ZEC is currently the strongest asset in the market. ETF inflows are still continuing. Shorting a strong asset is going against the trend— the risk of getting squeezed is extremely high. Last week, ZEC surged 45% in a single week, which suggests that one round of short positions has already been flushed out. The remaining shorts are prepared—they’re not easy to mess with. There’s no clear top signal: volume-price divergence, RSI extremely overbought, and signs of major holders distributing—all of these currently aren’t clear enough.
What asset performed the best over the past 10 years? This chart puts the answer right in your face.
Nvidia (NVDA) is up 145x, or 14,572%. Bitcoin (BTC) follows next: more than 124x, or 12,457%. These two have left other assets far behind.
Tesla 2,698%, Apple 1,210%. Microsoft 869%, Google 751%. Netflix 670%, Amazon 557%, Meta 375%.
As a benchmark, the S&P 500 is only 312%, and gold is 213%. Cumulative US inflation over the past decade has been just 39%.
A few points worth pondering. First, the only two asset categories to generate 100x returns in the past decade are the AI computing power narrative and decentralized currencies—not by a few dozen percent, but by tens of thousands of percentage points. Second, the traditional “seven tech giants” also surged, but compared with NVDA and BTC they fall short by an entire order of magnitude. Third, people who held cash or only bought US Treasuries had their purchasing power eroded by inflation by nearly 40%; yet even just buying a basic S&P 500 ETF could deliver more than a 3x return.
Of course, the past doesn’t guarantee the future. But this chart at least shows one thing: when a truly epoch-level trend arrives, the return gap between those who recognize it early and “get on the bus” versus those who stubbornly hold on to the wrong side is, quite literally, exponential-level crushing.
Mu Xi Co., Ltd. 13.97 million restricted shares to be released for trading starting September 17
Mu Xi Co., Ltd. just issued an announcement: a restricted-share block is about to hit the market. This time, the shares to be released are the portion from the initial offline placements. The quantity is 13.97 million shares, accounting for 3.4906% of the company’s total share capital. The lock-up period runs for 9 months from the date of the IPO listing, and it is about to expire. Trading and circulation will officially begin on September 17, 2026. Release from lock-up doesn’t necessarily mean an immediate sell-off, but the increased short-term supply is real pressure. While 13.97 million shares may not sound like much, these are offline placement shares, and the cost basis for holders is typically far lower than the market price. After the lock-up ends, the natural urge to realize gains tends to be strong. A 3.49% share of total equity isn’t small—on a high-expectations stock, when sentiment tightens, it can easily amplify volatility.
A-shares “King” Lianxun Instruments plunges, falling more than 4% at one point
Today A-shares put on another familiar show. Lianxun Instruments, code 688808, is now being dubbed the “King of A-shares.” Its current price is 2572.70 yuan, with a total market value of 264.1 billion yuan. After opening higher in the morning, it quickly weakened. During the session it even plunged, dropping more than 4% at one point. As of the time of writing, the decline has narrowed to 3.03%, to 2572.70 yuan. The total trading volume for the day was 1.24 billion yuan. The title “King of A-shares” may sound glamorous, but it’s a double-edged sword. For a stock to stand above 2,500 yuan, the market has already priced in all the most optimistic expectations. If those expectations ease even slightly, it becomes quick to get hammered. Today is a case in point: it lured traders with a higher open, then plunged in a straight line. By the close it recovered a bit, but the intraday low already touched 2653, which is still more than 20 yuan below the day’s high of 2679—showing that the disagreement between bulls and bears on the day was far from small.
Haidilao drops more than 10% to a new low in nearly four and a half years as the founder’s wife cashes out HK$2.75 billion
Today, Hong Kong’s catering and dining sector was dragged down by Haidilao (06862.HK). During the day it fell by more than 10% at one point, hitting a new low close to a four-and-a-half-year record, and the whole sector weakened along with it. The direct trigger is clear. The shareholding platform SP NP, controlled by Shu Ping, Zhang Yong’s wife (the founder), cut its holdings by 259 million shares in one go, cashing out HK$2.75 billion—equivalent to US$350 million. The selling price was set at HK$10.62 per share, a 6.7% discount versus the closing price of the previous trading day, with UBS acting as the bookrunner. The interesting contrast is in the details: earlier this year. In May, Zhang Yong increased his stake by about 11.35 million shares at HK$13.39 per share, sending a clear signal of confidence to the market. The interim report released on August 25 also looked quite impressive—revenue of RMB 22.337 billion, up 7.89% year over year, with scale reaching a new high again.
