(Friday) Bitcoin and cryptocurrency update

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Latest Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Cryptocurrency news and trends. We take a look at the key events affecting the blockchain sector and review market movements. Combining both fundamental analysis and tech...

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Here's a summary of the latest Bitcoin and cryptocurrency update:

This video dives deep into the current crypto market, highlighting the overwhelmingly bullish sentiment driven by strong fundamental growth and massive new user adoption. It covers recent market movements, analyzes Coinbase's impressive Q1 earnings report, and explores various altcoin trends and emerging projects, emphasizing the rapid pace of innovation and the unique opportunities within the space.

Here are the key topics and insights from the video:

* Overall Market Sentiment: The market is currently bouncing back strong after a "mini scare" dip. The presenter is "super bullish," noting that while it feels like a peak is approaching, the market's "furiousness" of growth is likely yet to be fully seen. This cycle is different from 2017, with stronger and stronger support during dips, indicating aggressive buying.
* Shifting Perspective on Coins: There's a conscious move away from tribalism in the crypto space. Instead of judging individual coins like XRP or Cardano, the presenter is now "happy for everyone" to invest in what they believe in, seeing it as the beauty of a free market where personal conviction leads to gains or losses.
* Altcoin Season in Full Swing: Data from the "rainbow chart" confirms the market is in the "height of the altcoin season." While this can lead to "insane" triple-digit gains (like a coin doubling overnight), the presenter is cautiously eyeing the market. There's an expectation of one to two more weeks of "insanity" before potentially shifting back to a Bitcoin season.
* Scam Indicator and Market Caution: A concerning sign of market greed is the rise in scams, particularly people sending funds to fake presale addresses. This indicates a lack of due diligence among new participants, which the presenter uses as a "barometer" for caution. He stresses the importance of doing your own research to avoid such pitfalls.
* Bitcoin's Price Action: Bitcoin is currently trapped below strong resistance at $60,000-$61,000. Despite multiple attempts to break through, it keeps getting "bounced off." However, the support at the 21-day moving average (around $56,000) is "very strong," with buyers eagerly accumulating at these levels. This strong support is a positive sign for continued growth.
* Fiat vs. Crypto Narrative: A significant driver for Bitcoin's continued interest, even at high prices, is the "normies" (general public) "freaking out" about fiat currency losing value due to excessive money printing. Bitcoin is seen as a hedge, especially in the context of a "K-shaped recovery" where the wealthy (who hold assets like crypto and gold) get richer, while the working class falls behind.
* Coinbase Q1 Earnings Report (Bullish Signal): Coinbase's public listing data reveals staggering growth:
* 56 million verified users (a significant percentage, especially if 20% are U.S. based).
* 6.1 million monthly transacting users (over 10% of total users are active).
* $1.8 billion in net revenue for Q1, surpassing last year's total revenue. These numbers are "insane" and are seen as a strong fundamental indicator of crypto's explosive growth and mainstream adoption.
* Ethereum's Strong Support: Ethereum is facing strong resistance at $2100, having bounced off it twice this week. Yet, like Bitcoin, it recovers very quickly, indicating "super strong" support and "very strong hands" among buyers who are not easily shaken by dips.
* Crypto Billionaires on Forbes List: The Forbes 2021 list features three times as many crypto figures as last year, including new entrants like Sam Bankman-Fried and familiar names like the Winklevoss twins, Michael Saylor, and Brian Armstrong. This highlights that "the people who believed in Bitcoin and stuck with it and built around it, they are the winners."
* Career in Crypto: The presenter encourages people to consider dedicating their careers to crypto, sharing his own experience of quitting his job three years ago. He believes if you "bring value to this space, value will find you too," emphasizing that building something significant can be "life-changing."
* BNB vs. ETH Liquidity Pools & Impermanent Loss: The risk of impermanent loss in liquidity pools (like Uniswap vs. PancakeSwap) primarily depends on the specific coin pair's volatility, not inherently on the chain itself. While Uniswap (Ethereum) generally has larger, slower-moving pools, PancakeSwap (Binance Smart Chain) is where a lot of new, potentially more volatile coins are emerging.
* Ledger Data Breach Lawsuit: A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Ledger and Shopify due to a data breach that exposed customer emails and home addresses, leading to "threatening emails." This was an "inexcusable breach of data" that Ledger should have prevented by deleting user data.
* Robinhood's Crypto Growth: Robinhood reported 9.5 million people traded crypto on its platform in Q1, a 458% increase from Q4 2020. This further confirms the "insane" growth in new users entering the crypto space.
