Retail gold demand is now at its “second-lowest” level, colder than it was around 2000. According to the World Gold Council, U.S. demand for gold bars and coins recently fell to the second-lowest level on record, surpassed only by the low point around 2000. Foot traffic at gold shops, coin premiums, and retail investor discussion have all been subdued. Yet right after that, gold entered an 11-year bull market—from 2001 to 2011, the price rose from around $250 to above $1,900. Americans are disinterested again now, but the East is buying: consumers and central banks in China and India continue

FRANCE JUST VOTED 38–37 TO TAX CRYPTO-TO-STABLECOIN SWAPS AT 31.4% 🚨
On Oct 16, the National Assembly adopted amendment I-3898 from MP Nicolas Sansu to the 2027 budget. Only 100 of 577 MPs took part. It ends the tax deferral when you swap crypto into a MiCA e-money token like USDC or EURC, so the swap itself becomes a taxable gain from Jan 1, 2027. Non-MiCA tokens are out of scope. It's not law yet: the full budget still needs final passage and the Senate can rewrite or kill it.
Bitcoin wicked to 80,751 overnight, then climbed back. About $308M got liquidated in 24h, ~81% longs.
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#美国9月PPI大超预期 Selling pressure exhaustion hits an all-time extreme! ETFs are bleeding, but on-chain whales are “scooping up”—is $81,000 the bottom or just halfway down?
Market sentiment has fallen into “fear,” and ETFs are seeing sustained outflows, but an overlooked on-chain signal is pointing in the opposite direction.
I. Both bulls and bears are “running out of steam”
Bitcoin is currently trading near $81,461, down 0.39% over 24 hours; Ethereum is at $2,424, down 1.23%.
But market structure matters more than prices: Bitcoin dominance has risen to 59.92%, while Ethereum dominance has fallen t

By the time I saw zhaozhao buy $DNA , it was already too late—it had reached 0.18.
I didn't dare buy, never expecting it to be this strong, and the pullback never came.
At the current price, I’m even less willing to chase it.
zhaozhao said the next project worth getting involved in is predict.
After being deeply involved in predict for more than half a year, I can only say that zhaozhao’s judgment is truly impressive!
Predict has the best chance of replicating Aster’s path and is expected to have its TGE in early December. This time, I’m definitely staying ready.
$PP

That's definitely a little hard to forget 🤣

Hynix strategy scores big 🥩
Come on, you all saw it, right? I kept reminding everyone to short the rebound once Hynix broke below 918. It hit a low around 852, banking a solid 70 points 🥩

ZEC, this trade idea is taking off
1155 I already told everyone that the previous support had turned into resistance, and this morning's rebound hit this range perfectly. Congrats to everyone who shorted in this range and made a killing 🎉
#Gate两大币种合约成交额跻全球前三

Although SK Hynix has fallen 34% over these 13 days,
the semiconductor industry is still thriving—can it continue into next year? 🤔
Are you just shilling whatever you hold?

$ZEC has already moved in price—why hasn’t trading activity caught up?
$ZEC There’s a classic debate underway: one side cites the 24-hour change of -3.77% as proof of direction, while the other counters with key levels. I’m not taking sides based on the price move just yet, because the fact that $ZEC has already moved while trading activity and volume haven’t caught up still leaves the full picture unclear. The direction may be tentatively trusted, but its staying power shouldn’t be taken for granted; a move without follow-through can be reversed at any time.
My view is that a direction is ten

ZEC strategy:
Currently trading in a standard range
Support below is at 1119~1123; if it pulls back and holds, you can open a small long position directly
Resistance above is at 1155~1160
For now, price is within this range; sell high and buy low as it moves back and forth
Key rhythm to remember:
Once it decisively breaks below the 1119 support, support turns directly into resistance; short any subsequent rebound and follow the trend
Conversely, a high-volume break above the 1155~1160 resistance opens up room for short-term bulls; wait for a pullback to add longs and capture further upside

‍#缠论 #缠论交易
Shoujie Yunchan {International Version}
2026.10.18 Chan Theory Quantitative Buy and Sell Point Summary

🚨 According to Mark Karpeles, Ledger had been alerted to the presence of spyware components in some of its wallets last March and reportedly did nothing more than publish an article on Ledger Academy.
Several reports of physically modified Ledger devices were allegedly sent to the manufacturer; security researcher Joe Grand notably claims to have warned the company on March 4, 2026, after discovering a malicious implant in a Nano X purchased in Thailand.
But contrary to what the lack of public communication about these specific incidents might suggest, Ledger had published a guide on the risk

Although BNB had some strange price action yesterday, it fell every time it reached the 722-723 resistance zone. Congrats to everyone who followed along and banked profits 🎉

Claimed my free Mudwater packs.
Every Bored Ape get 10 packs.
Every Mutant Ape get 2 packs.
50% of royalties are used to buyback apecoin.
Thank you @BoredApeYC.

$ERA ’s 22.88% surge is a bull trap: 24h trading volume surged to 87.8M, but the price failed to hold above 0.0751—a classic sign of euphoria near the top. The current Fear and Greed Index is 72 (greed zone), and the funding rate at +0.038% is overheated. Historical comparison: the last time the funding rate exceeded 0.035%, the median pullback within 48 hours was 14%. On-chain data shows the top ten addresses net transferred about 1.2 million tokens to exchanges over the past 6 hours, with selling pressure building in advance. Technically, 0.0591 is both the 24h low and the 4-hour demand zone;

Wherever the crowd goes, I go in the opposite direction; they are always wrong.
——查尔斯·布考斯基
This also applies to the phase before #PiNetwork major outbreaks and pandemics, because most people like to follow the crowd, parrot others, get something for nothing, get rich overnight, and take shortcuts rather than think independently and gain cognitive insight.

There are really all kinds of people online. This is the first time I’ve seen someone make shamelessness seem so refreshingly original—so loyal and devoted, 😂.