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🚨 On earnings night, capital was retreating everywhere—yet leverage was piling into the quietest corner.

Tesla and IBM reported earnings below expectations, AI stocks fell broadly in pre-market trading, and $BTC slipped back below $82,000 on Thursday. But I spotted an unusual signal: $XMR rose more than 13% in 24 hours, topping $650 (intraday data from Coin Edition), while open interest climbed from less than $50 million to nearly $330 million—close to a record high.

What’s more intriguing: after scanning the day’s headlines, I couldn’t find a single story specifically about Monero. This isn’t a narrative-driven move; it’s pure leverage piling up. And today, spot net outflows were about $360,000—the rise is being led by futures.

No news + high leverage + no spot-market follow-through: this combination usually doesn’t end gently. $600 is the support zone buyers established on October 21. If it gives way, the unwinding of roughly $300 million in open interest could amplify every pullback.

Data as of today; not investment advice. On earnings night, do you believe risk is ebbing—or do you trust leverage going against the trend? Are you watching this level?

$XMR #币安广场 #隐私币 #CryptoMarket

📊 Before the U.S. session opens, I scanned the funding rates for 30 major perpetuals. Tonight’s funding-rate map splits into three worlds.

In the first world, longs are most willing to pay: $XMR funding rate +0.0485%/8 hours (about 53% annualized), the highest across the board. Longs holding $390 million in open interest are bearing the funding costs, and on Bybit alone the annualized rate is even above 100%. Such a high funding rate for an established coin means longs are crowded—a setup that’s most vulnerable to a sudden wick.

In the second world, shorts pay to hold their positions: $AVAX funding rate -0.0121%/8 hours (about -13% annualized). FIL has also turned negative, and the major exchanges are almost unanimous—short positions aren’t cheap either.

In the third world, funding rates offer no directional signal: BTC is at 4.6% annualized, close to its 30-day average, but the market is split internally. Binance and Bybit are slightly negative, while OKX has turned positive. When the major exchanges can’t even agree on direction, that itself is a signal to wait and see.

Data as of today; this is not investment advice.

During tonight’s U.S. session, which world’s structure do you think will crack first? Let’s discuss in the comments.

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📊 In the morning, people said, “This is a rebound, not a reversal.” By the Asian session that afternoon, a $2,000 pullback had cast its vote.

$BTC broke above 84,000 on Wednesday night—the level that had stopped it twice, on October 13 and 14—and touched 84,800 before dropping back to 82,600 in six hours. The timing says a lot: in the 15 minutes after Hong Kong opened, it slid from 84,262 to 83,720. During the same period, the Kospi fell 2.25% (Samsung -3.36%, SK Hynix -3.63%), the Hang Seng Index dropped 2.7%, Nasdaq futures fell 1.2%, Brent crude rose above $110, and the 10-year US Treasury yield hit 5.15%.

But one detail is worth noting: spot trading led the sell-off, while perpetual funding rates barely moved (around 0.0004% per 8 hours on Deribit)—leverage didn't panic; spot holders were selling.

Take IOST, the biggest loser on the chart: after yesterday's lively 36.5% gain, it was down 28% today. Capital is rotating much faster than traders can get on board.

My view: if it holds 82,500 (Wednesday's low was 82,543), treat this as range-bound trading; if it breaks below, watch the 81,100 area. Until it gets back above 84,250, treat any rebound as a recovery bounce. Don't go all in ahead of the late-October rate decision.

These are my personal market observations and do not constitute investment advice.

Do you think this time it can hold the 82,500 support?

#币安广场 #MarketAnalysis

💡 A DEX for on-chain perpetuals has gone to the U.S. CFTC to apply for licenses—and at one point surged 15% in $LIT 24 hours.

At a Q3 investor meeting, Lighter’s founder said the company will formally submit applications next month for both a DCM (Designated Contract Market) and a DCO (Derivatives Clearing Organization) license. Regulatory review can take up to 280 days. If approved, it would be the first on-chain perpetual DEX to hold CFTC licenses. It would initially serve U.S. institutions, not retail traders.

