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Tesla $TSLA and $NVDA related tokenized assets have clearly rebounded today following market sentiment, with volatility still greater than the original stocks. In the crypto market, they act more like sentiment amplifiers. When the market is strong, they are easily pushed higher; when the market is weak, they also retreat quickly. I treat them as light positions for observation, not heavy bets. Liquidity and slippage need to be experienced firsthand, as differences between platforms can be significant. Risk control takes priority over chasing hype. Tokenization lowers the entry barrier but also amplifies leverage and sentiment impact. Currently, market risk appetite is recovering, and RWA-related assets also benefit, but fundamentals still follow traditional logic. Strict position control and observation are my preferred approach now. Avoid frequent in-and-out trades due to short-term fluctuations; executing according to plan is a more prudent method. #Strategy再度增持，财库同步加仓 #特斯拉SpaceX投建168亿美元AI芯片厂 #英伟达拟以129.3亿美元收购HuggingFace Bitcoin has stabilized at 86000, Ethereum at 2762, SOL at 117.77. He asked if this means a surge is coming. I told him to put down his phone first and not rush.
Bitcoin peaked at 87399 last night, now at 86171, just a breath away from 88000. But the 15-minute MACD green bars are shrinking, DIFF and DEA are flattening at a high level, indicating a clear lack of short-term momentum. The resistance between 87500 and 88000 is tough; if it can't break through, it will remain in a high-level consolidation. The bottom line is 85000; if it breaks, look for 83000.
Ethereum is stronger than Bitcoin; BitMine's holdings are nearly 4.9%, continuously accumulating. 2700 is the critical line; if it doesn't break, it will pull back to buy more. Above 2800 must see volume to break through, or it will continue to grind. SOL is oscillating between 115 and 120, with no independent trend.
The news is somewhat mixed. 21Shares said the privacy coin market cap has nearly quintupled in a year, reaching 30 billion. The central bank reiterated virtual currency regulation, banning related businesses. Hot money is flowing in from outside, while domestic channels remain blocked.
I have no positions; I closed my long positions at the high yesterday. No chasing highs at this level; a sharp rise will definitely lead to a shakeout.
Plan: Buy Bitcoin on a pullback to 85000-85200, stop loss at 84500, target 86500. Buy Ethereum at 2720-2740, stop loss 2690, target 2800. Buy SOL at 115.5-116, stop loss 114, target 120. $BTC holders with base positions: If you bought below 75,000, your unrealized gains are already 13-15%. It is recommended to gradually reduce your position by over 50% between 86,500-87,500, and set a trailing stop profit for the remaining position (stop loss moved up to 85,200). RSI falling from a high + volume shrinking by 40% + Garrett Jin switching from long to short, reducing positions to lock in profits is a wise move.
Long strategy (cautious): Wait for a pullback to 85,200-85,984 with volume expansion and a stop-fall signal, enter at 85,200-85,984, stop loss below 84,500, target 86,800-87,500. Leverage 3-5x, position within 2%. Core logic: SAR and SUPERTREND confirm bullish + continuous ETF inflows + rate hike negative factors fully priced in.
Short strategy (high risk): Rebound to 86,880-87,380 with volume shrinking and a long upper shadow appears, enter at 86,880-87,380, stop loss above 88,000, target 85,200-85,500. Leverage 1-2x, position within 1%. Core logic: Bollinger upper band resistance + Garrett Jin shorting + 570 million leverage topping out.
Most stable strategy (wait and see): 86,101 is indecisive. Upward resistance at 86,880-87,380, downward space at 85,200-85,984. Wait for confirmation of a breakout at 87,500 or a pullback at 85,200 before taking action! Some analysis explains clearly: "As the market reassesses the outlook, cryptocurrency prices may remain range-bound or even decline further until the end of the year."$TAO and BTC continue to break through, market risk appetite rises, AI narrative track returns to the spotlight, and TAO welcomes a second wave of rally. After the initial heat subsided and a deep adjustment, institutional funds are refocusing on the AI track under the bull market environment. Recently, the number of subnets has increased, computing power continues to grow, trading activity has surged significantly, and capital relay willingness is very strong. This type of tech narrative target has strong bull market explosive power but huge volatility. In the early years, I lost most of my profits due to greed and not cutting losses on AI track coins during a pullback, so now I strictly control position size to participate, enjoy the track dividends, and never heavily bet on the market. The market is likely to remain strong in the next two to three days, and TAO will probably continue to surge. Set profit-taking points in advance and do not insist on catching the highest point. $WIF $WIF WIF: Up 24%, but the top 10 addresses hold 55% of the supply
On-chain dynamics: WIF is an SPL token on Solana. On-chain real data — total supply is 998,837,807 tokens, the top 10 addresses collectively hold 551,403,988 tokens, accounting for 55.20%; the largest single address holds 137,085,685 tokens, accounting for 13.72%; retail holders hold 44.80%.
These three numbers should be read together. 55% concentrated in ten addresses means pricing power is highly centralized — the buying and selling of a few addresses can determine the direction. The largest single holding of 13.72% is especially critical: it acts as price support (won't easily dump its own tokens) but also represents the biggest overhang risk (if liquidated, the market can't absorb it).
Interpretation: RSI dual periods near 70, positioned at the 90% range, with only 2.4% resistance above — a typical "close to new high" structure. A 9.56x volume indicates capital inflow, but combined with 55% concentration, this looks more like a market dominated by a small number of chips. Signs of a sharp rally Hold your spot tokens Watch 2u. Just checked on DefiLlama (30-day revenue growth >10%, price increase <3% in the same period)
Gains Network (GNS) — one of the cleanest fundamentals
Revenue growth is genuine, not peak-driven: even after excluding the highest single day, there is still +43% growth (original +58%), and revenue growth (+61%) clearly outpaces trading volume growth (+17%), indicating improvement in fees/product structure rather than just volume stacking [[03c49bdc]]. Zero unlocking risk: no planned token releases on-chain, official documents confirm GNS is fully circulated with no team/investor lockup. On governance, there is a "Make Gains Great Again" proposal involving a new operations team and increased buybacks — positive direction but details not fully verified, for directional reference only. Risk points: trading volume is only 1/30 of Hyperliquid, making it a small-cap niche player; Binance placed a "monitoring tag" on GNS in early September and suspended some network deposits, causing short-term sentiment pressure. For reference only
$gns $HYPE GRVT: Why does smart money refuse to participate in a micro-cap stock with a daily turnover rate of 226%?
With a market cap of 17.09 million USD, daily trading volume of 38.65 million USD, and a turnover rate as high as 226%—GRVT's data looks astonishingly active at first glance, but in reality, it is a typical "high-frequency inefficiency" trap.
The price crashed sharply from 0.1667 to 0.1472, a single-day drop of 10.11% and a volatility amplitude of 13.2%. This kind of intense fluctuation unique to micro-cap stocks is not a process of value discovery but a game where market makers harvest retail stop-loss orders on extremely thin liquidity. Every large order can penetrate the order book, leaving retail investors no fair chance to exit.
