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At every moment, some people are going long while others are going short, and both sides believe they’re the most clear-headed people in the room—brilliant beyond compare.
This isn’t a bug in the market. It’s the market itself.

Your trading style should match your personality. Don’t force yourself to imitate someone else’s methods, or you won’t make money.
A few self-assessment questions to help you find the trading style that suits you:
1. Can you sleep when your position is down 20%? Do you need to check the market every day to feel at ease?
Can sleep and don’t like watching the market constantly → Low-frequency swing trading and fundamental-based positions
Can’t sleep → Suited to quick in-and-out trades or not holding positions at all
2. After five consecutive losing trades, is your first reaction to add to the position and average down, open a revenge trade, or stop and review?
Add to the position and average down → Use a rule-based systematic trading approach to take subjective decision-making out of your hands
Stop and review → Discretionary style
3. Does missing a major rally hurt more, or does getting stuck in a losing position hurt more?
Regret missing a market move → Right-side trend-following style
Afraid of getting stuck in a losing position → Left-side dip buying, scaling into positions, and strict stop-loss style
4. Do you prefer researching financial statements and industry chains, or watching the order book and relying on market feel?
Research-driven → Fundamental and event-driven
Market feel → Short-term trading
5. How much time can you invest each week?
Limited time → Don’t do intraday trading; use dollar-cost averaging + low-frequency rebalancing + trend following
Your personality determines how you make money!

🚨 INSANE VOLATILITY
$BTC is trapping both sides of the market right now.
• Dropped $3,300 in 18 hours
• Over $600M in long positions liquidated
• Rebounded $3,000 in just 8 hours
• Another $107M in shorts liquidated
• $60B added to Bitcoin’s market cap
This isn’t a clean trend yet, it’s a liquidity battle. Bulls and bears are both getting punished. 👀

MAGIC at $0.122—would you still dare to chase it?
From 0.0385 to 0.16, doubling in a week, everyone is shouting “the GameFi + AI king has returned,” but on-chain data says: the money pumping the price is there to unload.
Look at the surface first: a pullback after a violent rally, up 90% weekly and 170% monthly. It has more than doubled from the late-July low of 0.0385, while its market cap is only 40 million and 24-hour volume/market cap often exceeds 100%. The candlestick chart tells you: the current price of 0.122 is stuck in the 0.114-0.147 range, with the daily chart weak and a 7%-11% retracement. Every bagholder is asking: is the pullback a chance to get in?
Let me ask you one question:
Have you ever seen a “healthy breakout” surge 85% in a single day, spike to 0.16 the next day, and then get slammed back down?
First: what rose was “narrative + short covering,” not fundamentals.
Around October 9, MAGIC surged approximately 85% in a single day, closing at 0.12. The next day it reached 0.16, then was slammed back down. The long upper wick is a classic sign of distribution.
The project shifted from Arbitrum GameFi/NFTs to AI Agents. The official line is that MAGIC is used for agent computing power and on-chain services; in September, the team touted a “recovery” and launched Kong Book, mentioning Summon, Smol Clyde… It is all still at the narrative stage, with none of it converted into revenue.
The burn mechanism (TIP-61) exists on paper, but it will be paused when the DAO has less than 18 months of operating runway. What does that mean? The deflation is just a fake move and can be shut off at any time.
There is also an unrelated “Treasure NFT” scam riding on the brand. You may have bought MAGIC without even figuring out what it is.
Second: history is slapping you in the face.
Since 2023, whenever MAGIC has rallied more than approximately 135%, its high close has typically retraced 33%-43% over the following 30 days.
This round has risen more than 200% from the August low. The 0.16 level has already left a long upper wick.
At 0.122, the retracement is underway, not the start of a new major rally.
If you take a heavy position here, you are not bottom-fishing—you are catching a falling knife during distribution.
Third: macro has a knife hanging overhead—CPI tomorrow.
The U.S. CPI release on October 14 is the short-term trigger. If the data is hotter and the dollar strengthens again, 0.12 will be difficult to hold; only mild data and a steady BTC would leave room for an oversold rebound.
MAGIC has no independent macro anchor; as a high-beta altcoin, it will be hit first when overall risk appetite takes a step back.
Don’t tell me that “being down 98% makes it cheap.”
The historical high of $6.32 is a tombstone from February 2022. Supply and the narrative have both changed; $6 is not an anchor—it is grass growing over a grave.
