Life is like tea, bitterness and sweetness in equal measure
Life is like tea. It requires a calm heart and patience. When it’s deep, be at ease. Learn to store strength. When it’s light, stay serene. Learn to let things settle. Keep your composure—then you can become a true force to be reckoned with.
Next, when you get a callback, buy decisively. Fares keep getting higher. Yesterday’s tickets can’t get on today’s passenger ferry. The market won’t wait for anyone—opportunities are fleeting. Your chance to turn things around should be placed in a value-backed asset like LUCiC.
The moment you hold LUCiC, the gears of your fate begin to turn. Promise me— before the gears start turning, don’t let your chain snap—
Personal Agent Entry Point Battle Escalates ⚠️⚠️⚠️
The AI assistant space is shifting from “chatting and Q&A” to “doing work for you” in an all-out move. A key battle for user workflow entry points has already begun. After more than a month of launch for SpaceX AI’s Grok Bot, and Meta’s Muse taking the top spot on the App Store, OpenAI has been labeled a “chaser” and is urgently preparing—aiming to release its personal Agent product code-named “Aeon” as soon as this week to respond to pressure from two sides. Grok Bot has reached 418,000 weekly active users as of September 14, up 24% from the previous week. Meta Muse climbed to No. 2 on the U.S. App Store’s free chart within two days of being released, and by September 22 it had claimed the top spot, pushing ChatGPT out of the way.
🚀 Sep 24 | Crypto Market Brief $BNB 🧧 📉 BTC slips from $87K, but the bullish structure is still intact BTC briefly surged to $87.3K, then pulled back to around $84K. ETH is around $2.67K, SOL around $115. Over the past 7 days, BTC/ETH is up about 10%, while SOL is up about 15%. 🔥 Fifth straight day of net inflows for ETFs On 9/23, US spot BTC ETF net inflows were about $347 million. IBIT +$166 million, FBTC +$143 million. Compared with the previous two days’ $999 million and $715 million, flows cooled noticeably, but they remain net positive. 🏦 42,000 ETH transferred to Galaxy A large ETH holder reportedly moved about 42,000 ETH—worth roughly $112 million—into Galaxy Digital, with the market watching for potential selling. 🌡️ Macro pressure remains US 10-year Treasury yields have broken above 5%, and September’s PMI rose to 58.4, the highest level since 2021. The stronger US dollar is weighing on risk assets in the near term. 💵 Stablecoin and USD narrative continues to heat up According to Bloomberg, the US government is considering using public-private partnerships to promote the use of USD stablecoins overseas, aiming to strengthen the USD as a reserve currency and boost demand for US Treasuries. 📊 Market Snapshot BTC ≈ $83.9K ETH ≈ $2.67K SOL ≈ $115 BTC Dominance ≈ 59% Fear & Greed ≈ 71 🎯 Today’s market isn’t just “running away”—it’s repricing. ETF flows are still positive, and BTC’s weekly gain remains above 10%. Next, key focus is whether the $82K–$83K zone can hold. #1688家族family #CryptoTrends2024 #RWA #defi
Thanks to the boss for the Mid-Autumn Festival treats! I thought this year would be the usual “watch the moon and eat air” kind of routine, but I didn’t expect the boss to lift my happiness level with a heavy, meaningful gift. Wishing the coolest and most generous boss in all of the internet a Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! May business thrive across the seas, and may you count money until your hand cramps! May wealth roll in, with today’s blessings every year, and this good moment every year too!
1. Regulatory and banking industry integration: The U.S. OCC conditionally approves licenses for three digital-asset banks Federal oversight breaks down barriers: The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has conditionally approved the bank-license applications of three digital-asset institutions—Bastion, Catena, and Agora. Supporting stablecoin compliance: Although the three institutions still must meet stringent requirements for capital, liquidity, and pre-opening conditions, this marks an acceleration in stablecoins and crypto custody companies integrating into traditional financial infrastructure under U.S. federal regulation. This is a long-term positive for compliant stablecoin settlement on mainnets such as Ethereum and BNB Chain.
2. Stablecoins and payment applications: Traditional finance and Web3 settlement accelerate integration BVNK integrates the Stellar network: Enterprise stablecoin payments platform BVNK has officially connected to the Stellar blockchain, providing corporate clients with a faster cross-border stablecoin settlement channel. Previously, the platform had just partnered with Marqeta to launch stablecoin issuance services. Reap and Visa expand stablecoin cards: Payments company Reap announced, together with Visa, that its stablecoin card program will be expanded to more than 100 markets worldwide, significantly lowering the barrier for enterprises and everyday consumers to use crypto for routine payroll and settlement. Bitpace partners with Fireblocks: Cross-border payments provider Bitpace has integrated Fireblocks infrastructure, further improving the security and compliance of cross-border stablecoin transfers.
