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Momentum is picking up fast. Let’s see what $ZIG does next 🚀

$BCH is heating up again.
After the previous short call played out well, BCH has bounced back strongly and is now pushing toward the key $267 resistance.
This is the level to watch closely.
A rejection around $267 could give high-risk traders a short-term short setup. But if BCH breaks above $267 with strong momentum and holds it as support, the bullish move could have much more room to run.
Right now, $267 is the battleground. One clean breakout could change the whole setup.
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Additionally, they just placed a limit order at $78,000, planning to go long 2,450 BTC ($190 million)!

$2,500 ETH—are you chasing it now?
Look at the surface first: negative catalysts are piling up, but the price is not falling.
Over the past week, the Fed raised rates by 25bp for the first time in more than three years, the CLARITY Act was killed in the Senate, and ETH ETFs saw net outflows for several consecutive days. ETH should have crashed, in theory. But what happened? 2,400 held, and 2,500 was reclaimed. The upper boundary of the range is being tested, RSI at 55-59 is neutral to moderately strong, and both MA50 and MA200 are below the price. The medium-term structure is still intact.
First: The rate hike has landed—the scariest landmine has already exploded.
On September 16, the Fed raised rates by 25bp to 3.75%-4.00%. This was the first hike in more than three years, and the market had priced it in for a long time. As a result, on the day the hike landed, ETH did not fall; instead, it bounced from 2,400 back to 2,500.
What does “bad news fully priced in” look like? This is it.
Second: The CLARITY Act failed to pass, but the market has already fully digested it.
The Senate failed to pass the CLARITY Act, reducing regulatory clarity in the short term and triggering a round of selling and hundreds of millions of dollars in liquidations.
The bill failed to pass, so ETH is going to zero? Are DeFi, RWA, and stablecoins no longer going to run on ETH?
BlackRock’s BUIDL is still on ETH, stablecoin settlement remains highly concentrated in the ETH ecosystem, and corporate treasuries are still accumulating ETH. Regulatory issues are sentiment in the short term and noise in the long term.
Third: The Glamsterdam upgrade has its testnet on October 6.
This is the most important L1 scaling upgrade since the Merge. The gas limit will rise significantly, fees could fall by 78%, and ePBS will be introduced.
Transactions become faster and cheaper, while L2 fees fall further
Institutional staking becomes more efficient, and the locked amount continues to rise
ETH shifts from “high usage but weak value capture” to “high usage and higher earnings”
The staking ratio has already reached 32-34%, while the circulating supply is shrinking. ETFs can also “hold + earn yield.”
Resistance above: 2560 (upper range boundary + short-seller defense line) → 2630-2660 → 2700-2800
Support below: 2467 (middle Bollinger Band) → 2400 (lifeline) → 2320-2280
The daily chart is ranging between 2350 and 2560. 2400 is strong support and a liquidation-dense zone, where buying has absorbed the selling. MACD has flattened after a bullish crossover, indicating a “bounce without a confirmed breakout.”
The bulls and bears are battling it out—you decide
On one side:
The rate hike has landed, bad news is fully priced in, and shorts are covering
Staking ratio at 32-34%, with the circulating supply shrinking
Glamsterdam upgrade testnet on October 6
RWA, stablecoins, and corporate treasuries continue accumulating ETH
MA50/200 are below the price, with a bullish medium-term structure
On the other side:
ETFs have recently seen net outflows, and institutions are cautious in the short term
The rate-hike cycle is not over, with another hike possible in October or December
The CLARITY Act failed to pass, and regulatory uncertainty remains
2560 has failed three times, creating enormous psychological pressure
ETH is down 45% over the past year and remains negative YTD
Trading strategies
For short-term traders:
Lightly short or reduce longs around 2500-2520, with a stop-loss above 2565 and targets at 2465-2430. If it pulls back to 2410-2430, lightly enter longs, with a stop-loss at 2340 and targets at 2480-2520.
For breakout traders:
Wait for a 4-hour close firmly above 2560 + increased volume + narrowing ETF outflows, then add to longs after a retest of 2560 holds, targeting 2660-2700.
For long-term believers:
Accumulate in batches within the 2400-2500 range. Staking lockups + ETF yield + RWA expansion are shrinking ETH’s supply. 2500 is not the cheapest level, but it is not the worst level either. The key is whether 2400 can become a temporary bottom.
A year ago, ETH was at 4946, and you thought, “It’s too expensive—wait for a pullback.”
Now ETH is at 2500, and you think, “It will fall further—wait a little longer.”
When it rises back to 4000, you will say, “Why didn’t I buy at 2500 back then?”
What changed is not ETH, but your emotions.
At 2500, do you dare to chase it?#Gate股票永续合约覆盖数量行业第一 #Gate广场中秋团圆局 #每周来晒 $BTC $ETH $SOL