You can judge the bull-bear battle yourself
On one side:
More than doubled from 0.0385, with strong weekly and monthly performance
Supply is close to fully circulating, with no major unlocks
The AI Agent narrative will have momentum in 2026
Small market cap, easy to pump
On the other side:
Post-85% one-day surge distribution, with a long upper wick
Real on-chain fees cannot support the trading volume
The burn mechanism is conditional, not continuously deflationary
Historical pattern: a 33%-43% retracement after a 135% rally
CPI tomorrow; high-beta assets get hit first
Trading strategy
Short-term bullish bias:
Only trade on confirmation: if the 4H candle closes back above 0.128 and holds, then look at 0.137, with 0.147 only if momentum is strong. Place the stop-loss below 0.118.
If you want to buy: only take a small position near a bottoming wick at 0.114-0.116; admit defeat below 0.112.
Turning bearish:
If the daily or 4H candle closes below 0.114, first target 0.10, then 0.090-0.080.
0.066 is a reference for the end of a deep correction, not the first target.
Mid-term:
If 0.16 is not broken, do not treat this move as a new bull market.
Wait for a pullback to 0.10 or even 0.08 before buying in batches, rather than taking a heavy position at 0.12 after a doubling.
If it breaks through and holds 0.147-0.16 on rising volume, the failed structure at the previous high will be invalidated, and then we can discuss 0.18-0.20. Until then, all upside targets are rebound targets, not a trend.
MAGIC now looks like every “revived coin” from 2023—
When the price is being pumped, everyone says, “This time is different.”
When it gets dumped, you discover: the story is still there, but your position is gone.
0.122 is a consolidation zone after the violent pump. Holding 0.114 allows selling high and buying low, a short-term long only above 0.128, and below 0.114 the priority is 0.10.
Keep the position small, use hard stop-losses, and don’t fight the volatility. #GateWCTCS9全球交易赛 #GateX红牛F1新加坡站夺冠 #韩股大跌你会抄底吗 $BTC $MAGIC $ETH

🚨 INSANE VOLATILITY
$BTC ‌ is trapping both sides of the market right now.
• Dropped $3,300 in 18 hours
• Over $600M in long positions liquidated
• Rebounded $3,000 in just 8 hours
• Another $107M in shorts liquidated
• $60B added to Bitcoin’s market cap
This isn’t a clean trend yet, it’s a liquidity battle. Bulls and bears are both getting punished. 👀
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$NVDA Pre-market -0.8%.
The market share of AI accelerators in China’s data centers during the first half of the year has been released. NVIDIA’s share fell to 34%, while Huawei surged to 28%, followed by Pingtouge at 7%, Cambricon at 5%, Kunlunxin at 4%, and Enflame at 3%.
Most strikingly, shipments of non-GPU inference accelerator chips reached 1.016 million units, surging 80% and surpassing GPUs in unit volume for the first time in history.
Many people’s first reaction is that NVIDIA is finished. However, Jensen Huang’s guidance had already explicitly listed China revenue as zero, so dropping to 0 doesn’t really matter.

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Are you still holding ZEC at $1,195?
From $1,650 to $1,195, 28% is gone. ETFs are seeing redemptions, leverage is getting liquidated, and everyone is asking: Is the privacy narrative dead? But the weekly chart hasn’t died yet—is this the final drop, or the beginning of a bear market?
First, look at the surface: support broke, and longs were swept.
Over 24 hours, it swung from $1,125 to $1,310, with volume expanding and long liquidations clearly exceeding short liquidations. Market cap remains around $20 billion, ranking 10th, while the one-year gain is still above 300%. The candlesticks tell you this: the daily chart has shifted from recovery to a bearish continuation pattern, EMA20 is capping it at $1,305, EMA50 is close to $1,190, RSI is neutral-to-weak at 42–44, and MACD is below the zero line—all indicators are shouting one thing: the short-term decline isn’t over, so don’t rush to buy the dip.
But now look at the weekly chart.
The price remains far above the 200-week moving average (around $650), and weekly RSI is still near 60, with no bearish divergence. From single digits in 2024 to four digits, the structure of this move remains intact.
Bearish on the daily, bullish on the weekly. This is the most divided—and most critical—aspect of the current situation.
First: ETFs are running, while Winklevoss is only painting a rosy picture—the buying-the-expectation phase is over.
