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💣 Two bombs in one night: Fed + Microsoft and Google, a double test at the 80k level
At 2 a.m. Beijing time tomorrow, the finale of this year's most important “Super Wednesday” arrives—and the market is unusually quiet:
📉 Volatility has already flatlined: BTC's 28-day volatility has fallen to 1.2%, nearing its 2026 low (K33 data). After grinding sideways for this long, both bulls and bears have placed their bets and are just waiting for the fuse to be lit.
💣 Bomb one: Fed decision (announced at 2:00 a.m., with Warsh's press conference at 2:30) 📊 Reuters poll: 94/100 bet on no change, but 1

💥 $200 billion poured into AI overnight—why can crypto only watch from the sidelines?
Last night, U.S. stocks and crypto took an eerie diverging path:
📈 Nasdaq +0.82%, Philadelphia Semiconductor Index +2.82%. Anthropic filed for the largest IPO in history (could raise up to $100 billion) + Meta announced a stock sale to raise up to $95 billion ($35 billion in new shares + $60 billion through an ATM offering, with Nvidia/AMD/Broadcom committing to subscribe for up to $5 billion) — in a single night, roughly $200 billion in capital was locked into the AI sector
📉 At the same time, BTC fell be

💥 $200 billion poured into AI overnight—why can crypto only watch from the sidelines?
Last night, U.S. stocks and crypto took a bizarre “fork in the road”:
📈 Nasdaq +0.82%, Philadelphia Semiconductor Index +2.82%. Anthropic filed for the largest IPO in history (could raise up to $100 billion) + Meta announced up to $95 billion in stock-sale financing ($35 billion offering + $60 billion ATM, with Nvidia/AMD/Broadcom subscribing for up to $5 billion as cornerstone investors)—around $200 billion in capital was locked into AI overnight
📉 At the same time, BTC fell below the 80,000 mark, hitting

⏰ Tomorrow will tell! 24-hour countdown to the Fed decision
First, the latest odds (as of October 26): 📊 Kalshi/Polymarket: 94% chance of no change, just 5% for a 25 bp hike📊 Square trending: Polymarket’s “The Fed’s October decision?” has seen trading volume surge to $7.28 million, nearly doubling from yesterday’s $4.15 million—bulls and bears alike have put real money on the line📊 OIS pricing puts the probability of a rate hike at about 9.6%
Three scenarios—which one are you betting on?
Scenario A (most likely): Dovish hold—94% is already priced in; the key thing to watch is what the dot p

🇰🇷 Today’s big news from South Korea just defused a bomb!
South Korea’s presidential office (the Blue House) said on October 26 that it leans toward postponing crypto income tax for a fourth time. The tax, originally set to take effect on January 1, 2027, could reportedly be delayed by about two years. Under the original plan, annual gains above 2.5 million won would be taxed at 22%! It has already been postponed three times, and with just over 60 days left until the scheduled start date, the five major exchanges haven’t even finished building their tax reporting systems.
What does this mean

🇰🇷 Today's big news from South Korea defuses a major bomb!
South Korea's presidential office (Blue House) said on October 26 that it leans toward postponing the crypto income tax, originally set to take effect on January 1, 2027, for a fourth time. The delay could reportedly be about two years. The original plan: after deducting 2.5 million won from annual gains, the excess would be taxed at 22%! It has already been postponed three times, with just over 60 days left before the originally scheduled effective date, and the five major exchanges haven't even finished building their tax reporting

📊 U.S. Q3 earnings season is heating up! Meta and Tesla report on the same day, with starkly different results:
$META Revenue of $64.6 billion, up 26% year over year and well above expectations. Q4 guidance of $73–76 billion also blew expectations away. Meta also announced it will distribute new non-voting Class C shares at a 1:2 ratio next January to fund AI infrastructure, raising its full-year capex guidance to $135–145 billion. Shares rose more than 2% after hours.📈
$TSLA Revenue of $28.05 billion was essentially flat. Adjusted EPS of $0.48 narrowly beat expectations, and gross margin re

【Consumer confidence weakens, ETFs are also pulling back: Is $BTC $80k a bottom or a waypoint?】
📊 As of October 25 at 10:56, $BTC was around $80,938, basically flat over 24 hours, with an intraday low of $79,220; $ETH was around $2,367, down 0.68% over 24 hours; $GT was at $9.98.
📉 The funding situation remains challenging. Data compiled by PANews shows that U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw net outflows of around $681 million last week, ending a three-week streak of net inflows; spot Ethereum ETFs saw weekly net outflows of around $542 million. Meanwhile, the U.S. Consumer Confidence Index fel

【Gate Q3 Report Floods Feeds: Business Is Growing, So Why Has GT Fallen Below $10?】
📊 First, the price: $GT 9.92, 24h -4.15%, intraday low 9.91; $BTC 81,222 (-3.3%), $ETH 2,384 (-3.4%). The broader market sold off, and exchange tokens were no exception.
📈 But the Q3 report’s numbers are solid: - September derivatives trading volume of $396 billion, up 38.2% quarter over quarter, ranking among the global top three by CoinDesk’s measure- Nearly $60 billion in quarterly ETF trading volume, 424 trading pairs, and 250,000+ monthly active trading users- Coverage of 12,800+ stocks/ETFs (10,000+ U.S

