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#存储股财报后下挫, is the AI memory bull market still stable?
The market has been quite surreal lately. SanDisk and Western Digital delivered explosive earnings reports, with profits far exceeding expectations. SanDisk even offered $14 billion in buyback authorizations, but the results were immediately sold off by capital. SanDisk plunged 7% after the close, Western Digital dropped over 11%, and Korean stocks SK Hynix and Samsung were dragged down and pulled back simultaneously. Many insiders looked puzzled: with such strong performance, why did the stock price crash? Is this the end of this super bull market for AI memory?
Let's start with the core truth: it's not that demand collapsed directly, but that stock prices are outperforming fundamentals.
This round of storage sector gains this year has been extremely exaggerated, with SanDisk's highest increase exceeding 460%. The market has already priced in the upcoming quarterly price increases and AI demand for HBM in advance into its stock price. The current financial data is impressive, but the guidance for next quarter did not meet the market's expectations. The price increase slope has begun to slow, gross margins have hit a temporary ceiling, and consumer storage for phones and PCs remains weak. Growth is entirely supported by the AI data center single track, with many profit-takers cashing out on positive news and fleeing, resulting in a situation where "good news comes out as bad news."
Here, let's break down the two real-life scenarios and explain them clearly.
Scenario 1: The AI memory bull market has not ended and has entered the performance validation phase
HBM is a rigid demand for large AI models, GPU computing power depends on high-speed memory, cloud providers have signed numerous long-term supply agreements, and the medium- to long-term supply-demand gap still objectively exists. This wave of decline is essentially a valuation cut, not a demand cut.
As long as cloud giants like Microsoft and Google don't cut capital orders on a large scale, the underlying logic of AI storage remains. It's just that after saying goodbye to blind and mindless rises, every subsequent rally requires solid earnings reports to absorb high valuations, greatly reducing the margin for error.
Scenario 2: The supercycle has peaked, beware of the risk of backlash
Currently, the high profits of memory manufacturers mainly come from chip price hikes, not shipment increases. As companies expand production capacity and supply rises, if downstream cloud vendors can't withstand high prices and start cutting prices, storage prices will turn downward, causing industry profits to shrink rapidly. Combined with the continued slump in consumer electronics, cyclical volatility risks will be further amplified. Once this signal appears, the entire memory sector will undergo a deep adjustment.
Many people ask: What is the connection between the sharp drop in storage stocks and Bitcoin?
Storage is a barometer of AI growth assets, and its sharp fluctuations directly affect global risk appetite.
1. If the storage sector continues to fall, it means the market is starting to re-price AI forward returns, putting collective pressure on US growth assets. Bitcoin, as a high-beta risk asset, will be directly dragged down by sentiment;
2. If it is just a valuation correction and subsequent HBM orders and quotes continue to improve, stabilizing the storage sector, then risk appetite will recover, and Bitcoin will also receive external sentiment support.
Here are two practical reminders:
(1) Don't buy the dip immediately at the sight of a sharp drop and store related stocks. The bullish and bearish battle is fierce now, so don't focus on the emotional bottom. Pay attention to three core signals: HBM prices, cloud vendor capital expenditures, and vendor guidance for next quarter.
(2) On the Bitcoin side, treat the storage sector as a window to observe US AI sentiment. The continued collapse of storage is a warning signal to be wary of. Do not ignore cross-market linkages; prioritize controlling positions during volatile markets and avoid aggressive openings.
In summary: the AI memory bull market hasn't died outright, but the era of easy wins is over. Now, as we enter a real performance test, risk control will always come first.🚨 SPCX IS ABOUT TO UNLOCK 911.5M SHARES TODAY
That's roughly $109B in stock becoming sellable in a matter of hours
Nasdaq-100 inclusion already delivered $4.3B in passive buying - the best catalyst this stock could realistically get before an unlock
That $4.3B covers under 4% of what's hitting the float today. Price barely moved on it
When the best news available can't lift a stock, the sellers waiting behind it aren't nervous - they're patient
Roadmap so far:
1. Bounce $104 -> $120: done
2. Retest $120 -> $125: done
3. Unlock start: today
4. Break below $100: up next
5. Bottom test $75-85
Short interest is 31%, and shorts aren't covering into this bounce
That's not a trapped crowd - that's bears waiting for VCs to hand them cheaper shares
Everyone calling $104 "the bottom" will be trapped, that happened during every mega-IPO lockup
I'm flat but I plan to start buying below $100
Everything depends on today's price action: If price absorbs today's unlock and holds above $120 instead, this read is wrong and I'll say so here
Watch how it trades in the next few hours
Follow + notifs on, I will keep you updated.The Senate postponed the vote on the Clarity bill until September
Recently, the U.S. Senate decided to postpone the vote on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (abbreviated as the Clarity Act or H.R. 3633) until September. This news has attracted widespread attention in the cryptocurrency industry and once again highlights the complexity and difficulty of U.S. digital asset regulatory legislation.
The Clarity Act aims to establish a clear regulatory framework for the digital asset market. Its core content includes clearly defining the regulatory responsibilities between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), regulating the issuance, trading, and custody of digital assets, and providing predictable rules for market participants. The bill passed the House by a large margin in July 2025 and subsequently entered the Senate review process. After lengthy negotiations, the Senate Banking Committee pushed it to the full House agenda in a bipartisan vote in May 2026.
However, as the August summer recess approaches, the Senate failed to schedule a formal vote within the deadline. Majority leaders and relevant senators had previously expressed hope to advance the bill before the recess, but due to a packed agenda, other priorities (such as nomination confirmation and sanctions legislation), and disagreements between the two parties on certain provisions, the vote was ultimately not completed. The Senate will enter the summer recess, with further considerations expected after reconvening in mid-September.
This delay has a certain impact on the crypto industry. On one hand, market expectations for regulatory clarity have been postponed again, which may increase uncertainty in the short term; On the other hand, the bill itself has not been completely shelved and may still be pushed forward after resuming in September. However, from September to October, legislative time is limited, and with midterm elections approaching, the agenda may be occupied by budget appropriations and other matters, making it more difficult to pass within the year.
Overall, the postponement of the Clarity Act reflects the reality of political maneuvering and time pressure in the U.S. legislative process. Clarifying digital asset regulations is crucial for the industry's long-term development, but whether legislation can be completed within this Congress still depends on whether the two parties can reach compromises on key differences and whether the leadership prioritizes it. In the coming months, the progress of the bill will remain an important window to observe the direction of U.S. crypto policy.
$BTC $ETH #CLARITY法案推进受阻, the Senate divide widened 非农前夜，别被盘中插针骗走筹码
很多人会陷入一个误区：把非农当成“开盲盒赌方向”。
实际上非农只是催化剂，它不会凭空创造一轮大行情，更多是把已经积攒的多空力量一次性释放出来。
回顾最近盘面，不管美股还是加密，已经明显进入分歧阶段。
美股存储板块上演“财报利空→砸盘→暴力V反”的过山车；币圈大盘横盘震荡，只有局部币种轮动狂欢，大量山寨依旧躺平不动。
增量资金没有大规模进场，存量资金来回博弈，这就是当下最真实的现状。
北京时间明晚20:30非农落地，市场会面对三种结局：
1、就业数据大幅走强
降息预期再度延后，美债收益率抬升。高估值成长股、AI硬件、加密货币会第一时间承压。但要分清：短期打压不等于趋势反转，急跌之后往往伴随虚假插针。
2、就业数据明显走弱
降息预期被点燃，风险资产理论上迎来利好。但这里藏着最大陷阱：如果数据差到超出限度，市场会开始交易“经济衰退”，反而出现利好落地直接跳水的行情。好数据不一定涨，坏数据不一定跌，这是非农最容易坑人的地方。
3、数据落在预期区间，不冷也不热
这也是概率最高的剧本。非农掀不起大波澜，行情重新交还财报与板块轮动。美股继续分化，存储看关键支撑；币圈依旧是BTC定基调，局部山寨轮动。
给普通交易者的现实忠告
①不要拿大仓位去博弈数据公布那一瞬间，前几十分钟绝大多数行情都是插针诱多诱空，真假难辨。耐心等15‑30分钟，等市场消化完噪音，真实方向才会浮现。
②不要把短期数据波动，当成中长期趋势改变。一个月的就业报告，改写不了大周期。
③当下选股＞选大盘。就算指数不动，部分主线依旧会跑出行情；反之就算指数反弹，很多弱势品种依旧跑不赢。
个人盘面思考：
🥇 $BTC — 把控全市场流动性，决定盘面整体做多氛围
🏧 $ETH — 筹码在不断沉淀，走稳步蓄力的格局
🚀 $SOL — Layer1赛道高弹性代表，行情来临时爆发力十足
🧠 $TAO & $WLD — AI故事持续发酵，反复获得资金关照
📊 $HYPE — 用来观测市场整体的风险承受意愿
🐾 $DOGE & $ZEC — 直观映照散户群体的多空情绪
💵资金热度集中的进攻方向：
$JTO • $JELLY • $BTC • $OPG • $BTCSLX • $LAB • $BSB • $ALLO • $CHIP
🇺🇸美股重点跟踪观察：
$MU • $SPCX • $SNDK • $SKHY • $CL • $XAU • $NITC • $AMD
📉资金退潮，上涨势能耗尽标的：
$BEAT • $EDGE • $COAI • $TRUMP • $RAVE • $SPACE • $SOPH • $IP • $AVNT • $ZAMA • $OFC • $PIEVERSE • $VIRTUAL • $ACU • $H • $MEGA
🔎等待信号确认备选池：
$MEME • $EDEN • $HUMA • $ZKP • $METISEveryone, the storage sector has been under continuous criticism these past few days. Brother Mi said a few rather unpleasant things.
Western Digital beat expectations, but its stock price plunged because guidance and margin statements were cautious. SanDisk's revenue and EPS both exceeded expectations and also declined, as the median revenue guidance for next quarter fell short of consensus. Together, these two points show one thing: the market now doesn't look at past profits, only on whether it can continue to make profits in the future.
The narrative of "supply shortages" in storage is being reexamined.
Previously, the market discussed the logic of HBM price hikes, explosive AI demand, and insufficient production capacity. Now, several changes are happening simultaneously: Western Digital's gross margin guidance falls short of expectations, SanDisk's median revenue guidance for next quarter falls short of consensus, and Nvidia is evaluating reducing some Rubin Ultra memory configurations to address tight HBM supply.
Supply shortages, this double-edged sword, are turning around.
Previously, tight supply led to storage price increases, but now supply tightness is restricting AI chip shipments, which in turn drags down storage demand. Coupled with rising upstream raw material prices and slowing downstream demand, semiconductor profits are being squeezed from both sides.
The Korean stock market is even worse. KOSPI was dragged down by semiconductor weights, SK Hynix crashed pre-market sharply, and Samsung also came under pressure. Leveraged products have plunged in a single day multiple times before, and funds chasing highs and adding leverage likely exploded again this round.
Mige is not bearish on the entire industry, but the storage sector is moving from a "supply shortage narrative" to a testing phase of "whether high expectations can be delivered." The previous price has risen too much, expectations are too high, and any small movement now triggers profit-taking $BTC $ETH $SNDK
In the short term, focus more and move less; don't chase highs. Wait until this round of expectations is digested before making any decisions.$SPCX
SPCX unlocked tonight: a great company, but also needs a reasonable price
Tonight, $SPCX will experience its first round of substantial unlocking since its launch.
According to the prospectus, on the second full trading day after the Q2 financial report is released, some existing shareholders subject to the 180-day lock-up period can transfer up to 20% of the relevant shares.
The earnings were already released after the market closed on August 4 Eastern Time, making August 6 the second complete trading day, corresponding to the 21:30 Beijing market opening tonight.
Market estimates suggest that up to about 910 million shares will be eligible for sale in this round, even exceeding the approximately 639 million new shares issued at the time of the IPO.
Unlocking does not mean reducing holdings, nor does it mean all 900 million shares will be dumped into the market tonight.
But unlocking changes the most important underlying variable of a stock: the supply and demand structure.
In the early days of SPCX's IPO, the number of shares that could truly be traded on the market was very limited. The scarce circulating shares, combined with multiple narratives from Musk, SpaceX, Starlink, and AI, caused the price to severely deviate from current performance.
After the unlock, early-stage investment institutions, employees, and existing shareholders gradually gained exit channels, and the market finally began shifting from "rush pricing" to "fundamental pricing."
That's why my judgment on SPCX hasn't changed: in the long run, it will return to double digits; In extreme cases, I think it's 50–60.
50–60, corresponding market value
As of the 28th of last month, SpaceX held approximately 7.696 billion Class A common shares and 5.485 billion Class B common shares, totaling approximately 13.182 billion shares.
