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$ZEC is the most noticeably rising coin among the top trading volume coins on Binance today, currently around 1215 in spot price, up 3.8% in 24h, with a trading volume of 138 million USD. During the same period, $BTC basically remained flat at 80,850.
Last night between 22:00 and 24:00 Beijing time, the price was first hammered down to 1118.55, with a two-hour trading volume of 34.7 million USD. At 2 AM, it surged 2.6%, and by 10 AM it reached 1225.9, rebounding 9.6% from the low point.
On the funding side, data aggregated by CoinMarketCap shows that the Grayscale ZEC ETF had net inflows for four consecutive days up to October 23, totaling 51.54 million USD, with 20.52 million USD inflow on the 23rd alone.
Another point to watch is the NU7 upgrade; the Zcash Foundation said the mainnet activation is expected around November 5, reducing block time from 75 seconds to 25 seconds.
Binance futures currently hold about 430,000 ZEC, valued at approximately 520 million USD at the current price, with a funding rate of only 0.004%, indicating longs have barely used leverage.
My view is that above 1300, many were trapped in recent days; before the upgrade, it will likely fluctuate back and forth, so I personally won’t chase it. The whole market turned green over the weekend, lively indeed, but the underlying structure isn't that simple. Is this wave really a panic sell-off, or is risk appetite quietly shrinking? When I saw the market on Saturday, I was a bit stunned—not just one coin crashing alone, but almost the entire sector pulling back in sync. BTC hovered around $80,564, down about 1.2% in 24 hours; ETH around $2,365, also down 1.2%. But smaller coins fell faster: BNB around $732 dropped 1.8%, SOL around $101 dropped 2.6%. This gradient is crucial; it tells me the sentiment isn’t explosive panic, but rather everyone quietly lowering the risk they’re willing to take.✨ There's a theory I think is worth watching: concerns about AI-related financing are spreading from the stock market into crypto. This explains why the pullback is so uniform—because the trigger isn’t on-chain or in any single project, but in a higher-level risk budget. When external assets start recalculating, crypto’s first reaction isn’t narrative but position sizing. Right now, I’m watching two signals. First, whether BTC can hold the psychological level of 80,000; this determines the bottom of sentiment, not the price bottom. Second, whether the pullback shifts from broad-based to being supported by a few sectors; this decides where the next wave of funds will lean. The former is a confidence anchor, the latter a rhythm anchor. The bullish path is: leaders fall slower, smaller coins fall faster, indicating selling pressure is still orderly, no stampede. Once external worries ease, the oversold smaller coins will bounce first. The risk lies in ifSome analysts are calling the next support at 75,000, but one detail is overlooked: there aren't many sellers in the thin weekend market.
BTC dipped to 79,146 over the weekend, with about $578 million in positions adjusted within 24 hours, over 90% of which were long positions. However, by early Sunday morning, the price quietly returned to around 81,000, and the shorts in the thin market did not achieve sustained success.
$BTC is currently around 81,000. This week, ETFs still saw a net inflow of 301 million, but there was a single-day outflow of 636 million on Thursday, with IBIT and FBTC withdrawing a combined 471 million. 80,000 is the average cost reference point for ETFs, which was reclaimed over the weekend, but true support will be verified when Monday's ledger opens.
$ETH is around 2,360. Last night it hit a low of 2,282; a large holder with nearly $400 million in long positions was only $30 away from the danger line and added margin early morning to push the risk line down to 2,181. In October, ETH ETFs have seen a cumulative outflow of 1.08 billion; ETFs are exiting while large holders are holding on.
$SOL is around 102. SOL ETFs had a single-day outflow of 8.515 million; on the 22nd, none of the seven products had net inflows, and five had zero liquidity. The $100 level was lost and regained but still requires repeated confirmation.
Summary: The key levels have been reclaimed in the thin market, but the direction will not be decided by the weekend spike; it depends on whether the money returns or continues to leave when Monday's ETF ledger opens.
For record-keeping purposes only, not investment advice.
#10月FOMC临近，美联储暂停加息还有哪些变数？ $CORE rose 6% today, but there is a number on-chain that should chill you more than that 6%.
Price at $0.01878, up 4.96% in 24 hours, once surged over 6% intraday. The “ten-thousand-fold” slogan, silent in the community for days, has resurfaced.
But on the same day, an on-chain analysis on OKX dated October 24 gave a precise single-digit figure: the number of active independent validators has dropped from 31 to 16.
16. Just one node away from the "death line"
As discussed before, the security premise of the Satoshi Plus consensus is that more than two-thirds of validators honestly produce blocks. If the number of validators drops to 15 or fewer, a minority colluding or a collective outage can easily stall consensus, causing block production to halt directly.
Yesterday it was said “below 20,” today the latest number is 16.
The buffer zone has narrowed from “less than 5” to “1.”
This is not a parameter in a valuation model; this is the physical limit of whether this chain can continue producing blocks normally. And the price is rising while validators are leaving—both happening today.
What is this 6% rise trading on?
A reasonable explanation is news-driven. Records show that the announcement of Bithumb listing CORE once triggered a short-term surge of over 6% in CORE. With Korean exchanges making moves, short-term funds react quickly; this is a standard script for low-liquidity, small-cap assets.
But looking at a longer timeline: Bithumb and Coinone simultaneously suspended CORE deposits and withdrawals during the August 31 vulnerability incident, directly impacting the local Korean community with obvious short-term selling pressure. The same exchange first shut down due to security concerns, then pumped the price due to listing news. News drives liquidity, not fundamentals.
The on-chain fundamentals remain unchanged today: DEX trading volume is still at the $3,000 level, Q4 protocol revenue remains in double digits, and SatPay’s launch time is still “undecided.” The real change today is the drop in validators from 31 to 16.
The project team has offloaded costs but not power
The same analysis also highlights: the team has offloaded the cost and responsibility of node operation and maintenance, but the code repository and treasury management rights remain in the team’s hands.
The decentralization narrative has been told for months: costs handed over, but power not relinquished.
Validator count dropping to 16 means the remaining nodes are "highly coordinated" with most acting in concert with the project team long-term. The successful execution of the 31.08 hard fork relied on this consistency. But the flip side is: when the validator set narrows to just one core circle, how much real meaning does the word “decentralization” still hold on this network?
So how should we read this 6%?
It is not a signal of reversal. It is a liquidity pulse in a deeply contracting asset triggered by news. What truly determines CORE’s next step are not the few minute candles after Bithumb’s listing announcement, but two numbers:
Whether the validator count can stabilize at 16 or even rebound.
Whether the first verifiable CORE buyback transfer executed with ecosystem revenue can appear on-chain.
16 is just one away from 15. Until the validator count regains a safe distance, no bullish candle can change the structural contraction this chain is undergoing.
Price can jump 6% on a listing announcement. Validators won’t return because of an announcement. The former is sentiment; the latter is the ledger.
$CORE Macroeconomic turbulence and capital divergence: BTC repeatedly tests the 80,000 level, while privacy sector and leading public chains quietly develop independent trends.
BTC ($80,753): Price fluctuates narrowly above 80,000, but Coinbase order book shows a sell order of about $8.68 million at $82,000, indicating clear short-term resistance. Expectations of interest rate hikes in South Korea and volatility in AI tech stocks suppress risk appetite. BTC is mainly a defensive allocation of existing funds; a breakout requires supportive macro sentiment.
SOL ($102.42): The ecosystem fundamentals are accelerating. The Alpenglow upgrade reduces finality time from 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds and has entered mainnet testnet; the founder proposed a tokenized collateral minting SOL plan, still conceptual but opening imagination for on-chain credit expansion.
ZEC ($1,213.02): Leading gains intraday, with about 3000% cumulative increase this year. The return of privacy narrative, opening of traditional US financial entry points, and short squeeze create a triple resonance. Winklevoss brothers and DCG are competing over Zcash mining and ETFs.
The market shows a pattern of “macro suppressing mainstream, narrative driving segments.” BTC depends on macro conditions, SOL relies on ecosystem delivery, and ZEC is a high-risk, high-volatility asset driven by leverage and narrative resonance. Manage positions and wait for BTC breakout signals or a second opportunity after ZEC deleverages, which is safer than blindly chasing gains. #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？ Market expectations for Q3 are very high. Citibank forecasts operating profit to reach 81.3 trillion KRW, about 8% above market consensus, with revenue expected at 101.2 trillion KRW. The revenue expectations summarized by S&P analysts are also close to 99.68 trillion KRW, with net profit expected to increase by more than 376% year-on-year.
