📊 Crypto Daily | Evening of Oct 18: $350 million liquidated in a single hour! BTC plunged to a low of 81,300, then bounced back—who is the market maker shaking out?

Guys, there's action in the market today: BTC dipped first, then rallied, hitting a low of 81,288 before V-shaped rebounding above 82,100 (+0.86% over 24h). A daytime liquidation storm wiped out longs, with about $350 million liquidated in a single hour. Then, in the evening, BTC climbed back above 82,000—the sharp drop and rebound looked just like a shakeout by market makers.

Market conditions:

1. Storm + rebound: Intense s

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Today we have here at the Blox hub (where the Scientific Bitcoin Institute is located) dozen of bright people competing in a hackaton on the RGB protocol and agentic models.
Amazing to see some many young people working on Bitcoin.

Someone bought 248.8 Bitcoin in 2013 for $88,000.
They watched Mt. Gox happen. They watched China ban crypto. They watched FTX collapse.
Never sold a single coin.
That wallet is worth $20.2 million today.
13 years of doing absolutely nothing turned out to be the best trade of their life. $BTC

The rate decision is about 10 days away. The Fed’s blackout period has begun—officials are staying silent, so the market can only guess.
There aren’t many key events: China’s Q3 GDP tomorrow (October 19), then straight to October 28–29 for the decision and press conference. Don’t expect to hear anything new from officials in between.
BTC is currently around 81.2k, down about 0.5% over 24 hours; ETH is around 2,380, down about 1.8%. This kind of grind during the blackout period is pretty common.
The hexagram drawn this time is Dun (Retreat): Heaven above the Mountain, the noble person withdraws

The U.S. complains that prices are too high, and Beijing turns around and changes the law to regulate prices that are “too low.” The State Council has approved a draft amendment to the Price Law aimed at curbing “disorderly low-price competition.” One side can’t get inflation under control, while the other complains that things are too cheap—I honestly don’t get it. Anyone who does, care to explain: who exactly is this protecting?

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10.18 Gold Strategy: Next Week’s Market Forecast: Gold Gears Up for a V-Shaped Rebound and Breakout! Key Battleground for Bulls and Bears Next Week Revealed

Spot gold rebounded after an early-week dip, extending its weakness at the start of the week before bottoming near 4073 and staging a strong rally. It then continued to recover in a choppy pattern, with the price now closing near 4163 and returning to its previous trading range.

On the news front, ongoing geopolitical risk aversion continues to support gold prices. The market is closely watching the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy, w

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Bitcoin has spent the past week caught between two forces: a stubborn inflation picture and a Federal Reserve that is not yet ready to say it is finished. The latest data has pushed BTC back toward the lower part of its recent range, and the reaction to the inflation reports and Kevin Warsh's comments at the IMF meeting in Bangkok tells us a lot about where the market's mind is right now. My view is that this is not a market that has broken down, but it is a market that is asking for confirmation before it commits to the next big move. Let me explain why I think

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Empty, empty, empty—the imperial palace where people live is getting emptier#晒出我的持仓收益

Treat $XRP as a thesis to be tested: the current price is 1.2756, down 1.90% over 24 hours, with participation at 0.60x. What’s known is clear; the key unknown is whether real buying will show up once price reaches a key level. Here’s a simple rule of thumb: RSI entering oversold territory only means selling pressure has been released in a concentrated burst, and the price may rebound; only stopping the slide to new lows and reclaiming a key level would add evidence that the decline has bottomed. A sharp-looking drop may make a price feel cheap, but cheapness is a feeling; a bottoming signal

I am so BULLISH on Bitcoin
I think we could see $250,000 by 2028!!

Everyone in the group is calling for a long, so I’m going contrarian. Weekend trading volume is only 30% of weekday levels, and it doesn’t take much volume to push prices up. That’s when you really don’t want to chase the rally. DAO governance is the same: decentralized decision-making may look lively, but hardly anyone actually votes. Don’t be fooled by the appearance of consensus. Judge for yourself. No need to jump to conclusions—let’s see how things play out.

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Entry
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Stop
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Take Profit 1 +1.7%
1,097.3
Take Profit 2 +3.24%
1,080.2
Take Profit 3 +3.68%
1,075.3
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$BTC sneezes -1%, alts continue their pullbacks into HTF trends, and the timeline is discussing WWIII
nothing new.
whether you get 'lucky' or not is largely determined by what you decide to do with this info
goodluck to us all.

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