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Intel Corp. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of computer products and technologies. It delivers computer, networking, data storage, and communications platforms. The firm operates through the following segments: Client Computing Group (CCG), Data Center and AI (DCAI), Intel Foundry Services (IFS), and All Other. The CCG segment consists of platforms designed for notebooks, 2-in-1 systems, desktops, tablets, phones, wireless and wired connectivity products, and mobile communication components. The DCAI segment delivers solutions to cloud service providers and enterprise customers, along with silicon devices for communications service providers and high-performance computing customers. The IFS segment refers to full stack solutions created from the foundry industry ecosystem. The All Other segment represents results from other non-reportable segments and corporate-related charges. The company was founded by Robert Norton Noyce and Gordon Earle Moore on July 18, 1968, and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

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Intels weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter outlook, alongside softer PC demand and supply constraints, drove a sharp post-earnings selloff despite a stronger-than-expected quarter. Traders debate whether the drop is justified by the near-term headwinds or an overreaction, with some citing data-center growth and buying-the-dip interest while others expect further downside.

Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. engages in operating social media and in the technology business. Its brands include TRUTH Social, TMTG+, and TMTG News. It operates through the Media and Truth.Fi segments. The Media segment includes products and services such as advertisement through the Truth Social platform. The Truth.Fi segment relates to customized exchange-traded funds or exchange-traded products invested in America First principles, and bitcoin and similar cryptocurrencies or crypto-related securities. The company was founded on March 28, 2024 and is headquartered in Sarasota, FL.

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DJTs steep slide to fresh lows is driving the discussion, with many traders calling the companys business case weak and shorting the stock. Political uncertainty around the midterms and Iran is also cited as a concern, while a smaller group sees the selloff as oversold and looks for a bounce.

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Weakness in major tech stocks and doubts about the AI spending boomespecially after Amazons heavy investment plans and Intels disappointing outlookare driving a broader risk-off discussion around SPY. Traders are split between expecting the selloff to deepen as the AI trade unwinds and seeing the pullback as a buying opportunity.

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QQQ is drawing attention amid a tech-led selloff after Amazons heavy AI infrastructure spending and Intels weak outlook intensified concerns that AI investment may not deliver sufficient returns. Traders are divided over whether this signals a broader AI-bubble unwind or an overreaction and buying opportunity.

Amazon.com, Inc. is a multinational technology company, which engages in the provision of online retail shopping services. It operates through the following segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). The North America segment offers retail sale of consumer products, including from sellers, advertising, and subscriptions services through North America-focused online and physical stores. The International segment focuses on retail sale of consumer products, including sellers, advertising, and subscription services through internationally focused online stores. The AWS segment is composed of global sales of computers, storage, databases, and other services for start-ups, enterprises, government agencies, and academic institutions. The company was founded by Jeffrey P. Bezos in July 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

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Amazons quarterly results and outlook have sparked a selloff, as investors focus on heavy AI and data-center spending, negative free cash flow, and a slight earnings and revenue miss despite accelerating AWS growth. Traders are split between viewing the spending as a risk to cash generation and seeing strong cloud demand as justification for the investment.

Apple, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables and accessories, and other varieties of related services. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas, Europe, Greater China, Japan, and Rest of Asia Pacific. The Americas segment includes North and South America. The Europe segment consists of European countries, as well as India, the Middle East, and Africa. The Greater China segment comprises China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The Rest of Asia Pacific segment includes Australia and Asian countries. Its products and services include iPhone, Mac, iPad, AirPods, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Beats products, AppleCare, iCloud, digital content stores, streaming, and licensing services. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Ronald Gerald Wayne, and Stephen G. Wozniak in April 1976 and is headquartered in Cupertino, CA.

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Apples relative strength amid weakness in other mega-cap tech names is widely viewed as a safe-haven rotation and an anti-AI trade, with traders pointing to its lower AI spending. Bulls see resilience in that positioning, while bears question the valuation and warn the rally could be vulnerable around the upcoming earnings report; some also cite concerns about the foldable iPhones screen.

XRP is a decentralized digital asset and the native token of the XRP Ledger, a Layer 1 blockchain designed for high-performance global payments. Its primary value proposition is offering a fast, cost-effective alternative to traditional banking systems by enabling near-instant cross-border settlements that finalize in three to five seconds. By serving as a neutral bridge asset between different fiat currencies, it helps financial institutions lower liquidity costs and eliminates the need for pre-funded accounts.  The network is unique because it utilizes a federated consensus protocol instead of energy-intensive mining or staking. This system achieves deterministic finality through a Unique Node List of trusted validators who must reach an eighty percent agreement threshold to permanently record transactions. This infrastructure supports a sustained throughput of 1,500 transactions per second and includes a built-in decentralized exchange that allows for the automated trading of any tokenized asset without intermediaries.  The project traces its origins back to 2004 with Ryan Fugger before being co-founded in its modern form by Jed McCaleb and Chris Larsen. The company, now known as Ripple, works with major financial institutions as partners and investors to build global payment solutions. To protect the network from spam, a small amount of XRP is burned during every transaction, and the token is further utilized by institutions as collateral to access traditional markets and manage digital asset infrastructure.  Institutional adoption of the asset reached a major milestone in November 2025 when the SEC approved the first wave of spot XRP ETFs. These products, offered by major issuers including Bitwise, Grayscale, 21Shares, Canary Capital, and Franklin Templeton, are now listed on prominent exchanges like the NYSE Arca, Nasdaq, and Cboe BZX. While Ripple remains a key contributor to the ecosystem, the underlying XRP Ledger continues to operate as an open-source and decentralized network.