Altcoins are finally showing strength.
The total Altcoin market cap is breaking out of a nearly 2-year downtrend and is up 10% this week.
I’m not calling Altseason yet.
We need a weekly close above the trendline to confirm the breakout.
If it fails, $160B–$190B could be tested again.
What’s interesting is that this is happening while BTC is back above $77K despite higher rates and the Clarity Act setback.
The structure is changing.
Maybe this time is different.

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BTC at $78,100—would you dare chase it?
Look at the surface first: three major bearish blows, but the price has stopped falling.
On September 15, a large bearish candle drove BTC down to around $76,000, scaring retail investors into panic-selling overnight. But what happened? Long lower wicks formed on September 16–17, and a bullish candle on the 18th directly reclaimed $78,100. Over 24 hours, it rebounded 2% from $76,200. Someone is firmly defending $76,000—don't hand over your coins in panic.
First: the rate hike has been delivered, but the market didn't collapse.
The Federal Reserve raised rates by 25 basis points on September 16–17. The dot plot was hawkish, hinting at a possible additional hike this year. As soon as the news broke, BTC instantly plunged to $76,000.
Sounds scary? But look at the chart—the price recovered right after the plunge.
What the market fears most is "not knowing whether rates will be raised." Now that the decision is out of the way, it has instead given the bulls a chance to catch their breath. Oil prices have recently pulled back, tech stocks have rebounded, and risk appetite is recovering.
Second: shorts were liquidated, but this isn't a new bull market.
From September 17–18, roughly tens of millions to hundreds of millions of dollars in short positions were liquidated, driving the price rapidly back above $78,000 from $76,300. A typical leveraged short squeeze.
This rebound wasn't driven by buying pressure—it was driven upward by shorts being forced to close.
A total of $750 million flowed out on September 15–16, turning positive at just $159.5 million on the 17th. Spot buying did not expand in tandem at all.
A short squeeze ≠ a trend reversal. This is a technical recovery, not the starting point of a new bull market.
Third: on-chain data tells you a painful truth.
Corporate treasuries bought only 5,900 BTC over the past three months, at an average cost of $80,500—most companies are currently sitting on unrealized losses.
But on the other hand: the share of spent outputs in loss has fallen from nearly 60% to 27%, while long-term holders are still quietly accumulating. The long-term downtrend in exchange reserves remains unchanged.
In plain English: those who can't hold on are selling at a loss, while those who can hold are picking up the coins.
Below $76,000 is the psychological defense line for most people. Hold it, and the market moves sideways to the upside; lose it, and $71,300 comes into view.
The bulls and bears are battling it out—judge for yourself
On one side:
The rate hike has been delivered, exhausting the short-term bearish catalyst
Over $100 million in shorts liquidated, with selling pressure temporarily exhausted
Long-term holders are still accumulating, while exchange reserves are declining
The House of Representatives is advancing a strategic Bitcoin reserve bill, and VanEck is calling for $100,000 next year
On the other side:
ETF flows are unstable, and institutions are deleveraging
Corporate treasuries are sitting on unrealized losses, while new buyers remain on the sidelines
Funding rates have turned positive (bulls are paying), making the market somewhat crowded
$79,800–$82,000 is a dense supply zone, with massive resistance
Resistance above: $78,500–$79,000 → $79,600–$79,800 (key) → $82,000 (September high)
Support below: $76,800 → $76,200–$76,500 (rock-solid floor) → $75,500 → $71,300 (short-term holder cost basis)
Trading strategy
For short-term traders:
Wait for a pullback to $76,800–$77,200 to cautiously go long, with a stop-loss below $76,000 and an initial target of $78,800–$79,200; take partial profits. Add to the position after a high-volume breakout above $79,500, targeting $81,500–$82,000.
Bearish scenario:
If BTC fails to hold above $78,500 and a 4H candle shows a long upper wick plus high-volume stagnation, cautiously try a short around $79,000, with a stop-loss above $79,800 and targets of $76,500–$75,800.
Breakout confirmation:
A daily close holding above $79,800 + consecutive ETF inflows → add to longs, targeting $82,000–$86,000
Break below $75,500 and hold → opens the way to $71,300; reassess bottom-fishing then
At $76,000, you're afraid of a collapse; at $78,000, you're afraid of chasing the top.
So when exactly do you want to buy? Will you wait until $100,000 to slap your thigh in regret?
In the short term, this is a range-bound market—don't mistake a short squeeze for a new bull market. But in the medium to long term—if rates are raised only once or twice more, ETFs resume inflows, or the $82,000 supply zone is absorbed, any one of these conditions being fulfilled will make BTC redefine what "digital gold" means to you.
At $78,100, would you dare add to your position? #Gate广场中秋团圆局 #Gate股票永续合约覆盖数量行业第一 #每周来晒 $BTC $ETH $SOL

