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The Robinhood and Ripple news is trending, and some in the group are already calling XRP stable. Let me clarify first: the main player in the partnership is the stablecoin RLUSD—launching on Robinhood Chain and Bitstamp. Robinhood's own cash management is also entrusted to Ripple, which additionally provides financing for about twenty assets. XRP itself doesn't play much of a role in this.
The price has risen first as a courtesy: XRP current price is 1.3155, up 1.9% in 24 hours, high 1.322 low 1.2852, Binance at 1.3148 up 1.74%, both sides align. Funding fee is 0.01% at the first tier, contract positions at $87.4 million, leverage not heavy, this wave looks more like a sentiment trade.
My view: the real value lies in the stablecoin paving the way into brokerages; if the settlement volume really takes off, the dividends will fall to RLUSD. I won't guess the price movement; anyway, this news has a much shallower connection to XRP than what's written in the repost.
#本周将公布10月FOMC利率决议 AI computing power has been hyped for so long, just throwing money at it without results won't work. SanDisk's ($SNDK) earnings report after the market close on October 29 is a perfect touchstone.
Last quarter's revenue was nearly 9 billion, with the data center business doubling. This quarter's guidance is even higher at 10.3-10.8 billion, so expectations are already very full. Therefore, we can't just look at the surface data; we need to focus on these three critical issues:
1. Can NAND prices continue to rise?
Last quarter's revenue surge was two-thirds supported by price increases. Once this wave of price hikes slows down, profit growth will likely reveal its true state.
2. Can AI data center orders really be monetized?
Although 8 major clients have been signed, covering half of next year's shipments, paper orders don't equal real cash. We still need to see if actual delivery and profits hold up.
3. Good performance, will the stock price definitely rise?
The US stock market loves to buy expectations and sell facts. Even if earnings beat expectations, if next quarter's guidance isn't explosive or investors feel the good news is priced in, the stock can still spike and then fall unexpectedly.
My approach:
Never blindly chase highs before the earnings report. Focus on revenue, gross margin, and next year's guidance. If earnings blow out and guidance is raised, wait for a breakout above key resistance and a stable hold before following. If the data looks good but the stock price breaks down, don't catch a falling knife—beware of being cut by the realization of good news.
The long-term logic for AI storage definitely exists, but how far the stock price can go depends on whether earnings can support these sky-high expectations.
#SK海力士Q3财报在即，HBM4能否提振盈利？ Are U.S. retail investors going crazy? From October 12 to 16, leveraged ETFs attracted about $9.5 billion in one week, setting a new record for Goldman Sachs, nearly double the previous record!
The cumulative fund flow of the top 10 U.S. leveraged ETFs recovered from about -$18 billion to about -$8 billion, while market value shrank from about $120 billion to about $100 billion. The more it falls, the more they buy — it's real.
Funds mainly rushed into the triple-leveraged semiconductor SOXL, which saw inflows of about $9.3 billion in just two weeks.
What about the opposing side? Hedge funds reduced their tech stock holdings at the fastest pace tracked by Goldman Sachs since 2016 during the same period. Retail investors are bottom-fishing while institutions are retreating.
It looks like retail investors are taking over from the funds. Of course, that was true earlier. The chip sector just experienced its worst week in over a year, and SOXL has dropped nearly half from its high on October 6.
So the retail investors who rushed in first did take a hit, but now with a significant pullback, the cost-performance ratio is better, and the same goes for Bitcoin.
Xiaoqin thinks bottom-fishing is fine, but don’t heavily bet hoping for a big win; the risk is still high. Take it slow, hold a position you can sleep well with, that’s the long-term way. What do you think? $BTC $ETH $ZEC
#本周将公布10月FOMC利率决议 Seeing it is like picking up money 💰 Consensus center is at 0.55—0.5560, 0.57 is beyond the upper edge; Q2's 0.62 includes a one-time non-recurring gain of $0.14, Q3 has no comparable project to boost; crypto revenue plunged 55.7% year-over-year, NIR dropped 5.6% year-over-year, SBC is rising; trading volume exceeding consensus does not equal GAAP EPS crossing the line, 0.55—0.56 is a completely reasonable landing point, and under the rules, that means No. #Robinhood交易业务增长能否延续？ $BTW is gearing up for a plunge, with 1.5 billion in circulation and the whales holding at least two-thirds. Market cap over 10 billion. Those going long, be careful..Macro Background: FOMC's "Hawkish Pause," the Real Game is in December
The October hold has been fully priced in, but this is not the end of the story
The market prices about a 91% probability that the rate will remain unchanged at 3.75%–4.00% in October, with only about a 9% chance of a rate hike. The "hold" itself will not create volatility. The real variable is what Waller says at the post-meeting press conference. The market is trading not on "tightening ending," but on a "hawkish pause"—pausing once now while keeping the option to tighten further in December. If Waller clearly paves the way for a December rate hike, risk assets will face repricing; if his wording is neutral or dovish, a short-term relief rally may occur.
AI IPO is siphoning liquidity, an underestimated variable
Anthropic publicly filed an IPO registration statement, boosting AI investment sentiment but also meaning risk appetite funds are flowing from crypto to the AI primary market. During the FOMC and earnings-heavy period, BTC faces not only interest rate pressure but also competitive pressure from "funds being withdrawn."
Tech earnings are a "two-way bearish" variable: Microsoft and Alphabet (after market close Wednesday), Amazon and Intel (Thursday) will release earnings reports. Strong AI capital expenditure → funds flow from BTC to tech stocks; AI return concerns → broad risk asset sell-off. BTC has no clear beneficiary scenario. $BTC $ETH $DOOD #SK海力士Q3财报在即，HBM4能否提振盈利？ About $330 million in OTC allocations, combined with the subsequent queued unlocking schedule, make the mid-term supply pressure of $HYPE an unavoidable topic.
First, let's clarify a misconception: OTC allocations do not mean an immediate dump. Chips that go through OTC usually come with lock-up periods and discount arrangements. The buyers are mostly institutions or whales who acquire tokens to hold or make markets, not to place sell orders the next day. This portion of supply will not flood the public market immediately. But "not immediately" does not mean "never."
In the mid-term, these chips will eventually seek an exit. Coupled with the established unlocking timetable, the market needs real demand to absorb them—demand can come from buybacks, new incoming funds, or allocation needs driven by ecosystem expansion.
To judge whether the pressure is being digested well, watch for two signals: first, whether there are abnormal price and volume fluctuations around unlocking nodes; a calm passage indicates sufficient absorption. Second, observe the behavior of OTC buyers after their lock-up ends—if they choose to continue holding, the pressure transforms into chip concentration. Supply is a known factor; demand is the variable. Keep an eye on the variable.#美加稳定币监管明确收益边界 The US GENIUS Act and Canada's new stablecoin regulations simultaneously delineate clear boundaries on earnings: Stablecoin issuers themselves are prohibited from paying interest or rewards simply because users hold stablecoins, positioning stablecoins as payment tools rather than investment products. However, rewards from exchanges and third-party platforms require case-by-case verification, leaving a gray area.
