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#Robinhood交易业务增长能否延续？ Robinhood (HOOD) will release its Q3 earnings report after market close on October 27, with the market consensus expecting revenue of $1.43 billion and EPS of $0.55.
Biggest highlight: Event contract business is the growth ace, with Q2 revenue soaring 10 times year-over-year, high gross margin, and sustained retail investor enthusiasm; options trading as the foundation, Gold subscription users surpass 4.84 million with a penetration rate of 17%, and pension assets growing rapidly; crypto business volume rebounded 21% quarter-over-quarter, showing marginal improvement.
Main pressures: U.S. interest rate declines suppress net interest income, and the crypto business base is relatively weak.
Institutional mainstream ratings lean towards buy, with a target price midpoint of $134, implying nearly 40% upside potential.
Key observation indicators: event contract revenue growth rate, ARPU per user, and management guidance on the AI tool Cortex. @OKX星球 The debate over the AI bubble is quietly shifting battlegrounds. Not long ago, Wall Street was the main arena—some shouting bubble, others coming out to endorse it. Now it has sunk to a tougher place: the voters' ballot boxes.
The latest POLITICO poll shows that half of Americans oppose building data centers near their homes, nearly double the 28% at the beginning of the year, marking the highest level since tracking began. With less than two weeks until the midterm elections, candidates supporting data center construction have seen their stance shift from a "plus" to a "burden."
Wall Street's doubts can be glossed over during earnings season, but once it becomes about rising electricity bills, land use, and noise right at the doorstep, public opinion becomes a slowly tightening ceiling over AI capital expenditures. This constraint is more tangible than any sell-side research report.
Would your area welcome a data center moving in next door? Tomorrow is Monday, and I'm a bit reluctant to touch these altcoins. The big coin barely moved over the weekend, but the gainers list is getting crazier and crazier. Watching it for too long really gets you hyped. I originally just wanted to glance at it, but as I kept scrolling, I started checking my balance and wondering if I should buy some.
Damn, the worst is missing out on the earlier gains and then hesitating to leave at the end. Seeing others make tens of percentage points, I thought making five points myself would be fine, but as soon as I bought, the price dropped. When it dropped, I wasn’t convinced—if it could rise that much, a rebound to let me out wouldn’t be too much to ask, right? So the short-term position dragged on until tomorrow.
I think this hype is about due for a break. Maybe some coins will keep pumping, but if I chase again tonight, I just don’t have the appetite. It’s already risen this much; after buying, I even have to worry about it while sleeping, waking up in the middle of the night to check my phone first thing. There’s really no need to turn the weekend into a night shift.
If I have profits in hand, I’ll sell some first. The moments I hate selling the most are when my mind is full of "this time is different" and "doubling again is normal." When it really drops, I start calculating my losses based on the highest price just now, even though I’m still in profit, stubbornly refusing to sell.
I’m not shorting either. When these things go crazy, they don’t care if you think it’s expensive or not. You short because it’s pumping, and then the manipulator pulls another spike, lifting you right out. Tonight I want to reduce my small coin positions and keep some money for tomorrow. But please, don’t sell and then go check the gainers list again—if what you just sold goes up, you’ll regret it, then buy another coin that hasn’t risen, and after all that fuss, your position hasn’t changed at all. Damn.820 million in liquidations, 93% are long positions; this is not a "long-short double blow," it's a one-sided slaughter of longs
Look at the liquidation data, this is the bloodiest part.
In 24 hours, the entire network liquidated $820 million, with longs accounting for 93.1%. Bitcoin's own liquidation amount reached $235 million, the vast majority being longs. Over 213,000 traders were wiped out.
Think about this asymmetry: the death rate of longs exceeds 90%. This is not "both longs and shorts suffering casualties." This is leveraged longs being unilaterally liquidated under macro-level drainage.
Why did this happen?
Because before this, too many people were betting that "80000 is a solid bottom." On October 15, Bitcoin dipped to 80226 for the first time and quickly rebounded; on October 13, it fell below 81000 and bounced back. Every experience of "holding 80000" encouraged more people to add leverage to go long above 80000. And with thin liquidity over the weekend, once 80000 was broken, the stop-losses and liquidation orders of these leveraged longs came out like an avalanche, instantly crashing the price to 79146.
$BTC $ETH $SOL #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 $SOL
The $100 barrier for SOL was finally broken tonight. The lowest point was 98.6, then it pulled back to 100.7, with bulls and bears grinding back and forth around this one dollar range.
On September 21, SOL was still at 118.88; tonight it's 100.7, down 15% in a month. The fee rate is still positive at 0.007%, and OKX perpetual positions worth 300 million USD haven't seen significant shrinkage; leveraged longs are still holding on.
Yesterday, the founding team proposed an idea for a validator stake-weighted oracle, which is quite niche, and the community basically ignored it. When the market is bad, talking about infrastructure usually falls on deaf ears; I've seen this pattern many times.
I watched this round number for a long time but still didn't make a move. It's okay to feel itchy but not act; admitting you don't understand isn't shameful—let it go first.
#10月FOMC临近，美联储暂停加息还有哪些变数？ The top trader has held million-level floating profit short positions for half a month, and now he’s even starting to discuss bottom-fishing? This attitude is clearly more cautious than before!
As the leader on the 365-day profit leaderboard, with a 100% win rate in the past 30 days, a maximum drawdown of only 3.23%, total assets exceeding 7.44 million U, and cumulative profits close to 18 million U, his strength and risk control ability are indeed exceptional.
Currently, he still holds two 10x leveraged short positions:
✅ $BTC short: average entry price 86195.3, current price 80826.7, floating profit about 805,300 U, return rate 62.28%.
✅ $XRP short: average entry price 1.5022, current price 1.3105, floating profit about 230,100 U, return rate 127.63%.
What’s worth noting is his change in attitude.
Both short positions were established at high levels in early October, capturing profits throughout this correction. Previously, he was clearly bearish on the big trend, but recently he has started discussing whether the bottom has already appeared.
He mentioned that since the decline began in October 2025, a long time has passed, and the market may be gradually approaching the bottom. Regarding whether to bottom-fish, the community’s bullish and bearish views are basically split 50/50, and he also acknowledges the current market’s obvious divergence.
This may imply that his expectations for further downside are narrowing. Going forward, it will be important to focus on whether the short positions will be opportunistically closed for profit, and whether the market can show real signs of stabilization.
However, large funds have ample profit cushions and stronger risk tolerance, so ordinary traders blindly following them can easily get caught in the tug-of-war between bulls and bears A figure overshadowed by the cheers for the "memory super cycle": global PC shipments in Q3 this year dropped 21% year-on-year and nearly 14% quarter-on-quarter. The reason is simple—AI has driven memory prices sky-high, with DRAM and flash being sucked into data centers by the ton, and by the time it reaches consumers, prices are so high that people are postponing their plans to upgrade their computers.
