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The long BTC order I placed at 81,400 this morning has been filled. The current market price is 81,681, showing a slight unrealized profit, but I don't plan to celebrate just yet.
Yesterday afternoon, when STRK dropped 11.3%, I was thinking about this: The L2 narrative has been discussed for two or three years, yet the token price keeps retreating. The problem isn't technology, it's demand. After the airdrop ended and interaction incentives stopped, on-chain activity immediately halved. The selling pressure on these types of assets is structural, not emotional. BTC's recent pullback of 2.2% and ETH's 3.5% drop are essentially the same thing—the market is repricing "things without cash flow," while ETH's staking yield still holds just above 3%, providing at least an anchor.
My position strategy is simple: add below 81,000, reduce at 84,500, and do nothing in between. I don't predict direction, only calculate odds. The real challenge isn't predicting rise or fall, but sticking to the plan when facing a 3% unrealized loss. Last week, I missed a move because I closed early.
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#BTC #XAUT $POL Polygon has started enabling automatic stablecoin payments, moving on-chain payments towards real business use.
On October 12, Polygon updated the Open Money Stack by adding an automated batch payment feature for stablecoins. Enterprises can predefine the range of recipient addresses, payment budgets, and execution time windows. Payments are initiated according to rules at specified intervals without needing to re-sign each time.
This feature might not be as eye-catching as a token's price surge, but it addresses practical issues enterprises face when using stablecoins: scenarios like payroll, supplier settlements, and platform revenue sharing often require regular payments with controlled limits, recipients, and execution permissions.
The key of this new feature is to preset these rules and have the wallet verify them on-chain. Requests exceeding limits, recipient ranges, or validity periods will be rejected, and teams can also disable rules in advance.
Of course, launching the feature doesn't mean it has been widely adopted yet. The future depends on how many enterprises actually integrate it, whether payment volumes grow, and how much real demand these businesses bring to the Polygon ecosystem.
Competition in stablecoins is also expanding from "who issues more coins" to "who can make money easier to receive, pay, and settle."
If enterprises can arrange on-chain payments like setting up automatic transfers in the future, stablecoins will have the chance to evolve from trading tools into everyday payment infrastructure. $POL #美国9月CPI同比升至3.7%，核心通胀超预期 ，对$BTC 和$ETH 的影响？
The US September CPI rose 3.7% year-on-year, with core inflation exceeding expectations. What is the impact on $BTC and $ETH?
The US September CPI exceeded expectations, directly bearish for Bitcoin and Ethereum, both of which fell in response, with Ethereum experiencing a deeper decline.
After the data release, Bitcoin quickly dropped from about $83,800 to around $81,600, while Ethereum fell to about $2,430, a decline of 2.8%. The core logic is: core inflation rose 0.3% month-on-month, reinforcing expectations that the Federal Reserve will continue raising interest rates. The probability of a rate hike in October surged from 22% to nearly double, reaching 44%-49%. The 2-year US Treasury yield immediately jumped 10 basis points to 4.9%, increasing the appeal of risk-free returns and directly withdrawing speculative funds from the crypto market.
Leverage structures amplified the decline. Over the past 24 hours, more than $281 million in derivatives positions were liquidated, the vast majority being long Bitcoin positions betting on a rise, forced to close and further pushing prices down. Ethereum's situation is weaker; its spot ETF has seen net outflows for several consecutive days, with institutional buying continuously absent, leaving it without support amid macro headwinds. $BTC inflation data exceeded expectations. Despite such a major negative factor, BTC only dropped by a thousand dollars before bouncing back, unusually sluggish. The reason lies in the options market: the price is being anchored by the expiration dates.
The Bitcoin options expiring today have a maximum pain price at 83,500. The next two expiration batches fall at 83,500 and 80,000 respectively—three consecutive expiration dates with the pain points almost aligned on the same line. The current price is right on this line.
The position structure matches as well: 240,000 call open interests, 146,000 put open interests, a ratio of 0.61, with 80% concentrated in the same options exchange. Market makers who sold these call contracts have an incentive to keep the price near this line before expiration to minimize losses on in-the-money parts—the more the price surges, the more call contracts they have to pay out. This explains why the price barely moves despite major negative data.
But this effect is time-limited. With three consecutive expiration dates, the constraint lasts at most until the 17th; once expiration passes and hedging positions withdraw, the price must find its own direction. The longer it stays pinned, the sharper the move once released.
The upper range of 84,000 to 85,000 remains the level repeatedly pushed back in recent weeks, while 81,000 still acts as support. TSMC's Q3 revenue hit a record high but profitability remains unrevealed, and risk appetite swings are directly suppressing high-volatility assets like WLD. I lean towards a bearish defensive stance. Both the four-hour and one-hour charts are in a downtrend channel; 0.4893 has fallen 18.89% from the four-hour high, showing weak rebound momentum. It dropped 3.5% in 24h, hitting a low of 0.485, with a volume of 255 million, funding rate still positive at 0.0075%, and open interest at 66.031 million. The crowded longs are vulnerable to liquidation. The order book shows buy orders at 575,000 versus sell orders at 409,000, a ratio of 1.41, indicating short-term support but unlikely to reverse the downtrend. 0.485 is the last line of defense. Strategy-wise, lightly short at 0.5035 on a rebound, stop loss at 0.5185, target 0.4725; if volume breaks below 0.485, chase shorts down to 0.4665, stop loss at 0.4965. Single position size should not exceed 5%, stop loss must be strictly enforced, avoid holding losing positions.
— This is only a personal opinion and does not constitute investment advice. Wishing you successful trading. —
$WLD#台积电Q3营收创新高，盈利表现待揭晓
#台积电Q3营收创新高，盈利表现待揭晓
$WLD $BTC $ETH $UNI From October 10 to 11, 2025, over $19 billion in leveraged positions were liquidated, affecting approximately 1.6 million trading accounts. According to CoinDesk statistics, the average intraday drop of sampled tokens was about 47%, and the open interest (OI) of perpetual contracts on major platforms fell from $217 billion to $123 billion. The number of affected exchanges, quantitative institutions, and halved tokens across the entire industry is countless. One year later, has the market returned to its pre-shock operating state? This article will discuss this oft-repeated question from factors such as trading costs, order book capacity, participants, and capital behavior: Has the market come back? 1. What counts as recovery: criteria given by papers and this article's judgment Sarr and Lybek, in the IMF working paper "Measuring Liquidity in Financial Markets" (2002), divide market liquidity into trading costs, immediacy, depth, breadth, and resilience, emphasizing that no single indicator can cover all dimensions. The BIS empirical study on the bond market in 2024 further tests resilience by the speed at which spreads return to normal levels and compares shocks using a 90-day window before and after crises. The broad concept of "market confidence" also needs to distinguish between optimism about gains and trust in the market. Guiso, Sapienza, and Zingales published in the Journal of Finance "Trusting tFrance Advances Proposal for Crypto Self-Custody Reporting
This amendment has currently passed the Finance Committee of the French National Assembly and is part of the 2027 budget bill. It is not yet formal law and still needs to go through full parliamentary voting and bicameral negotiations, with the possibility of modifications or rejection. In simple terms: French tax residents with a year-end self-custody wallet asset value ≥ 100,000 euros must proactively report annually to the tax authorities. Failure to report can result in fines up to 10,000 euros.