✅ Core regulatory rules
1. United States (GENIUS Act)
Stablecoin issuers are prohibited from directly paying interest or any form of earnings to holders, whether in cash or token rewards. Simply "holding to earn" crosses the red line. However, distinctions exist by entity: rewards from exchanges and third-party incentives have room, with regulators assessing on a case-by-case basis whether these constitute disguised circumvention of the ban. Interest disguised under different names will still be deemed violations. Reserve assets are limited to low-risk assets, with monthly disclosure of reserve details.
2. Canada Draft
Aligned with the US approach, it also prohibits issuers from directly paying interest or rewards to holders, requires 1:1 full reserves and rapid redemption, favors a bank custody model, and top-down restricts stablecoin deposit-like behavior to prevent large capital outflows from traditional banks into the crypto sector. $BTC $ETH $AMD server chip opportunities are expanding, but the real validation lies in market share and profit margins. Growth in the AI market does not mean every manufacturer can achieve high profits; software ecosystem, delivery capability, and customer repurchase determine whether market share can be realized. Interest rates and major companies' earnings reports will affect sector valuations. If data center revenue and gross profit continuously improve, competitiveness becomes clearer; if order growth occurs but gross profit declines, I would lower the growth premium. Institutional Channel Cools Down: Why ETFs Can't Retain Funds
The attitude of institutional funds toward the Dogecoin ETF was reflected on the books this week: a net outflow of $538,000 in a single week, the largest since October. The situation of another similar product illustrates the issue even more clearly — its size has shrunk to about $726,000, and it has already reached the stage of winding down operations.
An outflow of over half a million dollars is not shocking in absolute terms, but the signal it sends is significant. ETF fund flows act as a thermometer for institutional interest; continuous outflows indicate a contraction in allocation. Meanwhile, a product being liquidated due to its small size exposes the true level of demand: the institutional funds willing to pay management fees and go through compliant channels for Dogecoin are fewer than initially expected when the product launched.
What’s interesting is the contrast. On October 25, net inflows in the spot market expanded, with short-term funds entering. On one side, the institutional channel is quiet; on the other, the spot market is lively with short-term trading. These two types of capital cast opposite votes on the same asset. This shows that the current $DOGE market momentum is driven by retail and short-term traders, while institutions remain on the sidelines. For ETFs to regain funds, what’s needed is not marketing but a sufficiently long-lasting upward reason — institutions never buy on sentiment, only on logic.I'm not very optimistic that $GOOGL's earnings report this time will exceed expectations; we even need to be cautious about the situation where good performance leads to a stock price decline.
The market already has high expectations for Google's AI business and cloud computing growth. Especially for Google Cloud, which saw an 82% year-over-year revenue increase last quarter, the market will naturally continue to watch whether it can maintain high growth this time. But with an increasingly high base, it becomes more difficult to surprise the market again.
Another issue is AI investment. Google has been continuously increasing capital expenditures on data centers, computing power, and AI infrastructure this year. The larger the investment scale, the more the market cares about when this money can be converted into actual profits. If revenue growth is good but capital expenditures continue to rise, and profits and cash flow do not bring enough surprises, the market may not buy it.
So this time, I tend to think Google's earnings report will not exceed expectations. The focus is on cloud business growth rate, search advertising performance, and management's guidance on subsequent AI investments.
After all, the market is not short of AI stories now; what it lacks is performance that can be continuously delivered. Do you think Google can exceed expectations this time?
#谷歌云业务增长82%，AI投入回报如何？ #SK Hynix Q3 earnings report is coming, can HBM4 boost profitability? #Clear Boundaries on Stablecoin Regulation in the US and Canada Traditional banks are genuinely panicking this time, watching deposits move en masse into the crypto space, prompting regulators to step in and confront the issue head-on. Recently, both the US and Canada released regulatory details on stablecoins, effectively drawing a hard line on "earning interest." Let's first take a look at what these regulations actually say. Canada published a draft on October 24, while the US OCC released the final rules for the GENIUS Act on October 21. The two countries are strikingly aligned: stablecoin issuers are strictly prohibited from directly or indirectly paying yields to holders. In other words, if you hold USDT or USDC, issuers can no longer pay you interest. However, the rules leave a loophole allowing third parties like exchanges to offer "trading rewards." Additionally, Canada requires a 1:1 reserve, redemption within three business days, and even caps fees at 1%. These regulations are likely to be implemented officially by 2027. Looking at the market, USDT and USDC prices remain almost unchanged, with fluctuations less than 0.1%. My personal view: This is a vivid "battle to protect interests." What do traditional banking systems fear most? They fear you converting all your money into stablecoins and earning high yields on-chain, causing massive deposit outflows from banks, which strikes at the core of their business. Therefore, regulators must intervene to close the door on issuers paying interest directly, preserving the traditional banking capital pool. But regulators also fear stifling crypto innovation outright, so they left room for third parties to issue rewards Is $100 worth of SOL a rock bottom or a guillotine?
480,000 SOL suddenly transferred to exchanges, ETF funds are running, but institutions are secretly adding positions—you're cutting losses, but who is catching your blood?
Let's look at the surface first: positive news landed, but the price is playing dead.
Alpenglow upgrade will launch on mainnet on October 21, final confirmation time compressed to 150ms (measured 404ms). In the blink of an eye, the transaction is already on-chain. RWA tokenized stock holding addresses have exceeded 1.5 million, a 5x surge since August; JPMorgan is even launching tokenized money market funds on Solana. So what happened? The price dropped from 120 to 100 and is still falling within 24 hours. Positive news with no price increase is the most dangerous signal.
First: Is the transfer of 480,000 SOL to exchanges selling pressure or a smokescreen?
Recently, about 482,000 SOL (approximately $49.17 million) was transferred in large amounts, some already on exchanges.
Sounds scary? But think carefully—last week, ETFs only saw an outflow of 17.3 million; who is absorbing these 480,000 SOL?
DeFi Development Corp recently added 5,346 SOL, holding a total of 2.59 million. Institutions are buying, whales are transferring, retail investors are fleeing.
Second: The fundamentals haven't collapsed; it's your mindset that has.
Daily trading volume is near 100 million, DEX 24-hour volume is 1.8 billion—the chain is still active, not stopped.
Stablecoin market cap is 15-17 billion, RWA tokenized stock addresses at 1.5 million, a 5x increase since August.
DeFi TVL is 5.6 billion, although it has fallen to a six-week low, its capital turnover rate outperforms most public chains.
Solana is not "fast but unused," it is fast and truly used. JPMorgan is not foolish; choosing Solana for tokenized money market funds is not charity.
Third: Technically, $100 is the psychological battlefield trench.
Since early October, the price has retraced from 120-125, forming a descending channel with a series of lower highs. Currently, it is repeatedly testing the $100 level, lows touching 99, closing mostly oscillating between 100-102.
Support: 100 (psychological) → 98-98.5 (recent lows) → 93-96 (next stop)
Resistance: 102-105 (moving average cluster) → 108-110
RSI is neutral to weak, with room for oversold rebound, but a volume breakout above the descending trendline is needed to confirm strength. Volume is moderate, no panic-driven volume breakout—no one really wants to cut losses here, but no one dares to buy.
