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To be honest, $ZEC is indeed tough, and the whales are really impressive! While others have fallen, it keeps pushing upwards relentlessly.
But tough as it is, the latest signals are quite off. F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun directly criticized, saying that ZEC's 2200% surge and market cap reaching 19.48 billion are purely a "narrative short squeeze driven by exchange listings and speculative momentum," with metrics like shielded transaction adoption, daily active addresses, and developer activity all failing to keep pace with the price.
Looking at the real movement of funds: ZEC futures open interest dropped about 20% within 24 hours, with roughly $17.2 million in positions liquidated. The previous surge to $1250 was largely pushed by $34.5 million in short liquidations. Now that the short fuel is nearly burned out, leveraged funds are retreating.
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$ZEC #本周FOMC揭晓，加息能否落地？ #CLARITY法案投票受阻引争议 #AI发展焦虑升温，监管讨论升级 The market hasn't moved much these past two days, but there's actually a strong undercurrent beneath the surface. From September 8 to 11, the US spot BTC ETF saw net outflows of about $463 million over four consecutive trading days, breaking the previous trend of inflows for three straight weeks. On September 14, when outflows slowed, 84% of the $160 million that flowed back came from BlackRock's IBIT alone.#FOMCRateCallThisWeek #CLARITYVoteFails50-49 #AISafetyDebateEscalates Account Position Divergence Radar
$DOGE top accounts are more long, position distribution is more short: top accounts long-short ratio 1.783, top positions long-short ratio 0.758; whole market accounts long-short ratio 4.552; price down 0.41%, position amount change -0.72%.
$SUI top accounts and top positions are both more short: top accounts long-short ratio 0.880, top positions long-short ratio 0.757; whole market accounts long-short ratio 3.435; price down 0.22%, position amount change +0.12%. The account number structure and position distribution of the top group are aligned.
$SNDK top accounts are more long, position distribution is more short: top accounts long-short ratio 1.427, top positions long-short ratio 0.742; whole market accounts long-short ratio 3.064; price down 0.027%, position amount change +0.57%.
DOGE, SNDK: The side with the majority of account numbers is opposite to the side with the majority of positions, indicating divergence between account structure and position distribution.
DOGE, SUI, SNDK: The whole market account structure is biased long, which also differs from the top positions bias.A day when two major events collided
Two major macro events coincided, and today's market is the result.
In the early morning, the Senate held a procedural vote on the CLARITY Act, with 50 votes in favor and 49 against, needing 60 votes to pass, so it failed.
All Democratic senators opposed it, and two Republicans also voted against due to banking industry concerns. The controversy focused on the bill's failure to properly address the conflict of interest clauses related to Trump's crypto business interests.
Loomis's original words were that if the procedural vote fails, everything is over. This means the federal regulatory framework for crypto will have to wait until next year.
On the same day, the 10-year US Treasury yield surged intraday to 5.04%, the highest since 2007, the 30-year yield reached 5.378%, WTI crude oil rose 4.38% to 105.83, Brent rose 2.9% to 108.75, both hitting new highs since May.
Oil prices pushed up inflation expectations, inflation expectations pushed up interest rates, interest rates suppressed risk asset valuations—the chain is very clear. The whole market liquidated $670 million, 115,000 people were forcibly liquidated, long positions accounted for 570 million, but the funding rate was only a positive 0.0042%, with no leverage buildup.
Tonight at 2 AM is the FOMC, and at 2:30 AM Warsh's press conference. The probability of a rate hike has already exceeded 92%. Think clearly about the direction before making a move. #本周FOMC揭晓，加息能否落地？ #CLARITY法案投票受阻引争议 $BTC 📉 Bitcoin drops 4%! This cut is actually three cuts happening at the same time.
Brothers, BTC directly smashed through 76,000, with over 115,000 liquidations in 24 hours. Don’t just look at the drop percentage; you need to see who exactly is pushing it down this time.
🔪 First cut: CLARITY Act vote failed miserably. 49 votes in favor, 50 against, not even reaching the 60-vote threshold. XRP, SOL, and other so-called “digital commodities” named were the biggest losers. Regulatory pass delayed, forcing institutions to hit the brakes on entering the market.
🔪 Second cut: Macro pressure maxed out. Oil prices broke 100, diesel over 6, inflation won’t ease. The 10-year US Treasury yield is approaching 5%, and Basent is testifying in the House tonight. Funds simply dare not bottom-fish at this critical moment.
🔪 Third cut: Leveraged chain liquidation. After several days of decline, long positions piled up; once the price broke key support, stop-loss and forced liquidation orders were triggered, creating a negative feedback loop of “drop → liquidation → further drop.”
💡 Next, watch two key levels:
First is the psychological 75,000 USD mark; if it breaks, it may look for support at 73,000. Second is Basent’s testimony tonight; if he turns hawkish, US Treasury yields will continue to rise, and BTC will remain under pressure.
Now it’s not about who bottoms out fastest, but who survives longest. Don’t bet heavily on direction, keep your USDT ready, and wait for the panic selling to finish before making a move.👇
Do you think this wave will drop to 73,000? Let’s chat in the comments.Zcash holders have voted out NU7, can $ZEC still continue this story?
This Zcash vote has some significance: about 2.4 million ZEC participated, nearly 66% of the amount eligible to vote at the snapshot, with 98.9% supporting retaining the original halving mechanism, and 99.9% supporting shortening the block time to 25 seconds. This is not just the community shouting on forums; it's a real vote with chips.
The problem lies here. The recent rise in ZEC is no longer just about NU7. After ZCSH went live, it has already absorbed a large amount of ZEC. As of September 9, the fund held over 550,000 ZEC, about 3% of the circulating supply; the latest disclosed net inflow over 11 trading days is about $179 million.
The market is now trading on an increasingly complete logic: ETFs are responsible for pulling chips off the market, NU7 is responsible for improving the network narrative, and the privacy track adds a new layer of story. Currently, ZEC perpetual contract open interest is about $520 million, and leveraged funds are already significant.
NU7 serves as a "booster" for this rally, but what truly determines whether ZEC can continue to rise is whether ETF funds can keep flowing in and whether spot demand can support the leverage. As long as these two remain, NU7 is not a one-time news; if ETFs start to noticeably slow down, the market will recalculate the situation.SK Hynix plans to move its chip production line to the United States? Intel may gain a crucial partnership
Another major move worth watching has emerged in the global AI chip supply chain.
According to Reuters, insiders revealed that South Korea's SK Hynix is negotiating a partnership with Intel, with the core goal being: to produce memory chips domestically in the United States for the first time. One of the proposals under discussion is for SK Hynix to lease part of Intel's long-planned chip manufacturing capacity in Ohio; another proposal involves SK Hynix, Intel, and a large cloud service company eager to secure memory chip supply jointly establishing a joint venture.
Why is this worth attention? Because SK Hynix doesn't sell ordinary components. Its products cover DRAM and NAND flash used in servers, PCs, and mobile phones, and it is also a key supplier of HBM high-bandwidth memory required for AI processors.
