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Warsh officially takes over Powell today, becoming the 17th Fed Chair.
Senate confirmation with a 54-45 vote, the most controversial in history.
Warsh holds shares in 12 crypto companies including Flashnet, Bitwise, Basis, dYdX, and others, earning him the nickname "The most crypto-savvy Fed Chair in history."
The real variable isn't his holdings list, but QT-for-Cuts: lowering interest rates to 3%-3.25%, while selling MBS to shrink the balance sheet from $6.5T to $4T, a net reduction of $2.5T.
For the first time in history, "rate cuts + balance sheet reduction" are executed simultaneo

BOJ May 13th, 6-3 most hawkish vote, three votes to immediately raise interest rates to 1%, triggering a yen carry trade liquidation alert.
U.S. Bitcoin spot ETF experienced net outflows of $635 million on the same day, the largest single-day withdrawal in 105 days.
BlackRock IBIT saw outflows of $284.69 million, accounting for 45% of the entire market.
In the past 5 trading days, a total withdrawal of $1.26 billion.
BTC ETF total AUM is $105.01 billion — 1.2% of funds moved out, causing BTC to drop below $80k.
Retail investors have always been called bagholders; today, it appears th

U.S. April PPI Year-over-Year +6.0%, Core PPI +5.2%, both the highest since December 2022; Monthly rate +1.4% is nearly three times the expected.
After the data was released, BTC dropped below $81,000 to break $80,000, now at $79,319 (−1.47%). The Nasdaq rose 1.2% on the same day— the hotter the inflation, the softer BTC, and stocks actually outperformed.
This is the logical trap of BTC's inflation hedge narrative: hot inflation → rising rate hike expectations → tightening liquidity → falling risk assets. When CPI peaked at 8.5% in 2022, BTC fell 74%, and after PPI broke 9% in 2021, BTC halved

Strategy bought 34,164 BTC in the week of April 20; only 535 BTC purchased from May 5-11 — a 98% reduction in four weeks.
It's not because BTC is expensive: average price $75,540, current price about $79,500, unrealized gains of 5.2%.
It's because the capital structure has changed: ATM issuance + STRC preferred stock dividends, diluting the rate that has started to surpass the buying rate.
More importantly: in the May 5 financial report, the CEO publicly disclosed the selling conditions for the first time —
① When STRC dividend funds are insufficient
② When tax hedging is needed
③

Sharplink (SBET) discloses Q1 financial report this week: holding 872,984 ETH, an average price of $3,609, current price $2,280, a floating loss of 37%, an unrealized loss of approximately $1.16 billion.
Staked a total of 18,800 ETH (≈$42.87 million) — only covering 3.7% of the floating loss — at this rate, it would take 27 years to break even.
The company's cash is only $16.9 million, with a net loss of $686 million in Q1, ETH assets account for 99% of total assets.
Institutions buy high and call it "strategic holding," retail investors buy high and call it "standing guard" — the $3,609

SUI’s weekly gain exceeds 50%. The core logic is on the supply side: SUI Group Holdings has staked all 108.7 million tokens (about $143 million), removing 2.7% from the circulating supply; 74% is the staking rate across the network, leaving the floating supply extremely scarce.
But there’s a detail no one mentions: SUI can be unstaked in just 24 hours— not 180 days, and not 30 days.
On May 29, CME listed SUI futures— the first time institutions obtained a compliant short-selling tool. History: CME Bitcoin futures launched in December 2017; on the launch day, the price topped at $19,783, th

The on-chain US debt scale today broke $15.35 billion, setting a new record high.
The previous peak was in mid-April at $15.1 billion, and at the beginning of the year, it was only $3.9 billion — a nearly fourfold increase in four months.
The top three products: BlackRock BUIDL $2.63 billion, Ondo USDY $2.14 billion, Franklin iBENJI $2.1 billion.
Driving factors: April CPI annualized at 3.8%, renewed expectations of rate hikes, on-chain T-bill annualized yield ~5%.
During the same period, BTC was at $80,611, trading sideways between $79K and $82K over three weeks, with a year-to-date