Holding crypto is like observing widowhood—let alone altcoins. Even with highly volatile crypto assets like these, simply holding without taking action is a constant drain on yourself. Feeling bad when they fall and happy when they rise is something no one can avoid; it’s human nature.
People need to know where their own tolerance limits lie. Take those who bought “circles” from Teacher Wufan, for example: some may have cut their losses at the bottom, while others ran as soon as they broke even. Only a very small number were able to achieve significant results.

NEAR at $3.55—would you still dare to chase it?
Look at the surface first: it’s gone crazy, but chasing in now could leave you holding the bag.
It was still at $2.34 on September 15, and touched a high of $3.59 today, gaining 45% in three days. The current price is $3.55, 24-hour volume has exploded, daily candles have been strongly bullish in succession, and all moving averages are beneath the price. But look at RSI—78 to 87, severely overbought. The trend is very strong, but the short term is dangerously overheated.
First: private perpetual contracts have launched. This is no small matter.
On September 17, near com launched default private perpetual contracts, with execution and liquidity provided by Hyperliquid—positions, direction, and funding rates are all kept off-chain by default.
What are institutions and whales most afraid of? They’re afraid you’ll see their positions and front-run their strategies. NEAR directly solves this pain point. Protection against front-running and information leaks—this is real demand, not vaporware.
Second: NEAR has long been more than just an L1.
In the past, when you mentioned NEAR, people thought of “that sharded public blockchain.” What about now?
Chain abstraction: Intents has processed more than $30 billion across over 30 chains
Privacy execution: Confidential Perps has just gone live
AI infrastructure: Illia’s message is that “AI is the frontend, and blockchain is the backend”
The protocol fee switch is now on, with the capture rate rising from low levels to 30%, and revenue being used for buybacks. Inflation has fallen to 2.5%, strengthening the deflationary thesis. Market cap is $4.5 billion, ranking in the top 25, with staking yields at 4.5%.
Third: two signals have appeared on the technical chart that demand caution.
Bad signal: RSI is at 87, both the daily and 4-hour charts are fully overbought, the Bollinger Bands have opened sharply, and ADX is flattening at high levels—the momentum is starting to lag.
Worse signal: While the price surged, OI (open interest) plunged 29%. This rally was driven by shorts being forced to close, not by longs actively opening positions and buying. The shorts are gone—who will take over?
You can judge the long-short battle for yourself
On one side:
Private perps + airdrop anchoring + fee buybacks—a real and sustainable narrative
Intents has processed $30 billion, TVL is $70 million, and the products are running
Chain abstraction + AI + privacy—the three narratives combine to create substantial upside potential
A clear bullish daily structure after breaking through the previous resistance at 3.00–3.10
On the other side:
RSI at 87 indicates severe overbought conditions, while OI has plunged 29%—the aftereffects of the squeeze
The Federal Reserve just raised rates by 25bp, and liquidity is not loose
Airdrop unlock conditions could trigger profit-taking battles
Weekend liquidity is thinner, increasing the risk of amplified volatility
Resistance above: 3.57 (today’s high/Fib) → 3.64–3.73 → 4.00 (psychological level)
Support below: 3.38–3.50 (short term) → 3.25 (new floor) → 3.08–3.10 (previous resistance turned support) → 2.65
Trading strategy
For those already holding long positions:
Scale out in batches around 3.50–3.57 to lock in profits; don’t stubbornly hold your entire position. Take-profit targets are 3.70–3.80, and consider stopping out if the daily close falls below 3.25. Only profits taken home are real money; unrealized gains are not.
For those currently on the sidelines who want to enter:
Main strategy—buy the pullback:
Watch the 3.25–3.38 zone, especially whether 3.25 can hold. After a low-volume pullback followed by a long lower wick and a high-volume bullish candle, take a small long position, targeting 3.70–4.00, with a stop-loss below 3.08.
Breakout strategy:
If a 4-hour candle closes firmly above 3.57 on high volume, you can chase with a small portion of your position, targeting 3.73–4.00, with a stop-loss below 3.50.
Short-term trading:
If the price stalls near 3.55 after pushing higher and forms a long upper wick, you can take a small short position to trade a pullback toward 3.38–3.25.
You don’t buy after a 45% three-day rally, then chase it at $4;
You don’t dare buy the pullback at 3.25, then slap your thigh when it rebounds to 3.8.
What changes isn’t NEAR—it’s your hands.
In a short-squeeze market, the thing to fear most is mistaking a “short squeeze” for a “trend.” A trend needs follow-through from longs, and the signal for that follow-through isn’t a rise—it’s a pullback that holds.
At 3.55, would you dare to chase longs or wait for a pullback?#Gate广场中秋团圆局 #美股AI概念股全线反弹 #每周来晒 $BTC $ETH $NEAR

ARC originally had a chance to turn the tide in one move. Such a fumble—or is it that elitism just can’t understand the community’s sentiment? I no longer hold any memecoins on the ARC chain.
48 hours ago, an excellent piece of brand-building material emerged organically on the Arc chain. An anti-racism stance, spontaneous support from core community members, and the person involved receiving the tokens but refusing to cash out and instead giving back to the community.

In 1999, the five companies with the largest market capitalizations worldwide were: $MSFT $GE $INTC $WMT $XOM , with market caps of $200-350 billion.
Now, more than 20 years later, $NVDA $AAPL $GOOGL $MSFT $AMZN have market caps of $2-5 trillion.
At this rate of growth, by 2030, the giants will reach $5-12 trillion at the very least. By 2040, there may even be a $50 trillion company.
Something truly huge is coming!

