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ADP data at 44,000, hitting a new low for the year. According to textbook logic Weak employment → lower rate hike expectations → positive for non-interest assets Gold should rise, and indeed gold has stood above 4300, but after surging it fell back to around 4250. Whether gold can hold above 4300 or even push higher depends critically on tonight's nonfarm payroll data. But on the same day as ADP, initial jobless claims came in at 199,000, below 200,000 for the third consecutive week, the lowest since September 2022. Two employment data points, one says employment is collapsing, the other says employment is very stable. The market is caught between two directions: on one side the weak signal from ADP, on the other the resilience shown by initial claims. The impact on assets is very interesting. SanDisk $SNDK fears rate hike expectations the most. Revenue at 8.97 billion, up 372% year-over-year, gross margin 84.6%, and approved a 14 billion buyback, yet shares fell 7% after hours. Good earnings but stock price dropped because the market fears the future interest rate environment, not past performance. Gold $XAU has the clearest logic. Weak ADP → lower rate hike probability → weaker dollar → gold rises. When it stood above 4300, it was trading rate expectations. $BTC is awkward. With the same macro script, gold surged, BTC is stuck at 64,000. ETF money is flowing in, with a single-day net inflow of $243 million on August 6, but the price remains flat. Coinbase premium has been negative for 80 consecutive days, US institutions are selling, Asia is buying. Fed internal divisions are large, with rate cut expectations and rate hike risks pulling against each other, BTC is caught in the middle grinding. Gold is trading rate expectations, BTC is waiting for its own catalyst. It's not that BTC is ignoring macro, but macro itself is directionally unclear, and funds don't know which way to bet. Tonight's nonfarm payrolls and next Thursday's CPI will decide whether there will be a rate hike in September. #联储鹰派信号升温，弱就业能否压过通胀？