> people are tired of memes > want something more legit > but still want number go up > new metas are unsustainable bc they quickly reach "overvalued", but they have nothing to show -> reverts back to mean
solution: > lots of existing protocols that show growth, who are now at undervalued prices - eg mpl, frax, pendle, etc. > lots of new protocols that havent experienced the cycle high to the overvalued stage, who have been quietly building and can quickly re-rate higher - eg initia as an example of something re-rated
im a fan of bidding such alts rather than onchain overvalued tokens, onchain is cool but it re-rates too quickly & gets diluted in hours;
people are tired of getting diluted now -> go back to cexes who have stricter requirements but coins that are cheap (sub 150m)
the sinplest solution to any bad vibes in a token whatever the cause is to just stay away from the coin
if its spiritually broken, the runway to 0 will happen that much faster- no one can hold belief in it, there are no whale buyers, no one wants to hold the damn thing
anyways, people have seem to forget that - monumental stablecoin bill about to be passed - and theres finally a token to long re: stablecoin growth; building the entire stack (issuance, distribution, etc.) - it is my highest conviction bet right now
its funny because grass is the ONLY project that has this revenue problem
> AMMs with no fee switch: valued at billions > LSTs with no fee switch: valued at billions > RESTAKING: valued at billions > GAMING: valued at billions
remember: - sell when you feel like taking a screenshot, buy when it feels so over - sell when it's peak attention, buy when it's low attention - sell when everyone's talking about it, buy when no one's talking about it - at points of max risk, it FEELS least risky. vice versa
believe the assymetric opp right now are in binance listed coins trading at sub 100m val
these are basically the same as onchain tokens but a) has a larger capital base (funds, etc.) b) have better fundamentals than new onchain coins (they've been building for longer) c) has better liquidity
edge: - they must have no unlocks / dumperoonis - must be doing something good
high fdv coins were hated, but the products have changed, but the people don't see it - hence the assymetry
- more and more mstr types coming out - btc, sol - startups enabling pulling forward future contributions of IRA and enabling you to use it today - buy now pay later culture - perpetual futures - dopamine riddled culture - incredible inequality - the death of expertise
i believe that we are slowly approaching this paradigm. while memes took off first, i know of very little people bidding memes "for fundamentals" - a lot of the move is short squeeze driven
instead, stuff like INIT / PENGU / SUI strike a good balance of "fartcoin but for VCs" - and it's not that these are bad tokens with predatory vesting / teams too - these are good tokens with good teams, good fundamentals that move fast, that the market can get behind in bidding
imo i think my takeaway in the last 3 months is that in fact, price is now a lagging indicator - in the sense that price is now very heavily dependent on news and your best bet is now forming a view and trading around that view and invalidating that view based on current events, not price
it seems people have forgotten the ability to dream - btc 103k - every minor btc pull back alts nuke - people have no conviction to hold their longs and tp aggressively - however, unlike previous trends, charts continue to make higher highs