Grayscale’s ZCSH saw net outflows of $93.56 million during the week ending October 2, its first week of net redemptions since listing in August. Outflows continued the following week, falling to $30 million. The segment pushed up by ETF accumulation in September is now being dismantled by redemptions.
Winklevoss’s WINK filed an S-1, proposing a Nasdaq listing, with a 0.25% fee, Gemini as custodian, and intended subscriptions of up to $100 million—but it has not been approved, is non-binding, and cannot be treated as buying pressure.
Second: Leverage is being cleared out—a long squeeze—but this is not the start of a bear market.
Open interest in perpetuals peaked above $3.4 billion in September and has continued to decline during this pullback. In today’s move, long liquidations clearly exceeded short liquidations—this is passive long deleveraging, not a sell-off driven by new shorts.
It’s not that someone is shorting ZEC; leverage itself has collapsed.
Oversold can become even more oversold, but your margin cannot.
Daily ATR is approximately 7%–9%, and any $50–$80 move above $1,195 is normal. Don’t mistake normal volatility for a trend reversal.
Third: The macro environment is hanging by a thread—CPI is tomorrow.
In September, the Federal Reserve raised rates by 25bp to 3.75%–4.00%; the minutes were hawkish, and another hike by year-end is still being priced in. Tomorrow (October 14), the US September CPI report is the trigger for this week.
If CPI exceeds expectations, BTC and ZEC will both take a hit; only a downside surprise would support a technical rebound. BTC is moving sideways near $83k, and spot ETFs also recorded net outflows last week. ZEC’s beta is higher than BTC’s, so if the broader market provides no direction, it will amplify volatility in both directions.
Macro is not the main cause of ZEC’s decline, but it has taken away your courage to buy the dip.
You can judge the battle between bulls and bears yourself
On one side:
The major weekly trend remains intact, with the 200-week moving average at $650—still far away
A 21 million cap, with a Bitcoin-like halving, and 16.9 million in circulation
If activated on November 5, the NU7 upgrade will confirm a reduction from 75 seconds to 25 seconds
The AI monitoring narrative is the core of this repricing cycle; the story is not dead
$1,130/$1,112 are potential double-bottom levels; holding them could trigger a rebound
On the other side:
ETFs have recorded net outflows for two consecutive weeks, and the September accumulation positions are being unwound
The daily chart is in bearish alignment, with EMA20 capping it and MACD below the zero line
Long liquidations exceed short liquidations, and leverage is still being cleared out
CPI is tomorrow, and macro risk assets are not cheap
The EU will delist “enhanced anonymity” assets in 2027, narrowing compliant liquidity
Trading strategy
For longs, only use two approaches:
Aggressive: If a lower wick appears at $1,130–$1,150 and the one-hour chart stops making new lows, enter with a small position. Stop-loss below $1,100. First target: $1,250; second target: $1,290. Take half off at $1,250.
Conservative: Wait for the daily chart to reclaim and hold above $1,290, then buy a retest. Target $1,400, stop-loss below $1,200. You may miss the bottom, but you won’t catch a falling knife.
For shorts, only short a rebound:
If $1,250–$1,290 is rejected with a high-volume upper wick, short with a small position. Stop-loss above $1,330. Target $1,150; if $1,112 breaks, watch $1,050.
Do not open a new short at $1,195. It is too close to support and could easily be swept by a wick before CPI.
Position sizing:
Risk no more than 1% of your principal per trade. Intraday moves of 8%–10% are common for ZEC; leverage above 3x is equivalent to betting on direction.
For existing longs with an entry cost above $1,300: $1,250–$1,290 on a rebound is a zone for reducing exposure, not adding.
For existing profitable shorts: Take partial profits near $1,130 and move the stop-loss above the entry price. Don’t let profits get wiped out on a second test of the lows.
Time window:
From tonight until before CPI tomorrow, expect mostly range-bound trading and false breakouts; reduce position sizes.
The NU7 mainnet decision on October 20 and activation on November 5 are mid-term events. Before then, the price could first drop to $1,050 or rebound to $1,400. Don’t use event dates as stop-losses.
ZEC now resembles ORDI in 2024—
After the surge, everyone was shouting, “The privacy king is back.”
Then the daily chart broke down and leverage exploded, only for people to realize: the story is still there, but your position is gone.
The weekly bull trend is not dead, and the daily bear trend is not over. $1,195 is the observation zone, $1,130 is the bull-bear dividing line, and $1,290 separates a genuine rebound from a false one.