Current MiCA and DAC8 rules mainly target exchanges and custodial platforms, where transfers and holdings on the platform side are automatically reported; however, self-custody wallets have been a regulatory blind spot and are the core focus of this supplementary reporting, aiming to combat the use of self-custody.
In the short term, this is somewhat bearish sentiment-wise, indicating that EU regional regulation is starting to reach into wallets holding private keys, breaking the market’s entrenched expectation that self-custody equals anonymity and concealment. This could pressure privacy coins and on-chain self-custody related assets. However, the high threshold of 100,000 euros covers large holders, so ordinary small retail investors are unaffected. The immediate impact on BTC and ETH spot markets is limited, mostly causing expectation-level disturbances.
In the medium to long term, this is an important signal: if France enacts this, it will provide a model for other EU member states and may trigger a wave of similar regulations. It represents crypto regulation extending from exchanges gradually to on-chain and self-custody sectors. Key follow-ups include the final parliamentary vote, whether the reporting threshold is lowered, and whether other EU countries adopt similar legislation. $BTC $ETH $ZEC After the data was released, market bets on a Fed rate hike in December surged to about 95%, and the probability of a rate hike in October nearly doubled from about 22% to 43%. The dollar index rose, the 10-year US Treasury yield climbed to around 5.2%, and gold fell about 1.5%.
The moment the CPI data came out, it triggered a sharp sell-off. I was busy at work in the evening and couldn't escape the hit, but fortunately, I had a physical income of 200u.
Significant pressure from the news: Ethereum spot ETF saw a net outflow of $542 million last week, with institutional funds continuously withdrawing, creating notable selling pressure. On-chain signals are also bearish: a certain whale/institution sold 52,000 ETH in batches at an average price of $2632, with the last 10,000 ETH fully liquidated; exchange ETH reserves rose from about 14.59 million at the end of September to 14.93 million on October 14, indicating more chips are stored on platforms where they can be quickly sold.
The power of this CPI "nuclear bomb" lies in that it not only destroyed hopes for a short-term rebound but also reshaped macro expectations:
Macro alarms are fully triggered: after CPI exceeded expectations, the probability of a rate hike in December has soared to 95%, with both the dollar and US Treasury yields strengthening, putting risk assets under systemic pressure. The market narrative will shift from "when will rates be cut" to "whether rates will be hiked," which is extremely unfavorable for highly leveraged longs. Don't fantasize about a V-shaped reversal anymore.
$BTC $ETH
#BTC现货ETF连续流出
#BTC与ETH现货ETF同步流出，机构需求转弱了吗？
#美国9月CPI同比升至3.7%，核心通胀超预期 Why am I still watching SanDisk with cautious optimism? From its September peak near $1,905 to the current consolidation around $1,450, $SNDK has experienced a significant pullback. In my view, this could be a period of consolidation as investors reassess inflation, interest-rate expectations, and the long-term demand for storage. 💾 The long-term story remains important. Growing data-center and AI workloads could support memory and storage demand, although competition, pricing, and earnings expAlthough all three are linked to crypto exchanges, their value propositions and revenue models are quite different. 1️⃣ $HYPE — The Trading Revenue Play HYPE's investment thesis is closely tied to Hyperliquid's trading activity, protocol revenue, and token buyback mechanisms. Higher trading volume can strengthen the narrative, but it doesn't guarantee price appreciation. Recently, leveraged positioning and crowded trades have added another layer of volatility. If short exposure becomes excessiveAfter I bought $ENA on a dip yesterday, I still underestimated the impact of CPI on it.
After the data release, market expectations for a Fed rate hike before the end of the year significantly increased, with the probability of a rate hike in October rising from about 22% to about 40%.
Impact on ENA
Deterioration of funding rate environment: USDe's yield depends on positive funding rates in the crypto market. Rising rate hike expectations will suppress the market's willingness for bullish leverage. If funding rates continue to decline, USDe's yield will decrease accordingly, thereby restraining its supply growth.
Expansion into tokenized stocks: Ethena is expanding USDe's yield sources to tokenized stock perpetual contracts to reduce sole dependence on crypto funding rates. However, this strategy requires sustained bullish sentiment in traditional financial markets, which is also suppressed by rate hike expectations.
Therefore, the CPI exceeding expectations has delayed the trigger time for the fee switch, and ENA's "buyback flywheel" cannot start in the short term.
Follow-up observation points
FOMC meeting on October 27-28: This is the next key macro event after the CPI. If the Fed signals a more hawkish stance, risk assets will face greater pressure; conversely, if the tone is dovish, ENA may get a breathing room.
Funding rate trends: If funding rates continue to decline or even turn negative after the CPI, USDe's yield will be under pressure, and supply growth may further slow down. Overall CPI year-on-year is 3.7%, core CPI year-on-year is 2.6%, both exceeding expectations, mainly driven by rising oil prices. Once the data was released, US Treasury yields surged, rate cut expectations were lowered, and the probability of rate hikes doubled. $BTC $ETH $ZEC High interest rates are unfavorable for high-valuation sectors like technology and energy storage, so it's normal for US tech stocks to collectively face pressure tonight. They earn future profits, and the higher the interest rate, the more easily future valuations are suppressed. But there's no need to be completely bearish. After the negative news settles, short-term pulse rebounds are likely. These rebounds are more suitable for swing trading T, not for heavy betting on a trend reversal. The market has now entered a phase of oscillation and game theory, with amplified volatility; be especially cautious of night spikes. Manage your positions well, set stop losses properly, and don't get taken out by the first spike. #美国9月CPI同比升至3.7%，核心通胀超预期 #台积电Q3营收创新高，盈利表现待揭晓 #奈飞增长或放缓，广告业务成新看点 Don't bottom-fish! 170,000 people were just wiped out, 88.9% were long positions — this is not a pullback, it's a targeted liquidation
On October 13, the crypto market once again witnessed a brutal "targeted liquidation" operation. The total liquidation amount across the network reached $620 million, with 172,000 investors instantly "zeroed out," of which 88.9% were long positions. Ethereum longs liquidated $169 million, Bitcoin longs liquidated $160 million, and Solana longs had an even higher liquidation rate of 94.2%.
Behind this massacre, the real culprit is not the market makers but U.S. Treasury bonds. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield surged to 5.24%, nearing a 24-year high. When risk-free yields can reach over 5%, why would capital want to play an 80% volatility game with you? Bitcoin ETFs saw a net outflow of $680 million in a single week, and Ethereum ETFs were drained of $542 million over 10 consecutive days. The withdrawal of institutional funds directly drained market liquidity.
Against the backdrop of tightening macro liquidity, highly leveraged longs became the most vulnerable prey. Binance alone handled 51.9% of the network's liquidations, with the largest single liquidation amount reaching $9.65 million. The corpses of leveraged longs littered the $81,000 price level street.