Simply put, AI competition is no longer just about "who can get more GPUs"; memory is also a critical resource. As models grow larger and computing power intensifies, data must be fed quickly to processors, amplifying the importance of HBM. Therefore, if large cloud providers truly participate in the partnership, the essence is to secure the critical memory supply chain more firmly, reducing the future risk of "having computing chips but lacking matching memory."$FIL short squeeze money came in and then ran away, leaving a bunch of longs behind.
1. Last week's 23% big bullish candle was driven by derivatives. During the short squeeze, open interest surged about 70%, reaching $126 million, forcing many shorts to liquidate.
Yesterday the market reversed, and these newly entered longs were liquidated, with the price giving back 13% in a single day. Leverage went back and forth, the price returned to the starting point, and the money stayed in the middle.
2. There's a divergence worth noting: yesterday the 10-year US Treasury yield broke 5%, and crypto crashed across the board, but stocks in storage and semiconductors actually held up well—the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index even closed up 0.40%, Micron rose 0.39%, and SK Hynix ADR only fell 0.46%.
The sector stayed stable, but high-leverage, high-beat FIL suffered; once leverage is cleared out, it's hard to get back in.
3. The fundamentals from the big players haven't changed: annual gross issuance dropped from about 88 million to 22 million, cutting new supply by 75%. This is a structural turning point on the supply side, clearly marked on the calendar.
In terms of levels, 0.844 is the first support, further down 0.78 is the confluence of the 200-day EMA and 0.618 Fibonacci—that's the cost baseline for this round of bulls. On the upside, 0.912 (12 EMA) and 0.9475 are two resistance levels.#CLARITY法案投票受阻引争议
The CLARITY Act vote failed, but this is not the end.
The Senate vote result was 49 in favor and 50 against, just short of the 60-vote threshold. BTC briefly dropped below 75,000, with 647 million liquidations in 24 hours, of which long positions accounted for 524 million.
But this needs to be seen more deeply. The procedural vote failing does not mean the bill is dead. The Senate originally requires 60 votes; this time the Republicans only got 49 votes, indicating at least 11 votes are still unsettled. The disagreements mainly focus on three tough issues: the Trump family's crypto conflicts of interest, stablecoin reward rules, and state-level enforcement authority.
The market reaction was direct — bulls were liquidated, and crypto concept stocks like Coinbase and Circle fell accordingly. But liquidations were mainly concentrated on long positions, indicating this wave was more about short-term speculative funds being washed out, not systemic panic.
Next, we need to watch two things: whether Congress will restart negotiations, and whether the SEC and CFTC will bypass legislation and directly push administrative rules. The latter is already happening, following a "legislation fails, administration supplements" path.
Regarding CLARITY, it is bearish in the short term but not bad news in the medium to long term — at least negotiations are still ongoing, not completely shelved.#中东能源风险推高油价 Oil prices are set to rise further, not just a spike, but a high-level consolidation
When will Saudi Arabia's east-west pipeline resume, can the Strait of Hormuz navigation recover, and can Red Sea transport stabilize? All three supply routes are under simultaneous pressure, and Middle East energy risks are pushing oil prices steadily higher.
If the pipeline remains shut down and the Strait of Hormuz navigation cannot resume soon, oil prices could approach $120+ and continue to expand.
This is even more troublesome for the Federal Reserve.
The oil price shock itself won't solve inflation but will make it harder for inflation to fall quickly and increase pressure on the Fed to avoid turning dovish too early.
However, rising oil prices ≠ the Fed necessarily hiking rates sharply.
Because this is a typical supply shock, rate hikes won't fix the Strait of Hormuz issue nor the energy shortages caused by war.
So what really deserves attention next is: can prices stay consistently above $110?
If it's just a war premium, after pipeline recovery and Strait of Hormuz navigation improvement, oil prices may fall back.
But if $110+ holds steady for several weeks, it means inflation pressure is shifting from a one-time shock to a persistent problem — this is the real headache for the Fed. $CL $BZ $USDG #本周FOMC揭晓，加息能否落地？ The candidate version of Bitcoin Core 32 has been marked, with the official release scheduled for October 10. No consensus rules are touched, only fee estimates and block processing are fixed.
Old nodes should remember that before, when chasing blocks, single threads would fetch transactions from the database one by one, and no matter how fast the hard drive was, it had to queue. Now, by default, 8 threads are enabled in parallel, which directly shortens catch-up time.
The fee estimate now includes a version based on pending transactions; once congestion eases, the recommended rate drops faster than the old estimator. For those who hold the fee for a long time, this won't save much money, but at least you won't have to pay extra for outdated rates.
There's also a command execution vulnerability that has been lurking since Core 24, and we've patched it up this time.
To be honest, these changes won't cause the token price to rise by one cent, but if the nodes run smoothly and there is one less loophole, long-term holders can sleep soundly.
#美战略比特币储备法案进入委员会审议
#BTC财库优先股融资升温 #标普领投Kaiko. Lay out on-chain data standards $BTC 51 down 15 up, $NEAR rallies 4.25% against the trend: Binance Wallet S7 moves its home ground to it
On a defensive day with 51 down and 15 up, $NEAR rallies 4.25% against the trend — official announcement is hot, I'm bullish, buying the dip on pullbacks.
Binance Wallet moved the Season 7 on-chain trades onto Arc, sharing a $200,000 prize pool, with $NEAR listed among related targets; on the same day, there's also a 400 BNB tournament; after the announcement, price moved from 2.458 to 2.475, +0.69%.
Two transmission lines. The event uses real money to buy on-chain volume, NEAR exposure is pushed up, this is a positive surprise; leverage is not overheated — fee rate at 0.0063% is near neutral, open interest at 39.8 million only increased 3.59% from earlier, not a leverage build-up.
But the market doesn't cooperate, $BTC 76244 is held below ma7 76865, US stock crypto averages down -5.91%, counter-trend stocks risk catching a correction, I don't chase.
Support below: 2.36 (intraday platform) → 2.327 (September 12 low, break means stop loss)
Resistance above: 2.477 (today's high) → 2.487 (yesterday's high)
Conclusion: Most likely a spike up then fall back and retest. No entry at 2.475, buy the dip at 2.36, stop loss if breaks 2.327, hold if stabilizes at 2.477 aiming for 2.487. Likes are my energy for watching the market.
$NEAR $BTC$BTC BTC on-chain suddenly quiet to a historic low: 3.8 million BTC, revealing an important signal
On September 16, news reported a very abnormal phenomenon recently on the Bitcoin chain: coins are moving less and less.
Data shows that in the past 180 days, only about 3.8 million BTC have been transferred, and the on-chain activity level is among the lowest recorded.
Many people, upon seeing "low on-chain activity," might first think: no one is playing anymore, is the market cooling off?
But K33's interpretation is exactly the opposite: this unusually low on-chain activity may indicate that fewer people are willing to sell coins.
The logic is actually easy to understand. If a large number of holders are eager to exit, BTC usually transfers frequently, especially old coins moving to exchanges or new addresses, which increases potential selling pressure. Now, a large amount of BTC chooses to "lie still," at least from the perspective of coin behavior, the market has not shown obvious large-scale flight.