Social sentiment remains completely absent: zero heat, zero bias. A project with a daily turnover twice its size surprisingly has no discussion, no promotion, and no short or long speculation. This only proves one fact: all participants are high-frequency algorithms and arbitrage bots, with no fundamental investors or community builders. Liquidity without consensus is essentially poison.
Smart money signals confirm again: net short positions, zero net holdings, zero long traders. Even professional high-frequency teams are unwilling to hold long positions overnight, indicating that Alpha has been fully competed away, leaving only negative-sum games. Retail investors entering such markets are not investing but providing liquidity exit for market makers.
Core judgment: GRVT's extremely high turnover rate masks extremely low-quality liquidity, lacks fundamental consensus, and smart money is collectively absent. It is a typical micro-cap stock harvesting ground, and retail investors are strictly prohibited from participating. $FIL My personal trading experience: FIL was under continuous unlocking and selling pressure for a long time during the bear market, causing many holders to give up and sell at a loss. During the bear market, I tried to bottom-fish FIL at relatively low prices, but the more I held, the more I lost. After holding on for a long time, I had to painfully cut losses and exit, leaving a deep psychological shadow. In this bull market, the overall market has warmed up, and the storage sector is seeing capital inflows. FIL recently launched a new search feature, the number of new nodes has rebounded, short-term token unlocking pressure has eased, trading volume is gradually recovering, and selling pressure is reduced. My approach is to participate with a light position, only capturing this repair rally, not holding long-term. On the road of oversold coin rebounds, you can always encounter early trapped positions dumping. The market uptrend is expected to continue for the next two to three days, with FIL following the sector to keep rebounding. Don't expect a long-term major rise; treating it as a rebound wave trade is safer.There are two forces behind this round of rally.
First, spot funds have returned. The US Bitcoin spot ETF had a net inflow of about $593 million combined on Thursday and Friday, with about $433 million on Friday alone;
Second, a short squeeze occurred, with about $919 million worth of short positions liquidated across the market, including over $557 million in Bitcoin short liquidations.
I think we can't just call it a bull run based on the breakout yet. The open interest of Bitcoin contracts has increased by about 8% over the past week, reaching $55.7 billion, indicating that after the old shorts were cleared, new leverage is rapidly entering the market.
Next, focus on two key levels: whether $87,000 can turn from resistance into support, and whether the ETF can continue to maintain net inflows. Only by holding above $87,000 does the market have the qualification to continue expanding upward; if capital flow weakens and open interest continues to surge, be cautious of a secondary liquidation caused by high leverage.Market at decision point after $87K spike.
$BTC pumped without a pullback - now digesting $83K-$86K supply zone. $85K is the line in the sand.
$ETH looking healthier than $BTC, on-chain rotation + low reserves. $2630-$2660 must hold for $2800.
$SOL still strong above $110, but leverage is too high. Don't chase green.
Wait for pullback confirmation, not FOMO.
#BTC87KCryptoCap3T #CryptoTreasuriesBuy #CostcoQ4EarningsWatch Whale closes 38,000 short positions, losing over $35 million
All approximately 38,000 ZEC short positions related to Garrett Jin's address have been closed
Losses exceed $35 million, with market orders in 1.5 hours pushing the price from 1490 to 1530
The same address still holds about 202,000 spot coins, not a single one sold
The shorts seem more like insurance for the spot holdings, not purely bearish
Pressure release is real, and the fuel running out is real too
NU7 continues to advance, with testnet on October 6 and mainnet target on November 5
High leverage at the top hasn't dissipated, volatility will still be amplified
So my judgment is, once the short squeeze narrative ends, the spot will take over
If it can't hold, it's just a high-level turnover, don't mistake short covering for a new trend confirmation
$ZEC $BTC $ZEC ZEC's long-term bullish core lies in controllable privacy + BTC-like deflation. It adopts an optional shielding design, unlike Monero's mandatory privacy, supporting selective auditing, theoretically leaving room for compliance and higher regulatory tolerance. The total supply is 21 million, with inflation continuing to decline after halving, and the shielded pool continuously accumulating, leading to supply contraction.
The mid-term core catalyst is the NU7 upgrade, launching ZSA to enable shielded asset issuance, expanding from a privacy payment token to a ZK privacy asset base layer, potentially introducing protocol revenue and institutional funds. As the liquidity leader in the privacy sector, under the global trend of stricter on-chain regulation, privacy demand will persist long-term, benefiting first during sector rotation. #美债短端供给或增万亿美元
The supply of short-term U.S. Treasury bonds is expected to increase by one trillion dollars, yet JPMorgan Chase has started bottom-fishing long-term bonds.
Wall Street anticipates that over the next year, the net financing scale of U.S. short-term Treasury bonds may increase by about $1 trillion. By September 2027, short-term bonds will account for 24.3% of the marketable U.S. Treasury debt. Simply put, the U.S. government plans to issue more short-term debt and avoid long-term debt because the financing cost on the long end is too high. However, short-term bonds roll over quickly and must be refinanced upon maturity, which actually creates greater pressure.
JPMorgan Asset Management's CIO Michele directly stated that the surge in long-term yields "highlights market concerns about the Fed losing control," and this rate hike actually helps the Fed "reassert control over the situation." He clearly indicated that his team has begun buying long-term government bonds from the U.S., Japan, and Australia, believing current prices are "simply too cheap," and the market has reached an "extremely painful" point.
On one hand, supply is increasing; on the other, institutions are bottom-fishing. The divergence lies here: increased short-term supply is bearish, but long-term bonds have been oversold and now have allocation value. Bessent's repurchase plan is seen by Michele as a stabilizing anchor, saying "there is ample ammunition and willingness to increase it further if desired."After BTC surged to an 8-month high, it experienced a pullback, repeatedly hovering around $85,000. Many are shouting "top," but on-chain funds have not shown significant withdrawal, more like high-level rotation. ETH technically broke through the consolidation range, and the market has started to re-trade the "ETH catch-up" logic.
I found that the biggest trap in this bull market is not the lack of opportunities, but the inability to hold. When prices rise, people fear missing out and chase crazily; when it dips 2%, they rush to cut losses, ultimately giving all profits back to the market.
From now on, I only watch three things: whether BTC can hold the key range, whether ETH funds continue to flow in, and whether SUI and SOL can take over the altcoin rally. If the major coins hold steady, altcoin rotation may continue; if BTC breaks support with volume, don’t hold full positions stubbornly.
In a bull market, you earn through understanding, not emotion.
