I agree with you in terms of Bitcoin and major alts (esp ETH and Sol) but what about the other alts and shitcoins? I can't see institutions buying those.

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I also invested a little in altcoin and thought that making profit from it is as easy as previous cycles, but it is not. I realize that altcoins are having quite a hard time . Many people even predict that we will not have an altcoin season  , what do you think ?
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I think we will get an altcoin season but there's just SO MANY altcoins now and so many different narratives that it won't be as explosive as the last one. I hope I'm wrong of course!

I guess typical retail behaviour is to arrive late and be exit liquidity for the OGs!

I have a theory that retail may not ape in this cycle as much as they did in the last one.

Last bull run we had covid boredom (people sat at home with nothing to do) + a LOT of stimulus = a lot of new money flowing into crypto, especially alts.

This time we have the institutions of course, and I don't underestimate how big that could be for Bitcoin this cycle (although it could be more "slow and steady" than face-melting gains).

But it feels like retail are still licking their wounds from the last cycle and less likely to join the fun time round.

What do you think?

I think for BTC it doesn't really matter too much, but for alts we might not see the kind of returns everyone's expecting.

I've had an eye on Ondo, I certainly think it will do quite well.

A market cap over $1b makes me sceptical though. I know it could still go higher, but when you start getting to that size I feel I need to be 100% sure that the token will outperform SOL, or even BTC. Bitcoin might not do many more Xs from here Sol probably will so why take the risk on $1b+ coins that may not even beat Sol?

I'm not a Sol maxi btw. I tend to choose only a small number of the top coins then I look waaaaay down the list at the micro caps where I think I can get 100x return. The middle ground for me just isn't worth it.

Try on pancakeswap and exchange for USDT. That will work if there's a little of liquidity on there.

People aren't really "using" bitcoin and probably never will. As a currency it sucks, but long-term holding as a store of value is where it excels. Everyone should be aiming to just hold a as much as they can afford for as long as possible.

I'm in UK and we definitely know how divisive Trump is.

Having battled so long against the anti-crypto regime it's just refreshing to see a Presidential candidate attend an actual Bitcoin event. His promises for crypto are worthless and will probably lead to nothing, but even if he is very "pro-bitcoin" president, it won't kill bitcoin. Money is now flowing in from institutions, pensions etc making it a protected asset.

There is something we can do my friend - hold Bitcoin! 

To be fair, holding just about any asset (other than fiat currency) will do the job, but some assets will move much faster than others. I choose to hold BTC and some tech stocks as the fastest moving horses in the race against debasement.

If you mean shorter-term weakening of the dollar then it'll happen later this year. However, if you mean the TOTAL collapse of the dollar then probably won't happen for a long time (decades). It's inevitable that it WILL happen due to money printing and debasement, but it will play out of a very long period of time and suddenly it will collapse as the world loses confidence in it a reserve currency.

Things already looking shaky in the US. Stocks have been hammered this year (if the exclude the magnificent 7). Even without China/Taiwan rate cuts are coming, which means money printing soon too.

Some believe the US already did a secret deal with China over Taiwan. If so it means it won't be a hue global issue and therefore less impactful on price. It could just be pure speculation though!