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The Trump family earned nearly $1.2 billion from cryptocurrency last year. Behind this figure lies a series of carefully packaged deals of power and money. Who is footing the bill for these deals? And who is truly benefiting from them? 1. Justin Sun: The $75 million "investment pledge" Less than three weeks after Trump won the election, before the White House doors officially opened to him, Justin Sun's money had already arrived. Justin Sun, the cryptocurrency billionaire who was then being sued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), invested $30 million in the Trump family's crypto project, then added another $45 million, totaling $75 million. Such a large sum could buy a decent company, but what Sun bought was not shares in the Trump family company—no dividends, no profit sharing, and initially no freedom to resell. What he truly gained was mainly the right to participate in project voting. Meanwhile, the Trump family received real cash. According to the project's public documents, after deducting agreed fees and reserves, the Trump family’s affiliated company could take 75% of the token sales revenue. In other words, whether the token price rises or not is unknown, but the Trump family could immediately monetize this income. At the same time, Justin Sun transformed into an advisor for Trump's token project, and the SEC charges against him quietly disappeared. The same person who was a defendant in U.S. regulatory filings became one of the key clients in the presidential family's business. Subsequently, the SEC suspended its case against Justin Sun $SPCX closed at 142.23 on Monday, down 1.02%. The intraday high reached 145.23 but couldn't hold. Volume was 52.81 million shares, still not good compared to a while ago—the price is rising but volume can't keep up, an old problem. Closed at 141.50 last Friday.
The biggest news these two days is the AI data center team restructuring. Facilities in Tennessee and Mississippi had reliability issues; some sites have been without backup cooling and power for months, a hidden risk left from rushing capacity expansion. SpaceX moved veterans from rockets and Starlink to rescue the situation, aiming to reach 2GW computing power by the end of the year. AI revenue hit 2.6 billion in Q2, up from only 737 million last year. Meanwhile, Musk announced he is manufacturing gas turbine blades himself to solve the "invisible bottleneck" of power shortages in AI data centers. The news caused a 1.6% rise on Monday.
What to watch next: Starship's 14th test flight may happen in mid-September, targeting the first orbit insertion. If successful, it would be a qualitative leap for the entire valuation logic. Wall Street's 35 analysts have an average target price of 219. Morgan Stanley reiterated 300, Bernstein 248, JPMorgan 240. But some see a low of 117.
My personal view: short-term oscillation between 135-145. AI data center issues are not fully resolved, a 57% chance of a rate hike in September is not friendly to tech stocks, and Starship's outcome is uncertain. But the long-term logic remains intact; the AI + space story is still ongoing. I haven't changed my position, waiting for Starship to land before making moves.
# Capital continues to flow in — even as the market adjusts
BTC nearly +924 million, ETH +824 million, SOL +154 million, XRP +110 million; this pace indicates the adjustment is not a withdrawal of funds but more like a portfolio rebalancing. In the last week of August, spot crypto ETFs still saw over 2 billion USD inflow overall; although BTC retraced to 77K–78K, the institutional channel remains intact. After a net outflow of about 201.9 million on 8/28, it reversed to a net inflow of about 216.7 million on 9/1, showing quick resilience. ETH, SOL, and XRP are also simultaneously attracting capital, with allocation funds and ecosystem narrative funds both seeking positions.
Prices are fluctuating, but on-chain and ETF levels have not signaled panic. In the short term, of course, keep an eye on US bonds, the dollar, and employment data, as volatility will be amplified; but as long as the ETF channel remains positive, deep corrections look more like shakeouts rather than trend reversals. Structurally, BTC is expected to find support near 77K, ETH depends on whether spot/ETF demand can continue to hold, and SOL and XRP will follow risk appetite.
Don’t get misled by intraday spikes; as long as funds haven’t exited, the underlying trend is still intact. Stay light and wait for confirmation; don’t chase rallies or sell in panic.
#就业数据密集公布，沃什政策立场受检验 #财报观察员：博通与戴尔接棒，AI回报再受检验 #Employment data released intensively, Wash's policy stance under scrutiny
ISM Manufacturing PMI below expectations but still in expansion territory, Fed remains reluctant to move
The just-released data shows the US August ISM Manufacturing PMI recorded 54.6, below the market expectation of 55.2 and down 1 point from July's 55.6.
How to interpret this data?
54.6 means manufacturing is still expanding (above 50 is expansion), but the pace of expansion is indeed slowing. April 52.7 → May 54.0 → June 53.3 → July 55.6 → August 54.6, the overall trend is "still growing, but the strength fluctuates."
What does this mean for Fed policy?
Lower than expected and previous value does weaken the necessity for further tightening, but 54.6 itself is not low enough to justify a quick shift to easing. Wash just hawked at Jackson Hole, saying inflation is still above 2% and financial conditions are not yet restrictive; this data can only be considered "less hawkish," but not "dovish" enough.
Impact on $BTC?
After the data release, BTC hovered around 77,200 with little movement. The real market focus is Friday's nonfarm payroll data, which is the key factor deciding whether to raise rates in September. PMI data at most reduces some market worries but won't change the direction.
Manufacturing is still expanding, just not as strongly as before. The real verdict is on Friday. Oil prices return to $90, US-Iran clash again, but the real trouble may not be crude oil.
It's:
Inflation trades are back.
Latest close:
Brent crude $94.65, +4.6%
WTI crude $90.22, +5.2%
US and Iran have resumed military attacks, and supply risks in the Strait of Hormuz are heating up again.
In short:
One of the world's most important oil routes is unstable again, and the market must reprice the "supply cut risk."
What's more troubling is that two supertankers carrying Saudi crude were recently attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, indicating the risk is no longer just a verbal threat.
This is not simply "war bearish" for BTC.
The real transmission chain is:
Oil price rises
→ Inflation expectations heat up again
→ US Treasury yields rise
→ Fed finds it harder to pivot dovish
→ Valuations of risk assets like BTC and tech stocks come under pressure.
When oil prices rose on September 1, the US 10-year yield rose simultaneously, and the Nasdaq fell about 1%, showing the market has begun repricing rate risk.
So the key going forward is not whether oil prices hold above 90.
But to watch two scenarios:
Scenario A:
US-Iran conflict escalates, Strait of Hormuz remains restricted, Brent continues to challenge $95–100.
Then the market may reprice "high oil prices + high inflation + higher rates," which is somewhat suppressive for BTC.
Scenario B:
Military conflict cools down again, Strait transport clearly recovers, oil prices quickly fall back below $90.
Then this round looks more like a geopolitical risk premium rather than a new energy conThe first week of every bull market always starts with a violent surge, making it impossible for most people to get in. It was like this in 2023 and also in 2019.
But the real chip filtering never happens with the first big weekly green candle; it’s the subsequent grinding sideways consolidation. The historical rhythm is very similar: first a sharp rally to confirm sentiment, then several weeks or even one to two months of chaotic oscillation, with altcoins and on-chain local hotspots rotating, while the main trend seems to be playing dead. Many people get shaken out during this phase by stop-hunting, handing over low positions, only to chase at higher prices when the next breakout comes.
This round with BTC, ETH, and SOL hasn’t deviated from this pattern. BTC is tangled at highs with gold and macro interest rate expectations, ETH is supported by ETF and on-chain staking narratives, SOL is propped up by ecosystem and meme/infrastructure capital rotation, but all are still digesting previous gains in the short term. The weekly structure isn’t broken; it’s just shifted from “blindly rising” to a phase of “watching chips and liquidity.”
My own approach: keep core base positions steady, trade small positions along with hotspots and volatility, no leverage or forced directional bets. The most costly thing in a bull market isn’t the pullback, it’s impatience. Wait for the shakeout to finish, and the trend will speak for itself.
#就业数据密集公布，沃什政策立场受检验 #BTC高位震荡，与黄金联动增强 What BTC finds most frustrating right now is not falling or rising, but that no one knows what it really wants to do next.
The market is grinding between 77,000 and 79,000. When it rises, ETF and futures bulls start talking about a reversal; when it falls, panic posts flood the screen. Yet after the wicks sweep, it still comes back. The short term fears this kind of "volatility without direction" the most, as leverage and sentiment get twisted back and forth.