This is not just a simple pullback but a precise strike against highly leveraged capital. When market sentiment is extremely pessimistic and retail investors are cutting losses and exiting, whales are quietly accumulating. This divergence between "ETF withdrawals" and "whale bottom-fishing" reveals the deep underlying logic of the current market. Why did it drop tonight? Explained in three sentences.
🔴 First, South Korea collapsed, dragging down the entire market. The South Korean KOSPI index plummeted over 5%, led by Samsung and SK Hynix. Panic over the AI valuation bubble directly transmitted across markets. In a pattern where cryptocurrencies and US stocks rise and fall together, no risk asset can stand alone.
🔴 Second, US Treasury yields are pressing down. The 10-year US Treasury yield soared to 5.35%, the 30-year to 5.70%, the highest since 2002. With risk-free returns this high, who would still want to hold highly volatile assets? Money is systematically withdrawing.
🔴 Third, the bulls trampled themselves. Over $800 million liquidated across the entire network in 24 hours, with long positions accounting for more than 84%—it wasn’t shorts crashing the market, but long leverage blowing up itself. After BTC broke key support, liquidation cascades triggered, altcoins with thin liquidity fell even harder.
📌 Summary in one sentence: Korean stocks are the fuse, US Treasuries the base color, leverage the accelerator. Tonight’s drop isn’t due to a single negative factor, but three pressures igniting simultaneously. Tomorrow night’s CPI data is the real directional signal; before that, controlling your actions is more important than anything. $BTC On the eve of the CPI judgment night, whales are frantically buying
On the night before the CPI data release, market sentiment was extremely compressed. Bitcoin repeatedly tugged at the $83,000 mark; beneath the seemingly calm trading surface, there were actually turbulent undercurrents.
On one side, institutional funds were in a panic-driven retreat. Data shows that last week, the US spot Bitcoin ETF saw a net outflow of as much as $679 million, marking the largest single-week outflow since June; the Ethereum ETF experienced a continuous 10-day "bloodletting," with cumulative outflows totaling $542 million. The pessimism in traditional financial channels seems to be pricing in tonight's CPI data.
However, under the shadow of retail investors' panic selling, another force is quietly entering the market. On-chain data shows that a whale address bought 1,162 BTC in one go through Wintermute, worth approximately $96.77 million. Even more, a whale sold 1,074 BTC within three days and switched positions to 35,346 ETH. This "abandon BTC, enter ETH" operation is not only a bet on the revival of the Ethereum ecosystem but also a clear market signal: smart money is using the liquidity gap caused by ETF outflows to accumulate at low levels.
This divergence between "ETF withdrawal" and "whale bottom-fishing" reveals the deep logic of the current market. ETF funds are often constrained by macro sentiment and compliance costs, making their reactions more sensitive and short-term; whale funds, on the other hand, focus more on long-term value and the fundamentals of assets. When the two move in opposite directions, it often means the market is at a critical point of chip exchange. Big Numbers, But How Much Profit Is Actually Generated? 📊 For $AAVE , I start by examining the actual lending activity. Deposits provide the capital for lending, but they don't automatically generate revenue. Borrowers must use that capital and pay interest, with a portion allocated to the protocol treasury according to each asset's reserve factor. That's why I look beyond total deposits. If deposits double while borrowing demand remains weak, protocol revenue may not grow at the same pace. I f$BTC US September CPI and core CPI are all higher than market expectations, inflation has not been suppressed.
With high inflation, the Federal Reserve is even less willing to cut interest rates, and the timing of rate cuts may be delayed.
Cooling rate cut expectations → US Treasury yields tend to rise → risk assets like Bitcoin come under pressure.
Core CPI annual rate 2.6%, expected 2.5%; monthly rate 0.3%, expected 0.2%, all exceeding expectations, signaling inflation rebound.
The market originally bet that the Fed could cut rates earlier, but this data will weaken rate cut expectations!
After the data release, the market has already started betting on three rate hikes next year. $ETH #美国9月CPI同比升至3.7%，核心通胀超预期 Strive bought more coins again. As of Tuesday, the company increased its holdings by about 2.35 billion USD to acquire 2,822 bitcoins, bringing the total holdings to 35,595 bitcoins. Judging by the amount and quantity alone, this is just a routine treasury accumulation. But there is a number in the same disclosure that is easier to overlook: the cumulative exercise ratio of traditional warrants has reached 94%.
This time, they exercised about 13.7 million of the remaining 15.3 million warrants, expected to generate a total revenue of 369 million USD. In other words, a large portion of the money for this round of purchases comes from warrant exercises, not newly raised funds from the market. Warrant exercise means shareholders pay the company the agreed price, and the company uses that money to buy coins.
The disclosure gives a leverage ratio of 47%. This number indicates the degree to which financing instruments amplify shareholder funds. Warrants, convertible bonds, preferred shares layer on top of each other, and the number of bitcoins per share is amplified when the price rises. When the coin price rises, the bitcoin content per share increases faster than the coin price itself, which is the source of efficiency for treasury companies in a bull market.
But the same structure works in reverse. The higher the leverage ratio, the deeper the net asset value per share falls when the coin price declines. A 47% leverage ratio looks good during an uptrend, but it tells a different story when prices fall. Leverage does not pick directions.
With 94% of the warrants already exercised, the available financing tools are nearly exhausted. Going forward, the company will either rely on the stock price continuing to rise to refinance or the buying pace will stop. On-chain data can show how much it has bought, but not how much money it has left.When even the security guard downstairs starts asking if he can short ZEC
The security guard downstairs stopped me today, and while handing me a cigarette, casually asked, "$ZEC has dropped so much, can it still be shorted?"
I smiled and pointed to his electric bike blocking the passage: "Move your bike first, you're blocking others from coming in and out."
I replied casually, but my heart skipped a beat.
What does this mean? It means this trading logic has completely gone mainstream. When even a security guard who rarely watches the market can sense ZEC's downtrend and instinctively wants to short it, it means retail sentiment in the market has become highly unanimous.
In the trading world, unanimity is often dangerous. When shorts become crowded, it means potential buying pressure (short covering) is accumulating. I'm not predicting ZEC will surge immediately, but chasing shorts when everyone wants to short is a very poor risk-reward scenario. At this point, rather than staring at the candlesticks, maybe you should pay more attention to the emotions of the people around you—because the market always quietly turns at the loudest moments.#美国9月CPI同比升至3.7%，核心通胀超预期 Qivalis has obtained an electronic money institution license issued by the Dutch central bank, backed by 37 major European banks, including BBVA, BNP Paribas, ING, and DZ Bank. The next step is to issue euro-denominated electronic money tokens (EMT) within a few months after fulfilling MiCA requirements and publishing a white paper.
This EMT will not be sold directly to individual users but will be issued through banks, crypto exchanges, and payment service providers. Ordinary people probably won't see the name Qivalis directly in their wallets; it is more likely to appear in the backend settlement processes of banking apps.
