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Evening. BTC $76,528 (+0.2% on the day)

Price recovered its morning losses, closing the day where it started - effectively no movement.

What changed since morning:
- Long thesis didn't play out: $77,758 was never tested, price moved down from London open
- $76,014 held - no downside break, price consolidating just above the level
- Timeframe structure: 3 bearish out of 4, zero bullish - pressure not relieved

Session dynamics:
Asia closed at $77,234 with a modest gain - the only session of the day with a positive bias. London reversed the move lower, closing at $76,521. NY continues the decline: first hour broke below its range low and held there.

Onchain/derivatives:
Funding on Hyperliquid is neutral - no position overheating. OI rose $170M with near-zero price movement: positions are being built, but buyers aren't pushing price - accumulation without momentum. Coinbase is again at a discount to Asian exchanges, Western demand has been weak for several days running. Deribit put/call 0.67 - calls dominating for the fourth consecutive day while price sits $1,500 below Friday's close; keeping this gap between positioning and price in focus.

Tuesday closes flat at weekly lows: sellers couldn't push through $76,000, buyers couldn't reclaim $77,000.

#evening
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BTC $77,178
1H▼ 4H▼ 1D▲ 1W▼

Price is locked between PDL $76,107 and PDH $77,385 - fourth consecutive day without a breakout in either direction. Yesterday the options market held a calls skew with price sitting $1,500 below Friday's close - today that gap hasn't gone anywhere, calls are still dominant.

Key fact of the morning: L/S ratio rose to 1.48 - longs are accumulated at their highest level in recent days, while ETF outflows yesterday totaled $648M (BlackRock alone accounted for $448M). The market is holding longs while institutions are exiting through spot. This contradiction typically resolves in one way.

📍 Key levels for the day:
$77,385 - resistance, PDH. A breakout with volume changes the picture
$76,107 - support, PDL. A breakout opens the next zone at $74,500

Scenario: ⬇️ bearish - L/S at 1.48 combined with active ETF outflows creates pressure on longs; expecting a breakout of $76,107
Invalidation: close above PDH $77,385 with a reversal in ETF flows

#morning

Not investment advice.
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DXY 99.42

US 10Y Yield: 4.67%
VIX: 18.0
BTC (~24h, futures): +0.87%

DXY holds below 100 with a modest recovery, while the 10Y yield continues to creep higher - pressuring risk asset valuations through the cost of money.

Not investment advice.

#dxy
Digest

📈 Bullish factors
- Bitfinex traders increased BTC longs to a 2.5-year high - the bet on a reversal has been accumulating for five consecutive days.
- The U.S. Senate restricted Trump's military authority over Iran: BTC, ETH, and XRP rebounded as the geopolitical risk premium declined.

📉 Bearish factors
- Daily outflows from spot BTC ETFs reached $648.6M, of which $448M came from BlackRock alone; the second-largest single-day outflow of 2026.
- WLFI-linked AI Financial Corporation recorded a $271.5M loss and officially raised doubts about its ability to continue operations.

👥 Traders yesterday
- On May 19, BTC traded at $76,864, ETH at $2,134, Fear & Greed Index at 25 ("Extreme Fear").
- Strategy holds 4% of total BTC supply, BitMine holds 4.37% of ETH supply; corporate accumulation continues even through the drawdown.
- Bitcoin Depot announced the closure of its network of 9,000 Bitcoin ATMs.

#digest
💥 HYPE > $50
Evening. BTC $77,472

The bearish thesis from the morning didn't play out: Asia pulled BTC higher, and price added roughly $950 from yesterday's close.

What changed since morning:
- $77,385 (PDH) was broken and held above - resistance worked as a target, not a stop
- $76,107 was never tested at all, sellers didn't gain control
- Timeframe structure is mixed: 2 bullish out of 4, pressure partially relieved

Session dynamics:
Asia drove the main move of the day - bias +0.74%, closing at $77,283. London spent the day ranging with a 1.24% range, closing at $77,455. NY is also flat so far: price holding inside the first-hour range with no clear direction.

Onchain / derivatives:
Funding is moderately rising for the third day, no overheating. OI declined - a portion of longs was flushed in a cascade of around $74M, cleaning up positioning. Coinbase is trading at a discount to Asian exchanges: Western demand isn't chasing the move. Deribit put/call 0.67 - calls dominating for the fifth consecutive day; the gap between options positioning and price is starting to narrow - this is the first day price is moving toward them.

