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š³Weekly Edition: Trump Drives BTC Into Price Discovery
Hundreds of billions flow into the crypto market as BTC leads the charge, time for alt season?
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Weekly Beluga Insights
As we head into the weekend, we wrap up one of the craziest weeks in crypto. Trumpās win in the US Election on Tuesday lit a fire under the crypto market, and we even saw Bitcoin reach new highs of $77,000. Itās funny to think only a couple weeks ago the sentiment among traders was as low as Iāve ever seen it, and today Solana is at $200 again ā Iām sure thereās a lesson in there somewhere. Two years ago news that CZ of Binance had signed a letter of intent to buy FTX due to its insolvency surfaced, which of course did not go through; the ensuing collapse sent crypto into freefall with Bitcoin hitting $15,000. If you had bought the blood on that day, youād be up over 400%.
I truly believe this is just the beginning of the bull market as Iāve been saying for months in this newsletter, and while itās been a rough cycle for alt-coins thatās likely where things rotate next. Of course, as everything happens weāll be here to update our readers on every thing they need to know, always for free.
Major Movers of the Week
Token | Price | 7d Change % |
---|---|---|
Cronos (CRO) | $0.1068 | +45.08% |
Raydium (RAY) | $4.90 | +39.40% |
Goatseus Maximus (GOAT) | $0.7493 | +38.81% |
Ethena (ENA) | $0.5023 | +33.88% |
Aave (AAVE) | $181.91 | +28.16% |
Public Trading Wallet Update
Of course with BTC breaking into price discovery, this was a good week for the Beluga Trading Wallet. Our portfolio is pretty alt-coin focused which has been a difficult sector since we first launched the wallet in April, however I believe with the attention the industry now has and the liquidity from Bitcoin going up itās time for alt-coins to shine. None of our positions have changed for a couple weeks now, but with $AAVE now up close to 100% since our entry itās likely time to look to rotate some profits out. I still like DeFi as a narrative despite how the sector has underperformed this year, however itās worth noting that DeFi will only come back as more institutions and sophisticated investors get on chain. The reality is 10-20% yields are not even somewhat exciting to the average crypto trader so the liquidity has to come from the big boys.
Itās undeniable that with a President-elect who is literally a DeFi founder himself, the regulatory regime that has stopped the growth of DeFi and crypto in general in the US is over. This is where things get really exciting, as Iāve personally seen countless ideas for new protocols thrown away because of fear of regulatory action due to being a US citizen. This isnāt how a budding industry with growth metrics like crypto should be treated, and Iām hopeful the next four years bring meaningfully positive regulations to the space.
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Tweet of the Week
2 years ago today, one of the largest exchanges in the world collapsed bringing over $8B of customer funds with it ā weāve come a very long way to reach the prices we see today.
2 years ago today
ā db (@tier10k)
2:31 PM ā¢ Nov 8, 2024
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Will McKinnon is the Head of Content for Beluga and has spent every day for many years trading coins. For that reason there are too many to name, however his largest holdings by a significant margin are Ethereum and Bitcoin. NFA DYOR