More importantly, K33 believes that Bitcoin has already shown some signs of having passed the cycle bottom. If this judgment is confirmed by more data later, then the current extremely low on-chain activity may not mean "no one wants it," but that the market has entered a stage of coin re-accumulation.
Of course, the transfer volume of 3.8 million BTC itself cannot directly prove that a bull market has arrived. On-chain quietness only tells us that seller behavior is changing; to truly confirm a trend reversal, we still need to watch spot funds, ETF flows, long-term holder behavior, and macro liquidity.The move has been aggressive, and after such a fast rally, the question is whether buyers can keep absorbing supply or whether the market needs to cool down first. Recent move: $0.20 → $0.24+ USELESS has been trading around the $0.23–$0.24 area, with recent reports showing elevated volatility and substantial derivatives activity. The token has also received additional attention after being listed on Upbit earlier this month. My short-term map: Resistance: $0.245–$0.250 First support: $0.225–$0.2After $XRP fell below $3 on September 16, it continued to decline. I opened a 100x short position at 1.3607, marked at 1.2904, with an unrealized profit of 516%. The data is accurate and verifiable.
The shorting logic is based on a major top formation. XRP retreated from above $3, breaking the bullish trend. The aftermath of the SEC lawsuit combined with profit-taking led to weak buying support.
Considering the price action over the past two days, after a high peak, it fell in a parabolic manner. I entered the short at the peak of market sentiment, precisely at the turning point.
In the future, whales transferred over 160 million coins in a single day, which could trigger a dump or a pullback at any time. With 100x leverage being extremely sensitive, I use light positions with strict stop-losses and take profits when possible. $ZEC $SOL To be honest, I was a bit confused when I first saw this news. Are institutions really trying this hard just to earn some coin-denominated yield now?
Two Prime set up a WBTC lending vault on Pareto, with a threshold directly raised to $250,000 (which basically discourages ordinary retail investors), offering institutions an annualized return of only 1.5% - 2%. Frankly, this yield looks unimpressive in the crypto world; you can easily find higher returns on any DeFi stepping stone.
But looking closely, the really clever move here is that Two Prime actually put up $10 million as "first loss capital."
Simply put: if this vault defaults or something goes wrong, Two Prime’s own $10 million takes the first hit, and only after that is depleted do other depositing institutions bear losses.
This operation is quite interesting; it feels like bringing the credit enhancement from traditional finance onto the blockchain. Now big institutions hold a bunch of WBTC or BTC; just holding it passively feels like a loss, but chasing high-yield DeFi risks rug pulls or hacks. Two Prime’s move is essentially putting their own real money as a "safety cushion" for institutions, exchanging a low 1.5%-2% yield for peace of mind. Plus with ice digital trust and Copper custody, running through BitGo Earn distribution, the whole setup follows the traditional compliant institutional route.
$BTC Circle has built Wall Street blockchain, but today I only care about its Meme
Circle has officially launched the Arc mainnet, with native USDC gas and EVM compatibility, positioned as the infrastructure for financial markets, institutional funds, and on-chain payments. Sounds very Wall Street.
Today, the Meme on Arc indeed surged sharply, somewhat reminiscent of Robinhood.
$TOLLY once surged to about a $25 million market cap, with 24H trading close to $3 million; $ARCAT was even more extreme, once soaring over 1200% in 24H, reaching a $5 million market cap before pulling back about 40%. This is typical for a new chain launch: investors don’t care what you plan to do, they just find something to hype first.
What I’m more concerned about now is: who will become the first "$PONS" on Arc?
Institutional narratives will determine whether Arc can grow big, while Meme will decide if the first wave of attention and liquidity will stay. The first day can rely on FOMO to push up market cap, but whether this speculative capital can turn into sustained on-chain trading volume is the real thing worth watching later.I didn’t do much either; it just went down on its own, making me feel a bit embarrassed to mention it. When I opened the market this morning, $APR kept falling just short every time it tried to rally, volume didn’t keep up, and the resistance above was strong. I judged the support was insufficient and directly advised not to chase longs on APR short positions.
From 0.2422 to 0.1551, a floating profit of +720.89%, this gain feels very satisfying. The earlier consolidation was slow, but when it dropped, it was decisive—worth the wait.
Panic comes from lack of planning; losses come from overthinking.
Position management was simple: first close 80%, keep the remaining 20% at cost price as protection. If it continues to drop, let the profits run; if it rebounds, don’t give back the profits. Take profits when you should, don’t be greedy for the last bit.
Now is not the time to rush; if you miss it, don’t chase. Wait for the next signal to act. Have a strategy before the market opens, discipline during trading, and reflection afterward. The market doesn’t lack opportunities; it lacks patience.
$DOGE $BNB Altcoins all fell together, but ZEC barely moved: Are SUI and NEAR really weak, or is it just not their turn yet?
#CapitalShiftToDefenseBeforeFOMC
#AltcoinMarketContinuesToDiverge
Looking at $ZEC, $SUI, and $NEAR together is quite interesting: one maintains strength through an independent narrative, while the other two rely more on overall market risk appetite. The weaker the market, the more valuable this relative strength is, because it directly tells you which assets investors are reluctant to sell.
$ZEC is currently around $1140, down only about 0.4% in 24 hours, quickly recovering from $1090 intraday. Its privacy and ETF trading narratives keep it independent, but $1157 remains immediate resistance; holding $1100 and breaking out above $1157 with volume could lead to renewed acceleration, while falling below $1090 risks a loosening of the high-level structure.
$SUI is about $0.693, down about 2.9%, with $0.676 as support; only reclaiming $0.716 would mark the end of the weak consolidation. $NEAR is around $2.36, down about 2.9%, with $2.30 as a must-hold level; breaking above $2.45 is needed to attract incremental capital. Both currently have stories, but lack an active buying surge to prove that funds are willing to chase prices.
Looking up, watch for ZEC to break $1157, SUI to reclaim $0.716, and NEAR to hold above $2.45; looking down, first watch which of SUI or NEAR breaks their intraday lows. Rotation markets don’t reward "looks cheap," only the first asset to truly absorb the sell pressure.Didn't check the market all afternoon, BTC and ETH have recovered some of their losses, while ZEC remains the standout.
Yesterday, the CLARITY Act failed, and the market immediately switched off the risk mode.
BTC dropped from around 78,000 to about 75,000, and the spot ETF also saw outflows. Today it didn't continue to crash, but there's no sign of a reversal either; it's just hovering around 76,200. This level was just broken yesterday, and whether it can hold again will determine if the market consolidates or drops further.
ETH is a bit more stable than BTC, basically fluctuating between 2,400 and 2,430 all day. It has no own momentum, just following the trend. SOL is weaker; there's buying around 95, but selling pressure above 98 remains. If it can't break through, it will continue to follow the downtrend.
ZEC is the only one catching attention today. Privacy coins have been seeing capital rotation recently, and ZEC has volume again, pushing straight from around 1,100 up to 1,230. This kind of movement doesn't look like a general market rally but more like a sector rotation. It’s a sharp rise, so how it digests this later needs to be watched separately; don't take it as a market indicator.