#BTC #ETH #SUI #SOL #OKX
@OKX中文 @cz_binance @VitalikButerin @WuBlockchain @CoinDesk Today the bot finally stopped relying on small wins of just a few dollars to get by. In the morning, it first opened two long positions, one with a net loss of 6.99, the other with a net loss of 1.45. By 07:35, the short positions began to take over the game: 71.47 contracts entered at 0.09962, took profit at 10:53, netting 44.95 USDT. At 11:51, another long position made a small profit of 8.61. At 12:20, the most aggressive trade came: 46.57 short contracts entered at 0.10487, took profit at 12:31:46, held for 11 minutes and 3 seconds, netting 79.05 USDT. The two large short trades combined earned 124.00 USDT. A total of 6 trades for the day, 4 wins and 2 losses, gross profit +139.95, fees -13.50, final net profit 126.45 USDT. 📊 Today's statement Net profit/loss: +126.45 USDT Realized profit/loss: +139.95 USDT Fees: -13.50 USDT Trades: 6 (4 wins, 2 losses) Win rate: 66.67% Status: No open positions 📊 This week's statement Net profit/loss: +141.10 USDT Realized profit/loss: +159.58 USDT Fees: -18.47 USDT Trades: 10 (6 wins, 4 losses) Win rate: 60% Total: +141.10 USDT The best part today is not the 66.67% win rate. It's that it finally let the profitable trades run to sizes like 44.95 and 79.05. In the previous days#AMD1TChipStocksRally AMD briefly joined the trillion-dollar market-cap club as chip stocks rallied on strong AI demand. AMD shares rose sharply, while Nvidia, Intel and other semiconductor names also benefited from renewed enthusiasm around data-center spending. The broader Nasdaq reached a fresh record as investors rotated back into technology.
The move confirms that AI infrastructure remains one of the strongest market narratives, but it also raises valuation concerns. AMD’s 2026 gains have far outpaced the broader technology sector, leaving the stock sensitive to any disappointment in product launches, margins or cloud-provider spending. My view is that AMD’s opportunity is real, especially in data-center CPUs and accelerators, but investors should distinguish sustainable market-share gains from momentum-driven valuation expansion.This move by Cardano might be deeper than it appears on the surface.
On one hand, integrating into Mastercard's payment ecosystem; on the other, embedding ADA directly into the x402 SDK.
But what’s truly worth watching isn’t just another payment partnership, it’s that Cardano is vying for a new position:
Allowing AI agents to spend money on their own.
What x402 does is simple: essentially reactivating the long-dormant HTTP 402 “Payment Required” status.
Previously, when AI called APIs, bought data, or used computing power, a human had to confirm, log in, and pay.
In the future, it could become:
AI initiates request → receives 402 → auto payment → service granted.
No need for humans to confirm each time; the software can settle payments by itself.
And Cardano has now integrated ADA into the x402 SDK, enabling developers to let AI agents complete payments using ADA and Cardano native assets.
This means the use case for $ADA is expanding from "people buying coins" to "machines spending money."
Of course, don’t rush to overhype the story.
Currently, this system still needs real applications and actual transactions to prove itself; there’s debate over how much of the AI payment data reflects genuine demand.
So what’s really worth monitoring going forward isn’t how big the concept is, but whether real AI agents, real APIs, and real payment volumes actually take off.Issuing bonds while locking coins: The global liquidity "tug of war"
Wall Street has released a new chart: In the coming year, net financing of U.S. short-term Treasury bonds is expected to increase by about $1 trillion; by September 2027, short-term debt will account for 24.3% of the circulating U.S. Treasury bonds. The shorter the maturity, the faster the due date, the more frequent the refinancing, and the larger the interest snowball grows.
Switching to crypto: 35% of ETH supply is already staked, with 43.32 million coins withdrawn from circulation. BitMine alone has locked 5.96 million coins, accounting for 85% of its holdings. ETFs are still seeing net outflows this week, yet prices continue to rise—the supply is tightening.
Issuing bonds desperately while locking coins desperately. Both emphasize scarcity, one through printing, the other through locking.
Interest rates add more pressure. Kashkari says inflationary pressures are not only in energy; service prices remain high; Musalem hints more rate hikes may be needed. The probability of a rate hike in October has reached 55.4%. If rates don’t come down, debt rolls won’t go smoothly; if rolls don’t go smoothly, more short-term debt will be issued; the more short-term debt, the harder it is for rates to fall. This cycle is headache-inducing.
For ETH, high interest rates actually strengthen the staking logic: if you don’t lock, you get diluted by inflation; if you lock, supply becomes scarcer. The more U.S. debt issued, the more precious the "limited supply" of BTC and ETH becomes.
Traditional finance is creating more debt, crypto is locking more coins. One dilutes, the other concentrates. In the end, will debt fail first, or will coins rise first? This tug of war is just beginning to show signs of resolution. $BTC Negative news turned into positive, crypto market shorts got bloodied
Last Tuesday, the Senate rejected a highly anticipated bill. Normally, this would have been another straw to break the coin price. However, a few days later, the total crypto market cap surged by $330 billion.
Where did this money come from? It wasn't new funds flooding in. The market cap is the result of existing coins being revalued at the latest prices—when prices rise, the paper wealth magically increases.
The shorts suffered even more. In the past 24 hours, over $700 million in short positions were forcibly liquidated. $BTC broke through 87,000 at once, and those betting on a drop were the first to be liquidated. The system automatically bought to close their positions, and these forced buy orders became fuel pushing prices higher.
The bill and the price rise were close in time but not necessarily causally related. What was truly liquidated was the shorts who firmly believed "news landing means a dump." The market told them with a bullish candle: sometimes, when expectations fail, it actually means the negative news has been fully priced in.
$BTC #BTC冲高$87000，加密总市值重返3万亿 #Strategy再度增持，财库同步加仓 $BTC and $ETH are both stalling, each rising less than 1% in 24h. Is this called a rise? After grinding all day, they only moved this little; the whale is sleeping today.
Check the data:
BTC long-short ratio is 1.9:1, funding rate +0.009%, longs have added quite a bit, but can't push it up — this means it's piled up but no one is taking it, the more piled, the more dangerous.
ETH is even more extreme, long-short ratio 2.7:1, the crowding of longs is even more ridiculous than BTC, yet it’s stuck around 2750, indicating someone is suppressing it from above.
My judgment is this is not a healthy rise, it's longs self-hyping.
The whale is not in a hurry now, waiting for long sentiment to heat up a bit more, then smashing it at a high point, blowing up a wave of long positions, that’s what it wants.
Continue holding ETH shorts, around 2800 is my next target to add shorts. BTC is on hold for now, will reconsider above 88000.