This does not include potential future options, restricted stock, and acquisition consideration, so it is based only on the underlying equity basis.
50 corresponds to a market value of about 659.1 billion
60 corresponds to a market value of about 790.9 billion
Based on the current share price of about 108.27, the total market capitalization of SPCX remains close to 1.43 trillion.
In other words, even if it drops to 60, it is still a company with a market value close to 800 billion; Even if it drops to 50, it still exceeds 650 billion.
Definitely not cheap.
But compared to the current valuation exceeding 1.4 trillion, the 50–60 is at least entering a range where fundamentals can be discussed.
Does this valuation match current performance?
SpaceX's latest quarterly revenue reached $7.814 billion, up 92% year-on-year; Adjusted EBITDA was $3.538 billion, but GAAP still recorded a net loss of $541 million.
Among them, Starlink remains the true cash flow engine.
Connectivity business generated quarterly revenue of 4.291 billion yuan and operating profit of 1.656 billion yuan; AI business revenue was 2.561 billion yuan, but still operating a loss of 1.257 billion USD; traditional space business revenue was 962 million yuan, with an operating loss of 542 million yuan.
Capital expenditure is even more noteworthy.
SpaceX's capital expenditure in Q2 reached 18.369 billion, with 15.828 billion invested in AI alone. The company is not lacking in profitability, but is using Starlink to generate profits while simultaneously supporting three huge capital black holes: Starship, global satellite networks, and AI computing infrastructure.
If we simply annualize Q2 revenue, SpaceX's current revenue is about 31.3 billion.
In the 50–60 range, the corresponding market value is still about 21–25 times annualized revenue; Considering the company's approximately 100 billion in cash and short-term securities and about 39.4 billion in debt, the annualized revenue multiple corresponding to enterprise value is roughly 19–23 times.
Therefore, even 50–60 yuan is not a price that fully matches current performance, but rather a price that better matches current performance while still leaving a high premium for the future.
It still preemptively accounts for multiple outcomes such as Starlink's continued growth, the eventual success of Starship, commercialization of direct-to-phone business, and returns generated by AI infrastructure.
But now, at 108, the market is almost assuming all these things will succeed; But at 50–60, only then is there a margin of safety for failure, delays, uncontrolled capital expenditures, and old shareholders reducing their holdings.
I will still hold it long-term
I don't intend to treat SPCX as a short-term trade.
Currently, I basically invest one share every two days, planning to hold for five to ten years.
Because SpaceX's true value has never been limited to rockets.
It also possesses globally leading reusable launch capabilities, a low-orbit satellite communication network with scale and profit, government and defense orders, direct-to-mobile phone services, and a rapidly expanding AI computing power platform.
These businesses can also support each other.
Rockets reduce satellite deployment costs, satellite networks provide stable cash flow, cash flow supports Starship and AI investments, and once Starship achieves lower-cost, higher-frequency launches, it will further expand Starlink's advantages and other space businesses.
This closed loop is something other space companies cannot replicate for now. Even $RKLB, RKLB and $ASTS are working hard to address their shortcomings.
A good company doesn't mean it's worth buying at any price.
What I am optimistic about is SpaceX's industry position over the next five to ten years, but that doesn't mean I think the current stock price is very cheap.
On the contrary, precisely because I plan to hold long-term, I am reluctant to place a one-time bet when emotions are most high and circulating shares are scarce.
Buying a share every two days isn't really about guessing the lowest point, but about turning unlocking, financial reports, market drawdowns, and capital expenditure cycles into tools to gradually reduce holding costs.
Great companies can ultimately create great returns
But what truly determines the rate of return is often not how great the company is, but how much we are willing to pay for that greatnessSummary of small capital experience trading SOL in the domestic market over the past half month
1. Market cap: Locked around 1k (the closer the better, skip if too high).
2. Number of holders: Must be 80+, the more the better (indicates some decentralization, reducing the risk of manipulation).
3. Developer activity: Developers must have fully exited (completely sold out, no reserves).
4. Community and information: There must be a large amount of genuine discussion/information flow on X. Projects with active communities are obviously safer; cold projects or those with no discussion should be abandoned immediately.
5. The real peak for most projects is around 30k (reaches the top quickly after launch).
6. If the feeling is average: place a sell order at 29k, target 1.5–3x profit, and secure gains.
7. If the feeling is good (community heat, narrative, and holder growth are all positive): can place orders around 50–100k.
8. Before entering, quickly check the quality of real-time discussions and holder distribution on X to avoid bot volume manipulation.
9. Fund management: Only use small money you can truly afford to lose, take forced breaks after consecutive stop losses to prevent emotional trading.
Animal-themed projects are easiest to profit from, especially cat-themed 🐱 (most stable in recent data).
Don't expect big money.
I've traded hundreds of projects myself and never encountered truly huge profits; the highest was only up to 1M.
Start with a new wallet at 20U (remember to secure profits). The storage market has not truly peaked; expectations have already peaked first.
The storage sector is currently experiencing a clear "performance kill" — SanDisk $SNDK and Western Digital have exceeded expectations across the board, but after hours, they inevitably plunged 9%-15%, with SK Hynix, Samsung, and others falling accordingly. This bizarre scenario of "the more impressive the performance, the fiercer the sell-offs" has been playing out repeatedly recently, and the underlying logic is very clear.
The conclusion is clear: fundamentals are far from peaking, AI demand remains strong, but market expectations have already peaked first.
The reasons are clear:
1. Expectations inevitably overdraw: The stock price has already priced in high earnings, and as soon as the earnings report is released, all the positive news is gone, making a sell-off inevitable.
2. Concerns about sustainability have become inevitable: High profits are essentially the cycle peak caused by supply-demand mismatches, and the market inevitably fears future growth slowdowns and overcapacity, leading to divergence.
3. The elephant dance is hard to sustain: doubling growth cannot be sustained long-term, valuation logic has been temporarily "killed," and adjustments are imperative.
Currently, it is clearly in a stage of emotional clearing and valuation recovery, with extremely high risk of competition; However, the long-term logic supported by AI has not broken down; it only requires patience and waiting for panic selling pressure to end, and a new cycle is inevitable.
#闪迪财报双超预期, an additional $14 billion repurchase authorization was addedGoldman Sachs reinterpreted the reasons for the nearly 40% drop in the Korean stock market
Yesterday, the Korean stock market crashed again, with the KOSPI closing down 4.59%, SK hynix dropping 10.3% in one day, and Samsung down 6.3%. The Deputy Prime Minister came out in the morning to call for market stabilization, and in the afternoon, the market voted with its feet. Today, the market opened down another 1.4%, with SK Hynix dropping another 4.5%.
At this time, a trader named Justin Park from Goldman Sachs' Seoul branch released a report stating that the market's pessimism about memory chips had exceeded the actual situation.
He broke down the three most ruthless reasons for the bear market one by one, and the first one was the most interesting to read.
A few days ago, news broke that NVIDIA is considering reducing HBM usage in Rubin Ultra and has already tested at least three variants. After this news broke, the entire storage chain plunged instantly: WDC fell 19% in pre-market trading, SanDisk dropped 13%, and SK Hynix fell 7.8%. Everyone's first reaction was the same: Nvidia is about to cut orders, demand has peaked.
Goldman Sachs interprets it the opposite. He says the reason NVIDIA is frugal in its design uses HBM precisely because HBM is simply not enough. If something is so scarce that the biggest buyer starts redesigning to avoid it, that is evidence of shortage, not that demand is weakening.
The same news story, on one hand, you can read the story of the sky falling, and on the other, you realize how sought after this thing.
The second reason for the bearish stance is that SK Hynix's long-term contract strategy has suffered losses, with a large amount of capacity tied to the old HBM3E production line and unable to be delivered. Goldman Sachs did not deny this, and the data is indeed grim: in Q2, DRAM market share fell from the top to 26%, Samsung returned and rose to 39%, and the gap between Micron and SK Hynix has narrowed to just 1 percentage point. Goldman Sachs says whether they can turn things around now depends on how quickly the production line switches.
The third point is NAND's earnings report that exceeded expectations but fell short of market expectations. Consumer and edge computing businesses fell 32% quarter-on-quarter, and management said substantial recovery would only appear in 2027. Goldman Sachs avoided short-term numbers and spoke about something longer: DRAM process downsizing is nearing its end, 10 nanometers is likely the final milestone, yields will decline and capital expenditures will soar. Structurally, these two factors will support the cycle.
There are two more details tucked into the last part of the report, which I think are more practical than the previous three. One is that Changxin Storage has already rejected Apple's price cut request, and its quote is on par with Samsung and SK Hynix. The other is that DeepSeek is planning a significant price increase.
One is that upstream suppliers refuse to lower prices, and the other is that downstream suppliers dare to raise prices. If both of these happen, then the era of AI reasoning—where users are exchanged through ultra-low price subsidies—may truly be coming to an end.
Goldman Sachs' characterization of this crash is also worth noting. He said KOSPI dropped as much as 39% from its peak on June 22, with a historic-level single-day surge of 17.9% on July 31. This trend is not due to deteriorating fundamentals, but passive selling of leveraged ETFs combined with short-term momentum funds following the trend. Now, leveraged ETFs are shrinking, margin exposure is decreasing, regulations are tightening, hedge fund positions are retreating, and their holdings have actually become cleaner.
This sounds pleasant, but don't forget the other side. Over 3% of adults in South Korea received margin call notices in this round. The AI fund manager who made 439% in the first half of the year lost 67% in July and was forced to sell his $16 billion portfolio to Citadel. The fact that the chips are clean means those people have already been eliminated.
We're still the same here. Bitcoin is holding flat at 64,000, and Glassnode says its upside implied volatility has hit a historic low of 23%. The last time it was this cheap was back in August 2023. In Korea, if you can play out a three-act drama of crash, surge, and big bear crash in a single day, the crypto world doesn't even bother to lift its eyelids.
What I want to ask is, with the same news about NVIDIA reducing HBM, sellers can read the tight and buyers can read the cuts. Do you think this is a difference in analytical ability, or a difference in where you sit?(1) SanDisk (SanDisk, SNDK. O) Current market trend: On Thursday, August 6, SanDisk closed at $1,258.58, down 6.81%, with a turnover of $24.078 billion. On August 6, before the market opened, SanDisk plunged more than 10%, closing at $1,213.17. SanDisk and Western Digital were sold off by the market after announcing their quarterly results, becoming the biggest losers in the storage chip sector that day. Financial Report—Strong Performance but Guidance Below Expectations: SanDisk's previously released Q4 2026 financial report showed the company's Q4 performance exceeded expectations—revenue surged 372% year-on-year, with gross margin reaching 84.6%. But the reason the market is not buying it — SanDisk's revenue guidance for this fiscal quarter (Q1 2027) fell short of market expectations. The adjusted EPS guidance range is basically within market expectations, and gross margin guidance is roughly flat quarter-on-quarter. Citi analysts have lowered SanDisk's price target from $2,500 to $2,100, maintaining a "Buy" rating; Jefferies slashed its target price from $3,000 to $1,750. Analysts point out that the key reason for SanDisk's stock price decline is not the fourth quarter performance itself, but rather that the market's demand for the AI storage sector has shifted from "high growth" to "sustained exceeding expectations." Sector Linkage: Storage chip sector plunged across the board—Western Digital plunged 13.03%, SanDisk dropped 6.81%, SK Hynix fell nearly 5%, and Micron Technology dropped over 1%. Although the Philadelphia semiconductor index rebounded overall,Yesterday, they said it would be done before the recess, but today's vote was pushed straight to September
Yesterday, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott appeared on Fox's show with a tough tone. He said the CLARITY bill must be voted on before adjournment, and the Senate could even extend working hours to handle it. There is already a consensus within the Republican Party that we will make it happen.
This morning, Politico reported that voting has been postponed to September.
From the mandatory voting to the push until September, less than a day passed.
The stuck point is still the same old issue: the ethical clause. Simply put, it's about who can issue coins, whether current officials and their families can issue them. This topic has been repeatedly debated over the past few months, and at one point there was a version that pushed the restriction to after 2029, meaning it would wait until the end of this term. This kind of writing is obviously unacceptable.
Even more subtle, according to crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett, the ones behind this ethical agreement are the president's closest supporters. And the ones most likely to be constrained by the ban on issuing coins are precisely these people. Some in the industry describe the current situation as strangely unresolved.
Now, all parties are waiting for the White House's response to the bipartisan ethical counterproposal from Tillis and Gallego. Both parties are worried about the same thing: if the procedural vote to end the debate fails, the legislative progress for the year will be reverted to square one. So it's better not to vote first than to lose procedurally.
Besides the ethics clause, a new point of contention has emerged: the clause related to yields. More and more lawmakers are calling for changes to the text, which means negotiations will have to go through again.