My own feeling is simple: unless BTC recovers above 76,200 first, altcoins will likely continue to struggle. ZEC can be watched separately, but don't chase high positions. Today is not a day to attack, but a day to see who can fill yesterday's gap. That's all for now. If BTC gives a direction later, I'll add more. $BTC has returned to $75,000, and the next phase may determine the short-term rhythm!
After falling back from $77,163, it touched a low of $75,039, and the current price is still consolidating around $75,500.
For now, don't rush to judge the direction; focus on observing the support strength at $75K.
If $75,000 holds steady and climbs back above $76,000, continue to watch $77,000 in the short term.
If $75,000 is effectively broken, wait for new support to appear and avoid blindly buying the dip during a rapid decline.
In trading, you can set your plan in advance: watch $75K for support, $76K for recovery, and $77K for breakout confirmation.
$BTC 聊一下美联储议息前瞻想法吧$BTC
市场已经把加息25个基点已被约90%计入定价
主要的数据支撑有 8月CPI（核心同比下降 但月度涨幅回升）7月PCE（通胀指标仍明显高于目标）8月就业（远超预期 就业尚未明显恶化）
但是希望大家不要觉得加息的可能性高达90%的可能性就一定100%加息
通胀并非所有指标都在恶化 核心CPI同比确实下降了 会不会又拿这个指标给加息再最后留一些观察时间$ETH
还有就是加息一定是利空吗 我们在直播间设想条件推演了几种场景
1：加25bp 沃什发言放鸽（包括2026年无再加息的可能） 美债收益率美元回落 利空落地变利好反弹
2：加25bp 沃什放话进入加息周期 美债收益率美元高升 币圈承压利空$ZEC
3：意外不加息 因cpi可控 通胀还是有降温空间 美债收益率下降 为了保美股（给AI 争取时间换空间）
4：加50bp 大家都别活了 风险资产全线俯冲
注意沃什讲话的几个关键的消息吧 年底还要加几次 明年还有没有利率上移的可能 沃什怎样解释能源和通胀
另外清晰法案拿了50张反对票 共和党还出了内鬼 今晚的美联储的政策对币圈是不小的压力
#本周FOMC揭晓，加息能否落地？
#CLARITY法案投票受阻引争议 The Federal Reserve will announce the results tonight, which will be around tomorrow morning domestic time. BTC has shaken a bit these past two days; most people in the market expect a 0.25 increase — this has basically been anticipated in advance.
The real pitfall is treating the "whether to raise or not" as the script. More crucial in public reports is how many more times they will raise, how the dot plot will be drawn, and what Warsh will say. The 10-year Treasury yield is almost touching 5%, and when money is expensive, leveraged positions are especially vulnerable.
Are you sitting out watching the show, or holding leveraged $BTC waiting for the news? Let's talk about thoughts ahead of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision.
The market has already priced in about a 90% chance of a 25 basis point rate hike $BTC
Key supporting data includes August CPI (core YoY decline but monthly increase rebound), July PCE (inflation indicator still significantly above target), and August employment (far exceeding expectations, employment has not clearly deteriorated yet).
However, I hope everyone doesn't assume that a 90% chance of a rate hike means a 100% certainty.
Not all inflation indicators are worsening; core CPI YoY has indeed declined. Could this indicator be used again to justify a rate hike while leaving some observation time?
Also, is a rate hike necessarily bearish? We explored several scenarios in the live room $ETH
1: Raise 25bp, Wash speech dovish (including no further hikes in 2026), US Treasury yields and USD fall, bearish turns bullish rebound.
2: Raise 25bp, Wash signals entering a rate hike cycle, US Treasury yields and USD rise sharply, crypto market under pressure bearish.
3: Unexpected no hike because CPI is controllable, inflation still has room to cool, US Treasury yields fall, to support US stocks (buying time and space for AI) $ZEC
4: Raise 50bp, everyone panic, risk assets plunge across the board.
Pay attention to several key messages from Wash's speech: how many more hikes by year-end, whether there is a possibility of rate increases next year, and how Wash explains energy and inflation.
Also, the Clarity Act received 50 opposing votes, with a Republican insider betraying. Tonight's Fed policy will put considerable pressure on the crypto market.
#本周FOMC揭晓，加息能否落地？
#CLARITY法案投票受阻引争议
#AI发展焦虑升温，监管讨论升级 $ZEC
The future of ZEC essentially revolves around the interplay of "privacy narrative + institutional compliance potential + technological iteration," but the biggest ceiling comes from global regulation, followed by its own technical and ecosystem issues.
✅ Favorable factors (potential future opportunities)
#Unique differentiated positioning: optional privacy + auditability
ZEC is the only mainstream privacy coin project that supports a View Key: it can perform fully anonymous transactions or selectively disclose transaction records for auditing and compliance reporting.
- Market narrative: In the AI era, on-chain data monitoring is becoming stronger, making financial privacy a new demand story. Many institutions regard ZEC as a “Bitcoin with privacy features,” with a total supply of 21 million coins, PoW mining, four-year halving, and a monetary model highly similar to Bitcoin.
Institutional funds have already entered, improving liquidity
- The US Grayscale ZCSH spot ETF has been launched, the world’s first privacy coin ETF, opening the door for institutional funds in the US stock market; Robinhood has also listed ZEC, expanding retail investor access.
- In early 2026, the US SEC concluded its investigation of the Zcash Foundation without issuing penalties, removing a major regulatory uncertainty.
- Many institutions and corporate treasuries have started allocating ZEC, with a portion held long-term, creating a certain lock-up effect.The trigger for $BTC $ETH's drop today is very clear: the US Senate rejected the procedural vote on the CLARITY Act (49:50, far from the 60-vote threshold), and the market's expectation for "regulatory implementation" was immediately dashed. BTC plunged from above 77,000, dropping over 5% in a single day on Tuesday, hitting a low of 74,910 USD.
Adding to this, tonight's Federal Reserve meeting (market pricing a 92.5% chance of a rate hike) and the 10-year US Treasury yield surpassing 5% put pressure on risk assets collectively.
What is truly noteworthy is the funding side, which is more damaging than the news itself: spot BTC ETFs saw a net outflow of 450.4 million USD in one day (the largest since June), with Fidelity's FBTC withdrawing 214.8 million and BlackRock's IBIT 161.7 million, accounting for 83.6% of the total; the previous day still had a net inflow of 159.9 million, a 180-degree reversal within 24 hours. On the derivatives side, about 668 million USD were liquidated in 24 hours, with longs accounting for 570 million — a typical liquidation of leveraged longs.
Technically, there is a "daily chart intact, hourly chart bearish" split: the daily price remains above EMA50 (around 73,580) and EMA200 (around 72,040), with the 50/200-day moving averages still forming a golden cross, so the mid-term structure is intact; however, it has fallen below EMA20 (around 76,892), the MACD histogram turned negative, and the hourly chart has broken below all three moving averages, showing a bearish alignment. The RSI is 49 on the daily and 42.5 on the hourly, both not oversold, indicating there is still room to move lower. The Fear & Greed sentiment index dropped from 66–71 last week to 49–51, neutral to slightly weak, but not in panic territory — it is a wait-and-see stance, not surrender.
