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DeFiance Capital CEO Arthur posted on the X platform, stating that in the short term, "TACO" (Trump's last-minute retreat) and a cooling of the situation in the Middle East are unlikely to occur, as both the U.S. and Israel are continuing to pressure Iran.He pointed out that the global supply chain may be further disrupted in the coming weeks. Additionally, according to a previous report by Axios, the Trump administration is considering occupying or blockading Iran's Khark Island to force it to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

DeFiance Capital founder Arthur posted on the X platform, stating that the current stock market pricing is overly optimistic regarding the real situation. Once market sentiment shifts, the adjustments may be more severe. He believes that this environment may provide performance opportunities for Bitcoin and crypto assets, making them a hedge against sovereign and geopolitical risks in the context of geopolitical and macro uncertainty.Arthur stated that the trading strategy of "going long on crypto assets and shorting stocks or high-yield bonds" may be one of the more attractive long-short combinations in the current market. He then added that this trading trend may just be the beginning. Additionally, he pointed out that the supply of USDC has rebounded to a historical high after bottoming out about a month ago, which may partially explain the nearly doubling performance of CRCL since its stage low.

DeFiance Capital founder Arthur posted on platform X, stating that cryptocurrency has now become the preferred short hedge tool for traditional finance in any risk-off events over the weekend, and he feels regret about this.

Defiance Capital investor Kyle stated on social media that the stock market performance over the past four months shows that non-U.S. markets are in a structural bull market, while the U.S. market is experiencing significant volatility, facing currency depreciation and more than 20% bidirectional fluctuations in a non-bull market. Therefore, he decided to adjust his portfolio to 75% allocated to non-U.S. markets and 25% allocated to U.S. markets.

According to Globenewswire, Defiance has announced its decision to close and liquidate its Nasdaq-listed Ethereum exchange-traded fund: Defiance Leveraged Long and Income Ethereum ETF (ETHI).In addition, Defiance will also close and liquidate another 7 leveraged long and income ETFs, namely: PLT, HOOI, SMCC, AMDU, HIMY, TRIL, LLYZ.

According to Arkham data, at 15:05, 3,821,198.45 LDO (worth approximately $2,516,232.43) was transferred from DeFiance Capital to an anonymous address (starting with 0x9a67...).

ETF issuer Defiance has announced the launch of the exchange-traded fund Defiance Daily Target 2X Long BITF ETF (BTFL), which tracks the Bitcoin mining company Bitfarms. It is primarily aimed at traders looking to amplify short-term bullish returns on Bitfarms, with the goal of achieving 200% of the daily price movement of Bitfarms' stock as a return.

DeFiance Capital CEO Arthur Cheong posted on X that this may be the bleakest period for altcoins since the FTX collapse in November 2022. More than half of the trading pairs are at historical lows, and even with a rebound in Bitcoin, there are no signs of a bottoming out. However, for investors with a holding period of over a year, the current market is nurturing severely undervalued investment opportunities.

DeFiance Capital CEO stated on platform X that the strongest support for Bitcoin in the current range lies between $90,000 and $92,000, and he believes the market may soon see a rebound.

DeFiance Capital CEO and Chief Investment Officer Arthur Cheong tweeted that PumpFun has repurchased 11% of the circulating supply of PUMP tokens since the buyback started, with an annual buyback scale expected to reach $400 million to $500 million. However, despite this, the current price of PUMP is still below its public offering price of $0.004, and the market is still in a "speculative discount" phase for this asset.

The founder of DeFiance Capital, Arthur (@Arthur_0x), posted on the X platform stating that even if no large entities/protocols collapse due to massive erroneous investments, if the price of Bitcoin drops another 20%, the wealth loss for retail investors in this round of the cryptocurrency market could be greater than the wealth loss during the bear market of 2022.

The founder of DeFiance Capital @Arthur_0x stated that since entering the crypto market in 2017, the current market environment is comparable to that of 2018 to 2019, making it one of the toughest times for participants in the crypto market. He mentioned that "survival is the only goal" at this moment.

ChainCatcher news, October 30, DeFiance Capital founder Arthur posted on social media, "The speculative sentiment of Asian crypto-native users has hit a new low in this cycle; we haven't seen such poor market sentiment and performance since 2022."

ChainCatcher news, October 14, DeFiance Capital founder Arthur posted on social media, "We are fine, the fund has experienced some losses, but it does not rank among our top five days of profit and loss fluctuations. I am just very angry and disappointed; this crash has significantly regressed the entire crypto space, especially for the altcoin market, as most price discovery processes occur on offshore CEX."

ChainCatcher news, according to Jin10 reports, ETF issuer Defiance has submitted an application to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, planning to launch two exchange-traded funds built around "basis trading," one linked to Bitcoin and the other linked to Ethereum.The strategy aims to profit from the price difference between the spot market and futures contracts. Defiance has set the trading codes for these two ETFs as "NBIT" (Bitcoin-related) and "DETH" (Ethereum-related).

ChainCatcher news, Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas posted on the X platform that Defiance has submitted a new application for a Bitcoin basis market neutral ETF, aimed at providing investors with a "hedge fund basis trading" strategy.This strategy captures the premium by going long on IBIT (BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF) and shorting Bitcoin futures. At the same time, they have also submitted an Ethereum version of the product, coded as DETH.

ChainCatcher news, DeFiance Capital founder and Chief Investment Officer Arthur posted on X platform stating that Coinbase really needs to address their issues. If the Coinbase platform ultimately becomes a honeypot for users' important information, there is no reason to continuously require KYC.According to previous reports, hackers obtained some personal information of less than 1% of Coinbase's active users by bribing overseas customer service personnel, but did not involve passwords, private keys, or funds. Coinbase refused to pay the $20 million ransom and set up a $20 million bounty fund to track down the attackers.

ChainCatcher news, according to documents submitted by Defiance ETFs, LLC to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the firm has applied for four new exchange-traded funds, including:Bitcoin vs. Ethereum ETF: Long BTC, Short ETH;Ethereum vs. Bitcoin ETF: Short BTC, Long ETH;Bitcoin vs. Gold ETF: Long BTC, Short Gold;Gold vs. Bitcoin ETF: Short BTC, Long Gold.It is reported that each fund tracks the leveraged performance of one asset relative to another through derivatives and employs an active management approach, seeking total return through synthetic exposure to the underlying assets. These funds do not hold spot assets but instead establish leveraged exposure using a combination of futures contracts, swaps, options, and ETFs or exchange-traded products (ETPs) listed in the U.S.