Why the market is buying in: Robinhood previously chose Bitstamp to launch perpetuals in the U.S. Its CEO said the decision “depends on the regulatory structure.” After this announcement, the community started speculating about a “deep partnership with Robinhood after regulatory approval”—but note, that’s only speculation; neither party has made an official announcement.

Here’s the specific risk: 280 days is the maximum review period, not a promised timeline. Submission ≠ acceptance ≠ approval, and things could get held up at any stage. This 15% is a move driven by expectations, not a realized outcome.

My stance: watching from the sidelines. Event-driven gains are just a narrative until they materialize.

Two things to watch: whether the application is actually submitted in November, and whether the CFTC issues a receipt confirming it has been accepted. Once either happens, the thesis will have a real catalyst.

(Data sources: BlockBeats/TradingView/Odaily, 10-22. Not investment advice.)

Do you think the “regulatory license” angle is a watershed moment for Perp DEXs—or just another story?

$LIT #币安广场 #CFTC #PerpetualContracts

🔥 Yesterday, 84% of trading pairs were up. Today, only 37%—the broad-based rally lasted just one day.

This chart is my market thermometer: 76 liquid trading pairs, 28 up and 43 down, with gainers accounting for 37%; yet the Fear & Greed Index is still at 68, in the Greed zone. Sentiment hasn’t cooled, but money is already starting to diverge.

The derivatives structure is even more telling: futures trading volume over the past 24 hours was $190 billion (+19% from the previous day), with $145 billion in open interest and $284 million in liquidations—a 76% surge. But note one detail: BTC spot rose 2.6% over 24 hours, while open interest grew only about 3%; for ETH, the increase in positions even lagged behind its price gain. Prices are recovering, but new bets aren’t keeping up, and overall positioning remains far below historical peaks.

My stance: watchful and mildly bullish, but not chasing. Greedy sentiment combined with light positioning is a delicate mix—the downside may be limited, but there’s also not much fuel for a rally. Better to wait for higher volume to confirm that new money is coming in before calling it a trend. (Public market data roundup; not a trading signal or investment advice.)

At this point, are you waiting for a pullback to get in, or are you already on board?

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⚠️ $188 million in BTC short positions were liquidated overnight, but a top market maker says: this isn’t a reversal—it’s a bounce.

Last night, Bitcoin surged to $84,853, with $243 million in liquidations across the market over 24 hours, 77% of them shorts. Three catalysts fueled the move: SpaceX earnings boosted risk appetite for tech stocks, the U.S. OCC finalized its regulatory rules for payment stablecoins, and spot BTC ETFs saw net inflows top $600 million at one point in a single day, led by IBIT—largely erasing October’s outflow gap.

But Wintermute traders poured cold water on the rally: this is a recovery bounce after the previous decline, not the start of a new bull run. $87,000 is the dividing line—only if momentum is strong enough to bring BTC close to that level will the outlook change materially.

Key levels: A cluster of short liquidations sits above at $85,000–$85,600; holding above that range would put $86,500–$87,000 in view. Below, $82,500–$83,900 is the long liquidation zone to watch on a pullback. Perpetual open interest is recovering while funding rates are easing, suggesting leverage is resetting rather than surging—healthy, but fresh capital hasn’t stepped in aggressively yet.

Data as of today. This is not investment advice. At these levels, would you chase a breakout or wait for a pullback to $83,000 before getting in?

$BTC #币安广场 #比特币行情 #CryptoMarketAnalysis

Tesla and Meta report earnings tonight, but today's market action has already given us a preview.

Yesterday, IOST was the top gainer, up 36.5%. Today, it's down 8.3%.
Yesterday, 56 of 67 coins were up; today, 42 of 76 coins are down.
BTC is still hovering around 83,500, accounting for just 33.4% of total market trading volume, while the Fear & Greed Index has climbed to 68.

Prices are holding, but there are half as many people making money—a setup that's hardest to read.

My take: if earnings disappoint, high-beta names like IOST and ALT will be the first to tank, while BTC should hold up best. Chasing hot picks at this point is basically a bet on earnings.

Are you holding high-beta coins, or BTC?

