Crypto KOL Community & Market Trends

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GateUser-d0dc13e9
Long $Sol saw $128
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GennyCruz
🔥 $ZBT ‌ Bulls Losing Steam ... Time For A Pullback?
Entry: Market Price (~$0.1495) .... SL: $0.158
TP1: $0.140
TP2: $0.130
TP3: $0.120
After a massive rally to $0.1568, sellers are finally showing up near resistance.
A rejection below $0.150 could trigger a deeper correction.

#GateStocksTransferLive #StrategyBuyback
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FourHundredAndEighty
Not long ago, a friend asked Wan Ge, “I’ve only got 6,000 bucks in my hand. I want to try the crypto space—how do I go about it?” Wan Ge said, “How much is this money? It’s not too much, but it’s not too little either. In crypto, it’s just right on the line—enough for you to practice, but for sure don’t take it to gamble your life away. If you convert it, it’s only a bit over 400U. If you want this amount to really grow, don’t rely on luck—rely on your timing and rhythm.” He said, “Okay, then just tell me exactly how to operate it.”
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GateUser-667b5a85
🚨 Big things are brewing for $ATS ! 🚨 The $ATS community is gaining momentum, and all eyes are on July 11. 🔥 Could this be the catalyst for the next big move? 🔥 Are you ready for what's ahead? ⏳ July 11. If you're part of the $ATS community, now is the time to share
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FourHundredAndEighty
A while back, a friend asked Wan Ge, with only 6,000 yuan in hand, if he wanted to try his luck in crypto, and asked how he should go about it.

Wan Ge said that amount isn't much, but it's not too little either—it's right on the line in crypto: enough to practice, but definitely don't gamble your life on it. Converted, it's just over 400U. If you want to grow that money, it's not about luck, it's about rhythm.

He said okay, then just tell me how to operate directly.

I said don't come in thinking you'll 10x it right away, because then you'll get the first trade wrong from the start. I told him to split the money: divide the 400U into 4 parts, use only 100U each time for trial and error. Once that 100U is lost, stop and wait for the next round—don't rush to recover losses.

When entering, don't just blindly jump in—wait for clear signals. Either when the market is panicking and crashing, or right when it's just starting to move but hasn't accelerated yet. Find those spots to make your move. Open a position with 100U, keep leverage within 10x, and don't be greedy. Your first goal isn't to make money—it's to survive first.

He asked me, how much profit on the first trade counts as winning?

I said whether you profit or not really doesn't matter—what matters is whether you got the process right. If the direction is correct and it rises 30% to 50%, first take some profit off the table. Don't think about eating the whole move from start to finish. Let the remaining position ride, wherever it goes.

He said, isn't that just like gambling?

I said gambling relies on guessing; this relies on rules. Lots of people die because they run when they're up a little and hold on when they're losing. You do the opposite—let profits run when you're up, cut losses decisively when you're down. That's what trading is.

He actually followed this approach for one round, and 100U rolled into over 200U. It's not much, but the process was smooth. I told him to repeat this process—don't rush, take it round by round. If you execute without mistakes for three rounds, it's possible to roll 400U into 2000U or 3000U.

But there's a prerequisite—you must not lose your composure.

Once it actually rolls to that number, I told him to do one thing: withdraw all the principal and leave the profits inside to keep playing. Lots of people skip this step and end up giving everything back. It's not bad luck—it's that the market gave you an opportunity, and you gave it back.

He later told me he felt he wasn't panicking even when losing, because the principal had been withdrawn long ago.

In crypto, it's never a shortage of opportunities—it's a shortage of people who can control themselves. #btc #
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DirectorAnnie
The Heart of God: TSMC $TSM
Just today, Nomura Securities raised its target price by +46.4%. In a closed-door meeting, TSMC is expected to have global semiconductor sales exceed $1 trillion this year, reaching $1.5 trillion by 2030!
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Mining_sLittleSheep
SOL at $76, dare you buy the dip?

Up 10% in the past 7 days, up 4.7% in 30 days. Today it went straight from $72 to $77, market cap $44.5B stable at #7, volume $3.3B, liquidity maxed out. The K-line tells you: consolidation bottoming between $64 and $77 for two months, today broke above $75 on volume, short-term moving average turned up: the bottom may have formed.

