Spot silver led the move, up roughly 6% intraday while gold climbed about 4.35%; silver at $67/oz signals continued risk-off demand and potential rotation from gold, across the preciouss metals space. $XAU/$XAG

$XAUUSD #CFD #Metals
Gold Rises Above $4,500: What Are the Markets Trying to Understand?
Gold prices surpassed the $4,500 level on August 19th, reaching a two-month high. The price of gold per ounce rose as high as $4,557 during the day before stabilizing around $4,522, with a daily increase of 4.35%.
The direct trigger for the rise was the US Treasury Department's decision to expand its long-term bond repurchase program. The department announced it would increase the maximum repurchase amount for 10-20 year and 20-30 year bonds from $2 billion per transaction to a minimum of $4 billion. Thi

Such an early long position—given during the livestream. Let’s see how it goes.

I’m watching $BTC here.
That daily candle definitely got my attention. BTC just ripped out of the recent range and pushed as high as $70,055, while price is still holding around $69.4K.
The level I care about now is $67.9K. If BTC can hold above that area after this breakout, I’d keep the bullish continuation scenario open.
Entry: $68,000–$69,000
TP1: $70,000
TP2: $72,000
TP3: $74,000
SL: Below $67,900
After a +7% move, I wouldn’t chase the candle. I’d rather see a clean hold or retest first. If $67.9K turns into support, things could stay interesting.
#BTCBreaches69000Up6.43%

White House Crypto Summit recap:
• Trump says the US is considering buying “sizable” amounts of Bitcoin + other crypto.
• Calls on Congress to pass the Crypto Clarity Act.
• Says the US will remain the “undisputed leader” in $BTC + crypto.
• $HYPE pumps 15% to $69 after Trump says the CFTC is working to bring Hyperliquid to the US.
• SEC Chair Paul Atkins: “We will ensure that the greatest advances of the technological frontier are realized right here in America.”
• Gemini co-founders say America should lead in crypto and win the market.
• Trump says he has “ended the war on crypto once and fo

$Virtual My friend and I have been sitting in this trade since last Friday; today it finally took off.🤣

During a bull run, emotions are high, people are high on adrenaline, they can't think - the green candles take over their soul!
Bear market their soul gets sucked out from all the depression and loss of hope.
Polarity
DANCER
$BTC

the largest short liquidation event in crypto history.

Ripple raises $275 million to fund prime brokerage expansion Ripple has raised $275 million through an upsized senior note offering by Ripple Prime to fund the brokerage unit's expansion across financing, clearing, and other financial services in the United States. Ripple Prime raised $275 million through a private offering of senior unsecured notes to institutional investors.
The proceeds will support Ripple's U.S. expansion across prime brokerage, financing, and multi-asset clearing.
The funding follows a $200 million credit facility secured from Neuberger Berman managed funds in May.
Ripple

Annualize that.
Hyperliquid

Ethereum at $2,500 looks unstoppable.

🚨 Never-before-seen GTA VI gameplay footage is currently being shared on X by a mysterious account called “CyberLeek”.
Several sequences presented as authentic notably show Jason, driving, combat, and various gameplay mechanics. Some of the content has already been taken down for copyright reasons, while the footage appears to come from an old development version of the game rather than its final version.
But CyberLeek is using the leaks to promote its own memecoin, while claiming to be “fighting for gamers’ rights”...

Another take-profit hit; 2360 could see a major pullback. Be careful!

$PURR Hyperliquid Strategies Stock Jumps 30%: Trump and CFTC Behind It
Hyperliquid Strategies (PURR) shares surged 30.4% to close at $9.39 on the Nasdaq during the regular trading session. Intraday trading volume exceeded 58 million, approximately five times the average daily volume. In after-hours trading, the stock rose as high as $9.90.
This sharp rise has one cause. President Trump, in a press conference with technology executives and federal agency heads on Wednesday, announced that CFTC Chairman Michael Selig is working to bring the Hyperliquid platform to the U.S. "fully compliant and

This bit of red has me panicking; I keep feeling that tomorrow it’ll come to its senses and kick me out.

With the screen glowing green, $PRL was still holding firm at the highs. The overhead resistance was too obvious, and volume failed to follow through—the key levels were all fake. While everyone else was running, I decisively opened a short at 0.33936. Now 0.31268 has arrived, +154.79%; this trade was executed perfectly.

I’ve put most of it in my pocket first: 80% secured, and I moved the stop-loss on the remaining 20% up to around breakeven. Let it run if it keeps falling, and don’t b

🚨 BTC JUST BROKE $70,000! 🔥
Bitcoin just crossed the $70K psychological level, trading around $70,006 and Ethereum is also flying around $2,280. 👀
The market has completely changed in just a few hours.
Short sellers got caught badly, with over $1B in liquidations reported during the move.
But here’s the question:
Is this the beginning of a bigger market recovery, or are we about to see another pullback? 🤔
Personally, I’m watching how BTC behaves above $70K. Breaking a level is one thing holding it is another.
Don’t FOMO.
Don’t overleverage.
And remember: the market can move faster than y

$BTC back above $70K. 🚀
The market just added around $180B in a single day.
That’s not a move I’d ignore.
Now I’m watching whether $70K turns into support. If it does, this could get very interesting from here. 👀
#BItcoin #BTCBreaches69000Up6.43% #GateRanks2ndIn24-HourNetInflows

$ETH This massive daily candle to end the consolidation at this exact same price region is giving me the same vibes as last year.
Obviously it is just a comparison and unlikely for the price action to be the same afterwards but it was still worth pointing out for the sake of it since it was so similar.
You don't often see such big daily candles. But since I already saw many people rushing to short, the last time this happened, the next 2 days added another +20% on top.