Notably, the 37 banks share a single issuer structure. In the past, banks approached stablecoins individually, but this time they are collaborating to share the burden. This choice is often driven not by whether a single bank can profit, but by the concern that if others adopt it and one does not, that bank might be left behind.
Fireblocks has been selected to provide the digital asset infrastructure. This means that the entire chain from custody, transfer to compliant settlement is already handled by someone, so banks do not need to build a full crypto infrastructure themselves, enabling much faster deployment.
The key point to observe here is not the addition of a new euro stablecoin, but that the banking system is starting to integrate EMT into its own payment channels. Once the entry point is incorporated into existing systems, end users basically have no choice about whether to interact with it; it becomes a matter of whether they see it or not.$SNDK
The previous post mentioned Sandisk 1399.5, which is very critical here. If it doesn't break below, it's fine; if it breaks below, it will form strong resistance here. It will be much harder to break through then.
Moreover, along the way, it actually rallies very fast but pulls back very slowly, not giving retail investors time to think. By the time you react, it has already rallied 80%, then it pulls back while rallying again, making you feel miserable. It's neither good to chase nor to watch, as if missing out on 10 billion.
Currently, on the 4-hour chart, resistance is at 1494.9 above. Support is at 1399.5 below, about a 7% range, which is still quite good BTC had been consolidating for several days, with the market waiting for data to break the deadlock. Now that the data is out, the core CPI exceeding expectations means renewed pressure for interest rate hikes. The key support for BTC is at 82,000. If this level is breached, the next target is likely around 79,500. On the upside, 83,500 is the short-term watershed; only by holding above this level is there a chance to challenge 85,000.
However, there is no need to panic excessively. From the perspective of holding structure, BTC long-term holders' chips remain solid. After the previous pullback from around 87,000, the selling pressure mainly came from short-term floating chips. Although ETF funds have fluctuated recently, there has been no large-scale withdrawal overall. The interest rate hike pressure brought by the hotter-than-expected CPI mainly suppresses upward space rather than triggering a crash-like decline.
The Federal Reserve meeting on October 28 is the next decisive point. The current probability of a rate hike is 43.7%, indicating the market has not fully priced in a rate increase yet. OKB’s burn schedule is empty. Supply has been flat at 21M since August 2025 There’s no $OKB burn schedule left to track. Supply has sat at 21M since OKX’s one-time burn of 65,256,712 OKB on August 15, 2025, followed by a contract upgrade meant to remove minting and burning from the token entirely. Before that, the model was buyback-and-burn: 28 rounds since 2019, 213.7M coins destroyed. The arithmetic is worth doing. Start at 300M. Subtract 213.7M from the buybacks and 65.26M from the final burnAll three CPI data points in September exceeded expectations: broad year-on-year, core year-on-year, and core month-on-month. During a phase of insufficient market confidence, what is most needed are data that meet or fall below expectations to boost sentiment; all three surpassing expectations is a direct blow.
Breaking it down, energy is the absolute dominant factor in this surge. Gasoline contributed to more than half of the broad CPI month-on-month increase, against the backdrop of Middle East conflicts pushing up oil prices, with retail gasoline prices near highs at the end of September. Food remained generally stable, and core goods year-on-year growth stayed below 1%.
Housing inflation continues to rise moderately, with owner-equivalent rent up 0.3% month-on-month, primary residence rent up 0.2%, and lodging away from home up 2.0%. The housing component, which carries the greatest weight, is the main support for core inflation; it has not accelerated noticeably but also has not declined rapidly. Core services rose 0.4% month-on-month and 3.1% year-on-year; airline ticket prices increased 1.2% month-on-month and about 22.4% year-on-year, indirectly driven by fuel costs.
Although inflation is high, the causes differ, and policy responses vary accordingly. Energy is an external shock, with oil prices determined by Middle East situations, not by the Federal Reserve, and may decline. Housing changes slowly and reacts late, with stronger endogenous stickiness. The former can be waited out; the latter cannot.
Oil prices remain high, and there are recent reports of a container ship sinking in the Strait of Hormuz and two Singapore-registered oil tankers attacked, keeping short-term sentiment under pressure. The next observation point may be the end-of-month earnings reports from several cloud providers, to see if the market can shift focus from fearing inflation to looking at profitability.$ZEC Bullish and Bearish Factors — Governance Upgrade Expectations Remain, but Short-Term Funds Are Exiting!
Bullish side: NU7 upgrade vote passed with 99.9%, block time reduced from 75 seconds to 25 seconds, developers preparing to activate the mainnet upgrade on November 5. Grayscale's $ZEC spot ETF attracted over $1 billion in inflows in its first month, and the Winklevoss brothers have also applied for a new $ZEC ETF (ticker WINK, fee rate 0.25%).
Bearish side: ETF outflows exceeded 124 million for two consecutive weeks + a whale deposited 15 million to Coinbase + suspected Bitkub co-founder sold 24,100 $ZEC — short-term funds are systematically withdrawing. $ZEC Contract Data and the Whale Conspiracy — Shorts Liquidations Account for 68%, but Longs Liquidations Are Also Accelerating!
First, $30.16 million liquidated across the entire network in 24 hours, with shorts liquidated at $20.51 million, accounting for 68%; longs liquidated at $9.64 million. Shorts are being bloodied, but longs liquidations are also speeding up.
Second, the funding rate is +0.01%, almost zero. Longs are not celebrating, shorts are not panicking; both sides are holding steady. Open interest remains at 25.72 million contracts without shrinking, indicating leverage hasn't been flushed out, just no one dares to lead the charge.
Third, Binance account long-short ratio is 0.4793, OKX account long-short ratio is 0.41, retail traders are desperately shorting! Meanwhile, Binance top traders' long-short ratio is 1.023, big players are adding longs. When retail and big players' directions diverge significantly, it often signals whales harvesting retail traders.
Fourth, the whale conspiracy: 1,285 is the "death gate" drawn by the whales! From the high of 1,698 on September 26 to the low of 1,112.77 on October 8, a 34.5% retracement, then a rebound near 1,285 was immediately pushed back. 1,285 is the rebound ceiling; failing twice to break through means the rebound is basically over. Whales have filled the 1,240-1,285 range with short orders, waiting for retail traders chasing highs to rush in. $ZEC Funding Situation — ETF Outflows for Two Consecutive Weeks Totaling $124 Million, Whales Are Exiting!
First, ZEC spot ETFs have seen outflows for two consecutive weeks, with a total net redemption amount of $124 million. On October 14 alone, there was a net outflow of $5.1906 million, and the net asset value of ZEC spot ETFs dropped to $677 million. If bearish pressure intensifies, the $1,100 and $1,000 support levels may be retested or broken.
Second, whales have deposited to Coinbase for the first time in 10 months! Whale address t1Lyq transferred approximately $362.56 million worth of ZEC, of which $15 million was deposited into Coinbase. This is the first deposit from this address to an exchange in 10 months. Whales moving funds to exchanges is the clearest sign of impending sell-off!