Bull vs. bear, you decide:
On the bullish side:
Alpenglow upgrade landing, real performance improvements
RWA + JPMorgan + tokenized stocks, institutional adoption accelerating
DeFi Development Corp continuously adding, holding 2.59 million SOL
Strong support at 98-100, oversold rebound potential
On the bearish side:
480,000 SOL transferred to exchanges, potential selling pressure
ETF continuous net outflow, 17.3 million last week
Fed decision on October 28 approaching, hawkish expectations suppressing
BTC dominance high, funds rotating from altcoins to BTC
Failed to break 105 three times, moving averages bearish
Key level 100, only $5 away from the life-or-death line at 105, and $2 from the rock bottom at 98.
At this level, bulls and bears are betting their lives.
Trading strategy
Aggressive short-term:
Long: Hold above 99-100 with volume surge and bullish candle, light position entry, stop loss below 98, target 102-105 in batches.
Short: Rebound blocked at 102-105, light position short, stop loss 105.5-106, target 98-100.
Conservative approach:
No chasing shorts below 100, no chasing longs above 100. Buy in batches at 98-100 (spot or light positions), reduce positions near 105. Wait for daily volume to hold above 105 before chasing longs, target 110+; if volume breaks below 98, wait or hedge, next target 93-96.
Single trade risk ≤ 1-2% of total capital, strict stop loss. Decrease leverage or wait around Fed decision.
SOL now is like Solana in 2023—
Back then, it dropped from $8 to near death, everyone said "this chain is dead." What happened? It surged to 200 in a year.
$BTC $ETH $SOL #Intel's Foundry Transformation Welcomes a New Variable with Terafab
#On the Eve of Intel's Q3 Earnings: A Life-or-Death Test for Foundry Transformation
After the market closes on October 29, Intel will release its Q3 results. This earnings report will directly determine the quality of the foundry transformation—whether it will stop the bleeding and reverse course or continue to face pressure. The market is holding its breath.
Q2 revenue rose 25% year-over-year, and the Q3 guidance of $15.8–$16.8 billion seems to hold the bottom line, but the core contradictions no longer lie in revenue scale. Instead, there are two critical life-or-death challenges: first, the wafer foundry business continues to burn cash, with 18A and 14A advanced process ramp-ups underway. Whether losses can be narrowed is Wall Street's key question; second, with the explosion in AI computing demand, whether the data center business can deliver growth and capture industry dividends.
External pressures are simultaneously intensifying: Broadcom and Intel's CEO have jointly warned that AI expansion constraints are shifting from chip supply to capital financing. The giants are draining market liquidity, and for capital-intensive Intel, rising financing costs are a potentially fatal blow. Coupled with domestic ChangXin's DRAM technological breakthroughs, competition in the memory sector is heating up, and falling behind in semiconductor technology means passively taking hits.
Terafab becomes the only new variable in the transformation: tied to the long-term computing power demands of Elon Musk's Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI, it aims to enter with advanced process and packaging capabilities, potentially absorbing capacity and accelerating process validation. However, the project has a long cycle and large investment, making short-term revenue contributions difficult, and it mainly produces chips for internal use, unable to quickly open the third-party foundry market—far water cannot quench near thirst.
The core focus of this earnings report is on three points: the extent of foundry loss narrowing, and the growth rate of data center revenueAn address dropped from $12.25 million to only $5,357 — this is not just a halving, it's a complete wipeout. On-chain data records liquidation losses as high as $35.37 million, a single liquidation wiping everything out. What truly sends chills down the spine is not the loss itself, but that after liquidation, the trader did not exit: a 25x leveraged long position on $ETH, holding 50 ETH, with the liquidation price tightly close to the market price, continuing to stand in the meat grinder with the last bit of spare change. This case is worth dissecting because it precisely exposes the most fragile link in the current market structure. The 50 ETH nominal exposure, valued at about $100,000 at current prices, while the account equity is only a bit over $5,000, means that a price move against the position of less than 2% will trigger liquidation again. The tolerance for error with 25x leverage is already extremely narrow, and the liquidation price being close to the market price compresses the buffer to almost zero. In other words, this is not a trade waiting for a trend, but a position that can only survive by immediately surging in a favorable direction. The intraday volatility of $BTC and $ETH often exceeds this threshold, so the survival probability of this long position was mathematically determined from the moment it was opened. What is even more intriguing is the behavioral logic. Opening a long position immediately after losing $35.37 million indicates that the driver is not a fundamental judgment on $ETH, but a compensatory psychology of "after losing so much, there must be a rebound." This psychology repeatedly appears in on-chain data: addresses suffering the most brutal liquidations tend to re-enter with even higher leverage in a very short time. It does not constitute any directional signal, but is an emotional20261027
9. A project making money does not mean coin holders have a positive return
1. Grayscale ranked the top ten most profitable crypto projects, among which five had negative returns for holders. So the question is: which coins truly bring returns to holders?
2. First, how to calculate returns
The money a project makes is partly distributed to coin holders, partly used for buybacks and burns, and after subtracting newly issued coins, what remains is what you actually receive.
3. HYPE 8.0%, LIT 7.9% lead the list, CRV is the worst at -5.5%
The most typical case is JUP; the project itself is profitable with a 3.5% profit return, but the holder return is negative (as one of the many holders, I can confirm this).
4. Project profitability and your profit are two different things, so next time you see a coin paying dividends, first check: how many new coins have been minted?
If too many are minted, the amount you get per coin is negligible, which can be understood as mimicking central banks like those of various countries.
10. No one is bottom-fishing, everyone is fleeing?
1. Bitcoin has been fluctuating around 80,000; previously, when US Treasury interest rate cut expectations dropped, crypto would rise. This time, with a sharp drop in US Treasury rates, crypto, US stocks, and gold all fell. Clearly, everyone is scared and money is flowing into the safest US Treasuries.
2. Those wanting to bottom-fish should wait; many are trapped above, and any slight rebound triggers panic selling, so prices can't rise. This wave is everyone running away, not an opportunity.
11. Japan is going to raise interest rates, this December, with the central bank acting together with the US
1. Those borrowing yen to speculate on crypto,On October 27, Bitcoin fell below the 80,000 mark triggering $1.3 billion in liquidations, and the market fell into a liquidity trap ahead of the Federal Reserve decision. However, there are still notable movements worth digging into amid the chaos.
BTC: Currently at $79,965 (-0.42%). It touched 80,000 twice over the weekend but failed to hold, closing at $79,841. Derivatives saw over $150 million liquidated in a single day, with longs suffering heavy losses. However, the $77,000-$80,000 range remains a major structural cost support, and open interest remains stable at 669,000 contracts, indicating institutions have not massively exited.
ETH: Currently at $2,320 (-0.15%). It broke below the $2,350 ascending trendline, with the 24-hour funding rate plunging 56%, showing a clear weakening in leveraged long demand. ETFs have seen a cumulative net outflow of about $1.18 billion in October, and Arthur Hayes has publicly liquidated his positions. The $2,300 level is a short-term key defense; if it continues to fail, the high open interest could amplify liquidation pressure.
