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#特朗普因TruthSocial付费数据流遭起诉 Trump has been sued, not because of what he posted, but because he turned "posting" into a business. Core of the issue: Turning presidential statements into paid data streams On August 12, news agency The Intercept and the Freedom of the Press Foundation jointly filed a lawsuit in the Manhattan Federal Court in New York. Defendants include Trump himself and several White House officials. The trigger was the paid data service "Truth API" launched by a company under Trump. This service officially went live on August 1, providing subscribers with real-time access to posts from 10 high-profile accounts, including Trump’s. The monthly fee can be as high as $100,000, with a discounted rate of $60,000 per month for a three-year commitment. More than 10 client agreements have been signed, mainly with high-frequency trading firms. The plaintiffs described this move in a 30-page complaint as "extraordinary, corrupt, and unconstitutional." Why the controversy is so significant Trump frequently posts on Truth Social about tariffs, Middle East conflicts, monetary policy, and other policy statements that could impact markets. Last year alone, his account had about 9,000 to 11,000 posts that were never followed up by official White House statements. Paying clients can access this information early and trade based on it, causing severe information inequality. The plaintiffs argue this violates the First Amendment (equal access to government announcements) and the Fifth Amendment (unreasonable conditions attached to government benefits). The lawsuit targets not only Truth API but also seeks to prohibit Trump from exclusively publishing official government information on his personal website. The company’s financial pressure is the direct driver Trump Media & Technology Group posted a net loss of $238 million in Q2, more than ten times the loss in the same period last year. The company holds Bitcoin, which has suffered significant unrealized losses due to price declines. Truth API’s annual revenue is expected to be between $7 million and $12 million, about 2 to 3 times the company’s total revenue last year. Under heavy loss pressure, the company urgently needs new revenue sources. Transmission logic to BTC In the short term, two forces pull simultaneously. If the court issues a temporary injunction to stop Truth API, Trump Media’s financial situation will worsen, possibly forcing accelerated Bitcoin sales. The company already reduced its holdings by 65 BTC in Q2, lowering the position to about 9,477 BTC. If the injunction is issued, selling pressure may increase further. Meanwhile, this case exposes the loophole that "policy information can be accessed early through paid channels," potentially prompting the SEC to re-examine the fairness of information in the crypto market. High-frequency trading firms using Truth API to get early policy information for crypto asset trading may face regulatory scrutiny. In the medium term, the direction is clearer. The core narrative of this case is that the president is monetizing government information. When those controlling policy releases start selling early access channels, the credit foundation of the fiat system is cracked. Each such event reminds the market of a fundamental fact: the boundaries of sovereign credit are being eroded. BTC’s long-term narrative as a non-sovereign asset is reinforced with every such event. Short-term volatility is noise; the direction is the answer. That’s all from Ci Ge. Think it over. $BTC $ETH $SNDK

Saying goodbye to double-digit effortless earnings: EigenLayer enters a brutal pain period, what will the commercial closed loop of restaking rely on to land? Recently, I chatted with a few friends who have been constantly accumulating Liquid Restaking liquidity restaking points, and everyone generally complained about the same phenomenon. The EigenLayer ecosystem, which once boasted double-digit yields, crazy point distributions, and various AVS token airdrops in succession, has recently seen its overall yield drop steadily to a baseline range of 4% to 7%. Many friends who nested assets with multiple layers of leverage for arbitrage found that after deducting gas fees and capital costs, the actual net returns barely cover the losses. This once hottest engine of restaking is clearly hitting a harsh wall of commercial reality. Everyone witnessed the early frenzy, with funds flooding the entire network, pushing EigenLayer’s locked value to an astonishing scale of hundreds of billions. But no matter how high the capital stacks, it cannot hide the core contradiction of supply and demand imbalance. The market has accumulated a massive amount of restaked funds, but the number of Web2 or Web3 real-world projects willing to spend real money to purchase AVS security validation services is pitifully small. Most of the generous early returns people received were just subsidies from the project teams crazily issuing counterfeit tokens to hype up the project. Once the project teams in the ecosystem start tightening token emissions, or the secondary liquidity of counterfeit tokens themselves comes under pressure, the yield flywheel supported by false interest immediately stalls. Facing this awkward situation, the official side recently began adjusting strategic direction, attempting to move toward the EigenCloud concept and proposed a new plan to extract AVS protocol revenue for secondary market token buybacks. This series of moves marks that the restaking track is forced to leave the virtual bloated period of point airdrop hype and enter a sedimentation period seeking a real commercial closed loop. This is actually a good thing for the entire crypto ecosystem. Decentralized security services cannot forever be built on printing money out of thin air; they ultimately need to find real payers willing to pay for network security, decentralized oracles, and data availability. Only when the restaking network can continuously generate real protocol revenue at fiat currency levels and feed this revenue back to token holders and staking nodes can this track emerge from the Ponzi pain. Finally, a question for friends: after restaking yields have been significantly squeezed dry, will you still lock your ETH in restaking protocols? Do you think the EigenCloud model can run a real commercial self-sustaining closed loop for restaking? #BitMine成全球最大ETH质押方

Brothers, how long does it take to go from 410,000 to 170,000? Green Mao shows everyone with facts, it only took two days. The loss in these two days is what many people lose in a lifetime. The biggest loss was caused by SanDisk, Micron, and Hynix blowing up. The largest position was $SNDK, closed 100 SanDisk shares. Lost nearly $14,000, another 100,000 RMB gone. What about the crypto world? Still profitable. Still lost a few thousand dollars on Bitcoin $BTC. Big brother Bitcoin, can you just pump it directly to 65,000? No wonder short sellers all make money, BTC hurry up and pump it! Everyone looks down on Bitcoin, but you’re the least helpful. So this time I feel Mao Shen really enlightened. Reversed and added 100 $ETH to short. Ethereum holdings reached 480, good grief. Currently about $20,000 profit in crypto. Finally Mao Shen exclaimed: should short the stupid crypto market. Sigh, it’s really heartbreaking, this crypto world, can’t it just hold up a bit?

