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Reasons for $ETH's sudden plunge without any signals, please see the analysis below:
Price level Around $2,370, breaking below the $2,400 mark Short-term sentiment is weak, strong resistance on rebound
Upgrade delay Glamsterdam testnet upgrade delayed due to EIP-8037 security issues Increases protocol route uncertainty, short-term bearish sentiment
ETF fund flow Continuous net outflow of ETH ETFs in October, significantly larger scale than BTC Weak capital support, ETH under more pressure relative to BTC
Deflation narrative weakens After L2 reduced mainnet fees, ETH burn volume decreased, net supply rebounded "Scarcity" support weakens, ETH/BTC weakens
Staking supply increases Staked ETH hits new highs but yields are low Marginal attractiveness declines, capital reluctant to support at high levels
ETH's decline is not just following BTC's drop but also compounded by its own issues: continuous ETF outflows, upgrade delays causing uncertainty, and decreased burn volume weakening the deflation narrative. Therefore, ETH's rebound resilience is usually weaker than BTC's, and the ETH/BTC ratio is under pressure.
Key short-term levels:
● Downside: $2,350; if broken, look for $2,330—$2,300.
● Upside: $2,384—$2,400; failure to reclaim this range means continued weakness. $ETH $BTC The 28th FOMC is approaching, and the crypto market is preemptively selling off.
The mainstream market expectation is to keep the interest rate unchanged this time, but the decline essentially prices in inflation uncertainty in advance.
The decision itself is not important; the focus is on Powell's post-meeting remarks and the dot plot: whether the option for future rate hikes will be retained.
High-risk assets are proactively deleveraging to avoid risk before the macro uncertainties are resolved, causing a stampede that amplifies the decline.
Don't blindly bottom-fish; volatility will increase before the meeting. Be patient and wait for expectations to settle before making decisions.
There are two possible scenarios afterward:
If the speech is dovish, alleviating concerns about future rate hikes, the market will have room to recover;
If the stance is hawkish, with inflation risks still present, this correction is far from over.
At this point, do not heavily buy the dip. With macro uncertainties unresolved, the market's margin for error is very low. Control your impulses and wait for the meeting outcome. #10月FOMC临近，美联储暂停加息还有哪些变数？ $BTC $ETH Don't be fooled by the rhetoric! "Decentralization of minting rights and the birth of stablecoins" are all just plans; the real progress of Core only includes these 3 things
Many bullish promotions about decentralizing minting rights, sovereign stablecoins, treasury and government integration currently remain at the roadmap narrative stage and have not truly been implemented. The 8.31 vulnerability incident precisely proved that the reward issuance rules have flaws. The hard fork was led by the project team coordinating with validators, and minting-related permissions have not been decentralized to the community; the highly anticipated flagship product SatPay has been continuously delayed, and there is no native stablecoin closed loop deployed for the general public.
Excluding PPT visions, the only three things currently solidly implemented and verifiable on-chain are: first, the Satoshi Plus underlying consensus is running normally, supporting BTC non-custodial staking, relying on Bitcoin's CLTV time lock, allowing users to stake BTC principal and redeem independently and stably; second, the Hermes hard fork completed the underlying technical upgrade, with EVM compatibility and basic functions like contract deployment available; third, a small number of validator nodes continue to produce blocks, maintaining the minimum operation of the chain.
Other large-scale integrations of banks, institutions, treasuries, and normalized revenue buyback flywheels have not been fulfilled. There are fewer than 20 active independent validators, consensus has narrowed to a small circle collaboration, reserve address chip transfers show anomalies, and 69 million ghost chips' selling pressure still looms.
Staking BTC principal is relatively safe, but do not mistake long-term plans for facts that have already been implemented. Don't think about bottom-fishing; the more you do it, the more you lose! Tonight BTC fell below 80,000, and the bulls continue to be harvested. I remain bearish.
Tonight BTC dropped to around 79,750 USD at its lowest, officially breaking the 80,000 USD psychological level. The entire network saw about 642 million USD liquidated in 24 hours, with long positions accounting for 502 million USD, about 78%.
In the past hour alone, liquidations exceeded 202 million USD, and the decline is triggering continuous forced liquidations.
BTC is currently around 80,100 USD, with 145 million USD liquidated in 24 hours, and longs accounting for over 93%. ETH price dropped to around 2,341 USD, with liquidations of about 106 million USD. ZEC fell to around 1,134 USD, down more than 7% in 24 hours, with long liquidations of about 19.51 million USD.
On the spot side, BTC saw a net outflow of 93.28 million USD, ETH a net outflow of 26.63 million USD, and ZEC a net outflow of 11.38 million USD. Spot outflows combined with contract deleveraging indicate this round is not a simple flash crash.
Today macro factors are also suppressing risk assets. Oil prices rose above 116 USD, the 10-year US Treasury yield returned to 4.99%, the Dow Jones fell 1.2%, and the market is re-trading inflation and high interest rate pressures.
I remain bearish tomorrow. If BTC cannot quickly reclaim and hold above 80,000 USD, any rebound will be considered just a correction. On the downside, we first look at 79,000–79,500; if broken, we will continue to look for lower long liquidation zones. ETH attention is on 2,300, ZEC has heavier leverage and its decline will still exceed the broader market, so don't think about opening ZEC longs; just wait and see.比特币 BTC：为什么跌得多？什么原因导致的呢？请看下面数据分析：
维度 当前情况 对价格的影响
价格位置 约 80,600—80,900 美元，跌破 50 日均线 短线技术面转弱，支撑变压力
ETF 成本线 美国现货 BTC ETF 平均持仓成本约 81,500 美元 跌破后部分机构从“止盈”转向“止损/赎回”
ETF 资金流 10 月 22 日单日净流出约 6.35 亿美元，为 6 月以来最大 机构资金边际撤退，现货卖压增加
杠杆清算 过去 24 小时全网爆仓约 4.66 亿美元，多单占近七成 爆仓引发连锁抛售，放大跌幅
宏观压力 油价高企、AI 股回调、美联储 10 月 28 日议息临近 风险资产整体承压，BTC 跟随科技股波动
BTC 本身没有链上事故，也不是“比特币网络出问题”。它现在更像高波动风险资产：当美股科技股、油价、利率预期同时恶化时，BTC 会先被减仓。
短线关键位：
● 下方：80,000 美元；若有效跌破，参考 79,000—77,600 美元。
● 上方：81,500—82,000 美元；重新站回才能缓解 ETF 成本线压力。$BTC $HBAR
How can enterprise applications become demand that can be priced?