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Ripples Swell announcements, including final U.S. bank-charter approval and new institutional partnerships, have drawn attention, but XRPs muted price response has fueled debate over whether the developments benefit RLUSD and Ripple more than the token. Some traders also attribute the decline to broader crypto weakness and Binance-hack concerns, while others are buying the dip.

SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development and commercialization of immunotherapeutic for cancer indications. Its product pipeline includes galinpepimut-S. The company was founded by Angelos M. Stergiou on April 3, 2006 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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SELLASs REGAL Phase 3 trial reaching its 80-event endpoint has set up final analysis and an anticipated topline readout, making the trials survival results the central focus. Traders are divided over whether the prolonged time to reach the endpoint signals benefit from GPS or could reflect control-arm survival and other trial uncertainties; the shares decline after the milestone has also fueled debate about a sell-the-news reaction and the binary risk ahead.

Ethereum is a global, open-source platform for decentralized applications. In other words, it is a decentralized blockchain platform that enables developers to build and deploy smart contracts and applications without central authority control. Unlike Bitcoin, which primarily functions as digital currency, Ethereum operates as a programmable global computer where developers can create any type of decentralized service.   The platform hosts over $14 billion in DeFi applications with hundreds of thousands of active users across financial protocols, NFT marketplaces, and gaming platforms. Its transition to Proof of Stake in September 2022 reduced energy consumption by over 99%, addressing environmental concerns while strengthening network security.  The network operates through thousands of independent validator nodes that process transactions and execute smart contracts on the Ethereum Virtual Machine. Smart contracts are self-executing programs written in Solidity that automatically carry out agreements when conditions are met, eliminating intermediaries like banks or brokers.   Validators stake ETH as collateral to propose and validate blocks, earning rewards for honest participation while facing penalties for malicious behavior. The EIP-1559 upgrade introduced a dynamic base fee mechanism that burns ETH with each transaction, creating deflationary pressure during high network activity when more ETH is burned than issued to validators.  Vitalik Buterin proposed Ethereum in 2013, but seven co-founders helped build it, including Gavin Wood who created Solidity and the EVM technical specification, and Joseph Lubin who founded ConsenSys. The project launched in July 2015 after raising over $18 million through crowdfunding, quickly becoming the largest blockchain developer community. Major milestones include the 2020 Beacon Chain launch, the 2021 London hard fork implementing fee burning, and the 2022 Merge to Proof of Stake.   Ether (ETH) serves multiple functions: paying transaction fees (gas), staking to secure the network and earn 3-5% annual yields, serving as collateral in DeFi protocols, and purchasing NFTs and digital assets. The asset is increasingly adopted by traditional institutions, with publicly traded companies adding ETH to corporate treasuries to generate staking yields while maintaining blockchain exposure, and in 2024, the SEC approved spot Ethereum ETFs, allowing traditional investors to gain exposure through conventional brokerage accounts.  Ethereum's roadmap focuses on dramatically increasing transaction capacity to over 100,000 per second, reducing confirmation times, and enhancing decentralization while maintaining security against future threats like quantum computing.

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Ethereum is drawing attention amid a reported Binance exchange hack and a broader crypto sell-off, with traders debating whether the breach and tech-market weakness justify further downside. Some fear contagion and continued selling, while others argue the exchange incident does not mean Ethereum itself was compromised and are treating the pullback as a buying opportunity.

Sandisk Corp. engages in the development, manufacture, and provision of storage devices and solutions based on NAND flash technology. Its products include solid state drives, memory cards, and USB flash drives. The company was founded on February 5, 2024 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

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SanDisks strong quarterly results, raised outlook and announced 8-for-1 stock split are being overshadowed by a sharp selloff alongside chip and AI-related stocks after weak reactions to other tech-company reports. Traders are divided between calling the drop an unjustified reaction to strong demand and fundamentals, and seeing it as profit-taking or evidence of broader AI-trade and valuation concerns.

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ETH Sits 'In The Middle Of Nothing' Heading Into The Back Half Of A Red October

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Long-term investors might see the current trading range for Ethereum as an accumulation opportunity, analysts said.

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Tom Lee’s Ethereum Year-End Call Is Now Half Of What He Called ‘Conservative’ Last Month, But He Expects ‘Monster Moves’ In The Crypto Industry

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Ethereum Logs Smallest Year-To-Date Loss Since January As Rally Runs On Thin Leverage

Analyst Ted Pillows sees $2,800 as a key level for Ethereum, saying a weekly close above it could confirm further upside.