No move until then, just wait.Funding keeps climbing, volatility is extreme, and chasing a short here feels expensive. I’d rather wait for confirmation than fight momentum. $USELESS is another one I’m watching closely. OI is heating back up and strength remains obvious after multiple Xs in a month. That doesn’t mean “short the top” — it means manage risk. $MORPHO is showing the same strength. The move toward $2.8 has kept attention high, helped by growing DeFi and institutional narratives. My take: when momentum is this stroIn the week when negative factors piled up, $BTC Bitcoin actually rallied. The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time in 2023, by 25 basis points; the Bank of Japan raised rates to 1.25%, a 31-year high; the CLARITY Act failed in the Senate; the spot ETF saw the largest single-day outflow since June. The price rose more than 5% that day, with about $190 million in short positions liquidated within an hour. It closed on Sunday at $81,062, up 4.9% for the week, reclaiming the 50-week moving average at about $78,800, approximately 3% above the moving average, also the first time since November 2024. At that time, the CSH risk score was 37.4, better than about 65% of trading days historically. Since 2012, there have been 6 times when the price fell below the 50-week moving average, stayed below for at least a month, and then closed the weekly candle higher above it for the first time. After 4 of these, a bull market followed: October 2015 with a score of 19.5, staying above the moving average for 134 weeks, then 2.3x in a year; May 2019 with a score of 47.5, staying 31 weeks, then 1.5x in a year; May 2020 with a score of 39.6, staying 62 weeks, then 6.3x in a year; March 2023 with a score of 41.9, staying 137 weeks, then 2.5x in a year. Two times were bull traps: January 2020 with a score of 39.9, 8 Robinhood is up to something again. On September 29th, they’re holding the HOOD Summit, saying they will release updates on tokenized stocks, including dividend reinvestment.
My first reaction when I saw this news was: Oh, here we go again.
Back when Robinhood said they were launching a crypto wallet, I was super excited, but when it finally launched, the features were cut down to just transfers.
Now they’re talking about tokenized stocks, which sounds impressive. Basically, it’s moving stocks onto the blockchain, and dividend reinvestment will also run on-chain.
But here’s the question: who exactly is this for? US stock users already buy and sell on Robinhood, so what’s the point of tokenizing? To pay blockchain fees?
I’ve fallen for this kind of trap before; the launch PPTs always look better than the actual product.
On September 29th, I’ll probably watch the live stream, and most likely, after watching, I’ll just say, “That’s it.”
But to be fair, if they really pull it off, it’s a positive sentiment boost for on-chain ecosystems like $ETH.
Whether it actually launches, let’s wait and see. Anyway, as an old retail investor, I’ve been fooled by “coming soon” announcements too many times.
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#SEC代币化股票创新豁免落地，UNI盘中涨超21% #美国加密税收与BTC储备法案获推进 $ETH $HOOD 🚨 $GRASS SURGES ON FRESH REVENUE DATA! Grass just revealed an independent review of DataCo, its Foundation-backed AI data infrastructure arm. 📊 Key figures: • $32.1M revenue verified through Q2 2026 • $27.6M already backed by cash receipts • $14.5M generated during H1 alone 🔥 $GRASS jumped toward $0.46 as traders reacted to the numbers. AI infrastructure + real revenue is becoming a major narrative. Watch $0.45–$0.46: Break & hold → momentum continuation Rejection → possible pullback/retest N#US Treasury short-term supply may increase by trillions
#bnb market cap surpasses BNY Mellon BNB's market cap is quite interesting?
Here’s the latest data: BNB is now around 786, with a market cap of 104.95 billion dollars, just pushing BNY Mellon out, ranking 249th in global assets.
Who is Mellon? One of the oldest custodians on the NYSE, a gatekeeper of traditional finance. Now surpassed by an exchange platform token.
How do institutions view this? During Grayscale's Q2 rebalancing, BNB was directly made the top holding in their smart contract fund at 30.6%, surpassing ETH and SOL. This is no small matter; Grayscale's rebalancing logic has always been seen as a market indicator. Earlier, YZi Labs invested 100 million dollars into Hash Global's BNB dedicated fund, clearly not for short-term speculation.
So, does Binance count as Web3 infrastructure?
Looking at the data: BNB Chain holds only about 5% of the global stablecoin supply but processes nearly 40% of stablecoin transaction volume. 500 million daily active users run on it, and the 20,000 TPS milestone has already been announced.
At this scale, calling it just an "exchange" is no longer accurate. Clearing, custody, fiat on-ramps, on-chain settlement — it’s all being tackled.
CZ himself said that institutions not entering is actually an opportunity for current holders. 🔷 $HYPE: $429M revenue — first place in crypto
• CoinGecko: $429M since the start of 2026, 12.6% of all projects
• Pump.fun $322M second, Axiom Pro $132M third
• 97-99% fees → HYPE buyback, billions repurchased
• Stablecoins and Grayscale excluded: their business is not fees
🧠 This is net revenue, not trading volume. Hyperliquid has outpaced the entire market in cash flow. The exchange has become a machine for burning its own supply.
⚠️ Aster and Lighter are nibbling market share; monthly unlocks pressure the price Overnight, $840 million in short positions were squeezed out, BTC surged to 87000—Is the short squeeze not over yet?
Last night's candlestick was a bull's celebration and a bear's nightmare.
In the past 24 hours, the entire network liquidated over $1.03 billion, with 130,000 people liquidated, of which $840 million were shorts. This is not an ordinary rebound; it's a precise encirclement targeting the bears. Every step the price moves up triggers a batch of stop-loss orders, and passive buying pushes the price even higher—the short squeeze rally is self-reinforcing like this.
Why is the market so fierce?
Three narratives are powering simultaneously: BTC's scarcity, ETH's ecosystem revival, and SOL's performance advantages. Bulls have stories in hand; bears only have stop-loss orders. When the price breaks key levels, the bears' exit becomes fuel for the bulls.
The capital side is cooperating too. This rally isn't driven by retail investors; the shorts are pushing themselves out. The liquidation volume is the best proof.
Key levels at a glance:
BTC: Support 81200, strong support 79800; resistance 83600, strong resistance 85000.
ETH: Support 2780, strong support 2700; resistance 2910, strong resistance 3000.
SOL: Support 152, strong support 146; resistance 163, strong resistance 170.
My view:
The short squeeze rally is characterized by speed, intensity, and no chance to get on board. But when the squeeze ends, it is often a short-term peak. Chasing longs now has a poor risk-reward ratio. Wait for a pullback to confirm support or wait for this wave of sentiment to release before acting.
Don't drink too much at the bears' funeral and forget you might be the next guest. Use stop-losses and control your position size.
$BTC $ETH $SOL #BTC #ETH #SOL #Liquidation #ShortSqueeze #BTC冲高$87000，加密总市值重返3万亿 #Strategy再度增持，财库同步加仓 $USELESS This wave was purely due to good market sentiment, casually throwing some gold coins, and they just happened to hit my head😅
During the repeated market fluctuations, many people got worn out. I kept an eye on USELESS, funds were quietly coming in, the pullback didn't break the support, so I got in at 0.16315.
Now at 0.31878, +954.39%. Feeling good, brothers.
First take 70% profit, move the stop loss for the remaining 30% to the cost price. If it keeps rising, let the profits run; if it pulls back, don't give back what you've already gained.
The premise of compounding is staying alive; the shortcut to getting rich quick often leads to zero.
Waiting for good news. Move again when the next signal comes out. The market is not short of opportunities, it lacks patience.
$BTC $BNB The more sudden the profit, the easier it is for people to forget why they lost money.