3. Industry infrastructure and market liquidity BeInCrypto releases a liquidity report: The latest exchange order-book depth study shows that major platforms such as LBank perform strongly in depth for leading crypto assets ($52.16 million) and tokenized stocks. This reflects that market liquidity concentration is shifting toward exchanges with deep, robust buy/sell order books. Follow me—answer 1 and take away the $SOL 红包! 🧧🎁🌹🧧🎁🌹
Bitcoin price is falling, yet money is still flowing in: a “handoff” between leverage and spot is underway in the Bitcoin market
A highly noteworthy phenomenon has appeared in the recent crypto market: as the price of Bitcoin has pulled back from its highs, leveraged long positions have been liquidated, yet U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF inflows have not withdrawn in sync. At first glance, this seems contradictory. If the market is truly weakening, why are institutional funds still buying? If institutional funds are truly continuing to flow in, why is the price still falling? Understanding this question may be more important than guessing whether the next Bitcoin candlestick will be red or green. Because what the market is likely experiencing now is not simply “rising” or “falling,” but a repricing occurring among spot funds, ETF funds, and leverage in derivatives.
Anthropic Says Its AI Bio Lab Has Made Early Progress, but It Has Not Granted Full Autonomous Operation Authority
Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic announced that its newly built AI physics and biology laboratory (Wet Lab) in the San Francisco Bay Area has achieved “significant progress.” However, at the level of experiment operations, human researchers still retain absolute control, and the company has not directly allowed its AI model, Claude, to run autonomously without oversight.
The lab is reportedly focused on fundamental biological research and hands-on validation, aiming to bridge the gap between purely computational simulations and real-world biological experiments. While Anthropic executives have previously issued multiple warnings, emphasizing that powerful AI models could pose extremely severe biosafety risks, even the possibility of human extinction, the company is also accelerating the rollout of AI applications in the life sciences. Eric Kauderer-Abrams, the company’s head of life sciences, said, “Physical validation in a real laboratory will remain irreplaceable for quite a long time,” which is a key motivation behind establishing the lab.
The report highlights that although Anthropic claims the lab has achieved impressive early results, the most striking detail is that the company did not choose to simply let the AI “run wild.” All physical experimental procedures, reagent handling, and data rechecks are still under strict “closed-loop” control by human researchers (Humans in the loop).
Analysts say Anthropic is remaining highly cautious while advancing innovation in biology, reflecting the dual predicament faced by today’s tech giants when pursuing both commercial and research breakthroughs. On one hand, they need to leverage a physical lab to provide validation capabilities for pharmaceutical partners and accelerate efforts to tackle rare diseases. On the other hand, they must address widespread concerns that AI could be misused to create new forms of biological threats. By insisting on retaining human dominance throughout the experimental loop, Anthropic is attempting to establish a compliant boundary for its AI biological research that balances innovation with safety.
Control your desires, manage your fears You think you’re researching the market. In fact, the market is researching you. Research your greed, research your fear, research your luck of the draw, research when you’ll lose control.
You must rid yourself of all tedious, distracting clutter.
A trading career is radically different from ordinary life. Trading, at its core, is a minimalist way of living.
You should proactively eliminate unnecessary distractions from your life, keeping your private life simple and calm. Only then will you have enough energy to repeatedly make rational, composed decisions that are fully thought through.
In fact, trading and life influence each other:
If life is chaotic, your trading judgments are more likely to become distorted; if your trading routine is frantic and messy, it will also drag down your personal life.
So a truly mature trader should align their life rhythm with their trading rhythm.
Especially watch out for—decision fatigue.
What this industry fears most is not a lack of opportunities, but making too many meaningless decisions every day, and then—through exhaustion, anxiety, and impulsiveness—ending up with wrong judgments.
Trading doesn’t require you to make life complicated. Instead, you should remove everything that’s irrelevant.
Save energy for what truly matters: waiting, judging, execution, and controlling risk.
Traditional IQ tests measure language, logic, and spatial reasoning—but they cannot determine whether a trader can stand at the top of the market.
Truly top-tier trading ability comes from three core qualities: First, probability intuition. It’s not about predicting the future, but quickly judging win rates amid uncertainty—knowing when to act and when to wait. Second, emotional control. When facing massive unrealized losses, consecutive stop-outs, and market panic, you can still stay calm and not be driven by greed or fear. Third, pattern recognition. From complex price fluctuations, capital flows, and market sentiment, capture patterns that others can’t see.
These abilities can’t be copied by a few books or a few indicators. It’s more like a “brain trading system” formed through long-term training—your prefrontal cortex handles rational decisions, the amygdala handles emotional reactions, and truly excellent traders can keep both in balance.
So in the end, what the market tests is not just knowledge and techniques, but a person’s cognitive structure, psychological resilience, and the ability to handle uncertainty. Trading is a war between a person and their own brain. True experts win themselves first, then win the market.
When the market is quiet and the action is light, it’s the best time to enhance your understanding. Truly excellent traders don’t read books to look for a “sure-win shortcut,” but to understand: Why does the world run this way? Why does wealth come into being? Why do cycles repeat? Where will future opportunities arise? Ordinary traders study prices; great traders study the market; and top traders study—history, cycles, human nature, technology, and the future. The following 20 books are worth reading for everyone who wants to stay in the market long-term. Part One: Understanding the Past—How the World Was Formed