* BitMEX Legal Troubles: BitMEX's founder, Arthur Hayes, surrendered and was released on a $10 million bond. This is a landmark case for the industry, as it will determine the regulatory consequences for exchanges that didn't register like traditional financial entities. A small fine could encourage more aggressive, unregulated growth.
* Peter Thiel's "Chinese Financial Weapon" Comment: Peter Thiel's statement calling Bitcoin a "Chinese financial weapon" is seen as "epic trolling." The presenter views Bitcoin not as a weapon for governments, but as a "weapon for the citizens to use against the governments," offering a decentralized alternative to fiat money printing.
* Exchange Token Rally: Exchange tokens like Binance Coin (BNB) are rallying, partly due to the hype around the Coinbase IPO and partly due to the explosive growth of Binance Smart Chain (BSC). BSC has reached a critical mass where users attract projects and projects attract more users, creating a continuous growth cycle.
* Ripple Lawsuit Update: A new petition asks SEC Chair nominee Gary Gensler to drop the Ripple lawsuit. However, the presenter believes this case will take "years" to resolve, acting as a "landmark case" for determining whether various altcoins are securities.
* Massive Tether Deposits on Exchanges: Recent data shows a huge inflow of Tether (USDT) into crypto exchanges. This is generally a "very good sign" that investors are moving stablecoins to buy other crypto assets. While some are concerned about Tether's backing and the sheer volume printed ($31 billion in the last year), the presenter is "not too worried" but notes the debate about whether this is a sign of investor influx or just more printing.
* New Project Launches and Opportunities:
* Saito: An "aggressive" project launching on Polkastarter, it's an entire blockchain with a new consensus mechanism, aiming to incentivize open networks economically.
* TrustSwap: Acquiring a major app with 1.5 million users (iOS/Android), indicating aggressive growth and expansion plans.
* Genesis Shards: Running a "secret letter campaign" to gamify community building and engagement.
* Paraswap: Offers swaps that are "10% cheaper than Uniswap" due to heavy optimization.
* NFTs (Polkamon & CryptoPunks):
* Polkamon ($PMON): A play-to-earn NFT game where you buy booster packs for $37 a piece to get NFT monsters, with a chance of finding rare "dragons." The presenter's live pack opening yielded "poop" (two sheep and a donkey), highlighting the luck involved.
* CryptoPunks: Christie's auctioning "super rare" CryptoPunks, following their $69 million Beeple NFT sale. The presenter notes the "insanity" of paying so much for JPEGs but acknowledges that a niche market of "extremely wealthy" VIP clients exists for collectibles, driving such high prices. He sees potential for disruption in this high-fee art auction market by crypto platforms.
* Yield Farming with Wing Finance (Actionable Takeaway): Wing Finance offers attractive APYs on wrapped Bitcoin (wBTC) and stablecoins, which the presenter actively uses.
* wBTC on Ontology: Deposit wBTC on the Ontology-based Wing Flash Pool for around 30% APY. More advanced users can "fold" by collateralizing wBTC, loaning USDT, and then supplying that USDT to another pool to boost effective APY, potentially reaching 100%+ for stablecoins.
* Risks: The primary risks are stablecoins losing their peg (e.g., USDT going to zero) or smart contract exploits. Diversifying across platforms is advised.
* Ethereum Wing Platform: A newer platform on Ethereum also offers rewards on ETH and wBTC, though APYs have decreased as more capital enters.
* Bill Hwang's $20 Billion Loss (Surprising Insight): The Archegos Capital blow-up, where Bill Hwang lost $20 billion in two days, highlights the high risks of traditional leveraged stock market trading. The presenter found it "funny" that Hwang's 70% average annual return on leveraged trading was "still less than farming in crypto" on stablecoins with "very little risk of impermanent loss" and no leverage. This underscores the insane profitability and relatively lower risk (if done carefully) of certain crypto yield farming strategies compared to traditional finance.
* Altcoin Exit Strategy: The presenter's current altcoin strategy is not to sell everything, as altcoins can "surprise you" and continue to grow aggressively. He's considering a "20-30% exit" to lock in some profits and then potentially re-invest in new projects, remaining bullish due to the massive influx of new users and potential for further growth.
* Woo Token: The Woo token (WOO) was a successful early investment for the presenter, an example of a project that launched without much fanfare and then "exploded" due to active development and community engagement.

Transcript

time let's see right so we're officially live and welcome back guys so welcome back to another episode of box mining where we talk about everything that's happening in the cryptocurrency scene bitcoin ethereum crypto and a lot actually has to do with a lot of data this week so we had the coinbase q1 earnings report we had a lot of data like the number of users revenue generated by the users it's an insane amount of analysis and it's looking super positive right now for crypto like the amount of...