Before CPI is released, keep positions small and trade quickly. #GateWCTCS9全球交易赛 #GateX红牛F1新加坡站夺冠 #韩股大跌你会抄底吗 $BTC $ETH $ZEC

This is huge for crypto.
Robinhood Chain has recorded $15 Billion in trading volume in its first 100 days.
It shows there’s real demand for bringing stocks on-chain.
Still early, but this is the kind of market direction in crypto worth watching closely.

ETH at $2,510—are you still stubbornly holding on?
The ETF has seen outflows for 10 straight days totaling $780 million, and even the most committed bulls stop buying once they reach 5%; 2,400 has been defended twice—but 2,510, stuck in the middle, may be the whales’ last escape window for you.
First, the surface picture: ETH dipped to 2,409 overnight and was forcibly bought back to 2,510, with a 24-hour range of 2,410–2,560. The daily chart has been defended twice around 2,400, RSI is neutral at 45, and price is below the short-term moving averages but above the long-term ones. Everyone is shouting: “The double bottom is confirmed, and the bull market is back!”
But I advise you not to get excited yet.
This is not a bullish trend reversal; it is a recovery after liquidation.
In plain English: after liquidating a wave of longs, the whales pulled it back up to see how many more retail traders are willing to take the other side.
First: the ETF is bleeding, and institutions are voting with their feet.
The U.S. spot ETH ETF has seen net outflows for roughly 10 consecutive trading days. On October 12 alone, outflows reached $85.4 million, with BlackRock’s ETHA accounting for $75.1 million. Since September 29, cumulative outflows have reached approximately $780 million; last week alone saw $542 million in outflows, the worst performance since January.
Are you still waiting for institutions to provide support?
Institutions are dumping their coins on you.
Don’t tell me “bullish in the long term.” Long-term optimism and short-term selling have never been contradictory. BlackRock is promoting tokenization while selling ETH—now that’s professionalism.
Second: the most reliable buyer is about to stop.
BitMine (Tom Lee) holds approximately 6.029 million ETH, close to 4.9% of the total supply, just one step away from its self-imposed 5% target. It added another 12,500 ETH last week, but the company has made it clear: it will stop at 5%.
Over the past few months, BitMine has been the market’s most consistent and mechanical spot buyer. Now this “buy, buy, buy” machine is about to shut down.
Guess who will take over when even the most committed bulls stop buying?
Retail investors?
You can’t even catch yourself.
Third: the unlock queue is hanging overhead, and the deflation narrative has long since shattered.
The staking exit queue had previously risen to this year’s high, at roughly 770,000 ETH. The potential selling pressure after unstaking is like a sword hanging over the market.
Even more painful: after the Dencun upgrade, mainnet fees plunged, and burning has fallen far short of issuance. ETH is now mildly inflationary and is by no means a deflationary asset.
Are you still brainwashing yourself with the “deflation” narrative?
That is an old script from 2021.
The bull-bear battle—judge for yourself
On one side:
2,400 has been defended twice; the medium-term structure remains intact
RSI is neutral at 45 and has not reached oversold territory
ETH/BTC is at a low level, theoretically leaving room for a recovery
The long-term narratives—tokenization, L2s, and stablecoin settlement—remain intact
On the other side:
The ETF has bled for 10 consecutive days, with cumulative outflows of $780 million
BitMine will stop buying at 5%, eliminating the most reliable buyer at the margin
The 770,000-ETH staking exit queue leaves selling pressure hanging overhead
The Federal Reserve just hiked rates in September, and the dot plot still leaves room for one more hike
This week’s CPI data could hit ETH first if it comes in hot
BTC is at 83,000, ETH/BTC is weak, and altcoins have no independent trend
Key levels: 2,400 is the lifeline, 2,575 is the ticket, and 2,510 is the meat grinder.
Resistance above: 2,550–2,575 (short-term moving averages + reclaim line; failing to break above means it is just a rebound) → 2,600 → 2,660–2,740 (dense previous-high zone; only a breakout on heavy volume counts as a recovery)
Support below: 2,490–2,500 (trendline) → 2,430–2,480 (key defense) → 2,400–2,410 (lifeline) → 2,220–2,280 → 2,140–2,240 (100/200-day moving averages)
A daily close below 2,400 means the abyss lies below.
Only a 4-hour close above 2,575 qualifies as a reversal.
2,510? Stuck in the middle, it is the perfect spot for a wick.
