If everything went as we wished, it wouldn’t be called life. Life is about losing while gaining; may we all diligently practice the 72 transformations and face the 81 tribulations with a smile.

$XMR ‌ is currently trading in a tight range between $394 support and $433 resistance, with momentum sitting at a lukewarm 57/100. The market is neutral, and the breakout remains unconfirmed. However, history has shown that when XMR consolidates near strong support levels for extended periods, the subsequent breakout can be explosive. The question is: which way will it break? A confirmed move above $433 could open the door to significant upside, while a breakdown below $394 would signal weakness. For now, I'm watching closely — but not acting until I see a clear trigger.
Entry zone: Wait for

Is the bull market over? 🥲🥲
Two major bearish factors—GG.

$1.1 billion came in, but BTC didn't rise; $330 million went out, but BTC didn't fall—have ETF flows "stopped working"?
From August 3 to 7, U.S. spot BTC and ETH ETFs saw combined net inflows of approximately $1.1 billion.
Bitcoin ETFs accounted for $865 million of that.
And then?
Bitcoin's price barely budged. It kept churning within the $62,000–$65,000 range.
It gets even more surreal.
From August 10 to 14, Bitcoin ETFs saw net outflows of approximately $329 million.
By "common sense," the price should have crashed, right?
Bitcoin still didn't fall. During the same period, BTC's UTC closing

Gm CT ☀️.
Let's go play basketball 🏀.

Director Niulai probably trades stocks on the side
Niulai — the bull is coming
Baola — a violent pump

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📊 Week in Focus: Markets at Highs, the Fed in Focus, and the “Basket Test”
The past five days brought investors a true feast of risk appetite. The US S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes set new all-time highs, while Asian markets staged an impressive recovery — South Korea’s KOSPI jumped more than 11%, breaking out of a prolonged tailspin.
Against this backdrop, gold slowed somewhat after surging to two-month highs (nearly $4450), but held above $4300, posting its second consecutive weekly gain. However, the status quo could change in the coming days.
What to watch in the week ahe

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#我的七夕交易分享 On August 16, 2026, international crude oil prices fluctuated; keep an eye on the three major risks and the upcoming pricing adjustment windows!
Let’s first talk about the “roller-coaster” movements in international crude oil
On August 16, 2026, the international crude oil market was still swaying within a range overall, with Brent and WTI crude oil futures prices moving like a seesaw, rising one moment and falling the next.
From a broader perspective, crude oil prices have been particularly affected by geopolitics in recent months. Any slight development in the Middle East sends oi

Saturday and Sunday with no market action are really boring. One trade was ETH—I held through the drawdown and it eventually recovered; the other was SAND, which hit my stop loss directly. I’ll never touch SAND again. A big shot told me SAND had an annual meeting, but I had already entered by then and didn’t listen, and ended up getting stopped out. Fortunately, I had set a stop loss.

For those who have run Bitcoin Core txindex, having it chew through tens of GB of disk space is definitely no small matter.
Last night at 22:20 Beijing time, Bitcoin Core PR #35531 was merged into master. In the author’s mainnet testing, txindex was reduced from approximately 66GB to 26GB, saving about 40GB. Rebuilding also dropped from 1 hour 50 minutes to 1 hour 19 minutes, while getrawtransaction queries remained at around 0.2ms.
How does it save space? Previously, the database key stored the complete 32-byte txid directly; the new approach uses a salted 5-byte SipHash prefix and packs tra

The Strategy That Helped Jeff Go from $1 to $1,000 per Day
Jeff currently earns an average of around $1,000 per day, with total income exceeding $40,000 and his content reaching more than 350 million views. However, this success did not come from a secret formula.
At first, Jeff was not monetized. When he began generating revenue, he only earned a few cents. Instead of assuming that the platform paid too little and giving up, Jeff saw those small payments as a sign that his content had started working.
He continued posting, experimenting with different approaches, and analyzing the data. He th

Rest—there’s nothing to do. I’ll post the strategy again on Monday.
Since ancient times, life has shunned excess: half-poor, half-rich, half-content.
A lifetime cannot go entirely as wished; in all things, seek only half-contentment.
Wife, wealth, children, status, and longevity cannot all be had. If people thrive, wealth falters; if wealth thrives, people falter. If both thrive, life may be short; if people, wealth, and longevity all thrive, the whole family may suffer.
People seek ease; the wise seek imperfection.
Heaven shuns excess; humanity shuns completeness.

BTC is really done for; liquidations are only around 100 million now.
Continue resting over the weekend#btc $BTC ‌

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Qixi Festival is approaching
Thanks to my BD @Catheri38996850 for sending me a couples' set
Thanks to bosses like @Gate @Gate_zh @Gate_Livezh @Gate_Winston for thinking of me!
In this weak market, it still feels like a bit of warmth
Many people only care whether you’re flying high, but very few care whether you’re happy
Whenever I receive these little merch items, it’s not that the merch itself is worth much
It’s that it makes me feel respected

Just 4 RH machines bagging me 187$ while Czar has 84 Quotrons working to get $300
Something is massively undervalued here!
@crypto_czar_eth grab some RH machines brother
Here's the official account for more details @btcordinal

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🔹 Nvidia discloses $21 billion stake in SpaceX and $30 billion position in Intel
🔹 Crypto News: Bitcoin erases last week's entire rally; ETFs see $192 million in outflows over two days—BTC open interest rises while price falls, and CVDs for the top 25 coins are all negative
🔹 SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets positioned vertically in Florida and California ahead of today's launches
🔹 Wall Street posts gains for the third consecuti