JUST IN: South Korea short selling in equities climbs despite a rebound in markets. If stock shorts keep rising, it could signal continued caution around risk assets. $BTC ? $ETH ?

“Niu Lai” Box Office Surpasses $1 Million, Yet Its Meme Coin’s Market Cap Has Been Pumped to RMB 100 Million: Crypto’s Narrative Has Been Dead for Ten Years
Recently, the bizarre film “Niu Lai” suddenly caught an overwhelming wave of traffic despite receiving virtually no media exposure, with its box office surpassing RMB 1 million in a short period.
But crypto’s modus operandi is always so simple and ugly: latch onto a trending buzzword, immediately launch a meme coin, and then forcibly pump its market cap. This meme coin’s market cap is now close to RMB 100 million—an entire 100 times the ac

✕ XRP AT $1: HOLDING THE LINE OR LOSING MOMENTUM?
XRP is sitting almost exactly at the $1 level, with the latest data showing a price around $1.00. Over the past 7 days, XRP is down roughly 3.5%, while today's movement remains relatively small.
🔎 THE INTERESTING PART
The $1 level has become an important psychological zone.
XRP is holding around it, but the recent weekly decline shows that buyers have not yet created enough momentum for a stronger recovery.
📉 WHAT COULD HAPPEN NEXT
If XRP continues holding $1 and buying pressure returns, the token could attempt to recover toward higher levels

South Korea’s stock rebound is overshadowed by rising short interest, now about 19T won (~$13.4B) as of this week. Short selling pressure keeps clouds over tech peers, even with a 6% KOSPI and 20% KOSDAQ rally this month. $KRX

Niu Lai! Uh-huh is here too! I’m preparing to buy several thousand tickets to the movie “Niu Lai” so everyone can watch it for free, with Uh-huh picking up the bill. But there’s a problem now: what would be the best way to give them away? I don’t know much about movies, so please suggest a ticket-purchase method 🙏🙏

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$BTC @信号 Short-term short; 4H bearish momentum has not yet been exhausted
$BTC @1H Bollinger Bands narrowed to 180 points, while the 4H MACD green bars are expanding. The RSI is 45.42 on 1H and 38.47 on 4H, indicating a weak rebound. Order book depth imbalance is 23.47%, the buy-side ratio is 1.61, and OI is stable. The funding rate is -0.0002%, and long-side leverage remains stable.
🎯@方向 Direction: short
⚡@入场/limit order: 62916.467 - 62995.500
🛑@止损 Stop loss: 63625.455
🚀@目标1 Target 1: 62050.567
🚀@目标2 Target 2: 61578.101
🛡️Trade management:
- Execution strategy: After reaching Target 1, r

$PI When something is rotten to the extreme, it goes viral....【The Bull Is Coming】this movie tells us... As long as Pi coin only falls and never rises, it can become famous and go viral. By then, people will all be discussing what a shitcoin it is—it's been falling for 10 years and has never been seen to rise. A shitcoin that can also be mined on a phone can go viral.

🤑 I almost ignored this because +0.08% is flat, but then I saw the volume structure.
$XAUT USDT +0.08% today price at 4,361.0, below the 24h high of 4,366.7 low was 4,357.3 that's a 0.2% range from bottom to top extremely tight move turnover 1.99M moderate liquidity.
The setup (4h chart):
MAs are mixed: Price is below MA7 (4,362.3), above MA14 (4,352.8), and below MA28 (4,364.1) this is a bearish structure with price caught between MAs and below two of the three key averages. The mixed alignment suggests uncertainty and a lack of clear
trend.
Volume printed 4.068 on the last 4h candle MA5 is 5

I. Bitcoin (BTC)
● Current status: Around $62,800, with resistance at $65,000 and support at $62,000.
● Short plan: Test a short on a low-volume rebound to $63,500–$63,800, with a stop-loss at $64,200 and a target of $62,000–$62,500.
● Long plan: Test a long after stabilization on a pullback to $62,000–$62,300, with a stop-loss at $61,500 and a target of $63,500–$64,000.
● Note: Downward pressure has not been released; do not blindly buy the dip.
II. Ethereum (ETH)
● Current status: Narrow-range consolidation around $1,880, with resistance at $1,899 and support at

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

$US was still playing dead at 0.0154 yesterday, but today it shot straight to 0.0185, with $21.4M in trading volume slammed in your face. Think retail traders are lifting the sedan chair? Wrong. Those were the buy orders I placed around 0.0158 yesterday, absorbing 60% of the volume in one morning. Up 11.12% in 24 hours, it looks lively, but I had already taken the real meat at 0.0172. Anyone chasing now is helping me catch the final baton.
You ask how I play it? Listen up. The market maker’s three-step plan: First, move sideways at the lows for three days, shaking the weak hands out of 0.0155–

$CORE 's potential strengths have already been discussed. Below are the risks that could hinder it from strengthening against the trend:
1. Core is highly correlated with Bitcoin and the broader market most of the time. When the overall market weakens, it is very difficult for it to rise independently.
2. Continued token releases create selling pressure, competition in the public-chain sector is intense, regulatory policies may change, and the project's ecosystem may fall short of expectations—all of which can easily suppress the price.
3. Historical price movements have been highly volatile.

$WAL This trash drops every time I buy in.

$HSK Daily post 67: Buy in

🚨 Bitcoin's iconic cypherpunks are clashing! Adam Back and Peter Todd are divided over the 21M supply cap debate, raising questions about miner sustainability post-2140. 🤔 What’s your take? $BTC #CryptoDebate

🔥 $2.15T CRYPTO MARKET CAP: BOTTOM FORMING OR MORE PAIN AHEAD?
The total crypto market cap has seen a massive drawdown, erasing over $2.1 Trillion from its peak and compressing total valuation down to $2.15T. 📉
Here is a simple breakdown of what the weekly chart is telling us:
➡️. Massive Valuation Reset: The drop from the $4.2T+ zone wiped out short-term speculative noise, bringing prices back down to major macro demand levels.
➡️. Key Support Zone: The $2.0T – $2.2T region is currently acting as a crucial line of defense. Buyers are attempting to establish a long-term bottom here.
➡️. Path

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