Smart money is fading the next leg higher on PEPE.

$PEPE /USDT - SHORT

Trade Plan:
Entry: 0 – 0
SL: 0
TP1: 0
TP2: 0
TP3: 0

Why this setup?
Why now? The daily trend is range-bound, meaning the market is coiling for a directional move, and the short bias exploits that compression. The 1h ATR sits at zero, signaling a squeeze that often precedes a sharp impulse. The 15m RSI reading of 45.72 shows the asset is neither overbought nor oversold, leaving room for a sustained move. The entry zone is pegged at the current price level, with TP1 and TP2 both set at zero, while the invalidation level

A supermarket employee was scammed out of $73,000 by someone claiming to be from the bank’s anti-fraud department, who also threatened that the FBI would come arrest him.
Palatine police have issued a nationwide wanted notice for three suspects, and approximately $24,000 has been recovered.
This type of scam follows a set pattern: impersonate an authority first, then use time pressure to prevent you from verifying the situation. A bank’s risk controls can block abnormal transfers, but they cannot stop someone from voluntarily sending money. The real place that needs protection is on the other

According to History of Market data, MicroStrategy (MSTR) has risen approximately 47.6% over the past month, the best performance among Nasdaq 100 constituents, significantly outperforming other constituents such as Meta, AMD, and CrowdStrike.

Hyperliquid’s perpetual open interest share hits a fresh all-time high at 10.9%, signaling rising derivatives demand as $HYPE trades around $91.32 after a 1.7% drop today. 🟢 (No extra hype)

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The rate hike has landed, but BTC didn’t stay down—the market is starting to recover upward.
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BTC Returns to $80K, but This Time the Driving Force Is Different
$80K holds firm, and many people's first reaction is, “The halving cycle is taking effect.” But the 2026 market is already disproving this old narrative with facts.
Bitwise’s report is straightforward: Bitcoin’s new supply in 2026 is expected to be approximately 166k coins, but ETF demand will far exceed this supply. Institutions are absorbing new supply at five times the mining rate, creating a historic imbalance between supply and demand.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $630 million in net inflows in a single Friday, while co

Germany’s local elections just turned up the heat on Merz again. The governing coalition was already stumbling along, and this time the voters slapped it right in the face. The pressure isn’t going away on its own. Next, either policy shifts to the right, or the cabinet starts falling apart first. Anyone watching Berlin knows that when Europe’s anchor wobbles, the whole continent wobbles with it. If you think I’m talking nonsense, take a screenshot and save it.

BTC Holds Above $80k, but It’s Still Too Early for Full Optimism
After reclaiming $80k, BTC is currently fluctuating around $80,400, having briefly touched $81,859 intraday; ETH has retreated to around $2,580, while SOL is around $108.5. Compared with BTC’s decline of less than 1%, ETH and SOL have pulled back more noticeably, indicating that although this rally has begun to broaden, capital has not yet formed a stable consensus around a broad-based rise.
Fund flows have indeed improved somewhat. On September 17, U.S. spot BTC ETFs saw net inflows of approximately $159 million, including about

UNI at $8.7—are you still willing to chase it?
Look at the surface first: it has gone crazy, but some people have started running for the exits.
It was still at $6 in mid-September, then shot straight to 9.4-9.5 on September 18-19, more than doubling in 30 days. Market cap: $5.4 billion, with 621 million tokens in circulation. The moving averages are bullishly aligned, and the price is far above the 20/50/200-day moving averages, so the trend is intact—but the position is extremely crowded, so crowded that it can barely breathe.
First: what exactly did the SEC's “innovation exemption” unleash?

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We cant ignore Plasmas recent activity! I wonder why.

$AVAX I’ve broken even. Did anyone manage to buy my bottom?

XRP is coiling tighter than most traders expect right now.

$XRP /USDT - SHORT

Trade Plan:
Entry: 1.375 – 1.383
SL: 1.413
TP1: 1.354
TP2: 1.337
TP3: 1.312

Why this setup?
Why now? The 1h price is sitting at 1.379 inside a narrow entry zone between 1.375 and 1.383, which means a short squeeze is compressing against the range-bound daily trend. The 15m RSI reading of 40.85 shows bearish momentum is still intact but not yet exhausted, giving the short bias room to breathe. The 1h ATR of 0.014019 quantifies the volatility compression, suggesting the next move will be sharp once that range bre

$MU MU stands out with a +3.80% green candle at the 1,014.70 level; the price, having recovered from the 605.38 mark, has now moved above all its EMA averages. While the 1,254.83 level could aid further gains, there is strong resolve to hold above the 953.65 band; the SuperTrend resistance at 1,043.71 is being closely monitored. The chart seems to be saying, "I'm gearing up for a move, but first I need to overcome the resistance levels"—stay calm and watch the key levels. #MU
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Many people instinctively assume that a positive funding rate means “longs are paying, so it’s going to fall.” The logic itself is not wrong, but treating a single indicator as a directional signal is a typical trading misconception. The funding rate reflects the cost of holding positions, not price direction; the key is whether it resonates with the price structure and the balance of long and short forces.
$SAGA is currently such a resonance case. The current price is 0.02774, up 9.56% in 24h. MA5 (0.027794) remains firmly above MA20 (0.02615), the MACD histogram at +0.0001542 continues to f

Another round of choppy consolidation! At this level, I would choose to continue shorting! I told you before, this is a cyclical issue—the distance from the high to the low has only been 9 months!
You can look at BTC’s April-interval candlesticks and weekly chart; around 82,000, trading volume was directly cut in half.
There is still one final major drop ahead! So I won’t go with the flow and chase longs! I don’t think the time has come yet! I’ll choose to trust the bears to make one more push and go straight in!
Short-term target: 78500! Long-term target: 75800! #MSTR领涨纳指100 #BTC重回80K $BTC

$ONG – Buyers are quietly regaining control 📈
Buy $ONGEntry: 0.087 – 0.088Stop Loss (SL): 0.080Take Profit (TP): 0.093 - 0.099 - 0.11After the latest weakness, ONG is still holding its ground, with demand beginning to emerge near the current support zone. The price action is gradually becoming more constructive, and sustained buying could allow this bottoming pattern to develop into a stronger upward continuation. Disclaimer: "This is only my personal opinion, does not constitute investment advice, and is not intended for the Vietnamese people."

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