ETH Layer 2 TVL slips to multi-year low as momentum wanes; optimism, Base, and Arbitrum still dominate ~96% of L2 value. $ETH

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2.2k, then rollover to new lows

【$SOON Signal】1H Bollinger Bands convergence + buy-side depth dominates, bulls taking over in succession
$SOON On 4H, the upper band is just 0.2830 away; the order-book buy-side depth is 1.28x, with an advantage in the amount of buy orders consumed. On 1H, the Bollinger Bands have narrowed to the 0.265-0.293 range. MACD volume bars keep shrinking but remain above the zero axis; momentum has weakened without turning bearish. Depth imbalance is 12.26%, with dense buyback around 0.267. The risk-reward ratio for chasing longs is average, but the pullback entry pin is clear, and opportunity cost

$SOXL Bitcoin dropped 12.76% in 24 hours, dropping from 130 to 101, with a 28% range. The “history-pattern” crowd is here: after Bitcoin’s first three halvings, the SOXL-linked semiconductor ETF saw a 30%+ pullback once in weeks 8–12 after the halving. Has this one already bottomed? Past data: the average drawdown in week 6 after the halving was -18%. Today is exactly week 7, and the drawdown is already -15%, still not yet at the average. If it drops another 6% to around 96, it would fit the historical script’s “panic bottom.”
Don’t rush to bottom-fish. The 24h trading volume is $2.59B, which

$KORU Hard crash from 17 to 14—who’s lying, longs or shorts?
At a price of 14.18, it’s down 17.56% in 24 hours, with $1.3 billion in trading volume. The intraday range is nearly 30%—is it finally bottoming out, or will it keep collapsing?
Bull case: 1) 13.25 has huge buy-side absorption, and support is clearly strong at this level; 2) there’s strong willingness to sweep orders off-exchange, suggesting major players are accumulating at the bottom; 3) the sharp selloff is on shrinking volume, meaning sell pressure is starting to exhaust.
Bear case: 1) the daily chart’s dead cross hasn’t been re

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$BTW In 24 hours it surged from 0.061 to 0.096, up 57%, then got dumped back to 0.0937. I really can’t—after this kind of pump-and-dump performance, you still want to get on board? The $52M trading volume looks scary, but if you check the order book, all the buy orders are small retail orders under $1,000, while the sell orders are institutional orders of tens of thousands of dollars. This is the classic “pump while distributing” playbook—the market maker still has at least 70% of the circulating supply left to offload.
Data doesn’t lie: in 24h, the high was 0.096 and the low was 0.061, with a

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The whole crypto market is currently undergoing a high-level shakeout. BTC is struggling to push higher, the rally is slowing down. As a linked coin, ETH lacks enough confidence for a short-term rise; currently, going short is the best choice.
The daily chart repeatedly tests resistance and fails; upper-wick candles have become the norm. The market’s FOMO chasing momentum is cooling down. Profit-taking and selling pressure continue to be released, and the MACD indicator is weakening step by step.
The four-hour timeframe has ended the upward-opening move, transitioning into a tightening, weak r

This trade is a sell-off profit that came from waiting. The price had been ranging at a higher level for several rounds, and it looked stable; in reality, each time it was pushed up, there was a lack of sustained buying support. The pullbacks from peaks happened faster and faster. At first, I also had some doubt, worrying that I might be calling the weakness too early.

When sell pressure reappeared again around 0.05794, I chose to step aside before taking the long and not chase into the position when the first big bearish candle printed. After that, the market kept churning sideways and grin

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Markets don't usually erase billions of dollars in a single session without a reason. Yesterday, South Korea's stock market reminded investors how quickly sentiment can change when an entire industry's outlook is questioned.
The KOSPI Index plunged 9% on July 28, falling below the 6,200 level for the first time since April. The selling pressure became so intense that the Korea Exchange activated both its sidecar and circuit breaker mechanisms, temporarily halting program sell orders for 20 minutes in an effort to calm the market.
But this wasn't a broad market panic.
The damag

This long position could be taken for this leg, but the key isn’t that you chase only after you see the pump. It’s that during the earlier range-bound grinding, you weren’t scared off by a few needle-like spikes. Back then, I also felt a bit nervous—the chart repeatedly pushed up and then pulled back, and many people probably started doubting the direction.

I was watching low-level bids/absorption that never really disappeared. After the sell-off, someone would quickly step back in to buy again, so around 0.05162 I decided to enter. In the middle, there were indeed a few rounds of shakeouts

$SNDK wiped out $200B in market cap over the last 30 days.
That's roughly the size of the entire $ETH market cap.
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【$DEXE Signal】1H long momentum is exhausted, shorts are laying in ambush
$DEXE RSI 1H fell back from the overbought zone, and the buy-side ratio has been below 0.50 for three consecutive candlesticks. The 1H MACD red histogram is shrinking, and the funding rate at -0.0083% is still negative. On 4H, the middle Bollinger Band at 3.3578 is clearly suppressing price; the current price 3.269 is under pressure and moving downward.
🎯 Direction: short
⚡ Entry/limit orders: 3.25919 - 3.26900
🛑 Stop loss: 3.30169
🚀 Target 1: 3.21997
🚀 Target 2: 3.19545
🛡️ Trade management:
- Strategy: After reach

【$SOL Signal】 Bearish + 4H Bollinger Lower Band breakdown imminent
$SOL 1H MACD has a golden cross, but the histogram body is shrinking and momentum is fading. The 4H Bollinger Band lower line at 72.7 acts as an attraction point; the depth bid-ask ratio at 0.79 shows the sellers have the upper hand. Price is currently hovering around 73.8 in a tight range; the funding rate is negative, but OI hasn’t increased, so squeeze conditions aren’t sufficient. The short-term rebound structure is fragile, so it’s more suitable to place a direct short.
🎯 Direction: Short
⚡ Entry/limit order: 73.5686 - 7