The voting structure has never changed. With a 60-vote threshold, Republicans hold 53 seats, and they must have 7 Democrats. Warren clearly opposes this version, arguing that corruption, consumer protection, national security, and economic risks remain unresolved, and big companies can still arbitrage.
On the other hand, industry and the Republican Party have been pressuring to push the process forward before lawmakers recess and leave. The pressure was applied, and the result was a one-month delay.
The money part is even more interesting. The crypto PAC in Michigan's 13th district spent two million to support a congressman, but still lost the primary. After losing, they didn't stop; two PACs affiliated with Fairshake cast over $1.5 million before the August 18 primary, including Alaska, Florida, and Wyoming. Their selection criteria don't look at party affiliation, but on one thing: whether they voted in favor of the GENIUS or CLARITY bills during their term.
On Polymarket, the probability of passing within the year dropped from 74% at the start of the year to 31%.
Meanwhile, the market was basically unchanged. Bitcoin was still hovering around 64,000, and Glassnode said the implied volatility on the upside had hit a historic low, around 23%. It's not that put options were sold out, but that no one was buying the bullish side. The last time it was this cheap was back in August 2023.
It seems we've gotten used to it already. Good news doesn't rise, bad news doesn't fall. Delaying the bill can't even be pricked by a decent needle on the chain.
Will September really vote, or will it be another time? Those staying in the market seem unwilling to wait for this answer. #联储鹰派信号升温, can weak employment beat inflation? 关于$SLX 为什么一直阴跌?一点反弹都没有是因为什么？难道是庄家控盘吗？
它一直跌且几乎没有像样反弹，主要是以下几个原因叠加造成的：
1. 空投抛压太大
SLX上线后就遭遇大量空投用户卖出。
项目上线初期，很多用户拿到免费筹码后直接兑现利润，导致卖盘远远大于买盘。SLX上线后曾在短时间内跌超40%，市场一直没有完全消化这些筹码。
这种情况很像：
* $ZK
* BLAST
* SCR
* AEVO
都是上线后不断阴跌。
2. 解锁压力持续存在
市场最怕的是：
老筹码不断卖，新资金不进来。
SLX目前流通量并非全部释放，未来仍有生态激励、空投、奖励等释放计划。只要新增需求跟不上新增供给，价格就容易持续下行。
3. 资金不愿意做它
现在市场热点：
* $BTC 生态
* AI
* RWA
* 美股代币化
* Solana Meme
而SLX属于收益协议赛道，相对偏冷门。
资金是逐利的。
当热点在别处时，主力不会花钱去拉一个市场关注度不足的币。
4. 技术面形成死亡循环
很多人有个误区：
跌多了就该反弹。
实际上币圈经常出现：
* 跌30%
* 横盘
* 再跌30%
* 再横盘
因为没有增量资金。
SLX现在更像：
下跌趋势中的弱势资产。
弱势资产的特点：
* 反弹力度小
* 反弹时间短
* 一碰压力位就被卖
这也是你看到的：
“一点反弹都没有”
本质上是每次反弹都被套牢盘砸回去了。
5. 市场对项目价值仍有疑问
SLX上线后还出现过关于：
* 钱包转账
* 做市商操作
* 内部抛售猜测
虽然项目方否认是团队砸盘，表示相关地址属于做市商，但市场情绪已经受到影响。
币圈有一句话：
价格先跌，信仰后崩。
当价格持续创新低时，越来越少的人愿意接盘。
是否有庄家控盘？
我的看法：
不像强庄控盘。
强庄币通常会出现：
* 暴力拉升
* 快速洗盘
* 再拉新高
而SLX更像：
* 早期资金出货
* 流动性不足
* 买盘持续弱于卖盘
这种走势更接近“无人接盘的阴跌”，而不是典型庄家控盘。SanDisk fell 8% after hours, Western Digital dropped 11%, and the earnings kept plummeting—Lao Mo tells you whether the AI memory bull market is truly stable
Guys, the storage sector has recently played out an absurd drama.
SanDisk released its Q4 fiscal year 2026 financial report after market close on August 5: revenue of $8.97 billion, a year-on-year surge of 372%, far exceeding the expected $8.394 billion. Gross margin reached 84.6%, compared to 26.2% a year ago. Data center revenue was $2.98 billion, a year-on-year surge of 1298%. Full-year revenue was $20.25 billion, up 175% year-on-year. The board also approved a $14 billion buyback.
Then it fell 8% in after-hours trading. Western Digital also released its financial report, with revenue of 3.75 billion yuan, up 44% year-on-year, but fell 11% in after-hours trading.
SK Hynix's Q2 revenue was 79.32 trillion KRW, up 257% year-on-year, and operating profit was 60.54 trillion KRW, a 557% year-on-year increase, both setting record highs. When the financial report was released, it once dropped more than 15% intraday. Samsung Electronics' Q2 revenue was 171.5 trillion KRW, up 130% year-on-year, and operating profit was 89.5 trillion KRW, a year-on-year surge of 1814%, yet its stock price continued to fall.
Explosive performance, stock price crash—Lao Mo breaks down three reasons for you.
First, expectations outpaced earnings. SanDisk's next quarter revenue guidance is 10.3-10.8 billion, with a median of 10.55 billion, below analysts' forecast of 11.16 billion. It's not that the earnings report is bad; the market wants "shock," and you only gave it "very good."
Second, the market is worried about the cycle peaking. Morgan Stanley warned in July that the AI storage frenzy is approaching a turning point, with memory contract prices expected to peak in the fourth quarter. After storage stocks surged 70%-134% in two months, market crowding hit a historic high. Funds are pulling out of these "crowded trades."
Third, long-term contracts have locked in room for price increases. SanDisk has signed 10 long-term contracts, covering 8 clients, with a minimum contract income of $93.9 billion. More than half of the production capacity for fiscal year 2027 has already been locked. The advantage is revenue visibility; the downside is that the spot market price increase dividends are no longer enjoyed.
But bulls also have hard cards. The supply-demand gap continues to widen; UBS forecasts total storage industry revenue of 992 billion yuan by 2026 and 1.76 trillion yuan by 2027. HBM demand is expected to increase 90% in 2026 and another 77% in 2027. Samsung says the storage shortage will last at least until 2028. SanDisk's $93.9 billion long-term contract revenue is the lowest, with a weighted average term exceeding 4 years—the company is transitioning from a cyclical NAND wholesaler to an infrastructure supplier with long-term revenue visibility.
Back to the pancake surface.
BTC's latest price is 64,300, down 0.46% in 24 hours, 24-hour low at 64,144, high at 64,980. 4-hour Bollinger Bands middle band at 64,323, upper band at 64,449, lower band 64,197. Price 64,300 is running close to the middle band at 64,323, in a binary-bear balance zone — neither below the middle band confirming bears nor above the upper band confirming bulls, short-term direction unclear. SAR turn signal 64225, price running above the SAR — trend remains bullish, but momentum is clearly weakened. SuperTrend 64459 forms the first resistance overhead.
MACD fast line -26.2, slow line -40.9, energy bar 29.2 — this is a golden cross below the zero line, indicating bear momentum is exhausted and bulls are starting to fight back, but the fast line is still below the zero line, and the bulls have not fully controlled the situation. The energy bar has been turning positive for two days, with signals being bullish but weak.
Key levels: First resistance above 64,500-64,560; a breakout at 65,000-65,500; first support below 64,100-64,200; a break below 63,800-64,000.
ETH is trading around 1880-1900, with resistance above at 1920-1950 and support below at 1850-1870.
Old Mo said a few words.
The volatility in storage stocks is not directly related to Bitcoin, but the transmission of risk appetite is real—tech stocks are under pressure, the Nasdaq is volatile, and as a high-beta asset, Bitcoin is unlikely to remain unaffected.
The fundamentals of storage haven't collapsed—capacity will be sold out in 2027, long-term contracts locked in, and HBM prices are still rising. But the market's problem isn't fundamentals; it's that expectations management hasn't outperformed imagination. In the short term, storage stocks may continue to fluctuate to digest high valuations. In the medium to long term, as long as AI demand doesn't collapse, the storage boom cycle isn't over—but 'prosperity' and 'stock price surges' are two different things.
Trading: If Bitcoin pulls back to 64,100-64,200 and stabilizes, you can take a light position and try going long. Set a stop loss below 63,800, targeting 64,500-65,000. If volume increases and it breaks below 64,100 or even breaks through 63,800, hold fast and avoid bottom-fishing. ETH should also look at 1850-1870, stabilize and buy long, stop loss below 1830, target 1900-1920.
Storage: Will you bottom-fish or wait and see during this pullback? Let's discuss in the comments.
If you think Lao Mo has clearly dismantled it, give a like and follow. When the key points arrive, I'll call you immediately. $BTC $ETH $BICO #存储股财报后下挫, is the AI memory bull market still stable? BITCOIN CYCLE CLOCK · 2026
"BTC Bear Market Has Passed Seventy Percent: The Most Likely Misjudgment Is the Last 100 Days"
The four-year cycle hasn't failed; it's just that this time it feels more like a surrender of time
August 7, 2026 · Friday
Third Quarter · Issue 95
Aspirin · Period analysis from the perspective of a data scientist
BTC was at about $64,400 at the time of writing.
The 50-week moving average is about $83,349, the 100-week moving average is about $88,667, and the 200-week moving average is about $63,768. Prices have successively fallen below the first two long-term moving averages and are now trading along the 200-week moving average. This certainly doesn't look like a confirmed new bull market, but it also doesn't feel like a bear market has just begun.
Two other clocks are approaching the same area: from the 2025 high, it is currently day 304, with recent bear markets bottoming around day 406; From the 2022 low, today marks day 1,355, with the previous two lows separated by 1,431 and 1,437 days, respectively.
Switching to a calendar, it roughly falls from late October to mid-November. It does not predict the lowest price of a single day; it only states one thing: about 70% of this bear market has passed, the remaining time is short, and the grueling part may not be over yet.
1. The four-year cycle is based on the low point, not a fireworks bubble
Many people judge the four-year cycle as ineffective, arguing that 2025 will not have a frenzied knockoff season, nor a nationwide excitement to surge. This premise is already misplaced.
The four-year cycle never promises that every top looks the same. It describes the time structure of repeated highs near the bottoms. Tops can be early, flat, or quietly completed when most people are uninterested; The lows can still be driven by liquidity, business cycles, the U.S. midterm elections, and investor psychology.
The top in 2025 will be quiet: market attention will decline, BTC's market share will rise, and funds will never spread widely to altcoins. It feels more like 2019 than 2021. 2019 also saw no altcoin rotation; the Fed cut rates three times and quantitative tightening ended in August, but BTC peaked as early as June and then weakened.
Rate cuts didn't immediately boost it, and US stocks didn't rewrite the cycle for it.
Second, this time there was no sharp drop; it felt more like a temporal surrender
At the end of both 2018 and 2022, there were notable price capitulations: volume expanded, leverage was concentrated and cleared, and panic was immediately visible on candlesticks. Since 2026, the trend has been much milder. The previous top didn't generate a retail investor frenzy of similar scale, so naturally, there was a group of people who had to flee during the decline.
So the bear market took on a different kind of discomfort: prices slowly declined, occasionally rebounded, and then delivered an even lower high. There was no dramatic crash, but holders gradually lost patience after months of constant struggle.
This kind of market is the easiest to create the illusion of "this time is different." A sharp drop makes everyone acknowledge a bear market, while a slow decline leaves room for explanation for each rebound. Looking at the high, low, and long-term moving averages, all three types of data still prove the same thing: the market is completing its second half of the time capitulation.
3. US stocks hit new highs, but price divergence from BTC is very common
BTC and US stocks share liquidity, but not for a single hour.
In 2018, the S&P 500 fell about 6% for the year, and BTC dropped about 73%; In 2019, US stocks recovered amid easing expectations, while BTC continued to weaken in the second half of the year. Stocks can first trade corporate earnings and rate cut expectations, while the crypto market also has to deal with leverage, miner income, long-term holder costs, and altcoin supply.
Therefore, "US stocks are still rising, so BTC should keep up" is not a complete causal chain. In the mid-term, divergence between the two is actually quite common. The business cycle package is outside the four-year cycle; it can change the strength of declines and rebounds, but it may not cancel Bitcoin's own liquidation clock.
4. The last 100 days are just a measuring tape
The three sets of data currently confirm each other: the rhythm from low to low points toward late October; The average bear market length after the high is close to mid-November; Weekly prices have also sequentially fallen near the 50-week, 100-week, and 200-week moving averages.