But the grinding phase is often when information is repriced. Currently, macro factors like employment data and interest rate expectations weigh down, while on-chain and ETF funds have not formed a one-sided consensus, so BTC seems to be waiting for a catalyst. Neither bulls nor bears have truly conceded: the bulls focus on accumulating spot and holding long-term positions, the bears watch the dollar, U.S. bonds, and options hedges. No one dares to strike hard because a strong move can easily be counterattacked.
This sideways movement is not meaningless; it is exhausting the patience of those chasing rallies and sell-offs, and also filtering positions. The real breakout will either wait for liquidity or policy expectations to improve and funds to flow back; or for data to be tough and the dollar to remain strong, forcing floating chips out.
I don’t care much about a few hundred points moving back and forth intraday; I pay more attention to volume and spot attitude accompanying a range breakout. Without signals, don’t guess forcibly—save your bullets and wait for the market to reveal its hand. #就业数据密集公布，沃什政策立场受检验 #BTC高位震荡，与黄金联动增强 $BTC Total market cap is $2.62 trillion, down 3.84% in 24 hours; $BTC fell 1.95% to 77,321, $ETH dropped 2.41% to 2,416. The overall market decline is nearly twice that of the leaders, with altcoins bleeding separately, and BTC dominance hitting 59.07%.
External factor in Japan: The central bank governor ruled out further rate hikes, 5-year government bond yields rose to 2.275%, and the first to be cleared are always small caps without cash flow.
Unseen readings in the contract market: The most positive rates are all tokenized stocks and gold miners, GDX +0.18%, BABA +0.10%; the most negative are all old altcoins, ACE -0.67%, $TRX -0.18%. Bulls pay to hold shares, bears pay to short coins. $OP turnover is 61.67%, price moved only -0.08%.
In the next one to two weeks, if BTC dominance holds above 59%, the rebound will belong only to $BTC; if it falls below 58% and the overall market decline narrows to within 1.2 times that of BTC, that will be a signal for altcoins to recover. Views on the bull market
In the future, the gap between bull and bear markets will become smaller and smaller. For example, this bear market only dropped about 50%, so the bull market is destined not to multiply much, and expectations should be appropriately lowered.
Past bull and bear markets were driven by emotions, either excessive optimism or excessive pessimism. Future bull markets will be driven by capital, with Bitcoin ETFs and corporate treasuries dominating market fluctuations, and retail investors playing a smaller and smaller role.
The crypto market will mature like the US Nasdaq stock market, where only a few leading companies can sustain growth. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? $BTC $ETH $SOL The crypto market experienced intense volatility again in the early hours, with both Bitcoin and Ethereum losing key psychological support levels. Data shows Bitcoin fell below $77,000, down about 2.4% in 24 hours; Ethereum dipped below $2,400, down about 2.9%. This round of decline is not an isolated event but the result of multiple macro pressures releasing simultaneously overnight.
From the news perspective, the Federal Reserve Chair's hawkish remarks have clearly heightened market expectations for a rate hike in September, putting risk assets under immediate pressure. Meanwhile, signs of escalation in military conflict between the U.S. and Iran have emerged, causing oil prices to surge and Brent crude to return above $90, quickly spreading risk-off sentiment across global markets. The combination of these two forces directly lowered risk appetite.
Many investors wonder why sharp crashes always happen at midnight, which is closely related to the crypto market’s 24/7 continuous trading feature. When traditional markets like U.S. stocks are closed, liquidity significantly thins, and any sudden news is amplified, causing especially volatile price swings. This is the structural reason why sharp rises and falls often occur overnight.
In the short term, macro disturbances are still brewing, and market sentiment remains cautious. Investors are advised to closely monitor employment data trends and geopolitical developments, and manage positions prudently. Risk warning: Digital asset prices are highly volatile; the above content does not constitute investment advice. Please make decisions carefully based on your own risk tolerance. $BTC $ETHSuffered a -524% loss hit by $XAU gold, confused, I went to check and found out there's such a thing:
War usually benefits gold, but this time the market logic has a crucial change — the "inflation and interest rate hike expectations" brought by war temporarily outweigh the safe-haven demand.
Simply put:
1. War pushes up oil prices, but rising oil prices don't necessarily benefit gold
This time the Hormuz situation is tense, oil tankers attacked, crude oil surged.
The market immediately worries:
War → Oil price rise → Inflation rise → Fed may be more hawkish, even raise rates
And gold itself has no interest. As long as US Treasury yields rise and the dollar strengthens, funds will feel the opportunity cost of holding gold increases, so they sell gold.
2. Gold's biggest enemy now is not war, but "high interest rates"
Yesterday gold fell more than 2%, once dropping to about $4342. Reports show that rising US Treasury yields and a stronger dollar, combined with gold breaking key technical levels triggering technical selling, further amplified the decline.
So the current market logic is:
War benefits gold ❌
More accurately:
War → Safe-haven sentiment → Benefits gold
But at the same time
War → Oil price rise → Inflation → Rate hike expectations → Dollar/US Treasury yields rise → Negative for gold
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#BTC高位震荡，与黄金联动增强
#贝森特拟放宽银行信贷，高利率压力待解 At the end of the last cycle, I was not optimistic about $SOL. I still vividly remember a piece of data from back then: in November 2021, the price of SOL was $250, with a market cap of $73B; by September 2025, the price of SOL was still $250, but the market cap had risen to $135B. That's an outrageous inflation rate.
At the end of August, the SOL community just passed a proposal, which in short means: inflation will be acceleratedly reduced, starting from the first half of 2029, the annual inflation rate will become 1.5% and remain stable thereafter.
This round, I have started to be bullish on SOL, with a personal long-term target above $400. When a downtrend channel runs for a long time and the breakout volume significantly increases, the price rise could reach 1.5 to 2 times the height of the channel.
At the same time, I started a live trading account for SOL options, sharing the daily process of "picking small fish." SOL is the meme capital; if you don't have time to sit idle and no lottery luck, use options to catch some alpha.In the early morning, the US-Iran situation escalated again, and market risk sentiment cooled instantly. After the US launched a new round of strikes on Iran-related targets, Iran also sent a tough signal, and the market immediately began to reprice the Middle East situation. The most direct reaction was: $BTC briefly fell below $77,000, $ETH briefly fell below $2,400, and highly volatile assets like $XRP came under pressure simultaneously. This decline is not just the crypto market's own problem. Crude oil is the bigger variable. The latest news shows that the escalation of the US-Iran conflict has renewed market concerns about shipping risks in the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude oil surged sharply, with the latest settlement price reaching $94.65 per barrel, up about 4.6% for the day; WTI reached $90.22 per barrel. After oil prices surged back to $90, the market's biggest concern was not just the war itself, but rather: rising energy prices→ renewed inflationary pressures→ Fed rate cut expectations affecting → risk assets under pressure. So this rapid BTC pullback is actually a typical example of "geopolitical risk + inflation expectations + risk aversion" appearing simultaneously. My position was directly taught 🤣 by the market this time. But this actually illustrates another truth: making a single short-term misjudgment is not scary; what's truly scary is one mistake that disrupts the entire account's rhythm. The market never follows a script. Being able to accept small trial and error and maintain enough risk margin is actually more important than demanding yourself to guess the right direction every time. Next, I will pay more attentionBesent hasn't been idle during this G20, simultaneously pressuring Japan to raise interest rates while relaxing banking regulations, handling both fronts.
Externally, at the G20 finance ministers' meeting, on August 30th he met with the Governor of the Bank of Japan, and on the 31st with the Finance Minister, directly stating that Japan should raise interest rates next. Even more aggressively, he said, "I have information the market doesn't," which immediately boosted expectations for a Bank of Japan rate hike in September. The yen is now hovering around the 160 mark, having previously fallen below it; after his remarks, the yen surged. Interestingly, the Japanese Finance Minister later downplayed the discussion, saying monetary policy wasn't discussed, while the U.S. side said it was—both sides have different accounts.
Domestically, he also signaled a relaxation of banking regulations. How exactly? By including the Federal Reserve's discount window lending capacity in liquidity rules, which could release $500 billion to $1 trillion in lending capacity. An additional $2.5 trillion in credit space has already been created, and capital requirements for small banks are also being lowered.