In this morning's spot snapshot, HBAR's 24-hour price change was -3.12%, ranging from 0.07583 to 0.08178 USDT.
Price pullback reminders suggest research should not stop at transaction counts. Low-fee activities can boost usage statistics but may not generate sufficient revenue; enterprise cases also require continuous payment to validate.
If actual fees grow in sync with stable users, valuation can be reassessed; if only activity counts increase without economic demand change, the application narrative premium should be reduced. $ETH ETH fell below 2,300, but the real pain point is not at 2,300 itself—Coinglass data shows that 2,286 is the liquidation concentration zone. Once reached, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEXs will surge to $676 million.
What happened? The 2,300 psychological support was broken, and the 2,286 liquidation zone is now within range. In the past 24 hours, Ethereum long positions liquidated $50.55 million, while shorts only $13.25 million, with bulls being crushed one-sidedly.
Why is this worth attention? Because this is not just a simple price correction. Ethereum spot ETFs saw a net outflow of $1.08 billion in October, marking the largest monthly outflow this year, nearly wiping out the inflows from September. Leveraged longs are holding on, ETF funds are retreating, squeezing from both sides simultaneously.
Which observation is more supported? It supports the view that "long crowding is high and chips are being passively cleared" rather than confirming a trend direction. Liquidations and ETF outflows do not create direction; they only amplify vulnerability.
Next thing to watch: Will 2,286 hold as a bottom or break and accelerate the decline? After breaking below 2,300 technically, the next reference level is around 2,200. Will the 2,286 line become a floor or a slide tonight? Feel free to share your ETH positions in the comments. $ETH $DOGE will continue to go down, dropping 6.30% in 24 hours. Almost all liquidations are longs, with $3.33 million against 30,000 shorts. Those forced out are the longs chasing the rebound with leverage; almost no shorts have been hit. During this decline, the shorts have faced little pressure. Compared to the 210 million positions, this liquidation only cleared a small portion; many longs remain in the market. The price is again close to the intraday low of 0.07472; if it breaks below, the liquidation levels of the next batch of longs will be triggered one after another, making the decline likely to accelerate on its own. The funding rate for the third period has turned from positive to negative, which only indicates cooling bullish sentiment and should not be used as a directional signal. The trading volume of 300 million is larger than the open interest, indicating rapid turnover, but the rebound lacks volume, matching the volume contraction seen on the chart during the rebound. Conditions for going long: the price must retake 0.08034, the 24-hour high of this round; otherwise, the bearish view remains valid. Current long liquidation intensity below: $750 million
Short liquidation intensity above: $1.75 billion
In most cases, the price moves in the direction of least resistance.
This morning it was said that $80,300 would accelerate the decline; currently, long positions across the network have liquidated over $600 million. The biggest pain point for the bulls right now is $79,500.
I see some people shouting again about bottom-fishing Bitcoin at $50,000 or $60,000, which is completely baseless. As long as it stays above $74,000, it is still considered a bull market.
Why $74,000? I believe it is the dividing line between bull and bear markets:
1. The maximum micro-strategy cost line for Bitcoin bulls is around $75,000
2. $74,000 is the position where the leader was elected, breaking through the ceiling
Don't panic at this level; opportunities in a bull market are all created by dips.Damn, BTC really broke through 79700 tonight, dropping as low as 79223, ETH fell to 2283, and SOL couldn't even hold 100, hitting a low of 98.79.
This afternoon I was still thinking it would have to struggle around 80,000 for a while, but Saturday night just threw me this surprise.
Yesterday, spot demand kept dropping, no one was buying spot, but leverage kept piling up, so a slight drop easily triggers a crash.
BTC is now at 79408, the 15-minute MA7 is still at 80126, MA25 at 80487, and the MACD green bars are expanding. 79700 was the support I was watching closely, but now that it's broken, I'll treat it as resistance.
Next, I plan to wait for BTC to rebound to 79700–80000; if it rallies up and then gets slammed back down, I'll consider shorting with a stop loss at 80350, first target 79200, if broken then 78800 and 78500. If it firmly holds above 80350 again, I'll just exit.
ETH is now 2294, having lost 2300; I want to wait for a rebound between 2310–2330 to fail before shorting, stop loss at 2355, targets at 2280 and 2250.
SOL is around 99, 100 is a tricky level; if it can't hold between 99.8–100.5 on a rebound, I'll look to short with a stop loss at 101.3, targets at 98 and 96.5.
One more thing to be careful about tonight: 79200 is very close now. If it suddenly breaks down and quickly bounces back, I won't chase shorts.ETH is currently at 2,290, right on the giant whale liquidation line: multiple large long positions have liquidation prices concentrated between 2,286—2,301, and breaking below 2,286 triggers 676 million in liquidations. 80% of long positions were liquidated in 24h, and ETFs lost 1.08 billion in October. 2,355 is the threshold for recovery. $ETH #BTC现货ETF资金反复，市场买盘能否企稳？ Just now BTC quickly dipped to 79,300 with no sudden negative news; this is due to multiple factors resonating together plus a leverage chain forced liquidation:
1. Macro mainline (the core): U.S. Treasury yields rising, cooling expectations of rate cuts, oil price increases causing inflation concerns, and high interest rate expectations suppressing all risk assets without cash flow (BTC, Nasdaq, small-cap coins all under pressure).
2. ETF capital flow: Recently, spot Bitcoin ETFs have intermittently seen net outflows, institutional buying has weakened, passive selling pressure has increased, and bullish support has diminished.
3. Derivatives leverage stampede: 80,000 is both a psychological and key support level; breaking below it triggered massive stop losses and long position liquidations, creating a negative feedback loop of "drop → forced liquidation → continued dumping," rapidly hitting 79,300 in a short time. Many of these sharp drops are driven by intra-day clearing, not news.
4. Sentiment level: Recently, market risk appetite has been weak, so any breach easily amplifies panic. 🔎 ZEC trades more frequently, LINK has larger single transactions, but the buzz means different things
$ZEC 1164.84, down 4.5% in the last 24 hours, with transaction count increasing faster 🔎
The last complete 4-hour candlestick shows transaction count increased by about 44.4% compared to the previous one, while transaction volume only rose about 12.3%, resulting in a lower average amount per transaction.
I tend to interpret this as an increase in trading frequency, not necessarily more large purchases.
Market heat can enter in different ways: denser transactions or larger single trades can both boost volume, but the participation rhythm differs.
