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It would be such a pity if Bitcoin and Ethereum keep dropping like this.
I placed a short on Bitcoin at 84350, and it just surged up to 84134 at its highest.
I placed a short on Ethereum at 2560, and it reached a high of 2537.77.
There should be this kind of close miss feeling.
But if it keeps falling, it confirms that this V-shaped reversal is a short squeeze plus a buy-side support rally.
During the decline, selling volume expands, but during the rise, volume actually shrinks and meets resistance, making it easy to fall back for a second drop.#Storage sector fund divergence intensifies, foreign capital selling Korean manufacturers drives sector down
The market shows some funds exiting, while other funds are accumulating chips at low levels. Foreign holdings data shows Samsung's foreign shareholding ratio has dropped to a nearly 17-year low, with continuous selling of Samsung and Hynix by foreign capital, spreading panic sentiment outward. The storage sector is under overall pressure, and SNDK is impacted along with the sector.
From institutional research reports, Citibank maintained a buy rating last week with a target price of $2100, judging that NAND supply tightness will continue until 2028; Morgan Stanley proposed that AI is triggering a storage super cycle. The company's data center revenue grew 437% year-over-year, and the Sentinel series new products are positioned in security and automotive storage tracks. 25 analysts unanimously rate it as a buy, with an average target price of $2173, nearly 40% upside from the current price. The short-term selling by funds has not changed the original fundamental logic of the target.
Does the short-term stampede of funds mask the true flow of long-term chips? Like the tide temporarily covering the reef, the reef itself has not shifted.
$SNDK $BTC $ETH #SanDisk and Micron decline, ChangXin Technology progress draws attention
Storage stocks have dropped sharply these past two days.
On October 12, Micron fell 3.88%, SanDisk dropped 5.97%, and Samsung and SK Hynix also came under pressure. Today at the Korean market open, Samsung and Hynix directly fell over 7%, with the entire storage sector adjusting.
Why the drop? Two reasons. One is that ChangXin Memory disclosed progress on its new generation 4F² DRAM architecture, planning to launch server memory products by year-end. The market heard this and thought a competitor is coming, future capacity expansion expectations heated up, although actual mass production capability is not yet verified, sentiment ran ahead. The other is that Samsung and Hynix's large-scale stock buybacks are nearing completion, foreign investors are reducing holdings, and after a big run-up, a short-term correction is normal.
What’s the impact?
First, on miner hardware costs, if storage chip prices truly fall due to competition expectations, it’s good for miners as payback periods can shorten. But ChangXin’s technology is still in the validation phase, so short-term impact is limited; don’t expect hardware prices to drop immediately.
Second, the storage stock decline drags down tech stock sentiment, indirectly affecting risk appetite in the crypto market. Bitcoin is already pressured by macro factors, and when tech stocks weaken, short-term sentiment gets even weaker.
Here’s my view.
Don’t panic, this is a normal correction after a big rise. AI demand remains, the storage cycle isn’t over, and short-term profit-taking needs to be digested.
What do you think?
$BTC $ETH Today's market, $BTC and $STRK are like heaven and earth. Bitcoin stubbornly rebounded to over $83,000, seemingly about to reclaim lost ground, while STRK is like a hopeless case, dropping 18% in 24 hours and still falling today. Its recovery ability is really disappointing.
A big player couldn't stand STRK's sluggishness anymore and decisively liquidated over 26 million STRK long positions this morning at a closing price of 0.0848. Although not sold at the peak, he still pocketed a solid net profit of $184,000.
Thought he would take a break? Not at all! This guy immediately turned around and took a $11 million long position in BTC at an average price of 81,819 with 40x leverage! This position is already showing an unrealized profit of $245,000, but he also set a full-position stop loss at 79,000, clearly preparing for both outcomes.
Honestly, this rotation logic is very clear: abandon the weak, embrace the strong. But 40x leverage combined with such a tight stop loss really has a bit of a gambling element to it.Unichain has been "sent away," what remains of the $UNI story?#闪迪美光下跌，长鑫技术进展受关注
$SNDK has recently weakened rapidly from the 1600 level, dropping more than 9% over two days, with a low of 1444.
Many people are puzzled:
Changxin's breakthrough this time is in *DRAM technology, while SanDisk mainly focuses on **NAND**, so there is no direct competition. Why is it also being heavily hit?
The core logic is simple:
The market is speculating **not on current supply and demand, but on long-term expectations**.
The breakthrough in domestic storage technology directly breaks the belief in overseas technology barriers, causing capital to directly slash valuations across the entire storage sector, regardless of the track, collectively avoiding risk and fleeing.
Additionally, there are two implicit negative factors:
1. Nanya Technology's performance is explosive, with gross margins off the charts, but the market has priced in **2027–2028 capacity oversupply** in advance, and the high-profit cycle is about to peak.
2. The Korean manufacturers' trillion-level buyback is nearing completion, and the market's largest bottom-supporting funds are about to be cut off, causing sector sentiment to weaken completely.
Personal position management:
Short-term remains bearish, but after continuous overselling, a technical oversold rebound may occur at any time. **Absolutely do not catch a falling knife**.
My trading approach:
No bottom-fishing, no left-side speculation.
Wait for the rebound to face resistance before looking for a second short opportunity; if no position, continue to observe.
The focus going forward is only on two key points:
ASML and TSMC earnings sentiment, with **the real direction set by Samsung's earnings on October 29**.
If Samsung still expects long-term tight supply, this panic is just an emotional trap;
If supply and demand expectations weaken, this storage cycle is basically declared over. $CORE https://scan.coredao.org/address/0x307328448396c925bbc671944285547619e21838#internalTx The project team's contract just unlocked over fifty million, watch out for selling pressure. Additionally, it's worth noting that the circulating supply actually decreased after unlocking, which is suspicious. Judge for yourself.Gold is also a relatively good capital "safe haven" circulation channel, with room for growth in the medium to long term.
However, Bank of America predicts that gold $XAU could reach around 4800 by 2027.
In the short term, Bank of America believes gold cannot hold above 4000 and may dip to around 3750.
In fact, we can see that gold's trend has some support around 3950.
But rising Federal Reserve rates or increases in long-term U.S. Treasury yields may suppress gold's trend. Central banks like China and India have somewhat reduced their gold purchases, making gold relatively weak.
Physical gold demand is relatively weak, but gold ETFs still have capital inflows. In the short term, the risk of gold decline indeed needs attention, but in the medium to long term, gold still holds certain appeal 🤔
@OKX星球 #BTC and ETH spot ETFs are flowing out simultaneously, has institutional demand weakened?
Just checked the fund data, the ETF outflow this time is quite severe.
From October 5 to 9, the US Bitcoin spot ETF had a net outflow of about $679 million, ending three consecutive weeks of net inflows. Ethereum is even worse, with a net outflow of $542 million during the same period, marking the largest single-week outflow since January, and it has been a net outflow for nine consecutive trading days. The combined weekly outflow of the two products is about $1.221 billion.
Why is the money running? Mainly due to macro uncertainty. The Fed's September minutes were hawkish, oil prices remain high, and CPI is about to be released, so institutions choose to withdraw first and observe. This is not a rejection of crypto assets themselves, but a phase of risk aversion and portfolio adjustment.