This situation must be viewed from two sides. For those bullish on storage, this is ironclad evidence of tight supply; but don’t just look at one side—the same price surge is strangling its own consumer demand. If an industry’s prosperity is propped up by squeezing the other end dry, this debt will have to be paid sooner or later.
Everyone can tell the story of rising prices, but who is footing the bill is the key. Do you think this wave of memory price hikes is driven by real demand, or is it just a game of hot potato?Lying in bed, bored, I keep checking the overall market data. BTC is tugging at the 80,000 level, just broke below the 50-day moving average, clearly losing momentum. ETH is the weakest among the four, falling but not rising. SOL is stuck around 100, neither going up nor down. Only ZEC is showing attitude, surging against the trend; among the four coins, it's the only one ignoring the market mood. The whole market is just a pool of lukewarm water.
The FOMC meeting is next week. The market expects no change, but the probability of a pause has decreased. Why? PMI is too hot, composite at 57.6, manufacturing at 56.0 hitting a 53-month high, and corporate selling price increases are the fastest since August 2022. Inflation pressure hasn't eased at all, and the Fed can't even find a way to soften its tone.
Looking at the buying side, BTC spot ETFs this week have been like a roller coaster. The first three days saw net inflows of about 1.075 billion, then the next two days had net outflows of about 774 million, with a total net inflow of only about 301 million for the week, mostly supported by BlackRock's net inflow of about 566 million. There is buying, but the pace is chaotic; it can support the lower shadow but can't sustain a reversal.
Anyway, that's my view. The October hurdle will most likely pass smoothly. The real danger is December. With the economy this hot, the door to further rate hikes isn't closed. Strategy-wise, I won't rush to buy BTC until it stands back above the 50-day line; ETH and SOL I won't chase either. ZEC is really strong against the trend, but chasing highs is just carrying others' loads; I'll wait for a pullback. Volatility won't be small during the decision week, so I'll lighten my position first and wait for the press conference to clarify the path before taking a stance.
Closing the OKX app, turning off the lights to sleep, will check again if I wake up in the middle of the night 👀$XLM
In the payment sector, lagging behind XRP, how should this difference be explained?
In this morning's spot snapshot, XLM's 24-hour price change was -0.39%, ranging from 0.16633 to 0.17409 USDT.
Under the same criteria, XRP rose 1.12%, while XLM remained negative, indicating that industry linkage does not guarantee returns in the same direction. It is necessary to look for specific differences in usage demand, token supply, and capital liquidity.
If the relative gap continues to widen, expectations for a catch-up rally should be lowered; if there is no verifiable business growth, it is not appropriate to make definitive judgments based solely on shared labels. ETH at $2335, can you still hold on?
ETF has been bleeding over $1 billion continuously, the promised upgrade on October 26 has been postponed again, and the whole network is shouting "ETH is finished"—but just as you’re ready to cut losses, 170,000 ETH quietly withdrew from exchanges in a single day on-chain, and staking volume hit a historic record. Is this wave the dividing line between bull and bear markets, or the last shakeout by the main players?
First, look at the surface: bad news hits hard, but the price stays above 2300.
From the August high of 4950 down to 2335, a drop of over 50%, and another 12-13% in 30 days. Moving averages are in a bearish alignment, MACD is negative, RSI is hovering in the oversold zone between 34-40. The candlesticks tell you: a descending structure, lower highs, and 2300-2330 is being repeatedly tested.
All indicators shout one thing: bears are in control, don’t catch a falling knife.
But wait.
If it were truly worthless, why can’t the 2300 line be broken despite so many attempts?
First point: ETFs are running, but chips are locked—you're looking at two sides of the same coin.
In October, the spot ETH ETF saw a cumulative net outflow exceeding $1 billion, institutional buying is weak, this is the primary culprit suppressing the price. Your first reaction to this data is "It's over, institutions don’t want ETH anymore."
But look at the other side:
Staking volume hits a record, about 43.7-43.8 million ETH, accounting for 35-36% of supply.
Exchanges saw a net outflow of about 170,000 ETH in a single day, a multi-month high.
In plain language:
ETFs that can sell are selling, staked ETH that can’t be sold is locked.
The truly freely circulating ETH in the market is visibly decreasing.
You scare yourself by staring at ETF outflows, while whales quietly smile watching exchange outflows.
This is the divergence—retail sees "who is selling," smart money sees "how much is left to sell."
Second point: Upgrade delay, is it bad news or the main players’ favorite smokescreen?
The Glamsterdam upgrade was originally scheduled to activate on October 26 on the Hoodi testnet but was postponed. The reason is not project failure but security concerns with EIP-8037’s gas interaction with existing smart contracts—this is responsible, not a failure.
But the market doesn’t care. The market only sees "the promised date missed again," and sentiment turns bearish.
But think back:
Before every major rally, isn’t there always a ghost story of "narrative delays" and "progress falling short of expectations"?
ETH 2.0 in 2020 was delayed many times. Each delay caused a price drop, and after each drop, someone handed over chips on the floor.
The upgrade delay doesn’t mean ETH is dying; it means the main players want you to believe ETH is dying.
Technically, short-term sentiment is bearish, no doubt. But the underlying direction hasn’t changed—ePBS, block-level access lists, higher gas limits—these are the hard bones of L1 scaling. A one-month delay won’t change the big picture for 2027.
Third point: The 2300 line is not just a price, it’s a thermometer of faith.
The current price is 2335, right on the 2300-2330 demand zone.
A daily close above this zone is the starting point for a recovery; a daily close below means support at 2280, 2200-2250, and further down the psychological 2000 level.
Indicators are already oversold, RSI at 34-40, with room for a rebound but lacking momentum. Volume expands on declines and weakens on rebounds—indicating bears still dominate but demand zones show signs of absorption.
Simply put:
2300 is not just a random number; it’s the psychological bottom line for bulls and bears this round.
Holding it means a "false kill"; breaking it means a "trend."
And the real judge isn’t on the candlestick chart—it’s the FOMC on October 27-28.
Bull vs. bear, you decide:
On one side:
- 35-36% staked and locked, circulating supply continues to shrink
- Large net outflows from exchanges, marginal selling pressure easing
- RSI oversold, demand zone absorption
- Long-term L1 scaling and institutional logic unchanged
On the other side:
- ETF net outflows exceed $1 billion, weak institutional buying
- Glamsterdam test delay, short-term bearish sentiment
- Moving averages in bearish alignment, descending structure intact
- If FOMC leans hawkish + December rate hike expectations rise, high-beta assets get hit
- Derivatives long liquidation risk looming
Key levels:
Resistance above: 2350-2400 (dense volume + moving average pressure) → 2450-2500
Support below: 2300-2330 (daily lifeline) → 2280 → 2200-2250 → 2000
Trading strategy:
Short-term players:
Avoid heavy positions before FOMC. Lightly sell high and buy low in the 2330-2350 range. If 2300 daily breaks, consider reducing or lightly shorting, target 2280-2250, stop loss above 2350. Reduce longs or try shorts if rebound meets resistance at 2380-2400. Leverage capped at 3-5x; holding positions here is suicide.