$SUI 0.9652, down 2.6% in the last 24 hours, with half the price range captured in the lower shadow 💧
The last complete 4-hour candlestick recovered from a low of 0.94 to close at 0.9608, with the lower shadow accounting for about half of the entire high-low range.
A pullback from the low is a fact, and the overall close is still down.
I maintain two layers of evaluation: the dip was not ignored, but the upward response didn’t fully recover the open; this structure allows for partial repair, so it’s not yet appropriate to dismiss the downtrend phase.
$LINK 11.877, down 2.5% in the last 24 hours, with average transaction amount also increasing 🔗
The last complete 4-hour candlestick had about 1.95 times the transaction count of the previous one, and about 2.56 times the transaction volume, so the average amount per transaction increased accordingly.
The weight of trades is heavier, but the scale growth hasn’t changed the direction.
When comparing transactions, separating the count and average amount per trade is more useful than interpreting all volume increases as the same positive signal.ETH fell below 2,300, but the real pain point is not at 2,300 itself—Coinglass data shows that $2,286 is the liquidation concentration zone. Once reached, the cumulative long position liquidation intensity on mainstream CEXs will surge to $676 million.
What happened? The psychological support at 2,300 was broken, and the 2,286 liquidation zone is now within range. In the past 24 hours, Ethereum long positions liquidated $50.55 million, while short positions only $13.25 million, with bulls being crushed one-sidedly.
Why is this worth attention? Because this is not just a simple price correction. Ethereum spot ETFs saw a net outflow of $1.08 billion in October, marking the largest monthly outflow this year, nearly wiping out the inflows from September. Leveraged longs are holding on, ETF funds are retreating, squeezing from both sides simultaneously.
Which observation is more supported? It supports the view that "long crowding is high, and chips are being passively cleared" rather than confirming a trend direction. Liquidations and ETF outflows do not create direction; they only amplify vulnerability.
Next thing to watch: Will 2,286 hold as a bottom or break through and accelerate the decline? Technically, after breaking 2,300, the next reference level is around 2,200. Will the 2,286 line become a floor or a slide tonight? Feel free to share your ETH positions in the comments. $ETH The moment BTC fell below 80,000, the bulls became the ones being harvested. In the past hour, the entire network liquidated $291 million, with long positions accounting for $274 million; over $200 million was liquidated within 15 minutes, almost all from longs.
What happened? The 80,000 level was breached, and leveraged longs were liquidated in a chain reaction during the decline. In 24 hours, long liquidations reached $319 million, far exceeding shorts at $147 million.
Why is this important? The liquidation map shows that if it continues to break below 79,000, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on major CEXs will rise to $855 million. This is not a simple pullback; it is a forced release of crowded long positions.
Which observation is more supported? Currently, the "leveraged clearing, short-term defense" view is more supported rather than a confirmed trend direction—liquidations themselves do not create direction, they only amplify volatility.
Next, watch two things: the speed at which 80,000 is reclaimed, and whether the funding rate flips from positive to negative. A flip in funding rate would indicate that the bulls have truly conceded.
Will the liquidation map at 79,000 light up tonight? Feel free to discuss your positions in the comments. $BTC October FOMC Approaches: What Could Still Prevent the Fed from Pausing Rate Hikes?
Let me give you my conclusion first: An October pause looks increasingly likely, but a pause does not mean the Fed has turned fully dovish.
On one side, nonfarm payrolls increased by just 29,000, while unemployment climbed to 4.2%. On the other, CPI remains elevated at 3.7%, and core inflation is proving stubborn.#DailyOrbit U.S. stock markets are closed on the weekend, but $VST perpetual contracts never rest.
OKX announced on 10-22 for this batch of TradFi perpetuals: Trading hours 24/7, settled in USDT, settled every 8 hours. The underlying stocks closed on Friday, but the contracts did not.
So on Saturday: at 17:00 on 10-24, the 1H candle for $VST surged to 142.54 then dropped back to 137.00, a 4% swing, with $29,000 in volume, compared to just a few hundred dollars the previous hour. That same night at 12:00, $NVO dropped to 37.59, 3.74% lower than the underlying stock's Friday close of 39.05, with 957 contracts traded.
The underlying stocks closed Friday at VST 140.16 and NVO 39.05, while the perpetuals now quote 139.17 and 38.60 — no one can close positions over the weekend, so your positions drift by 0.71% and 1.16% respectively.
The order book is even thinner: the top 100 buy orders for VST total just over $20,000; ABBV's best bid is 281.6 and best ask 285, a spread of 1.2%; open interest is $54,000 for VST and $22,000 for AMGN.
Weekend volatility is not from the stocks, but from leveraged positions; stop losses may be triggered even when the underlying stock hasn't moved. Do you hold direction over the weekend using it? $VSTBTC has dropped, but leverage is still increasing. In the past 6 hours, Bitcoin's price has fallen from around 81,000, yet the contract open interest has risen from 92,208 to 93,266 contracts, and the funding rate remains at +0.0046%. Price is down, leverage is up, and longs are still paying to hold positions—these three things happening simultaneously is much more awkward than simply being bearish.
What happened? During the decline, leveraged funds did not retreat; instead, they increased positions to "buy the dip."
Why is this worth noting? Because Coinglass data shows that if BTC falls below $79,000, the cumulative long liquidation pressure on major exchanges will reach about $855 million. The current increase in open interest is not far from this liquidation zone.
Which observation does this support more? It supports the view of "short-term structural fragility and crowded longs" rather than a confirmed directional trend. Leverage accumulating during a decline is essentially fueling the liquidation engine.
Next, watch one thing: whether open interest falls before price drops or continues to hold steady. The former means leverage is clearing out; the latter means pressure is building.
Who will hit the $79,000 liquidation map first? Feel free to discuss in the comments. $BTC Bitcoin ended a 66-day streak today: it closed below the 50-day moving average for the first time since August. Meanwhile, the US spot Bitcoin ETF saw a net outflow of over $770 million in two days, with $635.6 million withdrawn on Thursday alone—the largest single-day redemption since June.
What happened? The price broke technical support, combined with institutional funds withdrawing for two consecutive days, two signals appearing simultaneously.
Why is this worth attention? The 50-day moving average is the "psychological cost line" for short-term holders. After standing firm for 66 consecutive days, its first breach means that the funds that entered in the past two months are starting to feel uncomfortable on paper; and the large ETF outflows indicate that some institutions are also choosing to step back at the same time.
Which observation is more supported? Current data supports the view of a "short-term shift to defense/consolidation" rather than confirmation of a one-sided trend—after all, BTC is still about 10% above the 200-day moving average, the mid-term structure is intact, but short-term chips are loosening.
