin nodes, miners, and whales are dispersed globally, making it extremely difficult to unify and execute a quantum-resistant hard fork.
To change the underlying cryptographic algorithm, a consensus of the vast majority of the entire network is required. If even a portion of miners or nodes do not cooperate, the fork will split into two chains, tearing the consensus apart. Other public chain projects can proactively plan upgrades; Bitcoin has no single controlling entity, making it extremely difficult to change the underlying cryptography.
3. AI accelerates mathematical breakthroughs, significantly shortening the risk timeline beyond industry expectations
Previously, the industry generally believed quantum cracking was decades away; breakthroughs like Google's magic quantum chip have continuously refreshed expectations, drastically reducing the required number of quantum bits.
Sun Yuchen additionally raises a more cutting-edge concern: AI mathematical algorithms might find vulnerabilities in existing signature algorithms before mature quantum computers are realized, meaning the risk could arrive earlier than expected. This is not a distant story but a technical variable that requires early preparation.
4. From his own sector layout perspective: post-quantum is a new track opportunity
His TRON project is advancing the NIST standard post-quantum cryptographic upgrade, racing ahead in the quantum-resistant public chain track.
For him, objectively pointing out Bitcoin's shortcomings as the industry leader essentially proposes the next generation blockchain security standard: future public chains must have quantum resistance as a fundamental threshold.
This is not simply bearish or market crashing but an industry proposition: older generation crypto assets without post-quantum design have a long-term underlying security ceiling, while chains that complete quantum-resistant transformation early will gain new narrative dividends.
5. The structure of ETF funds amplifies this hidden risk
A large amount of new capital comes from ETF institutions and ordinary retail investors, most of whom do not understand cryptographic risks. Once quantum-related negative news breaks out in the future, this capital will collectively panic and flee, causing a stampede far greater than the early small crypto circles. Sun Yuchen believes this is a chain risk underestimated by the market.
In summary
Sun Yuchen is not against Bitcoin; rather, he has seen a contradiction: Bitcoin, as a decentralized benchmark, is precisely very difficult to complete an underlying cryptographic upgrade; against the backdrop of accelerated breakthroughs in quantum + AI technology, this inherent shortcoming will become a long-term hidden risk hanging over Bitcoin's head.$BTC The midterm election is in 11 days...
Anyone who buys Bitcoin on the day of the US midterm election has already anticipated the next growth surge.
2014: +5,851%
2018: +948%
2022: +572%
These figures are from election day to the peak of the next cycle, every time.
The results decrease with each cycle, but they have never stopped.
This is the last dip before a new rise, and this cycle is heading towards new ATH levels.$BTC Jensen Huang came out today saying: Memory will not be oversupplied by 2029.
You have to take this with a grain of salt. The seller of shovels endorsing the gold diggers naturally has a vested interest; the more memory is snapped up, the more valuable his GPU ecosystem becomes. I'm not saying he's lying, but the optimism of an interested party should be weighted down.
What’s more worth pondering is the timing. The true bottom never needs a big shot to come out and soothe emotions; precisely when the market starts to feel shaky and someone needs to shout to steady the scene, such statements start to flood out. Supportive talk is not a bottom signal; it’s a sign that sentiment hasn’t bottomed yet.The rush to conclude that the market will collapse $5 billion in just a few days overlooks how national-level asset seizures actually work in practice. Countries rarely sell large volumes of Bitcoin directly on public retail investor order books, where slippage costs would erode the seized profits; they usually opt for structured over-the-counter (OTC) auctions, institutional trading desks,$BTC #BTCETFInflowsPriceGap $SAFE
Self-custody becomes more complicated as crypto portfolios and on-chain operations expand. Safe addresses this problem through smart-account infrastructure that can support multisignature control and programmable transaction rules. Its relevance depends on how widely these tools are adopted by individuals, DAOs, and businesses. Security assumptions, usability, and the relationship between platform adoption and SAFE token demand deserve separate evaluation$ETH $BTC $SOL Institutional funds also exhibit chasing highs and selling lows behavior. During the previous BTC rebound phase, institutions entered heavily, with a cumulative net inflow of $1.07 billion; however, as the market weakened yesterday, there was an immediate $380 million capital cut-loss exit.
The 80000 level is a key defensive line for BTC bulls. The MA7, MA20, and MA30 moving averages are at 82168, 82866, and 83303 respectively, all running above the current price, forming a bearish alignment. The market structure suggests that if it cannot hold above 83000 subsequently, the market will most likely continue to oscillate downward.
ETH's ETF capital remains weak. This week, BTC's ETF capital returned $700 million, while ETH spot ETFs still maintain a net outflow of $140 million, making the overall capital performance this month hard to expect positively.
Technically, ETH's rebound is weak; the price has never stood above MA7 (2421), still 3.4% below MA20 (2497); RSI is 38.4, the lowest among comparable assets; the 30-day range percentile is only 21%, with all strength indicators skewed weak.
In contrast, $ZEC's market structure remains intact and is currently in a bottom consolidation phase. Looking at a longer timeframe, it has increased by a hundredfold since last year, showing a very impressive performance. #10月FOMC临近，美联储暂停加息还有哪些变数？
With the FOMC meeting approaching, the market now prices in a 92.8% chance of a "pause in rate hikes," which is almost a sure bet. But after carefully examining the data in this chart, I found that things aren't that simple.
Everyone is celebrating the pause, but don't overlook the bigger picture. Initial jobless claims have dropped to 194,000, nearing multi-year lows, indicating that the U.S. economy is very resilient and not in recession at all. With such a strong economy and inflation pressures still present, why would the Fed immediately turn dovish? The community insight in the chart hits the nail on the head: a pause does not mean tightening is over; high interest rates still firmly suppress risk assets.
