$CORE Overseas KOL Mubarak's latest tweet on X: CORE's future may exceed expectations Overseas well-known KOL Mubarak Bin Am posted a tweet sharing his views after communicating with internal personnel of the CORE project: He recently had in-depth discussions with core members of the CORE project, and the information he received gave him a completely new perspective on the project. According to their description, the upcoming products launched by CORE might be even better than the plans previously promised externally. However, he also emphasized: he cannot disclose any details, nor can this be taken as a commitment; it is just to keep an open mind. At the end of the message, he encourages everyone to remain patient, stay hopeful, and await CORE's future developments. The attached image is the CORE ecosystem business architecture diagram, showing five major business modules: new banking, lending, yield, exchange, and borrowing, which is the CORE banking narrative everyone has been discussing.

How to emerge from a major bull market in a rising interest rate environment? BTC has been fluctuating around 80,000 for a full three weeks Many people have a fixed perception: rising interest rates = bear market for crypto, lowering interest rates = major bull market. But history tells us that interest rates and market trends are not simply unidirectionally linked. Even during a rate hike cycle, significant rallies can occur, with two fundamental conditions at the core. BTC has been consolidating around the 80,000 mark for three weeks, essentially reflecting the market repeatedly testing whether these conditions can be fulfilled in a high interest rate environment. 1. The rate hike expectation is fully priced in advance If the market predicted this rate hike early and prices dropped in advance, then when the Federal Reserve officially raises rates, the negative impact is already absorbed. The market downturn is not caused by the rate hike itself, but by hawkish statements that exceed market expectations. If this rate hike is the 25 basis points the market already anticipated, with no additional increases, then after the event, capital inflows are more likely. The current three-week consolidation is the market digesting rate hike risks and embedding expectations into prices ahead of time. 2. Independent incremental capital to hedge the cash-draining effect of high interest rates High interest rates increase the cost of holding capital, but if independent long-term funds continue to enter, they can push the market up against the trend. For BTC, this corresponds to continuous net inflows into spot ETFs. Interest rates determine the opportunity cost of capital; ETFs determine whether new off-exchange funds enter the market. As long as institutional allocation funds keep flowing in, even if interest rates remain high, they can absorb selling pressure from holders above and push prices higher. Conversely, if ETFs continue to see net outflows, no matter how good the narrative, a major bull market is hard to sustain.

CORE September 17 Evening X (Twitter) Update As of the evening of September 17 Recent content direction of the official account No new announcements, the account continues to push the BTCFi infrastructure narrative: Repeatedly emphasizing Satoshi-Plus dual consensus, coreBTC non-custodial native BTC staking, positioning CORE as Bitcoin's programmable capability layer, focusing on unlocking dormant BTC for on-chain yield, with no new product releases, upgrades, or treasury-related news. Tonight's X community hot topics (overseas KOLs and on-chain analysts discussing) 1. Hard fork leftover token sell-off game On-chain data shows that some abnormal reward tokens have flowed into external wallets after the hard fork and have not been destroyed. The community is deeply divided: Bulls believe most tokens have settled and will not cause concentrated dumping; bears worry these tokens could be cashed out at any time, continuously suppressing the price, representing an overhanging supply pressure on the market. ​ 2. Discussion on DAO treasury buyback mechanism resurfaced Many overseas KOLs are sharing the whitepaper tokenomics, discussing the fee return flow and on-chain buyback and burn design.

Big Brother Maji: 12,000 ETH long position, 25x full margin leverage, what is he betting on? The data is right in front of us: Remaining position of 12,000 ETH long, position value $28.92 million, 25x full margin leverage Opening average price 2445, liquidation price 2389, margin only 1.1568 million USDT. 24-hour floating loss of 55,000, funding fee alone consumes 763,300 USDT per day. The total profit and loss curve is very striking: once had a floating profit of tens of millions, now the total loss has reached $35.78 million, after big gains it has been giving back all the way, the account curve has plunged from green directly into deep red. Current situation analysis 1. Extremely aggressive leverage, very little room for error With 25x full margin, if the price drops from 2445 to 2389, just a 56-point move, this $28.92 million position is wiped out. ETH’s current volatility means any random spike can hit the liquidation line. This is no ordinary swing trade, it’s a high-risk gamble. ​ 2. Funding fees are a huge invisible shackle Paying over 760,000 daily in funding fees. Even if the market doesn’t fall, as long as it moves sideways, the account keeps bleeding every day. Time favors the shorts; the longer the longs hold, the higher the cost. ​ 3. Past performance: big profits made, but huge losses wiped out The curve shows the account once surged to tens of millions in profit, indicating he caught big moves before. But the futures market is like this: no matter how much you earn, one wrong heavy position can give most of the profits back to the market.

$BTC $BTC's biggest pressure now may no longer be the Federal Reserve The Fed's rate hike boot has landed, and the dot plot signals a hawkish stance. Many people still focus all their attention on interest rates, inflation, and US Treasury yields. But the reality is: macro negative factors have already been repeatedly priced in by the market; the real shackles come from structural issues within the market itself. First: ETF buying is no longer an "infinite catch." Last year, the continuous net inflows brought by ETFs have reversed. In the first half of this year, there has been sustained net outflow; institutional funds no longer blindly rush into BTC. In the past, everyone fantasized: as long as macro conditions loosen, institutions would enter the market massively. The current reality: even if the Fed turns, without continuous incremental ETF buying, prices will struggle to break out into a strong trend. Institutions are now trading both ways; they take profits when prices rise but don’t necessarily buy the dip when prices fall, no longer a one-sided bullish moat. Second: The huge chip selling pressure above is a real ceiling. On-chain data shows that hundreds of thousands of BTC are accumulated in the 80,000–86,000 range, with many long-term holders’ costs concentrated here. As long as the price touches this range, it will trigger massive profit-taking selling pressure. Even if the macro environment improves, breaking through this chip wall requires massive spot buying to absorb it. This is not something the Fed can smooth over with a single statement; it is a real supply pressure.