Trading strategy (range-bound bias, do not chase)
Perpetual longs:
Do not chase at 2,510. Consider a light position only if price pulls back to 2,430–2,460 and the 1-hour chart stops making new lows. Place the stop-loss below 2,385. First target: 2,550–2,575; take some profit there. Only after a 4-hour close above 2,575 should you target 2,660–2,740.
Perpetual shorts:
Do not try to short the top at 2,510. Wait for 2,550–2,575 to fail, followed by an upper wick or shrinking volume, then short. Place the stop-loss above 2,600. First target: 2,460, then 2,410. If the daily chart does not close below 2,400, do not overstay in the short.
Spot:
You can keep your medium-term position, but do not add at this level. If you want to add, wait for one of two scenarios:
A daily close back above 2,575 followed by consolidation above it;
A drop to 2,300–2,400, with ETF outflows beginning to ease.
Before BitMine is close to stopping its purchases, do not expect more mechanical support.
Position-sizing rule:
Keep the loss on any single trade below 1% of total capital. Reduce leverage by one level around the CPI release. If the funding rate suddenly turns strongly positive, it means longs are crowded into the rebound; prioritize reducing positions, not adding.
ETH now looks like that move in August 2025—
Everyone thought, “It has fallen this much, it should rebound,” but once the ETF stopped and the treasury stopped buying, the price slid steadily from 2,700 to 2,400.
Don’t mistake a rebound for a reversal, and don’t mistake a recovery for the return of the bull market.
The ETF is bleeding and the treasury is stopping—what are you still waiting for?
2,400 is the lifeline, and 2,575 is the ticket.
2,510 is between the two: suitable for waiting, not for taking a heavily leveraged stance.#GateWCTCS9全球交易赛 #GateX红牛F1新加坡站夺冠 #韩股大跌你会抄底吗 $BTC $ETH $SOL

If you’ve been following the market around earnings reports, now is a good time to do some homework in advance.
Before every earnings report, there are really only two questions everyone cares about: Is there still an opportunity to enter now? And if so, how should you think about going long or short?
I happened to come across an analysis written by Zhu Erdan, and personally, I think Section “4” is worth taking a close look at. It lays out corresponding strategic ideas for both long and short positions. At the very least, before deciding whether to enter, you can have one more reference point instead of simply following your emotions.
Of course, a strategy is just a strategy. How the market moves still depends on its actual performance, so don’t rush to place an order just because you’re afraid of missing out.
If you’re interested, you can read it yourself 👇

#Bitcoin is approaching a key decision point.
$BTC bounced from the Daily MA 50 and is trading near $83,000.
Here are the levels to watch:
• Support: $80,960
• Resistance: $87,500
The next major catalyst arrives on October 14 with the US CPI report.
Will Bitcoin break toward $87.5K or retest support first?
The next move could set the tone for the market.

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STRK at $0.086—would you dare to buy the dip?
It pumped from $0.05 to $0.126 in just 4 days, then crashed back to $0.086 in another 2 days. Everyone is shouting “L1 + quantum resistance is taking off,” but with the unlock the day after tomorrow and CPI tomorrow—is this the bottom you’re buying, or are you catching it halfway down?
First, the surface view: a normal pullback after a surge, with the daily chart still above the moving averages and RSI only a little above 60—not oversold.
STRK doubled over the past month and rose 65% in 7 days, surging to $0.126 on October 11, a nearly 10-month high. Then a large bearish candle on the 12th sent it to just above $0.08, down 30% in a single day. It is still down 14%-18% over the past 24 hours today, trading in the $0.082-$0.107 range.
The candlesticks tell you this: $0.086 is exactly at the 50% retracement level from the $0.048 launch point to the $0.126 high. The daily EMA20 ($0.06) and EMA50 ($0.047) have both held, so the broader structure is intact. Every technical trader is shouting: a 50% retracement is a golden opportunity—buy the dip!
But let me ask you one thing:
Have you ever seen a “normal pullback” that starts with the first high-volume long bearish candle after a sharp pump, with an unlock coming the day after tomorrow?
First: The L1 narrative is only a “consideration”
At Token2049 on October 8, StarkWare’s Eli Ben-Sasson said they were considering becoming independent from Ethereum as an L1 and building the first quantum-resistant network in 2027.
The market priced that statement in immediately. STRK surged from $0.05 to $0.126 in a few days.
But note: this is only a “consideration”—there has been no governance approval, migration timeline, or mainnet launch date.