However, there is some good news in the short term: the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield has fallen below 5%. This is a rare breather for overvalued tech stocks and crypto assets, and BTC's slight 0.4% rise now is supported by this logic.
The core variable now is not whether rates will be hiked or not, but the "tone" of the Fed officials during the meeting. If they package the "pause" as a "hawkish pause," continue to emphasize inflation risks in the statement, and leave the door open for a rate hike in December, it will definitely be a blow to the market.
In terms of strategy, I absolutely would not bet on a one-sided move at this time. The 92.8% expectation means that if a pause is indeed announced, it could easily trigger a "good news already priced in" pullback. $BTC Today, keep an eye on a neglected corner: copper prices fell again this week, marking the third weekly decline in four weeks.
Many people think the AI cooldown only hits Nvidia and memory, but if you trace upstream, you'll understand that data centers need electricity, and the power grid needs copper. Copper has become the most honest shadow of AI demand. Its decline doesn't reflect risk-off sentiment; it genuinely signals a contraction in demand expectations.
This is a different story from the recent sharp drops in gold and silver: gold and silver fell due to deleveraging and forced liquidations, while copper's drop indicates some are starting to doubt whether those data centers will actually get built. Industrial metals never engage in narratives; they only respond to orders.#SK Hynix Q3 earnings report is coming, can HBM4 boost profitability? $ZEC fell from a high of 1368 to 1230, a retracement of nearly 10%. Many people thought its narrative was cooling off, but the blame for this drop does not lie with ZEC itself.
The root cause is still the risk transmitted from the US stock market, with BTC under pressure falling back to around 81800. Tesla and Meta earnings reports were released, and the market began to worry again about the sustainability of AI capital expenditures, causing risk appetite to cool rapidly.
In this liquidity contraction, altcoins have greater elasticity and naturally experience stronger declines than the mainstream. This correction in ZEC was passively dragged down by the overall market sentiment.
A very key data point is that the decline in ZEC's open interest contracts is greater than the price drop itself. How to interpret this signal? It is not new shorts actively dumping, but rather on-exchange longs actively closing positions and exiting, not a collective rejection of the NU7 narrative.
The NU7 upgrade calendar date remains locked at GMT November 6, the narrative timeline has not changed, and the fundamental expectations have not been falsified.
#10月FOMC临近，美联储暂停加息还有哪些变数？ Understand $IRYS at a glance. Don't understand the reason behind $IRYS's surge? Then look at the chip structure!
$IRYS total supply is 10 billion, initial circulation 20%, pre-market price 0.02, pool price 0.03
Financing details:
- Round 1: 5.2 million (May 2022)
- Round 2: 3.5 million (June 2024)
- Round 3: 10 million (August 2025)
Total financing: 18.7 million, token allocation 25.3%, average institutional cost per token is 0.0074
Token distribution (initial unlock as shown in the chart):
- Institutions: 25.3%
- Team: 18.8%
- Ecosystem: 30%
- Foundation: 9.9%
- Airdrop: 8%
- Liquidity: 8%
Why does it fall back after touching 0.028 during the rebound? Because the pool price is 0.03, which is the initial exchange price previously pre-set by institutions in the DEX liquidity pool.
$DOOD surged a few days ago but has cooled off these days. IRYS might be boosted up, but don't chase above 0.03, institutions are waiting to exchange chips. Gold is crashing!
Stocks are crashing!
Bitcoin is crashing!
Silver is crashing!
Even websites are starting to crash!
Everything is falling, so where exactly is the money going? 😂
The answer might be: cash, short-term government bonds, margin accounts, or even funds used to repay debts after forced liquidations.
When the market experiences a liquidity shock, investors may sell off previously favored assets to replenish cash.
Even gold and $BTC are not necessarily immune.
But don’t forget, a drop in asset prices doesn’t mean all the money has disappeared—some money has just shifted, while some evaporates with the decline in valuations.
The real question is: is this just a deleveraging event, or a larger-scale liquidity crisis?This morning I cashed out the short position from the AI bubble wave, and now I basically have no positions. It's not that I'm not bearish, but the bond market has already made the point clear for me.
The global corporate bond spread surged to 129 basis points today, the highest since May 2025, and the spread on high-grade Asian USD bonds also hit a new one-year high. Stock prices can still be propped up by sentiment, but credit spreads cannot; this is where real money is pricing "debt-financed AI spending."
The stock market debates daily whether there is a bubble, but the bond market has quietly tightened the purse strings long ago. I'm not in a hurry to reopen positions; I'll hold cash and wait for it to reveal the answer. $BTC$OKB Support Bounce Bullish Momentum Building.
Leverage: 10x Max
Trade Setup: Long
Entry: 111.80 – 112.50
SL: 109.80
TP1: 113.80
TP2: 114.80
TP3: 115.80
Price held the 110.01 support firmly after the sharp sell-off and is printing higher lows with clear buyer control. Momentum is shifting bullish, giving solid probability of a continued recovery toward prior resistance levels.
Buy and Trade $OKB
#WillFedPauseInOctober [Brent Oil Surges to $113, Can Trump's Use of the Defense Production Act Control Oil Prices?]
Trump's invocation of the Defense Production Act this time reflects the fact that the pressure on U.S. energy supply is already difficult to resolve by mere rhetoric. The new memorandum on October 22 allows the government to promote oil production, refining, pipelines, and fuel storage projects through procurement commitments and financial support. However, policy approval does not mean new capacity can come online tomorrow.
The market is already racing ahead: on October 22, Brent crude oil $BZ briefly rose to $113.17 per barrel, hitting a five-month high. The direct trigger was the escalation of conflicts in the Middle East and attacks on Saudi energy facilities, raising supply concerns.