Mid-term players:
Wait for FOMC outcome. If dovish + holding 2300 + ETF outflows ease → gradually buy in support zone, target 2500-2600 recovery. If hawkish or break below 2280 → continue to observe, downside to 2200 or lower. Keep position risk exposure within 1-2% of account, build positions gradually + trailing stop.
Long-term believers:
High staking + ecosystem progress are the underlying support. Bullish on 2027 scaling and institutionalization, dollar-cost average in oversold zones and major supports, ignore short-term noise. But accept one thing: macro uncertainty-driven drawdowns are the ticket for holding long-term.
ETH now is like after March 12, 2020—
Halving narrative intact, ecosystem intact, institutions intact, but price just flat.
Everyone said "ETH is dead," but a year later it went from 90 to 4800.
The darkest times often aren’t because the project failed, but because you lost patience due to price.
Those who cut at 2300 will definitely make it back above 4000 in the future.
$BTC $ETH $SOL 本周行情要炸？美联储、3.6%通胀预警，还有11亿BTC期权交割！ 各位，收起周末的懒散吧。本周的宏观日历，绝对是一场“腥风血雨”。如果你手里还有高倍杠杆的合约，建议先降降仓位，因为接下来的 4 天，每一个事件都可能引发剧烈洗盘。 我们把这一周的核心逻辑拆解一下，重点看这三大“暗雷”： 暗雷一：美联储的“无奈按兵不动”
周三（10月28日），美联储将公布利率决议。目前 CME 数据显示，市场定价有 90% 的概率是“按兵不动”。但这并不是最可怕的，最可怕的是紧随其后的通胀数据——预期 PCE 通胀将达到 3.6%，几乎是美联储 2% 目标的两倍！
通胀下不来，美联储就不敢放水。如果周四的数据真的如此火热，12 月加息的概率又会飙升，这绝对是压在风险资产头上的一座大山。 暗雷二：十万亿美元市值的“财报大考”
周三到周四，微软（MSFT）、谷歌（GOOGL）、亚马逊（AMZN）将密集发布财报，这三家加起来市值超 10 万亿美元。如果在当前高利率环境下，这些科技巨头的业绩或指引不及预期，科技股一旦回调，纳斯达克和加密市场的资金情绪会被直接抽干。 暗雷三：币圈专属的“连环炸弹”
周四，Coin#SpaceX400亿美元AI融资计划受阻 连马斯克这种级别的超级大佬，现在也尝到了“地主家没余粮”的苦涩。这次不是造火箭缺钱，而是搞AI把现金流给干冒烟了。 咱们来看看这事儿。SpaceX本来想通过搞个特殊目的实体，去市场里融400亿美金，专门用来买英伟达的芯片、扩建AI基础设施，顺便把这笔巨额负债移出自己的资产负债表。算盘打得挺响，毕竟前期财报里AI业务猛得像印钞机。但现实很骨感，现在AI相关的信用市场波动加剧，华尔街那帮投资人变精了，重新评估这种大规模AI基建的融资风险，导致融资成本和定价谈不拢，目前还在僵持拉扯。 小马哥的个人看法是，这就是AI狂飙背后的“吞金兽”真面目。别看表面风光，AI基建简直是个无底洞。有数据说SpaceX明年的资本开支直逼400亿，预计2026年自由现金流要失血97亿。马斯克想在表外搞钱，玩的就是资本杠杆。但现在的宏观大环境，高利率压顶，华尔街老钱们对“烧钱换增长”的耐心正在耗尽。你看盘面上，相关的代币化股票SPCX和NVDA微涨，说明资金还没彻底恐慌，但都在观望。如果连SpaceX这种顶级标的借钱都费劲，那些二三线的AI项目以后融资只会更难 Over the weekend, $BTC briefly dropped below $80,000 during intraday trading, hitting a low of about $79,200. Sellers expected the decline to accelerate, but buyers quickly pulled the price back to the $80,300–$80,600 range. This "fake fall" move is more straightforward than any statement: there are active buyers below $80,000. 😄 The real suspense isn’t in the price, but in next week’s Federal Reserve meeting. The market is still debating whether there will be a rate hike, but this tension has actually dulled—given the repeated fluctuations in inflation and oil prices, there is a high probability of another rate hike before the end of the year. In other words, the real variable isn’t "this time," but how Powell will describe the future interest rate path. Direction matters more than numbers. This is exactly the most easily underestimated narrative mismatch right now: macro is still tightening, yet crypto is seeing structural buying. The immediate support for $BTC below $80,000 indicates that some funds have already priced in the rate hike expectations and are instead trading on the possibility of the "end of tightening." The crowd watches the meeting results, smart money watches the wording changes. In contrast, $ETH’s weakness is particularly glaring. It has long since fallen below 2,400 and is currently oscillating narrowly between 2,330–2,380, completely unable to keep pace with $BTC. Short-term support is at 2,300; if broken, the next level to watch is 2,250–2,200. The weakness at the exchange rate level indicates that funds are moving from high-beta assets to $BTC, which is a typical defensive rotation rather than a full return to risk appetite. 🙄️ Signals that can confirm this argument are veryZEC just showed how quickly an ETF-driven rally can unwind.
After a sharp run-up, Zcash dropped 9.35% as futures open interest fell by roughly $510M.
The lesson: rising price + rising leverage can look like strength — until positioning gets crowded. Watch whether spot demand returns before calling this dip a buying opportunity.Next week is not just "two nails," but a whole row of landmines. Tuesday is SK Hynix's earnings report, Wednesday is Microsoft and Google after-hours, Thursday is the Fed decision combined with core PCE, plus Amazon, Intel, SanDisk, Samsung, and the central banks of Japan, Canada, and New Zealand joining the fray. This is the kind of calendar that reprices all assets within a week.
The biggest mistake many people make at this time is rushing to "bet on the right direction." After playing cards for so many years, my experience is: what really determines winning or losing is not whether you guessed right before the flop, but how much you bet on that hand. You can have a view on direction, but loading up your position fully in a dense zone of binary events is like going all in before seeing the hole cards.
My approach is simple: keep my view, but halve my position size. For $BTC in this kind of market, survival comes first this week. How are you planning to get through this week? Resolv Labs was attacked in Q1 this year, losing about $25 million. The attack method was private key leakage, minting 80 million uncollateralized stablecoins out of thin air.