However, this is not an unreservedly optimistic consensus. The brokerage consensus on operating profit summarized by the media is about 75.97 trillion KRW, and this expectation has been revised down by 5.6% compared to three months ago, indicating growing divergence in forecasts among brokerages.
🚀 How HBM4 "boosts" profitability
The boost to profitability from HBM4 mainly manifests on two levels:
Direct increment: from "ramping up" to "revenue generation"
HBM4 began mass production in Q2, and Q3 is the first quarter with full revenue inclusion. The key point is that its average selling price (ASP) is expected to rise by 121% compared to last year before next year. Given that HBM sales already have the highest industry share, the volume increase of this high-priced new product directly drives profit elasticity. 【The weekend pulled the coin prices back, but next week's test is still in line】
This weekend's rebound is the easiest to let people breathe a sigh of relief. But next week is not an ordinary week: in today's 11:24 updated schedule, the central bank interest rate decision, US GDP, and PCE will appear intensively. (From Jin10)
What I care more about is whether this round of recovery can withstand the re-pricing of interest rate expectations. If the data is strong and inflation remains sticky, BTC and ETH may both be under pressure; if the pressure eases, the recovery will have an additional layer of support. I think it's a bit early to bet on a single direction now.
The market also leaves a question mark: in the latest complete 1-hour period, BTC trading volume is about 80% of the previous 20 average volumes, ETH less than 20%. It is true that prices have risen back, but the trading heat has not recovered synchronously, which is also a fact.
At 12:02 Beijing time, BTC is about 80852, ETH about 2363, both priced in USDT. Observing by 1 hour in the afternoon: BTC support is 80770—80810, resistance 81000—81080; ETH support 2355—2356, resistance 2369—2372. If it closes above the upper edge and holds on the pullback, then observe the continuation of the recovery; if it closes below the lower edge, the afternoon judgment must turn cautious.
$BTC $ETH
For market observation only, be aware of weekend and news volatility risks. French government bond yields have surpassed U.S. Treasuries, making Europe's debt increasingly expensive
The yield on the French 10-year government bond has exceeded that of the U.S. for the first time since 2013 — this statement carries more weight than "hitting a 24-year high." Yesterday's report focused on France's own high costs, while today's highlights the relative price: the market demands higher interest to lend to France than to the U.S. Behind this is the same ledger: debt is about 120% of GDP, deficit around 5.4%, and the France-Germany yield spread is the widest since 2011. On the U.S. side, the 10-year yield has also been pushed back to 4.99% by inflation expectations; both sides are expensive, and there is no cheap corner in global liquidity. Regarding European debt, yesterday it was "France is sick," today it is "France is more expensive than the U.S.," and the spillover chain will only lengthen. The BTC position logic remains unchanged: during macro tightening, watch the 80,000 level first. #法国10年期国债收益率自2013年来首超美债 $BTC #闪迪存储业务高增长能否延续？
🔥【Earnings Season｜SanDisk $SNDK FY27 Q1 Preview｜Logic + Live Trading】#OKXExpert #TradeTradFiComeToOKX
SanDisk SNDK will release FY27 Q1 earnings after market close on October 29, with revenue guidance of $10.3–10.8 billion. Combining the cyclical patterns of the previous two quarters, I share my objective analysis and live trading approach.
1. Review of the Previous Two Quarters
✅ FY26 Q3: Volume and price both rose, NAND price increases combined with AI demand, ASP and bit shipments grew simultaneously, performance exceeded expectations, management guidance was optimistic, stock price rose after earnings.
⚠️ FY26 Q4: Reported performance still strong, but most growth came from price hikes, bit shipments fell short of expectations; management guidance turned conservative, resulting in a rally followed by a pullback.
Key conclusion: The stock price valuation focus has shifted from single-quarter performance to the slope of price increases, shipment volume, and next quarter’s guidance.
2. Fundamental Analysis
✅ Support: NBM long-term contract locks in 93.9 billion orders, supporting the performance floor, NAND prices remain in an upward channel.
⚠️ Pressure: Price hike pace slows, consumer SSD demand weak, long-term contracts only guarantee a floor, making it difficult to drive a new round of significant price increases.
3. OKX Live Trading
ptSNDKXP Perpetual｜5x Short Position
Entry Price: 1248.7｜Current Price: 1250
Betting on slowing price hike benefits and the realization of positive news leading to a pullback.#中东原油供应风险再起，油价持续走强
Middle East shipping and oil transport facilities continue to be threatened, pushing up the premium on crude oil supply and strengthening oil prices, which directly amplifies the stickiness of US inflation.
Even if the FOMC does not raise rates in October, the market will reprice: high interest rates will be maintained longer, keeping the possibility of a December rate hike, US Treasury real yields will rise, which in turn suppresses gold and BTC.
✅ Core Contradiction
Past conflicts were a safe haven benefit for gold; now conflicts push oil prices higher = raising inflation expectations = the Fed dares not turn dovish. Safe-haven buying is overshadowed by interest rate expectations, creating a special market where "geopolitical incidents cause gold and BTC to come under pressure."
✅ Market Tracking
Crude Oil: Focus on whether Brent can maintain a high level steadily; if it continues to surge, easing expectations will be further delayed;
Gold: Support near 3900 is being tested; in a high oil price environment, rebound potential is limited;
BTC: Has stronger risk asset attributes, more elastic when interest rate expectations rise; the 80,000 level is a short-term watershed.
✅ Two Scenarios
1. Conflict is controllable, oil prices surge then fall back: inflation pressure eases, rate cut expectations recover, gold and BTC can have a recovery rally;
2. Supply risks continue to ferment, oil prices keep rising: the Fed maintains a hawkish tone, assets continue to be under pressure, increasing the probability of volatile downward moves.
At next week's FOMC, Powell will definitely be asked about energy inflation issues, which is the biggest variable.
Brothers, what do you think? Let's chat in the comments…SK Hynix Q3 earnings report is imminent, can HBM4 give another boost?
The Q3 earnings report of SK Hynix is just around the corner, and the market is focused on one thing: HBM4. The previous logic remains unchanged — the demand for high-bandwidth memory from AI servers has driven prices up, and Hynix was the first to benefit from this wave. However, Samsung's HBM4 revenue in Q3 tripled quarter-on-quarter, with its market share climbing to 33%, and the footsteps of catching up are very close. This earnings report is not about "profit or loss," but about "whether the leading position is still stable." The storage sector has risen all year from Micron and SanDisk, and valuations are no longer cheap. An earnings beat is a lifeline, while any flaw is an excuse for a pullback. The same applies to BTC positions: good news at high levels should be treated as a risk. #SK海力士Q3财报在即，HBM4能否提振盈利？ $SKHYNIX $BTC Institutional Base Holdings and Flexible Offense: Penetrating the Data to See Who Is Selling "Paper Wealth"?
When evaluating tokens, many people habitually classify "stable base holdings" and "flexible offense" based on market capitalization size. However, the gloss in crypto press releases often conceals the true situation at the contract level.
Compare these three popular tokens:
$BNB (Representative of Large Market Cap Base Holdings)
Often regarded as the top choice for heavy holdings. But tracing back its mechanism evolution reveals that the early burn commitments and the current "real-time burn + quarterly burn" parallel calculation methods have complex developments. Fund movements are entirely controlled by centralized multisig; when verifying its real profits, internal business wash trading must be excluded. Its stability heavily depends on the centralized team's conscientious allocation.
$HYPE (Representative of Extreme Mechanism)
Currently the project with the strongest on-chain buyback data. But under rigorous due diligence, one must squeeze out the water: does its very high real income include a large amount of false prosperity generated by token incentives or market maker wash trading? Once the ecosystem’s real users decline, will its rigid buyback mechanism be quietly weakened by governance under the pretext of "protecting the treasury"?