SOL: Currently at $100.20 (-1.50%). A giant whale deposited 171,400 SOL (about $17.3 million) to exchanges within 3 days, maintaining selling pressure. Technically, a head and shoulders pattern has formed with the neckline right at $100; if the daily chart confirms a break below, the next target is $80.
Major coins are generally under pressure, with BTC relatively resilient, ETH facing leveraged liquidation, and SOL technically the weakest. Ahead of the Fed decision, market sentiment is cautious, with the Fear & Greed Index at only 43.
#本周将公布10月FOMC利率决议 All the good news is in, but prices are all falling: BNB lands on Nasdaq but stalls at 750, SOL whales dump and lose 100, XRP gets bank license but struggles at 1.26
Three major coins, all holding good news, yet their prices are more honest than ever.
$BNB: Nasdaq bell ringing, but 750 is a hard ceiling
Officially listed on Nasdaq, asset attributes face structural revaluation, with a counter-trend turnover near 745. However, the 7-day, 20-day, and 50-day moving averages all press above the price, and 750.92 is the defining resistance this week.
$SOL: Whales dumped $49 million in three days
Dropped below $100, down 17% in 30 days. Three new wallets suspected to belong to the same whale transferred 480,000 SOL within three days, about $49.17 million, with $17.3 million flowing into exchanges and the remaining $29 million still waiting. If 98.51 doesn't hold, selling pressure will accelerate.
$XRP: OCC approved banks, but price does not approve
Down 13.3% in October. Ripple National Trust Bank received final OCC approval, whale holding concentration rose to a four-year high of 68.5%. But the 1.26 to 1.278 support is being repeatedly tested, and the 50-day moving average at 1.4 remains unbroken. The good news has not translated into buying.
Summary: For BNB, watch if 750 can see volume expansion; for SOL, watch if 98.51 holds; for XRP, watch if the 1.26 to 1.278 range breaks. When narrative and price clash, trust the price
#本周将公布10月FOMC利率决议 Can the $MU storage price increase cycle be converted into sustained profitability, rather than just a scarcity premium? AI servers require high-bandwidth memory, but supply expansion and changes in customer inventory can quickly reverse the cycle. SK Hynix and Samsung rose today along with the Korean stock market, indicating that AI storage remains in focus; the opposing view is that expectations are too full. If price, shipments, and inventory all support growth simultaneously, I will remain positive; if supply catches up with demand, profit expectations need to be lowered.Yesterday, with just one sentence from Musk, CoreWeave, Nebius, and IREN—these "new cloud" companies—were slammed to the ground; today at market open, these stocks all surged again, with Nebius jumping 11% outright.
The same batch of stocks, one day apart, one sentence knocks them down, another sentence pulls them back up. Many people watch the ups and downs looking for reasons, but what I see is something else: when the price of a sector can swing seven or eight points back and forth on a single piece of news, it means there is no valuation anchor beneath it at all, only sentiment and narrative holding it up.
Such violent back-and-forth is not a sign of many opportunities, but a characteristic of the late stage. The more you watch the excitement, the more you have to ask yourself: am I entering as an investor, or am I just catching the last wave of sentiment?#Strategy财报前瞻：BTC账面收益大幅反弹
"MicroStrategy Earnings Preview: Bitcoin Book Gains Rebound Sharply"
MicroStrategy is about to release its Q3 earnings report, with the book gains on Bitcoin rebounding alongside the spot price, directly turning losses into profits. The market has stabilized above the $80,000 mark, instantly improving the balance sheet of MicroStrategy's massive Bitcoin holdings.
There is ongoing concern about the interest costs from MicroStrategy issuing debt to buy Bitcoin, but as long as Bitcoin stays above $80,000, MicroStrategy's fixed quarterly interest expenses of tens of millions of dollars can be fully covered by cash flow from its software business.
The key focus of the earnings report at the end of October will be the specific unrealized gains from fair value revaluation under the new accounting standards, as well as the subsequent debt issuance plans. $BTC In the same direction, two opposite actions were taken last night
One category of products solely absorbed all net inflows of the Bitcoin ETF, while more than ten other products had zero flow; on the same day, another category of products saw a single product with net outflows exceeding $100 million, dragging the entire group of Ethereum ETFs into net outflows. One side is monopolizing buying, the other monopolizing selling—funds have not left the market, they have just concentrated exposure into the narrowest channel.
$BTC around 79,800. A single product ended the combined $770 million outflow over the previous two days, but other products had zero participation, and the ETF still had a net outflow of about $200 million for the whole of October. The 79,200 level was tested twice, the 50-day moving average is at 80,700; if it cannot be reclaimed, it remains a correction.
$ETH around 2,310. A single product’s outflow hit a record, while another slightly bucked the trend with a small inflow, which was insignificant. But over 43.8 million ETH are staked, accounting for nearly 36% of supply, continuously tightening the circulating supply. ETFs are selling, staking is locking.
$SOL around 100. ETFs had a net outflow of $8.23 million yesterday, with buying absent consecutively. The $100 level has shifted from support to a level needing confirmation.
In short: The consensus is to hold steady on interest rate decisions, but the path for December is still being priced in. Funds have not left the market; they have just concentrated exposure into the narrowest channel before the meeting—these three coins are all waiting for the same thing: when the channel will reopen.
For record-keeping of market conditions only, not investment advice.
#SK海力士Q3财报在即，HBM4能否提振盈利？ On October 27, Bitcoin repeatedly tugged around $80,000, with the AI sector leading the market with a 7.71% gain in 24 hours, and Quack AI soaring 252.24%. Meme tokens rose in sync, ELON2028 surged 16,413.4% in a single day, and the "big whale" of BNB Chain jumped 5,429.3%. This is not the start of an altcoin season, but localized speculation amid a stagnant market. SocialFi is falling, indicating that capital is selective rather than indiscriminately spilling over. Why is Bitcoin stuck? Technical aspect: The price is held below the 7-day (81,600), 25-day (82,750), and 50-day (81,850) moving averages, only above the 99-day line (76,200), a typical bearish arrangement; the 81,300 support has been broken, the rebound hits the selling pressure from about 874,000 BTC holdings, RSI at 40.7 is weak but not oversold. Capital aspect: ETFs had a net outflow of about $174.5 million for the month; although October 27 saw a net inflow of $110 million, it mainly came from a single IBIT product; exchange wallet balances increased by about 100,000 coins in half a month, Binance had a 7-day net inflow of 44,000 coins, all potential selling pressure. On October 22, over $500 million in long positions were liquidated, shifting leverage sentiment to cautious. Another detail: Bitcoin has dropped 7.3% this year, gold 7.5%—almost simultaneously, weakening the "digital gold" safe-haven independence. Deep logic: A cycle: mainstream sideways → leverage clearing → capital sinking into high-elasticity targets → narrative hype → capital return or hotspot shift. The contradiction lies here: institutions account for 95% of total inflowsMeta has raised its financing plan again: combining stocks and bonds, aiming to raise up to about $103 billion, all invested into AI. Note this move itself—previously, these cash cows built data centers using just a fraction of their profits; now they are issuing shares and bonds to raise money.