Interestingly, BTC price once rebounded, diverging from ETF fund flows. ETH is even more obvious, funds are flowing out while the price is falling. Institutional demand for ETH is indeed weakening in the short term; nine consecutive days of outflows is not a small signal.
Next, we need to watch the CPI. If inflation data is moderate and rate hike expectations cool down, funds may flow back, giving BTC a chance to rebound and test 84500. If the data is hot and rate hike expectations rise again, funds will continue to withdraw, with short-term support for BTC between 81500 and 82000; breaking that looks toward 80000. If ETH falls below 2400, the next level to watch is 2350.
Don't rush to bottom-fish in operations. Wait for the CPI release, then act based on fund flows and price reactions. $BTC $ETH A $481 million buyback quota, not a single share bought, directly canceled.
Metaplanet's move, frankly, is to take all the money prepared for supporting the price and use it to accumulate $BTC.
They also made two acquisitions casually. The reason is straightforward: holding significant undisclosed information, making buybacks inconvenient.
As someone who has held for a long time, I actually feel quite tired seeing this kind of announcement.
It's not bad news, but it's not a strong booster either.
It clearly states a priority: Bitcoin comes first, shareholder returns come later.
The new quota of 385 million is set, but setting it doesn't mean it will be used.
The previous one was lost just like that.
What should be watched most now is not how big the quota is, but whether the coins continue to increase in the next holding announcement.
#BTC and ETH spot ETFs are flowing out simultaneously, has institutional demand weakened?
#Strategy accumulation slows down, has corporate treasury strategy changed? #Tokenized assets accelerate expansion, how far is large-scale implementation? $BTC "ETF is bleeding, but Meme is returning to Solana"
Yesterday, Bitcoin spot ETFs saw a net outflow of $65.4 million, and Ethereum ETFs experienced a nearly $577 million outflow over the past 5 days, marking the largest scale since January. However, Solana's Meme coin spot DEX trading volume share quietly surged to 91%, the highest in nearly 14 weeks.
What happened? Mainstream asset funds are withdrawing, but Meme trading volume is concentrating on Solana. It's not that Meme overall is heating up, but the answer to "where Meme plays" has changed.
Why is this worth attention? ETF outflows reflect institutional behavior, while Meme share reflects retail behavior. The opposite directions indicate retail investors haven't exited, they're just changing battlegrounds. Solana has absorbed almost all Meme liquidity, while Meme ecosystems on other chains are rapidly marginalizing.
Which observation is more supported currently? More support for "structural concentration under stock competition" rather than a full retreat. Money is flowing from large-cap assets to high-volatility targets, and Solana is currently the only receiving port.
What to watch next? Whether this 91% is a short-term spike or a trend turning point depends on whether Solana Meme DEX volume can be maintained. If the share stays above 90% for more than a week, Meme on other chains may face liquidity drain. Do you think this round of concentration is a safe haven or the last spree of speculative funds? $ETH $SOL Why are semiconductor chips and memory stocks weakening $SNDK $SKHYNIX $MU
Yesterday shorting US stocks was really satisfying, but why shorting is not well understood by everyone. Today, Xuan will break down the analysis for you. There are two main reasons:
First, domestic memory manufacturer Changxin Memory has made progress in the new generation DRAM cell structure and plans to launch related server memory products by the end of the year. The competition for market share is increasing, which will significantly impact the status and profit margins of various chips.
Second, buying in memory chips is starting to decline. Without new capital inflows and only buybacks remaining, it proves that institutions and major players are no longer buying. AI memory is starting to decouple from the market trend, so placing short orders now has great cost-performance potential!!
Personal trading advice:
Short SanDisk on a rebound near 1485, target 1410
Short Hynix on a rebound between 1120-1130, target 1070 Numb from the drop, is there really no hope for CORE? I'll lay out the most painful data and the strongest trump cards
Opened the square today, and all I hear is wailing.
CORE has dropped to around 0.019, down another 2.7% in 24 hours. The haters are on schedule—"zeroing out," "delisting," "running away." A brother messaged me privately: "I can't hold on anymore, is there really no hope?"
I’m not giving trading advice or sugarcoating. Today, I’ll put all the harsh realities and strongest trump cards of CORE on the table for you to see.
1. Why is it numb from the drop? Three reasons, none avoided
First, liquidity is continuously shrinking. KuCoin delisted CORE in July, CoinEx followed in September, and multiple exchanges have suspended deposits and withdrawals for risk control. The number of supporting platforms for CORE has sharply dropped from the initial 34 to only 13 still maintaining trading. The smaller the market, the easier it is for a single sell order to create a deep pit.
Second, 69 million ghost tokens hang overhead. On August 31, a validator reward loophole was verified; before the hard fork, 69 million excess CORE tokens were transferred to external wallets. The hard fork can only upgrade forward and cannot roll back confirmed transactions. These tokens cost almost nothing, and the official side has yet to provide any on-chain verifiable locking or destruction plan. Every rebound has a knife hanging over it.
Third, the flagship product SatPay has been delayed. This highly anticipated new Bitcoin bank was originally planned to launch within 2026 but has been postponed due to licensing and regulatory issues. Over 20,000 users are in the queue, and the launch date is undecided. The entire "revenue era" logic for CORE in 2026—buying back CORE with ecosystem income—heavily depends on SatPay generating real cash flow. Without the product launch, buybacks are just empty talk.
2. But next, some things the haters won’t tell you
Trump card one: CORE is still the largest Bitcoin sidechain by TVL in the BTCFi sector. According to Spark Money’s BTCFi research report, CORE has over $314 million locked on-chain, with more than 5,500 BTC staked, accounting for about 26% of all Bitcoin sidechain TVL. Why would a "zeroed out" project have so much real money locked inside?
Trump card two: The hard fork is indeed working. After the v1.0.26 hard fork activation on September 3, over 150 million excess CORE tokens were destroyed, permanently removed from total supply. Staking rewards returned to normal within 48 hours. The chain didn’t break; blocks are still being produced. This is the baseline.
Trump card three: 76% of Bitcoin’s hash power protects this chain. CORE’s underlying security directly inherits the hash power barrier of the Bitcoin mainnet. Why would a project repeatedly declared dead still have so much hash power working for it?
3. So, is there hope or not?
I won’t lie to you. CORE won’t take off tomorrow, nor will it zero out tomorrow. It’s stuck in a very uncomfortable middle ground—the underlying chain is alive, but the upper-level business loop hasn’t been completed.
Three key data points truly decide CORE’s fate; just keep an eye on these:
When SatPay truly launches and generates sustainable income. This is the only fuel for the buyback narrative.
Whether there is a disposal plan for the 69 million ghost tokens. If the official side proposes a community vote to destroy these tokens someday, that would be the first step toward trust repair.
When ecosystem fee income can cover inflation. Currently, real on-chain income is far from supporting buyback promises, which is the fundamental reason institutional funds are still watching.
Before these three questions have answers, treat all price ups and downs as emotional fluctuations, not trend reversals to chase.
Finally, a heartfelt word
From $6.47 down to $0.019, a 99.7% drop. Who can hold on until now without a steel head? If you didn’t run after a 99% drop, are you really dumb to sell now just because it dropped to 0.019?
I’m not telling you to hold to death. I want to say—if your original logic for buying CORE was "BTCFi is the future," has that logic changed today? It’s still the top Bitcoin sidechain by TVL, 76% of hash power still protects it, the chain is still running, and the code is still updating.