This policy can alleviate the U.S.'s medium- to long-term capacity and infrastructure bottlenecks, but it is difficult to immediately fill the international supply gap. Refinery expansions and pipeline construction take time, and even if crude oil can be extracted, it does not mean diesel supply can increase immediately.
In the short term, oil prices are still dominated by war and transportation risks. Only actual production, refining capacity, and transportation recovery can truly weigh down oil prices; if the conflict continues to escalate, Trump's production increase plan may not keep pace with the market's price surge.Yesterday it was still flaunting above 84,000, today it was directly knocked back to its original state.
In the early hours today Beijing time, BTC plunged from around 84,000, breaking below 81,000 USD, with a 24-hour drop exceeding 4% at one point. CoinMarketCap reported $81,245 at 8 AM this morning, down 3.76%—the largest single-day drop in a month.
In yesterday's report, I said, "Hold above 84,000 to look at 87,000; only after breaking 87,000 can we talk about the trend," and also warned, "Don’t rush to call a bull market, four question marks are still hanging overhead."
Within one day, the market slapped the answer in our faces: 84,000 was not held, and 87,000 was not even seen in the shadow.
What’s more worth pondering is the composition of this decline—it’s not a problem within the crypto market itself, but three heavy external blows hitting simultaneously: U.S. tech stocks crashed, the Middle East situation suddenly became critical, and oil prices soared. The liquidation structure also completely reversed: in the past 4 hours, the entire network liquidated $187 million, with long positions accounting for $173 million, about 92%. A few days ago, shorts were bleeding, today it’s the longs being carried away.$SOL
JPMorgan Asset Management's money market fund has launched on Solana. Simply put, it means turning fund shares into tokens and putting them on the blockchain. After reading this, I first wondered if some people might directly interpret it as JPMorgan entering the market to buy SOL? That leap is a bit too far. The route the goods take is quite different from whether or not to buy the shipping company's stock; there are many steps in between. I actually want to check the fund's prospectus to see how subscription and redemption work, and whether a regular wallet can be used.Meta announces a 1-for-2 stock split, but the stock price actually fell?
The split is real, with 1 new C share given for every 1 share held, but the special feature of the C shares is that they have no voting rights.
Why do this? Because the company can issue C shares to raise money to invest in AI, while Zuckerberg's control won't be diluted.
Bloomberg also reported that this is to retain Zuckerberg, as California will vote on a wealth tax next month.
But the split won't make the company more valuable. What really worries the market is: Q3 free cash flow of -$2.1 billion, the first negative since going public.
Swipe right to see the full analysis 👉U.S. Treasury yields are plummeting... What exactly is the market panicking about?
Is it AI expectations falling short?
Is it the escalation of the Iran situation?
Is it the uncertainty brought by the U.S. midterm elections?
Or is the economic fundamentals deteriorating?
When yields suddenly drop sharply, it indicates the market may be repricing economic growth, inflation, and the future interest rate path.
But what’s truly worth watching out for is: if this isn’t just a pure flight-to-safety trade, but the market starting to worry about a recession, then stocks, gold, and $BTC could all face a new round of volatility.
Is this just short-term panic, or the beginning of a larger-scale risk reassessment?#Robinhood交易业务增长能否延续？
【Revenue Hits $1.3 Billion, What Else Can Robinhood Rely On to Keep Growing?】
The key focus of Robinhood’s ($HOOD) earnings report is actually the revenue structure. Q2 revenue grew 32% year-over-year to $1.31 billion, but crypto trading revenue fell 38% year-over-year to $100 million. The growth was supported by options, stocks, and prediction markets, especially prediction market revenue reaching $156 million.
Crypto trading volume rebounded 61% month-over-month in August to $17.5 billion, but still declined 38% year-over-year; stock trading volume grew 68% year-over-year. In the first 24 days of September, crypto trading volume was about $17 billion, indicating some recovery in trading activity, but this does not directly translate to synchronized revenue growth.
The company is moving away from relying solely on retail crypto trading for revenue, which is the right direction. The issue is that the market may have already started pricing in the new business. The real focus of the October 27 earnings report will be whether trading revenue can continue to grow and whether the new business can keep generating profits. If crypto trading warms up and stocks and prediction markets continue to expand, growth will be more solid; if trading volume rises but does not convert into revenue, the valuation story will need to be discounted.$ATOM The core driving logic behind ATOM's strong surge today
Fundamental valuation restructuring: The Osmosis merger proposal and Cosmos Hub are accelerating the shift towards a deflationary model driven by "fee-driven buybacks and programmatic burns." The protocol no longer relies solely on token issuance but repurchases ATOM on the secondary market through real ecosystem revenue (such as DEX protocol income, capped at 2.5% of total supply). Additionally, governance proposals like the liquidity module (LSM) are advancing, providing long-term buying expectations.
Daily chart breakout (technical aspect): The daily level confirms a breakout from the long-term "falling wedge" reversal pattern since the end of 2025. Short-term moving averages (MA5, EMA5) have crossed upward and turned, with the price breaking through the dense moving average resistance between 1.75–1.78. The KDJ indicator shows a bullish golden cross opening upward, signaling the start of bullish momentum.
Short covering and capital replenishment (derivatives aspect): There was significant short interest during the previous low consolidation phase, with funding rates once negative (shorts paying longs). As the price broke the key defense level at 1.78, it triggered localized short stop-losses and short covering, amplifying the intraday gains.
#MetaQ3营收超预期，巨额AI投入引发担忧 Is the "4% passive income" on stablecoins going to be cut? The final GENIUS draft is here, and no safe harbor for yields
Folks, there was a piece of news last night that might be easy to overlook but is related to our wallets: On October 21, the OCC officially finalized the GENIUS Act rules, marking the implementation of federal stablecoin regulation.