Of course, this judgment also has conditions for failure. If BTC regains the 50-week moving average before Q4, market volume continues to recover, while BTC's market share declines and funds begin to steadily spread to ETH and mainstream altcoins, the bear market timing framework will need to be revalued. A single large bullish candlestick is not enough; the structure must change as well.
I won't circle any day in October. Cycle research can provide a high-probability window, but it can't sign for the market's lowest price.
A description closer to the current facts is: BTC has entered 30% of the bear market and is getting closer to the next cycle; "Getting closer" and "already started" are separated by a time frame that is most easily misunderstood.
Aspirin · Cycle Lab will continue to track these two clocks. It will make more sense to discuss new cycles once price, time, and market breadth begin to confirm each other.
#BTC #比特币 #OKX #加密市场 #周期分析#黄金重返4200美元, why hasn't BTC followed the rise? Western Union connects stablecoin, Solana, and Visa payment scenarios, which is more grounded than many public chain narratives.
It's not as simple as issuing another extra stablecoin. What Xilian really wants to do is to stuff on-chain US dollars into its original remittance network: user collections, offline cashes, merchant consumption, cross-border settlements—all trying not to be blocked by bank weekdays and agent bank chains.
What stablecoins lack most has never been on-chain transfer speed, but the "last mile."
You can get your money in 3 seconds, but if the other party can't get local cash, can't use cards, or comply with regulations, then it's just a number in the wallet. Xilian's strength lies in its global network and risk control network, and now it treats stablecoins as the backend settlement layer.
The real breakout isn't about shouting Web3, but about making users even realize they're using a chain.
#西联稳定币卡落地, Visa payment scenarios are advancing further Federal Reserve Major Warning! AI is not the 2008 Bubble, but Risks Are Quietly Heating Up! Tonight's Nonfarm Payrolls Not Yet Released, Positions Highly Alert!
The Federal Reserve Officially Targets This Round of AI Investment Frenzy!
The official statement is clear: This AI boom is not a 2008-level systemic financial bubble, but structural risks have been steadily rising!
The most critical point: Tonight's major nonfarm payroll data has not yet been released; macro uncertainty combined with AI sector risks means it is absolutely not the time for blind bottom-fishing or heavy positions!
1. Official Assessment: AI ≠ 2008 Subprime Crash
1) The main drivers of this AI expansion are leading profitable tech companies, with no widespread bad debt risk.
2) The banking system is not deeply entangled with these risks, so there is no hidden systemic financial crisis threat.
3) This is an industry overheating valuation bubble, not a systemic economic collapse.
2. Federal Reserve Key Warning: AI Hidden Risks Are Accumulating
1) AI capital expenditures are excessively frenzied.
Cloud providers continue to borrow heavily to expand capacity; investments in computing power and storage are unprecedentedly aggressive, but the performance realization cycle is highly uncertain.
2) Private equity financing risks are covertly accumulating.
A large amount of AI infrastructure financing is completed in private markets, with opaque risks that are continuously lurking and fermenting.
3) Extreme capital concentration creates high risk of a stampede.
Funds are heavily concentrated in AI hardware and storage sectors; once liquidity tightens or expectations reverse,
there will be concentrated deleveraging and collective sell-offs, which is the core reason behind the recent continuous crashes of SanDisk and Micron.
3. Biggest Variable: Tonight's Nonfarm Payrolls Not Yet Released (Key Risk)
Nonfarm data will directly rewrite the Federal Reserve's interest rate path for September!
1) Strong Nonfarm → Overheated Employment
Expectations for prolonged high interest rates strengthen; storage valuations remain under pressure; all rebounds are merely corrections, not reversals.
2) Weak Nonfarm → Cooling Employment
Short-term positive for tech sentiment, but the Fed's firm commitment to a 2% inflation target means no easy broad easing; sector rebound potential is extremely limited.
Regardless of data outcome, there is no safe left-side bottom-fishing opportunity in the AI sector at this stage!
4. Latest Practical Strategies
✅ For Holders:
No matter how good AI's long-term logic is, it cannot stop short-term liquidity-driven sell-offs!
Use short-term rebounds to reduce positions in batches and lower risk; never hold stubbornly; reserve funds to cope with violent fluctuations after nonfarm data.
✅ For Bottom-Fishing Observers:
Completely abandon left-side all-in!
Must wait for: nonfarm release + risk digestion + market stabilization — three signals before trying small positions to test.
✅ For Short-Term Traders:
Volatility will be maxed out on the eve of nonfarm; only trade oversold short-term recoveries, take profits quickly, strictly stop losses, do not gamble on trend reversals.
Do you predict tonight's nonfarm to be bullish or bearish?
Is the AI sector undergoing a healthy correction or the start of a bubble burst?
Leave your views in the comments! Recommended to bookmark to avoid hidden risks in this sector!
⚠️ Risk Warning: For market logic discussion only, not investment advice. US stocks are highly volatile; macro data and Fed policy are highly uncertain; strictly control positions and trade rationally.
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#存储股财报后下挫，AI内存牛市还稳吗？ 谷歌 AI 高层重组，最值得盯的不是谁升谁降，而是“研究型 Google”正在被“产品型 Google”推着往前跑。
Jeff Dean 离开，Hassabis 转去更高层的研究角色，Gemini 团队权力重新集中到更贴近产品和商业化的一线。外面看是组织调整，里面其实是压力表爆了：OpenAI 抢用户，Anthropic 抢企业，Meta 抢开源声量，谷歌不能再靠论文和人才光环慢慢等。
但 AI 巨头最怕的也在这里。
太慢会被市场骂，太快会把研究文化、伦理边界和顶级人才都逼走。谷歌过去最强的是“我有全世界最好的工程师”，现在市场问的是“你能不能把他们变成收入”。
讲真，一个公司开始频繁重组核心 AI 团队，通常说明问题已经不只是技术了。内存股这轮卖压很典型：行业逻辑没坏，持仓情绪先坏了。
AI 对 HBM、DRAM、存储的需求还在，供应也没有突然宽松。但前面韩股和美股存储链涨得太猛，投资者已经把“AI 服务器继续缺内存”写成默认答案。现在只要一家公司的指引没炸到天上，市场就开始砸。
这不是简单看空存储，而是杠杆盘在退潮。
我觉得韩股能不能反转，不只看 SK 海力士和三星基本面，更看两个小东西：散户融资盘有没有清完，外资愿不愿意重新给估值。基本面再好，如果盘子里全是急着回本的人，反弹也会很累。
AI 存储是好故事，但好故事也怕人太挤。Polymarket 要按 200 亿美元估值融资，最刺激的地方不是估值，而是预测市场终于从“币圈玩具”被资本当成信息基础设施来定价了。
以前大家觉得它像赌场，下注总统、战争、体育、降息。现在资本看见的是另一层东西：这里有实时概率、有情绪流、有比新闻更快的共识变化。人类其实一直想买“答案”，只是过去只能买股票、买期权、买谣言。
但估值越高，问题也越刺眼。
预测市场最怕两件事：一是内幕消息变成提款机，二是监管把它重新定义成赌博。Polymarket 如果真要值 200 亿，就不能只证明用户爱下注，还要证明市场结果足够干净、规则足够可信。
这东西一旦脏了，就不是平台事故，是信任坍塌。
#Polymarket洽谈10亿美元融资，估值超200亿美元 This isn't a shakeout for HYPE—it's about them paying with real money and leaving. Let's stop stubbornly holding onto the guard.
I immediately wiped out the remaining small amount of $HYPE from the 348,000 $HYPE movement on the chain. This guy bought around $11.8 six months ago, and now he's starting to sell in batches around $29. Just this morning, he cashed out nearly $10 million, pocketing over $12 million in profit. In my line of work, this is like a thief who's been lying in wait for half a year—as soon as he shows up, he transfers all the loot. Do you expect him to come back?
Adding Grayscale's HYPE ETFs, from mid-July to now, they haven't seen a single net inflow for more than ten days, instead losing nearly $30 million. Even the vultures on Wall Street are too lazy to eat them, which suggests there might be bones hidden in this meat.
I used to blindly believe in Hyperliquid's "fee buyback + all-staff staking" logic, thinking that lock-up was unbeatable. But now the data is clear: whales are taking profits, institutions are exiting. At times like this, talking about "long-termism" means going against your own principal.
I'm just cautious now; HYPE's fundamentals aren't bad, but in the short term, this wave of "smart money" retreats is too obvious. You can't make all the money, but you can lose it all. If you withdraw now and swap BTC and ETH to squat down, at least you can sleep at night.
⚠️ This is purely a personal trading record and does not constitute investment advice. Non-farm payroll night is highly volatile, so everyone should manage their wallets well. $BTC 守住6.4万美元，
但今晚真正的变量不是技术面。
$BTC 最新仍运行在6.4万美元附近。与此同时，美股8月6日转弱，道指跌0.85%、标普500跌0.18%、纳指跌0.06%；WTI原油反弹2.75%至77.29美元，10年期美债收益率升至约4.67%。市场正在等待美国就业数据。
现在$BTC 最大的矛盾不是某条均线，而是“油价—通胀—利率—流动性”这条链。如果就业和通胀预期重新推高利率，BTC这种高波动资产很难完全独立于纳指。
6.4万美元还能守住说明买盘没有完全消失，但当前更像防守而不是进攻。真正值得观察的是宏观数据出来以后，BTC还能不能保持相对强势。
美国就业数据、地缘局势和美债收益率都可能造成短时间大幅波动。
BTC现在守的不是64000，而是在等宏观市场给方向。#联储鹰派信号升温，弱就业能否压过通胀？ $GRVT — 10x Volume vs. Cap Coin: Opportunity or Trap?
There is a number that makes any trader stop: $GRVT trades $316 million per day, while the capitalization is only 32 million — the volume/mcap ratio is almost 10 times. In short, this entire "company" is bought and sold over and over again 10 times a day. It is not a sign of stability, but of extremely hot speculative waves.
The price is currently $0.28, up 12.5% in 7 days, about 38% away from the historical peak of $0.454. Funding rate futures are slightly positive (+0.023%) — meaning that the long side has to pay the holding fee, the market is slightly tilted towards the buys. But with this kind of volatility, a 10-15% sweep is common.
Two perspectives: bulls say that $GRVT is a derivatives exchange story with real products, huge volume = speculative money is pouring in, and if it holds above the support zone of $0.274, the next rally is possible. The bears point to one number: a capitalization of 32 million and a volume of 316 million — this type of structure usually ends in a sharp decline when the hot money flows recede, and 38% below the top indicates that the top buyers are still waiting to exit.
In my opinion, with a coin volume of 10 times the capitalization, don't ask "will it go up", but ask "am I fast enough to exit". This type of coin is only suitable for people who set a stop loss every centimeter — not suitable for holding for a long time.
As for you, which side are you on with $GRVT — believe in the derivatives exchange story, or just watch the airwaves?
#FedHawksVsWeakJobs #存储股财报后下挫, is the AI memory bull market still stable?
Deposit stocks have been falling for two consecutive days.
Western Digital and SanDisk both had solid financial reports, with revenue exceeding expectations, EPS exceeding expectations, and even approved 10 billion yuan in buybacks. But once the guidance was released, it immediately hit 12% in after-hours trading. The market's current pricing logic for storage stocks is simple—good earnings are expected, and only if the guidance continues to push upward will the price increase.
This incident spread even harder in Asian trading. KOSPI plunged heavily due to semiconductors, SK Hynix crashed pre-market trading, and Samsung came under pressure. The group of retail investors in Korea who made money on chip stocks through leveraged ETFs have given back quite a bit this time.
What truly deserves attention is NVIDIA's move—it is evaluating the reduction of some Rubin Ultra memory configurations to cope with tight high-end HBM supply. The AI chip leader is actively downgrading configurations, indicating that HBM supply is indeed tight to a certain extent.
For the crypto community, the significance of this signal is that if HBM supply tightens and AI chip shipments continue to restrict, expectations for storage price increases will be diluted. If computing power costs see marginal improvement, it would be good news for miners and AI computing projects. But in the short term, adjustments in storage stocks will suppress sentiment in tech stocks and indirectly drag down risk appetite in the crypto market.
The fundamentals of storage demand remain, but the problem is that market expectations are moving too fast. Once earnings season is over, what should come back will still come back.
$BICO $SNDK $BTC #存储股财报后下挫, is the AI memory bull market still stable? Two "explosive" financial reports have led to a sharp drop in stock prices—the core contradiction is that the valuation logic of the AI storage sector has shifted from "earnings deliveries" to "consistently exceeding expectations." Current financial reports only prove the past; disappointing guidance has become the trigger for a pullback.
📊 Financial Highlights: Historic growth
Both companies' revenue and profits far exceeded expectations:
Western Digital (WDC): Q4 revenue of $3.75 billion (YoY +44%), adjusted EPS of $3.56 (YoY +109%).