Wednesday closes as the first real green day of the week: the move is there, Fear & Greed at 27, buyers remain cautious.

Not investment advice.

#evening
BTC $77,562
1H▲ 4H▼ 1D▲ 1W▼

For five days calls dominated while price was lower - yesterday the market finally moved in their favor: +1.6% and a break above PDH $77,826. The gap between options positioning and price has started to close, but BTC is currently trading right inside the CME gap zone ($77,470-$77,705), which opened this morning.

L/S dropped from 1.48 to 1.24 - some accumulated longs exited or got cut. Futures volume at 9.2x vs spot suggests the move up was driven by derivatives, not real demand. Goldman sold crypto ETFs worth $1B+, but that's already priced in - more importantly, funding remains neutral, no overheating yet.

📍 Key levels:
$77,826 - resistance, PDH = Weekly High. A close above opens the path to $79K
$77,470-$77,705 - CME gap zone. Price is inside it right now
$76,881 - support, Monthly Open. Losing this level returns price to the old range

Scenario: ⬆️ Bullish - consolidation above $77,826 with rising OI confirms continuation

Invalidation: return below $77,470 and loss of Monthly Open $76,881

Not investment advice.

#morning
Digest

📈 Bullish factors
- IG enters all of Europe via Bitpanda: direct expansion of the spot market audience
- Hyperliquid ETF added 50% volume after a weak start - demand for the product has returned

📉 Bearish factors
- Map Protocol down 96% after an exploit: the attacker minted a quadrillion tokens, holders lost liquidity
- Verus-Ethereum bridge hacked for $11M via a parameter verification bug - the cross-chain bridge segment is under fire again

👥 Traders yesterday
- a16z accumulated approximately 9.18M HYPE for roughly $356M at an average of $38.77 - position is in profit
- Goldman Sachs in Q1 dumped BTC ETF ($450M), ETH ETF ($500M) and XRP ETF ($152M), but bought a HYPE ETF for $3M - an interesting choice of priorities
- K33 Research considers $60,000 the cycle bottom for BTC: in Q1 large players reduced positions by 26,733 BTC while retail was buying

#digest
Evening. BTC $77,285

Morning long thesis did not confirm: Asia provided the impulse, London cut it, NY trading without direction.

What changed since morning:
- BTC lost ~$277 from the morning level - downside move came through London, not NY
- Timeframe structure deteriorated: 2 bearish out of 4 vs. 1 bearish this morning, pressure remains
- Derivatives overheating thesis partially confirmed: longs liquidated in cascade up to $72M, OI contracted

Session dynamics:
Asia closed at $77,889 with a +0.50% bias - session printed the daily high. London reversed price lower with a range of nearly 2%, closing at $77,259. NY trading in a narrow range, price inside the first-hour range - no clean scenario developed.

Onchain / derivatives:
OI declined alongside price - long cascade cleaned up positioning, no funding overheating on Hyperliquid. Coinbase trading at a discount to Asian exchanges for the third consecutive day: Western demand is not picking up the move. Deribit put/call 0.68 - calls still dominant, options market maintains an upside bias even with price below the weekly open levels. CME gap $77,470-$77,705 remains unfilled - price trading below it, keeping it in focus for tomorrow.

Thursday: Asia bought, London sold, NY is standing still - the day gave back most of the overnight gains.

Not investment advice.

#evening
S&P 500

7,430 (+1.26% vs yesterday's close).
Session range: 7,389 - 7,466 (1.04%).

S&P 500 gained 1.26%, while BTC barely moved (-0.35%) - this divergence suggests today's equity rally is not backed by risk appetite in crypto. The VIX volatility index (market fear gauge) at 17 points to a calm backdrop, and 10-year Treasury yields were nearly unchanged.

Day mode: stocks rising, but crypto not confirming - a local move without broad risk appetite.

#sp500
BTC $77,408
1H▲ 4H▼ 1D▲ 1W▼

Yesterday the bullish scenario failed: price pulled back from $78,180 and is now trading below PDH, unable to hold above it. The key event was a long liquidation cascade of ~$72M with OI dropping 1.4%. Longs got wiped out, but L/S is still 1.25 - positioning has not reset.

Calls on Deribit continue to dominate (put/call 0.68 since evening), the options market has not removed its upside bet. Meanwhile, futures volume is 10.7x spot - moves are derivatives-driven, with no real demand underneath. If longs are accumulating again after the liquidations, the next cascade could be more severe.