Data as of today. Not investment advice. #BTC #StockEarningsSeason

📊 One hour into the U.S. session, $270 million was liquidated across the market, with shorts accounting for 70%.

BTC climbed back above $83,000, and altcoins rose broadly. But the money wasn’t spread evenly across the board—the privacy sector led the market with a 7.7% gain. $ZEC surged 10.8% in a single day to around $1,266, making it the strongest performer among the top 100 by market cap. Meanwhile, MORPHO in the DeFi sector fell 5.6%, leading the declines. Money is crowding into one narrative, not buying up the whole market.

This setup is essentially driven by short liquidations and concentrated bets on a single narrative—not a healthy, broad-based rally. ZEC is already at an elevated level, and the most common playbook for strong-performing coins isn’t an immediate reversal. Instead, they often surge first, attract crowded long positions, then quickly shake out leveraged traders before choosing a direction.

The conditions to watch matter more than the direction: can the price hold above the $1,000 platform on a pullback, and have funding rates overheated? If it holds, the privacy narrative still has room to spread; if it breaks below, tonight’s move was just a liquidation-driven spike.

Data as of today. This is not investment advice. Are you watching this level?

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💡 Before the US market opens, 147 of 168 perpetual trading pairs have positive funding rates—nearly 90% of the market, with longs paying shorts to hold their positions.

Funding is the “position tax” on the crowded side in perpetual futures: the side with more traders pays. How expensive is this tax right now? $BTC is at +0.0089%/8h, costing longs about 9.7% a year. Another 7 small-cap coins have funding rates above 0.05%, making the squeeze zone feel much more like a powder keg than it does for major coins.

The outlier is $ADA : funding rates have turned negative on multiple exchanges, with shorts paying to hold their positions—a divergence from the market-wide crowding into longs.

The real danger in this setup isn't the drop itself, but a pullback triggering longs to stampede over one another. Crowded positioning combined with high funding means a 2% retracement could be enough to make highly leveraged positions trample one another.

I'm inclined to wait and see: funding shows crowded longs, but the liquidation map shows long and short fuel is roughly balanced (about 49:51), and it still needs a spark. For the US session, I'm watching just one signal: if the number 147 starts shrinking, longs are starting to retreat.

Data as of today; not investment advice. With funding this bullish across the board, do you think the US session offers more opportunities or more traps?

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🚨 This morning, I said BTC’s price was recovering, but the foundation was shaky. This afternoon, the market responded with a straight-up surge through $83,000—then pulled back.

The latest price snapshot is $82,884, with the $83,000 mark now a battleground. Let’s break down the three engines behind this rebound:

1️⃣ Short squeeze leads the way: Over the past 24 hours, $279 million in positions were liquidated across the market, wiping out more than 70,000 traders. Short positions accounted for about $195 million, nearly 70% of the total (CoinGlass)—the rally first forced short positions to close.

2️⃣ Spot ETFs bounce back: On the latest trading day, U.S. spot BTC ETFs saw net inflows of $527 million, their biggest in a month, with IBIT alone accounting for $665 million (Farside Investors). This morning, I mentioned that the October ETF ledger was still in the red. This marks the first meaningful handoff in the recovery.

3️⃣ Macroeconomic crosscurrents: Middle East tensions are pushing up oil prices, with WTI topping $99 and Brent breaking above $110 a barrel, while gold fell instead—cross-asset capital is looking for a new outlet.

What to watch: A sustained hold above $83,000 would mark an upgrade in the recovery. A drop below this week’s low zone around $81,000 would invalidate this relay. Don’t go all-in before the Fed’s October 27–28 policy decision.

Data as of this afternoon. This is not investment advice.

Do you think $83,000 will hold this time? Share your take in the comments.

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⚠️ $XRP led the major cryptocurrencies today, but on-chain data hasn't caught up.