Looking at these two together: high interest rates are being pressed too hard; externally, stabilizing the exchange rate by pressuring Japan to raise rates to prevent yen collapse; internally, loosening credit so small businesses can get loans. In short, it's a way to bypass the Fed to ease conditions—not cutting rates but loosening regulations to release liquidity.
The market wasn't calm last night; news of the US-Iran conflict caused all three to be hit. Key levels: $XAU Gold near 4320, with strong support at 4290; $BTC hovering around 77000, if 76000 breaks, look to 75000; $ETH grinding near 2410, if 2380 breaks, look to 2350.
ADP at 8:15 tonight, data is dense this week, volatility won't be small. What do you all think? Why did Robinhood Chain (RH) suddenly become popular? Many people think it's a speculative craze, but the logic should be the opposite: the narrative brought speculation, not speculation driving the narrative. RH has recently risen rapidly, but if you only understand it as just another popular new chain, it's easy to misread the direction. What is more worth studying is that Robinhood is doing something the crypto industry has long wanted to do but traditional finance has rarely truly engaged in — that is, directly moving financial products like stocks, ETFs, stablecoins, lending, etc., onto a set of open chain infrastructure. RH officially launched its mainnet on July 1, with a very clear core positioning at the time: an L2 network serving financial products and RWA. In the past, when the industry talked about RWA, the focus was on tokenizing assets like US Treasury bonds and stocks. But what really determines whether this market can grow big is not just how many tokens are issued, but where they are traded and settled after issuance, whether they can enter DeFi, and how different applications can be combined. Robinhood’s approach is clearly a step further; it is not just launching a few stock tokens separately but building a chain specifically to carry these assets while also opening it up to third-party developers. Traditional crypto projects often build the chain first and then try to find users, but Robinhood is exactly the opposite. It already has a huge financial customer base and has been integrating on-chain products into its own system. This means the most important feature of RH is not TPS like Solana’s explosive growth, but traffic inflow In August, Bitcoin rose nearly 25% in a single month, marking one of the strongest monthly performances in recent years. But entering September, the macro environment clearly began to "put pressure" on risk assets. Currently, $BTC is still fluctuating around $77,000 to $79,000, with rising oil prices, strong US Treasury yields, and increased market bets on a Fed rate hike in September, causing short-term resistance for risk assets to increase significantly. The market even once pushed the probability of a September rate hike to about 66%. Meanwhile, Brent crude oil climbed back above $90, and macro trading is once again influencing the crypto market. But what really stands out is — while macro investors are calling for caution, institutional funds have not shown obvious withdrawal. On August 31, US spot BTC ETFs saw net inflows of about $217 million, with BlackRock IBIT attracting about $206 million in a single day, accounting for the majority of BTC ETF net inflows that day. Meanwhile: 🔵 $ETH ETFs maintained net inflows for 11 consecutive trading days; 🟣 $XRP ETFs saw inflows for 10 consecutive trading days; 🟢 $SOL ETFs also maintained positive inflows, with about $925,000 flowing in on the first trading day of the new month. So the current market is actually quite interesting: the macro environment is bearish, but institutional funds have not fully shifted to defensiveness. This is the real contradiction worth watching in September. My watchlist: 🟠 $BTC around $77,000 remains an important short-term defense zone$BTC US-Iran clashes, oil price breaks 90, crypto market bloodbath.
US military airstrikes near the Strait of Hormuz in Iran, Trump warns "a more intense strike is brewing." Iran retaliates by launching ballistic missiles at the US base in Jordan.
CL WTI crude oil soars to $90.22, up 5.2%. BZ Brent surges to $94.65, up 4.6%.
With oil prices soaring, inflation expectations explode. The 10-year US Treasury yield hits 4.79%, the dollar strengthens, and risk assets retreat across the board.
BTC drops to 77,000, down 2.4% in 24 hours, losing the 80,000 level. ETH falls below 2,400, down nearly 3%. The entire network liquidations total $239 million, with longs liquidated at $198 million.
ETF net inflows break a five-day streak, funds start flowing out.
Core logic: oil price → inflation → rate hike expectations. If oil prices don't fall back, risk assets will continue to take hits. This comparison really hits hard. On one side, traditional tech giants are experiencing a "V-shaped recovery" backed by solid orders, while on the other, the crypto market is scared into a "long-short double kill" by any bit of geopolitical news. Just checked the data; over $300 million liquidated in the past 24 hours—this volatility really makes you sweat.
To put it simply for $BTC, the market's "taste" has changed. The Fed is holding tight, and capital is searching for certainty and safety nets. Companies like SanDisk and Nvidia, with earnings, cash flow, and backing from major buyers, naturally serve as safe havens. Once there's any macro disturbance, liquidity in risky assets like Bitcoin withdraws faster than anyone else because for institutions, reducing high-beta assets first is an instinctive reaction.
From a technical perspective for $ETH, BTC slid down from 80k to around 77k where some buying appeared, but confidence at this level is clearly lacking—the on-chain data also shows that recent bottom-fishing short-term chips are turning over aggressively, all betting on an oversold rebound; no one wants to hold long-term. ETH is weaker; after breaking below 2400, the next strong support to watch might be in the 2200-2250 range. The rebound is on low volume, the decline on high volume—a typical weak structure.
The lesson from $SOL this round is straightforward: in a macro environment of tight balance, the market's patience for "stories" is limited, and the hunger for "numbers" is very real. Geopolitical friction is just the fuse; fundamentally, crypto assets need to develop stronger fundamentals and cannot rely solely on halving narratives and ETF expectations.
#CryptoMarketCorrection #LackOfFundamentalSupport On September 1, OKX announced that due to risk control reasons, it would delist its CORE on-chain Earn Coin product and redeem related funds early. Meanwhile, CORE DAO was recently exposed for abnormal validator rewards, Coinbase suspended CORE deposits and withdrawals, further fueling market concerns about supply and project risks. Shutting down Earn Coin≠ CORE was immediately delisted from spot trading, but this is definitely not a signal to ignore. I used to be a die-hard CORE fan; I didn't sell at $6.9, then recovered as it fell, thinking one day it could recover, even fantasizing it could rise to 5–15U. It wasn't until the price repeatedly fell below the issue price that I finally woke up. A single drop below this level can be considered a market downturn; repeated drops can't be explained by "faith" alone. What is most feared now is not how much it will fall in the short term, but the deterioration of liquidity, project fundamentals, and market confidence together. The biggest taboo in investing is not being willing to accept losses and ultimately reducing small losses to zero. Whether CORE can turn things around is up to the market to verify; But you still have to take responsibility for your own principal. ⚠️ Not bearish, just a reminder: don't let "faith" become a reason to trap yourself.BTC failed to hold above the 80,000 mark and is currently oscillating at high levels in the 77,000-78,000 range. Many people focus only on price fluctuations, but the real turning point lies in correlation changes. 📊 First, let's look at the liquidity side: BTC-ETF's nine-day net inflow trend officially ended on August 28, and institutional buying temporarily paused. An interesting contrast emerged: while institutional funds slowed, retail investor market activity surged to a nearly two-year high. The biggest suspense next: after institutions temporarily exit, whether retail investors and spot buyers can withstand selling pressure and stabilize the market is the most direct short-term indicator. 🔗 Now let's look at the more important structural changes: ✅ the linkage between BTC and gold is growing ❌ stronger. The correlation between BTC and Nasdaq continues to weaken. Previously, people assumed BTC was a high-risk tech asset, and when the Nasdaq fell, it would fall accordingly. Now, this old logic is failing. The market has already begun discussing that Bitcoin is moving out of its own independent market, gradually shifting from a "risk speculator" to a "digital gold." Why is this change? Geopolitical conflicts continue to escalate, expectations of Fed rate hikes are resurfacing, and both uncertainties are looming. Funds are making a long-term strategy: reassessing fiat currency credit and treating BTC and gold together as scarce hedge assets. This is not a short-term speculation for a day or two, but a systematic migration of funds. ⚠️ Of course, the underlying logic has changed≠ a unilateral upward trend. Macro turbulence will not disappear; short-term fluctuations and repeated shakeouts remain the norm. Don't let the long term go your wayWhy are $BTC and $ETH starting to decline slowly now? What are the macro factors? Currently, it is mainly due to the combined effects of macro pressure, profit-taking by funds, and leverage cooling down. First, the probability of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates has risen to 65%, which is very high. Second, ETF funds have started to flow out, indicating that institutions are beginning to lock in profits. Third, the rapid and large profit gains by bulls have caused the upward trend to turn into a sideways slow decline. Fourth, why is ETH's drop less obvious than BTC's? The capital efficiency causes ETH to be relatively resistant during the decline. Fifth, leveraged funds are being cleared out, and the current slow decline is gradually consuming market sentiment. My personal view is that this technical adjustment is a consolidation after the rise.The JOLTS report from the night before last doesn't seem to show anything major: 7.3 million job openings, with the BLS describing it as "little change." I'm more concerned about the 278,000 drop in hires.