The logic hasn’t changed; what changed is the price. And price has never been the only standard to judge whether a project is dead or alive.
When you can’t hold on, look less at the K-line and more at the chain. The chain isn’t dead, so why panic?
Are you still here? During this drop, did you add to your position or sell?
$CORE Someone made a suggestion on GitHub to cut Dogecoin's inflation by 90%
Since Dogecoin launched in 2013, the block reward has always been 10,000 coins per block and has never changed. Someone calculated that about 5.26 billion DOGE are added annually, with an inflation rate of around 3.2%. Many people complain about Dogecoin's "infinite issuance," referring to this issue.
But recently, someone proposed on GitHub to cut the block reward directly from 10,000 to 1,000, a 90% reduction. If this really happens, the annual new coins would drop from 5.26 billion to 526 million, and the annual inflation rate would be squeezed from 3.2% down to 0.3%. What does 3.2% vs. 0.3% mean? Many countries have annual currency inflation rates higher than this.
Of course, this is still far from being implemented. A hard fork requires miners and exchanges to follow, and the proposal is currently stuck on the GitHub forum with no statement from the core team yet. Also, Dogecoin is merge-mined with Litecoin, so after cutting the reward by 90%, miners' income would have to rely on coin price and transaction fees to make up the difference; if not, the hash rate might drop.
But I think the signal itself is more important than the outcome. The community is starting to seriously discuss "deflation," and some people want to tighten the faucet that has been spraying coins nonstop. The price is still just above 0.08, so I'll hold onto $DOGE and let them discuss it slowly."Altcoin Season Index Hits Highest in a Year, But One Data Point Contradicts It"
The Altcoin Season Index surged to 66, the highest in a year. But the market breadth doesn't cooperate: only 6 out of 26 categories rose, with breadth at 23.1%, down from 92% three weeks ago.
What's changed? The index is rising, but the market breadth is shrinking. Leading gains are in infrastructure like cross-chain bridges and data availability; Meme fell 6.60%, Solana ecosystem dropped 6.44%. Funds are not rotating but shrinking their circle.
Why pay attention? Despite the index hitting a new high, breadth is only 23%, indicating this is not a broad altcoin season but an isolated rally in a few infrastructure sectors. Ethereum ETFs saw a net outflow of $577 million in the past 5 days, with money moving out of large-cap assets into non-Ethereum ecosystems like NEAR and Internet Computer.
Currently, this supports a "structural shrinkage" scenario, where the index rises but market breadth falls due to two separate asset groups.
Next to watch: Celestia up 24% in seven days, while peer Arweave fell 4%. Whether this divergence narrows will determine how far this shrinkage goes. Do you think the isolated infrastructure rally is a prelude or a false signal? $ETH Judging from the timing and pattern of the adjustment, I tend to believe this wave of correction is not over yet. Moreover, the probability of an interest rate hike in October is still so low. Normally, CPI/PPI data would push the rate hike probability up, and if that really happens, the drop would be even more severe.
If Bitcoin can return to around 75k, only then would I consider it a good bottom-fishing opportunity. The three major storage coins also need to drop a bit more to.
#DailyOrbit "BTC surged to 84,000, but one data point is more worth watching than the price"
BTC hit a high of $84,352 last night, but this morning it has already dropped to around $82,500, a decline of over 1% in 24 hours. However, more worth watching than the price is another figure.
What has changed? The Fear and Greed Index plummeted from 69 (Greed) yesterday to 57, dropping 12 points in one day. Meanwhile, Bitcoin spot ETFs have seen a cumulative net outflow of $451.8 million this month. The price has only fallen less than 2%, but sentiment and capital are accelerating their retreat.
Why is this worth attention? A price pullback is not unusual, but "sentiment collapsing before price" usually means profit-taking is quietly happening rather than panic selling. Coupled with the US-Iran situation pushing up oil prices and a stronger dollar, risk appetite is being suppressed by macro factors.
Which observation is currently more supported? It supports "short-term cooling during high-level consolidation" rather than a trend reversal. The selling pressure above 84,000 is real, but there is still buying support around 82,000, indicating a mild correction rather than a crash.
What should we focus on next? Tomorrow (the 14th) the US CPI data is the biggest variable this week. If CPI exceeds expectations, rate cut expectations will cool further, and BTC may test 82,000 or even 81,000; if CPI is moderate, sentiment is expected to recover quickly. Do you think this pullback is a chance to enter, or a signal to retreat? $BTC #BlackRock shifts to overweight short-term bonds, downgrades US stock rating. The world's largest asset manager BlackRock has made a tactical adjustment by increasing short-term US Treasury bonds to overweight while downgrading US stocks from overweight to neutral. The key point: this is not a long-term bearish view on US stocks but a phase-specific risk control move; the long-term AI theme remains intact.
Core logic: Currently, short-term bond yields offer a decent risk-free return with improved cost-effectiveness; BlackRock also believes that market expectations for further Fed rate hikes may be overestimated. Compared to longer-duration bonds, short-term bonds have less interest rate volatility and are better suited for locking in coupon payments, so short-term bonds are prioritized. The downgrade of US stocks mainly reflects concerns that in a sustained high-interest-rate environment, the AI sector may experience amplified short-term volatility, valuation pressure, and investors may choose to realize some gains and increase fixed income allocation for balance.
Implications for crypto: This indicates that leading institutions are actively reducing risk exposure, signaling a convergence in risk appetite. If the Nasdaq and tech stocks are dragged down, high-beta assets like BTC and ETH are likely to face synchronized pressure. However, this is a capital rebalancing rather than systemic panic, so it is likely to result in oscillations rather than a continuous one-sided sharp decline.
Key follow-up points: short-end US Treasury yields, CPI and other inflation data, and whether other large asset managers follow suit in adjusting their portfolios. If more institutions imitate this, the rebound strength of risk assets will continue to be limited. $BTC $ETH $SOL $BTC Liquidation Map Day 2: Shorts pile up higher, less resistance to the upside?
Yesterday predicted an upward move, but was proven wrong. Current record: 0 wins, 1 loss.
Price fell from 84142 to 82784, down 1.6%. Liquidation map update:
Long liquidation intensity below totals $1.1 billion, short liquidation intensity above totals $2 billion. Short positions are nearly twice the longs; once it moves up, the short squeeze space is larger.
Key levels:
· 82000: Lower edge of dense long positions, breaking this accelerates forced liquidations.
· 79000: Densest long position area, buffer thinning.
· 84500: First cluster of shorts, one of the highest bars on the map.
· 85000: Second cluster of shorts, the most intense breakout squeeze.
Two possible scenarios:
Upward: Standing above 83332 starts the short squeeze, buy-side closeouts push price up, targets 84449 → 85013 → 86141, shorts are thin above, resistance is low.
Downward: Breaking 82000, watch the dense long area at 79467, triggering a chain of forced liquidations, buffer is very thin.
My judgment: Short liquidation intensity is $2 billion, long only $1 billion, the path of least resistance is upward. But data does not support a direct surge to 90,000; most likely it will oscillate between 81000 and 85000 with no clear trend yet.
What’s your take?
$BTC $ETH #September CPI announcement imminent, Harker says further rate hikes still needed
#BTC and ETH spot ETFs see simultaneous outflows, is institutional demand weakening?
