Not everyone will make it this cycle.
You need to shift your mindset and detach from the crowd.
Coinbase app ranking will not tell you when the top is in.
Start thinking differently.
โWhen a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.โ
In other words, when we set one specific goal, people will tend to optimize for that objective regardless of the consequences. This leads to ignoring other equally important factors of a situation.
Furthermore, let me tell you that most of the top signals mentioned on CT won't work this time.
What was an obvious top signal in 2017 wasn't in 2021, and the same goes for 2024-25.
Weโre moving towards the right curve of the adoption rate, and now all retail knows about crypto - some heard about it in 2017, and then almost everyone heard about it in 2021.
Don't mix the signs of adoption with top signals. Donโt let the PTSD ruin your fun.
Another point to address is the shift of influence - BlackRock & Co. controls Bitcoin now.
They are the major ETF providers and own shares of each other. So, they control the sentiment around BTC now.
And they also own all the media platforms. They can literally shape the narrative as they want.
Let me re-phrase it like this:
If most of this run-up is driven by institutional bids, why would retail indicators be relevant?
The indicator for this cycle will come from the people who havenโt been onboarded yet.
Yes, It can be retail who still haven't touched crypto - "late majority" and "laggards" - but you gotta think on a bigger scale.
Sovereign Wealth Funds
Think of those countries with a sovereign wealth fund starting to diversify in $BTC. Some already invest in stocks, so it might be possible to see this scenario.
โข Saudi Arabia - $400 billion
โข Abu Dhabi - $800 billion
โข China - $1 trillion
โข Norway - $1 trillion
โข Australia - $150 billion
โข Qatar - $300 billion
โข Singapore - $500 billion
Corporate Treasuries
We have already seen this in 2021 with Tesla purchasing $BTC and, more recently, with Reddit disclosing some of its crypto holdings.
The trend is just starting. Once you see daily headlines of companies diversifying their assets into
,it might be rational to start derisking.
Stock Market IPOs
Coinbase IPO in 2021 was the first major crypto company to be listed in the stock market. We might see this time tens of crypto companies doing their IPOs, and at some point, one listing will mark the top.
Over-Leveraging
Big hedge funds, companies, and maybe even small countries over-leveraging in the final stages of the bull run and getting rekt could be another scenario we might see this cycle.
Rehypothecation Crisis
The next Luna-type of collapse might come from the restaking sector and kickstart the bear market. It seems like everyone is overlooking the huge consequences of a depeg or slashing event in this sector.
Gold Reserves
The ultimate ultra top signal could be governments diversifying a small % of their gold reserves into Bitcoin - the "digital gold".
Some additional minor signals
Low-Income Countries Workers Shortage
Another big signal is when low-income countries will have a shortage of workers because these are making $300 to $600 a month mapping the roads with hivemapper or other DePIN projects and earning a higher salary than what they'd normally get.
Happened at a small scale last cycle with Axie and StepN. Will happen at a larger scale this cycle.
Las Vegas Sphere
Time Square was full of shit memecoins in 2021. The Las Vegas Sphere with crypto ads running on it for weeks straight will be the version of this cycle.
Funding Rounds
A pretty secure signal again will be checking the volumes of VC investments. Funding rounds skyrocketing and, maybe overpassing tradFi ones might be the indicator again to start exiting.
โThe financial markets generally are unpredictable. So that one has to have different scenarios... The idea that you can actually predict what's going to happen contradicts my way of looking at the market.
- George Soros.
A hedge fund manager put a jar of 1,776 jelly beans in front of a room at Google and proved in two rounds why most investors will always lose money. for free.
His name is Joel Greenblatt. Gotham Capital. 50% a year for a decade. he asked the room to guess how many jelly beans were in the jar.
First round: everyone wrote their guess silently. no talking. no looking around. the average was 1,771. five off. almost perfect.
Second round: people said their guesses out loud. heard each other. adjusted. the average collapsed to 850. same room. same jar. the only thing that changed was influence.
He told the room: the second guess is the stock market. everyone knows what they just read in the paper. what the guy next to them said. what they saw in the news. the cold independent guess was better. that is not how the market works. but that is where the opportunity is.
Then he showed 20 years of data. the cheapest 20% of stocks averaged 38% a year. the most expensive averaged the least. the strategy is simple. the reason it still works is that people are still crazy. and they always will be.
55 minutes. one jar. still free.
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