[Meta earnings beat expectations, yet the stock fell 6.5%: The AI bill is starting to get priced in]
📊 First, the market: $BTC 81,647, 24h -3.3%, intraday low 81,334; $ETH 2,401, -3.9%; $GT 10.00, -3.75%. More than 90,000 liquidations across the network in the past 24h.
📉 Meta’s earnings were actually solid on the numbers: - Revenue of $64.6 billion, up 26% year over year, beating expectations of $63.3 billion - EPS of $7.40 excluding a $9.89 billion legal accrual, beating expectations of $6.67 - Also announced a 2-for-1 split (Class C non-voting shares, distributed in January 2027) - But th

【The hottest item in Tesla's Q3 earnings report isn't on the income statement】
📊 First, the market: $BTC 84,255, +1.3% over 24h, with an intraday high of 84,898; $ETH 2,476, +0.95%; $GT 10.35, +1.76%. The most-viewed topic on Square today is #TeslaQ3Earnings, but what's really being discussed isn't cars.
🚀 The earnings report itself was a mixed bag: revenue of $28.05 billion, slightly below expectations of $28.13 billion; EPS of $0.48, above expectations of $0.44; automotive revenue of $20.56 billion, above expectations; and free cash flow of $1.53 billion, far exceeding expectations of -$5

【Gate ranks second globally in 30-day net inflows. Why is money stopping here first?】
📊 The two hottest topics on the Plaza today are really two sides of the same story.
First, DefiLlama data: Gate saw $199 million in net inflows over the past 30 days, ranking second among centralized exchanges globally. Note the timing—$BTC has been stuck between 80k–84k this month, as ETF funds have repeatedly flowed in and out, yet Gate still secured this ranking. That shows money isn’t chasing a rally; it’s choosing where to park.
🏦 Second, the scale of Gate Idle Treasure surpassed $300 million. This is

[Recap: 82,500–83,000 is hard resistance, pushing BTC back down once again]
Yesterday, I wrote in this post: $BTC 82,500–83,000 above is hard resistance, and 80,000 is a key line of defense. 24 hours later, the market gave us the answer—BTC briefly pierced the upper boundary overnight, reaching 83,148, then was pushed back down to 81,393, down 1.32% over 24 hours; $ETH was down 1.47% in tandem.
Why couldn't it break higher? Three reasons: 🏛️ Macro: CME data shows an 82.8% probability that the Fed will hold rates steady in October, with its policy meeting next Tuesday and Wednesday (10/27-28)

📊 After reading Gate’s September transparency report, I see 62 million users as only part of the bigger picture. What interests me more are these three sets of “structural data”:
🏛️ Institutional business: CrossEx trading volume rose +200% month over month, and retained funds rose +37.3%, with both hitting record highs. Institutions aren’t just testing the waters—they’re keeping their positions and settlements on the platform.
⛓️ On-chain access: Gate Trenches trading volume rose +47.18% month over month, trading users increased +67.65%, and new users rose +105.09%. CEXs are moving directly

🔥 Today, everyone on Gate Square is talking about one thing: $BTC pulled back to 81,000 and rebounded—is this a “normal shakeout” or a “short-term weakening”?
A few key facts for your reference: 📊 $BTC pulled back to 81,000 and rebounded above 82,000, edging higher over 24h, but still down about 2.5% for the week: 82,500–83,000 is firm resistance overhead, while 80,000 is a key line of defense; 📉 U.S. tech stocks pull back: the Nasdaq 100 suffered a sharp weekly drop, and AI concept stocks broadly declined ($ALAB fell over 9%, $NVDA weakened), with risk appetite clearly contracting; 🏛️

First, let’s answer the question on the square: Is 79,800 really unable to fall further, or is it brewing something nasty?
Look at these figures. For the same batch of coins, their 24-hour performance has completely reversed from 10 hours ago to now.
$INJ : -6.14% → +12.78%$FIL : -6.23% → +4.92%$OP : -5.89% → -2.40% (still the worst performer in this batch)
Meanwhile, $BTC moved from +0.03% to +0.73%.
So last night’s explanation—“volume is too low, the price is shaking, and there’s no clear direction”—doesn’t hold up for even a day.
$INJ rose 12.78 percentage points, while $BTC rose 0.73 perce

This morning I wrote on the square: $BTC funding rate -0.0041% (the lowest in 21 periods), $ETH +0.0082% (the second-highest). BTC shorts were more crowded than ETH longs, so if there were to be a rebound, it would likely be the former to get squeezed first.
14 hours later, I looked back to reconcile the figures. The squeeze happened, but the direction was wrong.
$BTC The rate went from -0.0041% to +0.0066%, a swing of +0.0107pp—the shorts did indeed capitulate. $ETH It collapsed from +0.0082% to +0.0002%, a swing of -0.0080pp—the longs were washed out. But prices: $BTC fell from 81,682 to 81,

Last night at 20:30, US September CPI came in at 3.7% year-on-year overall and 2.6% core, both above expectations. Following the smoothest script on the feed, hot inflation should have sent gold leading the gains.
Instead, gold fell first. Based on 5-minute candlesticks, $XAUT fell from 4,152 before the data to 4,083, down 1.67%; $PAXG fell 1.54%, with volume on the 20:30 candle surging 25 times—gold was hit the hardest overnight. Meanwhile, $BTC fell 2.60% and $ETH fell 3.38%.
The safe-haven narrative failed across the board. The real chain was not “high inflation means buying gold,” but