On one hand, the screen is full of "AI bubble is about to burst" warnings, while on the other, the giants' capital expenditures keep growing bigger and bigger. These two things are not contradictory; they are two sides of the same story: when the most profitable companies have to rely on external financing to keep up with this arms race, it means free cash flow has long been insufficient.
The bubble may not burst today, but the way money is raised has already changed its flavor. Do you call this "faith," or "being high on it"?On the eve of the FOMC, the market is thinner than expected. That on-chain giant whale who went 5x full short on ETH at $2322 has unrealized profits rolling up to $950,000—I’m on the same side with him.
This $ETH 30x short opened at 2383, current price 2323, floating profit 75%. The funding rate dropped 56% in the past 24 hours, long leverage is withdrawing, and the whale is also turning bearish. After breaking the 2350 trendline, the bears took back control; I have no plans to add positions for now.
$BTC is even more straightforward. The 80,000 level is tugged back and forth; ETF outflows hit $635 million in a single day last Friday, and Coinbase premium has been negative for 33 consecutive days. My short position went from 81,662 down to 79,852, a +44% floating profit—not exaggerated, but the timing was right—the FOMC will most likely hold steady, and what’s really weighing on the price is the December rate hike probability already above 68%. The hawkish pause is more grueling than the hike itself.
$BNB is the only long position, opened at 731, current price 731, break-even. But it’s the most stable anchor in my account: 826% maintenance margin rate, plus 164 million BNB just burned on October 19, tightening supply. The market can’t shake it out.
Three positions, two directions, the same logic—no bottom guessing, no chasing rebounds, waiting for those few words to land in the early hours of October 29. #美伊讨论霍尔木兹开放方案，油价回落 Seeing the burn proposal, I feel a bit of familiarity from the last round: the market narrative always comes full circle and returns to supply. The Osmosis community proposal aims to permanently burn 100 million OSMO from the community pool, about 12.6% of the current total supply, but it is still just a proposal.
The difference this time is that these coins were originally sitting in the community pool, not circulating, but could still be reallocated through governance in the future. My understanding is that changing from a "soft burn" to a permanent burn mainly eliminates the possibility of future re-release; you can't directly interpret the 12.6% as a reduction of circulating market supply by that amount. Moreover, inflation has already been zeroed out, so this is not using burning to offset new issuance.
I tend to see this as a positive signal on supply expectations rather than a sign of strengthening demand. The cost is that the community has fewer resources at its disposal, so governance must balance certainty and flexibility. In the cycle context, I will continue to watch real usage demand and not mistake supply-side actions for growth itself.#闪迪存储业务高增长能否延续？
#存储财报周提前暴动！闪迪：真成长还是利好出尽？
Korean stocks lead the way: Today KOSPI closed up 3.09%, SK Hynix rose over 5%, Samsung Electronics up 4%, with funds rushing ahead of Q3 earnings season. On the 28th, Hynix reported first, followed by SanDisk (SNDK) on the 29th, officially entering the storage sector's earnings realization phase.
SanDisk's last quarter revenue was $8.97 billion, a 51% quarter-over-quarter increase, with data center business surging 437%. Although the growth seems explosive, hidden concerns remain: two-thirds of the new revenue came from NAND price increases, with only one-third driven by volume. Whether this "price-driven" high growth can continue is the biggest test of this earnings report. The company has guided this quarter's revenue to $10.3-10.8 billion, with the market generally expecting new highs. However, Western Digital's stock fell after earnings, sounding an early warning: meeting earnings alone is not enough; next quarter's guidance is the real lifeline.
Currently, three major market divergences loom: whether AI data center SSD demand can sustain high growth, whether NAND supply expansion will depress prices, and whether long-term contracts will be fulfilled as expected. Coupled with domestic manufacturers signaling narrower price hikes, the cloud of a cycle peak has yet to dissipate.
On the chart, SNDK has been oscillating between 1220-1290 for several days, with heavy selling pressure around 1280-1300. Expectations were speculated ahead of earnings, making it easy for the stock to "sell the news." Avoid chasing highs in trading; focus on data center revenue growth, gross margin, and next quarter's guidance. Look for a breakout if results exceed expectations; if not, beware of a pullback after a spike. $SOL is now stuck at $100. There's still about $29 million hanging over it. Not sold yet, just untouched. The portion left in the whales' hands is more than what has already been sold. This is the most important thing to watch tonight.
Looking back, three wallets moved about 482,200 coins in three days. About $49 million. Approximately $17.3 million has been sent to exchanges. The remaining $29 million is still untouched. Whether it's fully sold or not is yet to be confirmed. But the direction is clear: selling into weakness, not strength.
The good news and bad news just don't line up. The Alpenglow upgrade has gone live. Confirmation time has been reduced from about 12.8 seconds to the target of about 150 milliseconds. About 71% of $SOL is staked, so the circulating supply is already small. JPMorgan has also brought tokenized money market funds onto $SOL. But ETFs have seen outflows for the third consecutive week, totaling about $72.24 million in October. Coincidentally, the outflow that week was also about $17.3 million. The price dropped about 5% over 7 days and about 17% over 30 days.
So right now, I’m not focusing on how good the upgrade sounds, just on whether that $29 million moves or not. If it moves, below $100, the next support to watch is $98.27. If it doesn’t move, $100 can still hold for a while.$BTC has struggled to break above 81,000 for a long time; pay attention to the options gravity at the 78,000 support level!
From the 1-hour chart perspective, BTC encountered a strong supply zone at the 81,000 round number. Previously accumulated short-term floating chips have turned into passive sell orders, greatly draining the bulls' momentum.
The four consecutive days of sideways consolidation are essentially exchanging time for space. If no new capital enters, the pattern of a prolonged consolidation leading to a drop is very likely to play out.
This week is destined to be turbulent. According to the economic calendar, the Fed rate decision, Euro-American GDP and inflation data intertwine, along with the tech giants' earnings season. Any slight disturbance could trigger intense volatility.
Pay special attention to the options settlement on Friday afternoon, currently the biggest pain point precisely anchored at $78,000. The delivery rules in the derivatives market often cause prices to gravitate toward the pain point.
Currently maintaining a short-term bearish bias. If there is a false breakout above 81,000, it would be a very good right-side short entry opportunity.
$ETH $SOL
#本周将公布10月FOMC利率决议 #SpaceX达成400亿美元GPU融资租赁协议
SpaceX has reached the largest GPU financing lease agreement in history with Apollo, totaling $40 billion, for the procurement of NVIDIA Vera Rubin chips to supply the computing infrastructure for xAI's Grok large model. The agreement is expected to be finalized by the end of the year, with equipment delivered in batches in the first half of 2027, and a lease term of about 5 years.
Simply put: this is not a one-time cash purchase but a financing lease model. Apollo provides the funds to buy the hardware and then leases it to SpaceX, significantly easing current cash flow pressure, allowing continued investment in the AI computing arms race, directly benefiting NVIDIA and the AI server industry chain, boosting short-term risk appetite for tech stocks, and indirectly driving sentiment in crypto assets.
However, the risks cannot be ignored. The huge long-term lease means continuous rigid rental payments, representing heavy capital investment. If AI customer demand for computing power declines or computing power prices become highly competitive, the high lease costs will become a burden. At the same time, large-scale financing may cause a market capital siphoning effect.