First thing: While you're cursing it, smart money is secretly accumulating.

Solana fell from $293 to $64, a drop of 78%, worse than ETH. The community spams daily "Solana is going to zero" "Network is down again", but look at the on-chain data:

DEX trading volume surged 39% in a single day, hitting $1.73B

RWA and meme coin activities hit all-time highs

Institutions like Forward Industries directly increased their treasury holdings to 500k+ SOL

Community bullish sentiment 87%, extremely optimistic

Retail investors are still panicking "will it drop to $50 again", while institutions have been accumulating for two months.

Second thing: Solana's fundamentals are no longer what you remember.

Performance is still the same — TPS in the thousands, fees in fractions of a cent, user experience crushes Ethereum

RWA explosion, Solana has become one of the preferred underlying layers for institutions

Prediction markets, AI applications, DeFi protocols are blooming across the board, on-chain revenue ranks first among L1/L2

Anticipation of ETF capital inflow; once approved, it will be the second "Bitcoin ETF moment"

Third thing: A signal in technicals that must be taken seriously.

Today it broke above $75 on volume, the first time in a month.

Daily: bullish candle with volume at the bottom, short-term moving average turning up, MACD golden cross

4-hour: ascending channel forming, strong momentum

Bulls vs bears, you decide

On one side:

On-chain data exploding, DEX volume, revenue, active addresses all rising

Institutions adding positions + ETF expectations, capital quietly laying in ambush

Today's volume breakout above 75, technicals turning bullish

Community sentiment 87% bullish, FOMO forming

On the other side:

The overall market BTC is only $59,000, the market is still on the edge of a bear market

Macro liquidity is tight, interest rate hike expectations not resolved

$82 failed three times, huge psychological pressure

The rise has been considerable, profit-taking can happen at any time

Key levels

Upside resistance: 78-80 → 82 (bull's lifeline) → 90-100

Downside support: 72-73 → 70-71 → 68-69 (break below 66, bulls die)

For short-term traders:

Wait for a pullback to 72-74 to enter, stop loss at 70, first target 78-80, take half profit.

After a volume breakout above 82, go long, stop loss at 78, target 90-100.

For swing traders:

Build positions in batches at 70-72, stop loss at 66, target 82-90.

Add positions after breaking 82, dynamic take profit, hold on and don't get shaken out.

For long-term believers:

Dollar-cost average blindly below 70. Solana's fundamentals are worth the current price, target 100-150 by end of 2026, betting on RWA + ETF + ecosystem explosion.

SOL is like ETH in 2020 —

99% of people thought "public blockchains are over", but ETH went from $80 to $4,800.

On the day 82 breaks, you will realize:

It's not that Solana is bad, it's that you can't hold. #Gate完成141只股票股息派发 #Strategy拟回购股票 $BTC $ETH $SOL
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LighthouseSays
Warsh was very optimistic in his speech at the Global Central Banking Policy Panel tonight.
Tonight, in a sense, released favorable signals ahead of the non-farm payrolls data.
This catalyst came earlier and stronger than I expected.
My long positions are all in profit now.
Let me briefly summarize the core points Warsh expressed:

1. Inflation risk has already declined—not due to an economic recession, but because supply-side expansion is lowering inflation. The latter is benign and structurally disinflationary. This has softened expectations of rate hikes.
2. Warsh personally hopes the Fed's balance sheet will shrink, but this is not what the market or the government wants—this is a very important question of stance. He wants to reduce the balance sheet but is politically constrained. At the same time, he indicated that the balance sheet has already reached the boundary of fiscal policy, meaning the Fed's balance sheet size has hit a critical point—further expansion would no longer be monetary policy but a form of fiscal financing. He hopes to keep it somewhat under control.

In summary, the overall signal Warsh sent tonight was still quite "dovish," which will cool expectations of a rate hike this year.
But this is just his verbal statement.
The key is still tomorrow's non-farm payrolls data and next week's CPI data.
If the data supports what Warsh said tonight, rate hike expectations will decline, which would be very significant for boosting the currently weak crypto and gold markets.
Conversely, if the non-farm payrolls are strong and next week's CPI inflation does not show the so-called decline, then the market will forget what Warsh said tonight.