Key price levels: the 75,200–75,500 range below is the current critical line between bulls and bears (the 50% retracement of the 97,924→57,800 downtrend is at 75,233, right here). Breaking this level targets 73,500 then 72,000; above, 80,000–82,000 is the key resistance for a rebound.
The subsequent direction will likely be set by the Federal Reserve's tone in the early morning of the 17th Beijing time.
An easily overlooked structural signal: BTC's market dominance rose to 58.5%, altcoins generally fell more than BTC (XRP once dropped over 10%, SOL down 3.5%), indicating funds are moving internally within crypto to seek refuge in BTC; meanwhile, BTC did not rise with gold today (gold +0.88%), showing it is currently priced by the market as a high-volatility risk asset, not "digital gold." #CLARITY法案投票受阻引争议 Lobster has surged too fiercely this time; the more continuous the rise, the more you need to guard against a high-level plunge.
The short-term increase is already very exaggerated, with profit-taking piling up, plus active leveraged contract funds. Once the bulls weaken, the pullback can easily be amplified.
On this side, the bearish view won't chase directly; the focus is on waiting for two signals:
① After a surge, obvious volume expansion but stagnation, failing to break the previous high;
② After breaking the short-term key support, the rebound cannot retake the position.
Only when both conditions appear simultaneously will we consider going short, placing the stop loss above the previous high, with the target first at the previous breakout level, and if broken, then look for the next support.
At this position, it's better to miss out than to chase at the high. Wait for confirmation before taking action.👀
#本周FOMC揭晓，加息能否落地？
$BTC Yesterday, Basset testified in Congress, and this guy really has a tough mouth.
The part about U.S. debt was the funniest. He said the $6 billion long-term Treasury buyback last week was "successful," and even boasted that the next two auctions were the "most successful in 20 years." But Democratic Congressman Himes directly contradicted him: the 10-year yield was only 4.8% when you did the buyback, and now it's 5.04%. Is that called success? Basset's response was even more absurd: look at the "counterfactual," meaning it might have risen even more without intervention. Think about that logic.
Then there was the $5,000 election check. Trump declared: as long as the Republicans hold both chambers in the midterms, every adult will get $5,000. Basset endorsed it on the spot and said "there's a way to do it without affecting the deficit." But when asked where the money would come from, he couldn't explain. So basically, they issue checks to win votes first and settle the accounts later?
On the strong dollar, his stance was clear: the dollar's strength relies entirely on the financial system's credibility and policy certainty. Translation: the dollar is still the boss, don't get any ideas.
The scene was lively too, with protesters repeatedly interrupting and calling him a "war criminal," and Waters arguing fiercely with him. One congressman directly questioned: with U.S. debt over 5%, mortgage rates over 7%, and soaring oil prices, are you living in the same world as us?
The core signal is clear: the Treasury accepts the current high interest rates and even considers it a policy success. Don't expect a market rescue in the short term; Treasury yields will stay high.
This is not good news for BTC and ETH. With U.S. debt over 5%, funds are flowing into Treasuries, putting short-term pressure on highly volatile cryptocurrencies. Plus, with stronger dollar suppression, dollar-denominated coins are also being squeezed. #贝森特听证释放多重信号 The evening's analysis of the Federal Reserve meeting boils down to one core trading idea: with rate hikes already priced in, the market rewards credible, measured hawkishness and punishes abandoning anti-inflation efforts or extreme hawkishness.
This rate hike is the first since July 2023, with three cuts expected in 2025.
An extremely dovish stance with no rate hikes is seen as a loss of credibility (Warsh just mentioned that action will be taken if inflation targets are not met), causing long-term yields to rise due to inflation premiums, which is bearish for US stocks and would lead to a sharp decline.
Good hawkishness means a slight rate hike plus retracting last year's rate cut promises, which is actually seen as positive because the bond market might believe the Fed is serious, leading to a decline in long-term inflation premiums.
Bad hawkishness only impacts valuations (especially long-duration growth stocks) when communication signals a path of large, sustained, extreme hawkishness.The most critical step in US crypto regulation got stuck today:
The CLARITY Act failed a procedural vote in the Senate.
Bitcoin and crypto stocks fell in response.
In the short term, it's negative sentiment,
but the root cause is political maneuvering—Warren is dissatisfied, Lummis rejected the opposition's proposal,
and in between, there's the conflict of interest involving Trump's crypto wealth.
The regulatory boot has been raised again but hasn't landed.
#CLARITY法案投票受阻引争议 For years, the market revolved around the halving cycle. Now, the bigger story may be liquidity, interest rates, and global debt. Today, the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield has pushed above 5% — its highest level since 2007, while Japan’s 10-year yield has climbed above 3%, a level not seen since 1996. At the same time, $BTC is trading around the $75K–$76K zone, while markets digest the failed CLARITY Act vote and await the Federal Reserve’s next move. This is no longer just a crypto story. It’s a sGu Jingci: Prepare to exit Bitcoin and Ethereum long positions during the daytime session, and wait for the early morning data before making new trades.
Bitcoin/Ethereum long positions pulled back during the daytime session, just after a rally to around 76250 and 2429 respectively. It's prudent to take profits and exit first, especially with the interest rate decision at 2 AM and the speech at 2:30 AM, which will increase volatility. Follow real-time updates closely. #本周FOMC揭晓，加息能否落地？ #CLARITY法案投票受阻引争议 #AI发展焦虑升温，监管讨论升级 #美战略比特币储备法案进入委员会审议
Are the Americans planning to lock up BTC for 20 years?
The U.S. House of Representatives intends to enshrine the "Strategic Bitcoin Reserve" into federal law. Sounds intense, right?
Actually, this bill boils down to three words: no spending.
It only collects BTC seized from government fines, centralizes custody under the Treasury, and in principle locks it up for at least 20 years. The most absurd part is that it explicitly states no authorization to borrow money to buy, no new taxes, and no deficit funds to purchase coins. In other words, the reserve is built solely through "forfeiture."
I’m laughing in disbelief. Veteran holders expected the U.S. government to step in as a buyer, but instead, they’re acting like a stingy miser. This isn’t buying, it’s a classic case of "only managing the kill, not the burial."
But thinking calmly, this bill actually carries a hidden signal. Trump’s previous approach was an executive order, which could be voided by a new president. Now, bipartisan lawmakers are pushing a bill to make this a hard rule, ensuring policy continuity.
In the long run, this is an official endorsement of BTC as a strategic asset, strengthening the compliance foundation. But in the short term? It’s all just emotional soothing.