They had previously conducted 18 audits.
Hacken's Q3 report: from July to September, the entire industry lost $1.18 billion in 107 incidents, a 55% increase quarter-over-quarter. Among these, 77%, or $906.8 million, occurred in components completely uncovered by the most recent audit.
TRM Labs' 2025 classification is more straightforward:
Infrastructure attacks (private keys, mnemonics, signatures, frontend) 45 incidents, $2.2 billion, accounting for 76% of the amount, with an average loss of $48.5 million per incident.
Code vulnerabilities 52 incidents, $350 million, accounting for 12.1% of the amount, with an average loss of $6.7 million per incident.
Code vulnerabilities are the most frequent but cheapest; key leakage is the least common but most deadly.
Yet the industry's security budget is almost entirely spent on the cheaper side.
ack3 tracked 68 incidents with audit history in the first half of the year: attack paths outside the scope of public audits accounted for 67.6% of incidents and 94.4% of losses. I still remember the line from the report—"Most exploited vulnerabilities in audited protocols did not defeat the audit. They bypassed the audit."
Bybit's $1.5 billion case: malicious code disguised as interview questions was sent to Safe{Wallet} developers, infiltrated AWS, injected JS into the interface, and the signer thought they were approving a routine transfer but actually handed over control of the cold wallet. Not a single line of contract code was wrong.
Wharton's paper conclusion is twofold: on average, audits do not reduce the probability of incidents; but audits related to top-tier audit firms and bounty hunters are associated with lower losses.
The price is even more absurd: the median bounty for critical vulnerabilities is $20,000, while the median loss from a hack is $2.2 million. A hundredfold difference.
So who is that badge printed for? For fundraising, for listing, for users to hesitate three seconds less before depositing. It is priced by scope, but people, keys, and operations cannot be packed into a PDF.
Security budgets are spent on the visible parts, losses happen in the invisible parts.
When was the last time you read the scope section of an audit report?
Not investment advice, risk on yourself.
#CryptoSecurity $BTC My conclusion for now: The BTC options market clearly underestimated the few hours on Wednesday night this week. The schedule is tight. The Federal Reserve meets on October 27–28, with the decision released at 2 a.m. Beijing time on Thursday; on the same day after the U.S. stock market closes, Microsoft and Google report earnings; Amazon reports after Thursday's close. Normally, volatility should skyrocket this week. So what happened? The implied volatility for BTC at-the-money options expiring on 10/30 is only 33.7%, about the same as those expiring tomorrow. Instead, the 11/6 expiration is higher at 38.4%. The options market seems to be saying: the real trouble is next week, so let's rest this week. Converting 33.7% to Friday 4 p.m. gives about ±3.8%, which is roughly between 77,300 and 83,500. The 7-day low of 79,220 falls within this range. In other words, the market prices the FOMC plus earnings from three giants similarly to an ordinary week. Interestingly, positions are quite conflicted. For 10/30 expiration, put open interest is 4,620 BTC, call open interest is 3,559 BTC, with puts exceeding calls by 30%. Meanwhile, the perpetual swap funding rate is 0.0094%, 2.4 times the 30-day average. Options are buying insurance, contracts are leveraging long positions; at least one of these groups is going to get taught a lesson. I personally lean toward volatility being underestimated. Last week, the Nasdaq already had a round of noise over AI capital expenditure; this week’s earnings will talk about capex again, along with the rate statement.BTC ETF: 500 million redeemed in two days.
ZEC ETF: Net inflow of 41.1 million in one week.
The largest since September.
Big money is selling Bitcoin and turning to a privacy coin.
What's the reason?
Look at ZEC's script last week:
1.43 billion was withdrawn in the first 3 weeks, and it was still running on Monday.
But there were net inflows for four consecutive days, with 20.5 million coming in on Friday alone.
The money hasn't disappeared, it's just moving places.
But don't rush. Haha.
There was also a 98.2 million inflow once in September.
Then withdrawals for three consecutive weeks, and the price dropped from 1690.
Exactly the same script.
So now there are two groups:
Bulls betting "this time is different."
Bears remember "last time in September, everyone said the same."
My attitude:
41.1 million is real money, but money coming in doesn't mean money stays.
Until it stands above 1223, this wave can only be called a seeming reversal.
No rush to take sides, no need to guess.
Let the market speak first—
When it stands above 1223, then talk about chasing.
If it doesn't, this is September 2.0.The attitude of Trump expressed in this report by Jin10 can actually be ignored; it records the statements Trump made when questioned by reporters during his campaign rally in Florida on October 24.
Especially since Trump was in the campaign phase, the reliability of all statements is severely weakened, as they serve political vote-gathering purposes and do not represent his true thoughts.
However, another piece of news might have a mildly bullish impact on Brent — the Iranian ambassador to Pakistan clearly stated that Pakistan Army Marshal Munir's visit to Tehran this Monday was as a messenger.
But Iran stated that this time it was Iran conveying messages to Trump through Munir, not Munir bringing messages from Trump.