#TSMC Q3 revenue hits record high, profitability performance to be revealed 🚨 Both BTC and ETH are weakening! Whales are selling Bitcoin to buy Ethereum—Is this really a bullish signal?
Last night, a fan asked me: Whales selling BTC and turning to buy ETH, does this mean Ethereum is about to take off?
I didn’t rush to answer but first looked at the 4-hour candlestick chart.
📉 First, let's look at ETH's market performance:
It fell from $2769 down to $2406, then rebounded to around $2580, but has struggled to break through further.
The rebound lacks strength, volume hasn’t significantly increased, and there is still considerable potential selling pressure above. This kind of movement cannot yet be easily identified as a reversal.
A rebound does not equal a reversal, and whales rotating positions does not equal bullishness!
🐋 Now, looking at the whales’ actions:
They sold 410 BTC and bought 14,341 ETH.
On the surface, this looks like asset rotation; but based on this single transaction, we cannot confirm whether the whales are bottom-fishing ETH or adjusting overall risk exposure.
What really matters is: why is the capital moving? After the trade, has the spot demand for BTC and ETH improved? Is there sustained follow-up buying?
If it’s just a position swap without new buying interest, then this operation may not become a catalyst for ETH’s rise.
⚠️ What’s more concerning is crowded shorts and spot selling pressure!
If short positions are indeed highly concentrated, there is a short-term possibility of a rebound triggered by short covering.
But if the spot market continues to face selling pressure, even crowded shorts do not mean Micro Changes in Crypto Under Macro Stability
S&P 500 futures hold steady, the Bank of Japan remains inactive, and the Federal Reserve's independence is in play, indicating temporary macro stability. However, beneath the surface at the micro level, currents are stirring: Binance mining pool shutdown, tightened AI financing, whale coin mixing, and strict enforcement in Hong Kong. The crypto market is currently in a phase of "macro calm + micro restructuring." BTC shows resilience based on the long-term holder cost (48,600), ETH faces whale portfolio adjustments, the AI sector is squeezed by traditional markets, and compliance is accelerating (Binance, Hong Kong). Short-term trends may continue to fluctuate with BTC dominance rising; in the medium term, AI and semiconductor cycles and the Bank of Japan's December decision will set the direction. Investors should maintain core BTC positions, while micro events drive short-term moves, remaining cautious of spillover impacts from macro tech stock corrections. 说实话，$SNDK 拉到1500上方我就盯着空单了。底层股票利好兑现，链上抛压老毛病没好，13日美股一跌，链上直接跟。我在1482.8开的空，75x。
当时1小时超买，日线承压，就等回调——现在标记1448.2，浮盈+175%。近两日高位回落，多头杠杆清洗中。
后市看1420守不守，破直奔1370；反弹不过1480还是空。准备1420减半，底仓看1370，高杠不扛单。$W $SOL OpenAI Setbacks and AI Crypto Narrative
OpenAI is investigating the performance decline issue of GPT-6.1, compounded by JPMorgan cutting AI loans and semiconductor crowded trades, causing short-term obstacles in the AI sector. For the crypto AI segment, this is an opportunity to "separate the wheat from the chaff": previously, AI tokens rose broadly with the traditional AI boom, but now technical bottlenecks and tightened financing will eliminate bubbles. However, progress in chips and semiconductor EDA shows breakthroughs at the hardware foundation level are still ongoing. If crypto AI focuses on differentiated scenarios such as computing power networks (like Livepeer) and data privacy (like Ocean), it still holds long-term value. In the short term, AI crypto tokens may follow tech stocks in a pullback. It is recommended to avoid "AI concept tokens" without substantial products and to focus on Web3 projects integrated with real AI infrastructure, waiting for opportunities after sentiment clears.#Semiconductor sector faces concentrated sell-off, South Korea's KOSPI drops over 6%
Microsoft launches high-speed decision-making AI model with speeds up to 35 times faster.
In recent years, efforts in small models and edge decision agents have been highly representative. But how valuable is this so-called "35x acceleration," and how far can the small model approach go? Third-party verification must overcome substantial tests:
The so-called 35x refers to whether it is benchmarked against cutting-edge large models or itself. If it compares a "small model that outputs structured Actions step-by-step" to a "massive general large model that writes thousands of words of reasoning process," this speedup is essentially a compression of the task paradigm rather than a pure leap in underlying computational efficiency.
Microsoft has deep customizations in Windows Copilot Runtime, ONNX, DirectML, and NPU hardware layers. If the 35x performance heavily depends on Microsoft's proprietary kernel fusion or specific hardware acceleration stacks, and third parties experience significant performance degradation when deploying on standard vLLM, SGLang, or conventional Linux containers, its commercial generalization value will quickly diminish.
It is clear that Microsoft's ambition is to break free from sole reliance on OpenAI's expensive inference compute: if every user call to Copilot requires launching a large model in the cloud, Azure's gross margin will remain under pressure. Using an extremely lightweight, ultra-fast internal model as a "frontline gatekeeper" can greatly reduce the per-inference cost in the cloud.
$MSFT #利雅得机场遇袭，沙特加快陆路输油布局
On the afternoon of October 10, Riyadh King Khalid International Airport was hit by a missile attack, resulting in at least 13 deaths and over 300 injuries, causing the airport to shut down completely for a time. The Yemeni Houthi forces claimed responsibility for the attack and carried out four military operations within the past 24 hours targeting airports and energy facilities inside Saudi Arabia, including two facilities of Saudi Aramco located in the Eastern Province. On October 11, King Khalid International Airport was attacked again, causing the death of one Pakistani citizen and injuring 11 others.
This is part of the recent sustained attacks by the Houthi forces against Saudi Arabia. From October 5 to 7, four airports in southern Saudi Arabia—Jazan, Najran, Abha, and Riyadh—were successively attacked, resulting in a total of 3 deaths and 39 injuries. The targets of the attacks expanded from airports to refineries and natural gas facilities; the Rabigh refinery and Riyadh Aramco facilities were "directly hit," causing fires.
Energy infrastructure and aviation hubs have simultaneously become targets, placing Saudi Arabia in a structural dilemma: even with sufficient crude oil production capacity, the security of export routes cannot be guaranteed. Saudi Aramco's CEO Nasser previously stated clearly that the company is fully capable of raising crude oil daily production to the extreme limit of 12 million barrels within a few days, but the real bottleneck has always been the security and predictability of export routes.
On October 12, Saudi Energy Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman announced at the Riyadh World Petroleum Congress that Saudi Arabia plans to increase its overland oil transport capacity bypassing the Strait of Hormuz to 10 million barrels per day within the next two to three years. This scale is basically equivalent to Saudi Arabia's total crude oil output during peacetime.
The core channel is the "East-West Pipeline," spanning 1,200 kilometers across Saudi territory, connecting the core oilfields in the east with the Yanbu port on the Red Sea coast. Its initial design capacity was 7 million barrels per day. As of early October, the actual daily throughput of this pipeline has increased to 5.8 million barrels, of which about 4.5 million barrels are shipped from Yanbu port, and the rest supply western refineries. In September, the pipeline was temporarily shut down due to a drone attack, but Saudi Aramco fully restored oil supply in less than a week.