During the European session, XRP rose 2.12% to $1.33 (CoinGecko), making it the strongest performer among the four major coins. Overnight, $279 million in positions were liquidated across the market, nearly 70% of them shorts—so this rally looks like a short squeeze. But three signals suggest it’s too soon to draw conclusions:

1. Binance whale outflows have fallen to a five-year low: the 90-day average is just $49.7 million, compared with $3.5 billion in February 2025. Large holders are waiting for better prices (on-chain analyst Darkfost);
2. Exchanges received 6.05 billion XRP over the past 30 days, a seven-month high. Binance alone accounted for 2.46 billion (Arab Chain);
3. Last week broke a 13-week streak of net inflows into spot ETFs: there were $1.84 million in net outflows. Inflows since October total just $10.25 million—only a fraction of September’s $1.214 billion (SoSoValue).

My stance: wait and see. The rebound is being driven by a short squeeze, while spot buying and institutional capital have yet to return. Chasing a rally with this kind of structure risks buying near the top.

What I’m watching: I’m not guessing the direction; I’m keeping an eye on just two things—when weekly ETF flows turn positive, and when exchange reserves retreat from their seven-month high. Until both signals return, I’m treating the rebound as a short squeeze.

This is not investment advice. DYOR.

Do you think this XRP rebound can get back above $1.40? Share your position in the comments.

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📊 84% of trading pairs across the market are up, but the thing to watch most closely today isn’t the broad rally—it’s a sector that’s been written off for two years making a comeback: privacy coins.

Let’s break down the data (compiled from public market data):
- ZEC rose 8.24% yesterday to $1,215, with its price continuing to move higher; just last week, it was hovering around $1,100.
- XMR gained 4.93% on the same day, reaching $620 and holding above the $600 mark for the third time.
- On-chain research site ChainClarity listed privacy/ZK among the sectors with the strongest momentum acceleration over the past three months, alongside RWA and on-chain derivatives. The sector’s market cap is up 342% over 12 months.

The logic is simple: this sector doesn’t rely on a new narrative—it’s driven by longstanding demand. The need for privacy in on-chain transfers has always been there. When markets recover, capital periodically flows back in, making this a classic rotation into an “old tree sprouting new buds.”

Let’s be clear about the risks: sharp swings in both directions are par for the course in this sector. On October 17, different data sources reported ZEC’s daily move as both -5.7% and +8%. Chasing a rally can easily get you whipsawed. If you participate: keep your position small, don’t chase a big one-day candle, and wait for a pullback to confirm.

My view: bullish, but I’m not chasing. Privacy can be worth watching as a rotation and catch-up trade, but there’s no need to go all-in.

This is not investment advice. DYOR.

Where do you think ZEC is now—the start of a major rally, or the final leg? Let’s discuss in the comments.

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U.S. earnings season is underway, but what matters more for crypto isn’t the earnings themselves—it’s the risk appetite they bring with them.

Today, 56 of 67 coins are up and 8 are down. The average gain among the top movers is +17.4%, while the average loss among the decliners is just -3.2%—a 5.4x difference in bullish versus bearish momentum. Meanwhile, BTC accounts for only 31.7% of total market trading volume.

This is a classic risk-on environment: money is flowing into high-beta assets like IOST (+36.5%) and COMP (+19.8%), rather than hiding in BTC.

My take: as long as earnings don’t deliver any nasty surprises, this market structure could persist. But if a major company lowers its guidance, these high-beta assets will be the first to get cut.

Are you holding high-beta assets, or BTC?

Data as of today. Not investment advice. #BTC #StockEarningsSeason

🔥 $WLD is up about 10%, yet the funding rate is still negative.

This morning, Worldcoin surged into the top three among the top 100 coins by gains: +9.7%–10% over 24 hours (according to this morning’s CMC/CoinGecko data), with a market cap of about $2.24 billion. The catalyst is clear—at the Money20/20 conference, World launched the first industry-specific suite, World ID for Banking and Finance, designed to help banks guard against AI deepfake scams. Bain Capital, Pantera, and VanEck are all on the list of design partners. World ID for Zoom has also fully launched, allowing participants to verify that the person on the other end of a video call is real.

The underlying logic in one sentence: the better AI gets at faking things, the more valuable it becomes to “prove you’re human.” Already, 18 million people hold Proof of Human.

