The AI x Crypto Cycle
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- 🟠 Bitcoin smashes ETF record. Bitcoin ETFs did $10 billion in volume yesterday, in a volatile day of trading that took BTC to all-time highs.
- 🪱 Wormhole airdropping 617M tokens. Wormhole confirmed its token plans today, detailing a 6% airdrop and providing an eligibility checker.
- 🇪🇸 Spain going after Worldcoin. Spain is trying to block Worldcoin from operating there, ordering them to stop using data collected in the country.
📊 Nature is Healing. Crypto prices are back on the offensive after yesterday’s broad market pullback, with Bitcoin gaining steam to yet again position itself within reach of achieving new all-time highs!
For the past week, crypto markets had been signaling that prices were overextended and due for a correction, and yesterday’s leverage wipeout facilitated the much anticipated return to equilibrium. Should you take the opportunity to get long?
Read on for more market analysis + our favorite chart and tweet of the day 👇
| Prices as of 4pm ET | 24hr | 7d |
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Crypto $2.51T | ↗ 10.3% | ↗ 13.6% |
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BTC $67,283 | ↗ 7.7% | ↗ 11.5% |
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ETH $3,877 | ↗ 13.2% | ↗ 17.7% |
Every bull market cycle gets defined by the mania it incubated.
- 2013 was the “Proof of Work fork-and-fair-launch” era
- 2017 was the ICO mania
- 2021 was the NFT bubble
I’m calling it now: The 2024 cycle will be remembered as the AI x Crypto cycle.
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