My view: the news is a medium- to long-term positive for the computing power fundamentals, but in the short term, it is more of an emotional stimulus and should not be chased blindly at high prices. The core contradiction in the AI sector remains the balance between capital expenditure and profit realization.
Do not heavily buy on positive news. Observe the sustainability of the US AI sector; if the rally weakens, consider light short positions; if computing power orders continue to be fulfilled and sector funds keep flowing in, then follow the trend to go long, with strict stop-losses and controlled position sizing throughout. I judge that SK Hynix is very likely to slightly exceed expectations, here are the numbers directly:
Operating profit surpassing the 77 trillion consensus: probability 60–65%, my central estimate is around 78–79 trillion KRW
- But reaching the optimistic 80 trillion (Meritz, IBK level): only about 30%
There are three main reasons for the upward revision:
1. **Samsung's forecast is a strong corroboration**: Samsung's Q3 operating profit forecast is 107.4 trillion, a year-on-year increase of +782%, indicating that the entire Q3 memory industry is even hotter than the market model assumed. SK Hynix's product mix is better than Samsung's (higher proportion of HBM, first in market share), with the industry level rising like this, it is more likely to fall in the upper half of the forecast range.
2. **Price tailwinds run through the entire quarter**: After two consecutive surges in DRAM contract prices in the first half, Q3 prices continue to rise at a high level, and HBM4 revenue is fully recognized starting this quarter, both volume and price are pushing upwards.
3. **SK Hynix has not slipped up in this cycle**: Q2 was a beat followed by a 36% stock price increase, a sold-out capacity business, with shipments and prices basically having no downside surprises.
The only variable that could drag it down is the **KRW exchange rate** — the bearish broker DS (forecasting only 70.1 trillion) bases their entire logic on a stronger KRW eating into profits. China's AI bubble has burst,
China STAR50 Index, which tracks the largest domestic AI and chip companies, has plummeted 40% in less than four months,
Is this the historic opportunity Ren Zeping has been shouting about for a year?
#SK海力士Q3财报在即，HBM4能否提振盈利？
$ZEC $SOL $SNDK Meta launches approximately $35 billion financing; at first glance, it seems AI infrastructure has more funds, but looking further, shareholders have more to consider.
This arrangement includes the issuance of common stock and mandatory convertible preferred stock. The company also proposed a subsequent ATM issuance plan of about $60 billion, but the specific implementation terms have not yet been determined, so both parts cannot be counted as already received.
What I care about more is the return per share.
The company obtaining new funds can build more infrastructure and potentially create larger business. But if the number of shares increases with financing, how much the old shareholders ultimately get depends on whether the returns from the new investment can cover the corresponding dilution effect.
Therefore, "the company earning more in the future" is not enough to solve this problem. Shareholders want to see improvements in the earnings and cash generation ability per share.
I support investments that yield returns. Meta already has mature business and conditions to do long-term construction, which is commendable. But as the financing amount grows larger, it is also very normal for the market to question investment efficiency.
Getting the money is progress; spending it for returns is the achievement. Facing a figure like $35 billion, I would be excited, but after the excitement, I still want to know: after this round of expansion, how much more valuable will each share held by old shareholders become?
#Meta启动350亿美元融资，支持AI基建 “After the hard fork, does CORE's 'immutability' belief still hold? The data tells you the real answer”
Many holders' biggest question after the vulnerability incident: Will the emergency hard fork break the underlying belief in the blockchain's immutability? From a technical perspective, this CORE emergency hard fork is officially defined as a forward upgrade. Unlike the Ethereum DAO incident, it did not roll back historical transactions and did not revoke users' already confirmed transfer records. The excess tokens left in the addresses related to the vulnerability were directly destroyed under the protocol upgrade rules; however, the 69 million ghost tokens already transferred out to external wallets before the fork were recognized as valid on-chain transactions and were not forcibly reclaimed.
✅ From the ledger perspective: historical transaction records were not rewritten, technically preserving the immutability baseline, which is the most critical trust foundation for the CORE BTCFi narrative. If the project team arbitrarily rolled back the ledger, no one would dare to stake BTC on this chain. But the belief has already shown cracks: 1. The emergency vulnerability itself proves that the protocol's economic model has flaws, exposing risks in the underlying code; 2. Although historical transactions were not rolled back, this crisis made the market realize that when a major vulnerability occurs, the project team has strong influence to push for emergency hard forks to modify protocol rules; 3. Coupled with the continuous withdrawal of official validation nodes afterward, the network's decentralization degree continues to decline. In summary: the ledger history was not tampered with, the technical baseline of immutability was preserved; but the market's faith in the long-term stability of this chain has been severely damaged by the vulnerability incident.$AVGO's demand for custom AI chips is growing, but is the customer concentration underestimated? Data center expansions support network and accelerator orders, yet the spending pace of a few major customers will amplify revenue volatility. Rising financing costs for AI infrastructure are also a downside factor. If order visibility expands and software cash flow stabilizes, growth will be more resilient; if customers cut investments or deliveries are concentrated, valuation will need to be discounted. The "Data Divide" of Oracles: Who's Getting Subsidies, Who's Earning Real Money?
Oracles are the communication hubs of the on-chain world. But the way different projects capture value determines whether they are "greenhouse flowers" confined to specific tracks or "independent rent collectors" spanning cycles.
Comparing these three targets:
$PYTH: Dominates in RWA perpetuals and prediction market data, with an ARR of $11.5 million. However, its revenue structure leans toward specific financial scenarios; once derivatives trading cools down and data calls decrease, revenue also faces downward pressure.
$API3: Primarily promotes OEV returns, and the DAO has passed proposals to use part of the income for secondary market buybacks. The pain point is that the current absolute scale of OEV is small and highly dependent on a few lending protocols. Without new DApp adoption, revenue is vulnerable to fluctuations in a single ecosystem.
$LINK: An all-around foundation. From cross-chain RWA assets to integrations with traditional giants like Swift, it covers underlying needs across the entire industry. Thanks to its broad integration, it can withstand shocks from the shrinkage of any single track. But it is important to objectively recognize that its token capture scale, relative to the massive transaction volume, is still awaiting full expansion.
Thoughts 🤔:
Projects tied to a single ecosystem are easily drained of liquidity in a bear market; while all-around foundational demand is broad, attention must also be paid to the depth of token value transmission. A truly solid moat comes from industry-wide essential demand and must have a rigid mechanism to convert business volume into real buying pressure. $ETH ETF outflow of $88.58 million, but Fidelity is buying, BlackRock is selling, this is called turnover, not retreat
On October 27, the ETH spot ETF had a net outflow of $88.58 million. BlackRock's ETHA had a single-day outflow of $104.7 million, setting the largest single-day outflow record for the fund; but Fidelity's FETH had a net inflow of $16.13 million on the same day, being the only product with positive inflow that day.
Most people see the words "net outflow" and conclude "institutions are running away." But BlackRock's clients and Fidelity's clients are never the same pool of money. ETHA is large in scale and moves quickly, closer to a macro allocation portfolio's rebalancing window; FETH is smaller in scale and stickier, closer to long-term holding funds. One big player leaves, another medium player enters, the net amount is negative, but the structure is not one-sided.