But one detail calls for caution: despite the roughly 10% rise, the 8-hour funding rate is still negative (around -0.011%), so futures traders haven’t turned bullish. And there isn’t a single bank in the announced partner list that has actually put the product into production yet—getting a product adopted doesn’t necessarily mean there’s demand for the token.

My stance: wait and see in the short term. I’d look for the funding rate to turn positive or for a bank to announce that it’s live in production before discussing whether the move can continue. This market-wide rebound has been driven by short covering, and the excitement could fade quickly.

Data as of today. This is not investment advice.

Are you watching this level? Share your take in the comments.

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💡 $BTC has climbed back above 82,000, but the October ETF ledger is still in the red.

Farside data: As of October 16, spot BTC ETFs had seen net outflows of about $539 million this month, compared with inflows of $333 million in August and $255 million in September. October is on track to be the first month of net institutional outflows in nearly three months. There’s also divergence beneath the surface: IBIT saw net inflows of about $290 million in the first half of October, while Fidelity’s FBTC saw net outflows of about $410 million. That’s portfolio rebalancing, not a wholesale retreat.

Why is the price still rising during the rebound? Short covering and existing on-exchange capital—not fresh ETF inflows. There’s just one confirmation signal: the rebound will have shifted into a higher gear only when daily ETF flows turn positive.

The risk is next week: the FOMC meets on October 27–28. Markets are pricing in about an 85% chance that rates will stay unchanged, but sticky inflation is reviving expectations of a December rate hike, so institutions would rather wait. Technically, the 80,000 level (near the 50-day moving average at 80,600) is the line in the sand for bulls and bears.

My stance: wait and see—the price recovery is outpacing the recovery in fund flows, and meaningful fresh inflows are unlikely before the meeting concludes.

Data as of today; this is not investment advice.

At this level, are you waiting for the FOMC alongside institutions, or getting in early? #币安广场 #BitcoinETF

🚨 The US session has just opened, and money is still flowing out of altcoins.

Market maker Wintermute offered a blunt assessment in its report tonight: BTC’s $82,500 level is the key one right now. A decisive break below it could send prices down to just above $70,000; to confirm an upward move, BTC first needs to reclaim $87,000. With the October 28 FOMC meeting and the US midterm elections approaching, Wintermute warned that the market may be underestimating the volatility ahead.

Market data tells the same story: the Altcoin Season Index fell 9 points in a week to just 52; BTC’s market cap dominance has climbed back to 60.2%, near a 12-month high; and today only 28 of the top 100 coins were up, while altcoins as a whole fell 5.69% over the week. Money is flowing into BTC and ETH.

Interestingly, US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw net inflows of $527 million in their latest daily figures, the biggest since September—institutions are buying BTC against the trend in a falling market.

What to watch: Keep an eye on the $82,500 level. If it breaks, don’t rush to catch a falling knife. Talk about a trend reversal only after BTC reclaims $87,000; don’t go all in before the FOMC decision.

Data as of today. This is not investment advice.

Do you think BTC can hold the $82,500 level during tonight’s US session?

$BTC #币安广场 #比特币 #山寨季 #FOMC

⚠️ Liquidations across the market were cut in half in a day, while the funding rate for $ETH quietly dropped to zero.

Latest Coinglass snapshot: liquidations across the crypto market totaled about $155 million over the past 24 hours, down 53.6% from the previous day. But ETH’s USDT perpetual funding rate on Binance was just 0.0004% per 8 hours, or about 1.3% annualized—the normal baseline is 0.01% (about 11% annualized). In other words, longs are now paying almost nothing to hold their positions.

Funding rates are essentially a barometer of holding costs: a high rate indicates crowded leveraged longs; a rate near zero suggests speculators have exited, leaving lower-leverage positions behind. Combined with observations on OKX, where ETH funding rates have swung between -0.0001% and 0.0091%, the current market is in a typical cooling-off period of tug-of-war between bulls and bears—not a one-way signal.

Watching the conditions is more useful than picking a direction: if trading volume surges during the US session and pushes the rate back up to 0.01%, leveraged longs will become crowded again, building fuel for a sharp wick. If the rate stays near zero while the price fails to rise, the quality of the rebound should be questioned.

Data as of today. This is not investment advice.

