INSIGHT: China dominates 85%+ of critical-mineral refining capacity; Nth Cycle CEO urges domestic battery-material push.

Strategy held its $BTC position flat this week. No buys, no sells.
At 553,555 BTC, they're still the largest corporate holder by a wide margin.

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Trading costs are the silent killers of long-term profitability in derivatives markets. For high-frequency traders, market makers, and strategic position builders, the spread between entry and exit is often determined not by market direction, but by the fee structure that governs every transaction. The introduction of a zero maker fee model for USDⓈ-M Futures represents a fundamental shift in how liquidity is incentivized, rewarding those who provide depth to the order book rather than penalizing participation.
In the highly competitive landscape of cryptocurrency der

The top three gainers are all storage companies—one each from China, Japan, and the US.

Today’s Summary
9 trades in total for the day, with 2 losses, securing $52 in profit and $5,342 in gains!
Only by being patient and maintaining discipline can you navigate the repeatedly volatile market more steadily and go further.
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【$BTC Signal】1H breaks above the upper Bollinger Band, long sniper trade
$BTC 1H breaks above the upper Bollinger Band, the MACD histogram continues to expand, and the price is hugging around 64150. The 4H chart shows expansion in the same bullish direction, but the order book bid-depth imbalance is -9.25%, with sell orders slightly heavier. The funding rate is 0.0076%, relatively low, with no signs of overheating. The 1H RSI is 68.98, not extremely overbought, and there is still room for continued momentum.
🎯 Direction: long
⚡ Entry/limit order: 63961.666 - 64050.700
🛑 Stop loss: 63410.193

We deserved these days by positioning ourselves during the most fearful times! 🤑💰

$STAR The data looks strange: over 24h, it surged from 0.0958 to 0.1375 before crashing back to 0.1305, with trading volume reaching 30.8M. This is not volume ordinary retail traders can generate.
First, here’s what’s unusual: it rose 29.61%, but the closing price was 5% below the high, a typical surge-and-pullback pattern. Stranger still, the gap between the low of 0.0958 and the current price of 0.1305 is 36%. This kind of volatility combined with 30M+ in volume suggests that big money was accumulating in the 0.10–0.11 range before pushing it to 0.1375 to test the market.
There are three pos

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The interesting part of $HYPE right now isn’t the dip — it’s how price behaves after the sharp volatility spike.
$HYPE — RECLAIM OR WAIT
Current price: ~$52.61
24H: ~-5.5%
24H High: ~$56.07
24H Low: ~$51.89
24H Volume: ~$408M
1H Market Structure
HYPE has lost the immediate $56 area and is now sitting around the $52–53 decision zone. The recent move was unusually volatile, with reports of an oracle-related anomaly and heavy liquidations, so I don’t want to chase the first bounce.
The Key Observation
$53 is the level I’m watching.
If buyers can reclaim and hold roughly $53.5 after this flush, t

【$MVLL Signal】1H volume breakout, go long
$MVLL 1H-level breakout, a huge-volume long bullish candle directly broke through the upper Bollinger Band. 1H MACD bullish expansion, histogram at 0.31. RSI 78.4, with no signs of turning down in the overbought zone. 4H volume at 838k coins, with sufficient turnover. Order-book market orders are balanced, with a buy/sell depth ratio of 1.05 and limited selling pressure.
🎯 Direction: Go long
⚡ Entry/Limit order: 31.7245 - 31.8200
🛑 Stop-loss: 31.5018
🚀 Target 1: 32.2973
🚀 Target 2: 32.5359
🛡️ Trade management:
- Execution strategy: Reduce the po

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SPACEX (SPCX) — Super Investor Revealed, Near 40% Rally, and Where the Stock Goes Next
The biggest revelation in the space market this month is that billionaire investor Ron Baron, founder of Baron Capital, quietly built a roughly $25 billion position in SpaceX using about $2 billion to $3 billion of invested capital since 2017 across 27 separate transactions. He revealed on The Compound and Friends podcast that his stake was worth around $25 billion in June and remains above $20 billion, while his firm wants to add another $1 billion. More importa

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Attention: major ZRO, KAITO, and SOON unlocks this week!
According to Token Unlocks, four projects will simultaneously unlock tokens worth more than $30 million this week.
Details for each project:
🔹 LayerZero (ZRO) — August 20, unlock of 25.71 million ZRO (~$19.39 million), accounting for 4.4% of the current circulating supply. The event will take place at 7 PM UTC.
🔹 Kaito (KAITO) — August 20, unlock of 32.6 million KAITO (~$11.48 million), accounting for 7.63% of the circulating supply. The event will take place at 8 PM UTC.
🔹 SOON (SOON) — August 23, unlock of 20.24

Crypto Circle Academician: On August 18, Ethereum (ETH) is undergoing repeated shakeouts—will Ethereum recover and rebound, or is this a bull trap? Latest market analysis reference
　　
Ethereum is currently priced at 1907. The price has been hovering around 1900, with no clear breakout signal to the upside, while support remains below. Many people are caught in the dilemma of feeling uncomfortable holding but being unwilling to cut losses. The broader trend has not developed into a one-sided market, and repeated oscillations are most likely to trigger stop-losses again and again. Many people tr

On the btc daily chart, the price is trading near the Bollinger middle band at around 63816, facing clear resistance. The broader trend remains a wide-ranging, weak sideways pattern. The MACD lines are below the zero axis, with the bearish backdrop unchanged; KDJ is at a low level, indicating only a rebound recovery rather than a reversal. The Bollinger Bands are narrowing, and the market is awaiting a shift.
On the 4-hour chart, there is a short-term rebound recovery, with the price above the 4-hour Bollinger middle band. The MACD has formed a golden cross, and the red bars are expanding, gi

2026.8.18
Daily opening point: 1911. Long positions above 1911; short positions below 1910. Resistance levels above: 1915--1925--1940--1950. Support levels below: 1905--1900--1900-1890--1883.

🚨 BITCOIN MARKET UPDATE
Fear is back in the market.
The Fear & Greed Index sits at 38, firmly in Fear, while Bitcoin is trading around $64,000 this morning.
$BTC has spent the weekend trapped between roughly $63K and $64K, with no meaningful breakout in either direction. Low trading volume suggests traders are waiting for a stronger catalyst before committing aggressively.
But this week is starting with plenty to watch.
→ Trump’s stablecoin company just secured a federal bank charter, strengthening its position inside the U.S. financial system.
→ JPMorgan reportedly closed Polymarket’s accou