[The above personal views are only for reference and do not constitute any investment advice.]
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DirectorAnnie
Open your phone and the sky is falling—everything except $META is dropping!

Is this market a chain of interconnected locks?

Meta selling computing power → indicates they built too much → AI Capex peaks → GPU/HBM/storage demand to drop → liquidate all storage and computing power stocks
If next quarter Meta lowers Capex, shorts against ✅
If it revises upward, today’s sell-off is a mispricing of 🔪
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Tom_Tucker
Most #Web3‌‌ users ask: is this project real?
A better question is: can its data be trusted right now?
That’s why I’m looking at @Veritas_Hubs.
It is building real-time checks for on-chain states, so manipulation becomes harder to hide.
Data integrity matters.
#data #privacy
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PleasantYuyue
Western journalists' reports are biased.

Actually, the original report did not mention that computing power is already in surplus; it was just the news headline being clickbait.

Additionally, this company $META itself only has META from the last era, not AI.

The market is a bit overreacting.
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GateUser-667b5a85
AFF If we only talk about “deflation,” that’s not complete enough. The truly complete logic is: before launch, there will be extreme deflationary burning; the liquidity pool will continue burning 2% of the total AFF amount every day; the treasury of $2.49 million will gradually buy back and burn; and holding more than 12,000 tokens also allows you to participate in the daily distribution of 10,000 AiFi tokens.
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Bit_Bull
🚨 ALMOST 11 MILLION $BTC ARE NOW SITTING IN LOSS AFTER BITCOIN DROPPED NEAR $59K.
That is a huge number.
It means a massive part of the supply is now underwater, and when this happens, the market usually feels extremely uncomfortable.
People start doubting the cycle, weak hands panic, and sentiment turns fully bearish.
But this is also where the market becomes interesting.
Bitcoin has always been good at creating maximum fear before major shifts. When too many holders are in loss, selling pressure can start looking exhausted because a lot of panic has already happened.
This does not mean price must reverse immediately.
But it does show that BTC is entering a zone where emotions are stretched, fear is high, and long-term holders usually start paying closer attention.
The crowd sees weakness.
Smart money watches capitulation signals.
The next few weeks are important. If BTC reclaims key levels, this underwater supply could become fuel for a strong recovery. If it fails, one more flush can happen before the market finds real support.
Either way, this is the type of data you don’t ignore.
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GregMiller
$BTC is back at a familiar point in the cycle.
The monthly candle closed below the 50 MA, and the MACD is now at its weakest level since the last bear market. In the past, this is where fear was highest, but it also marked good accumulation areas.
At the same time, the macro picture is getting better:
• ISM PMI is at a 4-year high
• Oil is below $68.50, helping ease inflation
• Job openings are at a 2-year high
If the 4-year cycle plays out again, the next 2–3 months could be the last good accumulation phase before the next big move.
The key level to watch is $62.6K (200W MA). A move above it would be bullish. Until then, expect more volatility.
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GregMiller
$BTC is back at a familiar point in the cycle.
The monthly candle closed below the 50 MA, and the MACD is now at its weakest level since the last bear market. In the past, this is where fear was highest, but it also marked good accumulation areas.
At the same time, the macro picture is getting better:
• ISM PMI is at a 4-year high
• Oil is below $68.50, helping ease inflation
• Job openings are at a 2-year high
If the 4-year cycle plays out again, the next 2–3 months could be the last good accumulation phase before the next big move.
The key level to watch is $62.6K (200W MA). A move above it would be bullish. Until then, expect more volatility.
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Mining_sLittleSheep
ETC at $7, do you call it "junk"?

Currently oscillating around $7, down less than 1% in 24 hours, nearly flat over 7 days. Down 20% in 1 month, 42% in 6 months, 58% in 1 year, and over 95% from its 2021 high of $176. Market cap barely holding at $1.1 billion, with 24-hour volume of just $32 million — less than a fraction of a major coin. Can ETC still survive?

First thing: You see "delisting," I see "bad news priced in"

Turkish exchange CoinTR officially delisted ETC trading pairs today.

But look at the chart — ETC didn't crash, still hovering around $7.

From $176 to $7, down over 95%. Turkish delisting? Priced in. Ecosystem inferior to ETH? Priced in. Historical shadow of the 51% attack? Priced in. Macro weakness, liquidity drought? All priced in. How much worse can it get? Go to zero?

