PLUS: We made a map that will walk you through the marketâs seasons, showing you where/when to allocate... October 31, 2024 | [Read Online]( ð¥ Your guide to the crypto market ðºï¸ We made a map that will walk you through the marketâs seasons, showing you where/when to allocate... mailto:?subject=Post%20from%20Milk%20Road&body=%F0%9F%A5%9B%20Your%20guide%20to%20the%20crypto%20market%20%F0%9F%97%BA%EF%B8%8F%3A%20We%20made%20a%20map%20that%20will%20walk%20you%20through%20the%20market%E2%80%99s%20seasons%2C%20showing%20you%20where%2Fwhen%20to%20allocate...%0A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fthemilkroad.beehiiv.com%2Fp%2Fyour-guide-to-the-crypto-market Today's edition is brought to you by [Clave]( â the all-in-one mobile smart wallet bridging DeFi and everyday finance. [Set up your Clave account in a flash!]( [breaker] GM. This is Milk Road. Happy Halloween [Bitcoin Whitepaper Day]( to those that celebrate! Hereâs what we got for you today: - âï¸ This map is your guide to the crypto market - âï¸ MicroStrategy is looking to 3x its $BTC holdings - ð¥Â PRO âWhere are we in the cycle?â indicators - ðï¸ The Milk Road Show: [Bitcoin Up Only: VanEckâs $3M Price Prediction & Saylorâs Plan to Buy $42B BTC w/ Zeneca]( - ðª Canary Capital files for a spot Solana ETF in the U.S.
[Prices as of 2:00PM ET. Click here for our Fear & Greed Index]( [breaker] THIS MAP IS YOUR GUIDE TO THE CRYPTO MARKET ðºï¸ Ever noticed how Google Maps wonât be able to pinpoint your exact location in built up areas with skyscrapers? The buildings block your GPS signal somehow, and your pinned location starts floating between city blocks. Same thing happens with the Business Cycle. The Business Cycle is like a Map for financial markets â but just like Google Maps in a big city â your position is never certain. See, global markets move in four year cycles of contraction and expansion, with each 12 month stretch representing a âseasonâ of sorts⦠And depending on what season youâre in, you should either be buying, selling, or holding specific assets. Whatâs cool is â these seasons are predictable. Theyâve been repeating over and over again for decades, and are driven by central bank monetary policy (which is publicly trackable). It works something like this⦠Letâs start with the Business Cycle trough: Economic growth slows â markets/businesses/households begin to struggle â central banks lower rates and hand money out to banks â this puts money back into everyoneâs pockets. (Whether through access to loans, or lowered interest payments on existing debt). Which takes us back up to the peak of the cycle: Growth picks up â thereâs more demand for goods â which causes prices to inflate â to battle inflation, central banks tighten rates â that pushes growth and market prices down again. (And the whole process repeats once again ð). Hereâs the trough and peak of the Business Cycle visualized:
[Source: Milk Road PRO]( âOk, but whatâre these âseasonsâ you speak of?â Hereâs how to characterize the seasons of the Business Cycle⦠Spring - A disinflationary boom: Inflation is falling due to the previous season's tightened monetary policy, while at the same time, growth begins to recover as the early stages of loosened monetary policy start to take effect. This is known as âearly-cycleâ and generally precedes the bottom in crypto markets. Summer - An inflationary boom: Central banks continue to loosen monetary policy which started in the Spring and the economy really starts to pick up, entering an expansion zone. Inflation begins to rise and near the end of this phase central banks begin taking their foot off the pedal (aka still printing money, but in smaller amounts). Fall - Stagflation: Growth peaks as central banks completely take their foot off the pedal and begin to tighten policy toward the end of this phase. Inflation continues to rise but its rate of increase slows down. This phase generally marks the top in crypto markets and would be considered âlate-cycleâ. Winter - A Deflationary Bust: Monetary policy is as tight as it gets, slowing down the economy and forcing growth into its contraction phase while sending inflation lower. Times are tough and in some cases, these slowdowns lead to recessions. Now, hereâs the key to leveraging this new found knowledge: Depending on what season weâre in, you should be allocated to different assets with different risk profiles. (E.g. Winter = risk-off, Summer = risk-on). Knowing this can save you a lot of potential pain (the kind of pain our intern [Raul]( is going to feel when winter hits and his [memecoin portfolio]( craters). Itâs a little lengthy to get into here â so weâve created a [free guide]( that will walk you through each season and the exact percentage allocations to make in each. So you can buy (and sell) the right assets, at the right times, with a solid level of confidence. Just click below â leave your email â and weâll send you the full guide ð [GET FREE GUIDE]( [TIRED OF TERRIBLE UX?]