my take is that if you're in crypto and looking at crypto equities, start thinking about the lines in which tradfi can use crypto that isn't explored / fully well understood
because clearly the world doesn't understand circle whereas we understand it abit TOO WELL and got too fundamental
the most obvious lines are - stablecoins - tokenised equities - perps - and maybe DeFi
to be very honest, many PRODUCTS of crypto are good. their TOKENS, however, are not. In fact, i think that if a defi protocol (that's big) ever decides to IPO, i think it can run it up alot, vs their token
as such, for tokens, i think the list is short, and imo the one i like the most is HYPE
on one hand i believe that THIS crowded trade doesnt adversely impact itself in the long term because the TAM is much larger + ability to attract buyers from tradfi due to good fundamentals
on the other, i dont like how everyone is rushing to btd
HYPE is the one coin that you can trade on sentiment easily - sell at ATHs and everyone was euphoric, long when the fud starts coming out (we are here)
anyways i did some thinking about where the next leg up will come from and i believe it comes from HYPE becoming a decentralized binance
- HYPE started as a perp dex, yes - it also makes all its money from perp dexes - but its vision is never a perp dex. in a way it's more like a CEX but decentralized (not calling it a DEX bc people will think i'm talking about AMMs) - PENGU is on HYPE spot (though it can't be traded yet) ; i think we're gonna see more of this where projects truly treat HYPE as a place to launch their tokens - why? because the binance cabal is truly getting insanely out of hand ; if i was a project and had to choose between giving up >5% of supply to get listed, vs potentially listing on Hyperliquid and taking a risk, it's clear which one makes more sense - go see the charts of all the new launches on binance lol. vs a platform with not as much users, and not as much volume - sure it might go down only, but on binance it's literally confirmed to go down only ; at least on hyperliquid u stand a chance
anyways this will likely take a while. in the short term it's dominated by flows and unfortunately - everyone is in this coin - means reflexivity is insane to both the downside and upside - if this shit launched in 2021 we'd be at 500 or some shit right now. unfortunately we are succumb to broader market influences, which basically means that the upside from here is not as large as it used to be until the building catches up due to the crypto market just being very dry right now
overall think this is the one token u always want to hold bc this guy is maximally aligned w the crypto ethos and is someone i'd trust to build whatever he's building
> be me, crypto degen > open tradingview > sees green, so happy > realise im looking at stock watchlist > click on crypto watchlist > all red > this has been happening for 1 month
Your biggest risk is being underallocated to the industry you log in to every day because you know too much about the pros & the cons which make you unable to press the green button when it matters