Every time you can’t hold on and want to sell, read these and remind yourself to see it through:
1. Dollar-cost average and hold. I’ve never seen anyone hold for more than 4 years and still lose money.
2. If you can’t hold on, you can’t get rich.
3. The stock market is a tool specifically designed to transfer money from the impatient to the patient.
4. Time is the friend of the excellent investor and the enemy of the mediocre investor.
5. Paper hands are responsible for spotting opportunities; diamond hands are responsible for turning opportunities into wealth.
6. Real big money isn’t made by buying and selling, but by waiting.
7. When others are shouting, “That’s enough for this run,” it’s only just beginning to break out.
8. When people in the group start mocking you for still holding, it often means a breakout isn’t far away.
9. The world is full of foolish gamblers whose returns are worse than those of patient investors.
10. As soon as you sell, the market makers have the tokens they need to push the next leg higher.
11. Taking a small profit feels great, but it hurts even more when you later see someone else make 20x.
12. People who stay in the game longest didn’t buy early—they sold late.
13. Understanding a business is difficult, and holding what you don’t understand is even more difficult. Most people can’t hold because they don’t understand. If you truly understand it, you shouldn’t be unable to hold.
14. Let the profits run for a while. They know better than you how far they can go.
15. The stronger your urge to sell, the more it suggests that the market’s emotional cycle hasn’t run its course.
16. Successful investing requires time, discipline, and patience.
17. Wall Street makes money by constantly trading; you make money by not constantly trading.
18. Let others use your missed upside to add to their positions.
19. Buy and hold, then wait patiently.
20. Find a good investment opportunity, then hold it indefinitely.
If you can’t hold on, you can’t get rich!

October is coming, but Bitcoin has a bigger battle to fight than seasonality.
The Fed just delivered a 25 bps hike, while Goldman Sachs now expects another hike in October. The 2Y Treasury yield climbed to 4.734%, while the 10Y yield has moved above 5%, keeping liquidity conditions tight.
At the same time, BTC’s short-term holder cost basis sits around $70K. Losing that level could put newer holders underwater and increase selling pressure.
Yet traders are still positioning for volatility, with Bitcoin Open Interest rising after the FOMC.
October may bring the rally everyone expects, but macro liquidity could decide whether $BTC actually gets it.

ONE at $0.0016—would you bet on it?
Look at the surface first: the negative news has exploded, yet the price is rising instead of falling.
It has risen 130%-160% over the past 7 days and doubled in 30 days, while its 24-hour trading volume has reached an outrageous 200%-700% of its market cap. The bottom range of 0.00063-0.00070 moved sideways for a month, then doubled on September 16, rose another 80% on September 17, and is now pulling back to 0.0016.
First: this is not a rebirth, but a gamble on a “dead-chain relocation.”
On September 6, Harmony officially announced that it would shut down its Layer 1. ONE would migrate to Ethereum as an ERC-20, while the project would pivot to AI video under the “Remix Economy.”
The old chain is being abandoned, and validators can shut down their nodes starting September 10.
Tokens in contracts, LPs, and multisigs cannot be migrated automatically—you must move them yourself in advance.
New issuance will no longer go to validators, but will instead support the new business.