$ENA (Representative of High Flexible Offense)
The early promise of 95% net income buyback is very attractive, but tracing its mechanism iterations, have the trigger thresholds (such as USDe scale) been secretly adjusted by stakeholders? One must guard against the underlying basis trade income cooling off, causing a sharp reduction in real fiat retention. Although chips can be bought out in advance, vigilance is still needed for large foundation address anomalies. #SK海力士Q3财报在即，HBM4能否提振盈利？ Looking at SK Hynix's upcoming Q3 earnings report, I want to follow up on a question easily overshadowed by the hype around new products: At what pace are customers upgrading to HBM4?
The company previously disclosed that HBM4 has already started mass shipments and will continue ramping up in the second half of the year; the next generation HBM4E samples have also been sent out. But as technology advances, customers won’t automatically switch all purchases on the same day.
The launch timing, validation progress, and production schedules of different AI platforms will all affect which quarter orders fall into. An increase in demand for the new generation doesn’t mean the previous generation products immediately lose business.
This makes the revenue structure for the quarter more complex than simply "HBM4’s share increases, so profits must be better." Older products may already have mature costs and customers, while new products need to gradually expand deliveries.
My expectation for SK Hynix is that it can smoothly connect new and old products. It should keep pace with the next-generation platforms without disrupting the arrangement of products that still have demand just to chase the latest label.
For the October 28 earnings report, I hope to hear more specific details about customer adoption and delivery pace, rather than just how much the next-generation technology is leading.
Investors easily turn product roadmaps prematurely into profit statements. When the company says samples have been sent, the market starts thinking about mass production; when mass production begins, they immediately think about next year’s revenue. Technology is indeed progressing, but money is earned batch by batch, so the time lag must be allowed.
#SK海力士Q3财报在即，HBM4能否提振盈利？ After two midterm elections, $BTC experienced deep pullbacks: in 2018 it dropped up to 50%, and in 2022 it dropped up to 25%. The next midterm election is scheduled for November 3. History does not simply repeat itself, but the common point in both cases is that the market entered a deep correction after the election. Will this happen again? What truly deserves attention is not the "election" itself, but the liquidity rhythm behind it. Midterm elections often fall within a window of tightening expectations and risk appetite shifts. As the asset most sensitive to liquidity, $BTC naturally tends to experience amplified volatility at this juncture. The current mainstream market narrative still leans toward "post-election policies being favorable to crypto," which may actually be an underestimated risk point: policy expectations are slow variables, liquidity conditions are fast variables, and prices always reflect the fast variables first. Structurally, the magnitude of the previous two pullbacks has been converging—from 50% to 25%—indicating that with $BTC spot ETF adoption and increased institutional holdings, the market's selling pressure structure is changing, and the chain reaction of leveraged liquidations is partially hedged. But this does not mean volatility disappears; rather, the nature of volatility changes: from "one-sided waterfall" drops to "high-level oscillations plus periodic sharp declines." $ETH, as a high-beta asset, tends to amplify volatility synchronously in this environment; narrative-driven tokens like $SOL and $HYPE are more prone to bleeding first when risk appetite contracts. Confirmation signals to watch are twofold: first, whether ETF fund flows turn from net inflows to sustained net outflows after the election; second, whether the funding rates of perpetual contracts...Valuation slashed by 150 billion at once, AI giants also start watching others' reactions
OpenAI's pre-IPO financing round valuation target was cut from 1.4 trillion to 1.25 trillion, 150 billion gone just like that, with a fundraising cap of 30 billion, subscription deadline on October 30. The reason is undignified: just raised 122 billion in March, investors are "full," plus Anthropic's IPO is waiting nearby for pricing, so everyone prefers to wait and see others' results first. But don't misread it: 1.25 trillion is still 47% higher than the 852 billion in March's round, what's cut is the asking price, not the intrinsic value. The signal is clear: AI financing has shifted from "rushing to give money" to "giving money based on financial reports." Anthropic's prospectus shows a loss of 80.7 billion in the first half of the year, and the next test paper is OpenAI's own. The same goes for BTC: the story is told, now it's time for the numbers to speak. #OpenAI估值下调，AI巨头融资竞争加剧 $BTC The load for 2028 has already been imposed, while the columns on the blueprint have only been poured up to 2027—this is not a sign of strong demand, but an instance of structural over-provisioning.
The cloud division of this e-commerce giant put it bluntly: all computing capacity for 2026 is sold out, most of 2027 is already booked, and a significant portion of 2028 is locked in. For those in construction, the first reaction to this statement is not cheers but to turn and check the construction schedule. What’s sold out is never the building itself, but the pre-sale units; what’s signed is never the completion, but the letter of intent. The real bearing issue lies in whether the foundations of this capacity—power substation connections, transformer delivery cycles, cooling water loops, single cabinet power density—are keeping pace with the order book.
Computing capacity is the load-bearing wall of this round of infrastructure. The wall isn’t finished pouring, yet three floors of leases are already lined up above it; on the construction site, this is called rushing the schedule, and in finance, it’s called front-loading capital expenditures. Two numbers suffice: the cost per megawatt, and the months from construction start to power-on per megawatt. The former sets the ceiling for gross margin, the latter determines the cracks in free cash flow. Every quarter the schedule is delayed, interest and depreciation pile up another layer, while the start date for rental income is pushed back—on the financial statements, this is called margin pressure; on the site, it’s called dismantling the formwork too early.
As for that tokenized chip asset $xINTC, its essence is slicing the valuation of the entire building into small shares for listing. What slicing changes is liquidity, not structure. Its fluctuations with this news are because the market reads sold-out computing capacity as a confirmed chip order; but whether the order lands with the design institute or the construction team is a completely different matter. Advanced process and packaging capacity are the rebar buried underground; no matter how beautiful the renderings are, they cannot replace the concrete pouring. The white paper is the blueprint; capacity is the concrete. You can draw a hundred floors on the blueprint, but concrete only recognizes mix ratio and curing time.
The real watershed lies in the quality of capacity expansion, not the scale. Whether the three systems—power, cooling, and network—can be aligned within the same delivery window, whether redundancy design can withstand single points of failure, whether structural integrity can be maintained despite high capital expenditures—these won’t appear in quarterly headlines, only in cash flow statements three years later.
Sold out is merely a load declaration, not a completion certificate. #amazonq3awsoutlookStablecoin rewards are not a one-size-fits-all; OCC has kicked the ball back to case-by-case review
On October 21, OCC released the final rules of the GENIUS Act, effective January 18, 2027. The core point is: issuers cannot directly pay interest or yields to token holders, and this remains unchanged; however, the proposal's clause that "third-party rewards are presumed to be violations" was withdrawn and replaced with case-by-case review—whether exchanges' and platforms' reward programs comply will depend on specific arrangements, no longer an automatic death sentence. The banking association has already protested, saying this will effectively allow platforms to compete for deposits. What the market really needs to watch is whether platforms like Coinbase, PayPal, and Kraken can continue their reward programs unchanged after 2027. The competition in stablecoins has shifted from "who is compliant" to "whose reward design can withstand scrutiny." The logic also applies to BTC: the clearer the rules, the more institutional money dares to come in. #GENIUS法案细则发布，稳定币奖励限制调整 $USDT $BTC $BTC
A couple of days ago, I was still taking sides in the post about ETFs, saying that custody inflows are real money. Today, I have to discount that statement — this week, spot ETFs only had a net inflow of 4.3 million USD, and on Friday, there were zero subscriptions.
The market situation is even more direct. Breaking news shouted BTC breaking through 81,000, OKX's 24-hour high was 81,070, it did indeed go above, but the current price at 80,855 has dropped back down; Binance's high was 80,999.9, just a hair short. The 24-hour lows on both sides, 79,220 and 79,178, match up, that spike last night was real.
Glassnode's ETF cost line is at 81,500, and the current price is hovering about six hundred dollars below it. Institutions verbally aren't panicking: JPMorgan says BTC's average annual return over the next decade will be 10%, bitbank suggests holding between 80,000 and 85,000 before the FOMC. The words are soft, but the money hasn't followed. The perpetual fee rate is 0.077%, open interest is 2.43 billion USD, no sign of shrinking.
Last cycle, I was laughing at Strive's new money stuck at 84,500, but after laughing, looking in the mirror, it seems I was also treating 81,500 as a solid bottom. Fine, this round I admit, the 80,000 round number is tougher than my words.
#10月FOMC临近，美联储暂停加息还有哪些变数？ Many people only focus on short-term price fluctuations and ignore the signals given by historical cycles.
