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 ABSOLUTE worst day in ALL history to buy the Nasdaq $Q was March 27, 2000.
$117.75 a share. The very top of the dot com bubble.
By October 2002 it was $20.06. Down 82%.
It took about 15 years just to get back to even... & that's WITH dividends reinvested.
But if you bought that exact day & did nothing, today it's around $740. About 7x your money with dividends.
Now the person who bought in October 2002 at $20... that's about 37x on price alone.
Same fund. The only thing that changed was the price paid.
That's why I don't buy just because something is going up. I want great companies/ETFs t

$DXY is flashing a serious warning for crypto.
The Dollar Index faced a sharp rejection at resistance and is now testing support, but bullish momentum is still intact.
If DXY bounces from here, altcoins could face another brutal sell-off.
After this week's massive market wipeouts, next week could get even more volatile.
Keep your eyes on DXY. The next move could hit altcoins hard.

Hot take: There’s hope, guys! The Xianyu Black Market!!!!
Xianyu claims to be the largest dark web platform in China, but its risk controls have become increasingly strict, and more and more terms are being banned. This website compiles and updates the latest usable code words for transactions. Buyers can use the code words here to find what they want to trade. Sellers can post new code words to help facilitate transactions. There’s also real-time feedback on whether the code words currently work.
Open source.

Could FTR’s rally spill over to TSLAX? Both are linked to Tesla, but the logic is different
Growing buzz around the Tesla Roadster has driven a brief surge in the related meme coin FTR, also turning the market’s attention to TSLAX. As investors look for potential assets to carry the momentum forward, a key question arises: Can trading narratives centered on the same brand drive different types of assets higher in tandem?
First, it is important to distinguish their pricing logic. FTR’s trading performance is more susceptible to social media buzz, community sentiment, and short-term capital flow

Is just matter of time when war will start..getting pretty close at this point of time

Which #crypto project will do this?

Last night’s flash crash in AI-concept stock perpetuals sounded the death knell for everyone trading US stock tokens. The review of the data is out: this was actually a “chain-reaction meat grinder.”
Simply put, a whale directly closed a $2 million long on $SNDK on Binance. Because liquidity in this new sector is so poor, it triggered a flash crash on Binance. And almost at the same second, roughly 10 addresses on Hyperliquid (on-chain perpetuals) aggressively swept orders to short assets like SNDK and MU!
Do you see what happened, guys? They weren’t taking profits—they were “setting off a ta

$GATA What does this mean? Is it a bot game?

A touch of green among countless flowers!
Tell me loudly, who is it? @grvt_io

$WLD /USDT SETUP
WLD is consolidating beneath descending channel resistance, with the Ichimoku cloud acting as an important support zone.
A confirmed breakout could open the door to further gains. Losing cloud support could shift momentum bearish.
Stay alert. Wait for confirmation.
#USSeptemberPPIBeatsExpectations #GateWCTCS9GlobalTradingCompetition #GateBTCAndETHFuturesVolumeRanksTop3

USDT’s share of the stablecoin market has fallen from ~70% to ~61% over 24 months, while USDC’s has risen from about 20% to roughly 24%.

hedera-hashgraph:native: IS A 1,000%+ RALLY ABOUT TO BEGIN?
#HBAR Has Already Delivered 105% From Our Accumulation Zone.
Now, Watching For A Re-Entry Before The Next Potential Expansion.
Re-Entry Zone: $0.08–$0.07
Targets: $0.30 / $0.60 / $1.00
Hedera Could Be Preparing For Its Next Major Bullish Move.
NFA & DYOR.
@hedera

$APR CRASHES 96%: Is Capricorn Crypto Going to ZERO Before the Oct 23 Unlock?
Capricorn ($APR) is already down 96%, from $0.6255 to $0.0229. Now the biggest unlock in its history is coming 👇
Oct 23 Token Unlock:
→ 146.7M APR worth $3.73M
→ About 53% of circulating supply
→ Early backers and the team are the largest recipients
Supply Shock:
Released supply jumps from 314M to 461M APR (31% to 46% of total).
Past unlocks were only +10%. This one is +46.67%, the first VC and team cliff.
Hidden Risk The August buyback tokens were never burned and can return to market.
Thin Liquidity: Order books a

#KOSPIJumps3.3% #日韩股集体大跌
I spent my weekend going through the Asia selloff numbers, and my honest take is that this was more than a normal dip. It was a positioning event, and the memory names sat at the center of it.
The scoreboard first. On October 15, the Nikkei 225 closed down 3,318.34 points, or 4.90%, at 64,425.95, and the KOSPI closed down 7.56% at 5,554.27. The KOSPI fell more than 9% intraday and triggered its tenth circuit breaker of the year. The Nikkei drop was the third biggest point fall ever, and the index is now more than 10% below its June record of 72,831.73. Taiwan lost 3.4

#BitcoinTops$82K #ShareWeekly
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

Don't Fantasize About a Reversal! Gold’s Core Outlook for Next Week, with Key Levels
Gold’s broader direction next week remains a pullback under pressure at higher levels, with bears in control.
This is merely a corrective rebound after a sharp drop, not a bullish reversal. Weekly-chart highs continue to move lower, and the broader bearish structure remains intact. Rebounds are opportunities to sell—don’t be misled by short-term volatility.
The current price is 4166. The key resistance zone for a short-term rebound is 4195‑4220, the core area to sell next week. As long as price cannot hold abo

Kinda saw this coming, my heart’s already dead inside anyway. ☠️