Second thing: You overlooked the biggest "hidden trump card" — the Olympia upgrade

The ETC team is brewing something big: the Olympia network upgrade, targeting mainnet activation by the end of 2026. The testnet is already deployed, code is written.

What does the upgrade include? EIP-1559-style dynamic gas mechanism: part of the base fee goes to an on-chain treasury to pay the development team

On-chain treasury + DAO governance: future development funding no longer depends on donations; treasury automatically allocates funds

No change to PoW consensus, no additional issuance, no miner tax: preserving ETC's core philosophy of "code is law"

Third thing: The technicals tell you — $7 is rock bottom

Daily chart: From $176 to $7, down 95%. Where else can it go? To zero?

Currently consolidating in the $6.8-$7.2 range. On the 8-hour chart, although it broke below the $7 support, volume did not spike with panic — meaning no one is selling, not because they don't want to, but because there is virtually nothing left to cut.

Key support: $6.8-$7.0 (last line of dignity) → if broken, look at $6.0-$6.5.

Key resistance: $8.0-$9.0 (first hurdle) → once broken, room opens up.

The battle between bulls and bears, you decide

On one side:

Olympia upgrade testnet is live, mainnet launch by year-end — biggest fundamental change in 5 years

On-chain treasury solves development funding, enabling a sustainable development path

Down 95% from $176 to $7, all bad news is mostly priced in

PoW + fixed supply cap of 210.7M, the scarcity narrative still holds

ETC network hashrate has significantly increased, improving resilience against 51% attacks

On the other side:

Turkish exchange delisting, liquidity affected

Ecosystem is far smaller than ETH, DeFi/NFT adoption extremely low

Highly correlated with BTC/ETH, drops harder when the market falls

The upgrade still needs time to materialize, market patience is limited

Short-term traders:

Accumulate in batches at $7.0-$7.2, stop loss at $6.7. Target rebound to $8.0-$8.5, chase on a breakout above $8.5 with volume.

Mid-term players:

DCA in batches in the $7.0-$7.5 range, total position controlled at 5-10%. Add signal: Olympia upgrade announces a specific mainnet launch date + price reclaims $8. Target: $10-$15 before the upgrade lands.

Long-term believers:

Build core position below $7, hold and forget. Bet on a fundamental reversal after the Olympia upgrade + return of the bull cycle. Stop loss condition: only reduce if the upgrade is clearly delayed or canceled.

Risk control:

Single trade no more than 3-5% of total capital

Total position no more than 10%

Use spare money, no leverage

Keep an eye on BTC — if it breaks key support, ETC could retest $6.5

ETC is not Ethereum's "knockoff"; it walks a different path

The most profitable assets are often the ones you despise the most.

When Bitcoin fell from $10k to $3,800, you looked down on it.

When ETC fell from $176 to $7, you still called it junk.

ETC at $7, still 25x away from its $176 high. If the Olympia upgrade really delivers, whose will that 25x space be?

It belongs to those who dared to buy when everyone was yelling "ETC is dead." #Gate完成141只股票股息派发 #Strategy拟回购股票 $BTC $ETH $ETC
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LighthouseSays
Heard about one that does some insurance business.
Just happens that my child has been buying insurance recently. Thinking it was related, I did some research and looked into it carefully.
What I found interesting is that it's different from what I thought.
Actually, it's a reinsurance project on the chain.
Simply put, you exchange RE for its stablecoin assets, such as reUSD and reUSDe. RE then uses these funds through a compliant structure to underwrite reinsurance business involving real-world insurance companies.
When ordinary people buy insurance, they transfer their risks to the insurance company. And the insurance company will also transfer some risks further, which is reinsurance. So reinsurance can also be understood as "insurance for insurance companies."
What RE does is to connect the stablecoin funds on the chain to this reinsurance market.
If the insurance company's claims situation is normal, the profits after deducting claims, expenses, and related costs will be distributed to users who exchanged RE for reUSD or reUSDe.
So RE's returns are not simply relying on token issuance subsidies, nor are they the traditional DeFi types like funding rates, lending rates, or LP nested yields, but rather come from premium income and risk premiums in the real-world insurance market.
This is also the most interesting part of RE.
In the past, we
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