July hires fell to 5.054 million, with the hiring rate dropping from 3.4% to 3.2%; about 3.1 million voluntary quits, with a quit rate of 1.9%. Meanwhile, June job openings were revised down by 177,000 to 7.2 million. Positions are still posted on hiring pages, but the actual speed of bringing people in has slowed. Professional and business services hiring dropped by 188,000 in a single month, and hiring rates at large companies are also declining.
This set of data supports a cooling in labor demand but is not enough to prove a sudden employment slowdown. JOLTS will be revised; job openings are a month-end stock, while hires are a flow over the entire month, so these two numbers should not be mixed to draw conclusions.
This morning BTC is around $77,300, down about 0.8% in 24 hours. I won't attribute this entire drop to JOLTS; I'll wait for Friday's nonfarm payrolls to complete the picture with employment, unemployment rate, and wages.
Data source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Personal record, not investment advice.
$BTC #就业数据密集公布，沃什政策立场受检验 The conflict between Iran and the United States continues to escalate, directly causing oil prices to rise. Currently, WTI is approaching $90, and Brent is also nearing $95. I completed my additional position yesterday; the next targets are to add more at WTI $91 and Brent $95.
Also, those shorting should definitely pay attention to margin requirements. $110 should be the minimum limit, and $120 is somewhat safer.
Today's decline in the US stock market and $BTC is mainly due to the escalation of the war. The focus now should be on two scenarios: one is Iran opening the Strait of Hormuz to certain countries, which would cause oil prices to fall; the other is the US and Iran resuming negotiations, which would also cause oil prices to fall. The latter is less likely, while the former becomes more probable as oil prices rise.
After all, Hormuz is not only about oil but also about food and fertilizer, and blocking Hormuz affects the entire world, not just the US.$CORE OKX Delists CORE On-Chain Earning Feature
Recently, many users have noticed that OKX has removed the on-chain earning entry for CORE. Many are confused about whether this means the token is being delisted. Here is a brief clarification of the situation and the signals it sends.
First, to be clear: this is not a delisting of CORE spot trading, nor has the deposit and withdrawal channel been closed. On-chain earning is a convenient entry provided by the exchange to help ordinary users participate in on-chain staking and earn rewards with one click. The platform acts as an intermediary channel, and the earnings come from the staking rewards of the public chain itself.
Exchanges regularly conduct risk control assessments on each token's on-chain earning feature. The evaluation criteria include token price volatility, project public opinion, contract security rumors, node stability, user participation risks, and more. Once the platform determines that the risk level has increased, it prioritizes removing high-risk assets from earning products, which is a common risk control practice among leading platforms.
This event sends several signals worth noting. First, the exchange has raised the risk rating for CORE and is no longer willing to provide a traffic entry point to guide users to stake. Second, it will reduce some of the newly added staking chips from the platform channels, which may have a short-term impact on market sentiment. Third, the native staking channels of the public chain remain available; those who want to participate in staking can go directly to the official on-chain channels, though they lose the convenience of one-click operation on the exchange.
A reminder to everyone: do not panic excessively, but also do not completely ignore the signals. Regardless of whether the exchange product is delisted or not, CORE itself experiences significant market volatility, and on-chain staking carries potential risks such as contract issues and penalties. $CORE When it rains, it pours.
CORE has consecutively exposed multiple incidents, with risk signals intensively released. Holders should stop self-deception.
Core DAO officials have confirmed a block reward over-issuance vulnerability, where a few validators can receive excess tokens. The project team can only urgently coordinate a hard fork to fix it.
There is a loophole in the underlying on-chain rules, posing a real risk of additional token issuance. The risk of dilution and value shrinkage of holdings truly exists, and no amount of rhetoric can cover up the fact that the underlying mechanism is flawed.
Exchanges have taken the lead in reacting, suspending on-chain earning of CORE tokens based on risk control. Staked funds will be automatically redeemed and withdrawn before 14:00 on September 2.
Deposit channels have also entered maintenance, temporarily disabling deposits. New capital inflow is blocked short-term, with service expected to resume at 11:00 on September 3.
Reward vulnerabilities, financial product withdrawals, and deposit shutdowns—three events happening in succession. A whole risk chain has formed, making it hard to attribute this purely to coincidence.
Many trapped investors are still comforting themselves that this is just routine maintenance, stubbornly holding positions waiting for a rebound to break even.
The market never pities luck; funds have already fled in advance, and the market has long signaled this.
Looking back at CORE’s journey, temporary protocol adjustments have long been the norm.
After rounds of depletion, the community’s remaining trust is already shattered.
Multiple risks are exposed simultaneously, and the buffer space is shrinking.
Whether you choose to hold on stubbornly or plan to bottom-fish, you must face reality: downside risks still exist, and the window for lucky trial-and-error is closing.The crypto circle is like a kitchen: the cook stirs, the cutter chops, and the watcher monitors the market.
At 3 AM, BTC dipped to 78,300, just 300 points away from wiping out my 77,787 short position. Floating loss over 400 USDT; what’s painful isn’t losing money, but the ETF’s net inflow for 8 consecutive days—2.8 billion USD in real money supporting below, someone is taking the other side.
Bitcoin oscillates around 78,600. Before the nonfarm payrolls, Wash turned hawkish, dropping from 81k to 76k in just two hours. Now the bulls are slowly clawing back; with 2.8 billion USD buying over 8 days, who dares to stubbornly hold shorts? Once it returns to the 77,787 cost, I’ll exit first, letting the short leader rest for a couple of days.
ZEC is even riskier to top out. After the spot ETF launch, capital enthusiasm hasn’t faded; if it drops, someone will grab it. The strong momentum logic is still alive; topping out means going against momentum, which is unnecessary.
CORE, on the other hand, wants to wait for a low. The BTCFi narrative centers on putting idle BTC to work for yield; when Bitcoin sentiment returns, its elasticity is greater than ordinary L1s. Waiting to see if 78,000 holds steady.
The 3 AM candlestick pierced the heart, missing a blowout by 300 points. Survived to come out; closing positions first before anything else.
$BTC $ZEC $CORE
#BTC高位震荡，与黄金联动增强
#就业数据密集公布，沃什政策立场受检验 ETF funds are still flowing in — so why are $BTC and $ETH adjusting?
ETF demand remains strong, but short-term pressure is building. $BTC is around $77.8K, and $ETH is close to $2.45K.
Profit-taking, rising U.S. Treasury yields, higher oil prices, inflation concerns, and increased expectations of Fed rate hikes are weighing on risk assets.
The key point: ETF fund flows show structural demand, while the macro environment, liquidity, and leverage drive short-term volatility. The adjustment does not necessarily mean funds are flowing out of the crypto market. This time, 21 major Wall Street banks are jointly launching a US dollar stablecoin, which I think is much more important than simply issuing a new coin.
Goldman Sachs, Citi, Bank of America, UBS, and others are all involved, planning to launch in 2027.
To put it plainly, in the past, crypto was always thinking about how to get into Wall Street; now Wall Street itself is moving the US dollar onto the blockchain.
This means stablecoins might really transform from "crypto circle tools" into the foundation of global finance.
Moreover, what banks are really after isn’t just earning some fees from issuing a coin; the real value lies in the subsequent payments, settlements, and capital flows.
So I think in the next few years, the sectors of stablecoins, RWA, and cross-border payments might be the real main event.