In plain English:
The project team said, “I might do something big in 2027,” and the market treated it as “already done.”
On-chain activity and fee revenue have lagged far behind the price increase. This rally is a valuation repricing, not a fundamental transformation. $0.12 has already priced in a substantial portion of the story.
What does it mean to buy the rumor and sell the fact? This is it.
Second: 127 million tokens unlock on October 15, and leverage will amplify the selling pressure
The day after tomorrow, October 15, approximately 127 million STRK will unlock, equivalent to 3.4% of the circulating supply and worth more than $10 million at the current price.
Doesn’t sound like much?
But look at the current market structure: 24-hour trading volume is $300-$400 million, nearly equal to the market cap. This is not a slow bull market; it is leverage and short-term trading driving the action.
After the sharp pump, futures open interest is crowded, funding rates are slightly positive, and longs are piled in.
An unlock at this point—even a sell-off of just over $10 million—could trigger a cascade of liquidations.
The negative catalyst is not huge, but appearing at the wrong time, it becomes a nuclear bomb.
Third: The macro backdrop is not favorable, and CPI is tomorrow
BTC is ranging between $82,000 and $84,000, while spot ETF outflows were clearly visible last week. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield is 5.2%, making liquidity extremely unfavorable for high-beta altcoins.
Tomorrow, October 14, is the U.S. CPI release.
The Federal Reserve has already raised rates once in September, and the market is wavering between “a pause in October and another hike in December.” If CPI comes in hotter than expected, a high-volatility coin like STRK will be the first to get cut.
An individual token’s narrative can move independently for a few days, but with an unlock coinciding with CPI, the margin for error is extremely small.
You can judge the bull-bear battle yourself
On one side:
The L1 + quantum-resistant narrative has substantial upside potential toward 2027
The daily chart remains above EMA20/EMA50, and the broader structure is intact
Protocol-side v0.14.4, mobile proving, and staking vaults support the long-term story
$0.086 is exactly the 50% retracement, which technical traders see as the decisive zone
On the other side:
L1 is only a “consideration,” with no governance approval or timeline
127 million tokens unlock on October 15, with leverage crowded
CPI tomorrow, 5.2% Treasury yields, and BTC ETF outflows
On-chain activity and fees are far behind the price
Based on a total supply of 10 billion, the FDV is nearly $900 million—not cheap
The key level is $0.086, with $0.100 as the life-or-death line above and $0.082 as the critical level below.
Resistance above: $0.088-$0.090 → $0.093-$0.096 → $0.100-$0.103 (round number + crash starting point) → $0.120-$0.127 (previous high)
Support below: $0.082 (24-hour low; a break would accelerate the decline) → $0.074-$0.078 (61.8% retracement) → $0.065-$0.068 → $0.050-$0.055 (the bulls’ final line of defense this cycle)
Daily bullish, hourly bearish. A classic case of the larger trend remaining intact while distribution occurs on the smaller timeframe.
Trading strategy
Short term (before the unlock, before October 15):
Default to waiting, or only short rebounds; do not chase longs.
$0.082 is today’s critical level. If the 1-hour chart fails to reclaim it, the next range to watch is $0.074-$0.078, followed by $0.065 if weakness continues.
If it rebounds to $0.093-$0.096 but volume fails to keep up and another long upper wick appears, that is a place to reduce positions or open a short, with a stop-loss above $0.100.
Only a high-volume 4-hour close above $0.100 would show that the sell-off has been bought back up; then watch $0.110/$0.120. Until then, treat every rebound as an escape rally.
On the unlock day and afterward:
If it drops to $0.074-$0.078 or even $0.065 on the 15th while BTC holds its levels, you can try a small position for a rebound, with a stop-loss 4%-5% below the low at entry and initial targets of $0.088, followed by $0.096.
If it does not fall on the unlock day and instead breaks directly above $0.100, that means spot buyers absorbed the selling pressure; follow then, and do not guess in advance.
Once the daily chart closes below $0.050, this L1 narrative trade is over and the market returns to bear-market consolidation—do not hold through it.
Position-sizing rules:
Keep the total risk from perpetuals to a very small portion of your account, with a maximum loss of 1%-2% of net worth per trade.
Funding rates are currently slightly positive and futures open interest is high, with longs crowded. Prioritize protection against wick hunts; do not use high leverage to “buy the dip” at $0.086 and end up catching it halfway down.
