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Something strange happened with BTC recently.

Out of nowhere, tens of thousands of mysterious new IP addresses have flooded the network.

Fake node addresses.
The goal is to mislead new nodes into not finding the real ones,
potentially connecting to nodes controlled by attackers.

This type of attack has a name:
Sybil Attack.

But as it stands now: it feels more like "harassment" and "testing."
It’s still far from being able to destroy BTC.

The attackers aren’t directly hacking Bitcoin,
but surrounding you with tens of thousands of fake nodes.

When all the nodes around you are fake, the transaction info, prices, and confirmations you see are all illusions crafted by the attackers.

It's like being locked in a small dark room, only hearing the messages they want you to hear.

The insider logic:
Stress testing: Some big institutions or developers might be testing Bitcoin's defensive limits.

Malicious smearing: Deliberately creating network congestion or instability, combined with bearish news to suppress the coin's price, making it easier for certain people to scoop it up at a low price.

State-level chess game: A flood of this scale requires a high cost (lots of server resources); ordinary hackers don’t have that kind of time, often there's a larger capital or organizational shadow behind it.

This also indicates that
BTC has grown to a point where people are willing to spend resources to study it long-term.

Many have always thought that the biggest risk for BTC is a price crash.
But that’s not the case.

The real danger has always been:
Network layer,
Node layer,
Privacy layer.

Because as long as they can control information dissemination,
in theory, they can:
Delay transactions,
Isolate nodes,
Monitor users.

That’s why those who truly understand BTC
are increasingly focusing on:

Running full nodes,
Privacy protection,
Decentralized networks.

Because the future battles for BTC
might not be price wars.

But rather: network wars.

Looks like they bought again, but this time it’s a smaller bag.
MicroStrategy’s latest buy is the smallest since 2026, and this slowdown might be structural.

This week, MicroStrategy picked up 535 BTC for $43 million, averaging around $80,300 each.

Now, they’re holding over 818,000 BTC in total, with a total cost of $61.8 billion, averaging $75,500 each.

So far this year, BTC has a yield of 9.4%.

Rumor has it that Saylor was once a victim of the dot-com bubble.

He almost went bankrupt back then, so his logic of either ruling the world or facing destruction is something he figured out on the edge of survival.

He later transferred this extreme faith from Apple directly onto Bitcoin.

The big guy's investment strategy has never changed; it's all about finding those assets that are "misunderstood due to being ahead of their time."

Twelve years ago it was Apple, now it's Bitcoin.

Mature markets don't thrive on explosive growth.

Gold, US stocks, real estate,
all rely on:

long-term compounding + big money locking in.

And BTC is now entering this phase.

After the ETF rollout,
BTC has started to mirror the stock market.

Wall Street's forte isn't just pump and dumps,
but rather: low volatility slow bull trends.

Because this is the easiest way to:
attract pension funds,
insurance capital,
and sovereign wealth funds into the game.
Wild swings,
large funds tend to stay away.

So the most torturous market scenario ahead may not be a crash.

But rather:
you think it won't rally anymore, and then it slowly climbs for a decade.

In other words, Bitcoin might require you to wait at least ten years,

truly investing like Buffett in stocks, starting with at least a decade, embracing long-termism.

Consider checking out Bitcoin OG's top whale, Garrett Jin.

In just three days, he deposited over 240,000 ETH into exchanges.

Addresses related to BlackRock and Fidelity have also started moving ETH to Coinbase Prime.

In total, 1.4 billion dollars worth of ETH were transferred in four days.

The OG, who once made waves with an $1.1 billion short, is moving his stash; is he sensing risk?

Or are institutions feeling that Ethereum is climbing too slowly and quietly reallocating funds to BTC and other dark horse blockchains like Sui?

Many people think:

A whale transferring to an exchange = a market dump.

But it's not always the case.

Sometimes:

Collateralization
OTC bulk trades
Hedging positions
Providing liquidity for ETFs
Borrowing coins for arbitrage

can also lead to coins being moved to exchanges.

The issue is, the market won't wait for you to explain.

Especially since ETH is already weak.