Among the world’s three major exchanges, 85% of copper inventories are in the United States
This latest copper run is a bit wild. According to the latest Wind data, total copper inventories across the world’s three major exchanges are 941,700 tonnes, with nearly 800,000 tonnes in the United States—85% of the total. The Shanghai copper benchmark has already moved above the 110,000 yuan per tonne threshold and is still trending upward. Where the money goes, the logic is pretty clear. U.S. copper tariff expectations have been hanging in the air for a long time; spot traders first move their goods into the U.S. COMEX inventories are all inside the United States, and LME—calculated by country—also has 43.7% attributed to the U.S. In other words, of the globally deliverable copper, about half is effectively locked in U.S. warehouses. What does this mean for the market? With inventories highly concentrated, whoever holds the supplies has the upper hand. Spot premiums and the risk of a squeeze are both rising, while short-term sentiment is being propped up by tariff expectations. On the other hand, that 85% concentration is itself an extreme outlier—once tariffs are officially implemented or expectations ease, inventories may unwind, and prices could turn sharply.
September 8 US crypto ETFs: XRP is the only net inflow, pulling in $47 million in a single day. Mainstream coins are all bleeding capital—BTC sees outflows of $24 million, and ETH is redeemed for $60 million. Funds are shifting from large-cap assets toward higher-volatility targets.
DeepSeek is set to list on the STAR Market; CITIC Securities is already conducting due diligence
According to 21st Century Business Herald exclusive reporting, DeepSeek has already commissioned CITIC Securities to prepare an IPO on the STAR Market. A reporter confirmed the information with insiders as true. Currently, both sides have been in discussions and have entered the due diligence stage, but the official listing advisory agreement has not yet been signed. The significance of this isn’t simply that an AI company is getting ready to go public. DeepSeek made its name by leveraging open-source models, and its valuation logic is completely different from traditional SaaS. If it really goes public on the STAR Market, it effectively opens a capitalized window for the domestic large-model track. What’s more interesting is the moves CITIC Securities is making. It has already laid multiple pipelines for AI and hard-tech IPOs—A-share computing power chips and robotics, Hong Kong’s 18C autonomous driving and embodied intelligence. Now it has brought DeepSeek in as well. In other words, this intermediary is positioning itself in advance in the track of hard-tech listings.
The U.S. Treasury will announce the size of its Treasury bond repurchase program tonight at 23:00. This time, the market is watching just how much effort Bessent can bring to it.
The background is simple. The U.S. has been repurchasing long-term Treasuries since May 2024. Previously, each time it was $2.0 billion, later it was mentioned that the lower bound would be $4.0 billion. But the Treasury has the discretion to increase the amount at any time, and the market’s current expectation is that this time, Bessent will most likely exceed the target that has already been announced.
Why this matters: Treasury bond repurchases directly remove long-end supply from the market, which has a downward effect on the yield curve. If the size comes in above expectations, long-end rates of 10 years and above may continue to move lower, which would be an implicit positive for risk assets. Conversely, if it falls short of expectations, trades that are already pricing in a rate cut may need to be repriced.
ZEC rises nearly 10% in 24 hours, reaching $1,239. Net inflow of 16 million USDT in a single day; over the past 30 days, it has pulled in 86 million. More than half of the buys were made intentionally, and the momentum is accelerating. Not retail-level volumes.