Third, a wallet suspected to be linked to Bitkub co-founder sold 24,100 ZEC, valued at about $18.5 million, and bought 238 BTC. Whales are rotating from ZEC to BTC — this is not good news for ZEC. $ZEC Macro and News Outlook — CPI Exceeds Expectations, Rate Hike Probability Soars to 95%!
First, the September CPI exceeding expectations is the biggest shock! The year-on-year 3.7% is higher than the expected 3.6%, and the core CPI of 2.6% is above the expected 2.5%. After the data release, the probability of a rate hike in October doubled from about 22% to 43%, and the probability for December surged to about 95%. Bitcoin promptly fell below 83,000, with ZEC following the decline.
Second, the 10-year US Treasury yield is at 5.36%, the highest since 2002. The elevated long-term interest rates directly increase the holding costs for leveraged funds. Even if the Federal Reserve holds steady in October, risk assets will struggle to escape the heavy pressure of valuation contraction.
Third, the South Korean stock market plunged 6%, triggering cross-market deleveraging. The KOSPI index dropped over 6%, with Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix falling about 8% each. Market concerns over AI-related valuations became the catalyst. Tom Lee publicly warned that if broker margin liquidations and investor deleveraging occur simultaneously, major crypto assets like ETH and ZEC may face greater short-term selling pressure and volatility. September CPI year-on-year rose 3.7%, exceeding expectations. The expectation of a rate cut was eliminated, and the market directly switched to pricing in a longer duration of high interest rates. Tech stocks with high valuations are the first to come under pressure, and the strengthening dollar is pulling global funds into the US.
The Federal Reserve is facing a dilemma this time: continuing to raise rates risks problems first in the fragile sectors of commercial real estate and small to medium banks; not raising rates means the inertia of spiraling wages and prices cannot be broken. Both options are painful.
Everyone is complaining about oil prices, but the truly sticky factors are services and housing rents. These two items are insensitive to interest rates, and once prices rise, they are hard to reverse. Oil prices can fall back, but rents will not.
What’s more troublesome is the de-anchoring of inflation expectations. A one-time price jump is volatility, but when businesses and households start treating price increases as the norm, inflation shifts from a short-term issue to a structural expectation. At this stage, rate hikes can suppress demand but cannot suppress habits.
Therefore, the Federal Reserve is very likely not choosing whether to raise rates or not, but rather dragging between two bad options. Maintaining high interest rates longer, using rhetoric and occasional actions to suppress expectations. The market will face not a one-way direction, but valuation pain and wide fluctuations.💥 Sisters, the bottom of $ETH is almost stripped bare.
It's not that I want to be bearish, but institutions are running faster than rabbits.
Ethereum spot ETFs have seen net outflows for 9 consecutive trading days, totaling about $542 million, with BlackRock's ETHA alone accounting for about $477 million. Institutions are voting with their feet, while retail investors are still shouting "bulls will return quickly" in the groups.
The 1-hour MA5, MA10, and MA20 have already formed a death cross downward, and the MACD's DIF and DEA are both below the zero line, with the green bars stubbornly not retreating. It dropped from 2733 all the way down to 2405, now rebounding to around 2500, not even touching MA20.
On-chain is even more painful: Ethereum Foundation-related addresses transferred 4393 ETH to Kraken; meanwhile, F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun has recently been selling more WBTC to buy ETH, not simply transferring ETH into exchanges, so don't misread this. But when whales transfer coins to exchanges, it's usually a potential sell pressure signal.
Institutions are running, ETFs are bleeding, whether 2500 can hold really depends on whether there is volume to push it back tonight.
Don't stubbornly hold high-leverage long positions; if 2500 breaks, reduce your risk first. What level are you defending ETH at now? Let's talk in the comments👇
⚠️ Personal review, not investment advice.
#美国9月CPI同比升至3.7%，核心通胀超预期 🔥 CPI completely smashed expectations! Tonight, the bears got to enjoy a quick win first.
US September CPI year-over-year at 3.7%, higher than the expected 3.6%; core CPI year-over-year at 2.6%, month-over-month at 0.3%, all surpassing expectations. The market was originally betting on core cooling down, but instead, core didn’t drop, reigniting rate hike expectations — the probability of a rate hike in October jumped from about 20% directly to around 40%-50%.
Energy is the main cause, with gasoline and diesel both rising, but this time it’s not just "energy causing trouble"; core month-over-month stayed at 0.3% without dropping, indicating price increases are spreading to other sectors.
Once the data dropped, gold plunged, US Treasury yields rose, the dollar rebounded, and US stock futures turned negative. For the crypto space, the real pressure isn’t in the CPI numbers themselves, but whether US Treasury yields and the dollar continue to rise.
Looking at $ETH now, it’s not surprising to see volatility before the data; if yields continue to surge after the data, short-term rebounds are likely to be suppressed; if yields fall back, ETH has a chance to retest upper resistance.
Don’t hold high-leverage positions stubbornly tonight; the post-data spike can be the harshest. Which level are you defending for ETH tonight? Let’s talk in the comments? Let’s talk in the comments👇
⚠️Personal observation, not investment advice.
#美国9月CPI同比升至3.7%，核心通胀超预期 $ETH CPI is the key to breaking the deadlock
Short term (48 hours): Most likely to fluctuate between 2,400-2,537. 2,506 is the short-term watershed—if it breaks out with volume, the target is 2,537-2,600; if it falls below 2,416, the target is 2,400-2,344. After CPI exceeds expectations, the market needs time to digest the rate hike pricing.
Medium term: If ETH holds the 2,400-2,420 support, with ETF funds flowing back and whales continuously accumulating, it is expected to challenge 2,537-2,600. But last week ETF outflows of 542 million + CPI exceeding expectations + whales being defensive—pullbacks can happen at any time.
The biggest risk: CPI exceeding expectations pushing the rate hike probability to 43% + last week's ETF outflow of 542 million + dense long liquidations below 2,400. Some analysis puts it clearly: "If broker margin liquidations and investor deleveraging occur simultaneously, major crypto assets like ETH may face greater selling pressure and volatility in the short term." At the 2,439 level, chasing highs is like sending New Year's gifts to the bears. Control your hands, wait for the direction to become clear before acting. Remember, surviving longer in crypto is ten thousand times more important than making more profit! Meeting adjourned!Very popular, but the three sets of accounts must be separated
#BTC现货ETF再度净流出，机构买盘能否回暖？
$ETH I'll first calculate the supply changes.
Base transaction fees will be burned, validator rewards involve new issuance, and the specific issuance amount will also vary with the staking scale.
So after "someone uses the network," we still need to ask: how much is actually burned, and how much is newly issued?
If the number of transactions increases but the fee per transaction decreases, the total burn amount may not increase correspondingly.
I prefer to track issuance and burn during the same period, then judge whether the supply has tightened. Picking only days with high burn numbers can easily overlook changes at other times and mistake a phase phenomenon for a long-term trend.
$BTC I separate on-chain transfer volume and buying demand.