This set of US stock data is quite astonishing:
Full Fed rate hike cycle: 7/7 times up, averaging about +10%
12 months after midterm elections: 19/19 times up, averaging about +15%
Specific window from November after midterms to June next year: 21/21 times up, averaging about +16.6%
12 months after the last rate hike: 7 out of 8 times up, averaging about +20%
These numbers do not guarantee that the next market cycle will definitely rise; the statistical period and sample definitions are also very important.
But in 2026, it is indeed necessary to incorporate macro cycles into investment decisions, rather than just being driven by market sentiment.
Next, continue to pay attention to liquidity, interest rate changes, and the trend of $BTC.📊Profit increased 8.8 times in one quarter, Samsung earned all the money from AI storage
Samsung's Q3 operating profit guidance is 107.4 trillion KRW, up 782.5% year-on-year, with revenue of 195 trillion KRW, both hitting record highs. The engine is storage: HBM4 revenue in Q3 is expected to triple quarter-on-quarter, accounting for more than 60% of HBM revenue in the second half, with HBM market share rising from 21% in Q1 to 33%. But the market is not convinced: the stock price actually fell on the day the guidance was released, indicating the sky-high price is already priced in. The full financial report will be released on October 29, and a breakdown will reveal whether storage alone is carrying the load or if all lines are flourishing. The storage line has risen from Hynix and Micron all the way to Samsung; the AI computing power bill ultimately falls on memory modules. #三星Q3利润预增近8倍，完整财报即将揭晓 $BTC $PONS coin dropped from 0.97 to 0.22, a 77% decline.
But the real disaster isn't the drop,
it's that they can't even withdraw the buyback funds.
There are $440,000 lying in the custody account,
no one has claimed it for over 5 days.
The buyback pool is dry, and burning has stalled.
The founder himself admitted:
the claiming mechanism never worked properly.
PONS's flywheel has already broken.
This isn't a shakeout, it's a death spiral.
Would you still dare to bottom-fish?IRYS just rebounded 18.21%, but perpetual contracts are still nearly 2% lower than spot. At 11:00 on OKX, the hourly close rose from 0.03751 to 0.04434 USD, with a nominal trading volume of about 20.07 million USD, which is 1.53 times the average volume of the previous 24 closed hours; the rolling 24-hour period still dropped about 51%.
At 12:05, spot was quoted at 0.04397 USD, perpetual at 0.04315 USD, a discount of about 1.86%. The actual funding rate settled at -0.3228% at 12:00, the current period is about -0.34%, and it may change before settlement. I am more focused on whether this discount can narrow; a single large bullish candle is not enough to prove the downtrend has ended for now.
A negative funding rate does not directly prove that shorts are still adding positions. If the next full hour closes back above 0.04434 USD and the discount narrows simultaneously, I will reassess; if the price falls back near 0.03751 USD, the persuasiveness of this rebound weakens.
$IRYS Boss Shi holds a million in floating profit short positions stubbornly for half a month, and now he's actually starting to discuss bottom-fishing? His attitude has clearly turned cautious!
The strength of being the top of the 365-day profit leaderboard is evident, with a nearly 30-day win rate of 100%, a maximum drawdown of only 3.23%, total assets exceeding 7.44 million U, and cumulative profits close to 18 million U, mastering both risk control and trend!
Currently, two 10x short positions are fully loaded, with margin accounting for less than 10% of total assets:
✅$BTC short: average entry price 86195.3, current price 80826.7, floating profit 805,300 U, return rate 62.28%, margin 1,212,400 U
✅$XRP short: average entry price 1.5022, current price 1.3105, floating profit 230,100 U, return rate 127.63%, margin 157,300 U
Interpretation:
Both positions were laid out on the left side at the high point in early October, holding through the entire correction wave. Previously, the clear mindset was expecting a large-scale decline, but recently the attitude has changed: he openly discussed "from the drop in October 2025 until now, nearly 13 months, normally the bottom should have arrived," and initiated a discussion on whether to bottom-fish. In the end, the community's long and short opinions were basically split 55/45, which he also acknowledged.
This indicates his expectation for downside space has narrowed, and the short positions will most likely take profits opportunistically rather than holding stubbornly to the end.
But to be honest, he has deep funds and a solid safety cushion, switching between long and short with ease. If you follow him chasing back and forth, you’re likely to get hit from both sides!
#BTC现货ETF资金反复，市场买盘能否企稳？ #法国10年期国债收益率自2013年来首超美债
"French 10-Year Government Bond Yield Surpasses US Bonds for the First Time Since 2013"
The European bond market has been in turmoil these past two days. The French 10-year government bond yield surged past the US bonds of the same maturity, marking the first time since the 2013 Eurozone debt crisis.
The Paris parliament has been slamming the table daily over the budget bill, with the far-right even threatening a vote of no confidence. France's fiscal deficit has soared past 6% of GDP, and the debt snowball from refinancing keeps growing.
European banks have their books heavily loaded with French debt, while Wall Street capital is aggressively shorting it. Right now, everyone is rushing to reduce positions and hedge risks, waiting to see if the Paris cabinet can tough it out and push the budget through. $BTC On October 23, Brent crude closed at $116.72, rising over 6% for the week, hitting a six-month high. The Houthi forces launched four attacks on Saudi Arabia within 48 hours, hitting Yanbu Aramco facilities, Dammam Airport, and the Riyadh Ministry of Defense building. The IEA estimated a global oil deficit of 1.6 million barrels per day in Q3, and OECD inventories fell to a near five-year low.
The news headlines are all about the Middle East. Your positions are bleeding.
When oil prices rise, inflation expectations are immediately reignited. And inflation expectations are the Fed's last confidence for the December rate hike.
Latest CME data: 90.6% probability of no change in October, but the probability of a 25 basis point hike in December has already reached 67.5%. A Reuters survey of 100 economists all expect a hike in December.
Walsh says "no forward guidance," but the market has already written the script for December.
On October 22, the US spot BTC ETF saw a net outflow of $635.6 million, the largest single-day outflow since June. BlackRock's IBIT lost $254 million, Fidelity's FBTC lost $217 million. On the 23rd, another $137.9 million flowed out. In two days, $774 million flowed out, wiping out over 70% of the previous three days' net inflow of $1.07 billion.
Institutions are not "bearish on BTC." They are repricing interest rates. Oil prices pull inflation back up, inflation pulls rate hikes back, rate hikes raise the discount rate on risk assets. BTC just happens to be at the end of this formula.
BTC fell below $80,000, with an intraday low of $79,277. About $800 million in liquidations occurred across the network in the past 24 hours, with $235 million in Bitcoin liquidations and 213,000 people forcibly liquidated, most of them long positions.
These people were not killed by the Houthis' bombs. They were strangled step by step by the chain of "oil price → inflation → rate hikes → liquidity contraction."
There has always been a voice in the market: geopolitical conflicts are good for BTC because it is a "safe haven asset."
The reality is exactly the opposite. In this interest rate environment, geopolitical conflicts push oil prices up, oil prices push inflation up, inflation locks down rate cut space, and high rates drain liquidity. BTC is not a safe haven; it is the end station of this chain.
War did not short BTC. War just pressed the button already aimed at BTC.
No link in this chain directly targets BTC.
But every link is draining liquidity from under BTC's feet.
If oil prices do not fall, the rate hike knife in December will hang over us.
If the rate hike knife hangs, ETF money won't dare to come back.
If money doesn't come back, the $80,000 level is just a thin sheet of paper.
$BTC $XAU $CL Macro risk-off sentiment heats up, BTC briefly fell below the 80,000 mark, with over $800 million liquidated across the network in 24 hours, bulls facing concentrated liquidation. The three major cryptocurrencies simultaneously triggered overbought technical warnings, but their capital flows diverged.
$BTC is currently at 80,819, with the 1-hour KDJ lines all surging above 80, J value at 84.3, and clear liquidation resistance at 81,606. However, spot ETF net inflows this week reached $301.2 million, led by BlackRock's IBIT, creating a tug-of-war between institutional buying and overbought indicators.
$ETH is currently at 2,361, with the KDJ J value soaring to 88.19, indicating even stronger overbought conditions. October saw cumulative ETF outflows of about $1 billion, but whales are accumulating against the trend—BitMine's holdings approach 5% of total supply, with on-chain single-day net withdrawals near 170,000 ETH, a four-month high. ETFs are selling while whales are buying, showing significant divergence.