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<ul class="summary-bullets"><li><a class="mention" data-mention="$ETH.X" data-symbol-id="ETH.X" href="https://stocktwits.com/symbol/ETH.X" target="_blank">Ethereum</a> is down almost 10% so far this month, on course for a third straight red October.</li><li>Crypto analyst Michaël van de Poppe said ETH remains directionless in the near term but could turn bullish if it breaks key resistance levels.</li><li>Analyst Ted Pillows warned that a weekly close below $2,450 could trigger another correction.</li></ul>As Ethereum (ETH) slid nearly 10% this month and headed for its third straight red October, crypto analyst Michaël van de Poppe said on Sunday the token was "in the middle of nothing.”The MNFund founder&nbsp;<a class="st-link-external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://x.com/CryptoMichNL/status/2111785614542794920">said</a> that Ethereum still showed "a potential bullish divergence," but added that it "needs to break resistances in order to be actually approved." Until then, he sees the direction as open. "At this point, it's in the middle of nothing, and we could have both ends," he wrote. He was more upbeat on the longer view, saying that "on the higher timeframe," the "dips are generally for buying."<figure class="image"><a class="st-link-external" href="https://x.com/CryptoMichNL/status/2111785614542794920" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><img src="https://news.stocktwits-cdn.com/Screenshot_2026_10_18_at_11_03_30_AM_664cec9cdc.png" alt="Screenshot 2026-10-18 at 11.03.30 AM.png" width="1048" height="682"></a><figcaption>Source: @CryptoMichNL/x</figcaption></figure><h2 class="st-heading-2">Ethereum’s Next Correction</h2>Crypto analyst Ted Pillows was more cautious in the near term. "$ETH is looking weak here," he&nbsp;<a class="st-link-external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://x.com/TedPillows/status/2111751566621393260">w</a><a class="st-link-external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://x.com/TedPillows/status/2111751566621393260">rote</a> on X. Pillows said a weekly close below $2,450 looked likely and could lead to "one more correction." His chart marked about $2,357 as the first support level, with resistance near $2,802.<figure class="image"><a class="st-link-external" href="https://x.com/TedPillows/status/2111751566621393260" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><img src="https://news.stocktwits-cdn.com/Screenshot_2026_10_18_at_11_05_42_AM_f8ba979226.png" alt="Screenshot 2026-10-18 at 11.05.42 AM.png" width="1062" height="506"></a><figcaption>Source: @TedPillows/x</figcaption></figure>Like van de Poppe, he saw value for patient buyers. "But if you're thinking long-term, Ethereum is in a good accumulation zone," Pillows said.<h2 class="st-heading-2">Potential Third Red October In A Row</h2>October has rarely been kind to Ethereum, with a median return of just 0.08%, according to CoinGlass&nbsp;data. The token is down 9.91% so far this month, after falling 7.02% last October and 3.4% in October 2024.&nbsp;A red finish would mark Ethereum's first three consecutive months losing streak since it started trading.&nbsp;This year's slide also followed a strong summer, when the token gained 32.53% in August and 8.77% in September. Even after this month's drop, Ethereum remains roughly 30% above its July close, based on CoinGlass monthly figures.&nbsp;<h2 class="st-heading-2">Losing Ground To Bitcoin</h2><figure class="image"><img src="https://news.stocktwits-cdn.com/koyfin_20261018_101719257_25273d18c4.png" alt="koyfin_20261018_101719257.png" width="3600" height="1860"><figcaption>Ethereum and Bitcoin ratio 0.82%. Source: Koyfin</figcaption></figure>Ethereum is falling behind Bitcoin, with the ETH/BTC pair sliding to near 0.0294 BTC, down 0.82% on the chart. While this ratio has bounced back from its lows in June and rallied through the summer, it topped out in September and has drifted lower in October, meaning that Ethereum has been underperforming Bitcoin recently.<a href="https://stocktwits.com/coins/ethereum">Ethereum’s price</a> was trading around $2,386, down over 1% in the past 24 hours. On Stocktwits, retail sentiment around ETH remained in the ‘extremely bearish’ zone over the past day.&nbsp;<a href="https://stocktwits.com/coins/bitcoin">Bitcoin’s price</a> was trading at $81,240, up 0.1% in the past 24 hours. On Stocktwits, retail sentiment around BTC dropped to ‘extremely bearish’ from the ‘bearish’ zone, over the past day.&nbsp;Read also:&nbsp;<a href="https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/cryptocurrency/wall-street-veteran-jordi-visser-ties-bitcoin-s-next-leg-up-to-big-tech-earnings/cZxN0JJRBtY">Wall Street Veteran Jordi Visser Ties Bitcoin's Next Leg Up To Big Tech Earnings</a>For updates and corrections, email newsroom[at]stocktwits[dot]com.

A photo illustration of the digital Cryptocurrency, Ethereum and Bitcoin, are seen on September 13 2018 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. (Photo Illustration by Yu Chun Christopher Wong/S3studio/Getty Images)

As Ethereum (ETH) slid nearly 10% this month and headed for its third straight red October, crypto analyst Michaël van de Poppe said on Sunday the token was "in the middle of nothing.”

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