The good days for USDT and USDC aren’t over yet, but the real competition may just be beginning. In the next 30 days, my outlook for BTC: wide-range oscillation (base case 60%) Alternative scenarios: first a pullback then oscillation (25%) / post-rate decision pulse surge (15%) Core reasons: Current price around 77,300–77,400. After rebounding from about 63,000 to 81,000 in August, it is digesting between 76,400–81,500, the structure remains, but the supply zone is clearly between 81,200–82,800. The events of 9/4 Nonfarm Payrolls, 9/11 CPI, and 9/15–16 FOMC overlap, with a relatively high probability of a rate hike (about 65%–68%), liquidity is tight, which does not support a "no pullback continuation"; meanwhile, the mid-term support after the August breakout has not been broken and it should not be treated as a unilateral bear market. Therefore, the main scenario for the month is a wide-range oscillation between 74,000–82,800, #OKX百万规划师
If you have 1 million U 今天市場最重要的變化是：BTC高位震盪已經持續約12天，這一兩天可能逐漸接近出方向。 大方向仍然沒有改變，依舊把目前行情看作三浪內部的第四浪整理，整理完成後繼續看漲。 BTC｜77K附近，12天震盪接近關鍵階段 BTC目前回調至 77,000附近。這一輪高位調整已經持續約12天，期間反覆上下震盪，因此短線交易難度比較高。 目前的大結構判斷仍然是： 三浪上漲 → 小級別第四浪震盪 → 完成後繼續看漲。 而在12天震盪之後，今天的判斷是這一兩天可能接近出方向。 ⚠️ 短線風險｜支撐不能輕易跌破 BTC小級別目前形成了類似頭肩形態的結構，因此短線不能完全忽略向下風險。 比較理想的情況是目前上方支撐區能夠守住，然後結束震盪向上。如果這個區域被跌破，由於下一個支撐位置相對較遠，向下調整幅度可能進一步擴大。 目前主觀判斷仍然偏向：大概率能在上方區間撐住，但需要保留風險意識。 BTC策略｜提前接只能分批，穩妥就等突破 現在最大的問題不是中期方向，而是在哪裡進場。 目前這一筆回調可以拆成ABC結構，但C浪是否已經結束、會不會繼續向下延長，暫時不能完全確定。 因此今天給出了兩種策略： 提前做多 → 分批Crypto Market Under Pressure from Rising US Treasury Yields: Short-Term Strain and Mid-Term Outlook
Recently, the 10-year US Treasury yield has been steadily climbing, hitting new highs for the phase. As the global asset pricing anchor, its fluctuations directly influence the sentiment and trends of all risk assets.
The market consensus is clear: inflation remains persistently high, making it difficult for the Federal Reserve to ease rates in the short term. Expectations of high interest rates and a relatively tight policy continue to strengthen. The crypto market, being most sensitive to macro interest rates, naturally bears the brunt of this pressure first and most directly.
Many don’t understand the transmission logic, but it’s actually very simple.
Rising risk-free yields on US Treasuries mean that funds placed in bond markets or money market funds can earn stable returns. In contrast, holding non-yielding risk assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum becomes significantly more costly.
This leads to a typical liquidity siphoning:
Institutional funds begin withdrawing from high-volatility sectors and flow back into fixed income markets. The recent large net inflows into global money market funds are the most direct evidence.
This is fully reflected in the market.
Overall trading volume continues to shrink, trading enthusiasm is low, Bitcoin futures basis keeps narrowing, and the momentum of active long positions is visibly declining.
From a short-term perspective over the next 24–72 hours, sentiment and liquidity will continue to dominate the market.
Until interest rate expectations cool down, BTC and ETH are likely to remain in a weak, oscillating pattern, persistently testing key support levels.
If US Treasury yields break above the 4.3% threshold, it will directly trigger a new round of market deleveraging and accelerate market shakeouts.
At that time, the critical supports at BTC 75000 and ETH 2300 will face real pressure tests.
Looking at the mid-term horizon of 1–2 weeks, the logic is clearer:
As long as US Treasury yields have not peaked and started to fall, the crypto market lacks a solid foundation for a meaningful rally.
Without macro easing expectations, all rebounds are merely corrections, and the overall trend will remain weak and oscillatory, repeatedly bottoming out until the Federal Reserve signals a clear dovish stance or inflation data substantially declines.
But there’s no need to be overly pessimistic.
Historically, the peak in US Treasury yields often marks the phase bottom for risk assets.
Every past cycle of rising rates and market valuation cuts has been a digging phase. In the 1–3 months following the confirmation of the rate turning point, Bitcoin’s recovery strength generally outperforms most other assets.
The current decline is a valuation correction driven by reshaped macro expectations, not a collapse of the industry fundamentals.
Therefore, from a mid- to long-term perspective, there’s no need to panic sell now.
The prudent approach is to keep sufficient cash, control leverage, and patiently wait for the interest rate turning point to materialize.
Before the macro environment clarifies, avoiding heavy positions, high-frequency trading, and maintaining controlled exposure while observing is the best trading strategy.
In summary, rising interest rates are fundamentally reshaping global asset pricing logic. The crypto market cannot remain immune in the short term; pressure and oscillation are the norm.
However, every macro reshuffle is a process of filtering quality assets.
Once interest rate expectations stabilize completely, assets with real ecosystems, consensus capital, and value support will surely lead an independent recovery rally.
$BTC $ETH #就业数据密集公布，沃什政策立场受检验 #BTC高位震荡，与黄金联动增强 $XRP This round of rally has a clear contrast. From August 17 to 31, XRP rose from about $0.99 to $1.38, nearly 40%. However, during the same period, total open interest in futures dropped from about 2.77 billion to 2.34 billion, a decrease of about 16%. In other words, while prices are rising, the overall market leverage is actually decreasing. 1. Crypto exchanges reduce leverage, but CME's share rises During the same period, XRP open interest on CME rose from about 284 million to 387 million, an increase of about 36%. CME's share of total XRP futures open interest also rose from about 10% to about 17%. This shows that this rally did not mean all markets were leveraging simultaneously. On the contrary, holdings on crypto-native exchanges are declining, while regulated CME exposure is increasing. 2. The trader structure of XRP may be changing. CME itself is increasingly used by professional trading firms and asset management institutions. Therefore, the rising proportion of CME derivatives at least indicates that XRP derivatives trading is increasingly entering traditional regulated markets. However, this does not directly equate to "institutions are broadly bullish." Because different types of professional funds have different directions; some are going long, while others are still shorting. 3. This round of rally may not be ordinary leverage-driven Previous crypto market rallies often accompanied by exchange leverage expansion. This time, however: XRP price rises → total leverage decreases→ crypto exchange holdings decrease, → CME exposure increases.Geopolitical conflicts combined with interest rate hike expectations create a high-level oscillation and game window
Today, the crypto market surged and then retreated, with BTC repeatedly oscillating between 77500 and 78800, and ETH following the fluctuations synchronously. The market is jointly dominated by three main themes: Middle East geopolitical risks, Federal Reserve rate hike expectations, and leveraged position games.
On the price front, BTC recently returned near 78750, with total market capitalization rebounding to 2.74 trillion, and ETH holding steady around 2473. U.S. stocks closed lower across the board overnight, but August still ended with gains: Dow up 1.4% for the month, S&P about 2.4%, Nasdaq about 3.5%. The stock market and crypto assets showed intraday divergence, with BTC overall showing relative resilience, gaining about 23% in August, outperforming most risk assets. $BTC $ETH ETF MONEY IS STILL FLOWING — SO WHY ARE $BTC AND $ETH CORRECTING?
ETF demand remains constructive, but short-term pressure is building. $BTC is around $77.8K and $ETH near $2.45K.
Profit-taking, rising Treasury yields, higher oil prices, inflation fears, and stronger Fed hike expectations are weighing on risk assets.
The key: ETF flows signal structural demand, while macro, liquidity and leverage drive short-term volatility. A correction doesn’t necessarily mean capital is leaving crypto. Account Position Divergence Radar
Number of participants first express their stance, then positions are verified; when the two metrics are inconsistent, the market is most prone to confusion.
$DOGE shows a bullish reading from both the entire and top accounts, but the top position size is conversely bearish, indicating the two metrics are still in conflict. Price and positions are falling in sync, so this phase is treated as a reduction-driven decline. Until the top position ratio returns above 1, the bullish account advantage remains an incomplete consensus.
