Bitcoin Pops $100 K, ETH Explodes 20 %, Fed Hits Snooze — Market Breakdown #13
Crypto breaks gravity, tech still pulls the index cart, and oil can’t find its footing—welcome to the pause-hangover tape
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Issue #13 – May 8, 2025
”Pause hangover: Bitcoin blasts past $100K, ETH rockets 20%, tech coasts, oil coasts—pick a lane.”
🔥 Headlines & Hysteria (powered by Forked Feed)
Bitcoin prints five digits and a comma—$100 K finally violated.
Forked Feed: “Scarcity just went platinum, haters went silent.”ETH rips 20 % on whale rotation and ETF whispers.
Forked Feed: “Second place finally remembers it has legs.”Initial jobless claims drop to 228 K; recession Twitter logs off.
Forked Feed: “Labor market still bench-pressing while economists spot.”WTI pops intraday but still can’t hold $60 as Citi cuts Brent outlook to $55. Forked Feed: “Crude’s new workout: dead-lifts without the lift.”
Trump floats tariff ‘give-back’ if China plays nice; Beijing replies ‘you first.’
Forked Feed: “Trade chess enters the shrug emoji phase.”Spot-BTC ETF cumulative inflows top $40.6 B—new record.
Forked Feed: “Wall Street stacking coins like quarters for laundry day.”
🔎 Today’s Focus
Post-Pause, Price Test
Yesterday’s Fed hold gave risk assets a hall pass; today the class tried everything. The 10-year yield climbed to 4.37% as traders re-priced the “higher for longer” chatter, the S&P kissed fresh local highs, and Bitcoin detonated through psychological $100 K, tagging $103K before profit-sellers blinked. Real yields remain underwater, so “predictable scarcity” (BTC, ETH’s burn, tokenized T-bills) keeps stealing capital from oil (supply bloats) and gold (plateau at $3.3K).
Why it matters: Tech multiples levitate on liquidity-hope; hard assets diverge on supply math. Next catalyst is tomorrow’s PPI—cool print lets BTC aim at $110K, hot print snaps dollar back over 100 and clips the wings. Near-term support sits at BTC $98.5K and SPY 560.
Forked Feed translation: “Fed hit snooze; crypto hit caffeine drip. If PPI surprises spicy, mind the exit row.”
🧭 Top Charts of the Week
SPY: $567.77
Mega-caps drag the sled over fresh snow; the small-cap skis are still back at the lodge.
QQQ: $488.29
AI darlings keep the disco lights on; everybody else nurses flat feet.
🧭 Risk-On Flows
Chip-cloud complex = ~50 % of 2025 S&P point gain—tech’s grip is easing but still steering the bus.
SOXX ETF +34 % YTD vs. SPY +11 %—semis remain the torque.
High-yield spreads compress another 3 bp—credit still voting “soft landing.”
Small-cap vs. large-cap ratio at 12-month lows—risk still concentrated, breadth still rationed.
₿ Bitcoin & Crypto
BTC/USD: $102700
First trip back above six figures; market checks if the ceiling is load-bearing.
ETH/USD: $2176
Layers of optimism: ‘london’ burned tokens, Powell burned shorts.
🧭 Sovereignty Signal
Gold clings to $3.31 K while BTC declares new territory. Real yields negative, DXY sub-100—scarcity assets still wearing the crown.
Forked Feed: “Analog lions sleep; digital cheetahs sprint.”
🏅 Commodities / Gold / Silver / Oil
Gold: $3298
Shiny insurance naps in the corner while bitcoin steals the spotlight.
Silver: $32.38
High-beta cousin tries for a cartwheel, lands a respectable hop.
WTI: $60.27
Brief pop above $60—still feels like a keg that lost the tap.
🧮 Rates / Bonds / Dollar
10Y: Yield: 4.37%
Yield snaps back after the post-FOMC lull.
DXY: 99.92
Ping-pongs the 100 line like a drunk line judge.
Forked Feed: “Bond vigilantes stretch their legs; the dollar still rehearses its comeback tour.”
🔄 Altcoin Market Overview
🔢 Key Metrics
• BTC Dominance 63.7% — orange empire levies higher tolls.
• TOTAL3 ≈ $820B — rally paint still drying.
• Altseason Index 37/100 — spring thaw, but mud everywhere.
📉 Sector Breakdown
• AI – AGIX $0.34 – Chatbots moon, GPUs groan—tokens snag the champagne.
• L1 – SOL $161 | DOT $4.02 | ATOM $4.41 – Solana laps the racetrack, DOT files paperwork, ATOM starts a podcast.
• L2 – ARB $0.3336 | OP $0.659 — Rollups roll forward; token prices roll eyes.
• Memes – DOGE $0.19 | WIF $0.665 | PEPE 0.00001010 — Cheap serotonin per click; supply of dopamine unlimited.
• RWA – ONDO $0.925 | NXRA $0.0135 — Tokenized T-bills: TradFi in cosplay; NXRA rides listing hype.
🧠 Sentiment Snapshot
CoinMarketCap Fear-&-Greed: 53 (neutral optimism)
CoinCodex Sentiment: 71 (“advancing cautiously”).
Forked Feed: “Greed is stretching; fear keeps the engine idling.”
🧠 Concept Spotlight:
Liquidity Stair-Step
When the Fed pauses but data stay mixed, markets climb in lurches: a big re-rating on day one, then 2-3 mini-legs as each data print removes (or adds) a stair. The trade? Fade extremes: long BTC/ETH into data-fears resets, hedge with dollar calls ahead of inflation beats.
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📌 Key Takeaways
• Crypto rips: BTC > $100 K, ETH > $2 K—scarcity and burn narrative in sync.
• Equities levitate on narrow leadership; breadth still rationed.
• Commodities split: energy heavy, metals mixed.
• Dollar can’t reclaim 100; yields drift—vol ready for next data shock.
📅 Watchlist & Triggers
SPY > 575 — jubilee breakout
SPY < 555 — breadth cracks
BTC > 110 K — melt-up mania
BTC < 98 K — day-after hangover
WTI < 55 — energy equities wince
DXY > 100.5 — risk-off flare
💬 Final Thought
Liquidity didn’t leave—just changed address. Follow the flow, keep stop-losses social-distanced, and never confuse calm with consent.
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