What really matters is not "how much outflow," but who takes over after the outflow and at what price. If Fidelity's inflow continues and ETHA's outflow narrows, ETH will form a turnover bottom near $2,300, not a collapse bottom. Conversely, if FETH also turns to outflow, then it is a full-scale retreat.Hynix earnings report comes out tomorrow morning, a quick look at three storage tokens in advance
$SNDK 1240, SanDisk makes NAND, not HBM 💾
AI servers require large flash storage, driving demand for NAND and enterprise SSDs. But note, SanDisk makes NAND, which is a different segment from Hynix's HBM. If Hynix's HBM4 data exceeds expectations tomorrow, the entire storage sector sentiment will be lifted; SanDisk will rise but with less volatility; if below expectations, it will also fall.
$xMU 896, Micron is waiting for Hynix's order data 🧠
Micron makes DRAM, and HBM is its incremental business; 896 is directly tied to the spot cycle. Tomorrow, Hynix will release Q3 HBM4 shipment volume and customer orders. As a competitor, Micron's position should be compared with Hynix. If Hynix exceeds expectations, it indicates strong HBM demand, benefiting Micron as well; if below expectations, the entire HBM sector will cool down.
$SLX 0.0524, rental assets are largely unrelated to earnings 🏭
Solstice splits wafer fab long-term usage rights into on-chain shares and collects rent quarterly; rental contracts are fixed and do not fluctuate with spot prices. Regardless of Hynix's earnings report tomorrow, SLX's cash flow logic is not directly affected. It belongs to the RWA track, aiming for stable income, not HBM4 orders.
This article is for market analysis only and does not constitute investment advice.
#SK海力士Q3财报在即，HBM4能否提振盈利？ SHAZ has had two consecutive bullish days — OKX xSHAZ token at 25.02, +7.52%, rising from 21.87 to 26.06 within 24h, all moving averages are above, with a turnover rate of 2.44%, which is active for a token; the underlying stock is trading in the US market, closed at 23.5 yesterday and surged +5.9% to 24.92 this morning, two days of consecutive gains.
What’s driving this? The AI sector is really hot right now — Anthropic’s IPO filing has ignited the entire sector, Nvidia followed with +2.39%, and capital is picking up AI stocks that haven’t fully risen yet; SharonAI is an AI infrastructure holding company with a market cap of only 800-900 million, showing more volatility than the giants, and with the Q2 earnings window approaching, the market is preemptively positioning for expectations.
My judgment: This is a typical small-cap volatility in a sector rally — a +5.9% gain on the underlying stock is mild for AI giants, but for a shell with an 800 million market cap, it means double-digit upside; OKX price at 25.02 is slightly higher than the underlying stock at 24.89, with little price difference and consistent direction.
Watch the signals: whether 26.06 (24h high) can break out with volume; if the underlying stock holds the intraday high of 24.92, the probability of continued rise is high; the most critical is the Q2 earnings day — that will be the watershed between catalyst realization or profit-taking.
#SHAZ #SharonAI #USStockToken
Not investment advice, DYOR #US-Iran discuss Hormuz reopening plan, oil prices fall
#Is the Hormuz “reconciliation” a smokescreen?
Qatar proposed a “five-day mutual concession plan,” and the market immediately traded on expectations of navigation resumption. Brent crude fell from a recent high to around $110, and WTI dropped below $101.
But this is just a "headline pricing" market: Iran officially denied the existence of the plan immediately, with seven core conditions remaining uncompromised — the US must first lift the blockade, unfreeze assets, and cancel all sanctions before navigation can be discussed. There has been no substantive progress on the core disagreement over the execution sequence.
More worrisome is that alongside diplomatic signals, the US military is ready to strike Iran within 96 hours, with the likely window for action after the mid-November elections; the Houthi forces attacked Saudi Arabia’s east-west oil pipeline again — the only backup oil export route outside Hormuz. If the pumping station stops, the global crude supply buffer will be completely wiped out.
Currently, war risk insurance premiums have soared to 10% of vessel value, transportation costs remain high, and actual supply risks have not eased at all. The oil price decline is only a temporary relaxation at the expectation level.
The macro transmission chain is already locked in: high oil prices push inflation → Fed rate cut expectations continue to cool → risk asset incremental funds are absent. BTC is repeatedly tugging at the 80,000 level, not due to geopolitical sentiment disturbances, but firmly suppressed by the hard logic of "oil price-inflation-interest rates."
If this week’s FOMC again mentions energy inflation risks, pressure on risk assets will only intensify. Don’t mistake negotiation news for a reconciliation signal; the trump cards in geopolitical games have never been on the negotiation table. $BTC $BZ Why has the focus after the $TSLA earnings report shifted from deliveries to cash flow and autonomous driving realization? Beyond the automotive business, the Robotaxi and AI narratives raise long-term valuations, but R&D, price cuts, and capacity expansion will impact profit margins. Interest rate changes before the FOMC also affect growth stock valuations. If software revenue, delivery profits, and free cash flow improve simultaneously, the optimistic case is more solid; if vision progress is slow and automotive gross margins are under pressure, I would turn cautious.BTC is currently trading around $79,600 to $80,000, repeatedly tugging at the $80,000 mark. The price is below the 50-day SMA at approximately $81,866 and also below the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement level at $80,370. FxPro points out that breaking below the 50-day moving average and the failure of the May and September resistance zones to turn into support suggest the downtrend may continue. On the downside, every touch between $79,400 and $79,600 has seen buying support, while the main resistance lies between $80,500 and $80,800. The news is pulling in three directions. From October 22 to 23, the US spot Bitcoin ETF saw net outflows exceeding $770 million, with $636 million on Thursday alone—the largest single-day outflow since June; Strategy has paused buying for five consecutive weeks, with $204.9 million used last week to repurchase preferred shares rather than buying up assets. However, Wintermute clearly states it is not bearish, only cautious ahead of the FOMC and PCE releases and before BTC recovers $82,500. On Wednesday, the probability of the Federal Reserve holding rates steady is about 90%, but the chance of a rate hike in December has risen to 68%, with a hawkish pause being the real risk. $76,000 is recognized by institutions as the next substantial support level, more worth watching than the psychological $80,000 mark. $BTC $ETH $SOL After looking at this set of long-short ratios, I have only one feeling: BTC's long-short ratio is suppressed to 0.77, while retail investors rush past 2.3; ETH is even more extreme, with a long-short ratio of 0.67 and retail investors rushing to 3.4. One side is desperately buying, the other slowly withdrawing, both opposing each other—this is not a trend, it's a gamble. Not to mention the short-term active trades, where several coins are dominated by sell orders, and every buy from retail investors exactly matches the sell orders handed over by big players.
ZEC is the exact opposite, with a long-short ratio of 0.85, big money leaning long and retail investors leaning short. Coupled with its most aggressive position increases and strongest price support, its strength is no facade. But given its scale, the more independent the coin, the fewer buyers there are during a catch-down; appreciation is one thing, chasing is another.