A more innovative arrangement involves cross-border restructuring of the existing natural gas pipeline network. Abdulaziz stated that an existing natural gas main pipeline can be adjusted within seven to eight weeks to temporarily carry about 1.2 million barrels of crude oil per day; with additional investment in pump stations and compressors, the daily oil transport potential could be further increased to 3 million barrels. This pipeline will be temporarily used for crude oil export until around May next year, after which, due to the surge in natural gas demand for power generation and cooling during the Saudi summer, the pipeline will be shut down for cleaning and revert to its natural gas supply role. Saudi Arabia is evaluating with Aramco a "dual oil and gas use" normalization mechanism, by adding composite pump station systems to dynamically switch the same pipeline network between crude oil and natural gas transport according to security conditions and seasonal peaks and troughs.
Market pricing of supply risks has risen rapidly. Brent crude December contracts closed up 1.84% at $106.65 per barrel on October 12, marking the highest close since September 15; WTI rose 2% to $93.74 per barrel. The oil price increase is mainly driven by the deterioration of Saudi security, with the deadly attacks by the Houthi forces intensifying market concerns about conflict escalation threatening Saudi energy production and exports.
The deep logic behind Saudi Arabia's plan for a multi-million barrel-level channel is not simply to expand transport volume but to build a wartime security redundancy network with complementary resilience: when maritime transport in the Persian Gulf is blocked, quickly shift export focus to the Red Sea; when individual overland pipelines are disrupted, redistribute flow through other inland pipelines. The benefits of using the East-West Pipeline have far exceeded its construction costs, and Saudi Arabia is accelerating technical pressure upgrades on pump stations along the route to further squeeze potential capacity.
Constraints also exist. The Red Sea route itself faces attack threats from the Houthi forces, and a single outlet cannot provide absolute security. The Red Sea route, previously relied upon by Saudi Arabia, was shut down after an attack in September, showing that even overland pipelines cannot completely avoid attack risks. More critically, this expansion plan requires massive investment and several years to implement, while current security threats are immediate and ongoing. Shell CEO Savin warned that the longer the conflict continues, the harder it will be for the market to absorb these disruptions, "this situation cannot continue indefinitely," and new supply interruptions may still occur.
In the short term, the pricing focus of oil has shifted from geopolitical risk premiums to immediate pricing of actual supply disruptions. Whether Saudi Arabia can maintain stable exports before the pipeline expansion is completed will depend on air defense interception efficiency, redundancy of alternative routes, and whether the conflict escalates further to directly target core oil production facilities.On October 12, the US BTC spot ETF saw a net outflow of $65.4 million, and the ETH fund had a net outflow of $85.4 million, totaling approximately $151 million for the two combined. Breaking down the Farside sub-items, outflows were concentrated in a few products; not every fund was being redeemed.
The entire BTC net outflow was recorded in BlackRock IBIT; for ETH, BlackRock ETHA had an outflow of $75.1 million, Grayscale ETH had an outflow of $10.3 million, and the other listed funds had a net zero amount that day. A zero net amount results from subscriptions offsetting redemptions and does not mean no transactions occurred.
On the same day, the SOL fund had a net outflow of $700,000, coming from VanEck's VSOL. The three groups had the same direction of funds, but different fund sizes, so the amounts cannot be directly ranked as a strength list of coin prices. Next, it will be worth watching whether redemptions spread from these few products or if subscriptions in other funds take over.
Source: Original Farside BTC, ETH, SOL tables, statistics date 10/12, captured between 17:03–17:06 Beijing time on 10/13, automatic statistics may be revised. Chart units are in millions of USD, parentheses indicate outflows; the three coins below serve only as corresponding spot market navigation. $BTC $ETH $SOL #BTC and ETH spot ETFs outflow simultaneously, is institutional demand weakening? Semiconductor Crowded Trades and Crypto Hardware
A Bank of America survey shows tech stock allocations hitting a new high since 2020, with semiconductors being the most crowded trade; chip and semiconductor EDA have been validated in AI scenarios like CPO, but Morgan Stanley warns of a cyclical peak risk in memory stocks. Traditional semiconductor overheating coexists with breakthroughs in AI hardware, mapping onto the crypto market: mining machine chips (such as Bitmain ASICs) face intensified competition from AI computing hardware, and mining companies may face rising chip procurement costs and AI computing power diversion. Impact on crypto: BTC mining difficulty remains high, and mining machine upgrade cycles are constrained by semiconductor cycles; if AI aggressively purchases advanced process nodes, mining machine capacity may be limited, indirectly supporting coin prices. However, if the short-term semiconductor crowded trade collapses, a tech stock pullback will drag down crypto sentiment, requiring caution for correlated volatility. #September CPI release imminent, Hamark says further rate hikes are still needed $SNDK Bottom buy-in? It's not at the bottom yet, so don't rush, folks.
You can check the chart where I explained in the chatroom why the US stock market has weakened recently.
Personal trading strategy: Prioritize placing short orders around 1450-1460. More aggressive traders can enter at the current price but should reserve positions for averaging down. Target range is 1400-1350.
#ASML Earnings Preview: EUV orders are the key focus Yi Jie Talks Crypto | October 13, 2026 Token 2049 Singapore has concluded. 25,000 people packed Marina Bay Sands, with Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman, Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson, and heads from BlackRock and JPMorgan all present. Although called a "crypto conference," my biggest impression is that everyone no longer cares about what new coins can be created; the real discussion is: What can crypto still contribute to the financial industry? This question is the fundamental logic that determines our long-term holding. 1. From "Speculating on Coins" to "Building Roads" — Crypto is becoming financial infrastructure Previously, when looking at crypto, everyone talked about "which coin will rise" or "which project will surge." But at this Token 2049, the real progress is all about the fundamentals: payments and settlements. Traditional finance has developed for decades, with cross-border settlements taking days, involving many intermediaries, and high costs. Blockchain’s advantage is very direct — faster, cheaper, and operating 24/7 around the clock. A set of data illustrates the point: Stripe’s standard online card fee: $3.20 on $100 Stablecoin payment fee: about 0.8%, meaning only 80 cents on $100 In the past 12 months, the adjusted global stablecoin transaction volume reached $10.2 trillion, a year-on-year surge of 63% In March this year, Mitsubishi Corporation began using JPMorgan’s Kinexys blockchain account in Singapore and LondonBTC anchors the market cycle, ETH reflects the overall capital flow in the crypto ecosystem, and SUI tracks the incremental capital inflow into the new public chain ecosystem. Comparing all three together makes it easier to judge whether the new generation public chain sector has formed a sustained trend than focusing on the rise and fall of a single coin.
BTC sets the big direction; it is stable, so capital dares to take risks; ETH reflects the ecosystem's temperature; if it is strong, it means money is willing to flow to the application layer; SUI looks at incremental capital; if it gains volume, it indicates hot money is paying attention to the new public chains.
The current macro environment is not easy: CPI and PPI announcements are imminent, and interest rate hike expectations face tests; TSMC's Q3 revenue hit a new high, but the earnings report still holds key points; although institutions continue to build positions, BTC remains under pressure, and risk appetite has not fully recovered. ETH's capital flow has not significantly increased, and SUI's incremental capital also needs confirmation.
Only when all three resonate can the new public chain sector sustain; if only SUI fluctuates, it is mostly a local rotation and won't go far. Key points to watch: BTC's critical levels, ETH's capital return, and SUI's incremental sustainability. Wait for the signals, don't rush.
#CPI and PPI announcements are imminent, interest rate hike expectations face tests
#TSMC's Q3 revenue hits new high, earnings performance to be revealed
#Institutions continue to build positions, why is BTC still under pressure?