The market these past two days looks very much like the most familiar scene in the crypto world: a few days ago, no one dared to buy, but after the rise, everyone suddenly feels the bull market is back.
Bitcoin $BTC has climbed back near $86,000, up about 5% in the past 24 hours, but there is a crucial detail in this rally: over $1 billion in positions were liquidated, of which about $844 million? No, it’s $844 million worth of short positions forcibly closed. This means the first half of the rise had a strong "short squeeze" component. Whether it can continue to rise depends on whether real buying demand can follow through.
Ethereum $ETH has also started to catch up, currently around $2,740. Technically, it has broken through the important resistance near $2,660, and the trend is clearly stronger than before, but ETF funds have actually seen a net outflow of about $140 million in the past week, so a strong price does not mean the funds are fully bullish yet.
Among hot coins, $DOGE suddenly surged over 15%, indicating funds are starting to spread from Bitcoin to more elastic assets; and ZEC remains one of the most story-rich hot topics in the market recently.
What’s most worth watching now is not "how much more it can rise," but whether those who were panicking yesterday and started chasing the rise today can keep pushing the trend to new highs.
Because a real big market move often doesn’t scare people off first, but makes you regret not buying, then makes you unable to resist chasing in.Under the surface of the chain: Big money is making moves in batches
Recently, on-chain signals have been dense; the surface is calm, but large funds are adjusting positions underwater.
$BTC sensed it first: On Monday, spot ETF net inflows approached $1 billion, setting a recent record. Institutions continue to accumulate, providing the confidence for prices to hold and strengthen.
$ETH is even stronger. Tom Lee's Bitmine bought another $75.29 million worth of ETH this week, with total holdings around $16.4 billion, nearly 6 million coins; 85% of which are staked, accounting for 4.9% of ETH's total supply, just one step away from 5%. The circulating supply continues to be withdrawn, tightening availability.
Not just the leaders. Monitoring shows that three new wallets collectively absorbed 782,100 UNI, about $6.97 million, with many tokens withdrawn from exchanges. Withdrawals usually indicate a preference for long-term holding rather than short-term trading.
Institutions buy BTC, whales lock ETH, smart money positions in UNI — this is not isolated speculation but more like staged moves by sector.
As tokens flow from exchanges to cold wallets, staking contracts, and whale addresses, the market's selling pressure structure is changing. Crypto sentiment is heating up across the board; is BTC 90,000 still far away?
#BTC冲高回落，期权到期放大关口博弈 #BTC冲高$87000，加密总市值重返3万亿
#OKX预言家：好市多季度财报会超预期吗？ #Apple and Google are recruiting talent related to stablecoins, possibly entering crypto payments?
The leader has something to say
Apple and Google are competing for the same group of people, talent in stablecoins and blockchain. Apple's positions serve Apple Pay and Apple Cash, listing stablecoins and tokenized deposits as preferred qualifications. Google Cloud is hiring Web3 architecture talent, targeting financial institutions, exchanges, and custodians. Neither company has announced specific products.
I believe this is not about issuing coins, but about grabbing the next generation payment gateway. Whoever enables users to seamlessly use cryptocurrency first will take the payment scenario. The basis is that the recruitment direction clearly points to payment business, not underlying public chains.
If Apple and Google truly embed stablecoins into Apple Pay and Android Pay, the usage scenarios for USDT and USDC will expand exponentially. This is a long-term positive for crypto, but no short-term impact on prices. The giants are still in the hiring phase; product launch will take at least one to two years. $BTC $ETH $DOGE
I am currently out of position. After Bitcoin surged to 87,000 and then pulled back, I missed this wave and will not chase the high. The Federal Reserve just raised interest rates, with over 55% chance of another hike in October, long-term US Treasury yields above 5%, macro pressure remains. I will wait for a pullback to see if 84,000 to 85,000 can hold before considering light buying. No chasing highs or panic selling.
The above analysis is time-sensitive; orders must have stop-loss set. Good luck.Following yesterday's perfect high-short strategy at the US stock market open, continuing analysis near the open on SanDisk $SNDK small-scale operation idea:
From the SMC (Smart Money Concept) structure perspective, the 15-minute chart shows characteristics of "weak oscillation after a peak reversal":
(1) Market structure: After topping at 1794.2, the price broke key support, triggering a reversal (CHoCH). Then a large bearish candle with volume pushed down to around 1740, forming a breakdown (BOS). The overall trend has shifted from bullish to bearish dominance. Although there was a strong rebound to 1780 afterward, it quickly encountered liquidity sweep and was pushed back by bears, confirming resistance at the upper high.
(2) Key zones:
• Upper supply zone (resistance): 1764-1768 (short-term FVG gap and oscillation midpoint); 1780-1782 (strong structural resistance, must hold above to ease bearish trend).
• Lower demand zone (support): 1755-1758 (current narrow consolidation platform); around 1740 (weak low, if broken will further probe lower sell-side liquidity).
(3) Response strategy: Current price is narrowly oscillating near 1757. Bearish bias focuses on shorting opportunities when price rebounds to 1765-1768 and faces resistance, with stop loss above 1770; if choosing to go long, it is recommended to wait for price to break below 1740, clear liquidity, quickly wick and stabilize before entering to play the rebound.Mentioning $ICP brings a flood of complicated memories. In the last bull market, I got overheated and rushed in at the top, ending up deeply trapped. During the long days of decline, every time I opened the market, I felt heavy-hearted, once thinking that breaking even was a distant dream. I still remember that lesson very clearly. This time, I have completely abandoned blind faith. The ecosystem's DApps keep growing, cloud services are iterating and updating, and institutional funds are starting to flow back into oversold narrative coins. But there is a thick layer of historical trapped positions above, and selling pressure is everywhere on the way up. As long as the overall market trend isn't bad, there will be a wave of valuation recovery and rebound. But I only treat it as a rebound rally, participate lightly, gradually take profits on rallies, never chase highs or add positions, and definitely won't hold long-term stubbornly. The $ONE ONE coin really drained my patience to the brink of collapse. After I positioned myself at a relatively low point, for a full two months, the market was full of doubling opportunities everywhere except for this one, which stubbornly stayed flat. Countless late nights staring at the charts, several times my finger was already on the sell button, almost cutting losses to switch to other popular coins. Looking back now, I'm really glad I resisted the impulse. With the cross-chain upgrade implemented, staking data continuously rising, and large holders not fleeing their positions, the foundation is becoming increasingly solid. That's how a bull market works: first hype the new hot spots, then the funds return to pick up the forgotten old coins. As long as the overall market bullish sentiment remains, it will see a delayed catch-up rally. But the old main chain won't have violent consecutive pumps; the pace is slower. I will keep a portion of my base holdings and reduce them in batches during the rise, without fantasizing about getting rich overnight. $CORE $CORE The core planet is like a big dye vat, filled with countless opinions—some say it's good, others say it’s no good. But is it really good or not? Let's analyze below: A straightforward analysis of its "good," which is the narrative often mentioned daily on the planet! 1. Highly anchored to BTC, there’s a legend that 90% of Bitcoin miners work for core, providing security protection for its underlying network! However, on August 31, the circulating supply suddenly surged by nearly 300 million tokens. Tokens that were expected to be gradually released over 81 years were suddenly increased by 300 million at once. Initially, no one knew about this; it was only after two days that some attentive people noticed and posted about it on the planet, drawing everyone's attention. The project team only then became aware of it, showing that the backend didn’t take it seriously at all. After two days, they were reminded and then urgently used a hard fork upgrade to barely control the situation and stop further issuance. However, this caused 69 million tokens to flow into the secondary market awaiting sale. The project team’s claim of "burning" over 180 million tokens lacks substantial evidence or burn records. The community and market groups are still questioning this matter, which later led the project team to tweet the arrogant claim of "no need to trust." The facts prove that no Bitcoin miners work for core, nor does 90% of the computing power protect its network security protocol! 2. BTCFI track, it must be said that core indeed has its unique functions, compatible with EVM Ethereum and expandable. But its weaknesses far outweigh its strengths. Even without the token issuance event on August 31 and the underlying security protocol issues, it also#美债短端供给或增万亿美元
Is DOGE's 15% gain a catch-up from a low or the start of a new rally?