📍 Key levels:
$78,180 - resistance, PDH = Weekly High. A close above changes the picture
$76,985 - support, Monthly Open. Loss of this level opens the path to $76,107
$76,107 - support, Weekly Low. A break puts the next area of interest at $74,500

Scenario: ⬇️ bearish - longs did not exit after liquidations, pressure remains; expecting a break of $76,985

Invalidation: close above $78,180 with rising OI

Not investment advice.

#morning
Digest

📈 Bullish factors
- SpaceX disclosed 18,712 BTC ($1.29B) in its Nasdaq IPO filing: corporate demand for BTC received public confirmation from a company valued at $1.75T
- XRP ETF records inflows amid rising wallet count, while BTC and ETH funds are losing capital

📉 Bearish factors
- Coinbase premium dropped to a monthly low - institutions are exiting, not entering
- BTC at $77,700: the liquidation wave has already passed, analysts are now watching the $75,000 hold

👥 Traders yesterday
- BTC $77,716, ETH $2,134, SOL $86, XRP $1.37; market cap $2.56T, BTC dominance 60.73%, Fear & Greed Index 29
- Glassnode: BTC broke below the "true market mean price" of $78,300, next support zone $71,400-76,500
- HYPE hit an all-time high above $61, up 50% over 7 days - best performer in the top 100 over the past 24 hours

#digest
Evening. BTC $76,985

What changed since morning:
- Bearish thesis confirmed: BTC broke below $76,985 and did not recover - currently $76,985 vs $77,408 at morning open
- Timeframe structure deteriorated to 3 bearish out of 4 - pressure built throughout the day
- Breakdown level held: longs never materialized, as the morning scenario anticipated

Session dynamics:
Asia closed at $77,408 with a slight downward bias - set the tone for the day. London extended the move lower, range 1.3%, closing at $76,791. NY continued the decline: first hour delivered a break of the range low with sustained hold below - session remains in bearish mode.

Onchain/derivatives:
Coinbase trading at a discount to Asian exchanges - Western demand again failing to support levels. OI increased against falling price: new positions opening on the way down, no funding overheating on Hyperliquid. Deribit put/call 0.70 - calls dominant, options market maintaining upside bias with price at weekly lows. This divergence between options positioning and price action stays on my radar for tomorrow.

Friday closed under seller pressure across all three sessions - price ends the week below opening levels.

Not investment advice.

#evening
BTC $75,389
1H▼ 4H▼ 1D▼ 1W▼

Price broke PDL $75,322 and is trading right at it - all four timeframes are bearish, the market continues to slide from the Weekly High $78,180 for the third session in a row.

L/S rose to 1.56 - longs accumulated again after mid-week liquidations. The options market held an upside bias in the evening; price responded with -2.7%. Futures volume is x10.3 vs spot: there is no real buyer behind these longs.

📍 Key levels for the day:
$77,863 - resistance, PDH. A return here will require volume that is not present yet
$75,322 - support, PDL = Weekly Low. A confirmed breakdown opens an empty zone down to $74,000
$77,380 - resistance, Monthly Open. Target for a recovery move

Scenario: ⬇️ Bearish - L/S at 1.56 with no spot demand creates conditions for the next liquidation cascade; trigger - a confirmed close below $75,322

Invalidation: reclaim of $75,322 with increasing spot volume

Not investment advice.

#morning
Digest

📈 Bullish factors
- SEC approved the listing of Bitcoin index options on Nasdaq - regulated instruments are expanding, making it easier for institutional players to work with BTC
- $1.26B outflow from Bitcoin ETFs per Santiment data forms a contrarian signal - historically such extremes have coincided with local reversals

📉 Bearish factors
- Trump Media sold 2,650 BTC at $77,200 on Crypto.com on May 21; combined losses from two transactions are estimated at $455M
- Saylor admitted Strategy could sell BTC in 2026 - a direct blow to the perpetual accumulation narrative

👥 Traders yesterday
- Polymarket: a hacker withdrew over $520,000 from the UMA CTF Adapter contract on Polygon; the team confirmed a wallet key compromise
- WSJ: Iran-linked entities used Binance to circumvent sanctions and finance the IRGC - Binance rejected the allegations
- Glassnode: 6.04M BTC (30.2% of supply) worth $467B are at risk of potential quantum attacks

#digest
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