SOL is the most passive one; positions are increasing, but short-term hands have already loosened. People are still hovering near the key level. Without a direction, don't force one. Before the key level decides the outcome, I won't touch it.
Looking ahead, there are two things to watch: tonight's consumer confidence and Thursday early morning's interest rate decision. Positions are still stacked, leverage hasn't decreased. If the data hits in the same direction, the first to be crushed will definitely be ETH, where retail investors are most crowded. A retail ratio rushing to 3.4 is extreme; either retail investors are really right this time, or the fuel has been sufficiently accumulated. I bet on the latter. There's another layer: this set of data is short-term; reversals happen faster than flipping a page. I only use it to set tonight's tactics, not the direction. The direction still needs to wait for positions and data to speak together.
My tactic: don't take sides before the data lands, treat rebounds without volume as fake rallies, wait for big players to loosen first, then I'll follow 👀.IBM, Oracle, and Intel jointly oppose OKX/ICE's stock tokenization, with the number of opposing issuers piling up to 26. I actually think this will succeed—no one would bother blocking something that poses no threat.
SNDK perpetual is now at 1258.7, up 1.7% in 24 hours; US stocks closed at 1255.58 last night, up 1.42%, both sides are very close, with a price difference of less than 0.3%. The chip sector's momentum is still there, SK Hynix rose 5%, and Morgan Stanley said the chip stock correction is nearing its end.
This business moves the cheese for issuers and brokers, so a joint letter of opposition is quite normal. I use these kinds of tokens as night trading tools, so I can still watch the market after US stock markets close. It's a bit unnecessary for a retail investor to worry about big banks' matters, but I am really keeping an eye on this price difference.
#本周将公布10月FOMC利率决议 I've been burned by integer levels like 100 before: last time it broke through, I chased in, but it turned out to be a fakeout, sweeping back and forth twice before I got out. So if SOL tests 100 again today, my first reaction won't be to bottom-fish, but to wait for it to close.
The intraday low was 99.11, OKX's figure is 99.17, and now it's climbed back to around 100.7, consolidating. Funding rate is 0.0066% at the first tier, neutral; contract open interest is $324 million, leverage hasn't run away or increased. BTC is the same story, lowest at 79,455, now 80,259, hovering around the 80,000 line.
The Fed is meeting these days, and before the decision is out, I don't want to bet on direction at integer levels. Whether 100 breaks or not, I'll wait for the close to see which side it stands on before changing my stance.
#本周将公布10月FOMC利率决议 The market's expectations for SK Hynix's Q3 are actually already extremely aggressive:
Revenue around 98.2 trillion KRW
Operating profit around 77 trillion KRW
Operating margin even close to 78%
In other words, everyone is basically waiting for a historic-level earnings report.
Why do I still lean towards an upside surprise?
The first and most direct reason:
Memory price increases.
The market estimates Q3 DRAM ASP rose about 21%–22% quarter-over-quarter.
SK Hynix is among the biggest beneficiaries of HBM + high-end DRAM, so such a price increase has huge profit leverage.
The second reason is that several peers have already reported ahead of schedule.
Micron's late September earnings continued to impress, with strong demand for AI, HBM, and server memory.
Samsung's preliminary Q3 profit also slightly exceeded market expectations, and the core logic remains:
AI buys computing power → buys GPUs → GPUs need HBM → ordinary DRAM supply gets squeezed → memory prices keep rising.
SK Hynix happens to be in the fattest spot on this chain.
But why don't I dare bet on a "big beat"?
Because there is a hidden risk:
HBM4.
The market originally had high expectations for HBM4 volume growth, but now there are reports that NVIDIA Rubin's schedule and mass production tuning might cause SK Hynix's HBM4 shipments in Q3 to be slower than previously thought.
Plus, the market has already priced in very high expectations. #SK海力士Q3财报在即，HBM4能否提振盈利？
SK Hynix: $6.25 is exactly a "must beat consensus" target
Based on 1 ADS = 0.1 shares, 1,330 KRW/USD, and a 24% tax rate: $6.25/ADS corresponds to an operating profit of about 78.7 trillion KRW, which is 1.7 trillion KRW (+2.3%) higher than the FnGuide consensus of 76.96 trillion; every 10 trillion KRW in operating profit ≈ $0.078 per share.
Sellers are split right at this price level: Citi 81.3, Meritz 80.1, SK Securities 79.0, JPMorgan 78.0 are all above the threshold, while DS Investment & Securities 70.1 is below. Besides the numbers tomorrow morning, an additional shareholder return plan of 50–60 trillion KRW (including the first-ever special dividend of about 16 trillion) may impact the stock price more than EPS; after setting a record in Q2, the stock price actually fell 9%, retreating 54% from the June high.
Also note: SKHY ADR currently trades at about a 41% premium to the Korean stock (142.62 USD vs. 134,100 KRW ≈ 101 USD). $6.25 is the fundamental valuation, unrelated to the premium, but holding ADS carries an additional risk of premium contraction.Calculating, the nominal position of $1,830,100 divided by 3 corresponds to a margin scale of about $610,000. Core Trader 67 just opened a short BTC position with 3x leverage, holding 22.79055 BTC. I'll first look at the risk exposure and won't rush to agree on the direction.
① The nominal value is about $1,830,100. This is the scale of price fluctuation impact and should not be considered the actual invested principal.
② The rough liquidation distance for 3x leverage is about 33%. This is just estimated as 1 ÷ leverage, without accounting for maintenance margin and other factors, so it is not the actual liquidation line.
③ The reference price is $80,300. It is not equal to the confirmed average position price and cannot be used to precisely calculate the safety buffer of this short position.
My judgment is that the leverage of this position is not aggressive, but a large amount does not mean the bearish view is more accurate. Next, I want to see if it continues to add to the position and how the average price changes; a single short position is not enough for me to conclude the direction.$UNITREE After the hype subsides, what supports UNITREE's valuation?
The physical conference concluded successfully, unveiling the anticipated technical directions and product plans. However, after the excitement, investor sentiment has turned cautious. This "bearish" stance does not deny the long-term value but recognizes the clear gap between expectations, reality, and valuation.
First, expectations were overdrawn prematurely, and the implementation timeline has extended. Before the conference, investors had already priced in optimistic scenarios such as major new products, large orders, and commercial breakthroughs. What was actually disclosed mostly involves long-term plans for the next 1-3 years, with no substantial large orders finalized on the spot, nor mature products that can immediately contribute profits.
The founder also admitted that core technologies are fully mature and large-scale commercial deployment is truly operational, but this still requires a considerable amount of time. The phase of "speculating on expectations" has officially ended, and now the company faces a long fulfillment period, naturally cooling short-term sentiment.
Second, valuation has outpaced performance, lacking sufficient support. Whether related assets or market valuation, future growth over several years has already been priced in. However, operationally there are still shortcomings: most existing orders come from universities and research institutions, while large-scale procurement from industrial and consumer sectors has yet to form; revenue growth is slowing, and profitability efficiency falls short of expectations; especially the related tokens rely solely on ecosystem hype, with no official linkage to company operations, no dividends, and no equity value—essentially driven by sentiment, lacking intrinsic support once the hype fades.