2026-01-20 06:31:07

After the full rollout of 7x24 US stock trading, the core assets that seem to benefit directly are concentrated in cloud computing (AWS), financial information (Bloomberg Terminal), and stablecoin ecosystems. Conversely, does this mean a positive development for the cryptocurrency market? It seems not.

Market liquidity dispersion is an issue. Funds and attention originally traded in the crypto market are likely to be attracted to all-day trading in traditional finance. More problematic is that the 7x24 trading model will further amplify market volatility, increasing arbitrage opportunities for institutions and high-frequency traders, while retail investors' costs may actually rise.

From another perspective, this system does support the demand for stablecoins (settlement needs for cross-market arbitrage), but this incremental demand is limited and not enough to become a strong driving force for crypto assets. Instead, this upgrade in traditional finance may reinforce the tendency of large funds to bypass the crypto market and directly go long on emerging assets.

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SandwichDetector

· 2h ago

Uh, basically it means big funds have run away, and retail investors are being slaughtered even more brutally.

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MysteriousZhang

· 2h ago

Retail investors got cut again, and the more liquidity disperses, the more competitive we become.

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PermabullPete

· 2h ago

To be honest, this wave of 7x24 US stocks is really cutting retail investors' grass... Once liquidity disperses, we lose even more. Institutions are happy, and our retail investors are bound to suffer heavy losses, right? Demand for stablecoins isn't high either, feels like there's no real use. Big institutions just want to bypass us and play directly, so why do we still bother? Haha. It's another scheme to fleece retail investors; they are always the last to take the fall. But on the other hand, who made us powerless and broke? We can only continue playing with leftovers.

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BearEatsAll

· 2h ago

Retail investors are being cut again, funds flowing to institutions... This is the whole story. When traditional finance upgrades, we're still arguing about Layer2, and the gap will only get bigger. Honestly, the demand for stablecoins is so limited that it can't fill the liquidity bleeding hole. 7x24 trading? For retail investors like us, it's just giving away vegetables. High-frequency traders have long been ready with knives. Large funds have already bypassed us to go straight to arbitrage; we're still watching K-line charts. It’s only then that we realize we simply can't compete with the game rules of traditional finance... Ultimately, compliance becomes regulation, and the advantages of encryption are gradually being eroded. It feels like the crypto market is entering a bear market again, with no more room for imagination.

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ServantOfSatoshi

· 2h ago

Basically, the big players are trying to drain our blood again, and retail investors are being squeezed even harder. --- Liquidity has really dispersed, and it feels like the crypto market's enthusiasm is waning. --- Wait, is the demand for stablecoins increasing or not? The logic is a bit confusing. --- AWS is making a fortune, while we're still debating whether it's good news or not. The gap in perspectives is huge. --- A paradise for institutions and high-frequency traders, hell for retail investors—one sentence summary. --- Bypassing the crypto market to directly invest in emerging assets? Then what are we even playing for? --- It feels like crypto has just become an accessory to traditional finance. Isn't that decline?

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