August 14, Trump: “After completely defeating Iran, the Strait of Hormuz will be US territory.”
August 15, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Baghaei: Despite US obstruction, Iran and Oman have reached an agreement on a shipping-route passage plan. The new route closes the existing north-south routes, with commercial vessels rerouting part of their journeys through Iranian territorial waters. It is temporary in nature and is expected to last 2 to 4 months.
August 15, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Gharibabadi: “The Strait of Hormuz cannot be seized with a single tweet, one aircraft carrier

Imagine we got the man who’s name created one of the all time memes onboarded on the Chinese chain

$HSK Daily post 67: Buy in

The daily chart closed lower and weakened, causing the short-term moving averages to turn downward. Bearish momentum is strengthening, and there is still room for a short-term pullback. The four-hour chart is in a descending channel, with highs gradually moving lower. Prices are under pressure below the trendline, weakening again after range-bound consolidation, while bearish momentum continues to be released, confirming the weak pattern. The market is expected to maintain a choppy decline going forward; focusing on shorting rebounds is recommended.
BTC short around 63300-63800 on a rebound, t

🛡️ XMR IS MOVING AGAIN: WHY MONERO IS BACK ON THE RADAR
Monero ($XMR ) has been one of the stronger performers in the privacy-coin sector recently.
XMR is trading around $410-$412, up roughly 8% over the past week, while its market cap has climbed to around $7.7 billion. It has also moved ahead of Cardano in market-cap rankings.
🔐 THE REASON BEHIND THE ATTENTION
Monero's core value proposition remains privacy.
Unlike cryptocurrencies where transaction details are publicly visible, Monero is designed with privacy as a fundamental part of its transaction system.
That makes XMR particularly rele

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Not much—just an ordinary person's lifetime savings, 100k!
Don't be fooled by my 100k-plus followers across the internet,
I really don't have as much money as you

JUST IN: Wu Yuhuai, co-founder of xAI, is reported to have purchased a $70M Hillsborough, CA mansion, per San Francisco Standard. If confirmed, this adds to high-profile tech exec real estate activity in the Bay Area. $XAI

📌 Is the CLARITY Act about to reach a turning point? Trump to hold a high-level meeting with all the crypto “big players”
🇺🇸 U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to attend a strategic meeting at the White House next Wednesday, bringing together prominent figures from numerous leading cryptocurrency companies and prediction market platforms.
🏛️ Notable participants
➢ Major exchanges and technology platforms: Coinbase, Ripple, Gemini, and Robinhood
➢ Prediction markets: Polymarket and Kalshi
⚖️ The summit-level gathering aims to further discuss the regulatory framework for digital assets,

Bitcoin vs Gold — Different Assets, Different Jobs? ₿🪙
Bitcoin and Gold are often compared as “digital gold” vs. “real gold.”
But I think the more interesting question is:
What if they aren't competitors at all?
They may serve different roles in a portfolio.
🪙 GOLD — The Defensive Asset
Gold has thousands of years of history as a store of value and remains deeply integrated into global reserves.
Its strengths are mainly:
✅ Lower volatility
✅ Safe-haven characteristics
✅ Central-bank demand
✅ Inflation/geopolitical hedge
✅ Portfolio diversification
✅ Physical scarcity
Gold is generally more a

crazy that he did this and then went on a honeymoon
coincidence?

#股票交易分享挑战 Up 543%! Is it still time to get in on Sandisk, this major growth stock?
Up 543% in a year and surging 13% in a single day, storage giant Sandisk is on a tear. Meanwhile, U.S. Treasury yields have hit a post-financial-crisis high, and the shadow of Fed rate hikes has yet to fade.
What is supporting this rally? How long can it last? This article breaks it down.👇
Why is the storage sector the first to take off?
📈Cooling inflation improves liquidity expectations: July CPI and PPI both weakened, while the probability of a Fed rate hike in September fell below 40%.
📈Funds are flowing i

Vietnamese digital asset investors have not been penalized while no licensed domestic exchange exists
According to leaders of the State Securities Commission

🟣 HYPE TODAY: A SMALL RECOVERY, BUT THE CHART STILL NEEDS PROOF
Hyperliquid’s $HYPE is trading around $56.9, up roughly 1% over the last 24 hours and about 3.3% over the past week.
📈 WHAT'S LOOKING BETTER
HYPE has recovered from the lower levels seen earlier this month and is showing some buying interest around the mid-$50s.
The token also remains closely tied to Hyperliquid’s growing trading ecosystem, giving HYPE a stronger fundamental connection to platform activity than many speculative altcoins.
⚠️ WHAT STILL NEEDS ATTENTION
The recovery has not yet changed the bigger picture.
HYPE rema

#OpenAIAnnualRevenueSurpasses40B
My view is this: Yes, a high growth rate can justify a very high IPO valuation; however, a valuation exceeding $1 trillion requires investors to believe that the current $40 billion annual revenue run rate represents the start of a sustained revenue growth trajectory, rather than the peak of an AI spending cycle.
The headline is truly impressive. Reports indicate that OpenAI’s annualized revenue has surpassed the $40 billion mark—roughly doubling its level from late 2025—driven by momentum in coding, enterprise AI agents, and advertising.
The valuation math pr

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🔹 Nvidia discloses $21 billion stake in SpaceX and $30 billion position in Intel
🔹 Crypto News: Bitcoin erases last week's entire rally; ETFs see $192 million in outflows over two days—BTC open interest rises while price falls, and CVDs for the top 25 coins are all negative
🔹 SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets positioned vertically in Florida and California ahead of today's launches
🔹 Wall Street posts gains for the third consecuti

Today’s Trading Priorities
1. First choice—stay on the sidelines: Saturday liquidity is low, the ETF market is closed, and there is no institutional capital pricing anchor. Observation is recommended; there is no need to rush into new positions.
2. If action is necessary: BTC long strategies take priority over shorts (the Fear Index at 34 points toward the bottom range, reducing the risk-reward of shorting). Place limit orders around $62,000 and wait for a wick.
3. Watch on-chain signals for ETH: Deposits into BlackRock’s ETHA are a short-term bullish signal. If large deposits continue to appe

#BitcoinTrendReversalSignalEmerges
A historically low Average Directional Index (ADX) signals a significant contraction in trend momentum and an imminent surge in volatility; however, it is important to remember that the ADX itself is a non-directional indicator.
What Does a Drop in ADX Mean?
Exhaustion of the Previous Trend: The ADX measures trend strength, not direction (on a scale of 0–100). Dropping below critical low thresholds indicates that the dominant directional movement has completely lost its strength and the price has become trapped in a narrow, "hypnotic" consolidation range.
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JUST IN: US Q2 profits for S&P 500 surged 31% YoY, topping expectations and signaling robust earnings resilience as AI-driven margin gains lift margins near 16%. $SPX