11.12 Thursday Midday Market Analysis
The downtrend has yet to reverse. ETH’s most obvious issue is not whether it can rebound in the short term, but that rebounds have consistently failed to change the broader weak structure.
On the 4-hour chart, after retreating from a high near 2449, ETH has continued to form lower highs and lower lows, with a low of around 2003. Although the price has returned to 2055, it remains in a downtrend overall.
After rebounding to 2103.6 on the 4-hour chart, ETH faced selling pressure again, indicating that a clear supply zone has formed around 2100. The rebound f

Before a Cross-Chain Transfer, Don’t Just Check the Fees: These 5 Checks Matter More

In the Web3 world, cross-chain transfers let users move assets between different blockchains and participate in applications, while bringing multichain ecosystems closer together.

But cross-chain transfers aren’t as simple as choosing a network, entering an address, and clicking confirm.

A successful cross-chain transaction doesn’t mean the entire process is risk-free.

If you’re preparing to make a cross-chain transfer, here are five things worth checking in advance.

1. Confirm the Source and Destination

🎰 Cutting losses and rotating! Whale dumps all Sandisk holdings and goes all-in on Nvidia with 30 million! The long-short battle in U.S. stocks’ AI sector is intense. This whale, who had been heavily long on Nvidia and Sandisk, just made an extremely bold move: he closed all his long positions in Sandisk (SNDK) and put all his chips on Nvidia (NVDA)! His latest positions: 👉 190,952 shares in a long position on Nvidia (worth as much as $30.67 million) 👉 Currently underwater, with unrealized losses exceeding $2.6 million. This is a classic “cut the weak, keep the strong, bet everything on the

What exactly are stablecoins? Why are they so important in the cryptocurrency world?

In the cryptocurrency market, the prices of BTC and ETH can fluctuate sharply over short periods, but one type of asset is designed to do the opposite: maintain a relatively stable price as much as possible.

It is called a stablecoin.

But there is one key point: price stability does not mean there is no risk.

I. What exactly is a stablecoin?

A stablecoin is a type of digital asset that attempts to peg its value to a reference asset. Common targets include the US dollar, though some are designed to be pegg

What’s keeping institutions from coming in? Two words: no privacy. BNB Chain has plenty of retail users, deep liquidity, and fast block times, but trading intent is completely exposed. What trading desk would dare put its core positions out in the open? If Primus’s privacy layer can really keep intent private, that’s the key to getting institutions to move over. We’ll come back next week and see if this thesis holds. If you’re watching, follow along.

Why Can a Trading Strategy with a Very High Win Rate Still Lose Money Over the Long Term?

A trading strategy with an 80% win rate sounds pretty impressive, doesn’t it?

But suppose you make 100 trades, win 80 times and earn $10 each time, and lose 20 times and lose $50 each time.

What’s the final result?

Profit: 80 × $10 = $800

Loss: 20 × $50 = $1,000

A final loss of $200, not including fees and slippage.

That’s why you can’t judge a trading strategy by its win rate alone.

I. Why Can a High Win Rate Still Lose Money?

What really determines long-term returns is the relationship between

Cross-Chain Transfers Aren’t as Simple as Moving Coins: 4 Questions to Understand Before You Transfer

In the Web3 world, cross-chain technology connects assets and applications across different blockchains. But that doesn’t mean assets can move freely between networks without risk.

A cross-chain transaction may involve locking and minting, burning and releasing, liquidity pools, or other mechanisms for verifying cross-chain messages. Different mechanisms come with different trust assumptions and risks.

If you’re preparing to make a cross-chain transfer, it’s a good idea to first understand

ByteDance may be the company in China that understands traffic best, but Zhang Yiming has now realized that traffic doesn’t necessarily translate into intelligence.
According to Bloomberg, Zhang Yiming recently admitted at an all-hands meeting at Seed that ByteDance may not be able to compete head-on with OpenAI and Anthropic in frontier AI until 2029–2030 at the earliest. Even more painful, Seed’s pretraining data scale is several orders of magnitude smaller than its rivals’.
It’s worth thinking about. Doubao is already the AI chat app with the most users in China, and Seedance is also highly

The probability that Jensen Huang will continue as NVIDIA CEO has fallen to 9%, with prediction markets now favoring Ian Buck, known as the “father of CUDA,” as his successor.

On Polymarket’s “Next NVIDIA CEO” market, Ian Buck has a 32% probability and is described as one of the creators of the company’s core moat. Colette Kress is at around 17%, Rene Haas at 10%, and the option for Jensen Huang to remain CEO has dropped to 9%.

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U.S. stocks and Bitcoin face a major test on November 13! Can PPI data determine the direction of the next market move?

The most exciting moments in the investment market are not price rallies or sudden drops, but the wait before major data is released.
The U.S. October PPI will be released on November 13, potentially marking an important turning point for the market as it reassesses inflation and expectations for Federal Reserve policy.
Investors should pay attention to at least three scenarios.
First, PPI comes in significantly higher than expected. Inflation concerns could intensify, the m

UPDATE: THERE IS AN INTERESTING ACCUMULATION
So a whale bought altcoins in August (3 months ago), spending $5.3M at the market bottom when $BTC 57,000.
This whale's portfolio briefly rose to $10M , or nearly 2x its previous value.
Because of the recent decline $BTC ?
the altcoin he bought is approaching his previous entry area (he's at breakeven).
An interesting move by the whale.
Check below. 👇🏻

Why Do Some Tokens Have High Trading Volume but Their Prices Still Refuse to Rise?

In the crypto market, a confusing phenomenon sometimes occurs:

Trading volume keeps growing and market discussion gets livelier, but the token price continues to fluctuate within a range.

Many people assume that rising trading volume means money is flowing in and the price will soon break out.

But that is not always the case.

Trading volume reflects trading activity, while price movements depend on how buyers and sellers trade and whether the market can continue absorbing selling supply.

I. What Does High

$ARB SHORT SETUP — BEARS DOMINATING THE MARKET!

Entry: 0.15019
SL: 0.15450

TP1: 0.14700
TP2: 0.14350
TP3: 0.13900

$ARB is down 8.26%, with sellers maintaining control as price continues forming lower highs and lower lows. The weak consolidation near 0.1500 suggests further downside risk. A breakdown below 0.14947 could accelerate selling toward the next targets.

Invalidation: A sustained recovery above 0.15450 weakens the bearish setup.

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Stablecoins Are Not Bank Deposits: 4 Differences You Must Understand Before Using Them

In the Web3 world, stablecoins are often used for trade settlement, cross-border transfers, on-chain payments, and decentralized finance.

Because many stablecoins are pegged to the US dollar, many users assume that as long as the price stays close to $1, they are roughly the same as dollars in a bank account.

But there are several important differences between the two.

First, a price peg is not a guarantee of principal.

Stablecoins typically use reserve assets, redemption mechanisms, or other designs to

Blockchain Is Not a Magic Ledger: How Is a Transaction Verified, Recorded, and Shared?

Many people have heard of blockchain and know it is related to Bitcoin, smart contracts, and Web3, but few truly understand how it works.

The key to blockchain is not simply storing data in a block. It is having multiple participants verify and record data according to shared rules, and using specific mechanisms to maintain a consistent ledger.

1. Understanding Blockchain Through a Single Transaction

Suppose you transfer funds to another wallet.

First, the transaction is initiated. The wallet uses the r