· SanDisk (SNDK): Q4 revenue $8.97 billion (+372% year-over-year), adjusted EPS 0.29). Data center revenue surged 1298% year-over-year**.
📉 The root cause of the crash: the "expectation gap" under high expectations
After soaring about 200% and 469% respectively within the year, the market's threshold for "surprise" is extremely high.
· Guidance "Not Surprising Enough": SanDisk's next quarter revenue guidance is $10.55 billion, below the expected $10.8 billion; Western Digital's guidance also lags behind the strong outlook from rival Seagate Technology.
· Gross margin "peaks at high levels": SanDisk's Q4 gross margin was 84.6%, but next quarter's guidance is only 83%-85%; Western Digital's 55%-56% is also lower than Seagate's 57%+.
🌍 Chain reaction: Collective weakness from US stocks to the Asia-Pacific region
Pessimism spread rapidly: SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics plunged in pre-market trading in the Asia-Pacific market, with Kioxia down over 10%; US storage stocks like Micron and Seagate also came under collective pressure.
⚖️ Future divergence: Gold trap or cycle top?
· Bullish (long-term optimism): Citi believes low inventory and insufficient capacity; China Asset Management believes AI demand is highly sustained; Mizuho raises target price to bet on supply-demand imbalance.
· Bearish (Beware of Peak): Morgan Stanley warns memory contract prices may peak in Q4; Renqiao Private Fund believes the industry's period of extreme profits will inevitably be short-lived.
In summary, the market is not denying long-term demand for AI storage, but rather correcting short-term overvaluations, entering a testing period to see if high expectations can be sustained.$SKHY $SAMSUNG Analysis of South Korea's stock market in early trading on August 7
1. Index Chart
KOSPI surged in the morning session but continued to plunge, now turning negative, with the decline widening to a 0.6%-1.4% range. Foreign investors covered slightly at the open but then sold large amounts again; The ChiNext KOSDAQ also weakened, with over 70% of the market's stocks declining.
2. Sector Differentiation
Storage chips are under pressure across the board, with SK Hynix plunging over 4%, Samsung Electronics slightly turning positive; Secondary batteries and biopharmaceuticals are among the few sectors resilient to declines, while cyclical weights such as automotive and heavy industries have also corrected accordingly.
3. Core Market Logic
After yesterday's sharp drop, technical recovery efforts have exhausted, and overnight negative news in the US storage sector continues to weigh down the tech sector; The market is watching the US nonfarm payroll data in the evening, with funds reducing positions early to avoid risks, and on-market leveraged positions are being consolidated to unwind, amplifying the decline.
4. Short-term forecasting
6200 points is the key intraday support. The storage sector shows no signs of stabilization yet, and funds continue to rotate into low-level defense sectors. The index needs signals from foreign capital to return or semiconductors to stop falling for the index to stop falling.Bull markets are easy to get carried away, while bear markets are better for calm reflection.
In past crypto bull markets, the biggest opportunities often arose from the restructuring of the "new financial gateway"—whoever caught that traffic was at the forefront.
In 2013, BTC trading demand gave rise to Mt.Gox;
In 2017, the ICO boom propelled the rise of Binance, Huobi, and OKEx;
In 2021, demand for derivatives and institutional trading drove FTX's rapid expansion;
After 2024, the wave of ETFs and compliance has put Coinbase and Robinhood on a new stage.
In the next cycle, I believe the core theme will shift from trading crypto assets to trading all assets.
Traditional financial assets such as stocks, ETFs, funds, and bonds are moving on-chain. Future competition will not be just about who has lower fees and more coins, but who can become the unified gateway connecting global users with on-chain finance and traditional finance.
24×/7 trading, global liquidity, and on-chain settlement may become the next wave of financial infrastructure revolution. The opportunity for next-generation trading platforms is just beginning $BTC Has SanDisk already emerged from its downward channel? Looking ahead, the market will continue to fluctuate upward. #SanDisk's earnings report both beat expectations, with an additional $14 billion in buyback authorization Storage stocks played the "earnings beat expectations, stock price crashes" game again
Let's start with SanDisk. Earnings revenue was 8.97 billion, beating the market expectation of 8.48 billion, and they also approved a 14 billion buyback authorization, totaling 15.5 billion in buybacks. Western Digital's revenue was 3.747 billion, also exceeding expectations. Normally, with such results in previous years, the stock price would have taken off directly, right? But SanDisk fell 15% after hours, and Western Digital dropped 11%.
The reason is just one: the next quarter guidance midpoint is 10.55 billion, while Wall Street wanted 11.16 billion. A 600 million shortfall caused the stock price to collapse 15%. The key is that both companies have risen three to four times or more this year, and institutional holders have huge unrealized gains. Once the earnings report came out, even if it was just "not more than expected," they treated it as bad news to sell off.
#存储股财报后下挫，AI内存牛市还稳吗？
Now look at SpaceX. With a 100 billion unlock, 911 million shares can be sold. The market previously unanimously shouted "it's going to crash," but it actually rose 6%, closing at 114.92. But looking closely, on Wednesday it dropped 14%, already having a round of sell-off. Whether it has truly bottomed or is a dead cat bounce, no one can say for sure.
#财报观察员：解禁后反涨，SpaceX后续怎么看？
Then there's the Federal Reserve. ADP small nonfarm payrolls were 44,000, market expectation was 75,000, hitting a six-month low. But despite weak employment, the market's pricing of rate hike expectations is not so easily loosened because multiple Fed officials continue to emphasize high inflation risks and that they can't be led by single-month employment data.
#联储鹰派信号升温，弱就业能否压过通胀？
Putting these three things together, the logic is very clear: good companies do not equal good stocks, good performance does not equal stock price increase. SanDisk's performance was good enough, right? A 600 million guidance shortfall caused a drop; SpaceX's 100 billion unlock was scary enough, right? But it rose; employment data was weak enough, right? Yet rate hike expectations still haven't fully retreated.
Is this super cycle of storage over? No one can give a conclusion—institutions argue more fiercely than anyone, both bulls and bears agree the performance is good, but the disagreement is how long this "good" can last.
$SPCX ——$SNDK ——$BTC The CLARITY Act narrative has flipped—and the market hasn't fully adjusted. 🔄
Just months ago, traders priced passage at nearly 80%. Every regulatory post sounded like the same easy bullish take, with altcoins treating it as a done deal. Now? Odds sit closer to 30%. The bill isn't dead, but treating it as a formality is dangerous. The real question isn't whether crypto gets clarity—it's which sectors win if it passes, and which suffer if it slips to 2027. 📉
RWA: 30% — The clearest upside 🏦
This is where the tokenization thesis gets its strongest tailwind. $ONDO sits at the center of institutional asset tokenization, $QNT connects TradFi rails to on-chain infrastructure, and $LINK anchors verified off-chain data. If the bill passes, RWA captures the most significant capital-unlock narrative. If it stalls, tokenization still happens—but more of it remains trapped inside traditional systems.
Layer-1s: 25% — Less dependent ⛓️
$NEAR, $ICP, $ALGO, $SUI, and $TON benefit from clearer network-token pathways, but these aren't pure CLARITY trades. They move on usage, developer activity, and ecosystem liquidity. Regulatory certainty helps—it doesn't define them.
AI: 20% — Ambiguity remains 🤖
$TAO and $RENDER sound compelling under a digital commodity framework, but classification isn't automatic. The market wants a clean AI narrative; the legal path is murkier than the headline suggests.
Privacy: 10% — Double-edged sword 🕵️
$ZEC and $ZANO might finally get "clarity"—but that could mean stricter AML scrutiny, not freedom. For privacy tokens, clarity isn't automatically bullish.
Payments/DeFi: 15% — The middle ground 💳
$XLM benefits from improving stablecoin treatment, while $HYPE watches DeFi rules remain unresolved.Two recent official studies offer a more pragmatic picture of AI employment:
Google ATLAS analyzed 15 million anonymous interactions: AI covers 68% of jobs, but typical jobs are used for only about 21% of tasks, and less than 10% are fully automated.
OpenAI's study of over 800,000 job posts found that 43.5% of job-specific requests crossed the boundaries of the original position.
The signal is clear: at this stage, AI is more like a "job expansion tool" than a "one-click replacement." What is truly lacking are people who can verify results and reorganize processes.
#人工智能 #AI应用 #未来工作Overseas Macroeconomics & Policies (Impacting Global Stock, Bond, and Crypto Markets)
1. US Legislators Propose "Data Center Rights Act" to Curb AI Infrastructure Expansion
The rapid expansion of AI computing power and data centers in the US has caused pressure on electricity consumption and land use. This bill aims to regulate the disorderly construction of AI data centers, which will constrain the AI industry chain including Nvidia and cloud providers, suppressing short-term AI capital expenditure expectations.
2. Fed's Waller: Considering September Rate Hike if Inflation Remains Strong
- Core Signal: Expectations for rate cuts are completely dismissed, shifting to discussions of another rate hike. If upcoming US CPI inflation data rises, a rate hike in September is possible.
- Market Impact: US Treasury yields rise, the dollar strengthens; global growth stocks, tech stocks, and crypto assets come under pressure.
3. Japan's Stablecoin JPYC Completes $38 Million Series B Additional Financing
Japan is accelerating its layout in the compliant stablecoin sector. JPYC, pegged to the yen, is a mainstream compliant stablecoin in Japan, representing continued entry of traditional Asian financial capital into the crypto sector.
4. Alphabet (Google's Parent Company) Plans to Issue Up to $25 Billion in Bonds
Google is raising large-scale debt financing for AI business capital expenditures. While large-scale bond issuance increases company debt, it also indicates Google's continued investment in AI computing power. After the announcement, Alphabet's stock price in the US market pulled back. #SanDisk earnings beat expectations, adding $14 billion buyback authorization #Circle bets on Arc after earnings, can USDC see new growth? #EarningsObserver: Mixed results, lock-up expiration approaching! What’s next for SpaceX? $SNDK $SOL Dropped to 72 again? What happened to the former king?
Seeing $SOL fall back to $72, honestly, I was already a bit numb.
Back then, it reached a peak of $295.9, but now it's down to around $72.8, down 57% over the past year—three-quarters from its peak.
Strangely, the Solana chain hasn't cooled down.
In July, on-chain RWA grew to $3.73 billion, with payment scenarios covering over 330,000 merchants and block capacity increasing by 66%. ETFs are not completely unbought; SOL and HYPE once accounted for most ETF trading volume beyond BTC and ETH.
On-chain operations are busy, but the token price is still lying low.
Previously, the most powerful three-tier story of SOL was high-speed public blockchains, the Meme craze, and ETF expectations. Now that ETFs have been implemented and meme hype is no longer as crazy as at its peak, after the positive news has shifted from imagination to reality, capital is actually less willing to offer high valuations.
Plus, with limited market volume, conservative money buys BTC, institutions lean toward ETH, and daring funds chase new coins. SOL is caught in the middle, with solid fundamentals but lacking a new story that can immediately bring capital in.
In the short term, first look at $70–72.
If it holds here and recovers $75, there will be a chance to reach $78; If $70 is also broken down, there is a high chance it will test the area below $69 again. Before it holds above $75, I won't assume it has bottomed out just because it has "fallen a lot."
However, personally, I think it's not that SOL projects aren't working; it's that good projects haven't yet yielded good prices, so time will have to come#内存卖方市场延续，韩股能否迎来反转？
内存卖方市场确实还在，2027年产能都提前订完了。二季度DRAM和NAND合约价都涨了百分之六七十。但这轮韩股能不能反转，跟基本面关系不大，跟筹码结构关系更大。
先看数据。KOSPI从6月峰值到7月底跌了大概33%，市值蒸发2万亿美元，外资单月撤了130亿。SK海力士从高点下来跌了35%，三星跌了23%。上周五反弹了一天，SK海力士涨30%、三星涨26%，然后这周又跌回去了。今天开盘又跌了1.8%。
涨一天跌三天，这不是基本面在驱动，是杠杆在清算。韩国散户之前用杠杆ETF和融资融券把存储股推到了极致，7月那一波强制平仓直接把盘面砸穿了。韩国政府出手限制杠杆ETF，现金门槛从1000万韩元提到3000万，杠杆产品成交量已经缩了九成。
那反转靠什么？一是杠杆出清完，二是基本面重新被定价。高盛判断最猛烈的去杠杆阶段已经过去，KOSPI 12个月目标12000点，意味着还有差不多90%的上行空间。大摩也上调韩国股票到“增持”。逻辑很简单：2027年HBM产能基本售罄，SK海力士HBM均价还有将近翻倍空间，当前3.5倍市盈率隐含的悲观程度，跟2008年金融危机时差不多。
当前最像2020年3月——疫情冲击导致流动性危机，基本面没崩，但筹码先崩了。随后花了大概两个月把底部夯实，然后开启了一轮持续上涨。
反弹会有，但要真反转，需要看到韩国杠杆彻底出清、外资持续回流、以及HBM产能确实按预期释放。我倾向于认为，最猛烈的下跌已经过去了，但底部需要时间磨。这个位置我不会一把梭，但会开始慢慢接一些。反转不是一根阳线的事，是筹码换手充分之后的事。$$SKHY $HOME's up 76% a week—but the real question is: who's holding the bag?