DOGE pulled up near 0.10, a 15% increase, but you need to see one thing clearly: this move isn’t due to any positive news for DOGE itself; Bitcoin moved first.
In plain terms, BTC surged to 85,000, putting all the shorts under intense pressure, with nearly 800 million to 1 billion dollars in short positions liquidated within 24 hours. DOGE, due to its high volatility, was used by funds as an amplifier. So you see DOGE rising the most sharply, but its foundation isn’t solid.
On-chain data is interesting: whales quietly accumulated 240 million coins over the past week, and there was also a significant outflow from exchanges. But on the other hand, if Bitcoin can’t hold above 85,000, high-beta assets like DOGE will retrace faster than anyone else.
Technically, 0.10 has been a repeatedly tested ceiling over the past month. A daily close above it would be a true breakout, with resistance targets at 0.105-0.11. If it can’t hold, 0.085 is the first support zone, followed by 0.078. The bias is bullish, but don’t chase at 0.10; wait for a pullback to confirm.#BTC pushed above $87,000 before entering a high-level consolidation phase, while total crypto market capitalization has climbed back toward $2.9 trillion. Short-term risk appetite has clearly improved, but after the recent rally, the market is moving from the “chasing the breakout” phase into the “confirmation” phase. The key question now isn't simply whether prices can move higher. It's whether buyers are willing to keep stepping in after the breakout. --- ₿ BTC | Around $85.3K BTC briefly reaKERNEL current price is 0.0621, and the order book signals have already shown divergence. RSI is relatively high, MACD green bars are shortening, and although the moving averages are in a bullish arrangement, short-term momentum is clearly lagging. On the capital side, a large amount of long liquidation is stacked around 0.0605, and above 0.0697 is all short fuel. The current price is stuck just above the long liquidation zone, but every step upward is difficult. Just put my thermos on the windowsill and stared at this chart for a while; this position is neither up nor down, and chasing is the biggest taboo.
The direction is bearish, aiming for a pullback. Enter short positions in batches between 0.0628 and 0.0635, set stop loss above 0.0652, don’t hold on stubbornly. First take profit at 0.0608, second take profit target at 0.0592; breaking below the 0.0605 liquidation zone will accelerate the drop. The defense point is 0.0652; if broken, admit the mistake and exit.
If the price first drops near 0.0605 without breaking it and volume shrinks, you can reverse to a light long position, with a target only up to 0.0638 and stop loss at 0.0593. But at this position, I prefer to short first then go long; rhythm is more important than direction. The hard resistance above is 0.0697; before a volume breakout, all rebounds are paper tigers. Don’t be greedy, take profits when you get them.
$KERNEL
#AMD市值突破1万亿美元，芯片股集体大涨
@OKX星球 Many people instinctively cut losses when they see a -9.6% drop, but they overlook one premise: a large drop does not equal weakness. The key is to see who is falling and who is holding within the same sector. $PENDLE retraced 9.6% today, but compared to $ARB's -9.82% over the same period, the declines are almost synchronized. Meanwhile, $PENDLE's RSI is only 42.6, not yet entering the oversold extreme zone, indicating that selling pressure is relatively restrained. More importantly, the funding rate: $PENDLE reports -0.0030%, with shorts paying to hold positions, while $ARB's -0.0092% indicates higher short crowding. Once sentiment reverses, $PENDLE's short squeeze elasticity is actually more worth watching. From a technical perspective, the MACD histogram remains at +0.0006899, showing bullish momentum is not dead. The price at 2.466 is between the Bollinger lower band at 2.39293 and the middle band. MA5 at 2.439 has started to converge upwards toward MA20 at 2.4828, indicating a pullback confirmation structure rather than a breakdown. In an extremely greedy environment with a Fear & Greed Index of 78, counter-trend shorting has low cost-effectiveness. It is preferable to lightly buy in the 2.42–2.45 range, which is close to the confluence support of MA5 and the Bollinger lower band. Take profit 1 is set at 2.57 (Bollinger upper band resistance), take profit 2 at 2.62 (previous high extension), and stop loss at 2.38 (structure fails if it breaks below the Bollinger lower band). #美债短端供给或增万亿美元
Trillions in short-term U.S. debt supply is not quantitative easing; it is liquidity replacement led by fiscal policy. This is a short-term positive for risk assets, but rollover risks are quietly accumulating.
Bank of America, JPMorgan, and Goldman Sachs all predict that the U.S. will net issue about $1 trillion in short-term debt over the next year. Bank of America estimates that by September 2027, outstanding short-term debt will reach $8 trillion, accounting for 24.3% of the marketable Treasury debt, far exceeding the 20% red line recommended by the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee.
The logic is straightforward. The yield on one-year short-term debt is about 4.4%, 10-year about 5%, and 30-year about 5.3%. The Treasury chooses to borrow short rather than long to lower the weighted average interest rate. But the cost is that nearly a quarter of the Treasury debt becomes bridge funding that must be rolled over in a very short time.
Research by Keyrock shows that the correlation coefficient between short-term debt issuance and BTC price has been as high as 80% since 2021 and is a leading indicator with about an eight-month lag. Historically, growth in net short-term debt issuance often precedes Bitcoin strength because fiscal spending eventually permeates risk assets.
But the reverse is also true. When the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes push up short-term debt refinancing costs, rollover pressure quickly transmits. The two-year yield has already surged to around 4.75%, and buyers are starting to retreat. This $1 trillion in short-term debt injects liquidity into the market in the short term, but its other side is that the speed of rolling over is accelerating. Watch two signals—the bid-to-cover ratio at short-term debt auctions and the willingness of money market funds to absorb short-term debt. Once demand fails to keep up with supply, liquidity replacement will turn into liquidity withdrawal.Costco is about to release its earnings report, so why is the crypto community so focused on how many rotisserie chickens it sold?
