Limit on #Xlm $Xlm filled

U.S. initial jobless claims exceed expectations—are hopes for rate cuts back?

Initial jobless claims rose to 200k in the latest week, above expectations of 194k, showing signs of a slight cooling in the labor market.

But the thing is, 200k is still historically low. 👀

📉 Optimists: The labor market is starting to cool, which may ease pressure on the Fed to keep rates high.

📈 Cautious observers: CPI just came in hotter than expected, inflationary pressure remains, and one week of employment data is not enough to change the policy outlook.

With a cooling labor market and stubbornly

Open interest suddenly rises—is this a new opportunity or are risks building up?

In the crypto derivatives market, besides price and trading volume, there is another frequently overlooked indicator: open interest (OI).

When OI rises rapidly, some believe the market is attracting new capital, while others worry that large leveraged positions are building up and could trigger sharp volatility at any moment. So how should we interpret it?

First, rising OI means the number of outstanding contracts is increasing.

It reflects the size of contracts that remain open in the market, not simply the a

AI stock investors, don't panic! Jensen Huang has left Nvidia, but these five words are what really determine the fate of the AI bull market!

If Jensen Huang leaves Nvidia, does that mean the AI bull market is over?
Don't rush to sell everything, and don't rush to buy the dip.
When judging the future of the AI industry, the most important thing isn't whether a particular CEO remains at the helm, but five Chinese characters: commercialization capability.
No matter how advanced AI technology is, it will be difficult to sustain high valuations over the long term if it can't generate real revenue

I just dug up a whale’s position breakdown and am sharing it here for everyone’s reference.
$BTC Short (5X cross margin): entry price 77924, holding 1658 coins (worth about 120 million), unrealized profit +10.55 million, funding fees +3.48 million, liquidation price 117944
$ETH Long (5X cross margin): entry price 1995, holding 355 coins (worth about 716k), unrealized profit +7509, funding fees -2.05 million, no clear liquidation price, relying entirely on holding through the volatility
$SOL Short (5X cross margin): entry price 91.3, holding 116.3k coins (worth about 9.47 million), unrealize

Negative funding rate + shorts taking a bloodbath! $BARD This “short squeeze” is baiting longs—chasing the highs means becoming exit liquidity!

A negative funding rate isn’t a perk; it’s a meat grinder custom-built by major players for short sellers.

Old Zhang’s take: This is clearly a short squeeze! Whale watch: Short sellers’ unrealized losses exceed 110k U, the long-short ratio is just 26%, and the funding rate is -1.9%. Based on the liquidation map, short liquidation levels are densely clustered above, between 0.137 and 0.147.

The major players’ plan is to squeeze prices higher first,

Bitcoin has fallen below STH Realized Price, leaving short-term holders with a 10% unrealized loss. What does that say about the state of the market?
More in Morning Brief #300

There's no 6% holder or 30% holder on the OG , which is why they justified the vamp.
Soon the student will become the master ?
9NMpXjw3jGpqxp4DsbxQy1WdzScWjSYssSoeqTWzpump

1M performance of the top 100, and almost everything is bleeding 📉
$BTC -17%
$ETH -23%
$SOL -26%
$RAIN -61%
$BTW -68%
Just 3 small coins are green. Who’s still holding?

Pi is free, but time is not free. 5 years x 10 seconds a day = 5 hours of your life spent tapping. Is 5 hours worth maybe $50k? What's your hourly rate for tapping Pi? Let's calculate.
#PiNetwork
#ShareWeekly
#GateSquare
#WCTCS9

What Is Open Interest (OI)? Why Doesn’t Rising Open Interest Necessarily Mean Prices Will Rise Soon?

In crypto futures trading, many people see open interest rising steadily and assume the market is about to rally. But open interest reflects the size of contracts that have not yet been closed, not simply buying capital. To properly understand market movements, OI must be analyzed alongside price, trading volume, and funding rates.

First, what is OI?

Open interest (OI) refers to the total number of contracts that have not yet been closed at a given point in time. OI may increase when new con

What Is the MACD Indicator? How Can Fast/Slow Line Crossovers and the Histogram Be Used to Observe Changes in Trend Momentum?

In cryptocurrency trading, short-term price fluctuations can easily cloud judgment. MACD is a common trend-following indicator that helps traders analyze trend direction and momentum by observing crossovers between two lines and changes in the histogram. However, it cannot accurately predict every price rise or fall, and should not be used in isolation from market conditions.

First, what is MACD?

MACD stands for Moving Average Convergence Divergence, and 12, 26, and

What Is the Sharpe Ratio? How Can You Measure Whether a Trading Strategy’s Returns Are Worth the Risk?

In cryptocurrency trading, a high return does not necessarily mean a strategy is good. If a strategy can generate high returns but comes with sharp volatility and significant drawdowns, we need to further assess whether those returns are worth the risk. The Sharpe ratio is one tool that can help answer this question.

First, what is the Sharpe ratio?

The Sharpe ratio measures the excess return earned by a portfolio or trading strategy per unit of volatility risk. Generally, the higher the v

Ether Nears $2,000 Despite Weekly Loss Worse Than Bitcoin
Ether's roughly four-week loss reached 14.7%, versus bitcoin's 9.9%, while US ether ETFs recorded a fifth consecutive session of net withdrawals.
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Keeping a close eye on @mutantpump launching today at 17:00 UTC.
Friday the 13th is about to get interesting, definitely one to watch on Solana today.

$PI I put 500 into a fixed deposit each month after payday

On Friday, amid inflation concerns and expectations of higher interest rates, Bitcoin fell below $70,000 for the first time since August, hitting a low of $67,449 and dropping as much as 4.4% intraday. It is currently around $68,600. Asian stocks and bonds also weakened as markets awaited US PPI data. Rising oil prices and inflation fueled expectations of Fed rate hikes, while concerns over tighter regulation added to the multiple macro pressures continuing to weigh on the crypto market.

While scrolling through the feed this afternoon
I saw Machi Big Brother trending again
A monitoring account says his on-chain liquidations have exceeded 2,100
with cumulative losses of $2.22 million
My first reaction was that my eyes were playing tricks on me
Then I looked at the numbers again
And sure enough it really was more than 2,000 times
I could never match that kind of speed or mindset
Anyone can lose money
but not many people lose with such a high attendance rate
Spread out, $2.22 million doesn’t seem fatal each time
What’s fatal is that he never stopped
I’ll just keep watching from t