As soon as there's:
Consistent large inflows to exchanges,
quant systems will automatically start increasing:
The potential for a downturn.

Many don't realize:
The biggest issue for ETH right now isn't the tech.
It's the overly transparent supply.

BTC still has the digital gold narrative.

ETH is more like a large liquidity pool that can be monitored in real-time on-chain.

When a whale moves,
The entire market can see it.

So whales don't even need to actually sell.

Just transferring coins to Binance
will cause the market to dip on its own.

This is the scariest part of the on-chain era.

Lastly, let's talk about something many don't know:

More and more institutions are actually:
Reducing their ETH positions while re-entering BTC.

Because Wall Street now prefers:

More stability
More institutional backing
Easier narrative
Better suited for ETF funds

assets.

And BTC is increasingly resembling

The core position of global risk assets.

ETH, on the other hand, is slowly becoming:
A high Beta tech stock.

More volatility,
But institutional faith,
Isn't as strong as BTC.

Right now, the US stock market is going wild,
Money is starting to flow back in,
But big funds haven't fully jumped into the crypto space yet.

Only when the stock market stops climbing,
Will the excess cash flow into Bitcoin.

Because many institutions are still on the sidelines:

Will the Fed cut rates?
Will the US economy go into recession?
Will the war escalate?
Will the stock market crash first?

So even though cash is in the market,
It's not fully in high-risk mode yet.

One point many people aren't aware of:

This round of BTC is different from before.

Previously, BTC was a retail casino.

Now, BTC is looking more and more like an institutional risk asset.

Its correlation with the Nasdaq is getting stronger,
With ETFs, Wall Street, and quant funds,
BTC has been integrated into the global risk asset framework.

Many people buying Bitcoin are doing so through ETFs.

These folks are essentially stock traders.

Once there’s a stir in the stock market,

They’ll prioritize cashing out from Bitcoin ETFs to preserve their stock profits.

So we might see a very unusual scenario in the future:

US stocks soaring,
BTC lagging behind.

Even:
BTC might resemble institutional assets more than altcoins.

And altcoins,
Are the real casino.

Historically,
Before a big market rally kicks off,
It’s often when no one believes.

Clearly, that’s not the case right now.

Lastly, some juicy gossip:

Grayscale's covert moves:
Insider info suggests some whales are using the high stock market levels for arbitrage,
Selling off part of their appreciated tech stocks, quietly buying back BTC in batches at lower prices.
This kind of high sell, low buy repositioning is usually done sneakily.

Clever, right?

“预测市场”要出ETF了？押注也能变合法基金？

为什么SEC突然转性？

1 数据的真神

因为大家发现，预测市场（真金白银砸出来的概率）往往比民调机构准得多。
大资本现在把预测市场当成最真实的天气预报，他们需要这个工具来对冲风险。

2 合规化的收编

像Polymarket这种去中心化平台之前一直被监管盯着。
出ETF的本质是：监管要把这种场外赌局搬进室内，通过合规的ETF把资金流控制在自己眼皮底下。

3 内幕交易的灰色地带

预测市场最怕的是消息人士。比如某个政策还没公布，内部人先去预测市场重仓押注。
如果ETF推出，如何防止这种内幕押注会是未来最大的争议点。

4 替代新闻媒体

以前媒体决定市场相信什么，现在赔率决定市场相信什么。
比如：如果某事件概率突然从 30% 拉到 80%，资本会默认：有内幕资金提前知道了什么。

这也是为什么：Polymarket 现在越来越像全球情绪雷达。
而 ETF 化之后：意味着华尔街准备正式接管市场预言权。

未来很多人看新闻前，可能先看赔率。

Trump is looking to audit the 'American Treasury' again.

He said he wants to personally check out Fort Knox to see if:

the billions of dollars worth of gold in the U.S.

is still there.

And behind this,

is actually a growing mistrust in the market:

U.S. debt, dollar credibility, and the financial system.

The craziest part is:

the world's largest financial empire

hasn't conducted a proper public audit of its gold reserves for decades.

Did you know?