Fees mainly depend on the space occupied by the transaction, not the transfer amount, and fees are paid to miners.
Therefore, a large transfer does not directly prove someone is buying, nor can the direction of funds be judged solely by the amount.
When studying demand, I want to confirm whether there is new buying and continued holding, rather than interpreting every large transfer as a price signal.
$SOL When creating a token account, a certain amount of funds must be reserved as storage balance, which can be reclaimed after closing accounts that meet the conditions.
This kind of fund occupation has its own purpose and exit path.
So an increase in account numbers cannot be directly equated with a permanent reduction in circulating supply.
I will look at account additions, closures, and net occupation simultaneously. The influx of users is worth noting, but how much actual usage demand remains requires further data explanation. $ETH Contract Data and the Dog Whale Conspiracy — $814 Million Liquidated, Bulls Bloodied
First, in the past 24 hours, the entire network saw $814 million liquidated, with $686 million in long liquidations, accounting for 84.3%. Ethereum long liquidations reached $143 million, nearly equal to Bitcoin's $142 million — the ETH derivatives market has higher leverage density and a more extreme concentration of bulls.
Second, funding rate differences across exchanges have widened. Binance is at -0.0042%, Bitget at 0.0018%, Bybit at 0.0016%, OKX at 0; CoinEx at -0.0702%. The market-wide average funding rate is about -0.0019%, superficially favoring shorts paying longs, but account structures still clearly lean bullish: Binance long accounts make up 74.2%.
Third, divergence between bullish accounts and bearish active trades. Only 37.5% of Binance's active trades are long, 62.6% are sell-side; OKX long trades are only 45.6%. Position holders are waiting for a rebound, but short-term funds continue selling — a typical "passive bulls holding positions, active bears applying pressure" structure.
Fourth, the dog whale conspiracy: using the South Korean stock market crash as a trigger to liquidate leveraged longs. The dog whale exploited the South Korean stock market plunge to trigger cross-market deleveraging, smashing ETH from 2,579 down to 2,413 to trigger long liquidations, while quietly accumulating near 2,420. A large buy order at $2,421.54 accounts for 81.1% of the top 5 buy orders, indicating technical support near 2,420. #特斯拉交付超预期后盈利修复成焦点
The boss has something to say
Tesla released its Q3 earnings after the market closed on October 21. Deliveries reached 486,500 vehicles, exceeding market expectations, but still down 2.1% year-over-year. The market is now focused on two things: whether the automotive gross margin can recover, and if there are any new developments with Robotaxi and Optimus.
Exceeding delivery expectations does not mean profits exceeded expectations. The price war is still ongoing; whether gross margins can rebound and cash flow can improve is key. If gross margins continue to be squeezed, Tesla’s stock price will be under pressure, tech stock sentiment will cool down, and Bitcoin will be indirectly affected. If gross margins recover and the AI business has new stories, risk appetite will warm up, which is mildly positive for crypto.
But Tesla is not a crypto asset; it cannot change Bitcoin’s direction. Bitcoin mainly depends on CPI and U.S. Treasury yields. September CPI was 3.7% year-over-year, core CPI 2.6%, both fully exceeding expectations. Inflation has risen for three consecutive months, rate hike expectations have increased, U.S. Treasury yields remain high, and Bitcoin is under pressure.
I have already closed my long Bitcoin position at 84,000, locking in a profit of 1,200 points, and am currently flat. CPI exceeded expectations, so the short-term direction is bearish; I’m not in a hurry to go long. Support below is at 80,000; holding 82,000 means consolidation. Tesla’s earnings report is industry validation, not a directional switch. $BTC $ETH $ZEC
Don’t chase the highs or sell the lows; wait for the market to fully digest the CPI before making moves. Set your stop losses well.
The above analysis is time-sensitive; always set your stop losses. Good luck.How many people got trapped in the recent drop of the three storage giants?
I've been watching the market for a few days and found a problem: the places with the biggest drops are actually not the most dangerous.
The real danger is that many people see the continuous decline and think it has bottomed out, but the funds have not truly returned.
$SNDK
Current price around 145, still weak in the short term.
Price continues to be under pressure, RSI is in a low area, indicating that buying power has not fully recovered.
Resistance above is around 148-150, support below is around 140.
Without a volume breakout, the rebound looks more like a corrective move.
$SKHYNIX
Current price around 1070.
Recently weakened significantly due to storage cycle adjustments.
The market is focusing on whether HBM demand can continue to support the AI storage logic.
Resistance above near 1120, support below around 1050.
If funds do not flow back, short-term waiting is still needed.
$MU
Current price around 946.
Also in an adjustment phase, but AI server demand remains the biggest support.
Short-term focus on resistance at 973 and support at 930.
The biggest market controversy now is whether AI demand can continue to drive the storage cycle.
My judgment:
The storage sector cannot yet be simply defined as an opportunity or an end.
The real signal is not how much it has fallen, but when funds re-enter.
A rebound without fund support can easily become a bull trap again.#台积电Q3营收创新高，盈利表现待揭晓 ASML's revenue is also good. Looking at TSM this month and Intel at the end of the month, although the semiconductor sector is generally sluggish now and Philadelphia has been falling continuously, I believe this is most likely a period of market readjustment. Next month, with Anthropic going public and considering the recent chaos in the Strait of Hormuz, the stock market is expected to enter a long adjustment period, similar to the deep adjustment in the first half of the year. However, the first half was about deleveraging, while this half-year is a deep value reassessment. This decline is not the end; next year, the semiconductor sector is expected to have another big rally, but it probably won't be in memory, rather in chip foundry manufacturing. Buying Intel at the low point and patiently waiting for the process.$SOXL The semiconductor downturn is not over yet!!!
Currently, SOXL has fallen back to around 118, with a significant short-term decline. The possibility of a rebound on Thursday is also not low. However, there is an issue worth noting: ASML's release shows that AI and semiconductor equipment demand is not bad, yet the market has not responded with corresponding buying support. Despite the positive news, the stock price continues to weaken, indicating that the pressure on semiconductors now is not just fundamentals, but also a large amount of profit-taking and valuation pressure accumulated earlier, coupled with rising U.S. Treasury yields, making funds clearly unwilling to continue buying at high levels.
Thursday's TSMC earnings report is crucial. The market already has high expectations for AI demand growth, so good performance does not necessarily mean the stock price will rise. What really matters is whether the capital expenditure guidance can continue to exceed expectations, and whether heavyweights like NVDA, AMD, and AVGO will see funds re-enter.
Personally, I still lean towards a rebound on Thursday, with 121–126 being key levels to watch. If TSMC's positive news only brings a short-lived rally and semiconductor heavyweights do not have sustained buying, this rebound will likely be hard to maintain.
