How do you know crypto is still early?
➜ Look at how a single tweet can shake the entire market.
Even in 2025, with billions at stake in institutional crypto portfolios, the market remains vulnerable to narratives and social buzz.
➜ Contrast this with traditional markets—steady, anchored, and resistant to headline hype.
Crypto, however, is still jumpy. It takes just a celebrity's post or an "AI-generated leak" to send billions flying. ⬇️
This isn’t just a curiosity — it’s a structural feature of the space. Traders today aren’t just battling chart patterns or macro cycles.
They’re forced to monitor social feeds, try to front-run influencers, and filter signal from noise. And yet, most still get it wrong.
Whether you ignore the news or overreact to it, odds are you’ll get punished either way.
This market doesn’t reward simple strategies.
Inexperienced traders often fall into the same trap: treating news like it’s actionable data.
But in crypto, news isn’t neutral — it’s part of the game. Many announcements are timed, exaggerated, or even coordinated.
In TradFi timeframes are long and fundamentals matter.
In crypto, most narratives last a week, sometimes a day.
And if you chase them without understanding who’s behind them, you’re exit liquidity.
Here are a few basic filters I use myself when news hits:
– Watch volumes, not just price. A +30% move on weak volume is bait. Don’t chase.
– Track wallets, not words. If someone tells you to buy, check if they’re actually doing it. Tools like Arkham or DeBank help.
– Lag your entry. Often, the real move comes after the initial reaction. Let the hype clear.
– Zoom out on timelines. If you’re seeing it in a tweet, funds probably rotated into it days ago.
The core idea is simple: in crypto, news isn’t just information — it’s often intention. If you treat every headline as a truth instead of a tactic, you’ll stay stuck in reaction mode.
Doesn’t mean you ignore the noise. Just learn how it works, and when to step away from it.
That’s how you trade the same market, but from a different place.