The most explosive part is this — issuers cannot directly pay interest income to token holders. More importantly, those "deposit U and earn 4%" rewards on platforms that relied on third-party workarounds will no longer have safe harbor protection. Don’t think that because you’ve been doing it before or old users are used to it, you’ll be automatically exempt. Now, every case will be reviewed individually, compliance judged separately, and the sword hanging over heads remains.
Honestly, many people used to treat stablecoins like a demand deposit financial product to earn interest. This basically means regulators are saying: stablecoins are payment tools, not investment products, and offering yields isn’t so straightforward.
Fortunately, USDT and USDC remained steady that day, almost flat, and the market didn’t panic. The rules won’t take effect until January 2027, so there’s still room for debate.
To be clear, this isn’t about killing stablecoins but about setting the rules first: 1:1 reserve collateralization and no arbitrary interest payments. In the short term, coin prices won’t feel much impact; in the long term, compliant major issuers will be more stable, while those wild platforms relying on high yields to attract users will have a hard time.$AKE is truly a monster coin. Can it break through the previous high?
In the short term, I personally remain bearish. It has been rising in a stepped manner, but on-chain funds are continuously flowing out. Plus, there is another batch unlocking on November 21, so the selling pressure at that time will definitely be very strong. Currently, around 0.035, it has clearly reached a daily resistance level. The daily resistance level is at 0.037. Shorting around this resistance level would be very prudent!!!
#10月FOMC临近，美联储暂停加息还有哪些变数？ $ETH A historical signal that makes me somewhat uneasy: March 12, 2020.
According to a market comparative study, the last time the following occurred was during the global financial market shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic:
10-year US Treasury yield dropped more than 2% in a single day
Bitcoin dropped more than 2%
Gold dropped more than 2%
S&P 500 index dropped more than 1%
And now, a similar cross-asset combination is drawing attention again.
What is truly worth being cautious about is not just the price drops, but that different assets may be simultaneously under selling pressure.
Does this mean liquidity is tightening? Or is it just a short-term position adjustment?
I also want to see more complete data to verify; we cannot assume the 2020 scenario will repeat just because the trends are similar.
Especially $BTC, which needs close attention going forward. #中东能源风险升温，国际油价维持高位 The Middle East situation remains tense, with the market trading on supply risks, and oil prices holding at high levels.
On one side, there are supply concerns caused by geopolitical conflicts plus OPEC production cuts supporting prices; on the other side, weak overseas economies suppress long-term demand.
Caught between these forces, oil prices fluctuate at high levels, with volatile moves driven by news, many false breakouts, and significant risks in chasing highs.
Since there has been no substantial action disrupting supply, the premium could fall at any time.
How long do you think oil prices can hold at these high levels this time? #中东能源风险升温，国际油价维持高位 #中东能源风险升温，国际油价维持高位 Is today still Black Friday❓❔
Nasdaq dropped 2.6%, S&P 500 fell 1.21%, tech stocks and AI concept stocks are the hardest hit
This morning when I woke up and checked my phone, basically everything was down
$BTC $ETH seem to have digested a bit in advance this time, with $455 million liquidated across the network in the past 24 hours, $435 million long positions liquidated, over 100,000 people taken out
Leveraged longs got wiped out again, the fear index dropped from 68 to 50, moving from greed back to neutral, some who needed to exit have done so
But Brent crude oil prices remain high, oil prices are stuck at elevated levels, inflation expectations can't come down, and risk asset valuations continue to be suppressed
BTC is still relatively weak now, without any decent rebound, so the focus remains on the 80,000 level. If selling pressure eases and the price can hold here, there could still be a bounce
This level has been tested many times; the more tests, the more it feels like it won't hold. If it doesn't hold, a $692 million long liquidation wave will be triggered, and the next support level to watch is around 78,000
#BTC key level#10月FOMC临近，美联储暂停加息还有哪些变数？
$⚠️5 days countdown to the October FOMC! Is the BTC 81k life-or-death moment here?
Currently, CME data is clear: the probability of maintaining the interest rate in October is over 92%, but the expectation of a rate hike in December has surged to 89%. In other words, it's a "temporary breather, tightening is not over yet."
Now BTC is fluctuating around 81k, with short-term support at 80.5k and resistance at 82.5k. The FOMC statement this time will directly determine the next direction: if it holds above 82.5k, there is a chance to challenge the previous high of 84k; if it breaks below the 80.5k support, be cautious of the risk of retreating to 79k.
Are you bullish or bearish this time? Let's chat in the comments below👇
$BTC Yesterday I came across the latest data from the blockchain data platform Allium (as of Q3 2026), and was struck by a set of comparisons: From January to September this year, the circulating supply of stablecoins only increased from $294 billion to $304.9 billion, a year-on-year increase of 3.7%; but the estimated payment volume during the same period reached $482 billion, a year-on-year increase of 45.4%. The amount of money barely increased, but the spending speed nearly accelerated by half. The number of payment transactions increased even more dramatically: 1.04 billion transactions, a year-on-year increase of 71.3%. The number of transactions grew faster than the amount, indicating that the average amount per transaction is decreasing—stablecoins are gradually shifting from being a "large transfer tool" to becoming a "daily spending habit." Looking in detail, the fastest growth is in cards: stablecoin card payments were only $388 million in the first three quarters last year, but reached $3.9 billion in the same period this year, more than a ninefold increase. Inter-company remittances remain the largest portion, rising from $179 billion to $246 billion, an increase of 37.6%. My judgment is: stablecoins have entered the "circulation era" this year, not the "hoarding era." The supply volume is not increasing, meaning no large influx of new money; but the usage frequency of existing funds is skyrocketing, money is accelerating turnover. People are not treating stablecoins as deposits, but as channels for transfers and consumption—money comes in, goes out, almost without pause. Why can't they be hoarded? A very practical reason: stablecoins naturally do not generate interest. Regulation has just nailed this path shut: the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in October 【HiLo Big Gray Brother Morning Report】10/23 · US stocks weaken further, BTC surges then falls back to test 80K again (1/2)
Good Friday morning!