Looking ahead to Friday, I still expect SOXL to fall back to around 113–117. If selling pressure continues to expand, 104–111 is also possible. Only if TSMC significantly exceeds expectations and inflation data cooperates, leading to sustained capital inflows in the semiconductor sector, will I change my current bearish view!Three types of people who are doomed to fail at rolling positions, with almost no exceptions
The indecisive: eager to take profits at a slight rise, quick to cut losses at minor pullbacks, hard to hold through major trends
The reckless leveragers: heavy positions with high leverage all in at once, when the direction reverses and liquidation happens, they only blame the market
The overtraders: constantly thinking about rolling positions for compound interest, repeatedly opening trades, ending up with all profits eaten by fees
Sharing a rolling position strategy (extremely high risk, one wrong step leads to liquidation)
Step 1 - Initial position: prioritize liquid assets like BTC, ETH, SOL, keep the initial position under 20%, reserve most funds for key opportunities, refuse to go all in directly.
Step 2 - Adding positions: add only when price breaks previous highs with volume expanding simultaneously, single add not exceeding 30% of total funds. Exit rules: close half if price closes below the 7-day moving average, exit all if below the 14-day moving average.
The biggest enemy of rolling positions is always greed. Continuing to add after reaching target profits, always trying to chase more gains, easily gives back all the profits.
The market itself has no absolute right or wrong; many trading failures stem from poor execution and inability to decisively take profits after gains.
$ETH $BTC #美国9月CPI同比升至3.7%，核心通胀超预期 $BTC Normally, if it were really going to drop, with such a strong macro headwind, the main force would have at least pushed it down 8-10%, directly breaking below 75k, using the opportunity to kill off the long positions below. But the main force didn't do that. The Nasdaq dropped 1.2%, Bitcoin dropped 1.5%, so they clearly don't want to push it down. This is exactly what I have been saying before: wide-range oscillation, using sideways movement instead of a drop, which is a sign of strength. The main force is once again reminding everyone not to think about picking up chips at low prices. So, at this time, I must take profit on hedging positions and focus on building positions.
Buying spot requires a plan. Everyone should plan ahead, place orders in advance, just wait for them to be filled, and sleep when you should. Don't watch while walking, it's easy to miss out $BTC Contract Data and the Dog Whale Conspiracy — $820 Million Liquidation Storm, Bulls Bloodied
First, in the past 24 hours, the entire network saw $814 million liquidated, with long positions liquidated at $686 million, accounting for 84.3%. Ethereum long liquidations reached $143 million, nearly equal to Bitcoin's $142 million — the ETH derivatives market has higher leverage density and a more extreme concentration of bulls.
Second, the direct trigger for the $800 million liquidation was the plunge in the South Korean stock market. On October 13 during the Asian trading session, the South Korean KOSPI index dropped over 6%, with Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix falling about 8% each. Concerns over AI-related valuations and competitive pressure from Chinese memory chip manufacturers were the catalysts. Approximately $595 million of liquidations occurred concentrated in the last 12 hours, closely matching the sell-off rhythm of the Seoul market.
Third, whales had already shifted to a defensive stance before the drop. Before liquidation, the long-to-short position ratio of whale addresses was 0.87, with shorts accounting for 53.39%, while retail traders had a long-to-short ratio of 0.5223 with a steep upward curve. The divergence structure between large holders reducing longs and opening shorts and retail chasing longs on dips had formed before the liquidation occurred.
Fourth, funding rates turned negative, with shorts paying longs. The current funding rate is about -0.0109%, meaning shorts must pay longs, completely opposite to the bullish frenzy in October last year.
The Dog Whale Conspiracy: Using the South Korean stock market crash as a trigger, they smashed BTC from 84,000 down to 81,000 to trigger long liquidations, while quietly accumulating at the low. 81,000 is a strong support at the 400-day moving average, with rapid rebounds each time it is touched on a pullback. The dog whales accumulate between 81,000-82,000, distribute between 84,000-85,000, and retail picks up between 82,000-83,000 — a complete harvesting chain. $BTC CPI is tonight's "trump card"
First, tonight's CPI data is the decisive "trump card". The September ISM Services Prices Paid Index rose to 74.0, the highest since July 2022, and the University of Michigan's one-year inflation expectation for October rebounded to 4.7%. HTX Chief Analyst Cloud believes the probability of CPI exceeding expectations is high; if so, year-end rate hike pricing will be further reinforced, with the 81,000 support level taking the brunt.
Second, Fed voting member Harker signals hawkish stance. Cleveland Fed President Harker clearly stated that smaller, more frequent rate adjustments are preferable to waiting and then being forced to make large corrections, and pointed out that inflationary pressures are not limited to the energy sector. AI infrastructure-driven demand for electricity and tech components, as well as related bond issuance demand, are all contributing to inflation. The probability of a rate hike in October is about 20%, but this has warmed up compared to before Harker's speech.
Third, the 10-year US Treasury yield is 5.36%, the highest since 2002. Elevated long-term rates directly increase the holding costs for leveraged funds, and even if the Fed holds steady in October, risk assets will find it difficult to escape the heavy pressure of valuation contraction. 🔥 CPI completely smashed expectations! Tonight, the bears got to enjoy a win first.
US September CPI year-over-year at 3.7%, higher than the expected 3.6%; core CPI year-over-year at 2.6%, month-over-month at 0.3%, all exceeding expectations. The market was originally betting on core cooling down, but instead, core didn't drop, reigniting rate hike expectations — the probability of a rate hike in October jumped from about 20% directly to around 40%-50%.
Energy is the main cause, with gasoline and diesel both rising, but this time it's not just "energy causing trouble"; core month-over-month stayed at 0.3% without dropping, indicating price increases are spreading to other areas.
Once the data dropped, gold plunged, US Treasury yields rose, the dollar rebounded, and US stock futures turned negative. For the crypto space, the real pressure isn't in the CPI numbers themselves, but whether US Treasury yields and the dollar continue to rise.
Looking at $ETH now, it's not surprising to see volatility before the data; if yields continue to surge after the data, short-term rebounds are likely to be suppressed; if yields fall back, ETH has a chance to retest upper resistance.
Don't hold high-leverage positions stubbornly tonight; the post-data spike can be the harshest. Which level are you defending for ETH tonight? Chat in the comments👇
⚠️Personal observation, not investment advice.
#美国9月CPI同比升至3.7%，核心通胀超预期 $USELESS Today's big dump candle is worth analyzing.
At 12:00 it surged to 0.18323, then slid down over 11 hours
all the way to 0.16471, a retracement of 10.11%.
The key point isn't how much it dropped, but how the volume changed:
At 20:00 the dump candle volume was 9.02 million U, a single candle -3.21%
After that, volume collapsed:
7.43 million → 5.3 million → 1.1 million
The latest candle is only 12% of that dump candle volume.
Selling pressure is visibly fading.
But I still hold, the space is skewed.
Downward, the 24h low at 0.16324 is only 0.89% away
Upward, reaching the 24h high requires 11.24%
Returning to MA20 (0.1727) needs 4.83%
Going down near the floor yields less than 1% profit
So you have to bet on breaking the 96h low at 0.16124.
No basis for going up either:
MA20 resistance overhead at 4.83%, MA60 at 7.91%
The bearish alignment hasn't been broken by a single candle.