MicroStrategy claims to hold 4% of BTC, but they don't.

Surprised?

Let's dive into some 'can't-say' secrets.

Insider 1: Rumor has it the treasury is filled with gold-plated tungsten blocks, and old Trump wants to verify it on-site.

Insider 2: Countries storing gold in the U.S. can't get it back, and the Fed is suspected of doing a gold double sell.

Insider 3: This audit might be a prelude to a return to the 'gold standard.'

The real key isn't whether the gold is missing.

It's about:

why the U.S. suddenly emphasizes gold again.

Because for decades:

the dollar system relied on:

military power, national debt, petrodollars, and global credit.

But now:

many countries around the world are starting to de-dollarize.

Gold is becoming:

the last anchor of credit.

That's also why:

central banks globally have been going on a gold-buying spree in recent years.

Also,

Trump, Musk, and BTC supporters

have begun discussing:

gold, audits, and reserve assets simultaneously.

The core issue behind this is:

the world is re-evaluating:

what truly constitutes a hard asset.

In the past, the answer was only the dollar.

Now:

gold, BTC, and energy

are all re-entering the game.

So the Fort Knox situation,

may seem like a political news item.

But essentially,

it’s really a preview of a global currency credit crisis.

Saylor's dropping hints again about loading up on Bitcoin

In the past, folks thought:

Saylor was a bottomless pit of funds.

Now it’s clear:

He’s actually relying on the capital markets for a cash infusion.

He mentioned he’d only consider a tiny short if there’s an extremely unique risk.

The premise for selling coins: selling isn’t about being cash-strapped,
but rather preserving the BTC per Share metric.
If a small sell-off can yield greater corporate benefits, they’ll pull the trigger.

Honestly,
prices and liquidity haven’t pushed to that point yet; once they do, you know what’s up.

Right now, I suspect the small sell-off is a way to test market absorption capacity,
also helping MSTR transition from a BTC shadow stock into a bona fide digital bank.

He wants to prove: even if I sell, the sky won’t fall on BTC.

This is called: a trial of “anchoring” and “decoupling.”

Another goal is,
using the tax strategy of trading left hand to right hand,

they’ll intentionally sell off this portion of “loss coins” to offset corporate profits,

thus legally dodging hefty taxes,

and then redistribute cash to shareholders in the form of dividends, or buy back low-priced coins.

Coins haven’t decreased, but taxes have been saved; that’s real financial wizardry.

The biggest shift in the BTC market today
is that it’s no longer just a crypto game.

Instead, it’s:
becoming increasingly tied to Wall Street’s debt cycles and liquidity systems.

BTC just bounced back to over $80k,
but the techies are still on edge because the current trend is reminiscent of that despairing bull trap from 2022.

These days, the market isn't focused on halving; it's all about liquidity. If the macro environment is strapped for cash, even a hundred halvings won't boost prices.

Right now, the big players are ETFs and publicly traded companies. They’re not watching moving averages; they’re eyeing debt repayment schedules.

Because BTC is increasingly resembling a global risk asset thermometer.

When money flows freely: BTC tends to skyrocket.

When cash is tight: BTC is often the first to get hammered.

A lot of big funds aren't in a rush to chase highs right now.

They prefer to wait for market sentiment to go wild again before gradually unloading on retail investors.

Because the most typical characteristic of a top is:

Bad news is dismissed,
Good news is amplified endlessly.

So often:

A price increase itself,
can actually signify a rising risk.

The real bull market usually features:
A surge in spot demand,
A significant uptick in on-chain activity,
Long-term capital consistently stacking sats,
And any dips getting gobbled up immediately.

But currently, some data suggests:

Prices are rising first,
While genuine demand hasn’t fully caught up.

The most dangerous time in the market isn’t necessarily during a crash.

But rather:
When everyone starts believing again that this time it won't drop.

