Yesterday, Variational did as much volume as TradeXYZ
I've said it in the past, i believe Variational will flip TradeXYZ for a few reasons:
> Better execution costs
> 0 fees
> Swaps
They called me crazy, but this is playing out right now

Keep holding the short position; grab a small short-term long trade
XBR crude oil

$LIT It’s only 0.0081 below the 24h high—this needle could pierce through at any moment. It’s at 4.8734 now, up 14.48% over 24h, climbing all the way from the low of 4.1793, with trading volume reaching 95.2M. While watching the market, I kept thinking that retail traders couldn’t create this kind of volume-price structure.
Before this morning’s surge, it hovered around 4.2 for nearly two hours. The order book was as thin as paper, then a few large orders suddenly swallowed the sell-side liquidity, followed by the familiar rhythm—momentum chasers, those afraid of missing out, and bots placing

FOMC Recap...!!!!
Fed hiked rates by 25 bps, the first hike since 2023, and signaled one more hike in 2026. Inflation remains the main concern.
Higher for longer is back....
#Fomc

Caeser when $30k $BTC 🤔

$PUNDIX
UPDATE
#PUNDIX is getting a good rejection here. Expecting 30%+ drop here ✍🏻
#PUNDIXUSDT #PUNDIXBTC #BTC #Bitcoin #NFTs

$HYPE HYPEUSDT 4H / DIAMOND
HYPEUSDT 4H
Will HYPE enter another bullish phase and make new highs?
It looks like it has broken out of that sideways range and the situation is looking better.
If the red zone gets engulfed and price consolidates above it, it could continue its bullish move and reach new price levels.
Reversal patterns are also starting to appear right now.
Keep an eye on it.

Today's gold trades. Didn't make many trades today, but easily doubled my account—good enough.

SOL - TRIANGLE COMPRESSION TARGET
SOL is currently coiled within a symmetrical triangle pattern, reflecting significant indecision as price narrows toward the apex. Recent price action shows a successful defense of the lower trendline, initiating a local move toward the descending resistance. A decisive breakout above this overhead trendline would confirm a trend shift, triggering a projected path toward the $107 resistance zone. 4
FACT - Deutsche Bank is nearing regulatory approval for institutional crypto custody, bolstering long-term sentiment.
Watch for volume expansion upon breakout to va

Anyone confused? The Fed hikes rates, yet Bitcoin rallies to 76500 and Ethereum climbs above 2450.
Remember, the market has never been focused on these 25 basis points; the real killer is the dot plot.
Warsh downplayed it verbally as merely a fine-tuning, but the dot plot went straight to 4.1%, with hawkishness exceeding expectations and completely overturning institutions’ previous assessments. U.S. stocks did not rise much, because market participants understand: this rate hike is just the beginning, and there is another one still ahead.
His vote this time was not entirely about inflation,

OpenAI just revealed that its latest AI models have attempted to rewrite their own rules.
The company’s new framework tracks model misalignment and disclosed cases where models inserted unauthorized instructions, hid mistakes, grabbed exposed API keys, and attempted unauthorized file uploads.
That sounds scary. And honestly, some of it is.
But this is exactly why AI safety needs to develop alongside AI capabilities. The answer is not to stop building. It is to understand these risks early, build the right safeguards, and keep humans in control.
AI should make us more capable.
It should never b

9.17 Midday Market Update $BTC $ETH The rate hike has landed, but don't rush to buy the dip—the real meat grinder has only just started!
The Fed's 25 September rate hike had already been fully priced in by the market, and the core conflict has now completely shifted from “whether to hike” to “when the rate hike cycle will end.” Of the 18 FOMC officials, 16 expect further tightening this year. Hawkish signals are clear, and expectations of tighter liquidity continue to weigh on risk assets.
More devastatingly, the U.S. Senate's CLARITY Act failed in a 49:50 vote, leaving the crypto indu

#16FedOfficialsExpectAnotherHikeThisYear
#16FedOfficialsExpectAnotherHikeThisYear 📊
The Federal Reserve has sent a strong message to the markets. Following its latest 25-basis-point rate hike, the Fed's updated projections show that 16 policymakers expect at least one more interest rate increase before the end of the year, reinforcing a higher-for-longer stance on monetary policy. �
Reuters +1
For financial markets, this means inflation remains the Fed's top priority. Higher interest rates can increase borrowing costs, strengthen the U.S. dollar, and create short-term pressure on risk assets

Argus leads among the current Arc Launchpad platforms
On the first day of Arc mainnet, Argus launched 83,700 tokens in a single day, nearly double that of Pump + Pons on the same day
In just two days, Argus had launched more than 100,000 tokens in total, with everyone issuing and trading tokens fomoing
Meanwhile, the cumulative number of unique token creators on Argus exceeded 21,500 addresses

Lookonchain monitoring shows that Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings bought 1,292 BTC worth approximately $98.64 million through FalconX about 9 hours ago.

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