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Micron's CEO shocks the market again by selling 40,000 shares, cashing out $40 million. Should retail investors flee?

Bitcoin pulled back after briefly breaching the key $80,000 mark, dragging XRP lower, which was the primary driver behind its decline.

Cryptocurrencies fell across the board, with Bitcoin pulling back after a surge to drop below the $80,000 mark.

Japanese and South Korean stock markets diverged at the open. South Korean stocks surged past the 6,800-point mark as Samsung and SK Hynix rallied sharply together, while Japanese stocks opened lower and continued to slide.

Japanese and South Korean stock markets staged a dramatic turnaround to gain, with SoftBank surging over 2% and both SK Hynix and Kioxia reversing earlier losses.

Ahead of its earnings release, Nvidia has suffered a seven-day losing streak, with the key $200 round-number level facing a crucial test.

Micron shares plunged nearly 6% in a single day, triggering selling pressure, and the stock could face an 18% retest of its bottom going forward.

Bitcoin rose over 3% today, briefly touching $80,000 to hit a more than three-month high.

Zcash (ZEC) surges toward the $900 mark, hitting an 8-year high and strongly outperforming BTC.

Japanese and South Korean stock markets tumbled at the open, with the KOSPI plunging over 4% to fall below the 6,500-point mark and the Nikkei dropping 800 points, as across-the-board slumps in Samsung and SK Hynix triggered heavy selling pressure.

If Bitcoin holds firmly above $80,000, it suggests a strong market risk appetite has been established. Capital is expected to follow the rotation path and spread toward major Layer-1 public chains such as Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), and XRP (XRP), while also signaling a shift in technical resistance levels.

Japanese and South Korean stock markets faced heavy sell-offs, with Samsung Electronics plunging 8% and dragging down the KOSPI, while SK Hynix, Kioxia, and SoftBank all traded lower.

Samsung Electronics came under heavy selling pressure, with its stock price tumbling more than 8% and dragging South Korea's KOSPI index lower.

XRP broke above $1.7 and immediately pulled back—is this a shakeout or an interim top?

Japanese and South Korean stocks opened lower across the board, with the KOSPI falling below the 6,900 mark and the Nikkei dropping below 66,000 points. Samsung Electronics tumbled, while SK Hynix bucked the trend to gain over 3%.

Over the past five years, Binance Coin (BNB) has experienced two boom-and-bust cycles, with its price trajectory primarily driven by three main factors: macroeconomic conditions, the regulatory environment, and the exchange ecosystem. Looking ahead, BNB reaching $10,000 by 2030 is extremely difficult and highly improbable, constrained primarily by valuation and market cap ceilings; without the convergence of an extreme bull market and aggressive deflation, the peak of the next bull cycle is projected to be around $3,000.

Over the past decade, Nokia has experienced four distinct phases: a volatile decline, a retail investor frenzy, a 5G winter, and a surge driven by AI optical networking. In June this year, although NOK's stock price surged to $17.45 due to AI demand, it sharply fell back to around $8.3, weighed down by restructuring costs rising to €800 million, chip shortages, and profit-taking. While there is a risk of retesting the $8 bottom in the second half of the year, the probability of falling below $6 is low. Furthermore, constrained by the financial reality of requiring a $550 billion market capitalization and a tenfold increase in profits, the likelihood of reaching $100 by 2030 is extremely low.

Coinbase briefly broke above $180, with the potential to rise a further 22% if it can hold this level.

XRP surged 40% to break above $1.40, with a short-term bullish outlook targeting $1.60.

Bitcoin surged 10% to break through the 77,000 mark, hitting a three-month high, and is poised for further gains.