Why is this bullish for crude oil? Because this news proves that communication channels between the US and Iran still exist, but there has been no positive progress in the situation; having a channel but no progress means both sides' attitudes, conditions, and thresholds are tougher, which is indeed unfavorable for the US-Iran situation! #中东原油供应风险再起，油价持续走强 $BTC $XAU Got the script "A trader who can't trade coins isn't a good hacker" again?😐
▶︎ 2026.01: Sold at $3109
▶︎ 2026.09: Sold again at $2679
▶︎ 2026.10: Bought back at $2353
A mysterious entity with funds sourced from Tornado has cumulatively purchased 3000.5 $ETH (7.06 million USD) since 10.23, then swapped it to $BTC via the cross-chain protocol THORChain; this entity had previously sold ETH in batches at price peaks and recently bought back at lowsThe upcoming Predict TGE on BNB Chain could become another test of market sentiment. Its pre-market price on Aster reportedly peaked near $5 before correcting to the $1.50–$2 range. Meanwhile, prediction-market hype appears to be cooling. Polymarket’s reported IPO focus, uncertainty around token issuance, and the weak performance of third-party products like pPOLY all raise questions about how much speculative demand remains. The key lesson: a project's popularity doesn't guarantee a successful The most fragile thing is actually not the price, but the buyers' consensus itself. When everyone stands on the same side, who will take the opposing position? The leverage ratios for buying and selling in the BTC, ETH, and SOL markets are all approaching recent highs, with long positions borrowed on margin continuously increasing, while short borrowings remain chillingly low. I stared at this set of data for a while, and what came to mind was not excitement, but caution. The bullish sentiment is too uniform, so uniform that it feels somewhat unreal. This very consistency is a risk. On-chain lending shows longs continuously adding positions while shorts are scarce, meaning the expectation of a rise has already been largely priced in. In other words, the market is not waiting for good news, but for confirmation. Once confirmation is delayed, the crowded positions will create volatility on their own. BTC, as the emotional anchor, if it wobbles first, ETH's leverage will fall even faster, and the volatility of high-beta altcoins like SOL will only be amplified. This is not a directional prediction, but a transmission sequence determined by structure. Looking upward also makes sense: strong consensus and thin shorts mean that once incremental buying ignites, a short squeeze-style accelerated surge can easily occur, especially on the altcoin side, where elasticity will be amplified by sentiment into a pulse market. But this path requires new catalysts; existing positions alone cannot push it forward. Conversely, if macro expectations fluctuate and volume does not keep up, the first to loosen will be those who borrowed money to chase highs, not spot holders. My own rhythm is: do not chase the already run-up segment, first see if BTC can hold the key range, then see if ETH's relative strength continues. The altcoin pulse$SIGN is bearish, watching the unlock on November 15. The real pressure starts the week of November 8. There are 21 days left until the unlock. In backtesting, underperformance mostly clusters in the last 7 days before the unlock; the next two weeks haven't reached the time to ramp up yet. The chart's highs are still rising, but that's a structure formed in previous weeks and can't withstand a new supply equivalent to 10% of circulating volume. Trading volume and contract open interest are negligible; leveraged funds basically haven't entered. When supply pressure comes, buying can only rely on spot demand; with such shallow depth, prices can be easily pushed around. From November 8, watch two things: whether contract open interest suddenly expands, and whether the price can hold the intraday low of 0.010578. Bullish condition: if $SIGN outperforms the market during the week of November 8 to 14, it means the unlock has been priced in early and the bearish view is invalid. I won't give a direction for the price movement after the unlock day.$ETH is being criticized as trash, but on-chain just spotted two huge whales secretly switching positions.
One closed a large long position on BTC and added more $ETH, while the other cashed out $150 million worth of BTC over 11 consecutive days, then immediately went all-in buying $ETH.
Now the ETH/BTC rate is dropping like crazy, and retail investors are cutting losses overnight. The big players specifically choose these low exchange rate troughs to adjust their positions against the trend, clearly aiming to pre-position for rotation.
While others panic, they build positions on the left side; the bottom here is much stronger than most people think. Bitcoin faces a tough macro backdrop as Brent holds above $100
Over the long term, we can see that when Brent settles into a strong upward trend, above its annual average, Bitcoin has often slowed down.Let's talk about an old case: Mt. Gox. Newcomers today might not have heard of it, but every time I see the words "exchange suspends withdrawals," the first thing that comes to mind is this.
Simply put, it was an early Bitcoin exchange based in Tokyo. At its peak, most BTC trading worldwide went through it. In February 2014, it suddenly suspended withdrawals, and shortly after, filed for bankruptcy. They claimed to have lost about 850,000 BTC, later recovering around 200,000 BTC. Repayments to creditors were delayed for ten years and only started being distributed in 2024.
What I personally took away from this incident are three points:
1. "Big" and "established" don’t equal safety; a larger scale just means a bigger impact if something goes wrong;
2. Slow withdrawals and various excuses to delay are signals themselves—don’t wait for official explanations;
3. Don’t keep all your long-term idle coins in one place; if you can manage your private keys well, diversifying a bit gives more peace of mind.
Honestly, what happened ten years ago is still relevant today. Do you regularly move your coins around, or just leave them untouched?
Just my personal opinion, not investment advice $DOGE Observation: With brand partnerships broken and unlimited inflation, what can DOGE rely on to survive?
Experts in the comments have seen through DOGE's fatal flaw: it indeed lacks solid real-world use cases, and its tokenomics inherently carry an "inflation" gene (a fixed annual issuance of 5 billion tokens). The supply has no absolute cap, meaning it can never form the extreme deflationary narrative like BTC.
This news further exposes the chaos within its ecosystem, as the Dogecoin Foundation and House of Doge have directly terminated their exclusive brand partnership.
This internal conflict over trademark and commercial development rights indicates that its commercialization is not going smoothly.
As for exchanging "Such App" related assets for $4 million worth of Dogecoin Labs stock, it seems more like an internal asset reshuffle, providing almost zero empowerment to the DOGE token itself.
In the crypto world, DOGE's core "use" has long become a pure Meme sentiment carrier and Elon Musk's "pump-and-dump machine."
It lacks ETH's smart contract ecosystem and BTC's store-of-value consensus, relying entirely on retail investors' FOMO and capital speculation.
With the macro market severely shrunk and liquidity dried up, no fresh capital is driving consensus. An old Meme coin lacking hard currency attributes and burdened with continuous inflationary selling pressure will struggle to break out independently in the current environment.
Without real application support, relying solely on emotional hype will ultimately leave only endless downward drift.Holding steady is the consensus of 90%, the truly valuable part is the remaining 10%. The 10-year yield is close to 5.3%, Brent crude rose 3% in one day to $116.72, the highest since April—oil prices rise, inflation expectations follow, and those two dissenting votes will have something to say. The uncertainty is not in the decision but in the wording about the upside inflation risk in the statement: as long as this sentence is not deleted, the expectation for rate cuts will be pushed back another round. The emergency rate cut in October 1998 was forced by external shocks, not because inflation was suppressed; this time it's the opposite, inflation hasn't come down, and the White House still wants cheap money. The translation on the money side is simple: if the dollar and short-term interest rates don't come down, risk assets have to stand on their own cash flow. BTC is stuck below 80,000, in this round I am long on BNB, XRP, and SOL, all positions backed by real money. Data as of 9 PM. #OctoberFOMCApproaching What uncertainties remain for the Fed pausing rate hikes? Final latency cut down to about 150 milliseconds, stablecoin addresses surged to about 14.2 million, but dipped to around 98.6 over the weekend, $SOL I recognize this fundamental, and I’m watching the price level first
On 10/21 Alpenglow launched on mainnet, final latency dropped from about 12.8 seconds to around 150 milliseconds (Anza / The Block).
Around the same week, stablecoin holding addresses hit a new high of about 14.2 million, with about 4.85 million added in 2026; supply fell from the September peak of about 17.5 billion down to about 15.9 billion (SolanaFloor / DeFiLlama).
Intraday low over the weekend was about 98.62, OKX is now around 101.15 (24h high about 102.77).
Both the upgrade and stablecoin narratives are strong, but the price is still hovering near 100. I believe it follows the overall market sentiment, not convinced that the dividend has been fully bought near 101.
First watch for holding around 98.6–100, then rebound to about 102.8–105; if 4H closes below about 98.62, expect a drop toward around 95.