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This is only a personal observation and does not constitute investment advice.$BTC Cold reflections amid the AI boom and the crypto AI sector
JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs have cut their loan exposure to AI cloud startup Volta by about $5 billion, underwriting only $1.3 billion, a rare tightening of risk control by traditional investment banks. Meanwhile, a Bank of America survey shows tech stock allocations at their highest since 2020, with semiconductors being the most crowded trade. Morgan Stanley warns that storage stocks are the most dangerous at the cycle peak, coupled with OpenAI's investigation revealing a performance decline in GPT-6.1. The AI narrative in traditional markets is facing a triple test of "overheated expectations + tightening financing + technical flaws." For the crypto market's AI sector (such as RNDR, AKT, etc.), the traditional AI downturn will trigger capital diversion: short-term linked pullbacks due to reduced risk appetite, but in the long term, crypto AI, leveraging decentralized computing power and flexible financing, may become a new safe haven for overflow funds. Caution is needed against AI coins that merely ride the hype; focus on real-world application scenarios. #September CPI announcement is imminent, and Hammack says further rate hikes are still needed Hello brothers and sisters, I am Coin Brother!
Why does the price movement of Bitcoin and Ethereum always seem so magical every time the CPI data is released?
I wonder if anyone else has this feeling: even if the inflation data is worse than expected, ETH can occasionally surge several points within an hour. But don’t rush to shout that the bad news is fully priced in! This wave of rise is mostly caused by short positions being forced to close, not by a large influx of new funds buying in.
Ultimately, the CPI game is about expectations for future interest rates. As long as core inflation rises slightly, the probability of rate hikes will quickly soar. But the market is smart; declines often reflect pessimistic expectations in advance, and after the data is released, it tends to trigger short-covering rebounds.
The new CPI data will be released on October 14. My view:
If total inflation is pushed to 0.6% by oil prices, but core inflation is only 0.2%, the market will most likely first drop sharply and then form a V-shaped recovery. 83,300 is the key dividing line for BTC; only if it holds above this level is there a chance to challenge 85,000. If it falls below 82,500, then the 80,000 level is hard to hold. ETH’s volatility will be more intense than BTC’s.
My approach: don’t bet on long or short positions prematurely! If inflation is high, patiently wait for a pullback; if inflation declines, then follow the trend to go long.
#9月CPI公布在即，哈玛克称仍需进一步加息 #台积电Q3营收创新高，盈利表现待揭晓 #半导体板块集中抛售，韩国KOSPI跌超6% $BTC $ETH $ZEC #BTC and ETH spot ETFs see simultaneous outflows, is institutional demand weakening?
The boss has something to say
BTC and ETH spot ETFs both saw outflows last week, totaling $1.221 billion. BTC net outflow was $679 million, ending three consecutive weeks of net inflows. ETH net outflow was $542 million, the largest single-week outflow since January, with nine consecutive trading days of outflows.
Is institutional demand weakening? I think it's temporary. Before the CPI release, funds are taking a risk-off stance, but this doesn't mean the allocation logic has changed. ETH outflows are more severe, related to continuous ETF fund withdrawals and BitMine announcing ETH holdings have peaked. Without a big buyer, ETH is weaker in the short term.
But the market rebounded today, BTC up 2.07%, ETH up 2.81%. This shows a divergence between fund flows and short-term prices. There is selling pressure, but also buyers. The market is waiting for the CPI to set the direction.
I hold long positions at 83000 and short positions at 86500, hedged on both sides with light exposure. No one-sided bets before CPI. Long stop loss at 81500, target 86000. Short stop loss at 87500, target 84500 to 85000. Whichever target is reached first, reduce that position first. $BTC $ETH $ZEC
ETF outflows are a slow variable, reflecting institutional caution, not panic. The real direction is determined by inflation data and US Treasury yields. Before the data comes out, hold hedged positions, don't chase rallies or sell off.
The above analysis is time-sensitive; stop losses must be set. Good luck.Why has the ETH quantitative bot been running continuously but never opening orders?
Brothers, today I cross-checked the WorkBuddy scheduled tasks with the ETH paper trading logs and found the issue.
13:12 score 17.0
14:14 highest score 19.3
15:16 dropped to 5.9
16:18 only 5.8
The opening threshold is 39.6; the highest score didn’t even reach half the threshold, so naturally, no trades were triggered.
Looking at the market, ETH dropped from around$BTC Digital Gold and Sovereign Credit
Waller stated that the U.S. Treasury risk premium no longer exists, and combined with Trump's failed threats to the Federal Reserve's independence, the sovereign credit system is undergoing a test. This is the perfect soil for Bitcoin's "digital gold" narrative. Although the sell-off in South Korea caused short-term disturbances, the macro essence remains unchanged: debt expansion and political intervention weaken fiat currency credit, strengthening the long-term value logic of crypto assets. Investors should distinguish between "short-term liquidity shocks" and "long-term value reassessment." Amid the turmoil, BTC's core position remains solid, while high-beta altcoins require careful selection. The crypto market will eventually reflect this macro transformation, so maintain patience and clarity. #September CPI announcement is imminent, and Hamarak says further rate hikes are still needed $BTC pulled back above 83,000. Is it a rebound or a dead cat bounce?
Conclusion first: This move from below 81,000 back above 83,000, I tend to see as a technical recovery after a wick.
How did it drop?
The South Korean KOSPI plunged over 6% intraday, triggering a circuit breaker. Samsung and Hynix each dropped 8%, and the entire Asian tech sector was sold off. BTC was hit along with risk assets, with a wick dipping below 81,000.
So why did it bounce back? Decoupling.
When BTC rebounded, the South Korean stock market and Nasdaq futures were still falling, not rising at all. What does this indicate? The short-term selling pressure has been fully released; BTC’s bounce is not a passive recovery following the stock market.
Additionally, the 50-day moving average is right around 81,000, which is a key support level closely watched by technical traders—if it falls below, buyers step in. The spot ETF’s cost basis is also mostly clustered around 83,000, so there is natural capital support.
What about the direction?
83,000 is the dividing line between bulls and bears:
If it holds above, a short-term bottom is likely formed;
If it doesn’t hold, the next psychological support is 80,000, and below that, 77,600 is the average cost zone for ETF investors, which is another defense line.
My own stance: chasing longs is pointless. This move looks more like a defensive pullback ahead of Thursday’s CPI data. Until the news results come out, it’s best to maintain positions and not trade.$BTC 亚洲市场传导效应
Tom Lee指出韩国股市抛售波及加密市场，源于保证金平仓与韩资大量持有加密资产，属“短期阵痛”。这揭示了亚洲资金在加密市场的深度参与。韩国作为全球加密活跃市场，其股市动荡引发的连锁反应不容忽视。结合日本央行利率悬而未决，亚洲宏观政策正成为加密市场新风向标。短期阵痛后，若韩日资金企稳，加密市场有望修复。投资者需关注韩元/日元汇率及亚洲股市动向，它们已成为加密行情的先行指标。#9月CPI公布在即，哈玛克称仍需进一步加息 Prediction markets have also started copying the points operation of exchanges. Predict.fun launched an event for the League of Legends World Championship with a $250,000 USDT prize pool. The only way to get a treasure chest is to increase trading volume, and the value of the chest will only be revealed after the finals.
