₿ BITCOIN PRICE MOVEMENT: THE RALLY MEETS RESISTANCE
Bitcoin recently pushed above $80K, reaching around $81.2K before pulling back toward the $79K area. Today, BTC is trading near $78.8K, down roughly 1% over 24 hours.
📈 WHAT DROVE THE MOVE
The rally from the mid-$60K area was accelerated by renewed institutional demand, strong ETF activity and a major short squeeze. Around $3B in short positions were liquidated, adding significant buying pressure.
ETF demand has also improved, with U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recording about $1.92B in weekly inflows recently.
⚠️ NOW COMES THE HARD PART
The $80K-

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【$BMT Signal】Long: negative funding rate short squeeze + 1H wick recovery
$BMT Funding rate -0.2779%, with short positions paying. After dipping to 0.0207 on the 1H timeframe, it quickly recovered to 0.02207, clearly showing buying support. The 4H MACD histogram is expanding, and the current price is trading above the Bollinger middle band.
🎯Direction: Long
⚡Entry/Limit Order: 0.022034 - 0.022100
🛑Stop-loss: 0.021879
🚀Target 1: 0.022432
🚀Target 2: 0.022597
🛡️Trade Management:
- Execution strategy: After reaching Target 1, reduce the position by 50% and move the stop-loss up to breakeven.

$GRVT It's time to buy the dip. ‌

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8.26 Gold Afternoon Outlook: Gold Retreats After Rally and Extends Consecutive Bearish Candles! Rejected at 4673 and Plunging, Bears Dominate the Market

Intraday gold rallied to the 4673 high for the session during the early morning before retreating under pressure. Bullish momentum failed to follow through, while bears gradually gained strength and took control of the market. Prices fluctuated lower, setting new intraday lows repeatedly, and have now fallen to around 4627, approaching the short-term support level at 4624. Overall, gold has formed a weak pattern of retreating after a rally a

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This isn't a rebound—it's a tube being inserted into an account that's about to flatline. When the sell-off started in the morning, $PRL faced clear resistance overhead and heavy selling pressure. The price repeatedly tested the highs but failed to hold, and I warned against going long. Shorted from 0.33936, current price 0.21143, profit +743.41%—the timing was spot-on.

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Successfully turned the previous ATHs into support.
So long as $BTC does not shit the bed this week - wouldn't be surprised if hyperliquid:native keeps chugging higher.
Disc: holding hype

$ONG ‌ — EXPLOSIVE BREAKOUT! BULLISH BEAST MODE!
ONG is up 14% at $0.10035. Price is above ALL EMAs — EMA5 (0.09804), EMA10 (0.09349), EMA30 (0.08327) — confirming a strong bullish breakout. MACD is positive and diverging higher. The 24h high is $0.10817 — only 7% away. Volume is strong.
🚀 TRADE PLAN:
· LONG: Entry 0.100 – 0.103.
· TP1: $0.108 — break the high.
· TP2: $0.120 — next resistance.
· TP3: $0.138 — big profit!
· Stop-loss: $0.095.
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$BTC Bitcoin’s 2026 Setup Deserves Attention
Bitcoin may be entering one of the most important reset phases of its long-term cycle.
The monthly chart is flashing a pattern that is difficult to ignore. In 2014, 2018, 2022 — and now 2026, Bitcoin’s monthly RSI has returned toward the same critical zone around 40.
Historically, these RSI resets appeared around major turning points before powerful long-term expansions. That does not guarantee the same outcome this time, but the repeated structure makes the current setup worth watching closely.
There is another piece of the puzzle.
Bitcoin continue

US Treasury debt has topped $40 trillion, and Trump says: If you can’t handle it, send in the military!
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Interest payments burn through $1 trillion a year, more than the annual GDP of a mid-sized country. Borrowing new money to repay old debt has become America’s only way to stay afloat.
Raise taxes? No way. Cut spending? The two parties are tearing each other apart. All conventional methods have failed, leaving only two crooked paths—both requiring military force.
First: Create tensions to force the world to buy US Treasuries. Turmoil in the Mi

I originally wanted to sell at a loss to appease the heavens, but the ritual never happened—the meat roasted itself. With the entire screen glowing green, $EPIC plunged too; while everyone else was running, I instead watched it for five minutes—insufficient buying support, a strong bull-trap vibe, and every rebound was fake. I decisively followed by shorting at 0.8732. This takes both courage and careful execution.

Right after reading the bearish news, I posted: Don’t rush to catch a falling knife. It’s now at 0.351, +1466.47%, so those still on board should have woken up laughing. The profi

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A few days ago, I nervously canceled my stop-loss. Looking back today, it feels like that saved me. The last thing I saw before bed a few days ago was $BEAT struggling to rebound—every push upward fell just short, and volume failed to follow. I warned against rushing to go long. I opened a short at 0.4692, and now the price has fallen to 0.1296, locking in +1425.12%. What a satisfying bite.

I’ve closed 80% first, with the remaining 20% protected at the entry price. Take profits when it’s time—don’t get greedy for the last bite. There will be more opportunities later.

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