$XAU account direction is bullish, while top positions are bearish; the side with more participants is temporarily not the side with heavier top positions. Price fell over 15 minutes while open interest increased, meaning market pressure has not eased with the price drop. If price continues to strengthen but the top position ratio remains below 1, this divergence has not truly closed.
$SUI shows no alignment among the three metrics, indicating market sentiment has not formed a complete consensus. Price drops with position reductions, so risk exposure is contracting and cannot be directly interpreted as new short positions. Currently, only disagreement can be confirmed; trading direction requires a second layer of evidence from positions and price.#就业数据密集公布，沃什政策立场受检验 After the release of the US August ISM Manufacturing PMI, the market did not receive a simple "strong economy" signal, but rather a more complex combination: manufacturing is still expanding, but growth momentum has cooled, while price and supply pressures have not eased in tandem. This is also key to understanding the current performance of the crypto market. PMI remains in expansion territory, but internal divergence has appeared The US August ISM Manufacturing PMI recorded 54.6, lower than July's 55.6, but still in expansion territory for the eighth consecutive month. Looking only at the overall index, this data is not weak; but further examination of the components shows that the quality of manufacturing growth is not as strong as the headline number suggests: The new orders index fell from 56.7 to 53.7, indicating future demand is still growing but at a noticeably slower pace; The production index is 58.3, showing that current production activity remains active; The employment index dropped from 52.8 to 51.2, indicating a weakening in hiring expansion; The backlog of orders fell from 55 to 51.8, meaning the number of pending orders is decreasing; The price index remained at 71.1, with raw material price pressures still prominent; The supplier deliveries index rose to 59.3, representing further lengthening of delivery times. Therefore, a more accurate definition of this PMI is not "economic re-acceleration," but rather "production remains strong, demand marginally cools, and inflationary pressures remain high." This combination is not particularly friendly to risk assets. Why is the economy expanding but the crypto market not rising? As of the morning of September 2, $$SOL Liquidation Market Depth Analysis
SOL's total liquidations in 24 hours reached $22,566,900, with long position liquidations as high as $20,461,200 and short position liquidations only $2,105,700. The scale of long liquidations is nearly ten times that of shorts, with $17,948,400 of long positions forcibly closed within 12 hours. Compared to BTC and ETH data, it is clear that SOL, as a popular public chain token, suffers more severely from speculative leverage. In this round of market leverage cleansing, SOL longs have become the hardest hit.
On a short-term scale, total liquidations in 1 hour are only $30,500, with short liquidations equal to longs, showing a sharp two-way struggle in short-term volatility. The price instantly dipped to wipe out a small number of high-position longs, then quickly rebounded to break through low-position shorts, resulting in both small-leverage longs and shorts being harvested in a short time. Expanding to the 4-hour level, long liquidations of $214,400 still overwhelm short liquidations of $96,900, indicating that the core target of mid-term market damage remains the leveraged longs chasing highs.
The liquidation chart signals below are very clear: during the phase of price surging and then falling, green long liquidation bars burst repeatedly. SOL's retail speculative sentiment has always been the most fervent. When narrative heat rises, many traders recklessly add leverage to chase the rally regardless of price, accumulating massive high-risk long positions in the contract market. Once the uptrend abruptly stops and price reverses downward, many longs consecutively hit the liquidation line, and forced liquidations continuously push prices lower. Liquidations drive the decline, and the decline triggers more liquidations, forming a highly destructive negative feedback spiral.
Compared horizontally with BTC and ETH, SOL's proportion of long liquidations further increases. This fully demonstrates that popular altcoins with smaller market caps have contract leverage bubbles that inflate more exaggeratedly. In a bull market wave, their gains explode far beyond the major market, but when the market reverses and pulls back, the destructive effect of leverage stampedes is also magnified exponentially. Countless contract traders chasing highs have their positions liquidated within a single day, with invested funds vanishing into thin air.
Large-scale long liquidations certainly represent concentrated clearing of high-leverage chasing positions at the top, releasing floating supply and theoretically accumulating momentum for stabilization, but this must never be taken as a bottom-fishing signal. There are still many latent leveraged positions remaining. If the broader market weakens again and breaks down, SOL will face a new round of chained liquidations.
SOL is an emotional amplifier for the altcoin sector; its liquidation data directly reflects the overall speculative heat of small and mid-cap coins. The bloodbath of SOL longs means heavy selling pressure across the entire altcoin sector. In the contract market, leverage is both the ladder to rapid wealth and the guillotine hanging overhead. If the leverage bubble is not fully digested, blindly rushing in to speculate on a reversal is tantamount to courting danger. In a highly volatile market, survival always takes precedence over chasing short-term windfalls.Seeing this account screenshot, I was silent for a long time. As of September 1, 2026, the cumulative loss is ¥8,487.62, and the profit for the past 30 days shows as -¥0.00 — behind this number is the heart-pounding tension throughout August. $BTC $ETH
The just-passed August was the strongest August for Bitcoin since 2017. Bitcoin surged from around $64,000 at the beginning of August to over $81,000, an increase of more than 24%. Ethereum also rebounded from the low of $1,820 on August 1 to $2,535, a monthly gain of about 20%. The whole market was filled with bull market frenzy.
But my account was at a loss.
The reason is simple — I was greedy when I shouldn't have been. From August 19 to 21, Ethereum surged 19% in a single day, breaking through $2,000, and Bitcoin also soared. I was swept up by FOMO and chased the highs. As a result, from August 22 to 23, cryptocurrencies collectively plunged, with 179,200 people liquidating nearly $900 million. Then on August 28, Federal Reserve Chair Powell's hawkish remarks at Jackson Hole pushed the probability of a September rate hike to 60%, ending nine consecutive days of inflows into Bitcoin ETFs and turning into a net outflow of $201.8 million. I was caught in this storm and thrown onto the beach.
Looking back at this loss, the problems lie in three points: first, chasing highs and selling lows — I didn't position ahead when the mid-August rally started, only rushing in after the rise; second, ignoring macro risks — the Fed rate hike expectation soared from 10% a month ago to 60%, geopolitical tensions continued to escalate, and I selectively ignored these signals; third, losing control of position management — still heavily leveraged in an obviously high-leverage environment.
¥8,487.62 bought me a deeply unforgettable lesson. In the crypto market, just looking at candlesticks is not enough; you also have to watch the Fed's mood, the Middle East's gunfire, and ETF capital flows. September is historically the weakest month for Bitcoin, with 8 out of the past 13 Septembers closing with negative returns. The market is always changing; the only things you can control are your own discipline and mindset.
I will keep this loss screenshot forever. Not to wallow in self-pity, but to remind myself: in this market, surviving longer is ten thousand times more important than making quick profits. $ETH Liquidation Market Depth Analysis
ETH saw a total liquidation of $72.7449 million in the past 24 hours, with long liquidations at $59.7021 million and shorts only $13.0428 million. The scale of long liquidations is nearly five times that of shorts. Within 12 hours, $50.9536 million worth of long positions were liquidated, echoing BTC’s trend. This round of market deleveraging dealt a devastating blow to Ethereum longs.
On a short-term 1-hour scale, liquidations totaled $769,600, with short liquidations slightly exceeding longs, indicating a typical volatile spike market. Prices quickly dropped, sweeping out high-leverage long positions, then rebounded sharply, crushing low-level short positions. The futures market saw two-way harvesting; whether long or short, high-leverage positions were easily forced to liquidate repeatedly. The 4-hour data shows $1.7038 million in long liquidations far exceeding shorts, representing that the mid-term dominant force remains the long leverage stampede.
The liquidation bar chart below clearly shows that after the initial surge, towering green bars of long liquidations emerged one after another. In this rally, ETH’s bullish sentiment was more fervent than BTC’s, with many traders optimistic about Ethereum’s narrative, rushing in with leverage to chase gains, accumulating massive high-risk long contracts. Once the upward momentum stalled and prices turned down, many longs triggered forced liquidations consecutively. Market sell-offs from liquidations further pushed prices down, creating a death spiral of “price drops triggering liquidations, which in turn accelerate price drops,” amplifying the retracement.
Comparing BTC data reveals that ETH long liquidations account for a higher proportion of total liquidations. This indicates that the altcoin leader has a stronger speculative nature, with deeper retail leverage participation. When the market reverses, the damage from liquidations is more violent. Many leveraged traders chasing highs saw their account assets sharply shrink or even go to zero within a single day.