Pay the fees first, then open the blind box. The Worlds schedule is tight, and the odds for each match are small. To really boost volume, you have to go in and out repeatedly, so the platform has already collected enough fees. The prizes also include Steam cards and gaming chairs, clearly showing the budget scale.
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$ETH $BTC Bank of Japan Policy and Yen Arbitrage
Insiders reveal that the Bank of Japan tends not to raise rates consecutively in October but keeps the possibility for December. This has profound implications for the crypto market! As a major global currency for arbitrage trading, the yen's interest rate trajectory directly affects liquidity. If there is an unexpected rate hike in December, yen repatriation could drain liquidity from risk assets including crypto, triggering deleveraging; whereas holding steady in October gives the market a brief respite. The sell-off in the South Korean stock market has already impacted the crypto market due to margin calls, which Tom Lee calls a "short-term pain." The macro linkage between Japan and South Korea is strengthening, and Asian capital flows are becoming a key variable for the crypto market, requiring close attention to the central bank decision in December. #September CPI release is imminent, and Hammock says further rate hikes are still needed 20 million USD.
Disney picked up the AI character IP from Character.ai.
Others see bankruptcy liquidation, but I see a price that's almost like giving it away.
A company once valued at billions ended up selling its core asset for 20 million, and it's a non-exclusive license, not even exclusive.
Short-term traders' first reaction: what does this have to do with the crypto world?
Not much, but the sentiment is somewhat interesting.
How much funding has AI storytelling attracted in the past two years? Now the leading projects collapse just like that, showing that having only a story without revenue ultimately means being weighed down by big companies.
So what I care more about is not what Disney bought, but whether the market is still willing to give pure AI concepts a high valuation.
If this AI sector uses this news to trigger a wave of negative sentiment, I wouldn't be surprised at all.
Don't rush to bottom-fish; first see if anyone is really putting real money in.
#Microsoft releases next-generation AI chips, stock price hits yearly high
#Broadcom and Intel CEOs warn of AI financing pressure #Semiconductor sector sell-off, South Korea's KOSPI drops over 6% $BTC $WLD 这波上涨的根基是AI叙事。韩国散户把它当AI概念龙头炒，韩元计价交易量一度冲到74.1亿美元，加上联合创始人Altman的OpenAI热度，币价从9月的0.36拉到10月初0.61，30天涨了37%。
我在高位开了空单，逻辑很直接：这轮全是情绪推动，但基本面没跟上。每日还有约306万枚的持续释放，形成结构性抛压；多国又因虹膜采集的隐私问题限制其运营，叙事越热、抛压越实。
标记价回落，浮盈+199.40%。10月13日这天盘面很典型——盘中砸到0.4793、24小时最深跌13.34%，随后又从超卖区反弹7.58%，说明多空正在激烈换手。
后市关键看0.50这个20日线支撑，守住还有反复，跌破就要下探0.44。空单建议在支撑位附近分批止盈，别在超卖反弹里被洗出去。$BTC $ETH #9月CPI公布在即，哈玛克称仍需进一步加息
#台积电Q3营收创新高，盈利表现待揭晓
#半导体板块集中抛售，韩国KOSPI跌超6%
Triple risk resonance! CPI data is imminent, global tech assets collectively under pressure
1. September CPI release imminent + Hawkish stance from Hammock
Hammock believes current tightening is insufficient, inflation is sticky, supporting further rate hikes. Tonight's CPI is the core verification indicator: if inflation exceeds expectations, December rate hike expectations will heat up directly, U.S. Treasury yields and the dollar will strengthen, and non-yielding crypto assets will come under pressure; if inflation falls, hawkish expectations cool down, bad news is fully priced in, and risk assets have room to recover. This is the main theme driving the crypto market direction.
2. TSMC Q3 revenue hits record high, but profits await disclosure
Typical "buy the rumor, sell the fact." The record revenue has long been priced in by the market; funds are now not focusing on revenue but on gross margin and capital expenditure guidance. If capital expenditure is raised or profits fall short of high expectations, AI industry chain valuations will be revised down, weakening sentiment in growth risk assets; only profits exceeding expectations can temporarily support tech sentiment.
3. Semiconductor sector concentrated sell-off, South Korea's KOSPI drops over 6%
South Korea's stock market is heavily weighted in memory chips (Samsung, SK Hynix). This decline signals a global AI sector deleveraging and capital flight from overvalued tech assets, representing a rapid contraction in risk appetite. South Korea is also a region with very active crypto retail trading; panic sentiment will directly transmit to the crypto market, triggering high-leverage token liquidations and flight.
Impact by coin + price movement forecast
✅ BTC Bitcoin
Bitcoin is most deeply tied to U.S. Treasury yields and global risk appetite.
• CPI above expectations: combined with semiconductor panic sentiment, BTC bears the brunt first, spot ETFs may see outflows, leading to weak downward movement;
• CPI below expectations: rate hike expectations cool, panic eases, leading to a rebound recovery;
• CPI meets expectations: range-bound oscillation, driven by tech stock sentiment, volatility amplifies.
✅ ETH Ethereum
Much more elastic than BTC, a high-beta growth asset, more strongly linked to AI and tech growth stocks.
In bearish markets, ETH usually falls more than BTC; if data is positive and rebounds, ETH’s upside is stronger. Also, on-chain staking and leveraged funds are higher, so semiconductor panic can more easily trigger cascading liquidations.
✅ ZEC
Highly leveraged altcoin with dual attributes.
First, it follows the macro market; when risk appetite collapses, funds abandon these altcoins first, with declines significantly larger than BTC and ETH;
Second, it has an independent narrative in the privacy sector, only showing independent rallies when the market stabilizes and funds return to small-cap themes. In the current environment of global tech stock sell-off, ZEC carries the highest risk among the three, with the most volatile swings.
$BTC $ETH $ZEC The accounting for AI companies involves not only how to record revenue but also how to pay employees.
The controversy over OpenAI's revenue recognition is still being discussed. Another detail mentioned by Axios is worth noting: Anthropic's quarterly profit excludes equity compensation. This is not OpenAI's profit data and cannot be directly compared to the profits of the two companies, but it reminds me that when looking at AI investment returns, one must ask clearly which costs are deducted from the so-called profits.
Using stock to recruit employees may reduce cash outflow in the current period, but the labor provided by employees still has a cost. For shareholders, this payment method may also change their shareholding ratio. If a company adds back equity compensation to profits but later needs to spend cash to repurchase shares to offset dilution, that cost is merely shifted in time and accounting position, not vanished into thin air. Of course, whether to repurchase and how much dilution occurs depends on the specific company's disclosures and cannot be generalized.
Attractive adjusted figures can easily lead to premature celebration. After revenue growth, can computing costs and personnel compensation be covered? Can the returns ultimately distributed to shareholders grow accordingly? These questions are more relevant to investment returns than which company has a larger revenue headline.
I am willing to believe AI can produce profitable products. I also hope that when formal financial statements are disclosed, the differences before and after adjustments will be listed item by item. When looking at a company that may go public, readers should not have to guess costs like solving a puzzle.
#OpenAI revenue recognition controversy, AI investment returns under scrutiny 81,000! Bitcoin's midnight scare, $600 million evaporated instantly, why did Wall Street suddenly 'turn hostile'?”