US stocks clearly dropped last night. We mentioned several times this week that after QQQ broke below the uptrend line, the rebound failed to retake 730. From a technical structure perspective, this looks more like a pullback after a breakdown, but the rebound being blocked also increases the possibility of further adjustment. Currently, QQQ is back near 700, which is the low point of last month's consolidation range; watch for support at the 4H level. If US stocks remain weak on Friday, there may be room for further adjustment next week.
Back to the crypto market, BTC quickly fell back after probing near 84.8K yesterday, giving back most of this week's gains, now again near 81K. The 80K support may still be tested soon. The market's upward momentum is weak with insufficient follow-through, and there are no particularly outstanding independent trending coins; overall, it remains mainly a range-bound wave. Considering the weakness in US stocks, if BTC continues to be under pressure, more obvious synchronous fluctuations between the crypto market and US stocks may appear, so pay attention to their linkage.
In the short term, BTC support is first focused around 81K–80K, with resistance near 82.5K.
#HiLoBigGrayBrotherMorningReport #BTC #USStocks #QQQ #CryptoMarketDuring the day at work, messages kept interrupting me, so only at night do I have uninterrupted time to spread out the market charts. I just came across this monitoring alert, and that long position of over $200,000 on the screen made me stop scrolling. Watching large position openings late at night, it's easiest to mistake someone else's bet for your own directional sense. 🌙
Core Trader 07 (0x8afaca…28113) opened a long $UNI position with 3x leverage, with a notional value of about $282,100. This is an opening position, not a profit screenshot, and the outcome is still unknown.
My judgment is: it’s worth observing, but not enough to increase my confidence in going long. The amount is impactful, but without knowing what portion of the wallet’s total assets this represents, it’s unclear if it’s a heavy bet or just a small allocation; 3x leverage doesn’t mean it’s easy—if the price moves about 10% against the position, estimating loss on margin by dividing the notional position by leverage, the margin loss would be about 30%, excluding fees and margin adjustments. Also, a single address opening a long only shows it chooses to take on upside risk, it doesn’t prove the entry point is appropriate.
A note to myself: don’t substitute your own risk judgment with the size of someone else’s position. Who else is still awake at this hour watching UNI’s price, or waiting to see if this address adds or reduces its position? Between these two signals, which do you value more?The recent rebound of $ZEC was mainly driven by expectations for the NU7 upgrade, but the capital flow has not fully cooperated.
Since October, Grayscale ZCSH ETF has seen cumulative redemptions of about $115 million, and futures open interest has dropped to around $2.25 billion, indicating that institutional and leveraged funds are still cooling down.
Technically, ZEC remains below the 20-day and 50-day moving averages, showing clear short-term pressure.
Comparison with BTC and ETH
ZEC still belongs to the high Beta privacy coin event trading category, with very low correlation to BTC, currently only about 0.03.
BTC remains the market's main theme, ETH is weakly recovering; ZEC's trend depends more on its own upgrade catalysts, ETF capital flows, and privacy narratives rather than following the broader market.
If BTC continues to decline, ZEC's volatility will be further amplified; if BTC stabilizes, whether ZEC can strengthen again depends on whether capital is willing to continue supporting it around the NU7 launch.
What to watch next
Around November 5, the NU7 mainnet activation, whether ETF capital flows stop falling, and progress on Sprout pool migration.
Overall, ZEC is still an event-driven, highly volatile asset. Short-term chasing of gains carries high risk; it is more suitable to observe capital support within the 1,200–1,350 range. #10月FOMC临近，美联储暂停加息还有哪些变数？ The downtrend is not over yet: off-exchange pressure is transmitting to the crypto space
This round of decline is not exclusive to crypto. The plunge in US tech stocks, weakening macro sentiment, and sell-offs in crypto markets are amplifying each other. The FOMC is an underestimated clue: although the 25bp rate cut in October was as expected, Powell clearly stated that "a further rate cut in December is not set in stone," causing the implied probability of a December rate cut in interest rate futures to plummet from over 90% to less than 70%. The easing trade is fading, with US stocks and Bitcoin both plunging intraday. The withdrawal of rate cut expectations hits risk asset valuations more directly than rate hikes.
US stock close on October 22: Nasdaq down 2.6%, S&P 500 down 1.21%, Philadelphia Semiconductor Index plunged 6.7%.
On the capital side, from October 19 to 21, BTC spot ETFs saw a net inflow of about $1.075 billion over three days, but BTC still fell to around $81,000. ETF buying offsets selling pressure, but the bottoming effect is discounted amid the FOMC's repricing of the easing path.
In terms of levels, BTC's rebound above $84,000 is blocked; $81,800 to $82,300 is short-term resistance, and $80,000 is a key level to watch. ETH eyes $2,350; a break below could target $2,300.
Conclusion: The FOMC has withdrawn the "automatic pilot" rate cut expectation, and the rebound has not repaired the short-term weakness. The correction may not be over; watch for BTC to retest $80,000 and ETH to follow down over the weekend.
Market observation only, not investment advice.
$BTC $ETH To be honest, I used to easily mishear "regulatory research" as "immediate deregulation," and my mind would jump ahead to the market scenario. Later, I realized that just because there is room for imagination about the direction, it doesn't mean there is already a timetable for implementation. Mixing these two things up easily leads to getting carried away.