Large-scale long liquidations are a double-edged sword. The mass clearing of high-leverage longs means floating supply and risky chasing positions are concentratedly cleared, releasing selling pressure and often fostering a phase of stabilization. However, liquidations should never be equated with a reversal signal. There are still many latent leveraged positions in the market, and if prices break down again, a new round of chained liquidations will follow.
As a market barometer, ETH’s liquidation data reflects the sentiment of the entire altcoin sector. When ETH longs are bloodied, smaller coins face even greater selling pressure. In the futures market, leverage amplifies desire; during the frenzy, everyone dreams of getting rich quick, but at the turning point, it becomes a tool for harvesting. Until the leverage bubble is fully digested, blindly bottom-fishing carries huge risks. Surviving in the market is far more important than one-time speculative profits.$BTC September Market: High-Level Sideways, Defend and Wait for Breakout
After entering September, Bitcoin has been consolidating around $78,000. The US spot BTC ETF, after a day of net outflows, has recently turned back to a net inflow of $216.7 million, with BlackRock's IBIT alone absorbing about $205.9 million.
However, I believe the real focus today is no longer the ETF. Oil prices have surged back above $90, the US 10-year Treasury yield has risen to 4.78%, and market expectations for a Fed rate hike in September have clearly intensified. BTC has already tested a low near $77,450, so chasing longs on BTC now should not be too aggressive.
BTC rose 24% in August, and now during this high-level sideways consolidation, the open interest in perpetual contracts has actually dropped to the lowest level since May, indicating that leverage is not being wildly accumulated.
As long as the $77,000 support below is broken, the next pullback will likely reach around $75,000. Defend and wait for a breakout; no breakout, no move.
#BTC高位震荡，与黄金联动增强 This time, when CP was listed on OKX spot, the main focus wasn't on "AI infrastructure," but on the pace of the hours before and after the opening. OKX's announcement was clear: CP deposits opened at 05:00 UTC on September 1; CP/USDT call auctions were scheduled from 13:30 to 14:30 UTC on September 2; Spot trading started at 14:30 UTC; Withdrawals started at 16:30 UTC. In Beijing time, it would be September 2 from 21:30 to 22:30 on the evening, with the official opening at 22:30 and withdrawals only opening at 00:30 in the morning. This timing difference is crucial, because the first half of the market is only about trading expectations and liquidity, not trading at a stable price that has already been fully revoked. The story of Cluster Protocol is not hard to understand: the project positions itself as a unified AI infrastructure native to Base, with core directions including inference interfaces, data, computing power, settlement, and agent-related components. OKX's announcement also provides the contract address: 0x001AAd84c21A5CD4d696C56d44866e9703c43F77. When a new token is first launched, verifying the contract, network, and withdrawal time is much more useful than focusing on trending topics. But the AI narrative thread has an old problem: it sounds nice, spreads easily, and easily causes people to overlook the token structure. The project's official white paper mentions multiple layers of infrastructure$BTC entered the first day of September with a bang for the market.
In August, BTC rose about 24%, once surging to $81,455, but now it has returned to around $78,000. The quick drop from the high in just a few days shows that the selling pressure above $80,000 is indeed heavy.
What’s more noteworthy is the change in capital.
On August 31, the US spot BTC ETF recorded a net inflow of about $217 million, after experiencing a net outflow of about $202 million the day before. After a break in nine consecutive trading days of inflows, institutional funds have started buying again.
So the current market situation is a bit delicate.
The price is held down by $80,000, but ETF funds have not completely withdrawn.
The macro environment has become even more troublesome. Recent hawkish remarks by Waller have clearly raised expectations for a rate hike at the September 16 FOMC meeting, and the 10-year US Treasury yield has also risen to around 4.8%. If rate expectations continue to rise, risk assets will come under pressure.
From a technical standpoint, I will continue to watch $78,000 and $80,000.
If $78,000 holds, BTC still has a chance to retest the $79,000–$80,000 range;
If $80,000 is firmly broken with volume, the previous high of $81,455 will come back into view;
If $78,000 fails, short-term support at $77,000 or even lower should be guarded against.
The hardest part now is here:
Funds have not completely exited, but macro pressure is increasing. [Morning Brief] Overnight, BTC, gold, and US stocks weakened simultaneously—not the classic safe-haven gold led by gold, but rather a comprehensive risk reduction following soaring oil prices driving up inflation and expectations of rate hikes. All three fell in the same direction and resonated in the same direction. [What Happened Overnight] (1) US-Iran conflict escalates again: US military launches new airstrikes on Iranian Revolutionary Guard targets, disrupting shipping in Hormuz and causing oil prices to surge. (2) Oil prices drive inflation concerns → Global bond market sell-off, US Treasury yields rising, US dollar strength→ Risk assets and non-yielding assets are under pressure simultaneously. (3) Negative BTC news; Negative news for gold (real interest rate suppression outweighs geopolitical premium); US stock market negative news. [Watch Today] At 20:15 Beijing time (08:15 EAST), August ADP private employment data will be released. If prices are significantly stronger than expected and rate hike pricing heats up, BTC, gold, and US stocks are all bearish; If significantly weaker than expected, easing rate expectations, all three are bullish. [Overview of the Three Asset Bulls and Bears] BTC: Short — Still sold as a risk asset amid geopolitical upgrades, following US stocks and yields. Gold: Short — Safe-haven assets that should have risen haven't increased; real interest rates and the US dollar are dominating. US stocks: Bearish — Oil inflation combined with bond market sell-offs put pressure on tech stocks. [Will there be a linkage? What if it falls?] Currently, all three are falling in the same direction, reflecting the same direction of interest rate shocks, not the classic divergence seen in gold alone. If US stocks fall another 1%, BTC is very likely to fall as well; Gold will also struggle to resist the trend, as real interest rates suppress the geopolitical premium. Unless the conflict escalates further and the dollar retreatsOn Tuesday, the three major indices all closed lower: the Dow fell 0.79% to 52,766.88 points, the Nasdaq dropped 1.03% to 26,099.77 points, and the S&P 500 declined 0.71% to 7,631.47 points. A bleak start to September with three consecutive declines.
Oil prices were the biggest variable last night. The US-Iran conflict continues to escalate, with Brent crude oil surging 4.6% to $94.65 per barrel, and WTI rising 5.2% to $90.22. As oil prices rise, inflation expectations heat up, and the 10-year US Treasury yield surpassed 4.75% for the first time since January 2025. Market bets on a September rate hike have surged directly above 60%.
The seven tech giants showed significant divergence. Tesla rose 5.51%, Nvidia increased 1.48%; however, Google fell 2.18%, Amazon dropped 2.50%, and Microsoft declined 1.22%.
The semiconductor and storage sectors collectively plunged. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell 3% to 11,186.85 points. Micron, SK Hynix, ARM, AMD, and Qualcomm all dropped over 2%, while SanDisk and Seagate fell more than 1%.
Crypto-related stocks led the market decline. Circle, Coinbase, and Strategy all fell over 6%. The optical communication sector also broadly declined, with Lumentum dropping more than 5%.
The start of September is doubly pressured by oil prices and rate hike expectations. After the 10-year US Treasury yield broke through 4.75%, high-valuation tech stocks face considerable pressure. The real test will be Friday's nonfarm payroll data; before the data is released, large funds are cautious about making bold moves.
$SNDK $BTC $ETH 🚨 SOLANA IS CHANGING — AND MOST PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THE WRONG DATA
$SOL is no longer just a meme-coin machine.
Yes, Solana’s network revenue fell 87% YoY in the first half of the year. But the bigger story is what’s happening underneath.
Meme coins once made up ~40% of spot trading volume. Now that share has dropped to 16%.
Meanwhile, stablecoins jumped from 6% → 19%. 👀
That’s a major shift in activity.
Less speculation. More stablecoin usage. A potentially stronger #BTC high-level oscillation, enhanced linkage with gold
I have already cashed in the gains from this wave of crypto concept stocks in August. But my intuition tells me the trend might not be over yet.
Looking back, the related stock index rose 8.81% that month. On the surface, it looks like a sector rotation catch-up rally, but at the core, two forces are simultaneously at work — one is the expectation of macro liquidity easing, and the other is the regulatory uncertainty discount narrowing.