Funding rate is +0.0188% per period, annualized 20.6%
Price dropped like this, yet bulls are still paying.
Not fully cleared, so no bottom yet.
Two observation markers:
Volume recovery above 0.1727 means structure breaks
Breaking below 0.16124 is the next step down
Neither has happened yet.
I’m not moving tonight.
(Not investment advice, trade at your own risk)Dogecoin ETF delisted in less than a year: Is it a community issue or a product issue?
Today, the first Dogecoin ETF officially stopped trading. From launch to termination, it lasted less than a year.
Many people ask me what this means. To conclude: it's a product issue, the community is not to blame.
Let's look at the numbers. Before closing, this ETF's assets were only $726,000, not even enough to fill a whale's wallet. The issuer's CEO made it clear: traditional investors who buy funds and those who use coins on-chain are two completely different groups. To translate: it's not that no one wants Dogecoin, it's that the packaging didn't reach the right hands.
The failure of the ETF essentially stems from a mismatch between traditional financial narratives and crypto-native culture. Traditional investors value compliance, stability, and predictable returns, while Dogecoin's value foundation lies in community consensus, cultural identity, and on-chain activity. When an asset that started as "fun" is dressed in a serious financial suit, it loses the most charming part of its soul.
More importantly, this ETF never truly reached Dogecoin's core users. On-chain data shows daily active addresses continue to grow, the DApp ecosystem covers games, retail, and other scenarios, and the community's social media followers exceed 4 million—these are the real manifestations of Dogecoin's vitality. The ETF's quiet trading precisely shows it failed to become a bridge connecting the two worlds and instead became a dividing wall.
#美国9月CPI同比升至3.7%，核心通胀超预期 ETF outflows, how does that directly become "institutions no longer trust BTC"?
Whenever the market experiences a pullback, headlines like "institutions massively selling off" and "capital fleeing in panic" always appear, and the most commonly cited evidence is the net outflow of Bitcoin (BTC) or Ethereum (ETH) spot ETFs on certain days. For example, Farside data shows that on October 12, US BTC and ETH spot ETFs had net outflows of $65.4 million and $85.4 million respectively. The numbers are indeed striking, but the question is: does this really mean "institutions no longer trust BTC"?
First, ETFs are just one tool for holding crypto assets; they do not distinguish who the buyers are. The fund names and amounts listed in the tables cannot tell us whether the sellers are pension funds, registered investment advisors (RIAs), family offices, or ordinary retail brokerage accounts. Categorizing all redemptions broadly as "institutional behavior" is a typical attribution error.
Second, what truly reflects some institutional holdings movements are the 13F filings required by the SEC. These quarterly reports are usually submitted within 45 days after the end of each quarter and disclose the holdings of qualifying institutional investors in US stocks and ETFs. But 13F filings also have limitations: they do not cover all institutions (for example, some hedge fund positions are exempt), and the data is delayed, making it unsuitable for real-time judgment. [Pharaoh's Market Watch]
CPI at 3.7% exceeds expectations, core inflation also hits 2.6%, is BTC about to crash directly?
Pharaoh says straight up, don’t be scared by the surface numbers. The most critical part of this surprise is that "core inflation is also rising," which is much more serious than just oil prices. Once the data came out, BTC was hammered straight down from 83,900 to around 81,850.
Core CPI month-on-month at 0.3% is higher than the expected 0.2%, and year-on-year at 2.6% also beats the market’s 2.5% forecast. This means inflation isn’t just about oil prices; underlying price pressures are spreading. The 2-year US Treasury yield instantly jumped 13 basis points, and the market started betting again on an October rate hike, with the probability jumping from under 22% to over 50%.
In the short term, it’s a double whammy of “bloodletting + stampede.” With rate hike expectations back, the dollar strengthens and risk assets get hammered collectively. The key support for BTC below is the 81,500 to 80,000 range; if it can’t hold, it will have to look for support around 79,000. Resistance above falls back to 83,000 to 83,500.
Don’t rush to bottom-fish in operations. The data just came out, the market is still digesting it, and the spike trading isn’t over. Wait for a pullback near 81,000 with volume and a stop in the decline before lightly trying longs, with a stop loss at 79,800 and targets around 82,700-83,500!
Remember, core inflation exceeding expectations is a hard wound; the Fed has reason to stay hawkish. $BTC $ETH $ZEC #美国9月CPI同比升至3.7%，核心通胀超预期 The market generally bets on a pause in rate hikes in October, but traders known as "greater-fools" are still increasing their short $BTC bets. From yesterday to today, they have invested about $4,381: predicting the market will "fall to 65,000 by year-end" with 136,100 contracts (implied probability 22.5%, valued at $30,600); and "fall to 70,000 by year-end" with 55,800 contracts (probability 35.5%, valued at $19,800).
Even more aggressive is Hyperliquid, who still holds 26.97 BTC short positions (average price 69,962, valued at $2.25 million), currently with an unrealized loss of $365,200, struggling to hold.
Tonight's US September CPI is critical. If inflation exceeds expectations, the market will reprice tightening, which could become a short-term pressure source for BTC.
In the mid-term view, institutional selling pressure has not stopped; this position is an extreme battleground between bulls and bears. Don't blindly chase; hold your chips and wait for direction.
$ETH
$SNDK
#September CPI announced tonight, Federal Reserve rate hike divergence awaits resolution #美国9月CPI同比升至3.7%，核心通胀超预期 Inflation rises again, the crypto circle needs to recalculate this financial equation
Oil prices have risen, and the pressure ultimately passed on to the financial markets. The US September CPI released tonight rose 3.7% year-on-year, higher than the previous 3.4% and the expected 3.6%; core CPI rose 2.6% year-on-year, also exceeding the expected 2.5%. For funds expecting a looser monetary environment, this data is clearly unfriendly.
Looking closely at the components, gasoline rose 9.1% month-on-month, contributing more than half of the overall monthly increase. But housing prices also rose 0.4% month-on-month, and core CPI rose 0.3% month-on-month, unchanged from last month. Energy is the main driver, and other price pressures have not disappeared.
The market has already started to reprice: after the data release, US Treasury yields rose, the dollar strengthened, and expectations for further Fed rate hikes increased. However, inflation exceeding expectations does not necessarily mean a rate hike at the next meeting; subsequent employment and price data remain key.
My view is that BTC will next depend on whether it can withstand this financial pressure. With the dollar and US Treasury yields continuing to rise, rebounds require real buying support. Especially in contracts, don't take the first candlestick after the data release as confirmation of direction; wait for volatility to settle and see the support before deciding whether to act. You can miss the market, but don't let your position be driven by a single piece of news. @OKX星球 Why is everything dumping today?
Almost $1.3 Trillion has been wiped out from the stocks, metals, and crypto in just 2 hours.
Key reasons:
1. US CPI hits a 4-month high, while the Core CPI hits a 3-month high.
2. October rate hike odds jumped to 51.3%.
3. DXY spiked to its highest level in 18 months.
3. US 5Y bond yield hits a 19-year high.