STRK now looks like ARB in 2025—
An L2 leader, an upgraded narrative, and a grand ecosystem—everyone thinks “this time is different.”
And the result?
Unlock sell-offs, a narrative disproven, and the price halving from the high, then halving again.
In crypto, after a coin doubles, any “positive catalyst” could be fireworks set off to facilitate distribution.
$0.086 is the waist of the sharp pump, not the bottom.
If $0.100 cannot be reclaimed, there are no bulls. If $0.082 is lost, watch $0.078 and $0.065.
The real events are the unlock the day after tomorrow and CPI tomorrow.
Keep the story, but wait for price and events to give a signal together.#GateWCTCS9全球交易赛 #GateX红牛F1新加坡站夺冠 #韩股大跌你会抄底吗 $BTC $STRK $ETH

The A7 International platform under Russia’s PSB Bank is officially launching today. Essentially, it is a superhighway that seamlessly connects USDT with the traditional SWIFT system.
In simple terms, you can use USDT directly to pay invoices from overseas suppliers, while the recipient receives a regular SWIFT wire transfer in the fiat currency you specify.
Even more remarkably, their fee is fixed at just 0.3%, which is highly competitive in today’s cross-border settlement market.
Today, October 13, at 10:13 UTC (18:13 Beijing time), PSB Bank Chairman Petr Fradkov and A7 CEO Ilan Shor will also host a livestream to personally reveal how it works. The livestream link is
To be honest, after watching developments over the past few years, stablecoins are clearly no longer just a niche game for crypto insiders. They are steadily eroding and restructuring the underlying clearing network of global trade. As compliant capital and national-level financial institutions begin using crypto to bypass traditional friction, the era of a new-generation payment system is truly accelerating toward us!

The market’s just been whipsawing and messing with our heads lately. Luckily, I woke up early today and helped the guys in the group catch a long trade.

NEAR at $5.15—are you panicking?
It doubled in a month, the ETF launched, buybacks are backed by real cash, and the issuance reduction proposal is on the table—yet today a big bearish candle slammed it down 10%, wiping out a round of long positions. Is this a pullback to pick up buyers, or are smart-money players fleeing?
First, the surface: NEAR surged from 2.3 to 6 over the past 30 days, doubling and returning to the top 20 by market cap. Bitwise’s spot ETF (NRR) listed on September 29, with $58 million flowing in during its first week; Intents cross-chain volume hit $4.76 billion in September, up 73% month-on-month; the inflation proposal would reduce annual issuance from 2.5% to 1.6%. Everyone is shouting, “NEAR is due for a revaluation.”
Then today: it crashed from 5.89 to 4.89, down 10%. Your 5.15 is a weak rebound after the plunge, not a new breakout.
This is not a slow bleed—it is profit-taking after doubling in a month, compounded by a macro-driven sell-off.
First: the ETF channel is open, but its size is too small to absorb the volatility.
Bitwise’s NEAR ETF saw $58 million in inflows in its first week, with another $13 million per week recently and $4 million on individual trading days. Sounds good?
But look closely: BTC and ETH spot ETFs are seeing outflows, while NEAR still has net inflows, showing that institutions are indeed buying. But this amount of money cannot hedge against a one-day sell-off of more than ten percent. The institutional channel is genuinely open, but don’t treat it as a lifeline. Its scale is still small and cannot support high-beta volatility.
Second: Intents buybacks are real cash flow, but a $6.9 billion market cap is still expensive for this level of buybacks.
September Intents cross-chain swaps totaled $4.76 billion to $4.8 billion, up 73% month-on-month, with cumulative volume reaching $31 billion to $33 billion. Part of the fees is used to buy back NEAR. This is the core reason this rally can be described as having “cash flow,” and it is far more substantial than tokens issued by pure ecosystem funds.
But do the math: the buyback volume is a drop in the ocean relative to a $6.9 billion market cap. The fundamentals are cleaner than during the 2024–25 wave of “user-count-only” narratives, but a $6.9 billion market cap is still expensive relative to the current real buyback scale. This is a trading asset, not a bargain.
Third: the issuance reduction proposal has not passed yet—don’t treat it as implemented.
The annual issuance cap would be reduced from 2.5% to 1.6% over 24 months, meaning 12 million fewer tokens issued over two years and 66 million fewer over six years. The direction is favorable for bulls, but neither the vote nor implementation has been delivered. Moreover, stakers receive approximately 90% of issuance, so reduced issuance will pressure staking yields, and validators may not unanimously support it. It is still at the proposal stage, so don’t pop the champagne early.
