The current secondary market is in a typical calm trading period. BTC hovers around 90,000, ETH remains steady at 3,000, and the total cryptocurrency market cap has hardly moved in 24 hours—only up by 0.4%.



This is a common sideways pattern after a major market move, and there are two signals worth paying attention to.

On one hand, big funds are waiting. Waiting for macro developments, waiting for new narratives. Simply put, they are waiting for a clear direction to emerge, so no one is willing to chase the high. On the other hand, the prices of mainstream coins are still quite stable, and the market does not feel panicked; it's just that risk appetite has temporarily shrunk.

An interesting contrast is that the heat has been taken over by on-chain Chinese memecoins. Some tokens, after experiencing explosive rises and falls driven by events, have started to sideways trade, indicating that on-chain speculative funds haven't left the market—they are just switching back and forth between high and low positions, re-shuffling chips.

Meanwhile, mid- and small-cap tokens like HYPER and FXS are experiencing rotational surges. This phenomenon usually occurs during periods when Bitcoin's market share is stable—funds are not leaving the market but are flowing from mainstream coins into higher-beta assets. Capital is circulating; only the main participants have changed.
BTC1,21%
ETH-0,12%
MEME-2,57%
HYPER-5,89%
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RetroHodler91vip
· 5h ago
Just sideways trading, anyway meme coins are going crazy. I'm just there accumulating and waiting for a rebound.
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NftRegretMachinevip
· 5h ago
Wait a minute, this is capital rotation. Mainstream coins are no longer in demand, everyone is playing memecoin to harvest the little guys.
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WhaleStalkervip
· 5h ago
Wow, memecoin takeover hype? This is the real story—big players are preserving their assets, retail investors are just joking around.
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LightningPacketLossvip
· 5h ago
The market has been sideways for so long, are big funds really holding back a major move? Memecoin dominance is hilarious; the money hasn't left, just moved to different places to play. I'm a bit annoyed by hovering around 90,000. When will there be a new story? HYPER, FXS are just spinning around? Capital rotation is an old trick, it's boring. Mainstream coins are as stable as if they’re dead; risk appetite has shrunk, and it’s still so poetic. After the Chinese tokens' sharp rise and fall, they are sideways, indeed washing out the chips. If you want to get in, you still have to wait. Big funds are waiting for a direction; what about us retail investors? Can we wait?
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