The market was already shaky today. The Fed’s rate hike knife still hangs at 2 a.m., and BTC is fluctuating around 75,000. This bill doesn’t specify new purchases, so it can’t form a sustained market buying force. Treasury Secretary Bescent's speech at last night's House hearing was packed with information. Let's break it down and take a look. He mainly mentioned three things: yen intervention, U.S. debt buybacks, and Trump's $5,000 check plan. Regarding the yen, he said the U.S. involvement was "symbolic," aimed at supporting its strength and easing the pressure on Japan to sell off U.S. assets to stabilize the exchange rate. To put it bluntly, he was afraid Japan would dump all U.S. debt and the U.S. wouldn't be able to hold on itself. Regarding U.S. Treasuries, he said the Treasury's expanded buybacks and recent auctions were "successful." But the slap came too quickly—the 10-year Treasury yield surged back to 5.04%. Japan's 10-year Treasury yield also soared to a 30-year high, putting pressure on global long-term bonds. So-called success is just empty words. As for issuing $5,000 checks to every adult, he said the deficit wouldn't increase, but where the money came from was never explained. So what impact does this have on the crypto world? Let me break down two layers for you. The first layer: global liquidity is still being pumped. US Treasury yields have broken 5%, and Japanese government bond yields have hit a 30-year high, indicating global financing costs are climbing higher. With funding costs so high, institutions don't dare to move recklessly and are all cutting leverage to defend. Why is Bitcoin stuck between 74,000 and 75,000 but not going up or down? That's the most direct reason. Off-exchange funds are too expensive, with no inflow. The second layer is that the long-term logic of fiat currency credit is being reinforced. What Betcente is doing now is robbing Peter to pay Paul. On one hand, they want to intervene in exchange rates; on the other, they want to stimulate fiscal stimulus and issue checksMost insane GitHub lore on @arc.
Circle’s wallet-contract repo has a migration test where the dummy ERC20, ERC721 and ERC1155 assets are literally named getrich, ticker $$$.
And the funny part is where it appears: a test upgrading an ECDSA wallet into a modular ERC-6900 smart account while proving the wallet keeps its ETH, tokens and NFTs, then still executes through ERC-4337.
Probably just a dev easter egg.#FOMCRateCallThisWeek #CLARITYVoteFails50-49 #AISafetyDebateEscalates $CL news loudly claims crude oil broke through 105 to hit a four-month high, but looking at the green bar at 98.79 on the screen, I really don't know who to believe.
On the 4-hour chart, the MA5, MA10, and MA20 lines are all pressing down overhead, SAR is barely holding as a stepping stone at 97.47, the J value is 40.68, and RSI6 has dropped to 43. The market feels soft and weak, showing no sign of a rebound. Retail investors are always a step slow, rushing in to go long after seeing the news. $AI is stair-stepping higher with its 5-, 10- and 20-hour averages lined up beneath price. It’s also right under the $0.02008 high, so I wouldn’t pay up for the breakout wick.
Long idea: Entry $0.01975–$0.01982 on a pullback that holds. TP1 $0.02008 | TP2 $0.02035 | TP3 $0.02065. SL $0.01950.
#FOMCRateCallThisWeek #CLARITYVoteFails50-49 #AISafetyDebateEscalates 🔥The calm before the storm! Three coins collectively consolidating sideways, tonight is a critical watershed moment
$BTC market status: The market has entered a narrow sideways consolidation phase, with the market holding back a surge of strength.
Tonight's FOMC interest rate decision and the crypto bill vote are happening one after another, two major events weighing heavily on the market.
At this stage, the biggest taboo is to subjectively guess the top or bottom, as uncertainty is too high.
Keep a close eye on the three lifeline defenses as risk control benchmarks:
▪️BTC: Key defense at 77000; if it breaks down effectively, the next support is at 72000
▪️ETH: Core support at 2440; if lost, the downside target is 2300
▪️$ZEC: Short-term lifeline at 1048; if broken, it will test 980
My trading discipline is straightforward:
Reduce 10% of the corresponding position each time a key support line is broken.
Do not rush to bottom-fish or gamble on a rebound now; patiently wait for the macro news to settle and signals to become clear before repositioning. #ThisWeekFOMCReveal, Will the Rate Hike Actually Happen?
First, let's verify the real schedule of this week's FOMC and the market pricing, then write in your Planet style. The decision hasn't been released yet, so first update the latest pricing, oil prices, and crypto market status, then write in your Planet tone. Ready to post directly on Planet. Keep it under 1000 words, with the highlight on "The rate hike is almost fully priced in; the real impact will come from the dot plot and Waller's remarks," not guessing another 25bp hike.
This Week's FOMC Reveal: Rate Hike Almost Certain, The Knife Isn't Just 25 Basis Points
The decision comes out at 2:00 AM Beijing time tomorrow, with Waller's press conference at 2:30 AM. This time includes SEP + dot plot.
Let's put the numbers on the table:
Current rate 3.50%–3.75%, with 5 hikes projected in 2026. CME FedWatch shows about 90% chance of a 25bp hike, target range raised to 3.75%–4.00%. Among 101 Reuters economists, 86 bet on a hike. This will be the first hike since July 2023.
Why did the market suddenly accept this? Three nails:
• August CPI YoY 3.4%, core MoM +0.3%, hotter than expected
• Nonfarm payrolls +162,000, unemployment 4.1%, no excuse for rate cuts
• Brent crude still near $107, energy pushing inflation back up
In July, the vote was already 9:3, with three votes for an immediate hike. Jackson Hole's Waller called the 2% inflation target a hard constraint. Trump wanted cuts, he hiked instead—this is tonight's political powder keg.
The explosive point isn't whether to hike, but what is said after hiking.
25bp is basically priced in. BTC has already dropped near 75,000 in recent days. The real direction changer will be three things:
1 How many more hikes the 2026 dot plot shows
2 Whether the vote is unanimous or splits again
3 Whether Waller calls it a "one-time calibration" or says "keep going if inflation doesn't come down"
Three fishing methods, don't pick the wrong side:
• Hike + hawkish dot plot: USD and US Treasury yields rise another notch, risk assets get sold off first. The crypto world fears not 25bp, but "another hike this year."
• Hike + dovish wording: typical buy the rumor, sell the fact reversal, short-term shorts can get squeezed.
• Surprise pause: institutional credibility questioned, long-end yields may go crazier, not necessarily good for crypto.
Fishermen remember one thing: the fish is already on the hook; tonight is about how much the rod shakes, not whether there's a fish. Reduce positions one notch first, wait for the 2:30 AM press conference to decide whether to add more. The decision itself likely won't explode; the dot plot and that mouth will.
Are you betting on the rate hike landing, or on Waller backing down?
#FOMC #FederalReserve #RateHike #BTC #DotPlot #Waller #Macro
$BTC $ETH $OKB $ZEC Why can it rise independently from the overall market? What is the solid reason behind it?
ZEC has recently shown an independent trend, rising against the market weakness. Behind this are the combined forces of the ETF channel, short squeeze, and privacy narrative.
First, the ETF opens the institutional gateway. Grayscale Zcash spot ETF (ZCSH) was launched on August 25. ZEC's market cap is only about 1% of Bitcoin's, so the same amount of capital inflow has a much greater marginal impact on its price than on Bitcoin. This is the underlying logic for the short-term rapid rise.