Non-farm payrolls are off the charts—September rate-hike odds jump to 60%
The non-farm payroll data pushed the Fed’s September rate-hike probability up to 60%. In August, employment added 162,000 jobs, while the market expectation was only 55,000—so the gap was too big, and the market immediately repriced. I checked a historical backtest from Shenwan Hongyuan. Since 2015, whenever the rate-hike expectations before a meeting exceeded 40% in the first 10 days, it has never missed—20 for 20. Conversely, if the outcome were to fall short, the long-end term premium would likely get punished. 2018 and July this year are examples: the 10-year term premium rose by 5 and 6.2 basis points, respectively. The disagreement in the July rate decision—9 to 3—hasn’t fully resolved yet, and Woz(h) also turned hawkish by late August. The only variable now is August CPI. After running 10,000 Monte Carlo simulations, the probability that CPI comes in significantly below expectations is only 10.6%. Plus oil prices are also holding firm, so it’s hard for the high rate-hike expectations to fade.
The Ministry of Finance’s long-term government bond repurchase operations officially begin today (September 9) — the market will focus on the size of the repurchase. If the repurchase size exceeds expectations → bulls in the right direction. If the repurchase size falls short of expectations or the market has already priced it in → a potential reversal that could backfire on the bulls, leading to bull stop-losses. If there is no new news → the market will continue churning in the 79,000–81,000 range.$VVV
Bank of America: oil prices could rise another 50%
Brent crude oil has climbed back to around $99 this week, just one breath away from the psychological $100 mark. The extreme scenario outlined by Bank of America is pretty striking: if the conflict drags on into year-end and supply remains constrained, the Brent trading range could move to between $95 and $120, with a worse case directly hitting $150. Compared with the surge that kicked off in late February, oil prices have quietly risen by nearly 40%. When it comes to oil prices, the root is the Strait of Hormuz. Before the war, this waterway saw nearly 20 million barrels of fuel pass through every day; now, on Monday, there are only nine ships. Even during the period right after the peace agreement, there were about 30. When shipping capacity tightens, the premium is directly reflected in the price—not just something driven by rhetoric and sentiment.
Korean stocks are quite interesting today. The KOSPI closed at 7,051.64, up 1.4%, with a year-to-date gain already reaching 67%. The standout is SK Hynix: it surged 3.5% in a single day, with its year-to-date cumulative gain at 186%—and this AI storage rally has really brought it the fattest share. LG Energy Solution also rose 6.46%, and the battery sector followed the move driven by electric-vehicle expectations. Samsung Electronics was flat on the day, but it has still more than doubled year-to-date.
This market trend in Korea essentially shows that global capital’s preference for semiconductors and new energy hasn’t changed. A 67% gain for the KOSPI year-to-date is impressive among major global markets, but if you’re chasing after the jump, you need to think about one thing: after SK Hynix has nearly doubled, the AI expectations priced into its valuation are already quite full. While it’s true that HBM capacity expansion is underway, the extent to which the stock price has already reacted in advance isn’t small either.
In my view, the Korean stock market is suitable to be used as a barometer for the global tech cycle, but the odds of directly buying into individual stocks aren’t as attractive as they were half a year ago. If you want to participate in this theme, it may be more comfortable to wait for a decent pullback before jumping in.
Franklin ETF customers have just bought $1.55 million worth of XRP. A single order isn’t huge compared to daily XRP trading volume, but once asset managers start positioning at this level, it shows that regulated channels are increasingly accepting crypto. Institutional money is moving in with real cash rather than just headlines.
Gold and Silver Surge in a Straight Line; Spot Gold Moves Above 4400
Just saw the order book: today, in the afternoon, gold and silver both surged in a straight line at the same time. Spot gold rose by more than 1 point, reaching 4400.23 USD per ounce. Silver was even stronger, up 1.4 points to 66.67 USD per ounce. This kind of sudden straight-line rally is very often driven by news or sentiment—not something that gradually develops. From the chart, today gold’s high hit 4400.9, while the low was only 4341; within a single day it swung nearly 60 dollars, which shows the buying pressure was indeed急 (sharp). My own feeling is that the 4400 level isn’t cheap. Gold has been climbing steadily from 1800 over the past two years. Now that it’s standing near multi-year highs, every sudden surge can easily lure the chasing orders into the market. If I really were to allocate, I’d rather wait for it to pull back and confirm than chase it along this straight line.