According to South Korean media EDaily, the South Korean Financial Services Commission will study allowing cryptocurrency exchanges to participate in the security token offering (STO) market, involving issues such as investor protection, license integration, and dual operation permits. Chairman Lee Eok-won agrees with the proposal to develop STO using existing exchange technology and trading infrastructure, but this is not an official approval yet.
My judgment is: this is a positive signal mainly for industry infrastructure, not news that the entire crypto community can directly benefit from. This atmosphere is very much like previous policy rumors where everyone rushed to find connections to various concepts, and ordinary people are most likely to mistake "being related" for "benefiting."
The reason is simple: if reusing existing facilities is allowed, then the construction of the STO market might require less redundant investment, which is my speculation; but how licenses and investor protection are arranged will affect the participation threshold. Whether exchanges can participate and what conveniences ordinary users can get are still separated by specific rules.
I now stick to two rules: research plans are not the same as implementation notices; policy narratives are not direct reasons to open contracts. Work is already tough enough, surviving is more important than grabbing the first opportunity.
Have you ever mistaken "under research" for "already implemented" and fallen into a trap? When encountering such policy news, are you willing to share one of your own rules?Yesterday SPC and Meta plummeted; the market is a bit disappointed with the future AI borrowing logic. Price drops, open interest decreases, yet the funding rate rises.
This set of signals is worth paying attention to.
A decrease in open interest indicates some leveraged funds are exiting; a rising funding rate may imply the long-short structure of the remaining positions is changing.
If the price continues to fall and the funding rate remains high, longs may face further squeeze.
But if the price stops falling and starts to rebound, shorts could also face a reverse squeeze.
The key is not to guess, but to watch how $BTC moves next. $BTC retraces to 81,000! Institutional funds support the bottom, long position plan is ready!
The pullback reached around 81,000, with ETF net inflows exceeding 1 billion for three consecutive days. My long position layout is already prepared.
This morning, BTC dropped to 81,300, a 3.3% retracement within a day, directly hitting the crucial support at 81,000. Many panic at the sight of the drop, but if you calmly understand the underlying logic, you'll see this pullback was anticipated — too many short-term long leverages clustered, and a large long position was liquidated yesterday, completing a round of chip cleansing.
Why do I remain firmly bullish? The confidence comes from ETF funds! The US spot ETF net inflows have surpassed 1 billion USD in the past three days, and MicroStrategy’s holding cost for hundreds of thousands of chips is only 75,000, very solid foundations. Large institutions are willing to put real money in at this level to support the market, proving the buying power below is quite strong.
I won’t guess the bottom out of thin air; the whole strategy is clear. At this stage, I first lay down the base position at 81,300. If the market continues to dip to the 80,500–80,000 range, I will execute the add-on plan. The stop-loss is firmly set at 79,000; if it breaks, I exit immediately without stubbornly holding. On the upside, I first look at 82,500; if it can hold above 83,000 with volume, I will continue targeting 84,000. The risk-reward ratio for this trade is quite good $ETH $SNDK #10月FOMC临近，美联储暂停加息还有哪些变数？ Meta's earnings report exceeded revenue expectations, yet its stock price dropped nearly 7%, becoming the Nasdaq's "last straw" overnight.
What we see: free cash flow turned negative, the full-year capital expenditure lower bound was raised again, and the market shifted focus from "Is AI good or not" to "Where is the money coming from and how long to break even"; Nasdaq recorded its largest single-day drop since June, with AMD and chip equipment stocks also taking a hit.
My view: this is not simply a bad earnings report, but a contraction in risk appetite across the entire tech sector; default is to observe, neither chasing the dip nor rushing to bottom-fish.
Invalidation condition: if next week's peer earnings reports show stable cash flow and guidance, and Nasdaq clearly recovers this week's losses, then this financing concern narrative will ease.
Are you more worried that AI spending is overextending valuations, or do you think the sell-off is actually a buying opportunity?
$META
#USStocks #AI #Nasdaq $ZEC surged sharply and then dropped decisively 🧐
On the evening of 10-20, it started around 1137, then surged to 1368.86 in two days, up nearly 20%. After peaking, it fell all the way down, hitting a low of 1186 this morning, now fluctuating around 1226.
I'm more concerned about the positions: contract open interest dropped from $165 million to about $142 million in 24 hours, down 14%, and the funding rate is basically 0. This correction mainly reflects leveraged traders exiting after chasing highs, not a concentrated sell-off by big players.
The 1186–1205 range is this morning's low and also the platform before the early morning rally on 10-21, both times showing support. Above, 1258 is the consolidation zone during yesterday noon's decline, and 1295 is yesterday morning's rebound high.
My plan:
Direction: Long (wait for pullback, no chasing)
Entry: 1195–1205
Stop loss: 1168
Target 1: 1258
Target 2: 1295
Take half off at Target 1, move stop loss to breakeven for the rest. If no pullback and it moves directly, no chasing; if 4-hour close breaks below 1186, the correction isn't over, plan void.
Just pulled back from a high, volatility is large, so my position size will be smaller than usual.
Just my personal view, not investment advice, DYOR
#ZEC #ContractStrategy #PrivacyCoin$AKE Ahhh, I sold too early again. Haste makes waste; who would have thought I'd end up with half-cold, half-hot tofu.
But really, dear ones, I don't recommend chasing the price higher. The project team is buying in batches from the same linked address, manipulating the market. It's hard to guess what they're planning.
This rally most likely won't break the recent high of 0.0377. There's little room to chase higher. You can wait for the price to rise to around 0.035-0.037 to short for the best cost-effectiveness, targeting 0.025-0.021. Make sure to set your take-profit and stop-loss; this token is extremely volatile.