There's a truth that few people say when they see a coin skyrocket: the faster the price rises, the easier it is for the final buyer to grab it. $HOME has just risen 75.9% in 7 days, but if you look further, 30 days it is still negative 38%, and 87.6% away from the historical peak.
Specific context: the price is at $0.00928, the capitalization is only ~$39.5 million, but the 24-hour trading volume is 70 million — almost 1.8 times the entire capitalization. When the volume is greater than the market cap in this way, it is usually not sustainable cash flows, but short-term speculative waves. The intraday range speaks for itself: the price swept from 0.0086 to 0.0109, which is more than 21% in just 24 hours.
Two perspectives: the buyers say that huge volume = there is real money pouring in, and the correction in the last 1 hour (-0.6%) is just a break before continuing. The resellers point out that every small coin that rises 70%+ in a week has the same ending: profit-taking comes, and those who buy the peak will wait a long time to break even. The long-term trend of $HOME is still a deep decline from the peak.
In my opinion, with a capitalization of less than 50 million and a half times the market cap, the probability of a sharp correction is much higher than the probability of further growth — but the meme market never predicts anything.
And you, where do you think $HOME are in the cycle—in the middle of a bullish wave or already at the end of the party?
#FedHawksVsWeakJobs The most unusual thing about BTC these past two days is not its volatility around $64,000.
But even though money has come in, it still refuses to rise.
From August 3 to 5, US spot BTC ETFs saw net inflows for three consecutive days, totaling about $626 million. IBIT alone absorbed nearly $480 million.
At this level of spot capital, in the previous market, 65,000 would have been pushed past long ago.
But now BTC is still around 64,300, touched the 24-hour high to 64,980, then pushed back down. The funding rate is still slightly positive, contract bulls are still paying money, but the price hasn't rewarded them.
This is quite interesting.
Many people directly interpret ETF inflows as bullish signals, but I don't quite agree.
ETF inflows only show that someone is willing to allocate to BTC.
But whether it can rise depends on whether the market is willing to revalue risk assets.
Right now, two things are pressing down outside:
On one hand, the Fed's interest rate path is becoming increasingly hard to predict, and the volatility of bonds and the dollar has not truly quieted down;
On the other hand, the CLARITY Act is still being dragged out, and the regulatory certainty the market originally hoped for has not been implemented on time.
So BTC isn't lacking buying interest; rather, buying is hedging against macro uncertainty.
Next, I will look at only two results:
If ETFs continue to flow in, BTC can regain and hold above 65,000, and funding rates haven't suddenly surged, then it indicates spot buying is starting to take over the price.
Conversely, if ETFs continue to flow in while BTC falls below 64,144 while the funding rate remains positive, it indicates that bulls are once again paying for macro risk.
Don't rush to draw conclusions about this sideways movement.
When funds come in but prices can't be pushed, it's often not the end of the story, but rather the market forcing everyone to first calculate the uncertainty.
$BTC $DOGE
一、核心传导逻辑：非农如何影响狗狗币
狗狗币属于高 Beta meme 山寨币，行情完全依附比特币整体加密市场流动性，非农通过美联储利率预期传导价格：
非农超预期强劲（新增就业高、薪资走高）：就业过热→通胀反弹→美联储降息推迟、维持高利率→美元走强、美债收益率上行→风险资产集体抛售，DOGE 跌幅会大于 BTC；
非农不及预期（就业疲软、下行）：就业走弱→降息预期升温→美元走弱、流动性宽松预期→资金涌入加密市场，DOGE 弹性更强，涨幅远超比特币；
非农符合市场预期：宏观方向无变化，盘面以震荡磨盘、等待新催化为主。
前置 ADP 小非农数据（8 月初）已经大幅低于预期，市场提前定价 “就业走弱”，是非农前盘面震荡的核心前置诱因。
二、非农前夕（8 月 3 日–8 月 7 日）狗狗币盘面现状
1. 价格与涨跌表现
当前价格：0.068 美元附近，24 小时跌幅约 1.7%，周线累计下跌 2%，8 月仅 1 根阳线，开启连续 4 日阴跌走势；
阶段走势：7 月末反弹结束后进入提前避险下跌，属于典型重大宏观数据前的降杠杆、减仓避险行情；
相对强弱：比特币同期小幅下行，DOGE 跌幅大于 BTC，体现山寨币在避险周期的弱势特征。
2. 技术面关键信号（偏空头结构）
小时线死亡交叉成型：50 周期均线下穿 200 周期均线，短期技术趋势转空，抛压持续释放；
关键价位：
第一支撑：0.068 美元（当前现价，短期强弱分水岭）；
强支撑：0.065 美元（前期低点，破位将打开更深下行空间）；
短期压力：0.071、0.074 美元；
指标极值：月度 RSI 跌至 13 年历史低位，超卖严重，意味着利空落地后极易出现报复性超跌反弹，但非农落地前超卖只会限制下跌空间，难以反转趋势。
3. 链上与筹码结构（多空分化）
巨鲸逆势吸筹：单日大户累计买入 17 亿枚 DOGE（约 1.19 亿美元），在价格下跌过程中现货底部布局，博弈非农利好后的流动性反弹行情；
散户与杠杆资金：合约多头主动减仓，短线杠杆多头逐步平仓规避非农黑天鹅，盘面成交量持续萎缩，属于典型 “消息前缩量震荡”；
现货市场无大规模恐慌抛盘，下跌以杠杆盘止损踩踏为主。
三、非农前行情三大核心驱动因素
1. 宏观避险前置定价（主导行情）
市场在 ADP 就业数据爆冷后，没有直接拉升，反而选择 “买预期、卖事实” 提前兑现一部分降息利好，同时防范非农数据意外走强的黑天鹅，资金整体收缩风险敞口，meme 币狗狗币首当其冲被减仓。
2. 比特币大盘牵引
比特币未能站稳 99000 美元关键压力位，承压回落，整个加密市场情绪转淡，无独立利好的狗狗币无法走出独立行情，完全跟随大盘走弱。
3. 无币种自身利好加持
马斯克社交发声、DOGE 生态、支付落地等催化剂全部空白，狗狗币完全依靠宏观流动性炒作，在宏观不确定性下没有基本面支撑抵抗抛压。
四、三种非农落地情景对 DOGE 的行情推演
情景 1：非农大幅低于预期（利好）
表现：美联储降息预期直接飙升，BTC 快速拉升，DOGE 凭借高弹性短线暴涨 5%–8%，快速修复 0.074 压力位；
交易特征：空头集中爆仓，超卖 RSI 修复，巨鲸低位筹码获利兑现。
情景 2：非农大幅高于预期（利空）
表现：美元暴力拉升，加密市场全线跳水，DOGE 跌破 0.068 支撑，下探 0.065 甚至前期低点，杠杆多单连环爆仓，短期走加速下跌。
情景 3：非农贴合市场预期（中性）
表现：宏观预期无变化，DOGE 维持 0.065–0.071 区间窄幅震荡，回归存量资金博弈，依靠大盘情绪小幅波动，无单边行情。
五、非农前夕实操注意事项
严禁重仓合约：非农前后 15 分钟插针、多空双杀是常态，狗狗币波动幅度远大于主流币，极易触发爆仓；
现货思路：超卖区间不适合割肉，若非农利空深跌属于左侧分批布局机会；利好冲高不追高；
核心观察锚点：不要只看非农数值，重点看薪资同比数据（薪资决定美联储对通胀的判断，比新增就业影响更强）。#存储股财报后下挫, is the AI memory bull market stable? Recently, storage giants such as SanDisk, SK Hynix, and Samsung have all delivered earnings reports with soaring profits. SanDisk's revenue increased 372% year-on-year, and Samsung's net profit soared 18 times. However, after the reports were released, stock prices plunged collectively, mainly due to divergent pricing logic, with the AI storage bull market showing clear structural divergence.
There are three main reasons for the decline: First, market expectations are overdrawn early, with previous stock prices fully priced in the HBM price increase dividends, and companies' next quarter earnings guidance only "meets targets" and cannot exceed expectations, so funds choose to take profits; Second, high prices are unsustainable. Currently, the industry's ultra-high gross margins rely entirely on chip price hikes, causing smartphone and PC terminal manufacturers to resist high-priced purchases, and the price increases for general storage have narrowed significantly; Third, capital concerns about capacity release pressure, with major manufacturers continuously expanding capacity and domestic storage capacity catching up, leading the market to forecast a loosening supply-demand pattern after 2027.
But there's no need to completely dismiss the AI memory market—the sector is clearly strong and weak. High-end HBM memory remains the core support, cloud vendors have locked in long-term contracts for 2-3 years of capacity, AI server demand continues to expand, and institutions generally predict the HBM shortage will last at least until the end of 2027. Meanwhile, conventional NAND flash and consumer DRAM are weak.
In summary, the overall sector bull market has entered a phase of oscillating adjustment, with a broad rally ending and the subsequent trend expected to be highly differentiated, focusing only on high-barrier AI storage sectors such as HBM.
Risk Warning: This content is for market perspective sharing only and does not constitute any investment advice $BTC $ETH $SNDK 最近看空半导体的兄弟，可以留意一个变化。
可以参考一下4号写的帖子
前天 $XSNDK 财报后先被砸，走势跟 $XAMD 很像。
最近市场的主流剧本就是：不管业绩好不好，财报出来先卖再说。
但 $SNDK 昨晚已经V回了一半。
但是 $AAOI ，财报后同样被按了，结果没多久就直接拉了回来，现在夜盘又回到昨晚高点。
这说明市场情绪可能正在变化：
以前是利好没人信，现在是砸下来开始有人接。
我目前依然积极看多半导体，不过也不会因为一根拉升就无脑追。接下来主要看半导体会不会跟上，且把之前出财报砸的坑给填上
最弱的市场，是利多利空都没人接；开始有人接了，剧本可能就要变了。 🌩️ $BTC It's as quiet as a living room before a storm: trading volume has shrunk to -89%. Yesterday, the small star BICO lost 12% in one hour, but when these two signals come together, I actually feel like someone is secretly setting up a position.
The shadow of the Senate CLARITY bill vote this week still lingers, but the market no longer treats it as news—BTC fell only 0.39% in 24 hours, stuck at 64,300, like someone pretending to sleep.
Looking at money: funding climbed from +0.0011% to +0.0020%, OI 105,700 BTC not dropped but actually increased, while Fear & Greed 29 is still stuck in the fear zone. To put it plainly: scared as they are, they haven't withdrawn a single long position and are still obediently paying their fees.
What does this mean for BTC/ETH? Extreme volume shrinkage + slightly positive fee rates are a typical "compression to the extreme" pattern—not a bottom or top, but a pre-shake of a market reversal. Whoever can't hold back first sets the price.
Here's something you can take: Volume (-89%) + Fees rise instead of falling + OI not leaving = Funds are holding back direction, not exiting. In this environment, most breakout single traps are made. The correct approach is to wait for volume volume confirmation before following or buying volatility. By the way, OKX tokenized stock XSOXL +4% in one day, XSPCX +4%—money hasn't left the crypto circle, it's a new table, BTC is asleep, and stock tokens are rising.
Which one do you bet on this round? A: First fake break below 64,000 to lure bears, then pull B. Can't hold back and push upward C. Grind until the bill comes out. Brothers, type the letters in the comments, I think the bulls and bears will compare.
$BTC $XSOXL #代币化股票 #缩量行情 #OKX星球 #BTC行情 #资金流向 #波动率
Crypto assets carry high risk. This article does not constitute investment advice and reflects purely personal opinions.Japanese regulations have started to tighten again.
This time, Japanese regulators have required crypto trading platforms to further strengthen withdrawal reviews and monitor fund flows, focusing on abnormal withdrawals, cross-border transfers, and suspicious wallet addresses, with the aim of anti-money laundering (AML) and combating telecom fraud and illegal fund flows.
Many people see "tightening withdrawals" as bad news.
On the contrary, I feel that what really affects is the trading experience, not BTC itself.
In the short term:
• Large withdrawal reviews may be stricter, and the time required to receive funds may be longer.
• Transfers between some high-risk addresses and anonymous wallets will continue to strengthen scrutiny.
