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Founder of InsiderWave, Politician Trade Tracking
Crypto still has room to rise because institutional adoption is accelerating and good altcoins remain underowned globally. Traditional finance is bringing assets onchain, and progress since five years ago makes it impossible to be bearish. Bitcoin looks stronger than overstretched altcoins and has shaken off severe bad news; more chop or shakeouts could come before the market moves higher. x.comÂ
Ethereum's upside looks worth the bet because the payoff to its prior high is much larger than the downside, and buyers still respond to good news. There is roughly 16% down to $1,950 versus a little over 2x back to the prior all-time high. LIT caught a sharp bid around its US regulatory plans, and CHIP rallied 40% around a $1 million buyback; that response looks like a bull-market sign. x.comÂ
The US-Iran war, inflation fears and rising bond yields make Bitcoin's run to $100,000 much harder. A target that once seemed achievable now looks impossible in 2026. x.com x.comÂ
Bitcoin and crypto are showing bull-market resilience, holding up relatively well despite a stock pullback, the Iran war and plenty of macro uncertainty. GCR's rule is that it is a bull market when bad news fails to sink prices, and that kind of resilience is usually a bullish sign. The bull run still looks to be in its early stages. x.comÂ
Bitcoin should rally in a big, serious geopolitical conflict, and it appears to be doing so as the seriousness of the war with Iran sets in and no quick US climbdown looks likely. Iran has attacked 16 ships in the Gulf. x.com x.comÂ
Ether's price is falling while open interest rises, meaning leverage is building into the dump, a setup that tends to end badly for longs. x.comÂ
Crypto's Wild West reputation creates market inefficiencies and, therefore, great opportunity. It looks to have decoupled from stocks over the past year, though the risky narrative persists. x.comÂ
The pause in attacks until the November 3 midterms is the catalyst for the next leg up in risk assets, including bitcoin, US small caps and long-dated Treasuries. x.comÂ
The Iran war points to higher oil, higher inflation and higher rates, which mean lower gold and lower bitcoin. x.comÂ
Ethereum could be one of the best trades this year as it breaks a year-long downtrend amid complete disinterest. It reclaimed its 21- and 50-day moving averages and held them for a month while the stock market went through a historic drawdown. Many will likely call the move fake, but it doesn't look that way. x.comÂ