MegaETH cuts 20% of its workforce, shifts its focus to AI business and invests $30 million in developing an inference market.

According to monitoring by Ai Yi, the "Iron Head Bulls" (a BIT-affiliated entity) that previously took a large long position of 120,000 ETH has recently activated a batch of new addresses to re-establish long positions. The nine addresses currently hold a combined long position valued at roughly $155 million, comprising 60,841.22 ETH and 600 BTC, with an unrealized loss of approximately $44.06 million—excluding substantial funding fee expenses. All of the entity’s previously used operating addresses have been deactivated, per reports. Between April and August this year, it amassed over $67.05 million in profits from ETH long trades. The move to reactivate new addresses to build large-scale long positions signals that some of its earlier accumulated profits may now face pressure of being eroded.

Swiss wealth management firm LFG+Zest’s Chief Investment Officer Alberto Conca said the market rally is broadening, and defensively positioned European stocks may continue to outperform. Conca made this assessment before Nvidia’s leadership change. The information technology sector accounts for over 35% of the MSCI USA Investable Market Index, but only 8.8% of the corresponding European index. The European index has broader exposure to financial, healthcare, and energy sectors, with some corporate earnings and better-than-expected economic data also providing a buffer. This protection is relative. Investors note that Europe’s lower tech weighting cushions against single-sector volatility; if sell-offs spread from U.S. tech stocks to the entire Wall Street market, stocks in other regions like Europe could also be dragged down. (Jinshi)

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have posted net outflows for two consecutive weeks, totaling $2.35 billion. Of this, net outflows reached $1.07 billion for the week of November 9 to 13, and $1.28 billion for the prior week. On Friday, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a single-day net outflow of $185.4 million, with BlackRock’s IBIT seeing $143.5 million in outflows and Fidelity’s FBTC posting $41.9 million in outflows. This marks the seventh consecutive trading day of net outflows for U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs, with cumulative outflows totaling around $1.71 billion since November 5. Among them, BlackRock’s IBIT has suffered net outflows for 11 consecutive trading days, with total outflows reaching roughly $2.35 billion. The fund’s net outflows since November have hit $2.12 billion, accounting for approximately 90% of the total net outflows of U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs over the same period.

According to monitoring by Onchain Lens, a newly created wallet address withdrew approximately $2 million worth of ETH from Gate.io via four transactions in the past hour, with the most recent withdrawal amounting to around $698,000.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale address has just swapped 1.5 million USDT for 786.16 ETH. Valued at the transaction price, the sum is approximately $1.49 million, and the ETH was subsequently transferred to a new wallet. The relevant wallet address is: 0xa9f5bc32bb16c17bcd81d502d5b4d16044dc3e5d.

Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and JPMorgan Chase have successively signaled a year-end rebound in US stocks, noting that recent sharp sell-offs, valuation corrections, and concentrated deleveraging by hedge funds have set the stage for a market short squeeze. Goldman Sachs pointed out that market positions have been largely cleared, global stock valuations have returned to near their 35-year historical average, selling pressure is nearly exhausted, and a "Santa Claus rally" may arrive at year-end. Morgan Stanley data shows that hedge funds' net positions in the AI sector have recently turned underweight for the first time since 2023; JPMorgan, for its part, advises investors to buy on dips. However, Goldman Sachs warned that the six-month annualized growth rate of global manufacturing import price inflation has reached around 24%, exceeding the inflation peak during the pandemic, while the annualized increase in global producer prices has also hit roughly 11%. As the pass-through of upstream costs to consumers typically takes 6 to 12 months, inflationary pressures may materialize sharply in the first quarter of next year, forcing the Federal Reserve to maintain its tight policy stance. Goldman Sachs argues that if the year-end rebound leads to a re-easing of financial conditions, it could instead weaken the Fed’s case for holding policy steady, and even exhaust future upside potential. Its strategists warn that investors need to guard against a market correction following the year-end rally.