#SpaceX业绩大增，与特斯拉合并能否推进？ Stop blindly guessing by staring at the K-line! That big dump last night—did you think it was just retail investors cutting losses and liquidating? Check out the latest ETF data; it's chilling. The big money not only didn't plan to support the market, they fled even faster than us!
$BTC pretended to buy in over 60 million the day before yesterday, but yesterday it flipped and dumped 45.38 million. Fidelity alone ran off with more than 25 million, and Cathie Wood also pulled out 13 million. These institutions are now playing a swing trading style, turning on a dime, with no intention to hold on to the end.
Looking at $ETH data is even worse. Yesterday saw a net outflow of 72.38 million. The two Grayscale brothers led a frantic withdrawal, running off with over 80 million combined. Fidelity stubbornly took on 9 million but couldn't hold it. No wonder ETH crashed the hardest last night; the spot market was completely drained, and it's all on us retail investors holding the line down there.
Finally, $SOL turned out to be a safe haven, with only a little over 80,000 flowing out. That volume is barely a splash, indicating the SOL spot market isn't rotten. The current drop is purely contract leverage stomping on each other.
Honestly, stop fantasizing that this is the bottom. Institutions are frantically withdrawing, and the market is propped up solely by retail leverage. This isn't the bottom; it's halfway up the mountain. Control your hands, hold your coins!
The institutions have already packed up and fled. Can your long positions still hold steady?
#10月FOMC临近，美联储暂停加息还有哪些变数？
#ETF买盘持续回流，BTC为何仍未走强？
#特斯拉Q3汽车毛利率回升，自由现金流转正 $ETH is consolidating near the upper boundary with reduced volume; better not to rush before the news is confirmed.
There are reports that the Ethereum Foundation has postponed the Hoodi testnet Glamsterdam upgrade, with the exact date yet to be determined and still needing verification. This news itself is not conclusive, but the market gives me the impression that the price is close to the highs of the past few hours while the volume has actually shrunk.
The recently closed 5-minute candlestick is at 2,412.94 USDT, not far from the previous few hours' high of 2,417.39, with a low of 2,381.58 USDT still below. The spot trading volume in the last 15 minutes is only 0.45 times the average per 15 minutes over the previous 3 hours, showing clearly insufficient activity. I tend not to chase here unless the next close breaks back above 2,417.39 with volume expanding simultaneously; otherwise, this level looks more like a narrow fluctuation during a news vacuum.The current market really gives a déjà vu of the internet bubble on the eve of 2000.
What’s even more surprising is that $SPY hasn’t even fallen into the typical correction range (a 10% drop from the peak).
If such volatility already makes the market so nervous, what will happen if the correction deepens further?
And $BTC, as one of the high-risk assets, can hardly stay completely out of it.美股科技股正在挨打，比特币却出现了一个反常信号。 10月22日，纳斯达克收跌2.6%，费城半导体指数重挫约6.7%。AI投资回报的疑虑重新升温，市场开始担心：科技巨头砸进去的巨额资金，到底什么时候才能变成利润？ 这股抛售压力，也传导到了加密市场。 但另一组数据值得注意：截至10月21日，美国现货BTC ETF连续三个交易日净流入，三天合计约11亿美元，单日净流入约5.28亿美元。 一边是科技股被抛售，一边是BTC ETF持续吸金。资金到底是在撤退，还是在换仓？ 我的看法是，现在还不能简单喊牛市回来了，但也不能只凭一轮下跌就认定机构正在集体逃离。 ETF资金流入说明部分投资者仍在配置BTC，却不代表所有机构都在买入，更不能保证价格马上反弹。真正值得观察的是：当宏观环境恶化时，这些资金能否持续流入，以及现货买盘能否消化市场抛压。 还有一个长期变化容易被短期行情掩盖：稳定币正在继续探索比特币生态。Tether此前公布过通过RGB协议支持比特币网络上的USDT，相关基础设施也在推进。 这不意味着BTC价格必然上涨，却说明比特币的应用边界并不只限于价值储存。长期来看，资金配置与网络实际用途，是两💻 I treat this message as a code review: According to Lookonchain monitoring, "Big Brother Maji" sold two Mutant Ape NFTs held for about 3 years, each for 1 ETH, totaling 2 ETH; the purchase prices were 6.13 and 7.5 ETH respectively, resulting in an approximate 85% loss in ETH terms.
The input is quite striking, but my judgment is: this looks more like a reminder of liquidity pressure from an NFT exit. Two transactions alone are not enough to declare a death sentence for the entire sector. The "suspected financial stress" in the material is just speculation and cannot be directly taken as a confirmed reason for selling.
Logically, holding for a long time does not mean someone is willing to buy at the original price upon exit; if the seller urgently needs to cash out, then the depth of the buy orders is more important than the listed valuation. This is my inference. Another potential bug is the sample size is too small: the transactions of two collectibles cannot prove that other collectibles can be sold at this price.
If I were to revise this evaluation logic, I would prioritize recent actual transactions, bid-ask spreads, and sustained buy orders, putting historical high prices later. The book valuation looks good, but the exit interface must also be usable.
Everyone, help me review: is this more about personal fund management or weakening collector demand? What on-chain data would you add to verify and challenge the loopholes in my judgment?Institutions are also retail investors; in the first three days when $BTC was rising sharply, they bought aggressively, totaling 1.07 billion, but when the market dropped yesterday, they cut losses and ran off with 380 million.
80,000 is the last defensive line for BTC bulls. The three moving averages (MA7 82168, MA20 82866, MA30 83303) are all above the price and arranged in a bearish sequence. Under this structure, if 83,000 cannot be reclaimed, it will just be a rhythm of oscillating downward.