Second: the supply has already been tainted by hackers.
In August, attackers illegally minted approximately 4 billion ONE, equivalent to 26% of the supply at the time. Large amounts were dumped into exchanges, and the token price briefly fell to 0.00077.
Later, the reconciliation shortfall across six exchanges briefly exceeded 10 billion tokens and has now narrowed to approximately 6.58 billion tokens that remain unaccounted for. OK’s own shortfall is still close to 974 million tokens.
Third: OK was supposed to delist the contract, but postponed it today.
OK originally planned to delist the ONEUSDT perpetual contract at 16:00 on September 18 (UTC+8).
But today it issued another postponement announcement, with the new time to be announced separately.
Got it? “The delisting time could be announced again at any moment” is itself a risk premium. Before delisting, price wicks, chaotic funding rates, and thinning liquidity usually appear.
Here is the long-short battle—judge for yourself.
On one side:
The narrative of migrating to ETH remains intact, and funds are willing to bet that “getting onto ETH means it can survive.”
It tripled from 0.00064 to 0.00229, and sentiment has not completely died.
It is up 160% in 7 days, and momentum funds are still in the market.
On the other side:
The bridge was hacked for $100 million in 2022, and the token was illegally minted again in 2026—its security history is a complete disaster.
The mainnet is being sunset, the old ecosystem is being cut off entirely, and the new “AI video” story is currently just vapor.
With a market cap of only $23-26 million, liquidity is extremely poor—it can double in a day and halve in a day.
A discrepancy of 6.58 billion tokens is distorting the price.
The Federal Reserve just raised rates by 25bp to 3.75%-4%, and altcoin liquidity continues to be drained.
The key level is 0.0016, halfway up after the surge.
Trading strategy
Those with no position: wait.
Long positions with an entry cost below 0.0012: reduce them to a small position and remove the risk.
Long positions with an entry cost above 0.0015: reduce leverage first, with a stop-loss below 0.00145.
High-risk longs:
Wait for a pullback to 0.00127-0.00146, or preferably 0.00100-0.00120. Entry conditions: a 4-hour candle closes with a lower wick and increased volume confirms that the decline has halted, while BTC does not break its recent low. Set the stop-loss 3%-5% below the observation zone. Targets: T1 0.00180, T2 0.00205.
Shorting the rebound:
Trigger: the rebound stalls at 0.00180-0.00192, or a long upper wick forms after a push to 0.00205-0.00220. The stop-loss should be no higher than 0.00235. Targets: T1 0.00160, T2 0.00146, T3 0.00127. If the daily close holds above 0.00230 and volume increases further, immediately exit the short.
ONE fell from 0.38 to 0.0016, a 99.5% drop. Four years have passed, and the bottom-fishers have been replaced again and again—the grass on their graves is already three meters tall.
This surge is not the project coming back to life; the dead chain’s tokens have simply been taken out and hyped again.
The old chain has already given up on saving itself, yet you are still fantasizing that it can help you break even?
This is not investing; it is betting on whether something that has already died can come back from the dead.
It may surge again, but the odds have worsened. It may also crash again, and there are no fundamentals to support it when it does.
Reducing your position to a level where “being wrong won’t hurt” is the only thing you should do now.
At 0.0016, would you bet on it?#Gate广场中秋团圆局 #牛熊未定闲钱该放哪 #每周来晒 $BTC $ETH $ONE