First, it doesn't stockpile Bitcoin, and second, it doesn't accept Bitcoin payments.
But it knows whether Americans' wallets are still full.
Good earnings → Americans are still buying lots of toilet paper and rotisserie chickens → strong consumption → inflation remains high → the Fed dares not cut interest rates → liquidity-dependent risk assets like crypto suffer.
Poor earnings → consumption cools down → expectations for rate cuts rise → the market starts betting on the Fed easing → Bitcoin might actually rally first as a sign of respect.
So when crypto folks watch Costco's earnings, they're not really looking at how many rotisserie chickens were sold, but whether Americans' wallets are still full and whether the Fed's faucet will loosen.
$BTC
#财报观察员：好市多Q4财报即将公布 Damn, this money is made faster than robbing!
A big player spent 13 million dollars 5 days ago to bottom-fish and bought 5,368 $ETH at an average price of 2,422 USD. Just now, they completely liquidated within half an hour, selling at an average price of 2,739, converting back to 14.7 million dollars. In just 5 days, they made a clean profit of 1.7 million dollars with no initial capital!
What does this mean? A 13% return in 5 days might just be a short-term swing for us retail investors, but their capital scale is huge. Moving around tens of millions means a few million RMB in hand. This guy really doesn’t care about any grand strategy, purely a quick short-term run, taking profits when good and securing the gains.
But this operation is quite interesting when you think about it carefully. They precisely bought at a phase low 5 days ago, and today with a slight rally, the big money immediately dumped everything. Does this mean even whales think the current market is only suitable for guerrilla tactics, with heavy selling pressure above and no confidence in holding long-term? This fast in-and-out style of whales easily makes market sentiment anxious.BTC touched 87,381, ETH broke 2,800, but today the most important thing to watch is not the price
First, the facts.
Bitcoin fell back from 87,381 during the US session and is currently around 85,500, rebounding about 10,000 USD from last week's low. Ethereum once broke above 2,800, rising nearly 6% intraday.
The entire network liquidations reached 1.03 billion USD, with shorts liquidated at 840 million. The bears got squeezed badly.
But the real story is not on the K-line.
In the next 48 hours, three events overlap.
First, Trump and Xi Jinping plan to meet in New York on September 24. Expectations of easing US-China trade tensions are already pricing in risk assets.
Second, on September 30, the Fed's core PCE inflation data will be released. This is the first key inflation reading after the rate hike, directly determining the interest rate path in October.
Third, on October 2, the September employment report. Two data points back-to-back, the first week of October is the macro pricing week.
The fuel for short covering is burning out.
Liquidations in the past hour have dropped to less than 11 million USD, significantly down from the peak of over 300 million USD per hour on Monday. The phase where prices are pushed up by passive buying is ending.
Whether the price can continue depends on whether spot buying can hold.
My question is simple:
Are you waiting for a pullback at 85,000 to get back in, or are you betting on risk appetite continuing to recover before the US-China summit?
If 84,000 is the "key level" for this breakout, if it breaks below, do you stop loss or add positions?
Comment below with your position and reasoning. I don't need "bullish quick returns," I want to see the real stuff. $XAU #BTC冲高$87000，加密总市值重返3万亿 #Strategy再度增持，财库同步加仓 #财报观察员：好市多Q4财报即将公布 Writing
📊 Costco's earnings report is approaching—why is the crypto community watching closely?
Though Costco sells rotisserie chickens and daily necessities, it actually serves as a "thermometer" for gauging the resilience of U.S. consumer spending.
The Q4 earnings preview has already revealed key signals: net sales around $93.9 billion, up 11.3% year-over-year; comparable sales growth of 9.4%; and after excluding oil prices and exchange rate effects, growth still near 6.7%.
In other words, American consumers' wallets remain relatively resilient for now.
This matters to the crypto market because:
Stronger consumption → inflation pressure is harder to ease quickly → interest rate expectations may stay tight → liquidity conditions continue to impact BTC.
Therefore, the market’s real focus isn’t on how many rotisserie chickens Costco sold, but on how long U.S. consumer spending power can hold up.
At the same time, Micron’s earnings report is also worth watching.
With AI infrastructure expanding, whether demand for memory chips translates into revenue and profit will be a key indicator of AI capital expenditure momentum. If the data remains strong, it signals ongoing investment in the AI computing supply chain and heightens market attention on the tech capital expenditure cycle.
📌 Two earnings reports, two main narratives:
🛒 Costco → U.S. consumer resilience → inflation → interest rate expectations
💾 Micron$DOGE surged 15% in one day, who's really driving this wave? 🔥
Brothers, Dogecoin is really strong this time, rising over 14% in a single day, reclaiming 0.1, with trading volume expanding by 204%, ranking among the top 20 cryptocurrencies. But I think this surge shouldn't be seen as just "funds frantically bottom-fishing." Actually, three forces are pushing it up together.
First, 4 giant whale wallets directly added 78.2 million DOGE; second, DOGE ETF had a net inflow of $909,000 in one day, nearly triple last week's amount; third, and the strongest force — shorts started getting squeezed massively, with large-scale short squeezes since August 22 accelerating this rally. So don't just look at the lively price increase; you need to distinguish how much is real buying and how much is shorts forced to stop loss. Looking at the chart, RSI has already hit around 72, clearly overbought in the short term.
So here, I actually won't chase.
Next, watch two levels: hold 0.095 and continue to target 0.102; if it breaks down, then look at 0.089 below. When the market suddenly surges this fast, the most common scenario is a bunch of people rushing in after seeing a big green candle, only to become the last ones holding. Just because it can rise doesn't mean you should chase; get in at the right position, then enjoy the gains. #美国加密税收与BTC储备法案获推进 #BTC surges to $87000, total crypto market cap returns to 3 trillion
$14 billion Bitcoin options expire on Friday, with the max pain point $8,000 away. Is this a bull trap or the night before takeoff?
Let's start with the data. On Friday, September 25, BTC options nominal volume on Deribit was about $14.6 billion, with a Put/Call ratio of 0.52, meaning calls nearly double puts. The max pain point is between 72000-75000, while spot is now near 86000. That's a gap of nearly $8,000 to $14,000, so market makers have real pressure to support the price these days.
Are institutions opening these shorts purely for hedging? JPMorgan put it well: IBIT's short positions are near the year's high, and the put/call ratio is much higher than gold ETFs, indicating many positions are "buying insurance," not just bearish bets. When the insurance expires, if prices remain high, these hedges will need to be unwound, providing fuel for short covering.
How to view BTC's position? At 86000, Glassnode says option longs' leverage is "slowly rebuilding," but funding rates remain below neutral, and perpetual contract speculation is weak. In other words: bulls aren't overheated, leverage isn't excessive, which is actually good. Technically, the short-term RSI is at 87, overbought; a healthy pullback to the 50-EMA (around 80000) is reasonable. As long as it doesn't break, the structure remains intact.