First, on the funding side. The U.S. Treasury continues to repurchase long-term bonds, at least temporarily easing market anxiety about the yield curve and liquidity tightening. When the marginal attractiveness of risk-free assets declines, money naturally shifts to places with greater elasticity and more enticing odds.
Next, on the policy side. The tone from the SEC and the recent White House statements has softened compared to before. The long-standing regulatory clouds hanging over the crypto industry are showing signs of dissipating. For the market, this is not just a reduction in risk compensation but also creates room for reshaping valuation logic.
So the first to step forward in this round remain those old faces with the heaviest beta characteristics:
· Strategy, leveraging $BTC’s elasticity to amplify the tension on its own balance sheet;
· Coinbase, benefiting from the rebound in trading activity and the warming industry sentiment;
· Robinhood, backed by the return of retail trading enthusiasm and the expansion of digital asset business boundaries.
It’s worth thinking further: if liquidity continues to improve in September and the regulatory side sends a few more warm signals, this current wave might just be the prologue.Why can Web3 never escape the "bulls are short, bears are long" curse? 📉📈
Because the economic models of the vast majority of projects are essentially Ponzi schemes—relying on new user acquisition and fresh capital inflows to maintain high returns. Once the market turns bearish, ecosystems without real business support instantly collapse into "ghost towns."
ACO is tearing apart this outdated pattern:
It doesn’t rely on single financial speculation but tightly binds **"high-frequency entertainment socializing + real asset interaction + on-chain business closed loop"** together.
As long as people are chatting, watching live streams, and posting updates in the ecosystem, the economic wheel keeps turning;
As long as there is real high-frequency consumption, the token’s value foundation keeps solidifying.
When a public chain has a "business stomach acid" that can generate its own blood without relying on market trends, it can truly survive bull and bear cycles.
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The exchange shutting down the earning channel for a certain coin is a tiered risk warning signal and is one of the preliminary steps in the delisting process.
The typical three-step rhythm for delisting a coin on an exchange is:
1️⃣ Step one: first close earning and staking
2️⃣ Step two: delist leveraged trading, stop buying and selling
3️⃣ Step three: close spot trading pairs, withdrawal channels, assets cannot be transferred out
Only shutting down earning ≠ immediate delisting of spot trading, but it means the platform has already put CORE on the watchlist; liquidity and project fundamentals no longer meet the platform's financial product listing standards.
The fact that things have come to this point is something no one wants to see, but it’s clear. At first, I was also a loyal core. When the price was 6.9 each, I didn’t sell a single one. On the contrary, I kept buying and adding positions as the price dropped. Whenever I had some spare funds, I used them to buy a bit, not much, thinking I could make some pocket money. Even when it first dropped below the issuance price of 0.03, I didn’t sell. When it dropped below the issuance price a second time, I panicked. What era is this where a coin drops below its issuance price twice? The saying "When things go against the norm, there must be something fishy" is definitely not just a bearish phrase. My faith instantly collapsed! I woke up! Honestly, I hoped it would do well, I hoped a coin could be 5-15u, but ideals are full, reality slaps you in the face. As expected, the price kept falling repeatedly, halving again from the issuance price! Later, even when it adjusted, it would immediately drop again, with the project team manipulating both ways! After adjusting to a certain point, it would quickly pull back, it’s already giving up! If you’re not clear-headed now, when will you be? Do you really want to hold your assets as they approach zero indefinitely? The safe-haven logic is temporarily invalid! The dual pressure of soaring US Treasury yields and surging oil prices reshapes the gold trend
On Tuesday, gold experienced a sharp plunge, leaving many investors puzzled: with the Middle East conflict reigniting, safe-haven demand should theoretically benefit gold, so why did gold prices plunge significantly? Today, we will thoroughly analyze the complete market signals, macro logic, and key upcoming levels behind this sharp decline.
Reviewing yesterday's market, spot gold fell more than 2% in a single day, hitting an intraday low of $4322, the lowest since August 19, and closed around $4328; US gold futures also plunged nearly 1.9%, closing at $4396.
The market had already set the stage: gold prices previously broke below the 200-day moving average at 4528, a key mid-term trend dividing line, triggering many algorithmic trend trades and prompting longs to gradually reduce positions and cut losses. Yesterday’s move further broke through the second important support at the 100-day moving average of 4360, a technical breakdown that reinforced itself, with short sellers flooding in and trapped longs forced out, triggering a chain reaction of declines.
The technical breakdown was just the fuse; the real heavyweights weighing on gold are US Treasury yields and a strong US dollar.
Recently, US Treasury yields have surged, with the 10-year yield briefly surpassing 4.8%, a near two-year high, and the 30-year yield reaching around 5.288. The US dollar index has held above 99.65.
Gold is a non-yielding asset; the higher US Treasury yields rise, the greater the opportunity cost of holding gold, naturally driving funds toward the dollar and Treasury markets, resulting in sustained gold selling pressure.
What’s most puzzling about this round of market action is the abnormal transmission of the Middle East geopolitical conflict.
The US and Iran have engaged in large-scale military clashes, with US forces targeting multiple Iranian military facilities, followed by Iranian missile strikes on US overseas bases. The risk to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz has sharply increased, with reports of attacks on oil tankers emerging one after another, and the situation risks further escalation.
The tension directly ignited crude oil prices, with Brent crude surging to $94 and US crude holding above $90.
However, this geopolitical premium did not benefit gold but flowed entirely into the oil market. The oil price surge sparked inflation fears, leading investors to anticipate that rising energy costs will delay inflation’s decline, forcing the Federal Reserve to maintain a tight monetary policy. CME data shows the probability of a 25 basis point rate hike in September has risen to 66%. The safe-haven logic failed, and the conflict indirectly became a bearish factor suppressing gold prices.
Looking at the latest US economic data, it continues to reinforce rate hike expectations.
The August ISM Manufacturing PMI remains in expansion territory, with input cost indices staying high and supply chain pressures unresolved; July job openings slightly increased, layoffs remain low, and the labor market shows resilience. All signals point to sticky inflation, leaving the Fed little room for easing.
The market’s full focus now shifts to this week’s major employment data. Wednesday night’s ADP private payrolls and Friday’s nonfarm payroll report will determine gold’s short-term direction.
If employment data cools significantly, the market will lower rate hike expectations, giving gold a chance to rebound; if employment remains strong, September rate hike expectations will intensify, and gold prices will likely continue to face downward pressure.
From a technical perspective, the short-term first support is around 4310, a key battleground for bulls and bears.
Resistance levels are at 4360 and 4400; only if gold reclaims and holds above 4400 can bulls hope to repair the current weak structure. If the 4310 support fails, the next target is around 4222.
In summary, this round of decline results from a confluence of technical breakdown, rising US Treasury yields, a strong dollar, and geopolitical inflation expectations—all bearish factors resonating together. The short-term trend is weak and established; until fundamental signals show a clear reversal, avoid rushing to bottom-fish. Follow the trend, closely watch the employment data later tonight and Friday, strictly manage positions, and maintain risk control.
Risk reminder: This is a personal opinion for reference only and does not constitute investment advice. Capital preservation is paramount; invest at your own risk. On August 31, the total holdings of $ETH spot ETFs continued to rise to 6,255,941.81 ETH, with a net increase of 51,997.34 ETH on the day, marking the 12th consecutive trading day of net inflows.
Compared to the 32,563.57 ETH on August 28, the inflow scale on that day increased again by nearly 60%, indicating that the slowdown in inflows seen the previous trading day did not worsen. Although 51,997 ETH is still below the average daily inflow of approximately 63,578 ETH over the past 7 trading days, the capital direction remains very stable, and total holdings continue to hit new phase highs.
From the cycle data perspective, ETH remains significantly stronger than BTC. Over the past 7 trading days, net holdings increased by 445,044.60 ETH, with a cumulative increase of 791,814.01 ETH since August, a growth rate of 14.49%. Since 2026, it has also turned to a net increase of 140,474.24 ETH, a growth rate of 2.30%.
Therefore, BTC is still in the phase of recovering the lost holdings within the year, while ETH has completed the recovery and entered net expansion. The strength gap in capital between the two over the past month has not narrowed.