The focus going forward is on two things: whether the 50-day moving average can be quickly reclaimed within two days, and whether ETF outflows narrow significantly on the next trading day.
The first candlestick after the market reopens is often more honest than today's. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments. $BTC $ETH 22 OBJECTIONS. NO REASONS DISCLOSED.
OKXICE’s proposed tokenized-stock venue faces growing resistance:
Oct 15: 9 issuers objected.
Oct 19: 16.
Oct 23: 22.
Wells Fargo, Arm and Intuit are among the latest additions.
Under the SEC framework, objections block qualifying third-party stock tokens on this specific venue—not tokenization everywhere.
Blockchain settlement can be fast. Corporate acceptance may take longer.
#RWA #Tokenization$BTC 在 80000 上方站稳，但一个更值得盯的信号藏在 $ETH 身上：后者已经贴到 2300 附近的 Vegas 通道并获得趋势线支撑，而 BTC 的同一通道还在 76000 一线。这个错位，才是当前最该被讨论的分歧。 复盘 BTC 的历史节奏，几乎每一轮首波拉升结束后，价格都会回踩 Vegas 通道再发动第二段攻势。若这次照旧，从 80000 回到 76000 意味着还有 4000 点空间。问题不在于这个数字，而在于它和 ETH 的位置形成了结构性矛盾：ETH 已经先一步到位，若 BTC 再补跌，ETH 就得同时跌破 Vegas 通道和趋势线，之后的修复成本会明显更高。 这正是市场容易低估的地方。多数人把 76000 当成一个普通支撑位来讨论，但真正的看点是两个主流资产的通道位置不同步。$BTC 的回调若发生，冲击的不只是自身结构，而是把已经到位的 $ETH 推入破位区间——这属于二阶传导，不是简单的同步下跌。换句话说，BTC 的“正常回踩”对 ETH 可能是“超额破坏”。 我目前的仓位是 $PURR，占了一半本金、三倍杠杆。这种配置下，76000 与 80000 之间的 4📉 Has Bitcoin Really Hit the Bottom? I'm Not Convinced Yet. 👀 Many traders are calling the latest $BTC correction a confirmed bottom, but I think it's too early to celebrate. Markets don't turn bullish simply because prices have fallen significantly. The data needs to confirm the reversal. 📊 What Do Previous Bitcoin Cycles Tell Us? Looking at historical bear-market bottoms, several signals are worth monitoring: ❌ Fibonacci Support: Has BTC reached an important retracement zone, such as the 0.#闪迪存储业务高增长能否延续？
$SNDK 10/29 earnings report, expected revenue 10.677 billion, year-over-year +362.59%.
▪️ Expected revenue 10.6766 billion
▪️ Net profit expected 7.324 billion, year-over-year +6438.90%
▪️ Revenue four consecutive quarters 3.025 → 5.95 → 8.965 → 10.677 billion, quarter-over-quarter 96.7% → 50.7% → 19.1%
▪️ NAND contract price quarter-over-quarter +85~90% → +15~20%
▪️ 8 long-term contracts lock in 93.9 billion guaranteed revenue
▪️ 10/23 closing price 1,238.03, 52-week high −47.4%, RSI 16.68
Year-over-year +362.59% compares to last year's base of 2.3 billion, while the three consecutive quarter-over-quarter declines tell a different story.
Last quarter's adjusted gross margin was 84.6%, which is not typical for this company — the NAND industry twenty-year average is between 30% and 40%, and its margin has already dropped four levels from that line.
On 10/29, the question is not whether revenue can reach 10.677 billion, but whether the 84% margin will still hold.Today's market didn't give people time to react.
Brothers chasing longs, today was another day of collective buying.
But more chilling than liquidations are the absurd cluster of security incidents.
Initia was directly halted by attackers. The attackers exploited an unauthorized token minting vulnerability to mint 2 million AUSD out of thin air without collateral, then cross-chain withdrew 1.4 million AUSD, 105 ETH, and 1.08 million USDC, with total losses around $2.6 million. Initia then shut down the entire L1 mainnet and all connected Rollup networks, and the native token INIT briefly dropped to $0.115. A Layer 1 chain halted directly due to a minting vulnerability—this cost is quite heavy.
X100 is even more sinister, a governance attack. The attackers took over two of the project's three “Senate” governance seats, sold 400,000 X tokens from the treasury into a self-created empty pool, and in two transactions drained about 4.85 million USDT, while the attack was still ongoing when Blockaid issued an alert.
There is an interesting divergence in the funding side. This week, Bitcoin spot ETFs saw a net inflow of about $301 million, but it was all supported by BlackRock's IBIT with $566 million; Fidelity's FBTC had a net outflow of $116.6 million, ARKB outflowed $99.6 million, and Grayscale's GBTC outflowed $51.8 million. IBIT had a unilateral inflow, while the others generally bled out, showing institutional factions are taking sides. #AIMemoryDemand October's flash PMI complicates the apparent case for a Fed pause. A 57.6 composite reading points to resilient activity, while selling prices rose at their fastest pace since August 2022. That pairing gives policymakers little room to sound complacent about inflation.
Rates may still stay unchanged, but the guidance could matter more: December remains a live question, not a conclusion.Capital Flow: Whales Are Withdrawing Coins, but ETFs Are Retreating—Who Is "Taking Over"?
📈 Positive On-Chain Signals: Since October 1, 40 newly created wallets have withdrawn about 9,458 BTC (worth approximately $771.5 million) from market maker Wintermute. During the same period, wallets associated with Fidelity and BlackRock also received Bitcoin from Binance. On October 22, the net outflow from Bitcoin spot exchanges was about 22.633 billion. The withdrawal behavior of whales and institutional wallets indicates that large holders are not panic selling near 80,000 but are reallocating their holdings.
📉 However, ETF outflows represent a more direct marginal pressure: two consecutive days of large net outflows mean that incremental buying through ETF channels is drying up. Whale withdrawals represent a "transfer of existing chips," while ETF outflows represent the "disappearance of incremental funds"—the implications for price are completely different. The "thickness" of support depends on whether incremental funds can recover, not on the locked-in existing chips.
$BTC $ETH $IRYS #SK海力士Q3财报在即，HBM4能否提振盈利？ Single-day ETF inflows and outflows are no longer sufficient signals. From October 12 to 16, the US spot BTC ETF saw a net outflow of about 229 million dollars, with a weekly total of nearly 700 million dollars exiting; during the same period, the spot ETH ETF outflowed about 320 million dollars. The numbers look quite alarming, but $BTC bounced back from 83K to hover around 96,000, with the direction completely mismatched.