Directional judgment: Before expiry, it's likely to be squeezed within the range, with the real direction revealed at the Friday 08:00 UTC settlement.📰 Positive News
1️⃣ Grayscale filed to convert BCHG (Bitcoin Cash Trust) into a spot BCH ETF — submitted on 09-14, multiple reports on 09-18 "BCH +10.2% in one day due to ETF filing breakthrough," continued follow-up on 09-19 (CryptoRank / CoinMarketCap / Startup Fortune / CryptoTicker) ✓ This is the ignition point for the main upward wave
2️⃣ CME Group to launch BCH futures on October 19 (along with UNI)
📍 Ambush zone (Fibonacci 211.64 → 304.44)
· Zone A 268–278 (Fibonacci 0.236–0.382, shallow connection)
· Zone B 250–262 (Fibonacci 0.5 ∩ 4hE21 256.8) ← main connection long zone
· Zone C 238–250 $BCH
🛡️ Defense line
· ≈ 233 (Daily E21 − 1×4hATR 9.6)
🎯 Offensive targets
· 304.4 / 306.2 (30-day/60-day highs) → breakout with volume = new leg opens
· Above look for 330 → 350 (previous high concentration zone) $UNI Knowing there's a risk but still charging in? Is CORE's sector pulse rally an opportunity or a trap?
⚠️ This article is based solely on publicly available on-chain information and does not constitute any investment advice.
When the BTCFi mainline rotates, there is always a type of capital targeting CORE: EVM-compatible, with as many as 125 ecosystem DApps, and a large base of retail investors. When sector heat rises, the short-term explosive power is very strong. But everyone is aware of the historical hidden risk of 69 million ghost tokens hanging overhead.
Knowing the risk, some still choose to enter. So is CORE's pulse rally truly an opportunity or a trap?
Conclusion first: It is a speculative opportunity as well as a high-risk trap; these two are not mutually exclusive. The opportunity comes from sector sentiment rotation; the trap comes from unpredictable leftover token sell pressure.
Why do funds still rush in despite knowing the risk?
First, retail-friendly, with superior elasticity during sector rotation.
CORE is an EVM public chain, allowing direct interaction with ordinary wallets and a low entry barrier. With 21 million on-chain addresses accumulating many retail users, once the BTCFi sector collectively erupts, retail funds can quickly flood in, pushing the coin price up in a short time. Compared to non-EVM architectures like STX, CORE often experiences stronger upward pulses in sentiment-driven markets.
Second, high narrative recognition, with the BTC hashrate story deeply ingrained.
Many new entrants first encounter CORE among BTCFi targets. The promotion of binding Bitcoin hashrate and a hard cap of 2.1 billion total supply easily attracts short-term speculative funds during heat cycles. Institutional absence does not mean retail funds won’t band together to drive a rally.
Third, it is a low-position sector rotation target, suitable for short-term funds to switch between highs and lows.
In a stock bull market, funds tend to rotate within BTCFi. When targets like STX and MERL have large gains, some short-term funds switch to the low-position CORE to speculate on catch-up rallies. This explains the pulse rallies seen: fast rises but short duration.
Where is the trap? The biggest fatal weakness of pulse rallies
The essence of pulse rallies is emotion-driven, not fundamentals-driven. Price increases only mean sector heat has arrived, not that the project has solved the leftover ghost token problem.
The August 31 contract vulnerability incident and hard fork only blocked future issuance; the 69 million ghost tokens already mined were not reclaimed or destroyed. These low-cost tokens are held by a few large wallets without lock-up. Whenever the price rises, it becomes a window for large holders to cash out.
During the price surge, retail rushes in while large holders sell; after the heat fades, buying disappears, sell pressure concentrates, and prices quickly fall. This is the most common trap for late buyers.
Secondly, ecosystem data is inflated. Many of the 125 DApps rely heavily on mining subsidies; as incentives decline, users leave. Among tens of millions of addresses, many are one-time airdrop farming accounts, with few real active users. The ecosystem’s native fee income is weak, lacking stable intrinsic value support, so no fundamental support exists after heat fades.
The staking mechanism also has drawbacks: staking rewards are paid in CORE tokens, so returns are tied to token price. When prices fall, staking yields shrink, making it hard to attract large BTC holders for long-term staking. Institutional risk control models cannot quantify this potentially dumpable token supply, so institutions remain cautious and do not provide a price floor.
Zhang Sufen’s contrarian perspective: how to distinguish opportunity from trap
✅ Treat it as an opportunity only with very small positions, short-term speculation, and pre-set take-profit and stop-loss; no big bets, no long-term holding.
The logic: profit from BTCFi sector sentiment rotation, aiming to catch a pulse rally and exit decisively once heat wanes. Key tracking points: large wallet transfers of ghost tokens, BTC staking amounts, overall sector trading volume. Immediately reduce position if large transfers by big holders are detected.
❌ It becomes a trap if you enter with heavy positions, treat it as a base holding for the long term, chase at high prices, or fantasize about a sustained bull run.
Common retail mistake: after a rally, mistakenly believing the project’s fundamentals have recovered and ghost token risks disappeared, choosing to hold long term. Once large holders dump collectively, deep losses occur.
In summary: CORE’s pulse rally is a speculative opportunity for short-term experts but a trap for ordinary retail investors.
Sector heat can temporarily push prices up, but the ghost token risk remains. Speculation is possible, but position size, discipline, and take-profit/stop-loss are all essential. Ignoring risks easily leads to becoming a high-price bag holder at the end of the rally.
End-of-article interactive question: In BTCFi rotation rallies, are you willing to speculate on CORE’s pulse rally with a small position? Robinhood is holding a big conference, and it's coming to the crypto scene.
Outsiders see it simply as: a brokerage coming to snatch the exchange's business.
What others think: it's all positive news, saying tokenized stocks are about to take off.
What I think: they even brought up dividend reinvestment, this is aimed at US retail investors.
Key details: the summit is from September 29 to 30, and $HOOD will launch new products.
The point is this: if tokenized stocks really take off, you know whose orders they're targeting.
Just watch one number: the post-conference trading volume of $HOOD and on-chain stock tokens, who rises and who falls.
This time Wall Street's dog isn't taking sides, I'm still holding my position, just watching the show.
#欧洲央行上线代币化结算平台
#SEC代币化股票创新豁免落地，UNI盘中涨超21% #Apple、Google招聘稳定币相关人才，或进军加密支付？ $HOOD Something unusual is happening beneath the latest crypto rally. Bitcoin has pushed back above $86K, briefly trading above $87K, while the total crypto market capitalization has climbed back above $3 trillion. But the whale activity tells a more complicated story. One large wallet recently increased its BTC long position to around 500 BTC, while simultaneously holding roughly 40,000 SOL and 5 million XRP in shorts. The same wallet was also reported to hold nearly 3,000 ZEC short positions. That's