But for the entire crypto community, I believe the impact is limited.
Japan has always been one of the most regulated markets globally, and every time regulation is strengthened, the core goal is to improve compliance, not to prohibit trading.
In the long run, this actually makes it easier to attract institutional funds into the market.
My viewpoint:
$BTC. $ETH Short-term trends will not change because of this news.
What truly affects the market are still Federal Reserve policy, ETF capital flows, and dollar liquidity.
If you trade in Japan, it is recommended to do so in the near term:
✅ Don't wait until you need urgent funds to withdraw.
✅ Try to use wallets and accounts that match real-name authentication.
✅ Large funds should be planned in advance to avoid disrupting transaction rhythm due to approval.
Increasingly strict regulation indicates that this market is maturing.
What truly deserves attention has never been "whether you can withdraw your assets," but rather the increasing number of countries beginning to include crypto assets in formal financial regulatory systems. #存储股财报后下挫, is the AI memory bull market still stable? On 8/6, ETH surged from -1.73σ deep green to +2.03σ deepest red, with the whole network calling for a bullish return. On 8/7, ETH fell directly from +2.03σ back to +0.72σ—the bulls held firm for only one day. Here's the conclusion: don't be fooled by the extreme values of a single day. Yesterday, ETH was +2.03σ, with FOMO across the entire network. Today, ETH is +0.72σ, sentiment has fallen to 1.31σ. What does this indicate? The extreme value of the funding rate is valid for only 1 day. Yesterday, I gave a "bearish" signal at +2.03σ, and today it indeed pulled back. Not because I'm amazing, but because mean reversion is the iron rule. The most extreme today isn't ETH, it's OP. OP reversed to 2.15σ in one day, even stronger than ETH yesterday. But look at the comment section—is anyone talking about OP? No. Because most people's attention was drawn away by ETH. This is the information gap. OKX is working to fix things, but not fully yet. Yesterday, OKX's long-short ratio among major players was 0.32, the lowest in history, indicating an extremely bearish outlook. Today, it rebounded to 0.90, up 181%. But note: 0.90 is still less than 1.0 and remains bearish. Binance Whale at 1.56, still slightly bullish. The degree of cross-office divergence dropped from 1.30 to 0.52, shifting from "strong divergence" to "moderate divergence." The differences are narrowing, but the two major players still haven't reached an agreement. My operation: 80% open position, equal direction confirmation. Yesterday, ETH was +2.03σ, I didn't go long. Today, ETH fell back to +#黄金重返4200美元, why hasn't BTC risen in line with the rise?
Gold has surged past $4,200, continuously hitting new all-time highs. The market is full of talk about safe havens and currency repricing, but Bitcoin has been shaking and not moving upward in tandem. Many insiders wonder why "digital gold" has lost its effectiveness.
Let's get to the essence first: at this stage, the two are fundamentally not the same type of asset.
This round of gold rally is supported by two core factors: First, global central banks continue to make large-scale purchases of gold to allocate long-term reserves, which is a long-term buying move by institutions and will not chase short-term gains or sell-offs; Second, market expectations for Fed rate cuts are warming up, real interest rates have fallen, and non-interest-free assets like gold have directly benefited, while geopolitical turmoil has further amplified safe-haven buying.
In contrast, Bitcoin's trading attributes now lean more toward high-beta risk assets, linked to US tech growth stocks rather than purely safe-haven assets. In risk-averse markets, funds prioritize gold for safe-haven assets, not to rush into Bitcoin. Funds are stratified: during panic, they first use gold to save themselves; only after risk is lifted and liquidity begins to flood will they gamble on Bitcoin's high returns.
Breaking down the current state of market capital rotation:
1. Macro capital choices: safe-haven funds moving to gold; hot money from growth games stays in the US AI sector; There is little fresh incremental liquidity left for the crypto market; Bitcoin ETFs have not seen significant net inflows, lacking external ammunition. Even if gold surges, it cannot directly drive the market upward.
2. Long-term yields on US Treasuries remain high, which is the core shackle suppressing Bitcoin. Gold can withstand high interest rate impacts through central bank support, but Bitcoin is more sensitive to liquidity. With long-term yields persisting, institutions are unlikely to heavily increase risk assets.
3. "Digital gold" is not a pseudo-concept, but it has applicable scenarios. Only when a crisis of fiat currency system credit collapse occurs does Bitcoin show independent hedging behavior; During ordinary geopolitical conflicts and interest rate games, Bitcoin tends to fluctuate more in line with risk appetite, often showing divergence such as gold rising, Bitcoin holding steady, or even falling.
The latter two scenario simulations:
Scenario 1: Gold continues to strengthen afterwards, BTC lags behind, catching up
We need to see a clear decline in long-term US Treasury yields, the Fed's rate cut expectations coming true, compressing the upside potential for US stocks, and causing capital to flow out of stocks, which will rotate into the crypto market. Gold leads first, followed by Bitcoin, indicating a liquidity recovery phase.
Scenario 2: Gold bulls alone, Bitcoin continues to consolidate sideways and bottom rubbing
If long-term interest rates remain high, U.S. stocks will continue to absorb the vast majority of incremental funds from the market. Even if gold hits new highs, Bitcoin will find it difficult to break out of a standalone rally and continue to fluctuate within a range to digest chips.
Here are two practical reminders for everyone:
(1) Don't simply use the surge in gold as a signal to go long on Bitcoin. The correlation between the two has weakened and cannot be used directly as a trading basis. Focus on three core indicators: US Treasury yields, US risk appetite, and Bitcoin ETF fund flows.
(2) The strength of gold signals rising global uncertainty, which is actually a warning signal for risk assets. Do not blindly chase Bitcoin highs; prioritize controlling positions in volatile markets and avoid aggressive gambling.
Summary: Gold above $4,200 is mostly driven by risk aversion + central bank allocation; For Bitcoin to start a rally, relying solely on risk aversion stories is not enough; substantial liquidity easing is needed to ignite the momentum. The divergence between the two is precisely the most genuine capital attitude in the current market.BTC recorded 58 mentions in one hour, showing whether the popularity and tone are aligned
Putting price aside, the BTC community data itself already shows two different clues.
OKX Onchain OS recorded 58 mentions of BTC in one hour at 08:00 on August 7 (China time), including 53 times on X and 5 times in news; The total volume in 24 hours was 1,325.
After conversion, the latest hour is 1.05 times the hourly average for the long window, which is about 5% higher than the 24-hour average. This ratio only answers whether there is a heated discussion, not whether buying interest has increased. If you write it directly as a breakout signal, you go a step further by inferences that the data does not support.
The tone structure is another line. Within one hour, 33% are slightly bullish, 22% bearish, and about 45% neutral, which is considered "slightly bullish outweighs the advantage"; Within 24 hours, it is 37% slightly bullish and 20% bearish. The gap between short-term and long-term windows is the part worth tracking next.
In terms of sources, BTC is currently mainly driven by X. When a message is widely shared, mentions quickly increase, but independent information may not increase year-over-year. The trending list cannot tell us whether each text comes from different participants, nor is it weighted by account influence or fund size.
Long window sources can be used as background: BTC has 1,161 times in 24 hours, with 164 news events. If the source ratio in one hour suddenly deviates sharply, it may mean new news broke out on a certain channel first, or news updates just haven't caught up yet. Both explanations are reasonable, so we still need to wait for the original announcement or the next round of source distribution confirmation.
I would treat bullish and bearish as a thermometer under the same ruler, not as precise voting. There is a lot of neutral content; usually, everyone is just watching and hasn't reached a consensus yet; If the bearish bias increases, it could also mean more risk discussions, but it doesn't mean every poster has truly established a bearish position.
The next step is to see whether spot trading volume has expanded, whether perpetual contract funding rates and open interest are moving in the same direction, and whether liquidations have occurred in a concentrated manner. These three sets of data answer real trading participation and leverage structure, and cannot be replaced by community mention volume. If there are macro or industry events, the official original text should be verified directly.
How do you know this time you were wrong? If the next round of BTC mentions returns to near the average and the gap between bullish and bearish will narrow, this change will likely be just short-term noise. Conversely, with two consecutive rounds of increased speed, expanded news sources, and increased spot and derivatives transactions, it seems more like the main market theme is taking shape.
You also need to keep intraday differences. Early Asian sessions, US trading sessions, and communities near major announcements are inherently different; A single 1.05x is not suitable for annualization, nor should it be used for hard comparisons with raw counts from another platform. Consecutive snapshots are more useful than a single beautiful number.
So I first recorded BTC as "discussion slightly accelerated, short-window tone slightly favored." The official ranking stopped here; there was no proof that funds were betting on the same direction. If the next round improves both source diversity and market transactions, it might not be too late to raise confidence in judgment.#存储股财报后下挫, is the AI memory bull market still stable?
This round of surreal trading in the storage sector saw both SanDisk and Western Digital report data exceed expectations, profits exploded, and they even issued billions in buybacks, only to see a collective sell-off after hours. SanDisk plunged 7% after hours, while Western Digital dropped over 11%. Not only US stocks, but Korean stocks like SK Hynix and Samsung were also dragged down, and the AI storage sector is now showing market divisions.
Many insiders don't understand: the performance is clearly very good, so why is the capital rushing in? The core isn't that demand has completely disappeared; it's that expectations have outperformed fundamentals.
Memory stocks have surged dramatically this year, with SanDisk's stock rising over 460% at its peak this year, and its stock price has already factored in the price increases and AI demand expected for several quarters in advance. The financial report was impressive at the time, but the guidance for next quarter failed to meet Wall Street's "dream expectations." The price increase slope slowed significantly, gross margins hit a ceiling, and consumer demand for mobile phone and PC storage remained weak. Relying solely on the AI data center business to support the market, profit-takers cashed out on the positive news and fled.
Here are two real-life scenarios. Let's break them down objectively:
Scenario 1: The AI memory bull market has not completely ended, but has only entered the validation phase
HBM, as a necessity for AI computing power, GPUs for large models rely on high-speed storage, and long-term order contracts with cloud vendors are still there, but the medium- to long-term supply-demand gap still exists. This wave of decline is more about cutting valuations than demand. As long as major companies don't drastically cut capital orders, the core of AI storage will remain. It's just that it won't skyrocket like before, and in the future, we'll have to rely on solid earnings to absorb high stock prices.
Scenario 2: The supercycle has peaked; be alert to the risk of backlash from the cycle
Currently, manufacturers' profits heavily depend on rising chip prices, not shipment increases. Once companies expand production and supply rises, downstream cloud customers can't withstand high prices and start cutting prices, causing storage prices to turn downward and causing profits to shrink rapidly. Moreover, persistently weak consumer demand will further amplify cyclical volatility risks.
Focus on the transmission logic of the crypto market.
Storage is a barometer for AI growth assets, and its sharp fluctuations can affect overall risk appetite.
1. If storage stocks continue to fall, it means the market is beginning to reprice AI forward returns, putting pressure on global growth risk assets, and Bitcoin will be dragged down by sentiment;
2. If it is just a round of valuation correction and subsequent earnings continue to deliver orders, stabilizing the AI sector, Bitcoin will also gain support from risk appetite.
Here are two practical reminders:
(1) Don't jump straight to the bottom and store related stocks just because of a sharp drop. The bullish and bearish battle is intense right now, so monitor future HBM orders and chip price data. Don't bet on the market sentiment bottom;
(2) On the Bitcoin side, focus on the overall sentiment in the U.S. tech sector. The continued collapse of the storage sector is a risk signal to be wary of, so don't overlook cross-market interactions.
In summary: the AI memory bull market is not a complete failure, but it has already moved beyond the stage of winning with eyes closed. Next comes the real-world performance verification phase, with a very low margin for error, so risk control must be prioritized.Last night, the main focus of the US stock market
Last night wasn't panic sell-off; it was more like oil prices suddenly hit the brakes.
Brent crude rose 3.8%, and the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield climbed to 4.67%. Oil prices pushed up inflation expectations, and interest rates weighed on valuations, causing the three major U.S. stock indices to close slightly lower. However, the VIX actually declined, indicating that funds have not fully withdrawn but are simply choosing a new direction.
Market divergence was very direct: the energy sector led the gains, while high-valuation and interest-sensitive sectors came under pressure. $SPCX Rising 6.1% after unlocking over 911 million shares indicates that unlocking is only potential selling, not immediate market shares.
Today, the main focus is on oil prices and US Treasury yields. If both keep rising, tech stocks will still struggle; If they fall in tandem, last night's adjustment feels more like a post-rally digestion, not a sudden downturn.Breaking News! Interpretation: In July, US ADP private employment increased by only 44,000, below the market expectation of 75,000, and marks the slowest increase in six months. The analysis is as follows:
The market is currently entering an extremely contradictory "soft landing expectation correction period." Although the Fed has recently sent hawkish signals emphasizing sticky inflation, weak employment data is becoming the core driver overwhelming inflation concerns.