Second, shorts are extremely crowded. Over 72% of top traders hold short positions, with a long-short ratio as low as 0.39. A giant whale holds about $45.58 million in short positions, with unrealized losses once exceeding $22 million. Every rise triggers short covering, creating a positive feedback loop of "rise → liquidation → repurchase."
Third, privacy demand rises in the AI era. The proportion of shielded pool supply has increased from single digits to about 30%, with over half of network transactions using shielded addresses. Real users are actively using privacy features.
Risk warning: F2Pool founder Wang Chun points out that this rise is more of a "narrative-driven short squeeze." The key short-term support is near $1,100; breaking below may retest $1,000.
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#本周FOMC揭晓，加息能否落地？ Why is Core called "the most misunderstood public chain"? You'll understand after seeing its list of partners
⚠️ This article is only a review of public information and does not constitute any investment advice
In the BTCFi sector, Core has always been the most controversial public chain. On one side, the community widely spreads the list of institutional partners, with top institutions like Bitget, Coinbase, BitGo prominently included; on the other side, the August 31 vulnerability, 69 million ghost tokens, and the ultra-long token release schedule since 1981 have made many investors wary.
Many people understand Core in two extremes: either as the next-generation BTCFi leader collectively backed by giants; or as a flawed token full of vulnerabilities with stories but no real implementation. In fact, most people misunderstand the true meaning of this partnership list, confusing the essential difference between "technical integration" and "strategic investment."
1. The partnership list is right in front of you, but it does not mean institutions have heavily invested
Reviewing public information, BitGo, Bitget, and Coinbase do appear in Core's cooperative ecosystem, but the nature of each partnership is completely different from retail investors' imagination of "massive capital inflow."
BitGo: As a leading custody service provider, it completed technical integration with Core, opening a dual staking channel that allows its institutional clients to participate in Core staking within BitGo's custody environment. This is infrastructure integration, providing services to clients, and does not mean BitGo itself has purchased a large amount of CORE tokens, nor is it a strategic capital injection. After the August 31 vulnerability, BitGo did not announce any increase in holdings, only maintaining the existing technical interface.
Bitget: The exchange listed CORE for trading and runs network validator nodes. Listing tokens and running nodes are routine ecological operations for a public chain. Listing trading satisfies user demand, and running nodes maintains the network; this does not mean the exchange itself is bullish or holds large CORE positions.
Coinbase: Only opened basic trading functions for CORE tokens. During the August 31 crisis, Coinbase temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals, later resuming trading without announcing deep strategic cooperation, large-scale custody integration, or node deployment—just restoring basic trading channels.
Key distinction:
✅ Technical integration, token listing, running nodes: belong to ecosystem infrastructure cooperation, which most public chains can achieve;
❌ Institutional strategic investment, large spot purchases, fund heavy holdings, large-scale custody allocation of tokens: this is the real institutional entry.
This long list of partners mostly represents compatibility at the infrastructure level, not capital-level backing. The community easily misinterprets "institutions can use it" as "institutions are heavily invested," which is the biggest cognitive trap.
2. Contradictory sides: there is an ecosystem and narrative, but also an indelible historical burden
Core's original design intention is to use Satoshi Plus hybrid consensus to combine Bitcoin's hash power security with EVM smart contracts, creating BTC-native DeFi infrastructure. lstBTC and SatPay are highly imaginative narratives, and there are real DEXs, lending, and many ecological projects on-chain—not just empty projects.
But the August 31 validator reward vulnerability is an unavoidable scar. Attackers exploited incentive contract flaws to break the 2.1 billion total supply rule, generating 69 million ghost tokens. Although a hard fork fixed the code and destroyed undistributed excess tokens, this incident is recorded in the risk control files of major institutions.
Technical interfaces can be retained, but institutional investment decisions will not relax risk control just because of a partnership list. Even if custody providers open staking channels, it does not mean institutions will allocate large amounts of CORE. Institutions focus on three key issues when investing: a complete, on-chain verifiable disposal plan for ghost tokens; contract security audit reviews; and real institutional TVL of lstBTC, not just looking at the partnership list.
This is Core's biggest contradiction: it has a complete ecosystem and institutional infrastructure integration but is capped in valuation by historical security incidents and unresolved ghost tokens.
3. Two market misunderstandings push Core to extremes
Misunderstanding one: Seeing the partnership list, people think institutions have already taken sides and valuation reversal is imminent
Many retail investors see the list and imagine giants collectively bullish, ignoring that technical integration ≠ strategic investment. Partnerships only provide channels and do not mean funds have actually entered. Even if there are rumors of closed-door meetings in Tokyo or overseas nodes, without public investment announcements or large on-chain institutional staking, these are only expectations, not positive facts.
Misunderstanding two: Because of past vulnerabilities, people outright reject it as a pure speculative token
Focusing only on the August 31 vulnerability ignores its real ecological construction and BTCFi product layout. Security vulnerabilities are not uncommon in public chain development, but vulnerabilities can be fixed; trust repair requires solid hard evidence, not just promotion and partnership lists.
4. The real key to judging Core is not to focus on the partnership list
Don't be misled by partnership lists or rumor narratives. The market still awaits three hard pieces of evidence:
1. A complete, on-chain verifiable disposal plan for the 69 million ghost tokens;
2. Institutional-grade real TVL generated by lstBTC, not a subsidy-built bubble;
3. The ecosystem generates sustained fee cash flow to offset inflationary selling pressure from the 1981 token release.
The partnership list only proves the project has the potential to connect with institutional infrastructure. Whether it can truly welcome large-scale institutional capital depends on whether these three hard evidences materialize.
Core is neither a pure speculative token nor a blue-chip already heavily held by giants. It is a public chain with both strong advantages and risks.
In a bull market, it can leverage the BTCFi narrative to produce highly elastic price action; but if fundamentals do not break through, even with a long list of institutional partners, the market will remain driven only by sentiment pulses.
💬 Interactive question: Do you think a list of institutional partners can offset the risk control concerns caused by Core's historical vulnerabilities? Share your thoughts in the comments!The rocket is biased towards bullish intraday; on the daily chart, there was a liquidity sweep on the left side, followed by a significant reversal displacement. On the 4-hour chart, a bullish engulfing appeared. From 12:00 to 16:00, there was a 4-hour accumulation, then manipulation occurred, followed by an upward distribution. A structural breakout appeared on the 15-minute chart. Pay attention to the 5-minute pullback for long positions.
Long-term, the bias is still bearish. Why? Currently, US employment is very strong, and the American people have not let the economy be dragged down by the war. Moreover, oil prices have been slowly rising at a high level for a long time. In the case of sharply worsening inflation, tonight's Federal Reserve news is likely to put pressure on the US stock market. Given the severe tightening of oil supply, it is best not to have too high expectations for the stock market.Brothers, tonight is the critical moment. The market has already priced in a 25bp rate hike at about 92%, so the hike itself is basically priced in in advance.
If a normal 25bp hike occurs, the focus will be on the wording and the dot plot: if there is no unexpectedly hawkish tone, it’s easy to see a "bad news priced in" scenario, with $BTC and $ETH dipping first then recovering; if it’s clearly hawkish, watch out for BTC breaking 74,900 and ETH breaking 2,356, which could lead to further declines.
