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What happened to crypto this week??
Discover how the smart money stays calm and capitalizes during market mayhem
The Phenom Crypto Letter
Welcome to the Phenom Crypto Letter, a free weekly newsletter from Phenom Ventures. Every Thursday we bring you the latest news, cutting-edge trends, and exclusive alpha alerts curated by the team at Phenom Ventures.
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It’s been a wild week. An overnight BTC plunge to nearly $60,000 trails the second straight day of bitcoin ETFs hemorrhaging funds, shedding a record $326 million. The last time ETFs bled consecutively was in late January, spearheaded by the GBTC exodus. However, recent days saw GBTC sales overpower inflows into top IBIT and FBTC funds from Blackrock and Fidelity. The spot market nosedived around -17% from peak to trough—a relatively normal dip in historical bull market terms. Meanwhile, Ethereum observers are grappling with "breaking news" from three weeks ago—a cryptic notice on the Ethereum Foundation's GitHub hinting at a confidential information request from a "state authority." Interpretations abound, but coherence is scarce on crypto twitter.
Here’s what we’ve got for you this week:
Crypto’s crashing. What do I do?
Blackrock files for a tokenization ETF.
Vegas Sphere gets the meme treatment.
Eric discusses gold/crypto strategy on Real Vision
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Market Rundown
Phenom Ventures Founder on Real Vision™️
Eric talks with Real Vision on investing in crypto and gold.
Crypto Corrections: How to React
Crypto’s been a bloodbath this week. BTC, ETH, all down by 10% plus. Altcoins? Took a nosedive, 20%-30% gone. NFTs and those beloved memecoins? Slaughtered, 10%-40% off. Tables flipped.
But these drawdowns can be scary but they area a great opportunity to take a step back and evaluate. Here are a few questions I ask during these corrections:
Did my thesis on this change, or just the price? Take tech giants like Google, Amazon, Facebook—stellar businesses, but their prices have tanked before (Facebook nosedived 70% in 2022). Does that make them worth less? Nope. If my investment thesis in a crypto project hasn’t changed I double down and add to my position.
Am I just passing through, or am I here to stay? Crypto’s like Miami in spring—swarmed with tourists when it’s sunny (aka prices soaring). Storm hits (prices tank), and poof, they’re gone. Locals, though? We ride the waves, through every season. If you are a crypto local take a broad view and ignore the volatility.
Is this a crypto crash or a clearance sale? Love this meme—when the market’s hot, we’re kicking ourselves for not buying more on the cheap. Then it crashes, and we’re too freaked to snatch up the bargains. Most freak out; the legends see a fire sale.
BlockBuzz™️
Quick Hitters from the week
AI Tokens Buck the Volatile Market Trend: Show gains amid broader cryptocurrency market fluctuations.
Solana Overtakes Ethereum in DEX Volume: Boosted by the meme coin craze and superior capital efficiency.
Giant Pension Fund Considers Bitcoin: World's largest pension fund eyes bitcoin for its investment portfolio.
Fidelity Updates Ethereum ETF for Staking: Amends its spot Ethereum ETF proposal to incorporate staking benefits.
Standard Chartered's Bullish Bitcoin Outlook: Forecasts a year-end BTC price of $150K, with a potential rise to $250K by 2025 and significant inflows expected from an imminent ether ETF.
Base Network's Transaction Boom Post-Dencun Upgrade: Experiences a significant uptick in transactions and user base.
Lengthy Prison Term Looms for Sam Bankman-Fried: US prosecutors push for extensive jail time, with sentencing scheduled for late March.
Vegas-Style Publicity Stunt Warning for Memecoins: A cautionary note on the fleeting appeal of high-profile crypto advertising campaigns.
The Twitterverse
A collection of the most interesting stuff on Crypto Twitter this week
Meme coins like $NORMIE are starting to explode. Check this thread out on how to find meme coins on Base chain.
The @base memecoin for the $NORMIE is up over 500% in the past week
But how do you research Base memecoins?
Let us show you how using @NormieBase as an example. This is a basic workflow, covering indicators to look out for and how to find interesting addresses
Let's begin...
— Nansen 🧭 (@nansen_ai)
2:44 PM • Mar 20, 2024
Michael Saylor now owns 1% of all Bitcoin 🤯 All Hail Bitcoin Jesus
MicroStrategy has acquired an additional 9,245 BTC for ~$623.0M using proceeds from convertible notes & excess cash for ~$67,382 per #bitcoin. As of 3/18/24, $MSTR hodls 214,246 $BTC acquired for ~$7.53B at average price of $35,160 per bitcoin.
— Michael Saylor⚡️ (@saylor)
12:13 PM • Mar 19, 2024
ETH to the MOON
ETH at $3k is a hilariously easy bet. Worst case here is you stomach a few months of volatility to make 100-200% in a year or so
Best case is that was the bottom and it rips to $40k during a multi year super cycle as ETF approved in May and Blackrock tokenizes everything
— STΞPHΞN 🌾 (@0xmagiclines)
2:52 PM • Mar 20, 2024
RWA season incoming…
JUST IN: @BlackRock to launch tokenized investment fund with Securitize
#RWA Season loading...
$RSR $RIO $PROPC $MPL $CFG $ONDO $TOKEN $CPOOL $OM $LEOX
— Altcoinist.com (@Altcoinist_com)
7:36 PM • Mar 19, 2024
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