Come here degens, let me tell you about the life changing gains that await you. Just sign this transaction …
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Unless you are one of the few who actually bought Bitcoin and has been comfortably sailing through this unprecedented “bull run”, you are currently fighting guerilla warfare in the crypto and Altcoin trenches, battling daily to skim off a few percentage points of gains to pay for your basement apartment shared accommodations. Or you have left altogether back to your Tim Hortons job.
The last 18 months has been a battle against the grifters and parasites … the forces of the meme-coin slot machiners, the airdrop farmer harvesting, venture capitalist pillaging, influencoor vampires, and celebrity grifters lurking at every corner to rob you of any leftovers.
The constant onslaught of takers and leeches has left the crypto ecosystem exhausted and drained, with the remaining capital consolidated in the hands of the Rumpelstiltskin … the parasites luring retail with promises of life changing gains while quietly syphoning every last drop of capital into their own pockets.
What we have left is a despondent, defiant and financially dehydrated group of crypto die-hards. Most retail have come and gone, lured in by the promises of quick life-changing wealth, and quickly thrown to the wolves and disillusioned by the harsh realities of the cryptosphere; there are no quick gains, you cannot be a lazy passive participant, and YOU are the resource.
We few remaining die-hards have all leveled-up in the course of our grueling journey through the Altcoin forest, and will not easily be sent packing. Like Colombus on his journey to the Americas, it is the final stretch that will separate the winners from the losers. Had they turned back in the final weeks, they would have been lost to the seas and forgotten by history. Instead, they persisted and discovered the new world.
Life changing gains await those with the fortitude to persist.
The State of The Crypto Markets:
The following is a meandering string of remarks on the dilapidated and degenerate state of the crypto markets. A scathing commentary on the degenerate atmosphere that permeates every fiber of a revolutionary technology, sprinkled with a few encouraging tidbits and some tasty alpha, and a prediction of what is in store for the remainder of this “Bull Run”.
99% of tokens have no value.
Most tokens add zero value. Instead they are an unregulated means of extracting value and acquiring customers and users.
A gaming token adds zero benefits over USDC or ETH. It is an illusion of ownership, with fake governance, cannibalistic staking rewards, and zero change of accruing value to its owner over any reasonable time frame. Gaming tokens should offer true ownership, not just superfluous “utilities”.A DeFi token adds zero value. Sure, some of them offer unreliable loose connections to revenue, but most are simply a means of acquiring customers and incentivizing users. Most governance is an illusion of participation and control, and is implemented by a small group of multisig signers. (eg Arbitrum)NFT’s are just a tool and token like any other. Their connection to anything they represent is very loose, except perhaps in the case of Art and Collectibles.
AI Agents are mostly Memes with a Twist:
Most AI agents are just API’s or front ends to a bunch of LLMs. Glorified memes with a prettier UI and interaction layer. Amidst the sea of garbage and value-less AI Agents are some truly revolutionary protocols that may change the way crypto and the world at large work. We are in the VERY early stages of this technology, and while most of the early iterations are nothing more than memes, the right ones have the potential to become the biggest step changes in crypto history.
Agents like HeyAnon by Danielesesta, and the AI division of Xborg are building technology that will be very much like the Netscape moment for the internet. HeyAnon is a protocol that will create a simplified universal UI that allows anyone to interact with blockchain in complex ways in plain English. It is the type of tech that will onboard even the Boomers and open up crypto to the masses.
Memes are the slot machines of Crypto:
Memes are the slot machines of crypto. At first it was great, all the retail were jubillantly flinging cash at the most lacklustre “meme” coins with dreams of life changing gains and making millions off their $50 investment. Influencoors were more than happy to help these suckers and accept their donations as they pumped and dumped repeatedly on the same poor saps, draining every available ounce of liquidity out of the markets. It got so absurd, even Trump joined the party, sapping billions off his first coin $TRUMP, only to follow it up with another grift $MELANIA to drain whatever little capital remained.
Rant-ending Remarks — then some predictions.
The capital flow structure has fundamentally changedInfluencoors are extracting value, not adding it. You are the resource.Crypto IS revolutionary. Don’t let the grifters distract you from making life changing gains from it.Maxis of any kind are intellectually dishonest (or retarded)ETF’s are short term great, long term dangerousBTC is not perfect, and will not survive long term without crypto.BTC reserve companies will be the Luna of this cycle
All this ranting to say the following: The bull run has been wounded, slowed and set back. But it is coming, like a beach ball under water, it will be short but explosive.
Outlook for 2025: What lies ahead …
Sentiment is as bearish as it was in the depths of the bear market, when BTC was below $20K, and with good reason. The only people who have made money are the influencoors who have helped drain the crypto capital to near extinction, and those maxis who were in BTC only.
The few remaining who still talk about an altcoin season are ridiculed, discounted, and called fools. Market predictions are overwhelmingly bearish, with calls for a double top and a change in overall bull market structures. “Shitcoins are dead, ETH is for plebes, BTC only … “ blah blah blah.
The reality is, while sentiment sinks to the bottom of the sea, BTC is near all time highs, ETH is finally gaining some traction with record ETF inflows. Short positions in ETH are at ATH’s (short squeeze here we come), money printing has started, rates have to drop shortly, BTC treasury companies are going berserk, Altcoin ETF applications are nearing completion, ETH reserve strategy is starting and lots more.
All this while Altcoins remain below bear market lows. But not all Altcoins are the same. It is my thesis this alt-season will surprise everyone, both to the upside and downside, and that it will apply exclusively to Altcoins with real utility and solid teams and tokenomics. No widespread craziness. AI will lead the way.
Most folks reading this will think this is hopium, crazy coping, and perma-bull bias. There are NO guarantees, but the risk reward here is unparalleled. Bases are loaded with your best hitter up to bat, and everyone is leaving the stadium. In 6–8 months time, the right altcoins will be trading at 20X, 30X, 50X and even 100X their current prices. Then everyone will be chanting a chorus of “this time is different, super cycle, etc” and buying in at the top.
My money is where my mouth is, and while my risk tolerance is quite high, I believe there is a very realistic shot at making life changing gains by year end.
Stay tuned for some Altcoin articles focusing on potential 100X return unicorns.
TLDR: Yes, there will be a bull run. But not your grandma’s bull run, an explosive and very specific bull run for degens.
Good luck out there, and see you on the next one!
Sovereign Crypto (aka RickyBobby)
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