Do you trust on-chain data more, or this price level near 100?
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#Today'sMarketTalkData as of 21:00. Let's first lay out the previous round's accounts one by one, no explanations: Shorted ZEC at 1,183.14, current price 1,209.13, -2.20%, stop loss at 1,206.21 hit, failed. Shorted BTC at 80,216.30, current price 80,412.40, -0.24%, stop loss at 80,580.86 not touched, failed. Long XRP at 1.2938, current price 1.2976, +0.39%, take profit at 1.3145 not touched, hit. Out of three trades, one hit, a 33% hit rate. That's the numbers. The short on ZEC was swept out; what swept it was not new buying but the forced covering of longs and stop losses of shorts pushing the price up together. On the 24th, it dropped 7.76% to 1,136, with a string of leveraged longs liquidated; the next day it bounced back above 1,200. After the drop, it bounced; what bounced was positions, not funds—I've seen this structure many times, so this round I won't stand against it, but also won't stand with it. Let's talk macro first, because this determines how long all directions can hold this round. Brent crude oil rose 3% in one day to $116.72, the highest since April, with news of Middle East tensions reigniting inflation expectations; the 10-year yield is close to 5.3%. The rate meeting from the 27th to 28th is 90% consensus to hold steady, but the market has left room for the remaining 10% to push up—just this point.#SK Hynix Q3 earnings report is coming, can HBM4 boost profitability? 【This time it's not just about making statements: mediators reportedly have arrived in Tehran】
Tonight brings news of mediation progress. A 21:09 breaking news report citing informed officials states that Qatari mediators arrived in Tehran on Sunday, coordinating mediation efforts with the US. But at 21:24, Saudi Arabia reported that intercepted missile debris caused two injuries. The news is mixed; you can't just choose to hear what you want.
Putting these two pieces of news together carries more weight than simply seeing a "willingness to talk." I tend to view mediation as a potential pressure relief factor: if verifiable easing occurs, BTC selling pressure might ease, and ETH could have a chance to recover; but for now, we cannot price in any agreement or ceasefire prematurely.
At 21:41 Beijing time, BTC is about 80431, ETH about 2337, both priced in USDT. Looking at the 1-hour chart tonight: BTC support is 80210—80265, resistance 80580—80640; ETH support 2322—2328, resistance 2340—2346. Both coins remain below the hourly 20-period moving average, with ETH relatively weaker.
I prefer to wait for news and market to confirm each other. Only if prices reclaim and hold above their respective resistance edges will I increase confidence in recovery; if they break below support, we cannot remain optimistic based solely on mediation news. Today is Sunday, so don't treat 21:30 as if the US stock market has already opened. (Some data from Jin10)
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For market observation only, be aware of repeated news and volatility risks. #三星Q3利润预增近8倍，完整财报即将揭晓
Samsung's upcoming earnings report has exposed the bare truth of South Korea's tech sector. On the surface, Q3 operating profit surged nearly 8 times year-over-year, AI storage demand is booming, and HBM4 shipments are impressive. But if you look at the two community comments in the image, they are all contradicting this.
The first comment says SK Hynix's HBM4 backend equipment orders have been postponed to next year. What does that mean? It means capacity expansion is slower than expected; the meat smells good, but it can't be cooked in the pot. The second comment is even more critical: Samsung's profits hit a record high, yet its stock price keeps falling. Why? Because foreign capital is withdrawing, the company's buyback is about to expire, and retail investors have all moved to US stocks. There are basically no net buyers in the Korean stock market now; liquidity has been drained.
This is the most realistic portrayal of the global semiconductor sector right now: the better the performance, the harder the fall might be. Because what supports stock prices is never how much was earned in the past, but how much money is willing to come in to take over in the future. It's clear now that big money is retreating.
This situation directly impacts our crypto circle. The Korean stock market and semiconductors are barometers of global tech stock risk appetite; losing net buyers means global hot money is contracting its defenses. In such an environment, if tech stocks can't rally, BTC, as a highly volatile asset, will struggle to stand alone. Currently, BTC is stuck in a tug-of-war at this level with heavy selling pressure above. The fundamental reason is the macro lack of continuous inflow of incremental funds. $SAMSUNG The daytime rebound couldn't hold, BTC and ETH hit resistance and then turned down, now the market is stuck in the middle, oscillating back and forth. Many assume that the Fed pausing rate hikes is good news, but expectation gaps often hurt the most.
Pausing rate hikes does not mean a shift in monetary policy. As long as the Fed keeps the possibility of future hikes, the market will struggle to sustain a big rally. Hourly moving averages are tangled, market volatility intensifies, and ETH's volatility elasticity will be greater.
The FOMC shoe hasn't dropped yet, market uncertainty is very high now, so keep positions light in the short term. Don't rush to bottom-fish for a rebound; wait for the meeting results, see the direction of funds, then consider entering.
#10月FOMC临近，美联储暂停加息还有哪些变数？
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#BTC现货ETF资金反复，市场买盘能否企稳？ Damn, after looking at the revenue data from 15 launchpads, it's simply heartbreaking!
In the past month, 10 of them have dropped more than 75%! This business has basically turned from a money printer into a money shredder.
Comparing the average daily revenue in September to the most recent 7 days, StonkFun plummeted 85%, $PONS plummeted 92%, BONK.fun plummeted 85%, o1 Launchpad plummeted 93%, and Ansem is almost down to zero.
Only $PUMP bucked the trend with a 34% increase, earning over $10.33 million in revenue in the last 7 days. U.S. stock market is closed, but these three are still open. Weekend tokenized stocks' prices are entirely determined by buyers and sellers arguing.
The underlying stock is unchanged; premium is the only variable. No one will warn you if you buy at a premium of one or two points.
$xSNDK SanDisk 1240.40, 24h -3.24%, premium +0.14%. Down 30.19% in 30 days, 1231.98 is the 30-day low.
$xSPCX 147.24, -0.30%, premium -0.05%. Underlying stock reference 147.31, 30-day range 141.45–175.15.
$xCRCL Circle 85.65, +0.25%, premium +0.01%. Up 4.12% in 7 days, 75.93 is the 30-day bottom.
You can still place orders when the underlying stock market is closed. It sounds like freedom, but actually, it just extends the time you can make mistakes. Capital panel shows red alert: The more lively the rebound, the more it looks like a retreat signal
Opening the capital panel, the small green bars in the short term can easily mislead. Although there are tens of millions flowing in within half an hour or an hour, seemingly retail bottom-fishing, it is almost negligible over a longer period.
The data on the far right for BTC is glaring: a net outflow of 7.523 billion over 30 days, 1.028 billion outflow over 7 days, and still 878 million exiting in 3 days. This means that during the rebound, large funds did not return but rather used liquidity to sell off.