whales are closing their bitcoin shorts.
that’s a pretty good look for $BTC here.

The CLARITY Act, the Fed’s rate decision, and the BOJ’s rate hike—all these major events are over, and since they all unsurprisingly met market expectations, the market didn’t fall much. The market should rebound for a few days next, then short it aggressively when it approaches 80k!

UNI at $8.8—would you still chase it?
Look at the surface first: it has doubled in a month, and everyone is shouting, “UNI is going to $20.”
From the August low of 3.3 to the current 8.8, it has risen 130%+, pushing its market cap to $54 billion and back into the top 20. Two consecutive strong bullish candles on the daily chart, with volume expanding to the billion-level range. A wedge breakout, bullish moving average alignment—the main uptrend is here. Don’t miss it.
First: the SEC’s “Innovation Exemption” has repriced UNI.
On September 17, the SEC released the “Innovation Exemption,” allowing compliant tokenized-stock venues to use permissioned AMMs and liquidity pools to trade tokenized U.S. stocks, with a temporary five-year exemption from registering as traditional exchanges.
Uniswap V4’s permissioned pools and hooks were designed precisely for this framework.
The market immediately realized: UNI is no longer a “DEX governance token”; it is infrastructure for compliant on-chain stock trading.
Second: UNI is no longer a worthless token—it is being burned with real money.
The Fee Switch passed at the end of 2025. The protocol takes a cut from some pools, sends the revenue to TokenJar, and uses the Firepit mechanism to buy and permanently burn UNI.
$9.3 million was burned in August, with the annualized burn rate exceeding $250 million at its peak. More than 100 million UNI were burned in a single event, accounting for 10%+ of the total supply.
Cumulative trading volume has reached $3.7 trillion, with cumulative fees exceeding $5 billion.
Third: the technicals tell you that the short term is already overheated.
Daily RSI is at 77-85, seriously overbought. On the 15-minute to 1-hour timeframes, stochastic indicators have already shown signs of retreat.
The move is being driven by real money and volume, not a low-volume fake breakout—there’s no problem there. But at 8.8, it is already far from the 3.3 launch point.
What is most likely to happen during the acceleration phase after a breakout?
A wick, followed by a 15%-25% technical pullback.
The bulls and bears face off—you decide
On one side:
The SEC’s Innovation Exemption, making UNI compliant on-chain stock infrastructure
Real fee burns, at an annualized rate of around $250 million
Wedge breakout, with analysts targeting 12.7
Arthur Hayes buying, shorts being liquidated
On the other side:
RSI at 77-85, seriously overbought on short timeframes
A 130%+ gain in one month, pricing in short-term expectations
The Federal Reserve raising rates by 25 bps, with a hawkish dot plot
The Bank of Japan raising rates, with liquidity disruptions still ongoing
Resistance above: 9.0-9.5 (psychological level + next resistance) → 10.2-10.3 (52-week high)
Support below: 8.0-8.2 (key pullback level today) → 7.6-7.8 (yesterday’s closing range) → 6.8-7.1 (strong support; a break below would accelerate the pullback)
Trading strategy
For those already in:
Take partial profits. Reduce your position by at least 30%-50% and bring your cost basis into a safe zone. For the remainder, take profits in batches: reduce some at 9.2-9.5, then reduce more at 10+. Move the stop-loss up to 7.8.
For those on the sidelines wanting to chase:
Wait for a pullback:
Aggressive: go lightly long if 8.0-8.2 holds, with a stop-loss at 7.55
Conservative: consider entering at 7.6-7.8, with a stop-loss at 7.1
Target 9.5 → 10.2 → 12, but take profits in batches.
For those wanting to short against the trend:
Only suitable for short-term trades. If volume expands without further gains at 8.85-8.95, with a long upper wick or 1H bearish divergence, you can cautiously try a small short position, with a stop-loss above 9.15. First target: 8.2; second target: 7.7.
You’ve already eaten the fish head and body. If you rush to grab the tail now, be careful not to get a fishbone stuck in your throat.
From 3.3 to 8.8, those who were going to make money already have. If you rush in now, you’re betting on the triple tailwind of the “SEC exemption taking effect + ETF expectations + accelerated burns” continuing to stack up.
Is it possible? Yes. But the risk-reward ratio has clearly deteriorated.
The four most expensive words in crypto: This time is different.
The second most expensive: I was bullish all along—I just didn’t buy.
8.8 is not the top, but it is not a good entry point either. Wait for a pullback, wait for stabilization, and wait for the market to digest the overbought conditions.
The trend is still intact, but your cost basis determines whether you can hold on.
At 8.8, would you dare chase it? #Gate广场中秋团圆局 #牛熊未定闲钱该放哪 #每周来晒 $BTC $ETH $UNI

Japan's 25-basis-point rate hike has been implemented, but Bitcoin has instead climbed to around 77777.
My 63540 long from yesterday had a stop-loss set before I went to bed—I wanted to sleep soundly, but when I woke up, I found it had actually been triggered. Looking at the current price, it feels pretty bad 😂
It was still grinding sideways this morning, but started moving up once the news came out. This rate hike was already expected. My understanding is that everyone had been bracing for it, and once the news was actually announced without any bigger surprise, the market instead breathed a sigh of relief.
So sometimes, just looking at whether news is bullish or bearish really isn't enough—you have to see how the market reacts. At least this time, the market didn't get smashed lower following the rate hike; instead, it pushed the price up.
I'm planning to wait a little longer and see if it can pull back so I can find an entry for a long. I just got stopped out of a position, and chasing now feels a bit uncomfortable—if an opportunity comes, I'll take it!!!
bitcoin:native

Wall Street currently appears more bearish on Bitcoin than gold.
According to JPMorgan, that imbalance could actually create more upside potential for BTC. Gold ETFs have already recovered all of their 2026 outflows, while Bitcoin ETFs have recovered only around half.
Meanwhile, short interest in BlackRock’s IBIT is close to its highest level this year, while GLD’s short interest remains below its historical average.
If that bearish positioning starts to unwind, JPMorgan argues Bitcoin could receive stronger support than gold simply because there are more shorts that could be forced to cover.#GateTrenchesExclusive0GasTrading #GateTopsStockPerpetualCoverage $BTC

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