APR, stop pretending, when will the dump happen? This trend looks way too familiar. APR surged overnight from around 0.2 directly up to 0.63, tripling in a short time. But the more violent the surge, the more cautious you should be about the underlying capital structure. This rally seems mostly driven by contract funds, with open interest once hitting $25.45 million and net inflow exceeding $4.8 million. Small-cap coins, new stories, low cost to pump, just a little capital can create a huge spike. But here’s the problem: after pumping it up, who will take over? Now the price has fallen back from the 0.63 high to around 0.48, a drop of over 20%. Trading volume suddenly expanded to 23 times the 7-day average, turnover is very intense, but the price still can’t break through. This kind of trend looks like a high-level gamble. RSI once surged to 99.6, this is not just simple overbought, but market sentiment completely crazy. Look at some previous similar scripts: BEAT fell from 4 to 0.7; BICO dropped from 0.089 to 0.038. All the same pattern: violent pump → sideways consolidation → distribution → crash, none escaped. Tonight APR short positions made profits, position size not big, still bearish on direction. After all, such a surge without sustained buying support can’t be held up by sentiment for long. Whether the dump comes early or late, the market will give the answer in the end.

$ETH $BTC No way hhh, this is too unexpected, I just posted at 36 minutes, and at 38 minutes it directly broke 1870? What’s going on with Bitcoin and Ethereum. The surprise really came, even earlier than expected!! I can sleep peacefully now, this is so happy, turning an unstable factor into a stable one right before bed. But I don’t know if this is a fake breakout, so I can’t be happy too early, anything is possible. After all, extreme joy can lead to sorrow. This time I’m really going to sleep, not watching anymore. If after waking up it falls below 1850 and can stay stable below, then this trade is pretty safe! Then I can gradually look at the take-profit price, and deal with the rest during the day. Wish everyone sweet dreams $ETH

$BEAT Took short positions for three days, and this morning all were closed with profits, earning 520% After observing for a day, I directly switched to long positions, looking forward to a new starting opportunity. Fellow bulls, it's time to take back everything that belongs to us

$BTC has been stuck moving back and forth within a range these past couple of days, the daily chart looks like a stagnant pool. In the comments, some people have already started cursing, saying "this market is useless." I actually think times like this are the biggest test—not a test of skill, but a test of whether you can hold back from acting. The biggest damage in a choppy market isn't losing a lot of money, but wearing you down until you lose patience, then making a reckless trade at the worst moment, handing the breakout to someone else to take over. In a year, I can count on one hand the times I've really placed heavy bets; the most important lesson for the rest of the time is just two words: wait it out.

🔥 CRYPTO TODAY: ALTCOINS & MEMECOINS HEATING UP AGAIN? The crypto market today is showing signs of recovery after several volatile sessions. BTC remains the focal point, but capital is starting to pay attention again to altcoin and memecoin groups. 🚀 GROUPS TO WATCH 🔹 $SOL – continues to be one of the most attractive altcoins as capital returns to the Solana ecosystem. 🔹 $OKB – still stands out thanks to the OKX ecosystem story and the token's own momentum. 🔹 $UNI – gaining attention as the DeFi sector shows signs of improvement. 🔹 $ADA – being monitored as buying pressure returns to large-cap altcoins. 🔹 $XRP – high liquidity, often reacts quickly when capital flows back into altcoins. 🔹 $DOGE – leading memecoin, often the first destination for speculative capital when the market turns positive. 🔹 $SHIB – continues to attract attention within the memecoin group, especially as risk appetite increases. 🔹 $PEPE – a prominent representative of memecoins, capable of strong volatility when speculative capital returns. 🔹 $BONK – notable in the Solana ecosystem and usually reacts very quickly to speculative capital. 🔹 $WIF – another memecoin to watch if SOL maintains its strength. ⚠️ BUT DON'T FOMO The most important point right now is not to buy just because a coin is green. BTC still needs to hold key support zones and break through resistance levels above. If BTC stabilizes, capital will have the opportunity to continue spreading to altcoins → then to high-beta memecoin groups. 🎯 A REASONABLE STRATEGY BTC maintains structure → prioritize strong altcoins. Altcoins start to outperform BTC → increase focus on mid-cap groups. Speculative capital rises sharply → then consider memecoins. Don't chase prices after strong bullish candles. A good trader doesn't try to buy the exact bottom; they wait for market confirmation before increasing positions. 👀 THE NEXT 24–72 HOURS WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT. If BTC breaks resistance, we could witness a new capital rotation: BTC → ETH/SOL → Altcoins → Memecoins. The question is not “which coin will rise?” But: 💰 WHICH GROUP WILL CAPITAL FLOW INTO NEXT? #CPIPPIEaseFedSplit #