ETH is even weaker: a net outflow of 8.051 billion over 30 days, 3.544 billion outflow over 15 days, with a loss rate exceeding BTC. The short-term rebound looks more like a bull trap, with a lack of support on the market.
SOL is consistent as well: 2.035 billion outflow over 30 days, and another 12.53 million in 24 hours. Even the altcoin leader failed to attract incremental funds, indicating the retreat is widespread.
The conclusion is straightforward: long-term funds have had continuous net outflows for a month, with no increments. What sustains the market rally? Any current rebound looks more like an escape window for retail investors rather than a reason for heavy bottom-fishing. Don’t mistake short-term green bars for bottom signals; the capital trend has not reversed yet.
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#10月FOMC临近，美联储暂停加息还有哪些变数？ 🖊 Market Overview The evening market showed no surprises. BTC is currently priced around 80,293.6, having surged to 81,070 on the 30-minute chart before pulling back, with a slight daily increase of +0.61%, but still down -4.18% over the past 30 days. ETH is at 2,329.42, SOL at 100.83—both turned positive during the day, yet their 30-day declines remain deep at -13.29% and -16.06%, respectively. The rebound is a fact, but the quality of the rebound differs. 🔍 Data Breakdown: Who is Under Pressure, Who is Holding Firm First, look at the leverage side. In the past 24 hours, the total network liquidations amounted to approximately $577.5 million, with longs accounting for 91.17%, which is 10.3 times that of shorts. BTC liquidations were $234.8 million, ETH $184.2 million, and SOL $31.96 million. SOL's long liquidations are particularly striking: $17.3 million, with the 8-hour average funding rate hitting -0.021%. The negative funding rate and long liquidations form a typical "feeding each other" cycle. This is not panic selling but a passive clearing of leverage positions. Next, look at the capital flow. On October 22, the US spot Bitcoin ETF saw a net outflow of $635.6 million, the largest single-day outflow since June; on the 23rd, another $137.9 million outflow occurred, totaling $774 million over two days, offsetting more than 70% of the net inflows from the previous three days. BTC market dominance has topped 60%, with funds concentrating toward the top, rather thanCZ just said that the next big growth wave in crypto will come from an underestimated area. If you can discover it, early participants will make a fortune.
This is actually a true cliché. Everyone in the crypto family wants to get in early on new narratives, but nowadays in the cryptocurrency space, there isn't a new track as influential as DeFi, with a viable business model and real user demand.
Everything is PvP—whether it's NFT, GameFi, the metaverse, play-to-earn, Bitcoin inscriptions, Ethereum L2, AI-themed memes, or even the current coin-stock memes—they're all just competing for each other's USDT. The only surviving model still alive is DeFi.
Compared to the neighboring AI's LLMs and agents, crypto has indeed become less sexy, less cool. The only thing still offering some wealth effect is the big cycles of Bitcoin and Ethereum creating wealth. But in the 2026 bear market of the big cycle, Bitcoin falls too little, and it seems Bitcoin's risk-reward ratio and odds have also declined.
At present, I can only wait for Bitcoin to drop. If it doesn't drop and this starts a four-year bull market cycle, then I might just hold two layers of positions through the bull market. Without enough multiples, I won't buy Bitcoin.$BTC is suspected to have entered the sixth accumulation phase in nearly two years
Based on the net position data of BTC on exchanges over the past two years, it currently looks like a new round of accumulation phase has begun. During this phase, price volatility may be relatively large, but it will greatly help the upward trend of Bitcoin's price.
In the previous five accumulation phases, BTC price generally rose alongside. The stronger the accumulation, the higher the potential BTC price increase, and the longer the upward trend may last.
From the current perspective, it seems to have just entered the initial stage of accumulation. The buying power is still significantly weaker compared to the previous five times. If the buying strength can increase like before, the probability of Bitcoin price rising will be higher. Also, compared to the selling phase, the price stability is relatively stronger.
Some may question the price drop at the end of the fourth accumulation phase, but that phase reached BTC's historical high, and the accumulation strength and duration were not very strong.
Therefore, I say that the stronger the accumulation, the more it helps Bitcoin's price rise. At the very least, during the accumulation phase, BTC's price decline is limited, indicating that more investors are willing to buy at the current price level. ✨Don't be misled by the market consensus that the October FOMC will pause rate hikes; this is not a substantial positive.
The better-than-expected PMI data shows the current economy remains hot, with corporate selling prices hitting the fastest increase in over a year, and inflation stickiness far from fully dissipated. This pause is by no means a signal of policy shift; rather, it means the high interest rate environment will last longer, and the market's previous expectations for rate cuts have basically fallen through.
On the market front, BTC barely maintains sideways movement relying solely on the pause in rate hikes expectation. The high interest rate environment suppresses incremental off-exchange capital inflows. Spot ETF funds mostly exhibit impulsive quick in-and-out behavior, lacking sustained buying support. The upper-level trapped positions accumulate layer upon layer, making it difficult to form an effective breakout without liquidity easing. ETH, as a follower, shows weaker performance; the ecosystem currently lacks new growth catalysts, capital is cautious, and under the high interest rate drain effect, price elasticity is worse. During market corrections, ETH often falls more sharply. The current sideways movement is not a true stabilization; rebounds lacking capital support are mostly bull traps. Operationally, blind chasing of highs or bottoms is inadvisable. Long-term bullish logic can be retained, but short-term trading requires strict stop-loss enforcement; never stubbornly hold and amplify risks.
Do not treat the pause in rate hikes as a reversal indicator for the market. The stronger the economic data, the more confidence the Federal Reserve has to maintain high rates. Policy uncertainty remains the core variable hanging over all risk assets.
#10月FOMC临近，美联储暂停加息还有哪些变数？
$BTC $ETH #SKhynixQ3HBM4Earnings is a personal opinion and does not constitute investment advice
HBM4 is still in the ramp-up phase this quarter, with limited shipment volume, making it difficult to boost Q3 profits; the main expectation is future stimulation. This quarter's profits mainly rely on HBM3E and rising AI memory prices. The key market points are the ramp-up progress of HBM4, long-term contract orders, and capital expenditure guidance. It is highly likely that business results will be slightly positive but may experience a significant increase 🔴 Why did Bitcoin and Ethereum drop? The real reasons behind the market decline on October 25, 2026 📉 The drop in $BTC and $ETH is not just a random movement on the chart, and it is inaccurate to reduce it to the phrase "whales are selling." What is happening is an overlap of several factors: selling pressure, liquidation of leveraged positions, withdrawal of funds from some investment funds, and concerns about the global economic situation. 🔍 To truly understand what happened, we must separate the cause that pressured prices from the factors that accelerated the decline. 💰 First: withdrawal of funds from Bitcoin and EthereDespite the drop, I’ve been watching closely, and BTC is still hovering around 80248, down 0.60%. ETH slipped to about 2328, down 1.69%, and SOL is circling around 100.81, down 0.58%. All three have moved down, but none have truly fallen off.