If there’s an unexpected pause in the hike, which would be a clear deviation from expectations, a rapid short-term rally is very likely, with BTC targets at 76,000→77,000 and ETH at 2,420→2,480.
Don’t chase the first spike tonight; the real direction depends on the reaction after the news is released.
#本周FOMC揭晓，加息能否落地？ #CLARITY法案投票受阻引争议 To be honest about this coin, it has a numeric combination on it that I stared at for a long time and found increasingly suspicious.
It has dropped to just a fraction. But its daily trading volume equals its entire market cap.
I'm talking about $CP, with a market cap just over 17 million USD, and a daily trading volume also around 17 million. This means theoretically, the entire supply of this coin can be traded over once within a day.
Two conditions must be met to produce this number. First, it has dropped sharply — from its all-time high on the listing day to now, down 88%, all within two weeks. Second, its market cap is small enough that a single large order can change the price trend for an hour.
In other words, the current price is set neither by buyers nor sellers, but by a batch of short-term funds flipping back and forth. Under this structure, the price has no floor because no one intends to hold.
It hasn't even had a decent rebound: the 5-day, 10-day, and 20-day moving averages are all neatly pressing down from above, and the price grinds within a narrow range between 0.0113 and 0.0126. Low volume grinding at the bottom and being ignored look exactly the same on the chart. If you really want to talk about stabilization, the first step is to get back above the 10-day moving average at 0.0145.
I generally don't pay attention to coins whose trading volume equals their market cap.$AAVE is DeFi’s senior credit name. Watch utilization, stablecoin supply, and liquidations not the logo.
$UNI is exchange equity on Ethereum. Feeswitch talk is constant. Price only if swap volume is actually rising.
$CRV is core stable-swap infra with a messy token. Pool TVL and emissions beat a one-day bounce.
Price the claim on cash flow.
NFA.$XAU's daytime movement is somewhat strange and requires extra caution!
After half a month of continuous decline, gold has finally reached the eve of the FOMC; tonight, the probability of a Fed rate hike is over 93%, yet gold is strongly rebounding, which is very odd.
From the interest rate perspective alone, a rate hike is bearish for interest-free assets like gold, but the price tells us the situation is not that simple; what gold truly cares about is the real interest rate + the dollar + inflation risk + safe-haven demand, not mechanically trading the Fed Funds Rate.
Currently, the yield on the US 10-year Treasury is about 5%, and gold has recently been clearly suppressed by high yields and a strong dollar.
The possible scenario tonight is a 25bp rate hike, but in the 2:30 speech, Warsh did not continue to add hawkishness → the market believes tightening is nearly sufficient → 10Y yields fall → dollar falls → gold rises.
The conclusion is absurd but indeed a possible path; so tonight, don’t just focus on whether the 25bp change happens or not, I only watch one thing: whether the 10Y rises or falls after the rate hike.
NFA, DYOR!
#本周FOMC揭晓，加息能否落地？
@OKX星球 ⚠️$BTC #本周FOMC揭晓，加息能否落地？
Two major scenarios tonight
The Fed raises rates but signals dovish stance (implying no further hikes)
👉 Bitcoin is likely to rebound and recover, marking the bad news as priced in.
Resistance above: 77500‑78000; first support at 75300, strong support at 74500.
. The Fed raises rates and speaks hawkishly (indicating more hikes to come)
👉 Another drop is likely, testing 74500 or even near 73800, with altcoins (ZEC) falling much harder than BTC.
• Volatility tonight will be extremely high, with a high chance of spikes; contracts are easily stopped out and liquidated.
The focus is not on "whether rates are hiked," but on the tone of the Fed's post-meeting remarks, which impact crypto prices more than the hike itself.
. The negative impact of the bill has already been reflected in the early morning plunge; tonight mainly watch the Fed.$BTC $ETH
If the U.S. Crypto Market Structure Act (CLARITY Act) can surpass the 60-vote procedural threshold in the Senate and ultimately be signed into law, it will be a key institutional positive. Clear regulatory jurisdiction (securities or commodities) can eliminate the biggest concerns for institutional entry, potentially attracting more "real money" long-term allocations than short-term rate cuts.
💰 Macro shift: The Federal Reserve signals clear easing
Currently, the market expects the Fed's September rate hike probability to be as high as 87%, which is the core variable suppressing risk assets. A bull market rebound does not require the Fed to cut rates immediately, but at least needs to see policy statements or dot plots clearly ruling out further hikes and acknowledging that inflation is under control. Only when liquidity stops tightening can the crypto space have room to breathe.
🐋 Capital inflow: ETFs turn to sustained net inflows
Institutional funds are the most critical marginal pricing force in 2026. The signal is: U.S. spot BTC/ETH ETFs have ended net outflows and have seen significant net inflows for several consecutive weeks (refer to April’s single-month inflow of $1.97 billion). When major channels like BlackRock IBIT re-attract funds, it often means "smart money" is starting to position on the left side.
#本周FOMC揭晓，加息能否落地？ #CLARITY法案投票受阻引争议 #AI发展焦虑升温，监管讨论升级 From the market perspective,
gold and silver started first.
Then I felt that BTC was about to start as well.
Of course, the direction I’m referring to is definitely an upward start.
Here, I think the main reason it can start before the rate hike is implemented is that
the market has already priced in the rate hike expectations in advance, whether it’s cryptocurrencies or gold.
Gold has already fallen quite a bit ahead of time.
And earlier today, gold began a nice small rebound,
which indicates that,
even if the rate hike is implemented tonight,
no matter how bad the situation is,
it probably won’t be far from the current bottom.
If gold has already had a good rebound,
then the actual implementation will at most be a pin-like pullback,
then continue upward.
I think it’s the same for crypto.
It just reacts after gold,
which is like what I wrote in that short article before,
gold and Bitcoin have some linkage,
especially at some major nodes.
Now it seems
this time won’t be much different.
Overall,
gold always leads cryptocurrencies slightly.
Gold lifts first,
Bitcoin follows.
The above is just my personal analysis and does not constitute any investment advice.
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#本周FOMC揭晓，加息能否落地？ BTC rebounded about $600 from 17:00, and ETH and SOL also lifted. The market, which stayed near the lows in the afternoon, finally loosened up a bit in the evening.
On OKX spot, all three rose; however, the funding rate and open interest for BTC perpetual contracts on the same platform were slightly lower than in the afternoon. Prices went up, but leverage did not increase in sync. This rise is considered a recovery after a sharp drop, with no signs yet of leveraged positions rushing in.
I am not increasing risk on small coins based on this. BTC remains below the $77,000 lost yesterday and may fluctuate repeatedly before the Federal Reserve's decision is released overnight. If the US market stabilizes above that level again, and ETH and SOL continue to follow, I will revise my judgment; if it rebounds then falls back to the afternoon level, those few hundred dollars will remain within tonight's short-term volatility.
Data: OKX spot and perpetual. Personal observation, not investment advice. $BTC