What really changed the perspective was the flow direction flipping: two days outflow, one day inflow, then outflow again, with no four consecutive days in the same direction. This back-and-forth indicates that the money entering is tactical; with unclear direction, people exit first, no one wants to lock in and wait. Net fluctuations of several hundred million in a day are very small relative to the overall ETF scale, unable to support or crush the price.
Whether the buying can stabilize now mainly depends on two things: whether there is a continuous inflow for more than five days in the same direction, and whether the sideways position around 96,000 can hold. Tonight’s US stock market opening is a point to observe; most ETF orders placed during the day will only reflect after the market opens.
If it closes above 96,000 steadily this week, the ETF fluctuations won’t constitute pressure; if it truly falls back to the previous low near 83K, it means the buying in this rebound comes from other sources, and then we will recalculate.
#BTC现货ETF资金反复，市场买盘能否企稳？ A roadmap to understand the "life" of Core DAO: mainnet stabilized, ecosystem launched, revenue collapsed, nodes withdrew
Reviewing Core's complete journey, four sentences summarize its current state. The mainnet launched in 2023, Satoshi Plus consensus ran smoothly, underlying block production stabilized, BTC non-custodial staking framework implemented, the mainnet foundation firmly established; then the ecosystem quickly attracted projects, a large number of DApps settled in, TVL surged, community enthusiasm peaked, it seemed the BTCFi ecosystem had taken shape.
But the prosperity was only superficial, the revenue loop never fully materialized. SatPay, the core revenue pillar, was continuously delayed, on-chain fees remained low for a long time, the planned Q3 revenue buyback was completely abandoned due to lack of stable cash flow. Coupled with the 8.31 reward loophole outbreak, 69 million ghost tokens leaked out, and large transfers from reserve addresses kept occurring.
The plan to expand to 31 validators ended up reversed: official nodes withdrew in batches, active independent validators shrank to fewer than 20, consensus narrowed to a small circle collaboration. The project team shed operational burdens, but still retained control over token disposal.
BTC staking relies on Bitcoin's CLTV timelock, with private keys self-held, principal unaffected by chain governance. The mainnet and ecosystem were once highlights, but the most critical commercial revenue completely failed, and node withdrawal marks the project entering a low-cost maintenance phase.$PONS — From 0.9 to 0.22! 📉🔥
At 0.9, I opened my short position. Everyone said I was crazy to short this coin.
At 0.7, I said $PONS could fall all the way to 0.2. Everyone called me stupid, insisting this coin was destined to make a new all-time high.
Now look at the price — 0.22, just one step away from my target of 0.2. 🎯
Sometimes, the market speaks louder than the crowd. I trust my analysis and let the price action tell the story.#DailyOrbit $SNDK SanDisk's earnings report this quarter painfully played out like "top of the class, but parents complain you didn't get a perfect score." 📉
First, let's look at how explosive the report card is:
📈 Revenue 8.965 billion, a year-over-year surge of 372%.
📈 Data center business took off directly (up 437% YoY), with gross margin hard hitting 84.6%.
With such strong performance, why did the stock price drop first? Simply put, it has risen 5 times this year, and expectations have already been raised sky-high. At this point, "exceeding expectations" is not enough; the market wants a "breakthrough ceiling." If it doesn't hit the extreme, profit-taking happens first.
So, can this high growth continue? Don't just focus on spot prices; look at two trump cards:
First, long-term contract price locks.
SanDisk holds $42 billion in long-term agreements, of which $11 billion is guaranteed income, directly covering 35% of next fiscal year's capacity. It's like a landlord signing a five-year lease for the entire building—no matter how the outside market fluctuates, my rent is guaranteed.
Second, customer structure overhaul.
The data center bit share soared from 12% to 38%. Earning money from large enterprises is definitely much more stable than competing in the red ocean of consumer electronics (PCs/phones).
Where are the risks?
Consumer electronics are still dragging behind, and by the second half of 2027, new capacity releases may bring price correction pressure.
#闪迪存储业务高增长能否延续？ $BTC just broke below $80,000!!!
I was about to write an article on whether $BTC would break below 80 tonight, but a quick look shows it already has.
🔻 On the contract fundamentals side, the open interest of perpetual contracts remains high at around $33 billion, with little change in recent days, indicating that overall market leverage is still high but no large-scale deleveraging has occurred.
🔻 The funding rate remains positive, weighted around 0.004%-0.01% per 8 hours on major exchanges, meaning longs continue to pay shorts, reflecting some bullish sentiment in the market. However, the rate is not extreme and far from overcrowded. The long-to-short account ratio is about 68% favoring longs. Liquidations in the past 24 hours have been mainly longs, around $100 million, with relatively fewer short liquidations. This shows that leveraged longs have started to be forced to close positions during the price decline. If it breaks below $80,000 further, it may trigger more chain liquidations, intensifying the downward move.
🔻 Overall, the contract market fundamentals have not deteriorated significantly (e.g., funding rate turning negative or a sharp drop in open interest), but high leverage combined with spot outflows makes the $80,000 support fragile (now broken). If spot trading volume increases tonight and breaks this level, long liquidations could push the price further down to the $78,000-$79,000 range; conversely, if it holds and funding rates fall, a consolidation between $80,500 and $82,000 is possible.
Hold on, I have a feeling the decline will continue. But ETH also has real issues: CPI at 2.6% pushed rate hike expectations back to 30%, Binance saw 106 million long liquidations in one hour, ETFs ran 1.08 billion in a month, 767,000 ETH queued to exit staking, Nasdaq dropped 2.6% with funds fleeing to US Treasuries, and 676 million long liquidations below 2286 are waiting.
2352 is not the "bottom." 2352 is the position where "after CPI crashes down, leveraged longs get liquidated, and the price is searching for the next willing bidder." If 2286 holds and FOMC doesn't turn hawkish, 2420 to 2470 is the next repair target. If 2286 breaks, then the 676 million liquidation will be the next graveyard for longs.
Don't talk about bottom fishing on the night when 106 million longs get buried alive. First, see if 2286 can hold. Also, will the Fed on October 28 be the last straw that breaks the camel's back?
(The above content does not constitute investment advice. The market has risks; only those alive have the right to talk about the future.) $BTC $ETH $ZEC #10月FOMC临近，美联储暂停加息还有哪些变数？ #AI需求支撑存储市场，芯片股行情反复 #中东原油供应风险再起，油价持续走强 #Strategy Earnings Preview: BTC Book Profits Rebound Sharply
The leader has something to say
Strategy will release its Q3 earnings report after the market closes on October 29. Preliminary data shows that Q3 digital asset fair value gains are expected to reach $20.9 billion. As of October 4, it holds about 848,000 BTC. The earnings data is very likely to look very good.