1. The "breaking point" effect in the job market: If the unemployment rate breaks through 4.3% (Sam rule warning line), the market will shift its focus from "whether inflation will fall" to "whether a recession is coming." The current recession fear caused by weak employment will force the Fed to adopt defensive rate cuts at its September decision.
2. Shifting liquidity pricing power: Inflation is no longer the market's "black swan," while weak employment is a "gray rhino." Once employment confirmation weakens, U.S. Treasury yields will decline. Although risk aversion may cause $BTC volatility in the short term, it is a major positive for asset pricing and valuation recovery in the medium to long term.
3. Conclusion: Weak employment will overpower inflation and become the core of market trading. Currently, the market is undergoing a "painful deleveraging" to lay the groundwork for a subsequent liquidity shift.
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Today's High-Volatility Coins Ranking (Top 20)
Data statistics are as of August 7, 2026.
1.$BICO: Current price 0.0236 USDT, 24-hour fluctuation 42.15%. Triggered by news of major protocol restructuring, an extreme pulse has occurred.
2.$HYPE: Current price is 57.70 USDT, with a 24-hour amplitude of 35.80%. The Hyperliquid ecosystem has exploded, with trading volume unusually sampling and fierce competition among major funds.
3.$AEON: Current price 0.0617 USDT, 24-hour volatility 28.92%. During the price discovery phase after the new coin's listing, there is a large amount of short-term speculative activity.
4.$GRVT: Current price 0.3255 USDT, 24-hour amplitude 25.40%. OKX core trading pair, highly concentrated liquidity causing high-frequency oscillations.
5.$xSNDK: Current price is 1,242.5 USDT, with a 24-hour volatility of 22.10%. Today's leading coin experienced panic chain liquidations.
6.$PEPE: Current price 0.0000082 USDT, 24h amplitude 18.75%. Leading meme sector, with significant leverage multiples following market fluctuations.
7.$NEAR: Current price is 4.12 USDT, with a 24-hour amplitude of 16.30%. AI sector capital rotation, driven by macro data, a deep V rebound.
8.$WIF: Current price is 1.54 USDT, with a 24-hour fluctuation of 15.90%. Solana ecosystem speculation hotspot, short covering triggers a sharp rally.
9.$SOL: Current price 73.92 USDT, 24-hour amplitude 14.20%. Driven by institutional ETP inflows and market pullback squeezing, a two-way game.
10.$TAO: Current price 284.15 USDT, 24-hour amplitude 13.55%. The high beta nature of the machine learning track makes it sensitive to macro fluctuations.
11.$ONDO: Current price is 1.14 USDT, with a 24-hour amplitude of 12.80%. The RWA sector is also rising in volatility, influenced by expectations of falling US Treasury yields.
12.$FET: Current price is 1.35 USDT, with a 24-hour fluctuation of 12.45%. ASI's merged hashrate network tokens, with obvious signs of main funds shaking out.
13.$xSPCX: Current price is 114.6 USDT, with a 24-hour amplitude of 11.90%. Rapid decline caused by profit-taking at high levels.
14.$ORDI: Current price 28.45 USDT, 24-hour amplitude 11.20%. Asymmetric fluctuations caused by liquidity depletion in the inscription sector.
15.$SUI: Current price 1.05 USDT, 24-hour volatility 10.85%. Near-miss selling and taking on the token unlock period leading to the game.
16.$AR: Current price 19.35 USDT, 24h amplitude 10.40%. Valuation rebound due to AO network progress exceeding expectations.
17.$JUP: Current price 0.78 USDT, 24-hour amplitude 10.15%. The surge in DEX aggregator trading volume has driven sharp price volatility.
18.$TIA: Current price is 4.95 USDT, with a 24-hour amplitude of 9.80%. The modular sector is affected by Ethereum liquidity outflows, seeking new support levels.
19.$BTC: Current price 64,367.9 USDT, 24-hour amplitude 9.65%. The moment the macroeconomic data was released, there was a "two-way clearing" market.
20.$ETH: Current price is 1,914.5 USDT, with a 24-hour amplitude of 9.40%. Weak volatility amid continued ETF outflows.
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In-depth analysis
*Shift in volatility nature: Today's high-volatility coins are mainly concentrated in L2 infrastructure and AI computing power sectors. Unlike previous "sentiment-driven volatility" driven by meme coins, today's volatility in $HYPE and $BICO is supported by significant on-chain real income.
*Leverage Liquidation Map: During $BTC's 9.65% volatility, sitewide long liquidations mainly occurred in the 61,800 range, while short positions were concentrated at 65,600. High-volatility coins (such as $PEPE) had amplitudes about twice that of $BTC, indicating that leveraged speculation remains active.
*Strategy advice: The Fed's hawkish remarks are usually "verbal interventions," and actual operations still depend on employment data. It is recommended to use the liquidity premium during $USDT inflows and pay attention to phased accumulation opportunities on pullbacks in $HYPE and $SOL. Guard against the risk of $BTC testing a second bottom at the 65,000 resistance level.
#联储鹰派信号升温, can weak employment outpace inflation? 1. Fed Rate Hike Probability Scenario: The Game Under the "Tight Balance" of Macro Liquidity CME data shows a 55% probability of a 25 basis point rate hike in September, reflecting the market's weighing between "inflation resistance" and "economic resilience": - Rate hike logic: If inflation (such as core PCE and rent) remains stubborn, the Fed needs to curb demand through rate hikes; However, the "resilience" of U.S. economic data (such as employment and consumption) also gives room for rate hikes. - Market impact: Expectations of rate hikes will strengthen the dollar, putting pressure on risk assets (such as cryptocurrencies and US stocks)—funds may flow from high-risk areas to dollar assets or safe-haven assets (such as US Treasuries). However, the "55% probability" also means significant market divergence; if inflation/employment data exceed expectations, the pace of rate hikes may be adjusted again. 2. CLARITY Act: A Key Step in Crypto Regulation "From Chaos to Clarity" Tim Scott pushed for the bill's vote, essentially as the U.S. attempts to dominate the power to set crypto regulatory rules: - On the positive side: Clarifying the responsibilities of the SEC and CFTC can reduce regulatory arbitrage (such as tokens being arbitrarily classified as "securities" or "commodities"), provide certainty for compliance institutions (such as exchanges and asset management companies), and benefit the industry's "formalization" in the long run, even attracting traditional financial capital to enter. - Points of contention: Consumer protection (such as retail investment risks), regulatory authority divisions (historical conflicts between SEC and CFTC), market risks (such as stablecoin runs), which may lead to the bill being passed at a "discount" or trigger short-term industry pains (e.g., some projects face compliance costs).Next, $BTC is indeed set to fluctuate upward. Without major negative news from nonfarm payrolls, the weekly chart should close higher this week.
1. ETF capital flows back and accelerating (the strongest support)
In the past 7 days, ETF net inflows have reached 660 million, directly reversing the 30-day trend of 760 million net outflows. Yesterday saw another 30 million net inflow in a single day, indicating institutions have shifted from selling to buying, which is the strongest confidence for the rebound.
2. Of course, the most crucial thing is tonight's nonfarm payroll + inflation data: employment and inflation were released intensively today (as of the report not yet released). Weak → rate cut expectations rose→ risk assets rose; Strong → USD/yields hit the top.
The Clarity Act was already expected not to pass in August, so its failure should not cause major fluctuations.
3. Macro remains the ceiling: Fed interest rates remain at 3.50–3.75%, but expectations for a rate hike in September are heating up and US Treasury yields are high, pushing the ceiling down. The cooling of Middle East/Hormuz negotiations is a small positive sign. Prices above 66,000 yuan will not hold if volume does not increase.
4. Emotional fear but not collapse: Fear and greed index is 26 (fear), the 30-day low was 19, but it hasn't reached extreme panic yet.$BICO 在长期沉寂后出现一轮急速拉升，价格脱离了过去数月的底部区间，成交量同步放大。
从现货端观察，换手率在短时间内显著抬升，说明此前压缩在低位的筹码正在经历一次集中易手。这种放量通常意味着有新的资金主动承接了早期套牢盘释放出来的抛压。
驱动层面，账户抽象和无Gas交易体验这条叙事线最近重新获得市场讨论热度。Biconomy作为这一赛道的老牌基础设施，在估值被压到历史低位之后，恰好进入了资金寻找错配标的的视野。
放量拉升与叙事回暖之间的关系可以这样理解：赛道关注度回升降低了资金介入的犹豫成本，而前期充分换手又提供了相对干净的筹码结构，两者叠加才让价格弹性变得异常大。
如果接下来现货买盘能够在回踩时持续承接，成交量不出现断崖式萎缩，那么这轮重新定价有可能向更高的估值区间延伸。关键观察点是回调幅度是否守住本轮放量启动的密集成交区。
反过来，急涨之后获利盘压力已经客观存在。一旦成交量快速回落到拉升前的水平，同时价格跌破放量起点，就意味着这轮资金介入更接近短期事件驱动而非中期重估，追高仓位将面临明显的流动性退潮风险。
让当前判断失效的信号很明确：如果账户抽象赛道的讨论热度在未来一周内迅速降温，而BICO现货成交量同步回归低迷，那么这次拉升大概率只是一次流动性脉冲。
未来几天最值得盯的一个变量，是现货日成交量能否稳定在拉升前均值的两倍以上。
#Circle财报后押注Arc，USDC能否迎来新增长？ #Uniswap进军发射台，UNI能否打开新叙事？ #俄罗斯加密监管法9月生效，交易与支付边界明确Walsh himself deliberately downplays forward-looking guidance, emphasizing a firm commitment to data-driven and price stability, making the policy path more uncertain and making hawkish voices more amplified.
Core Contradiction: Balancing under dual missions
The Fed's dual mission requires balancing "maximum employment" with "price stability." The current situation is a typical "weak employment + high inflation" stress test.
The reason for the prevailing hawkish logic is that inflation has been far from target for too long (over five years), and expectations are anchored to rising risks. After taking office, Wash made it clear that "there is no soft or implicit above the 2% target," and emphasized that the committee will "unequivocally and consistently" achieve price stability.
The July dissenting vote showed that a significant proportion of officials believed current rates were insufficient to curb inflation. If core inflation rebounds again, or if employment cools only mildly rather than significantly, rate hikes remain on the table. Market pricing in a rate hike at the September meeting once rose to the 50%-60% range.
Room for weak employment to play a role: Employment has clearly slowed from the strong rebound in early 2026, with declining participation and stagnant hiring in some industries, indicating cooling demand. If the nonfarm payrolls remain weak in July (especially as unemployment rebounds or wage growth slows further), it will strengthen the argument for "insufficient economic momentum," increase the probability of "holding on for a longer period," and even delay discussions on rate hikes. Historically, when employment risks rise rapidly, the Fed tends to stabilize employment first, even when inflation remains elevated (such as during some soft landing attempts).
However, whether weak employment can truly "beat" inflation depends crucially on the degree and duration of the cooling. Currently, employment is more of a "cooling balance" rather than a collapse: unemployment remains low, layoffs are limited, and wage growth roughly aligns with the 2% inflation target. The policy framework during the Walsh era emphasizes price stability first and removes previously accommodative language, meaning a single weak employment data is unlikely to immediately reverse the hawkish tone.
A more likely path is for weak employment to reduce the probability of near-term rate hikes and extend the "wait-and-see" window, but if inflation data heats up again, hawks will once again dominate.
Today's July nonfarm payroll is a key milestone. If the price falls significantly short of expectations (for example, below $60,000–70,000), the market may quickly lower the odds for a September rate hike, putting pressure on the dollar and US Treasury yields, and giving risk assets some breather. If the price meets or exceeds expectations, hawkish signals will be further strengthened. Going forward, attention will be needed on next week's and upcoming CPI/PCE data, as well as speeches by Walsh and other officials.
Overall, the Fed is in a "data dependence + internal divergence" phase. The rising hawkish signals are real, reflecting caution about the persistence of inflation; Weak employment provides a hedge to prevent excessive policy tightening. Weak employment can short-term reduce the urgency for rate hikes, but it is difficult to outpace the firm commitment to inflation targets alone—unless employment data shows a clearer deterioration trend or inflation experiences a more sustained decline.
For investors, this means the interest rate path remains highly uncertain and volatility may increase. The bond market's tug-of-war between pricing "higher and longer" versus "ultimately still needing easing" will continue to dominate the near-term trading theme. Under Wash's administration, the Fed is using less language and more data to test the market's true confidence in price stability. #Fed hawkish signals heat up: Can weak employment outpace inflation?