$ZEC is currently at 1,211, with KDJ also at a high level. October ETF outflows exceeded $220 million, yet ZEC investment products saw a counter-trend net inflow of $41.1 million for four consecutive days. The NU7 upgrade is locked for November 5, reducing block intervals from 75 seconds to 25 seconds, but derivative open interest has dropped from the September peak of $2 billion to $1.46 billion, indicating leveraged funds are withdrawing.
With technical overbought conditions combined with capital divergence, the short-term risk of chasing highs in the three major cryptocurrencies should not be ignored. The key bullish-bearish thresholds that must be reclaimed with volume are 81,606 for BTC, 2,415 for ETH, and 1,240-1,250 for ZEC.The Middle East is at war, the US's third aircraft carrier strike group is heading to the Persian Gulf, and oil prices have risen more than 80% this year. In any textbook, this should be the "safe-haven highlight moment" for gold and BTC.
So what happened?
Gold closed at $3995 on Friday, down 4% for the week, marking its worst weekly performance since June. It once dropped to $3975 during the session, failing to hold the psychological $4000 level.
BTC was even more straightforward. On the 24th, it directly fell below $80,000, with $800 million liquidated in 24 hours and 213,000 people forcibly liquidated. The next day it climbed back near $81,000, like a drunkard unsure of where to go.
The war did not drive funds into "safe-haven assets." The war drove funds into US Treasuries.
The 10-year US Treasury yield fell below 5% on Thursday, closing at 4.961%, the first time in a month.
An interest-bearing asset with yields going down, yet funds keep flowing in.
A non-interest-bearing asset with prices falling, yet funds keep flowing out.
Berenberg analysts gave this phenomenon a polite name: "notable divergence." In plain language: safe-haven assets are falling during a risk-off market, which is unusual.
Even harsher, they added: the last time gold performed this poorly when US Treasury yields dropped sharply was December 2008—the deepest month of the global financial crisis.
Why are gold and BTC both getting hit?
CME Chief Economist Erik Norland pinpointed the root cause in one sentence: the biggest driver of precious metals' decline this year is the market's shift in expectations from rate cuts to rate hikes.
When rates were cut, the opportunity cost of holding gold was low, so no interest was no problem. Once rate hike expectations return, the cost of holding gold rises, while US Treasuries start paying you interest.
Money isn’t stupid. It just moved.
Berenberg also added a detail: gold has been treated as a speculative asset over the past year. It surged to a historic high of $5400 in January, and now has fallen more than one-fifth from that peak, with speculative positions exiting.
BTC has no excuse of "speculative positions exiting." From start to finish, it is an asset with no cash flow, no yield, only volatility.
In this interest rate environment, gold at least still has the inertia of "once being a safe haven," but BTC doesn’t even have that layer of inertia.
Safe-haven assets have not been abandoned. It is the "no-interest" attribute that is being systemically discounted.
Gold falls not because the world is not chaotic enough. BTC falls not because the blockchain is not decentralized enough.
It’s because on the same risk-off night, someone put money into interest-bearing assets and then turned off the lights to sleep.
War did not drive funds into gold and BTC. War drove funds into US Treasuries.
This is not a failure of safe-haven assets. This is a systemic discount on the "no-interest" attribute under the current macro environment.
$BTC $XAU $BZ The 10-year French government bond yield has surpassed the US Treasury yield for the first time since 2013, causing shifts in safe-haven capital flows and pressure on risk assets. BCH is unlikely to remain unaffected in the short term. I judge the current market as one of divergence, so it is not advisable to chase orders. The four-hour timeframe is still in an upward structure, 5.88% above the low point, but the one-hour has turned downward, falling 4.25% from the high, showing conflict between short and long cycles; the 24-hour volatility range has expanded from 267.7 to 279.5, with volume only 1.251 million. The top 10 bid-ask ratio of 1.23 indicates a slight advantage for buyers, the funding rate at 0.01% is relatively neutral, and open interest at 80,000 contracts shows no significant increase, reflecting cautious sentiment. Strategically, lightly buy on dips near 271.3 with a stop loss below 267.1, targeting 283.7; if it directly rallies to around 281.9 and stalls, reverse to a short position with a stop loss at 285.3 and a target of 272.6. Single position size should not exceed 20%, exit immediately if broken, do not hold losing positions.
——This is only a personal opinion and does not constitute investment advice. Wishing you successful trading.——
$BCH#法国10年期国债收益率自2013年来首超美债
#法国10年期国债收益率自2013年来首超美债
$BCH Brothers, ZEC has dropped to 1211, but the ETF has been quietly recovering for three consecutive days
$ZEC $1,211
ZEC has retraced from the high of 1698 at the end of September to around 1211, a drop of about 29%. The price is still grinding down, but the underlying capital flow has turned positive for three consecutive days
The ETF has had net inflows for three consecutive days, the longest streak since the redemption wave in early October. Grayscale ZCSH recorded net inflows of $1.61 million, $15.18 million, and $14.23 million on October 20, 21, and 22 respectively, totaling over $31 million in three days, with cumulative net inflows rising back to $183 million. The price is falling, the ETF is buying, marginal buying has returned
But the net asset figures are conflicting. On October 22, the ETF net inflow was $14.23 million, yet the total net assets dropped from $745 million to $681 million, shrinking by $64 million in one day. The reason is that ZEC’s price fell 10.64% that day, and the paper loss outweighed the capital inflow. The ETF is buying, but the price is falling faster
The NU7 date is firmly locked in. Zebra 7.0.0 node software has been released, with activation block height at 3,543,405, expected around November 5. Block time will be cut from 75 seconds to 25 seconds, but ZEC in the old Sprout pool will become completely unusable after the upgrade, and holders of old addresses have less than two weeks left to transfer
Technically, 1200 is a short-term psychological level; holding it means consolidation and accumulation, breaking below it points to 1150
#10月FOMC临近，美联储暂停加息还有哪些变数？ The entire market is betting that the Federal Reserve will not raise rates in October, and some are even dreaming of rate cuts by the end of the year. But the PMI data has completely shattered those rate cut expectations, with manufacturing hitting a 53-month high and corporate selling prices rising at the fastest pace in over a year. The economy is so strong that inflation cannot be contained; why would the Federal Reserve cut rates? The real variable is not whether rates will be raised, but that the high interest rate period will last far longer than expected.
Looking at $BTC, the big coin is currently just holding sideways on sentiment alone. ETFs are all pulse funds coming in and out, with no long-term capital support. Everyone is waiting for liquidity easing, but as long as the high interest rate cycle is extended and funding costs remain high, who would want to buy at elevated levels? Long-term bullishness is correct, but short-term corrections must be guarded against. Don’t mistake a pause for a reversal and chase highs; if shorting, stop losses must be firmly set.
Looking at $ETH, Ethereum remains the most fragile follower. ETF outflows cannot be stopped, and the ecosystem is full of old narratives with no new highlights. In a high interest rate environment, it is the first to be drained. When the market softens even slightly, it falls the hardest. Don’t assume stability just because it’s currently sideways; once $BTC tests lower levels, Ethereum’s decline will definitely be amplified. Don’t catch a falling knife.