( Meet [Clave]( - the all-in-one mobile smart wallet bridging DeFi and everyday finance. ð Whether you're a DeFi wizard or just starting your journey, Clave makes crypto management smooth and fun for everyone. Hereâs why Clave is about to change your financial game: - Fort Knox in Your Pocket : Get hardware-level security without seed phrases! ð - Your Crypto, Your Rules: Self-custodial wallet for your digital treasures. 𫵠- One-Click Access to DeFi: No more complex UX to earn yield. â¡ - Crypto Debit Card: Spend your crypto in the real world! ð Ready to level up your crypto game? [Create your Clave account in seconds]( â±ï¸â¨ [breaker] MICROSTRATEGY IS LOOKING TO 3X ITS $BTC HOLDINGS ð§ The Sun is hot, water is wet, and MicroStrategy ($MSTR) is buying more [Bitcoin](. So whyâre we talking about it (again)? âCause this time MicroStrategy is planning to buy 42 (four-tee-two) billion dollars worth of Bitcoin over the next three years. Hereâs some further context thatâll make you go âOh damn, Saylorâs redefining âbullishâ with this oneâ: - So far, in total, $MSTR has invested $9.9B into Bitcoin, this investment will more than 4x that figure. - MicroStrategy is currently valued at $50.11B, which means this investment represents 83.81% of $MSTRâs current market cap. - If the $42B purchase was made today, it would add an additional 583,333 $BTC to $MSTRâs bags (more than tripling its current total holdings of 252,220) - And such a purchase would gobble up ~3% of the total Bitcoin circulating supply Ok, so where the hell is Saylor getting this money? (Whoâs gonna lend $42B to a company thatâs worth $50B??). MicroStrategy shareholders. Thatâs the plan at least. $MSTR is planning to create/sell $21B worth of new shares, and a further $21B of interest yielding IOUs (aka: fixed income securities) over three years. Why would shareholders fork over that sort of money? Cause itâs been yielding results for them so far:
[Source: TradingView]( Bravo Michael, bravo. ð P.S. Want more on $MSTRâs upcoming $42B purchase? [Zeneca]( joined us on todayâs episode of [The Milk Road Show]( to talk about $MSTRâs Bitcoin strategy, and more! Click below to watch it now ð [YouTube]( | [Spotify]( | [Apple Podcasts]( [breaker] PRO âWHERE ARE WE IN THE CYCLE?â INDICATORS ð¤Â You know that Business Cycle indicator we featured in our first article? Want to see exactly what season weâre in, and where you should be allocated? We update you here, in this section â every dang Thursday. So you know where you should be allocated at all times ð«¡ð¤ The goal is to spot the bull market peak before the inevitable bear market hits your bags hard. Since timing the top perfectly is almost impossible, we use various indicators to give us a better shot at taking profits before it's too late. Below are the 6 indicators we track, with a color-coded system to show how close they are to signalling the market peak: ð¢ Plenty of room to run ð ð¡ Getting closer to the top signal, but havenât yet reached the mark â ï¸ ð´ Weâve hit the market top indicator ð¨ Every Thursday, we update these 6 indicators exclusively for PRO members. Our advice? Don't wait for all of them to hit ð´. It's better to take profits as they get closer to that point. Let's dive in and see if we're anywhere near the top of this bull market. ð [Paywall]( GO PRO AND UNLOCK: - Full access to the 5 bull market peak indicators above to help you spot the bull market top before itâs too late - Full access to the [Milk Road PRO Portfolio]( ð - NEW: Our yield strategies ð - Weekly reports that will help you invest successfully in crypto ð° - Access to the PRO Community, where the Milk Road crew & 100s of fellow PROs talk crypto ð« - 50% OFF the [Crypto Investing Masterclass]( [GO PRO TODAY]( PRO REVIEW OF THE WEEK [breaker] BITE-SIZED COOKIES FOR THE ROAD ðª [Unlock Prime offers exclusive perks like $ETH rewards, premium event management tools for side events, and more.]( It's designed to enhance onchain creative projects with advanced features and partner discounts, all built on Unlock Protocol by the team at Unlock Labs.* [Canary Capital has filed to launch a spot Solana ETF in the United States.](How do we know about this story? âCause [Chevy]( wouldnât shut up about it all morning. But as we keep reminding him: If (IF!) it gets approved, itâs going to take a hot minute. [This guy claimed to be Satoshi â held a $500 per ticket event â then when the moment for his âbig revealâ came, claimed his laptop wasnât working.](Did he learn nothing from Craig Wright?? Everyone point and laugh! [Digital asset wealth platform, Nexo, gets a glow up.](A new website and revamped user-interface, helping to attract both retail and institutional investors from across more than 200 jurisdictions? Hell yeah. [Navigate gives you full control to own and profit from your data in the age of AI and DePIN.](Revolutionize your data ownership with a decentralized future built for privacy, profit, and innovation at NVG8.io.* *this is sponsored content [breaker] MILKY MEMES ð¤£
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