AI
市场把未来10年的预期，
提前炒到了今天的价格里。

很多公司现在拼命扩张，

不是因为已经赚到钱。

而是：

害怕自己不扩张就掉队。
这和 2000 年互联网泡沫特别像。

当年所有公司都在铺光纤。

最后发现

需求是真的，
但建设速度远超真实需求。

于是大量公司先死掉。

但互联网最后还是改变了世界。

AI 现在也可能一样

技术革命是真的。
但市场估值，未必合理。

AI 最大瓶颈，
可能已经不是模型了。

而是：

能源、芯片供应链、带宽和电。

很多人以为：

只要继续烧钱，AI 就能无限增长。

但现实是：

全球高端芯片产能、
电力系统、
数据中心冷却能力，

都开始接近极限。

所以现在市场真正赌的已经不是：

AI 会不会成功。

而是：
谁能撑到最后活下来。

因为大泡沫后期，

通常不是需求消失。

而是：

只有极少数赢家，
能活着吃完整个市场。

现在 AI 市场最疯狂的，

其实不是模型。

而是：

卖铲子的基础设施。

包括：

GPU
数据中心
电力
光模块
存储芯片
网络带宽

因为现在整个行业：
还在先修高速公路。

真正的大规模收费站，
可能还没建起来。

而光靠融资不产生现金流的公司，必死。

Tom Lee predicts that ETH could hit $12,000 by the end of the year.
Binance recorded around 440,000 ETH deposits within three trading days in May.

Insider Insights

What really gets Wall Street excited isn’t the ETH price swings.

It's whether:
ETH can replace some traditional financial infrastructure.

The biggest issue with traditional finance:
Slow cross-border transfers,
High fees,
Too many middlemen.

What ETH aims to do:
Is to automate these processes directly on-chain.

This is also why:
Institutions like BlackRock and Morgan are increasingly focusing on tokenization.

Because if in the future:
US Treasuries, funds, and stocks
can circulate globally 24/7,
A massive settlement network will emerge.

And ETH,
is currently the closest to this role.

But the key insider info is this:

Many think:

When ETH rises, it’s due to retail investors.

But it’s increasingly looking like:

Institutions are grabbing future financial turf early.

Bitmine has even hoarded over 4% of the total ETH supply.

This is somewhat like:

The early days of the internet when domain names were snatched up.

Because they’re betting that:

It won’t be ETH that becomes scarce in the future,

But rather:

The chains that can support global financial flows will be scarce.

So the core dilemma for ETH isn’t:

Whether it’s useful.

But rather:

Will future finance really move on-chain.

大资金出货，
不是“一键卖光”。

因为他们钱太多，
真砸盘自己也跑不掉。

所以他们通常会：

一边继续喊未来、
一边慢慢卖给后来的人。

你看到的是：

“机构继续看好”、
“目标价更高”、
“长期牛市”。

但背后真正发生的，可能是：

筹码正在悄悄转移。

为什么顶部总是消息最好？

因为：

只有气氛最疯狂的时候，
才有人愿意高价接盘。

所以市场有句老话：

底部是“没人信”。
顶部是“没人怕”。

很多人不是亏在不会买，
而是亏在：

赚到钱后，开始相信自己是大神。

It's different this time!

Why is Old Man Ba not moving, and why do we say there's a high probability of a BTC drop?

The market valuation is extremely detached from historical averages by 2025.

The stones you throw will eventually land,

using the simplest indicator: the Shiller P/E ratio,

also known as the Cape cyclical adjusted price-to-earnings ratio. The historical average is around 16-17 times.

In 2000, it was 44 times; in 2008, it was 27 times. What's it at now?

At the beginning of 2025, it's hovering around 36 times.

This is one of the reliable metrics to gauge whether the market is overpriced or not.

In other words, the current valuation is too high, not worth it,

so why hasn't it blown up?

Because of the unspoken rules of institutional window guidance; they need time to offload.

Retail investors buying in at this time are just providing liquidity for them, while you're standing at the edge of a cliff.

This month's best trade isn't crypto or oil, it's potatoes.

Potato CFDs skyrocketed 705% in less than a month, outperforming all major asset classes.

BTC is up 13.1%, and the Nasdaq is up 15%, both lagging behind commodity-linked contracts.

This trend is driven by speculation rather than supply, and European inventories are still high.