This is exactly what I was waiting for. Quarterly contracts across the board are still trading at a premium. BTC’s quarterly price is about 0.88% higher than spot, and the next quarter is even higher by around 2.2%. ETH’s quarterly premium ranges between 0.63% and 0.96%, with the next quarter also about 1.8% higher. No one is pushing the forward prices into a discount.
The exchange data matches this 👀. The total BTC balance on the network increased by only 212 coins in one day, ETH increased by 87,500 coins. Compared to the millions in total supply, this movement is negligible—no one is rushing to move coins in to dump the market.
Positions are actually shrinking: BTC positions shrank by 0.95% in one day, ETH by 3.86%, and SOL by 2.28%. The drop is accompanied by shrinking volume, indicating it’s not panic selling but leverage being withdrawn.
Looking at the market dominance, BTC’s share is still around 60.13%, down only 0.08%. The money hasn’t fled. ETH positions shrank the most, yet the forward premium still holds. This contradictory combination is exactly why I’m confident this is a deleveraging phase.
So my judgment remains the same: the forward premium hasn’t collapsed, no one is moving coins to dump the market, this drop is just deleveraging, not a market reversal. I’ll keep holding to my own rhythm, neither chasing nor cutting losses ✋.$BTC Judgment Week is here: The Fed meeting is the day after tomorrow, and these three hurdles for Bitcoin must be closely watched
The day after tomorrow (27-28), the Fed will hold its monetary policy meeting. This could be the most important week for the crypto world before the end of the year.
Let's lay out the three cards first.
The first card is inflation. September CPI hit 3.7%, exceeding expectations. The market's bet on a rate hike in December has already reached 90%.
The second card is oil prices. Brent crude broke through 113, WTI is approaching 100. The Houthis bombed Saudi Arabia 4 times in 48 hours. If oil prices don't drop, inflation won't come down, and Powell won't ease his tone.
The third card is capital. Bitcoin ETFs have seen net outflows exceeding $900 million for two consecutive weeks, institutions are withdrawing; last week, a giant whale transferred 10,600 BTC to exchanges in a single day, 2.8 times the daily average, big players are sharpening their knives.
The key levels are also very clear: above 84,400 is the average ETF holding cost line, trapping many; below 79,800 is the chain liquidation trigger line. [The price is stuck within this $4,600 range, waiting for the meeting's verdict.]
There will be no direction before the meeting, volatility kills first. Those with high leverage, be cautious.
Do you think this time the Fed will be hawkish or dovish? The price of Dogecoin is going down, but the longs in the contract market haven't left. The long-short account ratio has risen to 2.74, and the funding rate remains positive, annualized at about 5%. Putting these data together tells a somewhat contradictory story: the price falls, but the longs not only don't withdraw, they are paying to hold their positions.
A positive $DOGE funding rate means longs regularly pay shorts. In the past 20 days, out of 60 settlement windows, only 15 were negative, indicating longs have been holding on despite the cost. This structure has two possible outcomes. The good one: the price stabilizes, the crowded longs become fuel for a rebound, and shorts cover to push the price up. The bad one: the price breaks key levels again, longs who can't hold are forcibly liquidated by the system, and the liquidations themselves become new selling pressure, wave after wave.
Currently, the open interest in perpetual contracts is about $208 million, not very large, but the direction is one-sided. A one-sided market never lacks volatility, but it lacks a trigger.
For ordinary holders, this structure means something practical: don't just watch the spot price, keep an eye on the funding rate. When the rate turns negative, longs start to clear out, and the leverage risk is defused.On 10-22, in that $IRYS post, I wrote "It rose 71% then gave back 15%, it's cooling down." That judgment was wrong.
The real situation: It surged from 0.0223 all the way to a perpetual high of 0.40917, spot historical high of 0.2959 (10-24 03:24), then crashed back to 0.035. That's -88% from the spot historical high, -91% from the perpetual spike, and a 43.5% drop in 24 hours.
What really gave me the signal wasn't the price, but the funding rate: On 10-24 at 4 AM, it hit the max +1% (the cap), longs paid full at the peak; right after, the settlement period was squeezed from 4 hours down to 2 hours. One day later, on 10-25 at 4 PM, it flipped to -0.79%, the direction completely reversed.
The source of the money is even clearer: In the past 24 hours, perpetual trading volume was 4.93 billion tokens, about 172 million USD, while spot IRYS-USDT was only 32.05 million tokens, about 1.12 million USD — perpetual is 154 times the spot. Open interest is down to just 3.69 million USD, 46 times turnover washed out the chips.
My current rule: When the funding rate hits the cap and perpetual volume is over 100 times the spot, there's only one way.
Did you get any signals from these two spikes? $IRYS$COMP
Compound helped define on-chain lending, which gives COMP real history. It also faces a crowded market where Aave and newer money markets compete hard for deposits. Governance tokens only keep their weight if the protocol keeps its relevance. Worth tracking: borrowing demand, not just headline deposits.$VET
VeChain has always leaned toward enterprise supply chain and traceability rather than DeFi culture. That's a different game. Partnerships can look impressive, yet what counts is whether companies keep using the chain once pilots end. Quiet, repeat business tends to say more than a big announcement.ZEC's recent move is quite interesting. A few days ago, when it dropped to around 1100, the whole community was shouting "privacy coin bull run is over," but then it bounced back to 1200 within two days. Those who missed the rally feel worse than those who got stuck. The catalyst behind this is clear: the Winklevoss twins submitted the S-1 filing for a ZEC spot ETF, and the NU7 upgrade reduced confirmation time from 3.75 minutes to 75 seconds, fueling both the narrative and fundamentals.
But don't get carried away. On Hyperliquid, among 84 accounts, shorts total 216 million, longs 136 million, with only 39% betting on a rise. The ETF is a long-term story, shorts are the immediate reality, chasing longs at 1200 means going against most smart money.
BTC remains the same, trapped between 80,000 and 86,000, with the 365-day moving average as the only anchor. Volatility shrinking to 6% means a breakout is near, but until the direction is clear, any heavy position is a gamble.
ETH whales are still holding strong; the liquidation price at 2181 is a looming risk. SOL may be doing well on-chain, but its price is suppressed near 100 by ETF outflows and can't rise.
My own moves today are simple: reduce BTC and ETH positions to a level where I can sleep well, wait to see SOL around 100, and just observe ZEC without chasing. The more confusing the market, the more you have to believe in one thing—no loss is a gain, staying alive means having a next chance. $BTC $ETH $SOL