📊Today’s #BIT# Daily Chart - May 5, 2026 ⬇️ Bitcoin: Seasonality Still Favours the Upside 
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🚨 WARNING: TOMORROW WILL BE THE WORST DAY OF 2026!! This is your FINAL warning. The US just officially began a COORDINATED intervention to prevent a market collapse. Last time this happened, stocks crashed 20% in a day. If you hold any assets right now, you MUST read this: When markets open on Monday, this won't be "just another dip." Stocks will dump again. Metals will get hit hard. Bitcoin and crypto will collapse. Insiders and treasury funds are already dumping ALL risk assets. They're not chasing profits. They're preserving capital and positioning for a market crash. At the same time, pressure is building across the global financial system. The Federal Reserve has made it clear that interest rates will remain higher for longer. The coordinated U.S.-Japan yen intervention is not officially confirmed. They're trying to stabilize currency markets and prevent another market crash. Meanwhile, China continues dumping U.S. Treasury holdings, adding even more pressure to the world's largest bond market. When the largest foreign holders of U.S. debt are selling, liquidity begins to disappear. At the same time, Iran is refusing to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, keeping energy markets under renewed geopolitical pressure. Now connect the dots: → Interest rates will remain elevated. → The coordinated U.S.-Japan yen intervention. → China dumping U.S. Treasury holdings. → Iran is refusing to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. → Bond market volatility continues to accelerate. → Major funds are aggressively cutting equity exposure. → The AI-driven rally is rapidly losing momentum and memory stocks are dumping hard. Risk appetite is fading across every major asset class. This is no longer just a single-market event. Multiple sources of systemic stress are converging at the same time. That's how financial chain reactions begin. This is no longer just about market positioning. It's about systemic pressure building beneath the surface. I have spent decades studying macro cycles, liquidity flows, and systemic market reactions like these. That's how I knew Bitcoin would peak in October 2025 and called the $126K top. I'll share my next market call here first. Follow and turn on notifications. Don't become exit liquidity once again.

A strong vision gets attention. A strong pitch gets funding. Cointelegraph Accelerator startups are gearing up for this week's Pitch Practice Session, where founders will receive feedback on market positioning, growth strategy, fundraising, and execution. Featuring: • Timothee Semelin, Skynet Trading • Irem Alp, Web3 GTM Advisor • Victor R., Bailsec • Alessia Baumgartner, DWF Labs

Strong products attract users. Strong pitches attract investors. This Friday, Cointelegraph Accelerator cohort startups will take part in a dedicated Pitch Practice Session designed to sharpen their fundraising strategy, strengthen their market positioning, and refine their investor narratives. Founders will pitch live and receive direct feedback from industry veterans on fundraising, positioning, growth, and market strategy. A special thanks to Panayiotis Kattides of Keap Technologies, Luca Bazzurro, and Jay Wong of web3connector for sharing their expertise with the cohort.

Great products get built. Great narratives get funded. Today, @lacey_wisdom of PL Capital and Cointelegraph Accelerator's Viktor Y. will explore why the strongest pitch decks connect product, market, traction, and team into a single investable argument. • Traction-driven storytelling • Founder-market fit • Market positioning • Investor-ready pitch strategy

DeepSeek has officially transitioned its highly publicized, limited-time 75% promotional discount into a permanent, market-disrupting price reset. This strategic shift permanently locks in a remarkably low rate of just 88 cents ($0.88) per million output tokens for its flagship V4 Pro model, establishing this rate as the new standard pricing after the initial promotional period concludes on May 31, 2026. This aggressive pricing maneuver is set to redefine the economics of generative AI development, allowing enterprises and developers to scale high-performance applications at a fraction of the cost of traditional market alternatives. DeepSeek V4 Pro commercial pricing metrics, global AI API cost comparison analysis, breaking China AI industry news, DeepSeek vs ChatGPT market positioning, hardware acceleration utilizing Huawei Ascend chips, the evolution of global AI infrastructure in 2026, identifying the cheapest high-performance AI model API, and the industry impact of DeepSeek's permanent discount strategy.

🚨 WARNING: SOMETHING TERRIBLE WILL HAPPEN ON MONDAY!! → Fed rate cuts are CANCELLED. → U.S.-Iran peace deal has officially COLLAPSED. → China and Japan are SELLING U.S. Treasuries. → Stock markets are DUMPING amid AI bubble fears. If you're holding any assets now, you MUST know this: When markets open next week, this won't be "just another dip." Stocks will dump again. Metals will crash hard. Bitcoin and crypto will collapse. Large institutions and major funds are already dumping ALL risk assets. They're not seeking upside. They're minimizing risk and preparing for a market crash. At the same time, pressure is intensifying across the global financial system. The Federal Reserve has made it clear that interest rates will remain higher for longer. Japan has officially intervened in the market with yen support. Meanwhile, China and Japan continue to sell their U.S. Treasury holdings, adding even more strain to the world's largest bond market. When the largest foreign holders of U.S. debt retreat, liquidity starts to evaporate. → Interest rates will stay elevated. → Japan is actively propping up the yen. → China and Japan continue reducing U.S. Treasury holdings. → The U.S.-Iran ceasefire is officially off the table. → Liquidity conditions are constricting across financial markets. → Bond market volatility keeps escalating. → Funds are slashing equity exposure. → The AI-driven rally is rapidly losing steam. → Risk appetite is dwindling across multiple asset classes. This is no longer just a single-market issue. Multiple sources of stress are unfolding simultaneously. That's how financial chain reactions begin. As liquidity tightens and capital flows reverse, fear spreads rapidly across every major asset class. This is no longer just about market positioning. It's about systemic pressure building beneath the surface. I have spent decades studying macro cycles, liquidity flows, and systemic market reactions like these. That's how I knew Bitcoin would peak in October 2025 and called the $126K top. I'll share my next call here first. Follow and turn on notifications.