However, I believe the impact of this earnings report is limited; the real trouble lies on the index side. Some comments in the discussion section hit the mark: MSCI's new rules may exclude Strategy, triggering about $2.8 billion in passive sell-offs and impacting financing. As long as the final list is not announced by November 11, this uncertainty remains, suppressing MSTR's valuation premium and casting doubt on its ability to finance and increase BTC holdings.
The market is already reflecting this concern, with MSTR down 3.28% and xMSTR also down 3.28%. No matter how good the paper profits in the earnings report are, they cannot withstand the expectation of passive fund withdrawals.
For crypto, Strategy is the largest corporate treasury. If it is kicked out of the index and financing is hindered, BTC loses an important structural buyer.
BTC experienced a waterfall drop last night; now we watch to see if the 80,000 level can hold. If it doesn't hold, expect a deeper pullback, with resistance above at 84,000 to 85,000. Do not chase the rally or sell in panic; set your orders with proper stop losses. $BTC $ETH $IRYS
The above analysis is time-sensitive; orders must have stop losses set. Good luck.$ETHFI
Approaching sideways movement, does staking token mean lower commercial risk?
In this morning's spot snapshot, ETHFI's 24-hour price change was -0.14%, ranging between 0.6267—0.671 USDT.
The scale of staked assets may be mechanically affected by the token price; changes in locked amounts do not equal net user inflow. Protocol fees, incentive expenditures, and holders' economic rights must also be verified.
If scale growth brings sustainable net income and clear benefits, the support is more stable; if it mainly relies on incentives to retain funds, price stability may only be a transitional phase.For this SanDisk question, I choose Yes, first showing my position 👇
Yes 8.13 shares, cost 6.01 XP, currently a small unrealized loss of -0.08 XP (-1.35%), no panic, this question needs to wait for the October 29 earnings report to see the real outcome.
The logic for betting Yes is the super cycle of storage: AI data centers have caused NAND shortages, institutions judge that supply tightness will last at least until 2027, and NAND may be the next product with the strongest price increase. SanDisk's own revenue guidance for this quarter is as high as 10.3–10.8 billion USD, with a consensus EPS expectation of about 46 USD—last year at the same time it was only 1.22 USD, this increase relies on price hikes.
Risks are also clearly stated: the stock price has risen five to six times this year, expectations are already maxed out, so the threshold for this question is not "good performance" but "must beat guidance"; plus concerns about Chinese manufacturers expanding production recently hit the storage stocks. So I give this trade about a 60% chance of winning, participating with a small position, and will see the result when the earnings report lands.For this SanDisk question, I choose Yes, first showing my position 👇
Yes 8.13 shares, cost 6.01 XP, currently a small unrealized loss of -0.08 XP (-1.35%), no panic, this question needs to wait for the October 29 earnings report to see the real outcome.
The logic for betting Yes is the super cycle of storage: AI data centers have caused NAND shortages, institutions judge that supply tightness will last at least until 2027, and NAND may be the next product with the strongest price increase. SanDisk's own revenue guidance for this quarter is as high as 10.3–10.8 billion USD, with a consensus EPS expectation of about 46 USD—last year at the same time it was only 1.22 USD, this increase relies on price hikes.
Risks are also clearly stated: the stock price has risen five to six times this year, expectations are already maxed out, so the threshold for this question is not "good performance" but "must beat guidance"; plus concerns about Chinese manufacturers expanding production recently hit the storage stocks. So I give this trade about a 60% chance of winning, participating with a small position, and will see the result when the earnings report lands.From Genesis to Retreat: A Complete Review of Core DAO's Development Roadmap (2023-2027), with a Fulfillment Rate Below 30%
Mainnet launched in 2023, gaining rapid attention by leveraging Satoshi Plus consensus and non-custodial BTC staking narrative, becoming the hottest BTCFi project at the time. The underlying staking framework, EVM compatibility, and basic block production capabilities were successfully implemented, representing one of the few achievements the project delivered. From 2024 to 2025, it attracted funds and developers through Ignition incentive events, briefly pushing TVL higher, but commercial products remained stuck in testing and pilot phases.
The 2026 roadmap set ambitious goals: AMP asset management, LST liquid staking, SatPay payments, institutional integration, and a Q3 revenue buyback flywheel, planning to expand validators to 31. Reality repeatedly failed: on August 31, a reward loophole emerged, causing 69 million ghost tokens to escape; the Hermes hard fork in September only blocked new minting; official nodes continued to withdraw, shrinking active validators to fewer than 20. SatPay was repeatedly delayed, and buybacks lacked cash flow support.
The 2027 expected blueprint is reduced to maintaining the chain's minimum block production. Overall statistics show that most underlying infrastructure goals were achieved, but commercial and revenue commitments largely failed, with a comprehensive fulfillment rate under 30%. BTC staking relies on Bitcoin's CLTV timelock, with private keys self-held, keeping principal relatively safe. This chain's technical foundation barely survives, and the original BTCFi commercial story has quietly exited the stage.$AXIS has been observed for two days; the listing comes with super strong fees, and the top 10 IP share has not decreased but actually increased.
Today's ability to produce such a large daily candlestick shadow is entirely due to the dealer's left hand transferring to the right hand; the actual market circulation might be far less than 0.1%.
All indicators, supports, and resistances are drawn by one team. If they want it to go north, it will go up; if they want it to go south, it can go down anytime. A large market doesn't need to be pushed too high or smashed too low; it only needs to attract a continuous stream of opposing orders, and they can generate huge profits.#BTC现货ETF资金反复，市场买盘能否企稳？
The Coinbase premium index has been negative for 31 consecutive days, not a new variable but the third confirmation signal of the "conditional double kill scenario": U.S. spot buying is absent in this range.
Reading: about -0.14%, low point -0.19%, the lowest since July.
30 days indicate panic,
40 days indicate adjustment,
90 days indicate "structural change."
Repeatedly breaking records shows this is a chronic state of absent U.S. spot demand, not short-term sentiment.
These three are the same thing: forced liquidation of leveraged longs (89% of liquidations are long positions) + ETF daily outflow of $635 million, net outflow of $176 million in October + Coinbase negative premium for 31 days without turning positive = sellers are forced liquidations and redemptions, buyers are absent on the U.S. spot side.
