ALTCOINS ARE ENTERING THE SAME SETUP THEY HAD BEFORE THE 2019–2021 RALLY
For the last 4 years, liquidity has been tight. Rates were high, QT was draining the system, and high risk assets struggled. But now the cycle is starting to turn. ✦1) QT ends on December 1st Every time QT has ended, risk assets recovered. The last time this happened in 2019: • Alt-BTC pairs rose 80%-90% • BTC moved down 50%-60% • Even the 2020 crash didn’t erase that strength Once QE began, altcoins entered a long uptrend. The same structure is forming again. ✦2) Phase 1: Altcoins outperform BTC (alt-BTC strength) Over the next 6–8 months, alt-BTC pairs can strengthen like they did in late 2019. This usually happens before USD pairs start moving. ✦3) Phase 2: USD outperformance If macro conditions stay supportive, the next 12–18 months can see alt-USD pairs outperform as well. This is where returns compound: BTC rises → alts outperform BTC → liquidity expands. Historically, this is where altcoins deliver their best performance. ✦4) Macro tailwinds are lining up • Mid-term elections → more stimulus expectations • Possible new Fed leadership → more easing friendly • Rate cuts coming in 2026 • QE is possible if growth slows • Household liquidity improves due to tax benefits • Global liquidity starts rising again This environment always benefits high beta assets first. ✦5) Not every alt will benefit This cycle favors quality altcoins, the ones with: • Real product market fit • Real revenue • Real users • Sustainable business models Narrative only tokens won’t survive a multi-year cycle. ✦6) What this means for the next 2–3 years If this liquidity cycle plays out like past cycles: • Alt-BTC pairs strengthen • Alt-USD pairs rise • High beta assets outperform • Smallcaps and quality alts lead risk-on sentiment • This becomes a multi year move, not a short pump The market isn’t at the end of a cycle. It’s entering the beginning of a new one. ➯ Quality alts + improving liquidity + supportive macro = a strong setup most people overlook until it’s already underway.
THE UNDERWATER COLD WAR: THE FIGHT FOR THE INTERNET'S HIDDEN ARTERIES ON THE OCEAN FLOOR
Forget satellites; 99% of global data - including trillion-dollar financial transactions, drone commands, and AI computation - flows through fragile, fiber-optic cables silently resting on the ocean floor.
This invisible infrastructure is now the front line of the new U.S.-China Cold War, where the weapon isn't a missile, but a pair of wire cutters.
Both Beijing, through its Digital Silk Road, and Washington, through its tech giants (Google, Meta, Amazon), are locked in a high-stakes, multi-billion dollar race to control these cables and their landing points.
China is securing strategic corridors like the PEACE cable bypassing traditional rivals, while the U.S. is using its regulatory power to veto and re-route projects that touch Chinese soil, such as the major cable previously linking the U.S. to Hong Kong.
This is a geopolitical divorce being finalized beneath the waves.
The vital, publicly missed insight: The true threat is the rise of Digital Sovereignty, leading to the dreaded "Splinternet."
As both powers demand control over data traversing their territories, they are forcing the world into two incompatible digital ecosystems.
Countries in Southeast Asia and Africa are being coerced into choosing between U.S.-backed, higher-cost infrastructure and cheaper, state-subsidized Chinese cables.
This bifurcation isn't just about espionage - it means future standards, regulations, and technologies will be fundamentally incompatible, raising the cost of global connectivity and making it exponentially harder to conduct global business, creating digital borders where none existed before.
The fight isn't over who owns the internet; it's over whose rules govern the data highway.
And the loser is the global, open internet we once knew.
Source: Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), #U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Stanford Cyber Policy Center Media: Linden Photonics inc
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