The US session is about to open: with ETH funding rates at zero, are you watching for crowding to return—or for the cooldown to continue?

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📊 How much of this morning’s surge to 83,000 is left by afternoon?

During this morning’s Asian session, $BTC briefly climbed above 83,000. 56,000 people were liquidated globally, nearly 70% of them short positions—at first glance, it looked like a short squeeze was underway. But by the latter half of the European session, the gains above 83,000 had been erased. The 24-hour change flipped from +0.3% to -1.2%, with a sharp rise followed by a pullback and higher volume (BTC trading volume rose 28%).

Three details are worth noting:
1️⃣ U.S. spot BTC ETFs saw net inflows of $527 million on Monday, the biggest single-day total since September 22, but the price didn’t follow—buyers were absorbing supply, not pushing prices up;
2️⃣ The sentiment index fell from yesterday’s 59 (Greed) to 55. Sentiment cooled even on the day of the rally;
3️⃣ This morning’s low of 81,100 coincided with selling in South Korean Kospi chip stocks—the link between risk assets remains intact.

What to watch: The 7-day low of 81,491 in the snapshot is the litmus test. If it holds, this pullback could be a buildup before another attempt at 83,000. If it breaks, we could see prices below 80,000. I’m leaning toward waiting on the sidelines, because the combination of “large ETF inflows + no price rise” has yet to be disproven.

For informational purposes only; not investment advice.

Are you leaning bullish or bearish at this level?

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💡 $PEARL is up 82.2% in a month, with its market cap surpassing $700 million—and its only catalyst is a single announcement: Coinbase added it to its listing roadmap.

How much is this “roadmap” really worth? Let’s break it down:

1. Pearl is a Layer 1 blockchain launched this April, positioning itself as “Bitcoin for AI”: miners use GPUs to run matrix computations for large AI models, producing verifiable AI compute alongside block production. Today, it broke above the $2 mark, gaining over 5% in 24 hours (Odaily, citing GMGN data, October 20).

2. But Coinbase’s exact wording was that trading will begin only once market-making support and technical preparations are in place, with the launch date to be announced separately. In other words, being added to the roadmap ≠ being available to trade. There’s still a review process in between.

3. After an 82% monthly gain, the price is reflecting “expectations.” If a launch date doesn’t materialize, those expectations can unwind on their own—that’s the most common script for gains driven by official announcements. Just look at how several roadmap-related rallies have played out this year.

What to watch: First, whether Coinbase officially announces a launch date. Second, whether the $2 level can hold on declining volume. Without both, this is just sentiment-driven volatility—not a trend.

The above is a summary of publicly available data and does not constitute investment advice.

How many “roadmap rallies” have you seen turn into a genuine trend? Share your observations in the comments.

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$CRV Amid today’s broad-based rally in altcoins, CRV entered the top 100 cryptocurrencies and ranked among the top gainers (up about 11.6% over 24 hours, confirmed by two independent sources). The underlying theme is the same: capital is beginning to reprice “DeFi with cash flow.”

Here are three data points that confirm the trend:
1. Curve’s active loans rose 68% quarter over quarter in Q3 to $70.9 million, while the DeFi lending sector as a whole remained 13% below its 2025 peak. The overall market contracted, but Curve expanded against the trend, largely thanks to LlamaLend v2, which accounted for 84% of the net increase.
2. Grayscale’s newly launched DeFi-themed fund (DEFG) includes CRV alongside UNI, AAVE, and LDO. For the first time, institutional investors have a way to “buy the theme and get CRV too.”
3. The DeFi sector is up 3.07% over the past 24 hours, but still down 7.49% over seven days—suggesting a one-day rotation rather than a sustained rally.

What to watch: $0.4156 is marked by multiple data sources as the next resistance level; whether CRV can hold above it on strong volume is key. Support is near the 20-day moving average at $0.36.

Be specific about the risks: annual emissions have been cut by about 16%, but more than 36% of the supply is still scheduled to unlock. Some are presenting the already-planned emissions cuts as a new catalyst—don’t mistake that for a fresh positive development.

Data as of today. This is not investment advice.