This reinforces the 80K / 77K scenario: 31 days of negative premium is direct evidence that "spot buying is not stepping in," tipping the scales further toward the pressured side.
The only contrary clue: whale accumulation diverges from U.S. spot hesitation, but whale accumulation is off-exchange/cold wallets and does not directly reflect in the Coinbase premium, so it cannot hedge marginal selling pressure for now.
31 days of negative premium is not new bad news, but a reconfirmation of an old problem.
The defense logic for 80K is sliding from "conditions to watch" toward "conditions already met." @OKX中文 @OKX星球 Even gold has fallen below 4000! No rise even during war, how come the safe-haven myth isn't working?
Everyone's stunned today: Middle East conflict, oil prices soaring, inflation rising, by the old script gold should be skyrocketing, right? But spot gold directly fell below $4000, the first time since the end of July, dropping over 4% this week.
Honestly, this is the most abnormal part—geopolitical conflicts have escalated this much, yet gold no longer acts as a safe haven and falls along with the broader market. Why?
The core reason is two words: interest rates. Gold is a zero-yield asset, now U.S. Treasuries in dollars offer both interest and security, so the opportunity cost of holding gold has been pushed very high. Oil prices surge, inflation expectations rebound, the market increasingly believes the Fed will keep rates "higher for longer" without easing, so the dollar and U.S. Treasuries strengthen, and gold gets drained. Simply put, safe-haven money is now chasing Treasury yields, no one is holding gold.
What's even more interesting is that gold now moves up and down with the Nasdaq, acting like a risk asset; and $BTC's correlation with gold has long turned negative, the "digital gold" label has peeled off.
What does this mean for us crypto players: even traditional safe havens can't protect now, indicating this round is a real liquidity tightening, not just panic sentiment. Before the FOMC, no one should use "safe haven" as a reason to add positions; gold has laid down, BTC is even harder to keep safe, just hold on for now. $XAU On Friday, oil prices rose by nearly four points, but only one defense giant closed in the green.
Lockheed Martin +2.42%, closed at 604.18.
The other five were all down, with GE at the bottom at -2.7%.
Simply put, the answer lies in its Thursday earnings report.
Revenue was 20.7 billion, 10% more than the same period last year.
Earnings per share were 7.97, compared to 6.95 last year.
Backlog exceeded 290 billion, up more than a quarter in one quarter, with PAC-3 orders over 50 billion.
Full-year guidance was raised.
Plus the F-35 ten-year framework: 850 units, which cannot be realized without multi-year procurement approval from Congress.
Lockheed Martin itself said it could save tens of billions, according to its own calculations.
At first, I thought the pricing was driven by the gunfire in the Strait of Hormuz.
But after checking the data, the money went into the order book.
It might just be the afterglow of the earnings report, I can't say for sure.
The order book is louder than the gunfire.
It rose nearly 10% in two days, with volume more than doubling.
Still more than 10% below the 52-week high, so I’m not worried.
What worries me is that it has already risen 15% this month.
I’m not chasing it.
If it stands back above 604 with volume not shrinking, then the premium is spreading across the whole sector, and I admit I was wrong.
If it falls below 589.91, the recent gains are just sentiment and don’t count.
If it falls below 551.51, this month’s gains will be fully given back.
We’ll settle the score at next Friday’s close.
In this defense rally, are you siding with the order book or the gunfire?
$LMT $NOC $RTX
#LMTOrderBook #TradingVoice: Your experience deserves to be heardSNDK SanDisk｜Market Logic Overview
The core driving force behind the current SNDK (SanDisk) market rally comes from the explosive demand for AI data center storage. It has previously experienced a strong super cycle with a considerable cumulative increase.
From a fundamental perspective, there are still many supporting factors: strong demand for enterprise-grade SSDs, long-term orders from major cloud providers, and tight NAND chip supply, which has driven continuous improvement in the company's gross margin.
However, the market pattern has clearly changed: the stock price is fluctuating repeatedly at a high level, with a large amount of profit-taking chips accumulated in the market, and optimistic market expectations have basically been fully priced in.
Currently, three major potential risks need to be closely watched:
1. Storage is a typical strong cyclical sector; the release of new production capacity in the future can easily suppress flash memory product prices.
2. If capital expenditure in the AI industry contracts, demand on the storage side will quickly come under pressure.
3. Current valuations already fully reflect market expectations; if business growth slows down later, there is pressure for valuation correction.
In summary: the phase of purely one-sided upward movement is over, and the market will enter a high-volatility, oscillating game phase going forward. $SNDK 风险不在价格本身，而在仓位太挤了。 多空比一起往上拱，这到底是趋势在加固，还是反转在悄悄靠近？ 昨晚翻 BTC、ETH、SOL 的多空比，三条线几乎同步抬升，多头仓位一层一层往上叠。第一反应不是兴奋，是有点发凉——当同一方向的人变多，市场最脆弱的一环就不再是价格，而是仓位结构本身。价格跌一点不致命，挤才是。 拆开看，这波多头堆积有几个背景：前期反弹给了信心，永续资金费率还算温和，杠杆成本不高，于是加仓变得"顺手"。但顺手往往是最危险的时候。多头越集中，上方越容易出现两种走法：一是顺势加速，空头回补叠加新多进场，波动被放大；二是假突破后快速回撤，触发止损链条，形成被动平仓的瀑布。现在市场交易的其实不是"会不会涨"，而是"谁的仓位先扛不住"。 传导路径我这样理解：多空比抬升 → 短线动能看似增强 → 但边际买盘在变少 → 一旦催化缺失或宏观扰动，价格对坏消息的敏感度被放大 → BTC 先抖，ETH 跟随，SOL 这类高 beta 山寨波动更剧烈。也就是说，这个数据更像波动率的前置信号，而不是方向信号。它能告诉你"要动了"，但不太告诉你"往哪动"。 偏多的路径也成立：如果资金费率没有极端化，84,000 bulls shouting a comeback, does your face hurt now?
Two days ago, BTC pulled back to 84,478, ZEC gained 10% in one day, and the comment section was flooding with "the bulls are back." I said something to kill the mood: this is either a short squeeze or an emotional outburst, ETFs are flowing out, off-exchange funds haven't entered, chasing ZEC is just carrying those trapped earlier.
Two days later, the script is exactly the same.
$BTC failed to hold 84,478, now around 80,500, the 80,000 level is in direct danger, 4,000 dollars can disappear in no time.
$ETH gained 2,500 but lost it again, falling back to 2,360, even weaker than BTC.