During the midnight period, BTC quickly dropped to around $81,000, with $600 million in long contracts liquidated in a short time. Many interpreted this as Wall Street collectively dumping and turning hostile, but it was actually a resonance of multiple factors.
At the macro level, the market was preemptively betting on US inflation data, crude oil prices rose due to geopolitical conflicts, the market worried about persistent inflation, lowered expectations for Fed rate cuts, US Treasury yields rose, and risk asset valuations came under pressure. Dollar liquidity expectations tightened, and institutional funds began reducing risk exposure. Structurally, the prior rebound had accumulated a large amount of long leverage. Midnight is the weakest liquidity window in the crypto market; the price breaking below the key support at $81,000 triggered a chain of forced liquidations. Liquidation selling combined with algorithmic trading continued to hammer the market; the liquidated funds were counted by the market as "market cap evaporation," which amplified the decline rather than being a one-time large sell-off by Wall Street.
On the funding side, net inflows into spot ETFs significantly shrank, institutions chose to wait and see, lacking enough buying power to absorb selling pressure. After the technical breakdown, short-term speculative funds followed the trend to flee, and panic sentiment self-reinforced.
Key clarification: It was not a unified "turn hostile" by Wall Street. Institutional funds were divided; some reduced positions to hedge, others bought the dip. The $600 million was the amount liquidated in derivatives long positions, not large-scale spot selling. The short-term sharp drop was due to expectation disturbances combined with leverage stampede. Do not define a single correction as the end of the bull market, nor blindly treat it as a golden buying opportunity. Focus on tracking US Treasury yields, ETF fund flows, and on-chain chip distribution.#利雅得机场遇袭，沙特加快陆路输油布局 利雅得机场遭袭，凸显沙特本土基础设施持续暴露在无人机、导弹打击范围内，市场开始重估霍尔木兹海峡、红海航运的供应脆弱性。沙特加码升级东西陆路输油管线，核心目的就是打造备选通道，降低对海运航道的单一依赖，相当于提前搭建能源“安全阀”。
短期看，陆路管线扩容预期会适度压制原油的地缘风险溢价，削弱油价单边猛涨的动力。但要注意，管线本身也位于沙特境内，同样存在被袭击的可能，只能缓冲，无法完全消除中东供应隐忧。
这条消息对风险资产属于偏中性：一方面，供应对冲预期缓和油价大涨带来的通胀恐慌，间接减轻美联储再加息的压力；另一方面，袭击本身意味着中东局势仍不稳定，随时可能再起波动，波动率抬升，会给BTC、ETH带来反复扰动。
后续重点跟踪两点：一是陆路管线扩容落地进度；二是后续是否再有能源设施袭击。如果接连出现袭击，地缘溢价会再度回归，推升油价与通胀预期，利空高beta资产。$BTC $ETH $ZEC Where to put the $SOL in hand can make a difference of more than five points in annual returns.
Leaving it idle in the wallet yields 0. Native staking to validators currently yields 5.22%, with an inflation issuance of 3.6049% per year. These new coins are only distributed to the staked portion, which accounts for less than 70% of the total supply; dividing these two numbers gives that rate.
If you want to be able to sell anytime, convert it into liquid staking certificates. The largest tier quotes 4.74%, several in the middle hover around 5%, and the highest reaches 5.69%. Certificates can be traded and used as collateral, but the yield is reduced by a layer shared with issuers and validators, so it’s lower than the gross yield.
Next is depositing into lending protocols, lending SOL to others to earn interest; the current on-chain rate is 3.99%. Slightly lower than staking, but you can withdraw anytime.
There’s also a category with much higher quoted yields, pools pairing SOL and USDC, some quoting over twenty percent, others over sixty percent. These yields aren’t free; when prices move unilaterally, the pool’s tokens gradually convert to the weaker side, and the paper gains are eaten back from there.
The differences among these tiers ultimately come down to what you exchange for what. Native staking offers the highest real yield, at the cost of a one- or two-day unbonding period; certificates can be sold anytime but yields are reduced by a layer; lending and pools are more flexible, with extra returns coming from borrowers and price movements.
These quoted yields are listed on public yield leaderboards by pool, showing highs and lows within a day; checking again after a week, the numbers will have changed. Since OKX filed with the SEC to launch 63 US stocks, its layout in RWA has finally caught up a bit. Recently, it has been listing several stock contracts every day, so the decline of $OKB in the past few days hasn't been significant.
Thinking about it, it's quite bold: for compliance and long-term operation, they are willing to give up several months of golden time for market capture.
Now the gap between OKX and $BNB in the US stock tokenization market has become apparent: the competitor ranks first in trading volume with a 60% share; OKX ranks second with a 20% share.
Moreover, on-chain, X Layer is also lagging quite a bit. I said earlier this year that RWA should primarily benefit Ethereum because many real-world assets will preferentially flow into more decentralized, safer, and more stable chains.
Unexpectedly, the competitor has risen rapidly, taking first place from the US stock perspective, while X Layer is only fifth now, with a long way to go to reach the top.
Hopefully, X Layer can catch up soon. Looking at it from another angle, maybe it's a good thing—after all, there's plenty of room for growth, which also means the potential upside for $OKB is large ☺️Don't overthink it!
The idea that Russia can export large amounts of diesel is simply unrealistic.
Domestic fuel supply in Russia is already tighter than in previous years, and internal demand is still rising.
Don't forget, this was the situation before a series of refinery explosion accidents occurred!Short-term (intraday to 3 days, directly affecting the BTC market)
1. Cleveland Fed President Hammack's hawkish speech: The core message is that inflation risks have not been eliminated, and the option for further rate hikes remains. BTC is very sensitive to changes in U.S. Treasury yields and the dollar; hawkish expectations strengthening will directly suppress buying, making a pullback likely.
2. U.S. September CPI data to be released this Wednesday: This is the most critical short-term anchor for the current market. If CPI exceeds expectations, it will directly raise the probability of a December rate hike, bearish for BTC; a decline in inflation will release easing expectations, supporting prices.
3. Regulatory news in the Asian region (South Korea banning foreign platforms): Mainly affects risk appetite for Asian regional contract funds, which will amplify BTC contract volatility and spike probability, impacting the spot market fundamentals.
Recent volatility is high; trade cautiously, and set stop-losses properly #TSMC Q3 Revenue Hits Record High, Profit Performance Yet to Be Revealed 50 Billion Not Enough, 100 Billion Is: DeepSeek's Latest Funding Round Is Not About Lacking Money, But About Buying Into the "Domestic AI Industry Chain" First
According to reports from Caijing and other media, DeepSeek's second funding round plans to increase from 50 billion to about 100 billion, with a pre-investment valuation still fixed at 500 billion; new investors include Shixi Capital, SMIC Juyuan, CPE Yuanfeng, Junlian Capital, and Geely—all "chip + vehicle + industrial capital"; existing shareholders CATL (planning to add about 10 billion more), Tencent, IDG, Lisi, and Shixiang also participated. DeepSeek has not officially confirmed, but this list itself is more explosive than the amount.
What Liang Wenfeng wants is not just more zeros in the bank account, but to weld computing power—energy—vehicle end—storage into a network before going public:
SMIC Juyuan/Shixi = domestic chips and storage;
CATL = electricity and energy storage for training clusters;
Geely = vehicle-end large model scenarios;
Tencent = traffic, cloud, developer ecosystem.