Now looking at $XAUT, gold’s logic is completely opposite. As long as high interest rates persist, short-term rebounds are false. But the trump card is ongoing geopolitical conflicts and central bank buying support. Once the market truly prices in that high rates will cause a hard economic landing, gold will take over safe-haven funds and enter an independent rally. Don’t use short-term sentiment to trap long-term logic. #10月FOMC临近，美联储暂停加息还有哪些变数？ Last night's "flash crash" was mainly caused by a chain liquidation of leveraged long positions triggering a cascading decline, while this morning's rebound was due to the drop in oil prices easing inflation concerns, briefly restoring risk asset sentiment. 📉 Last night's flash crash: Led by leveraged liquidations The decline was not due to a single negative factor but multiple pressures combined: · Leveraged liquidations amplified the drop: After the price broke key levels, it triggered forced liquidations of many long positions. Within 24 hours, liquidation amounts reached hundreds of millions to eight hundred million dollars, mostly longs. This "decline → liquidation → further decline" cycle intensified the flash crash magnitude. · ETF outflows: Institutional buying weakened, with U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs seeing net outflows of hundreds of millions of dollars, weakening market support. · Macro pressure: Middle East tensions pushed oil prices higher, exacerbating inflation and interest rate concerns, suppressing risk assets. 📈 Morning rebound: Brief sentiment recovery The rebound logic is relatively simple, mainly short-term pressure relief: · Oil price retreat: As oil prices fell from highs, market worries about runaway inflation temporarily eased, stabilizing U.S. stocks and other risk assets, driving a crypto market rebound. · Technical repair: After intense liquidations, short momentum released, and some funds attempted to buy back at lows, forming a short-term recovery rally. It should be noted that this rebound currently appears more like a brief emotional respite. Market expectations for high interest rates remain, and ETF fund flows have yet to stabilize. Future trends will still depend on macro data and capital flow changes.This weekend's plunge wasn't caused by the crypto community itself 😶
The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday that the U.S. is urgently evacuating personnel from embassies and military bases in multiple Middle Eastern countries, with intelligence indicating Iran is planning attacks targeting Americans. The day before, Trump said there might be another strike after the midterm elections.
Once the news broke, $BTC dropped to a low of 79,146, falling below 80,000 for the first time in over a month; $ETH hovered around 2,288, a two-month low. About $837 million liquidated in 24 hours, with longs accounting for 82.8%. Weekend liquidity was thin, and leveraged long positions were crushed in succession.
Points I think should be taken seriously:
1) Around 80,000 is roughly the average cost basis for listed companies holding coins; breaking below means overall unrealized losses;
2) Brent crude closed at $116.72 on Friday, capping inflation expectations;
3) The Fed meets next Tuesday and Wednesday, with PCE data released Thursday.
BTC is now back near 80,800. My view: as long as there’s no real conflict in the Middle East, geopolitical panic usually comes fast and goes fast; but if the weekly candle tonight doesn’t close back above 83,000, I’ll remain cautious, avoid chasing, keep leverage low, and wait for the Fed’s decision.
Do you think this is a panic bottom or a continuation of the downtrend?
Sources: The Wall Street Journal, CoinDesk, BeInCrypto, Coinglass
#Bitcoin #MiddleEastSituation #FederalReserve 210,000 people liquidated, BTC falls below 80,000! Can IRYS, which is surging against the trend, catch up?
$BTC fell below 80,000, with over 210,000 people liquidated in 24 hours, but IRYS surged against the trend by +7.99%. This kind of "market bleeding, local celebration" split feeling is exactly the most dangerous signal right now.
$BTC (80,000 level tug-of-war): currently at 80,857. Over 800 million liquidated across the market in 24 hours, mostly longs. The 80,000 level has become the life-or-death line between bulls and bears. ETF net outflow of 774 million in two days, institutional buying has temporarily receded. Currently in a fragile balance after leverage clearing, not absolutely safe.
$ETH (funds moving, price not moving): currently at 2,362. Whale funds are rotating into ETH, bulls targeting 2,500 USD. But Ethereum ETF has had net outflows for four consecutive weeks (about 220 million), institutional selling pressure remains. Must hold above 2,415 USD for the trend to truly strengthen.
$IRYS (the brightest on the field, the one you shouldn’t chase): currently at 0.04341, +7.99%. Do not chase the high! Previously surged 198% then crashed back; current circulation rate only 20%, unlocking in November; accompanied by witch sell-offs, chips highly concentrated. A shallow market purely driven by speculative funds, very high risk of cashing out.
The current main theme is "market deleveraging, mainstream coins bottoming, altcoins local harvesting." $BTC watches the gain or loss of 80,000, $ETH waits for confirmation at 2,415, $IRYS is "lively but dangerous."
#SK海力士Q3财报在即，HBM4能否提振盈利？ $ETH is currently priced at 2,361.23 USDT, up 2.45% intraday, with a 24-hour low of 2,281.02.
Technical analysis: On the 1-hour chart, the MACD shows a bullish crossover below zero with expanding red bars, and the price is above MA20 (2,350) and MA30 (2,359), indicating an initial short-term rebound structure. However, the KDJ lines have all surged above 80, with the J value at 88.19, signaling significant overbought pressure; the 2,385-2,415 range above is a dense resistance zone from earlier, so chasing higher carries considerable risk.
On-chain and news dynamics are fiercely contested:
· Bullish defense line: Yesterday, ETH hit a low of 2,282, just $30 above the liquidation price of a whale holding nearly $400 million in long positions. This whale urgently added 9.21 million USDC in margin early this morning, pushing the liquidation price down to 2,181; another whale holding 93,000 ETH long positions also added 5.67 million USDC to avoid liquidation. The whales are firmly defending 2,181, clearly aiming to support the price in the short term.
· Ecosystem update: Aave will lower the USDT borrowing rate inflection point in the Ethereum Core market from 94% to 92%, meaning borrowing costs will rise earlier when pool liquidity tightens, reflecting high on-chain capital utilization.
· Funding concerns: In October, Ethereum spot ETFs saw a cumulative net outflow of about $955 million, the highest monthly outflow this year, indicating institutional funds are still withdrawing.
Key levels: The downside support at 2,320 (SUPERTREND support) is the bulls' bottom line; the upside at 2,415 is a short-term watershed—only a valid breakout can open up greater space. ETFs have seen net inflows for seven consecutive trading days, yet BTC still dropped 0.94% today. Money is flowing in, but the price is falling—where is the money going this time? First, the news. On the capital side: the latest single-day net inflow is 29.3 million (seventh consecutive day), 5-day net inflow is 204.7 million, 10-day net inflow is 315.4 million. On the price side: BTC is at $80,908.9, 24h -0.94%, nearly one week -0.54%; 20-day range from 79,775.1 to 86,994.3. On the sentiment side: Fear & Greed Index moved from 50 to 51. On the macro side: US Dollar Index 101.75 (+0.14%), Gold 4,010 (-1.24%), S&P 500 7,623.68 (-0.52%). Next, looking at the impact of capital. Seven consecutive days of net inflows total about $150 million, while the price dropped 0.94%—this indicates selling pressure comes from channels outside ETFs: possibly deleveraging, possibly liquidity contraction due to a stronger dollar, or profit-taking by spot holders. ETFs represent "allocation funds," while price more reflects "trading funds," and the divergence between the two is characteristic of the current market. Implications for BTC: this divergence will not last forever. Either inflows will eventually push prices up, or price declines will eventually force outflows. The key to judging which outcome will occur depends on two points: first, whether the dollar continues to strengthen (macro pressure), and second, whether inflows slow down (buying exhaustion). Neither has happened yet. I will be watching four indicators next:The Central Cybersecurity and Informatization Commission has issued the "National Informatization 15th Five-Year Plan," outlining a grand blueprint for China's digital infrastructure construction through 2030. The plan proposes implementing a national blockchain network construction project to solidify the foundation of the value internet; accelerating the construction of a nationwide integrated computing power network to promote the coordinated development of computing power, electricity, and networks; optimizing the layout of general computing power, intelligent computing power, and supercomputing power; exploring forward-looking research and technological layout for space computing power; and prudently building infrastructure for data circulation and utilization. Additionally, the plan emphasizes creating new industrial networks, promoting independent iteration of mobile IoT, building new broadcasting networks, and advancing the digital and intelligent upgrades of infrastructure in transportation, energy, municipal services, and water conservancy. Blockchain's positioning upgrade: from pilot to core infrastructure The explicit mention of the national blockchain network in the plan marks blockchain's transition from the pilot exploration phase to comprehensive infrastructure construction. Unlike previous plans that regarded blockchain as an emerging technology, this document positions it as the underlying foundation of the digital economy—supporting trusted data exchange, digital asset traceability, and cross-industry value transfer. Industry observers note that this will accelerate the integration of blockchain with supply chains, government services, and financial systems, while providing a regulatory-friendly framework for compliant digital asset innovation. The term "value internet" implies a vision of peer-to-peer value transfer facilitated by blockchain, potentially laying the groundwork for future digital currency and tokenized asset ecosystems. Integrated computing power network: collaborative opportunities in AI and crypto fields The plan's focus on an integrated computing power network (covering general, intelligent... BTC/ETH/SOL/ZEC Contract Brief
BTC shows signs of short-term capital replenishment, with overall OI and funding rates not indicating a trend reversal. ETH has the weakest structure, SOL lacks sustained support, and ZEC is only involved in localized trading. The mid-term capital outflow pattern remains unchanged, and the market is still bearish.