Technical outlook: the first sharp drop within an uptrend, not confirmation of a bottom.
The daily structure has not broken: price is still near the 20-day moving average (around 5.05), and well above the 50-day (around 3.9) and 200-day averages. Daily RSI is around 58, neutral; weekly RSI has touched 70, meaning this rally has already overheated the weekly chart. The 4-hour MACD has already formed a death cross, and today’s candle is a continuation of the decline after a long upper wick at elevated levels.
Volume is key. Weekend volume reached record levels, with daily spot plus futures volume reaching around $3 billion; today saw a high-volume decline. This kind of volume usually cannot be digested in one day. Oscillation between 4.90 and 5.40 is the baseline, not an immediate V-shaped return to $6.
On the derivatives side: open interest is around $280 million, the long-to-short account ratio is about 2.3, and retail remains tilted bullish; the funding rate is about -0.0085% per 8 hours, only mildly negative and not an extreme short squeeze setup. Today was mainly long liquidation, not shorts already being squeezed out.
The bull-bear battle—judge for yourself
On one side:
Bitwise ETF continues to see net inflows, opening the institutional channel
Intents cross-chain volume up 73% month-on-month, with buybacks backed by real cash
The issuance reduction proposal is directionally favorable for bulls
Daily structure intact, with support at the 20-day moving average
On the other side:
The ETF is too small to absorb a sell-off
The issuance reduction has not passed a vote, and expectations have already been priced in
A $6.9 billion market cap remains expensive relative to the buyback scale
On the eve of CPI, U.S. Treasury yields are at 5.2%+, and risk assets are deleveraging
The high-volume decline and bullish retail positioning suggest long liquidation may not be over
Key level: 5.15, just 5% from the 4.89 line in the sand and also just 5% from the first hurdle at 5.40.
Upside resistance: 5.37–5.40 (daily pivot, the first hurdle that must be reclaimed today) → 5.90–6.00 (previous high/round-number level)
Downside support: 4.89–4.90 (today’s low, the short-term line in the sand) → 4.73/4.82 (daily S1/weekly S1) → 4.30–4.46 (October 8 panic low)
Trading strategy
Longs (wait for confirmation, don’t go all-in now):
Condition: 4-hour close reclaims 5.37–5.40, with a subsequent retest holding above 5.15.
Targets: first leg at 5.60, second leg at 5.85–6.00. Above $6, with no new capital or passed issuance reduction vote, only reduce—don’t add.
Stop-loss: a move back below 5.05, or place it directly at 4.85.
Shorts (only trade a breakdown, don’t guess the top):
Condition: daily close below 4.89, followed by a failed rebound to 4.95–5.05.
Target: 4.75–4.82, with an extension toward 4.45.
Stop-loss: reclaiming 5.15 and failing to return below it for 15 minutes. Halve short positions before CPI as well.
Existing core positions:
For those with costs far below $4, 5.15 is not an exit point. Take half the profit on a rebound to 5.50–5.70, and move the stop-loss on the remainder up to 4.80.
For those with costs around 5.5–6.0, reduce on a rebound to 5.35–5.50. Don’t fantasize about breaking even at the original price before riding the next major leg up.
Three scenarios (the 48 hours after CPI):
Base case (more likely): range between 4.90 and 5.40 while waiting for the data. Position size below half of normal.
CPI-friendly + reclaiming 5.40: target 5.70–6.00. $6 is a reduction zone, not an accumulation zone.
Hot CPI + losing 4.89: drop to 4.70, and if weakness continues, 4.30–4.50. That is where the pullback buy point for this trend lies—not 5.15.
Track the issuance reduction vote, continued ETF inflows, and Intents buybacks separately. If two of the three are missing, $6 is the local top of this rally, not a consolidation midpoint.
NEAR now looks like SOL in 2025—
ETF, buybacks, issuance reduction—the three narratives are each more seductive than the last. But the price has already priced in most of the expectations.
The narrative remains, but your entry price determines whether you feast or take a beating.
The first sharp drop within an uptrend is not confirmation of a bottom.
Don’t go all-in at 5.15; wait for confirmation.
$6 is a reduction zone, not an accumulation zone.#GateWCTCS9全球交易赛 #GateX红牛F1新加坡站夺冠 #韩股大跌你会抄底吗 ￥$BTC $ETH $NEAR