ETH's ETF is too weak. This week BTC has recovered 700 million, but it is still in a net outflow state of 140 million. Basically, it can be abandoned this month.
$ETH's rebound this time can't even reclaim MA7 (2421), which is 3.4% lower than MA20 (2497); RSI 38.4 is the lowest among the three coins; the 30-day price range position is 21%, also the weakest among the three coins.
$ZEC's trend is actually good; the structure is not broken yet, currently in the bottoming phase. Looking back today, it has already risen 100 times from last year until now, which is amazing!
ZEC surged and then pulled back yesterday, but the price still stands firm above MA7 (1193) and MA20 (1222), the only one among the three coins that hasn't broken the mid-term moving averages. Its 30-day range is from 1048 to 1697, with a width of about 62%; with the same stop-loss distance, its volatility is several times that of BTC.In the futures market, when institutions adopt a new settlement system, I usually first look at whether fund inflows and outflows are convenient and whether the participation threshold has changed, rather than rushing to label the related assets as bullish. Seeing this news from JPMorgan Asset Management, I stick to this old habit.
According to the cited report, JPMorgan Asset Management announced on October 22 that its tokenized money market funds MONY and JLTXX have launched on Solana, open to qualified U.S. investors, and can be subscribed and redeemed through the institutional trading platform Morgan Money.
My judgment is that this has positive significance for Solana in taking on institutional financial business, but it cannot be directly equated with a price boost for the native token. The fund going on-chain at least indicates that this chain has entered the business layout of institutional products; however, the subscription and redemption entry point is still Morgan Money, and the qualification restrictions have not disappeared. The crypto market tends to interpret "going on-chain" as open participation for everyone, but this time it is important to distinguish between the openness of the technical network and the admission criteria for financial products.
In traditional finance, I would see this as an expansion of product distribution and settlement carriers, rather than proof that funds have massively entered. If there is sustained subscription and redemption and actual usage later, the business value will be more justified. Are there friends who have also transitioned from traditional markets? Do you value institutional adoption of Solana more, or the fund's admission and subscription/redemption arrangements?Hello brothers and sisters, I am Coin Brother! Today, the four major mainstream markets have shown a divergence in strength; they no longer rise and fall together.
BTC once surged to around 84,800 on Wednesday but quickly fell back to the 81,600 level. This rebound basically gave back all its gains. Going forward, the focus is on the support strength at the 80,000 mark and whether it can reclaim 82,500.
ETH is now back near 2,400. Although staking has reduced the circulating supply in the market, this does not mean buying pressure will continue. If BTC stabilizes but ETH remains weak, it indicates that funds are temporarily unwilling to increase their ETH positions.
SOL has dropped to around 104, with a larger decline than BTC. The Alpenglow upgrade is only a technical improvement; the real test will be on-chain usage and ecosystem activity. Don’t treat the upgrade as a direct catalyst for a price rally.
ZEC previously outperformed many mainstream coins due to its privacy narrative, but a single-day surge does not mean a trend has formed. If it can hold up during a market downturn, it shows funds are still inside; however, if it quickly gives back gains, be cautious that this short-term rotation may be ending.
In summary: BTC depends on support strength, ETH on capital demand, SOL on ecosystem heat, and ZEC on sector resilience.
#10月FOMC临近，美联储暂停加息还有哪些变数？ #MetaQ3营收超预期，巨额AI投入引发担忧 #存储芯片股再度下跌，AI投资回报担忧加剧 $BTC $ETH $ZEC First, look at the risks; no rush to guess the bottom
$BTC lost the $82,000 level, $ETH fell below $2,400, and $SOL dropped under $105. Losing these three key price points consecutively is more concerning than the decline of any single coin: the market's willingness to take on risk is decreasing.
BTC's market dominance is approaching 60%, often interpreted as capital flowing back in, but if ETH and SOL continue to weaken, it looks more like "who falls less" rather than a large influx of new funds. Next, watch three signals: whether BTC can return to and hold above $82,000; whether ETH can reclaim $2,400; and whether SOL can stop falling and see buying interest again after breaking below $105.
If only BTC rebounds while ETH and SOL remain weak, it is premature to define this as a new upward trend; only if all three recover their key price levels and have support on pullbacks does the market look more like it is repairing.
My judgment: this round of decline looks more like short-term deleveraging combined with risk exposure contraction, and it is not yet confirmed that funds are fully withdrawing from crypto assets. For now, focus on whether risks ease; no rush to guess the bottom.
#10月FOMC临近，美联储暂停加息还有哪些变数？ Conclusion first: $AKE has filled the gap caused by the unlock on the 21st within these 40 hours, but it wasn't short covering that filled the gap, it was new longs taking over.
On 10-21 at 19:00, the 1H candle dropped from 0.03636 to 0.0288 (-20%), and the early session low on 10-22 was 0.021. Now at 0.0347, it has recovered 95% of the pre-unlock price, up 55% in 24 hours.
The signal is in the funding rate. At 16:00 on 10-22 it was still -0.0145% (shorts paying longs, indicating shorts are holding on hard), then it turned positive: +0.0118% at 00:00 on 10-23, +0.0146% at 04:00. Meanwhile, open interest rose from $3.07 million to $5.1 million, a 66% increase.
Price rising, funding rate turning positive, and OI expanding all happened simultaneously, pointing to one conclusion: new longs are taking over shorts' positions, with 20x leverage, and positions are starting to get squeezed.
Two risk points to watch: OKX has no AKE spot, only perpetuals, so the price lacks a spot anchor; the top five bid levels total only about $6,500, yet the 24-hour nominal volume is $185 million.
The 2.11 billion AKE (about $60 million, accounting for 9.25% of circulation) unlocked on 10-21 was only two days ago.
Do you think this is a recovery, or the last baton being passed?