remember when @coinbase did IPO and all CEX tokens went ballistic?
$BNB pulled a 3x to reach ATH, $OKB 4x, $KCS 5x, $GT 10x, and a few others.
now instead we had:
• Circle IPO, oversubscribed, and massive un
• Tether earning billlions and top UST buyer
• Stablecoin supply broke ATH at $250B+
• Genius Act bill passed
• Trump, Bessent, Powell, and others publicly supporting stablecoins
• Plasma just launched raising $50M in minutes at $500M FDV
• JP Morgan launching a “deposit” token on Base
• Potential new players of stablecoins like Bank of America or Fidelity
• Stripe bought Bridge in a $1b+ deal
• Bvnk raises $50m at $750m fdv
(I’m likely missing some extra points)
Yet liquid crypto stablecoin proxies do not move. Or barely, definitely not comparable to other metas / narratives we’ve had.
Crypto has stopped moving around main events. Or has become less dumb.
Consequently, the concept of "narrative" is weaker than ever.
I guess that’s a sign of a simultaneously more matured and saturated market. And definitely a less fun market.