The largest single-day inflow of XRP ETF this year was $25.8 million, someone told me it's about to take off. I checked: the ETF was listed in November, institutional holding average price is $1.44, current price is $1.38— even institutions are underwater.
Last July's high was $3.65, now it's $1.38, down 62%. During the same period, whales sold over $6 billion.
ETFs are an upgraded version of bagholders. The record inflow day was the whales' easiest exit window, not your breakout signal. #Gate广场五月交易分享 $XRP $BTC $ETH

CLARITY Act goes live with submissions tomorrow
On May 14th, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee will hold a markup vote on this 309-page bill. The mainstream market narrative: passing = BTC surges to $143K, +$15 billion in ETF net inflows (Citibank forecast).
But three key details the mainstream hasn’t mentioned:
① It requires a 60-vote supermajority to clear in the Senate. Polymarket’s probability has dropped from 80% to 62%—the odds are falling, not rising.
② Even if it passes, it must be merged with the Senate Agriculture Committee version, then proceed through the House, and then wa

The market is applauding Warsh, who is about to take over the Fed—
He once said, "BTC is the new gold for those under 40," earning him the title of the Fed chair who knows the most about crypto in history. He officially took office on May 15.
But if you look back at how BTC performed after past chair changes: • Yellen took over → BTC -86%
• Powell’s first term → BTC -73.56% • Powell’s second term → BTC -60.72%
Each time the chair changes, the market sells amid cheers.
Warsh inherits a 3.5% interest rate + an expectation of only one rate cut in 2026.
The key is this: the chair’s per

On May 12th at Consensus Miami, Arthur Hayes publicly said that BTC's next target is $90K, ultimately $126K.
But Maelstrom's actual positions are ZEC and HYPE, not BTC.
His logic: ZEC target = 10% of BTC price. If BTC really hits $126K, ZEC corresponds to $12,600.
Currently, ZEC is priced at $550, up over 150% since April 1st.
HYPE is currently $40, down 9% over the past 7 days.
Counter to consensus: Hayes is telling retail investors the BTC story, but he's betting on ZEC positions—while shouting $126K, the 22x potential for ZEC has already been locked into his position narrative.

Trump arrives in Beijing today, and BTC $80K holds its position, but volatility is the lowest this year.
First day of the summit (5/13): BTC peaked at $82,041 → now at $80,057 (-1.7%). Support is at $80K; resistance is at $84K.
Two scenarios: ① A statement that exceeds expectations (unexpected easing of rare earths/semiconductors/digital assets) → a short-term push toward $84K–$88K
② Expectations are met as predicted → sell-the-news; the $80K defense battle
Anti-consensus: Everyone has waited a year for the summit, but BTC is waiting for you at the lowest volatility of the year—expecta

ETH/BTC today slid to 0.02835, a 10-month low and the lowest since July 2025. BTC is down 1% today, and ETH is down 2% in sync—underperforming BTC at double speed.
Looking at the long term: ETH/BTC has fallen 34% from last August’s high of 0.04324. The 200-week moving average is now at 0.04828, which means the current level is a full 41% below the average. In this round, BTC has rebounded from the lows back to $80,800, but ETH hasn’t kept up. The script of “once BTC finishes running, it’s altseason” still hasn’t played out after 10 months.
Breaking below the long-term structure of ETH/BTC

TON rose from $1.35 on May 4th to $2.90 in three days, a 114% increase.
Durov took over the narrative of the TON Foundation, instantly filling in all the leverage, causing the contract open interest (OI) to soar to around $600 million, hitting a 3-year high, with RSI once spiking to 93.
On May 8th, a single-day liquidation of $28.7 million occurred, with longs at $13.1 million and shorts at $15.6 million — not one-sided liquidation, but a double-sided wipeout.
The current price is $2.36, down 18.6% from the peak, with RSI still at 77 in the overbought zone.
It’s not Durov pushing the c