$ZEC is the worst, smashed from 1,260 down to around 1,140, the 10% gain from two days ago was fully given back and then some, those chasing highs are firmly stuck at the peak.
This wave of selling isn't just about crypto. Brent crude surged to 117, WTI topped 103, a 6-month high, inflation expectations pushed back to 4.7%, and the FOMC rate hike talk for next Tuesday is getting louder, funds are retreating early.
Still the same saying, it's not about who is braver now, but who has steadier hands. If 80,000 breaks again, the little profit from chasing the rebound will be wiped out by a single candlestick.
#10月FOMC临近，美联储暂停加息还有哪些变数？ #SK海力士Q3财报在即，HBM4能否提振盈利？ #Robinhood交易业务增长能否延续？ Folks, after the U.S. stock market closed on October 27, retail investor stronghold Robinhood (HOOD) is set to release its Q3 report. This earnings report is quite crucial; it can directly tell us whether retail investors in both the crypto space and U.S. stocks still have ammunition left.
First, looking at its last quarter's foundation, it was indeed strong. Q2 revenue was $1.31 billion, up 32% year-over-year, and net client deposits hit a record high of $22 billion. Amid the volatility in both U.S. stocks and crypto, attracting so much money indicates that retail investor enthusiasm remains.
But for this Q3 report, the market is focusing on two things.
First, has trading activity declined or not? Bitcoin has been hovering around the 80,000 mark recently, and many altcoins have fallen so much they’re barely recognizable. If retail investors are trapped or scared to move, Robinhood’s crypto trading fee income will definitely shrink. This is its core business; if the data looks bad, the stock price will take a hit immediately.
Second, how are the increments from new businesses? Everyone knows Robinhood is now working on on-chain wallets, prediction markets, and even tokenized U.S. stocks. If these new ventures turn out to be all talk and no real revenue, the market won’t buy it.
Robinhood’s earnings report is essentially a thermometer for us to gauge market sentiment.
If its trading data remains strong, it means retail investors are still frantically bottom-fishing or speculating, so the support below Bitcoin still has resilience $BTC $BTC 📉 Gold down, US stocks down, A-shares down, BTC also broke below 80,000: Is the panic just beginning?
Even gold can't withstand the sell-off, so why should BTC stand alone?
Look at the market over the past two days:
🔻 Gold: down about 4% in a week, once falling below $4,000.
🔻 US stocks: Nasdaq fell 2.6% on the 22nd, Dow dropped 1.23% on the 23rd.
🔻 A-shares: Shanghai Composite fell 1.48% on the 22nd, rebounded on the 23rd but the weak trend remains unbroken.
🔻 BTC: intraday fell below $80,000, hitting a low near $79,833.
What’s more alarming is the change in capital flow.
On October 22, the US spot BTC ETF saw a net outflow of $635.6 million in a single day, the largest single-day outflow since June. Data on the 23rd shows over $440 million liquidated in the crypto market within 24 hours, about 90% of which were long positions.
Stock markets under pressure, gold losing ground, crypto liquidations, institutional funds are also retreating. Middle East tensions, rising oil prices, inflation concerns, and the risk of Fed tightening are all hitting risk assets. The liquidity expectations that supported the rise are weakening.
What worries me is not BTC falling below 80,000, but that a large amount of capital still firmly believes this is the bottom.
The truly dangerous decline is often not a single big bearish candle, but every rebound that misleads people into thinking the risk has passed.
In the short term, I remain bearish, first focusing on the 78,000 region. If 80,000 cannot be effectively reclaimed, the risk of further decline cannot be ignored. Friends who borrowed 1 million USDT, please take note! Aave has adjusted the interest rate curve. Starting from October 21, the USDT interest rate kink in the ETH Core market has been lowered from 94% to 92%. It seems like only a 2% difference, but over a year, the interest could be as much as $25,000 more.
Under the new interest rate model, when utilization reaches 94%, the borrowing APR will increase from 4.5% to 7%. Calculated on 1 million USDT, the annual interest difference is $25,000.
As of October 23, the current variable borrowing APR is 4.23%, the deposit annualized yield is about 3.29%, and the utilization rate is 86.45%, with approximately 391.4 million USDT idle funds still available.
This adjustment is not to restrict borrowing but to trigger higher rates earlier, so that when fund utilization approaches the limit, borrowing costs rise faster.
Meanwhile, Aave V3's total locked value is about $16.73 billion, and USDT deposit annualized yield basically matches current data. Meanwhile, $AAVE has dropped from $147.85 to $140.18 in the past 24 hours, a decline of about 5.2%.
The key is not how much you borrowed, but which segment of the interest rate curve you borrowed on. DeFi lending may seem low-cost, but changes in utilization can significantly increase funding costs.$BTC
When the early morning drop hit 79,833, I checked the 24h lows on OKX and Binance twice; one was 79,833.5, the other 79,790, both truly breaking below 80,000. Now it has climbed back to around 80,200 and is consolidating.
In the past hour, the entire network liquidated $192 million, with BTC accounting for $57.7 million, mostly hitting the longs. At the same time, a Fidelity analyst was still saying that 100,000 to 200,000 might come faster than expected. That has been said too many times; I just treat it as background noise.
Instead, I took a closer look at another point: whales have accumulated 243,000 coins since July, and selling has just stopped. The price is breaking down, and big wallets are buying up. Putting these two facts together, I prefer to wait a couple more days to see clearly.
So my stance is simple: for a round number like 80,000, I neither chase shorts nor rush to catch the dip. I’ll wait for it to speak for itself before deciding whether to follow.
#10月FOMC临近，美联储暂停加息还有哪些变数？ FOMC Decision Night, Prepare Three Scenarios in Advance
◆ FOMC | Most likely no change, surprises may come at the press conference
The Federal Reserve meets on October 27–28, with the announcement at 02:05 AM Beijing time on the 29th. The market assigns about a 10% chance of a rate hike; consensus is to hold steady. If Chair Powell hints at a December hike during the press conference, volatility will be greater than the decision itself.
◆ BTC | 80,800 is the bull-bear dividing line
BTC current price is 80,690, and no hourly candle has closed above 80,800 for a day. Scenario 1: No change plus dovish press conference, reclaim 80,800 then target 81,000; Scenario 2: Unexpected rate hike or hawkish tone, break below 80,500 and drop to 80,000, ETH will follow suit breaking below 2,356.
◆ Decision Night | Write scenarios before market opens
Losing money on decision night is mostly not about wrong direction but no plan. Write down two trigger conditions on paper, act according to the scenario when price hits, if not, just watch the show and don’t change your mind on the spot.