Weak liquidity and insufficient buying pressure leave altcoins vulnerable to another liquidation wave. Many sit near support while selling pressure persists, so even a small selloff could trigger liquidations; a bounce is still possible, but the bottom is not convincing yet. A further major drop would offer better entries in bitcoin, ether, Pendle and Bittensor, whose long-term potential remains intact. x.com 

The era of buying Ether or Solana to make money looks over, as money circulates among smaller tokens while the majors stay flat. First Robinhood's chain and now Arc have drawn the flows. Even whether ETH and SOL are safe havens is debatable, since the top 100 shows these patterns will change. x.com 

Altcoins have a stronger cycle setup because the Fed’s balance sheet has been growing again after shrinking from 2023 to 2025, when alts lagged Bitcoin. Improving risk ratios point the same way. The outlook is not certain: the author assigns 50% odds to chop, 40% to outperformance and 10% to a decline. x.com  x.com  x.com  x.com  x.com 

Zcash and Hyperliquid could face less selling pressure because they have newer, stronger narratives than NEAR and fewer holders waiting to sell at breakeven. Their appeal this cycle rests on narrative and hype; they look like this cycle's Ether and Solana. x.com  x.com  x.com 

Bitcoin keeps falling and Ether even more so because liquidity is being sought and there is distress in the system. Strategy is a target for put options. x.com 

Bitcoin and ether’s resilience despite months of speculative capital being disintegrated may be a tell. They are the investments to hold or add, not trade. x.com  x.com 

Ethereum's ETF outflows look especially troubling relative to other major crypto assets. Weekly ETH ETF outflows of $320 million exceeded Bitcoin's $228 million and Solana's $25 million combined, per Ted Pillows. x.com 

Solana looks like last cycle's Ether, a laggard among the majors, because its inflation keeps diluting holders. Emissions run about $5 million a day at current prices and rise as price climbs, and even with the new proposals SOL would remain inflationary. Growth in onchain activity does not accrue value to the token, and SOL was the worst-performing major even as ETH moved up. Any upside from the proposals passing is a short-term trade to sell into. x.com  x.com 

ETH and ETH/BTC strength now, with ETH looking to rise to $2,600 on its own, is insanely bullish for altcoins, including Solana. ETH's wealth effect on alts is huge, and Solana's market cap is still dwarfed by ETH's. A rising ETH/BTC is basically an inverted bitcoin-dominance chart, building pressure after a half-decade alt bear market; when it breaks, the pumps will be biblical. Solana and Robinhood chain ecosystems look to have bottomed, barring a shock such as a BTC dump around FOMC. x.com 

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.com