$BTC OI is about 3.31-3.34 billion USD, with a slight 1%-2% increase in 24 hours. The funding rate remains positive (around +0.007%/8h), with longs still paying shorts. Liquidations in 24 hours are at least 155-188 million USD, with longs accounting for over 85%. The long-short ratio of accounts is about 2.1 (68% longs), indicating high long crowding; short-term replenishment has not reversed mid-term pressure.
$ETH has the weakest structure. The proportion of long accounts is as high as 76%, and the funding rate is positive (around +0.0056%). Liquidations in 24 hours are about 130-160 million USD, dominated by longs. OI is generally under pressure, with clear signs of continuous capital outflow and rebounds lacking buying support.
$SOL's funding rate is relatively high among major coins (about +0.010%/8h), showing longs are still paying. OI is relatively stable or slightly declining, with 24-hour liquidations around 20-24 million USD. Short-term rebounds lack sustained capital inflow.
ZEC: Localized capital trading characteristics are prominent. OI is about 1.16-1.33 billion USD. The funding rate fluctuates near zero, with 24-hour liquidations around 10-14 million USD, longs accounting for about 80%. The price is relatively strong. #BTC现货ETF资金反复，市场买盘能否企稳？ $ETH short-term funds replenished, but mid-term outflow pattern remains unchanged:
1️⃣$BTC spot 4-hour net inflow of $4.54 million, contract net inflow of $281 million; however, over 24 hours, spot net outflow of $131 million, contract net outflow of $423 million. Short-term buying has indeed returned, but mid-term funds continue to withdraw.
2️⃣$ETH structure is clearly weaker. Spot 24-hour net outflow of $123 million, contract net outflow of $518 million; 30-day contract net outflow has expanded to $8.21 billion, funds have not truly reversed.
3️⃣$SOL spot and contract 24-hour net outflows of $7.11 million and $63.39 million respectively, short-term rebound lacks sustained capital support. ZEC, although 24-hour spot inflow of $3.88 million and contract inflow of $59.77 million, with a one-week contract inflow of $224 million, the 30-day contract still shows a net outflow of about $997 million. The current strength appears more like localized capital games rather than trend-driven inflows.
Overall outlook remains bearish. Net inflows at the 4-hour level are better understood as short covering and low-level rebound buying; as long as the 24-hour and 30-day data have not reversed, the market cannot be said to have a trend reversal. BTC's rebound has failed to drive overall capital return, ETH, SOL, and ZEC will continue to face downward pressure. Official exchange data on the number of traders:
Most people who are long on Bitcoin are stuck.
Data released by leading exchanges:
The largest batch of long positions
has an average cost of 81993.
The current coin price is right below that.
Even harsher:
64% of long positions entered at prices higher than now.
Out of ten people long,
six are underwater.
Some can't hold on anymore:
$480 million liquidated in one day,
90% of which are long positions.
Now the whole network is guessing one thing:
Are these people adding to their positions or cutting losses?
Leading exchanges themselves left a question:
Will they add to their positions or accept the loss?
My view:
There are a lot of people who bought above 82000 and are at a loss.
If the price really goes back up,
they will quickly sell to break even,
that will be a wall.
So: sell some near 82000 first;
if it keeps falling, don't rush to buy.
#Bitcoin #BTC BTC $80,000 Defense Battle: ETFs Are Withdrawing, Whales Are Withdrawing, Leverage Is Being Washed
From last night to this morning, BTC has been weakly oscillating above $80,000, with the price not moving far, but the divergence in capital flows is already very clear.
First, look at ETFs. The US spot Bitcoin ETF saw a single-day net outflow of about $635 million on Thursday, the largest single-day outflow since June, directly pulling October's capital flow from net inflow back to negative, indicating that institutional short-term funds are cooling down.
Next, look at on-chain data. Since October, 40 new wallets have withdrawn about 9,458 BTC from Wintermute, worth approximately $770 million; wallets related to Fidelity and BlackRock have also had BTC inflows. But withdrawals do not directly equate to bottom-fishing; it could be OTC settlements, custody migrations, or long-term accumulation, so it is necessary to continue tracking whether these addresses return funds to exchanges.
The contract side is also undergoing consolidation. The funding rate remains positive, and the long-to-short account ratio is high, indicating bulls still dominate. Once the key level is broken, liquidation pressure will increase.
The current market situation is: short-term funds are withdrawing, on-chain whales are withdrawing, and leverage has not been fully cleaned out. $80,000 is a psychological support level, and $82,000–$83,000 is a short-term resistance zone. Until volume breaks above this, rebounds should be treated as repairs; consider buying near support if it holds, but if it breaks, watch for risks near $79,000. $BTC $ETH The rush to call a bottom for $BTC says more about sentiment than structure. The argument against that confidence is not bearish conviction but a simple check against the historical checklist: the signals that have clustered at previous cycle lows are not yet fully present. That checklist is specific. Past bottoms have tended to form near the 0.786 Fibonacci retracement, with weekly charts oversold and flashing bullish divergence, and with price sitting at or breaking the 200-week moving averageCrypto Market Outlook: Short-Term Capital Returns, but the Mid-Term Trend Remains Bearish Short-term capital inflows are picking up, but the broader outflow trend remains intact. Current data suggests the latest rebound may be driven by short covering and tactical dip-buying rather than a genuine return of sustained investment capital. 📊 $BTC : Short-Term Inflows vs. Persistent Outflows - 4-hour spot net inflow: $4.54M - 4-hour derivatives net inflow: $281M - 24-hour spot net outflow: $131M - 2Did last night's spike really scare the chips away? ETF funds are telling a different story
$BTC: Yesterday, BTC ETF net outflow was only $3.39 million, compared to over $75 million the day before, showing a clear drop in selling pressure. FBTC outflow was $3.9 million, while BlackRock remained inactive. Around 81K, large institutions seem more like observers: the willingness to aggressively sell at this level is weak, and the downward momentum is fading.
$ETH: Ethereum reversed course here. Yesterday, ETH ETF net inflow was $1.84 million, with FETH alone taking $1.5 million; whereas the day before, there was a large withdrawal of over $400 million. Funds switched from withdrawing to tentative buying, indicating smart money is quietly accumulating on the spot side, and the bottom structure is repairing.
$SOL: SOL had zero inflow and zero outflow yesterday, basically lying flat. Compared to outflows of tens of thousands in the past few days, current selling pressure is almost negligible, and short-term chip loosening pressure is easing.
Summary: BTC big money has stopped selling, ETH has funds bottom-fishing, SOL selling pressure is exhausted. The market is still bottoming and deleveraging, but the most panic-stricken phase may be passing. Strategically, don't chase shorts or rush to full positions; wait for right-side signals to confirm before acting.
#10月FOMC临近，美联储暂停加息还有哪些变数？
#BTC现货ETF连续6日吸金超28亿美元
#交易之声：你的经验值得被听到 Let me start with something that might not sound pleasant: the dumbest thing to do over the weekend isn’t getting the direction wrong, it’s waiting for the price to drop back to yesterday’s level after a rally before making a move.
$BTC dropped to 79,220 last night and has already touched 81,099 today. Some are still waiting for 78,000, even thinking the recent rebound is a bull trap. But when it really hits 78,000, they’ll probably want to wait for 75,000. This isn’t trading; it’s struggling with their own anchor points.
Here’s how I see it now.
For the market, I’m currently leaning toward $BTC continuing to grind above 82,000. The 15-minute MA20 is at 80,795, and the price has been hugging the moving average closely without pulling away much. This structure doesn’t look like it’s rushing to end. The MACD red bars are shortening, indicating weakening momentum, but the previous rally needed digestion. If you panic and run just because the red bars shrink, you’re likely to get shaken out in the consolidation. What really concerns me is the 80,000–81,500 range: the average cost for US spot ETFs is around 81,500, the cost for listed coin-holding companies is near 80,200, and Binance’s largest spot buy wall is also clustered here. In other words, 80,000 isn’t just a random support; it’s the bottom line for many institutions. As long as it doesn’t break below here decisively over the weekend, sentiment on Monday is likely to ease.