The $CORE DAO treasury is not spent all at once; it has a long-term buyback mechanism. Most public chain treasuries, after receiving tokens, directly use them for ecosystem subsidies and market distribution, with continuous token issuance causing constant selling pressure. The project's hype relies on new tokens; once subsidies shrink, ecosystem enthusiasm quickly cools down. The CORE DAO treasury has strict budget constraints. On one hand, treasury funds support ecosystem incentives and project incubation; on the other hand, it has an on-chain buyback and burn mechanism built in. When the ecosystem generates transaction fee revenue, part of the income flows back to the treasury to buy back CORE tokens on the market. The core of this design is to try to create endogenous cash flow. It does not rely solely on continuous token issuance to generate hype; income generated from real on-chain transactions feeds back into token value. But it is important to distinguish: just because the mechanism is written in the whitepaper does not mean it is immediately implemented. To get this buyback flywheel running, the ecosystem needs to continuously generate sufficient transaction fees, which is a long validation process. Market attention mostly focuses on selling pressure from team unlocks and miner rewards, with few people digging deep into the treasury’s underlying income flow design.

$CORE Not mentioned by others: CORE's 100MB block size is not simply for TPS, but to accommodate native BTC transactions Many people complain about the 100MB large block, only thinking it raises the node threshold. But few clearly explain that this design is tailor-made for BTCFi. BTC's own blocks are very small, causing transfer congestion and high fees. In the future, with massive BTC staking, redemption, liquidation, and lending interactions, transaction volume will be huge. CORE's large blocks are born to handle high-density BTC-related transactions, accommodating a vast number of small staking and liquidation requests while keeping fees low. It's not blindly chasing the hype of large blocks, but reserving enough throughput space for BTC asset liquidity. Other BTC layer-2s and sidechains still use old block capacity planning methods, making it difficult to handle large-scale BTCFi explosions. Harsh truth: People always treat 100MB as a drawback. From another perspective, this is infrastructure reserved in advance for massive BTC liquidity.

$CORE is rarely discussed overseas: it is a compatibility bridge for the BTC ecosystem, not a competitor. There is a misconception in the market: CORE is here to compete with Bitcoin. The few technical influencers on foreign platforms hold the opposite view: CORE will not replace BTC but will enhance BTC's capabilities. Bitcoin itself can only serve as a store of value and cannot run smart contracts. CORE's EVM compatibility allows BTC holders to directly engage in DeFi, NFTs, and stablecoins without migrating to Ethereum. It is an "extension layer of capabilities" for BTC, not an opponent. Other solutions are either centralized custodial or complex layer-two protocols. CORE's positioning is to unlock financial capabilities for BTC assets in place. This aspect is often overshadowed by price volatility and rarely seriously discussed in the Chinese community. Harsh truth: Everyone always thinks CORE will surpass BTC. The real positioning is to make the massive BTC sleeping in cold wallets flow again. Once this story materializes, the scale will be beyond what can be imagined now.

$CORE's economic flywheel does not rely on endless subsidy issuance The vast majority of public chain ecosystems rely on continuously issuing tokens to subsidize users and project parties; once subsidies stop, TVL immediately collapses. CORE's design incorporates native BTC staking yields into the ecosystem cycle. Users stake native BTC and receive on-chain yields without giving up asset custody rights; miners provide computing power and receive rewards; on-chain fees feed back into the network. This logic, in theory, can break away from the infinite issuance bubble model. The market mostly talks about short-term unlocking and selling pressure, rarely discussing the long-term sustainability of this economic model. Its endgame is not relying on new retail investors to take over, but on BTC assets themselves generating real yields. Of course, this is a long-term blueprint with a lengthy implementation cycle. Harsh truth: The prosperity of many tokens essentially comes from new money subsidizing old users. What CORE aims to do is generate yields from BTC assets themselves. This path is difficult, but once successful, the ceiling is completely different.

BTC's strategy is clear: ride the waves, hold the base position, profits and losses are naturally a tug of war Looking at the two positions together, you can immediately understand this trading logic. Current position: BTC 4.5x full long, opened at 76280, current price 76442, slight floating profit of 0.95%, maintaining a very high margin ratio, with a thick safety buffer. Historical records are even more interesting: A large previous long position was opened at a high of 79673, eventually closed with a loss of 10.85 BTC; a small short position in the middle was stopped out; but at the same time, a long position was caught, gaining +24.09 BTC, a return of 74.84%. This strategy is straightforward: hold a long base position for the long term, and intersperse wave trading in between. Knowing the big picture is bullish, but the market won't rise in a straight line. Take advantage of opportunities to capture big profits from rallies, and accept losses when reversals occur at highs. Not every trade wins, but rely on high-win-rate big waves to cover the drawdowns caused by losing trades. Currently, 4.5x leverage is not extremely high, margin ratio is sufficient, and there is no urgent risk of liquidation. The current phase is a consolidation and recovery stage after the interest rate hike. Core idea remains: ✅ Base long position, betting on a rebound and recovery after macro bearish news is priced in. Many only focus on floating profits and losses, envy the big 74.84% win, but overlook the loss from being trapped and forced to cut at a high. Those who can hold onto big profits must also bear the stop-loss cost of misreading the market. Trading is not about winning every trade, but that the profits from winning trades exceed the losses from losing trades.