I can't really stress this enough, if your outlook on...

- how the broad crypto market behaves
-marketcycle patterns
-capital rotation motives
-who your counterparties are

...is the same as it was 2 years ago?

I think life here is going to get much, much harder soon
most of crypto is not going to trade like it used to for much longer

Think it's throwing some natives off

Less and less upside for alts bc VC capture while most non-corporate launches struggling to gain traction

That's just one example of new/different forces here to stay
market has sectors now which actually perform differently according to... not necessarily utility, but speculation on future utility potential

previously, narratives were for idiots and dumping on newbs (dentacoin?), now some narratives have merit
Derivatives are everywhere (more on that in a sec)

very few people denominate in BTC any more. W rise of defi and NFTs, ETH denomination has become a thing but much more of the market thinks in USD now.
but BTC and alts used to take turns because people would rotate between them

now, you're seeing more rotations into USD or ETH, bitcoin becomes less "pumpy"
So do alts as a whole

we still see some "everything go up", but again, the sectors take turns outperforming based on narrative

because instead of "hmm, alts or btc?"

market thinks in narratives and often moves to USD instead
derivatives are exacerbating moves, and also allow for hedging.

As we see more institutional capital enter, expect to see alts have less and less value available to capture.

VCs get more alloc, and can hedge holdings, creating sell pressure and more reasonable price "caps"
on low timeframes, everyone is just way smarter and faster than they were even a year ago

less room for obvious edges there, but new market complexity adds new possibilities for edge. Just not as easy for your average retail trader to find or exploit
anyways, I'm rambling

the main point is that as this space evolves, so too should your method(s) of thinking about it.

What worked this year may not work next year, and you've GOT to pay attention to behavioral drivers in this market if you want to stay competitive for long.

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27 Oct
if you catch 10 pumps

that each go 10x

w 10% of your portfolio at a time

you'll have made over 2000x on your total starting amount.

on $500, that's $1m.

on 10k, that's $20m.

shit REALLY adds up, there is no need to gamble or throw everything into one bag
I promise, you can make way more than you think w/o risking the house every time you take a swing
we've had defi and on-chain stuff popping 10x's for literally the last 2 years straight now

it's very doable

yeah, you'll eat some L's

but man, I can't think of a better opportunity for any ambitious young adult w a couple hundred bucks and an internet connection
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ok so I always talk about having a plan for *BEFORE* things happen

so lemme just talk you through the basics of what I'm thinking and planning rn

using this chart (I watch a lot of other stuff besides charts, but this will do for the example)
top grey line: previous ATH

indicator on the chart: volume profile for previous ATH distribution range. This is important.

the value area is marked by the second grey line and bottom red line

the value area mean that price was accepted into that range previously
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The green line is just the average price at which volume occurred during that range
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Here's a handy list of crypto-native terms with a 1-tweet ELI5 explainer for each.

Bookmark the thread and if you want something added, just ask!

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Smart contract:

Think of it as a computer program that does one specific thing, and it's always running, just waiting for you to send some basic instructions.
dApp:

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the end result is a long on ETHBTC

obviously we already have ethbtc pairings, but you can do stuff like SOL/ETH, or SUSHI/UNI

can even chart the pairs in tradingview by separating the two tickers with a backslash

gets even more fun when you have a good reason for doing so...
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kinda true

but assuming worst-case scenario (US chases down devs for building non-compliant products), we go anon, deploy on IPFS, use mixers and build more privacy tech.

Why? Because fuck 'em, that's why
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but all of crypto started w a bunch of anarchist cypherpunks and gained adoption first w drug dealers

I for one wouldn't mind seeing a sort of return to those roots and values
building crypto stuff in a way that allows for regulation or censorship completely undermines the whole point

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ok I'm just gonna keep bidding anyways
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