But I’m not blindly bullish. Above 82,000 isn’t a vacuum; options market makers hold significant positions between 82,000 and 85,000, so price will face hedging resistance going up. Also, MARA’s related address just transferred 1,000 $BTC to an exchange, worth $82.8 million. While transferring to an exchange doesn’t mean immediate selling, this signal in a thin weekend market is enough to make short-term funds hesitate. So my stance is: leaning up but not chasing highs, waiting for a pullback confirmation before acting. $BTC has been volatile for so long; if it’s really going up, there’s no need to rush out after a 300–500 point rise.
For $ETH, the signals are mixed, but mixed signals mean opportunity. It touched 2,390 this morning but didn’t hold. I’m tracking signs of giant whales reducing shorts; Santiment data shows 169,770 $ETH flowed out of exchanges in a single day—the largest outflow in over four months—indicating supply tightening. On the flip side, Arthur Hayes closed his directional trading book, early holders are selling, so short-term selling pressure exists. I’m not rushing to chase 2,400; my plan is to buy near 2,320 with a stop loss at 2,280, targeting 2,450 and 2,550. If it breaks strongly above 2,400, I’ll wait for a pullback to 2,380 before considering entry, no hard chase.
$SOL is the most cautious in this round. It climbed from 98.62 to 102.43, looking strong, but 100 isn’t just ordinary support; it’s the neckline of a daily head and shoulders pattern. If the daily close confirms a break below 100, the measured target points near 80, implying about 25% downside. Of course, on-chain RWA and stablecoin data aren’t bad, and the network fundamentals haven’t collapsed, so I won’t completely dismiss it. My approach: test a pullback near 100, stop loss at 97.8, targets at 106 and 110. Stop loss is set just below the neckline—if wrong, admit it; if right, hold on; no emotional attachment.
On the macro side, next week’s rate decision is an unavoidable variable, but my understanding might differ from some. The Fed will most likely keep rates unchanged on October 28; Polymarket puts the chance of a 25bp hike at about 12%, so “no change” itself isn’t bearish. What’s really weighing on the market isn’t whether they hike this time, but that September’s CPI and PPI were hot, inflation hasn’t fully softened, and the market still prices in about an 83% chance of another hike in December. So the weekend’s volatility is largely position shifting ahead of time, not a premature trend death. If $BTC can hold 80,000 into Monday’s open, before the rate decision boots drop, the market could actually have a less painful run. Conversely, if 80,000 is decisively broken with volume over the weekend, don’t stubbornly hold; downside space is bigger than upside.
I won’t go all in on positions at once. Weekend markets are thin, spikes cost nothing, leaving room isn’t cowardice—it’s making sure you still have cards to play on Monday.
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#10月FOMC临近，美联储暂停加息还有哪些变数？ #BTC现货ETF资金反复，市场买盘能否企稳？ #中东原油供应风险再起，油价持续走强 This market really gives no room to breathe.
Yesterday it dropped below 80,000.
The bulls just thought the sky was falling.
Today it pulled back near 81,000 again.
If you chase the highs and sell the lows,
you’d get schooled by the market several times a day.
Last night, Bitcoin hit a low of 79,168.
Today it bounced back above 80,900,
rebounding over 1,700 points from the low 📈
But here’s a question:
When it dropped below 80,000 yesterday,
why didn’t it keep falling all the way down?
Who’s buying the dip today?
One possibility is low-level buyers stepping in.
Another is shorts taking profits and covering.
It’s also possible some funds are bottom-fishing during the sharp drop.
If it can break through 81,000 with volume
and hold above it,
then this rebound has a chance to continue upward.
But if it gets pushed down again after reaching here,
that means selling pressure above hasn’t been fully absorbed yet.
After all, the rebound from 79,168 to 80,900
only shows buying at the lows,
not that the downtrend is over.
What do you think?
Is this the bulls starting to fight back,
or are the bears just taking a breather,
waiting for the rebound to continue the sell-off? $BTC ETF flows left a more nuanced picture than the weekly headline suggests. The $1.075B inflow over Oct 19-21 was followed by $774M leaving across two days, while BTC slipped below both $80K and its 50-day average. IBIT's $566M contribution still indicates concentrated demand, but stabilization likely needs broader, steadier participation.
#BTCETFFlowSwings Crypto Capital Flow Analysis: Short-Term Buying Returns, but the Broader Trend Remains Bearish $BTC $ETH $SOL $ZEC Short-term capital is showing signs of returning to the crypto market, but the broader outflow pattern remains intact. The latest data suggests that the current rebound may be driven more by short covering and dip-buying than by a sustained return of capital. 📊 1️⃣ Bitcoin ($BTC): Short-Term Inflows, Continued Outflows - 4-hour spot net inflow: $4.54M - 4-hour derivatives net inWhen I see messages like this “still bullish despite being mocked,” my first reaction is caution: the market can easily turn price judgments into an emotional contest of who gets proven wrong. When fear and greed kick in, reasoning takes a back seat. 🫠
Doctor Profit has indicated that for weeks he has considered the $80,000 to $81,000 range as the long-term Bitcoin accumulation zone, and said he still holds all the spot positions established near $60,000, with a target of $94,000, not just chasing a short-term $4,000 gain.
My judgment is that this message is more likely to reinforce bullish confidence but is insufficient on its own to prove $BTC support is effective. Personal holdings and target prices express a stance, not verification; the long-term accumulation timeframe may not suit those swayed by short-term fluctuations.
For the person involved, persistence may come from a plan or from the impulse to prove oneself after being mocked, which outsiders cannot determine. Spectators tend to fall into confirmation bias: bulls remember the target price, bears focus only on the break below $80,000, and both feel validated.
I also need to reflect: if a viewpoint immediately reassures me, am I just seeking affirmation? When you saw this, was your first reaction relief, skepticism, or anxiety about missing out on $94,000? First, a cold splash of water: the traders' range for adding positions is not the market's safety cushion. Doctor Profit has indicated that for weeks he has regarded the $80,000 to $81,000 range as the zone for adding long Bitcoin positions, focusing on the long term with a target still at $94,000; he also said that the spot positions established near $60,000 are still fully held. I think the most easily overestimated part of this news is mistaking personal holding confidence for price support.
I'm not in a hurry to get excited, for two reasons. First, his spot cost is around $60,000, which is different from those who are only now considering building positions; the space to endure drawdowns differs, so copying the price points without considering cost leads to misaligned risk. Second, "long-term optimism" does not clarify the conditions under which this judgment would fail, and the target price is not evidence of new buying pressure. If the market only focuses on $94,000, then the discussion easily shifts from verifying logic to finding reasons to support expectations, which is my concern.
But I admit, he might be right. If $BTC can repeatedly absorb selling pressure in this range, then rebound and hold above the previous drop level of $84,000, I will reduce my doubts about this bullish judgment. Until then, my bearish stance is on the interpretation that "this range is safe enough," not on the assumption that the long term will definitely fall. Are you bullish or bearish? What is your basis for judging whether the $80,000 to $81,000 range is valid or invalid? Don't just state the direction; explain your reasons. XRP is currently priced around $1.28, down about 2.9% in the last 24 hours. Franklin Templeton deposited $150 million into the XRP ledger, which sounds like great news, but that is a dollar-denominated fund and has not been converted into XRP spot. After the price broke below the previous support level of 1.28, it has now become resistance. The ETF only saw an inflow of $4.25 million last week, which is almost negligible compared to the previous average weekly inflow of $24.8 million over thirteen consecutive weeks. Without the funds returning, the positive news is just news. ADA is currently priced around $0.207, down 1.3%. It broke below the October 18 candlestick's low of 0.2111, confirming a structural breakdown. The price is now below all four daily moving averages, with an RSI of 36.57, and momentum is still declining. The psychological support is at 0.20, and further down at 0.19 is the September low. The problem with ADA is not how much it has fallen, but that after breaking the structure, no one is willing to buy at the structural level. LINK is currently priced around $11.6, down 1.6%. In Q3, Chainlink reserves increased by 1.54 million LINK, and the cross-chain value carried by CCIP exceeds $85 billion, with partners including Swift and DTCC. However, after these announcements, the price slid from the October high of 15.70 down to 11.6, even breaking the recent range low of 11.82. Positive news.