$NBIS current price 231.41, down 4.738% over the past 24 hours. Trading volume is close to $59 million, and there are still 62,019 contracts in open interest that have not been closed. This is the most direct snapshot of market sentiment in on-chain U.S. stock futures for the semiconductor sector.
My view is that this round of decline is not a technical pullback, but rather that the policy risk for semiconductors in the Trump trade is being transmitted into on-chain contracts. The disagreement between bulls and bears is this: if Trump really moves to tighten chip exports or impose additional tariffs, would an on-chain token like
$NBIS be the first to take the hit—or has it already fallen enough in advance?
Let’s look at the data: the price is moving downward, but the funding rate is zero. This means longs are not paying shorts in a panic, and shorts are not crowding in to the point where they have to pay funding fees. Judging by this signal alone, the selloff momentum may be driven by spot selling or broader macro sentiment, rather than a battle between longs and shorts within the contract market. With open interest staying at more than 60,000 contracts, it suggests positions are being held rather than exiting—this portion of capital is waiting for direction.
The counterargument is strong: if Trump, to court tech states for the midterm elections, suddenly announces increased domestic semiconductor manufacturing subsidies, or relaxes export restrictions to allies,
$NBIS could completely rebound in a V-shape. Historically, policy shifts like this have happened, and the core of the Trump trade is unpredictability.
The second-order effects can be inferred: if policy signals remain unclear, market makers may widen bid-ask spreads, and worse liquidity could make large orders hit the market harder. Holders of long contracts will do the math: if the funding rate stays neutral for the long run, their holding cost remains unchanged, but if the price drifts down and their stop-loss triggers, they will be forced to close—creating a chain reaction of sell pressure.
When will my view stop being valid? Two conditions: one,
$NBIS price quickly rallies and holds above 235, indicating the market has absorbed the bearish news; two, the funding rate turns negative and stays there, which would signal shorts are becoming crowded—potentially triggering a short squeeze rebound. Neither of the two conditions has appeared yet.
In terms of action: an aggressive approach would be to test short positions with a small size around 231, set the stop-loss at 235, and bet that policy noise intensifies. The more prudent approach is to do nothing for now, and wait for the Trump team to make clear statements on semiconductor policy before following up. If you completely don’t want to take policy risk, just avoid this asset.
I believe the market hasn’t fully priced in Trump’s pressure on on-chain semiconductor assets yet, and in the short term, the probability of downside is higher than that of a rebound.
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Where do you think this thesis is most likely to be wrong?