Quant trading giant: Memory chips firmly sit on the semiconductor throne
An analyst at quant trading giant Susquehanna said that memory chips have already taken the seat on the semiconductor throne—and that position won’t come down in the short term. I looked at the numbers he provided, and a few points are worth remembering. 1) AI data centers are splurging. This year, the chip industry’s revenue is set to double to $1.5 trillion, with memory as the main engine. UBS expects global semiconductors in 2026 to reach $1.63 trillion (+118% year over year). JPMorgan is even more bullish, seeing $1.73 trillion. 2) In July, global chip sales fell 9.8% month over month, while memory dropped 16.3%. The main reason is lower shipment volumes—prices actually rose. Both DRAM and NAND ASPs increased by 8.3% and 9.8%, respectively. When volume falls but prices rise, you typically end up with a shortage-structure.
Chunhui Zhikong Slams to a 20cm Limit Down During Trading—Suspected to Be an Erroneous Print
This morning, A-shares once again put on a scare. During the trading session, Chunhui Zhikong suddenly dumped to 30.66 yuan—right at the 20cm daily limit-down price. That order came in quickly and hard; you could literally see on the intraday chart that it was about to lock the limit-down, but then it was pulled back, and the daily chart left a long lower shadow wick. This kind of move is well known to old-school investors; in most cases, it’s a mistaken order—an “erroneous print.” If some big money slips and taps the wrong order price, a single large order can punch straight through the price level. Luckily, liquidity caught it, and it never truly managed to lock the lower limit. Let me share a few thoughts. 1) This kind of instantaneous sell-off is both a scare and a lesson in risk for people holding positions. Don’t place stop-loss orders too close to the current market price, or you might get swept out by these little price spikes.
Wuwu Biotech: the stock price plunges straight down
Yesterday I wrote about the divorce of the controlling person of Wuwu Biological and how the control of a market value of over 10 billion changed hands. Today the market reacted: at the open, the stock plunged straight down, with the decline once exceeding 8%. To be fully interpreted, there’s still one step left: look at how the trading chart unfolds. Divorce itself isn’t unusual. What’s unusual is that it was arranged at a time when the stock price was high—during the stage when the company’s founder, now over 60, was in office. The market instinctively thinks in two directions: one is the stability of governance, and the other is expectations for future share selling (deleveraging). A-share markets have long been highly sensitive to changes in the actual controlling party, especially in cases like this—where control is effectively transferred through a divorce and the situation appears calm on the surface but involves a handover of control. In similar cases in the past, in the short term they were almost always accompanied by a wave of emotional venting. What truly determines whether things can come back is the company’s own performance quality.
This 24-hour trading volume map contains a few interesting signals.
At first glance, it’s the stablecoin volumes. USDT trades $58.4 billion in a day, USDC $15.3 billion, and with other stablecoins included, the total is about $76 billion. BTC is $37.6 billion and ETH is $11.9 billion. That means more than half of the entire market’s trading volume happens on stablecoins.
Some interpret this as capital seeking safety, but that’s not quite right. When stablecoin volume is high, it more often reflects that stablecoins are the market’s pricing medium—every buy and sell has to go through them. This magnitude is more like the market’s bloodstream flow rather than an emotion indicator.
The real information lies in the ranking afterward. LINK trades $4.5 billion a day, ranking fifth—higher than SOL’s $3.0 billion and XRP’s $2.5 billion. Moving into the top five suggests that real money has recently been paying attention to it. SOL ranks sixth, which matches the recent heat around the x402 AI agent narrative over the past couple of days.
There’s also a detail: ZEC trades around $800 million and squeezes into the front ranks. For a privacy coin’s volume to reach this level—along with the cross-chain infiltration story mentioned earlier—points to the same narrative, and the momentum is still continuing.
When you look at charts like this, don’t just stare at who’s number one. The #1 spot is always USDT, no exceptions. What you should watch is who’s changing position. Volume’s rise and fall is more honest than price swings—volume is real money put in, while price can sometimes be manufactured through wash trading.