The global market has entered an era of headline trading.

Whoever gets the scoop first can cash in early.

In the past, folks thought wars were bullish for BTC,
but recently, it turns out that when tensions rise in the Middle East, oil prices surge,
while Bitcoin might drop alongside US equities due to liquidity tightening.

Oil stocks and potatoes are now the real "safe havens" in times of conflict.

Finally, there's some good news.

UBS Group, Switzerland's largest bank with assets totaling $6.6 trillion,
has invested around $98 million to increase its stake in Strategy Company by 551,121 shares.

The aim is to treat MSTR as a compliant alternative to BTC.

Insider info nobody knows:

• UBS isn't buying BTC directly; acquiring MSTR is a way to bypass regulations + a compliant channel to allocate crypto to wealthy clients.
• MSTR = the stock version of a Bitcoin ETF, with higher volatility, a favorite among institutions.
• Swiss banks are collectively entering the scene, marking crypto as a standard in global wealth management.
• This isn't speculation; it's traditional finance recognizing BTC as a reserve asset.

Compliance washing + leverage effect + ETF strategies, this move by big banks is called compliant arbitrage.

Risks include:
• BTC weakening in the long term
• Market reluctance to refinance
• Sudden liquidity contraction

These risks could be amplified synchronously.

The elephant (UBS) is entering to allocate assets,
banks are repackaging BTC risk into stocks, appearing safe but actually with greater underlying risks.

At least BTC ETFs are a lower-risk entry point.
MSTR feels more like BTC with a rocket booster.

If you blindly follow the trend, you might just become their liquidity.

Peter Schiff is throwing shade at Saylor:

MSTR, STRC, and BTC are all headed for a crash!

Saylor's really playing the capital market, always getting funded.

But what's really risky for him is a liquidity break.

Is Schiff always keeping an eye on Saylor?
Because he believes:

The BTC market is increasingly reliant on:
A few super buyers continuously soaking up the supply.

And Strategy has become one of the biggest marginal buyers in this mix.

If this super buyer pulls back,
the market structure could suddenly go out of whack.

What's most delicate right now is:
Strategy has been locked in by the market as:
The representative of BTC always going up.

So:
You can't sell too easily,
You can't stop buying too easily,
And you can't flip your strategy too easily,

Because once you hit the brakes:
The market will instantly question:
Is the bull run over?

The most dangerous times
Are often not when it's losing money.

But when:
The market suddenly isn't willing to play along with its narrative anymore.

The key takeaway:

This so-called "buying coin machine" is essentially a high-yield leverage play, and when the market weakens, it can backfire.

Now let's take a look at the cards behind Saylor's strategy of buying more as prices fall:

1. He has $2.2 billion in cash reserves specifically to pay interest, so he won't collapse in the short term.

2. He's using "financial magic." By issuing high-yield stocks (STRC) to attract traditional funds, as long as there's still buying, his ammo won't run out.

3. Institutions are bottom-fishing. While retail traders are scared, big institutions (like pension funds) are stepping in, attracted by the leveraged coin attributes.

MSTR only symbolically bought 1.17 BTC after a 23-day pause, and STRC has dropped below the $100 peg.

The company faces a 11.5% annual dividend pressure, and if BTC doesn't rise enough, they'll have to sell coins to pay off debts; Q1 already saw a massive loss of $12.5 billion.

So Schiff is calling them out, saying this is a Ponzi structure—if it can't pump, it will blow.

The core play in the current U.S. financial system is this:
As long as assets don't crash, everything can be dragged along.

Does the government, Wall Street, and the media really care about the stock market?

Because: pensions, insurance, ETFs, and bank collateral,
are almost entirely tied to asset prices.

Once the stock market takes a nosedive,
pensions will blow up.
Banks will blow up.
Debt will blow up.

You'll notice:

Every time the market is in danger,
there's always someone shouting:
The economy is great.
The AI revolution is here.
Soft landing achieved.
Dow Jones hits new highs.

Essentially, it's all about managing expectations.

The biggest secret in modern finance:
The value of many assets
is propped up by the belief that they are worth something.
And what SBF was best at back in the day
was precisely this.

