Key Market Information Gap on February 18th – A Must-See! | Alpha Morning Report

By: blockbeats|2025/02/18 10:15:03

Featured News

1.Jupiter Founder: Meteora Co-founder Ben Resigns, Independent Third-Party Law Firm Hired to Produce LIBRA Investigation Report

2.Argentinian Lawyer Submits Criminal Complaint to FBI and US Department of Justice Regarding LIBRA Incident

3.Argentinian President Milae Retweets LIBRA Purchase Tutorial, LIBRA Surges Over 130% in a Short Time

4.Michael Saylor Releases "Bitcoin 21 Rules": Never Sell Your Bitcoin

5.CZ: Will Not Sell Binance as a Shareholder, Considering Future Single-Digit Equity Investment

Articles & Threads

1. "TRUMP: Are the Outsider Coin Speculators Attracted by TRUMP Still Making Money?"

The MEME coin market is a typical zero-sum game market with no technological innovation support, no fundamentals, and no value creation. The only difference is the timing of buying in early or late, so not everyone can be as lucky as 0xsun. As the hype fades and the issuance of the Trump's wife coin effectively increases the supply of $TRUMP, the $TRUMP price has fallen from a high of $72 and is currently holding around $17. According to early statistics, the data of profit-making addresses shows a clear normal distribution, with still 560,000 addresses at a loss, and only 300,000 addresses in profit.

2. "Fed No Longer Lowering Interest Rates? A Quick Look at How the Unexpected Rebound in PPI and CPI Affects the Crypto Market"

CPI and PPI both rebounded higher than expected, with the food month-on-month increase expanding and the energy month-on-month increase easing. CPI has rebounded for four consecutive months, indicating strong residual inflation risks. Trump's tariff hikes have brought about a secondary inflation risk. It can be considered that, until inflation pressures ease, a slowing down or reduction in the pace of interest rate cuts for the rest of the year is a high probability event.

Market Data

Overall daily market funding heat (reflected by funding rates) and token unlocks

Data Source: Coinglass, TokenUnlocks

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Key Market Information Gap on February 18th – A Must-See! | Alpha Morning Report

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