But the reality is:

Average folks
are paying higher rent, have more debt, and face greater living pressures.

This creates a surreal phenomenon:

The poor are getting poorer,
yet the indices keep climbing.

Because it’s not the economy that’s rising,
but asset prices.

Who has the most assets?

Wall Street, institutions, the wealthy.

So when U.S. stocks hit new highs,
often the ones truly raking it in
are still that top tier.

Recently,
the imprisoned SBF suddenly becoming the bull market poster child is just a political survival instinct,
trying to ride this get-out-of-jail-free card.

In summary: When con artists and bureaucrats reach a consensus,
ordinary people need to hold onto their wallets even tighter!

ETH is facing pressure from whales and institutions, signaling a $260 million exit.

Garrett Jin transferred 78,077 ETH worth $178 million to Binance, while still holding 303,618 ETH.

BlackRock and Fidelity sent 35,394 ETH worth $80.7 million to Coinbase Prime in just a few hours.

Garrett Jin: Former CEO of BitForex, notorious in the crypto scene as a contrarian indicator and derivatives fanatic.

He accurately shorted before the massive drop in 2025 and made a killing.
This time, his token transfer might not be a straightforward sell-off, but rather a hefty short position for hedging, which could create significant psychological pressure on the market.

The transfers from BlackRock and Fidelity to exchanges don't indicate a bearish outlook; rather, it's due to retail redemptions.
ETFs are passively managed, so whenever someone sells ETF shares, institutions must liquidate corresponding ETH to provide cash to clients. This indicates that traditional off-exchange funds are losing patience with ETH.

Is the tradition of selling in May still alive?

The biggest issue with ETH isn't the lack of buyers.
It's that there are too many sellers waiting to unload.

Now is not the time to catch the bottom; let's wait until the institutional selling pressure has fully released!

There are rumors that Satoshi Nakamoto has another account,
long ago cashing out a portion of the stash through other wallets to have some spending money.

Those 1.1 million coins were meant to serve as collateral for honest nodes, holding more symbolic than monetary value.

Satoshi's disappearance
was, in fact, part of BTC's design.

No team.
No boss.
No marketing.
No funding.

This has turned BTC into:

A currency owned by no one.

Many veteran BTC traders actually believe:

Satoshi's greatest achievement is not creating BTC.

But rather:

After creating it, he completely vanished.

Because throughout history, almost all currencies, projects, and financial systems

end up being controlled by someone.

Only BTC:

The founder chose to give up everything.

This is why many people refer to BTC as:

A stateless asset in the financial world.

In the belief of BTC,
it has increasingly become like a digital religion to some extent.

No one has seen Satoshi.
No one knows who he is.
No one knows if he is still alive.

But everyone assumes:

He won’t come back.

And this fact
has ironically become BTC’s strongest trait.

It also means that the actual total supply of Bitcoin is not 21 million,
but rather less than 20 million.

Saylor's Backtracking:
MicroStrategy might be offloading BTC. Insider info that everyone’s missing.

1. Under Pressure from 'Old Money' Shareholders
While Saylor is the face of the company, the major shareholders behind MicroStrategy (like BlackRock and Vanguard) are all about cash flow returns. The stock market landscape in 2026 is changing, and these shareholders are no longer satisfied with just paper wealth; they want to see the green. Saylor's recent 'backtrack' is essentially a capitulation to traditional Wall Street forces.

2. Paving the Way for S&P 500 Inclusion
MicroStrategy has been trying to break into the S&P 500 index, but that index has specific requirements for a company's profit model. Offloading coins for dividends can make the company's financials look more like a typical 'profitable business' rather than a giant 'crypto savings account.'

3. The Art of Invisible Deleveraging
Selling coins for dividends is just a pretty excuse. The real deal is: through this method, Saylor can cash out at a high without causing panic. He’s selling off 'profits' while preserving 'principal,' but this does set a precedent for 'whales to exit' the market.

The strategy is increasingly resembling: 'The BTC version of Wall Street banks.'

This signal is something to chew on, something to really think about!