RyanTanaka

16:04

RyanTanaka

Tezos (XTZ) broke from the pack yet again today, outperforming most major coins despite today's downturn in the overall markets. - Fork-less upgrades and on-chain governance models on XTZ provide tangible solutions to a lot of the issues the crypto industry is going through right now, especially in DAOs. - Recession talks are getting more people into a savings...

19:30

RyanTanaka

Made a list of a few things for crypto holders to be optimistic about the recession/depression about to unfold in the global markets right now. - Crypto's market cap is less than 1% (possibly even less than 0.1%) of traditional stocks. If the stock market goes down, - Banks are taking their time raising interest rates on savings accounts while pushing mortgage...

RyanTanaka

In the last few days both Wall Street and Crypto has been going back and forth the 0% line, back and forth, back and forth. Is it the calm before the storm? The "decoupling" pattern continues.

08:43

RyanTanaka

After Friday's "decoupling" event, the markets have mostly stayed flat (it feels like there's a lot of confusion and uncertainty in the market as a whole right now) with a few exceptions - WAVES seems to be the big winner today, followed by AXS (Axie Infinity) and ADA (Cardano). XTZ (Tezos) had a very good week this week but at least for today, it seems to be in...

10:39

RyanTanaka

Along with the "decoupling" event that happened on Friday, Ethereum's announcement of the ETH2/Consensys/Merge coming up in August is likely to create some waves in the crypto space as the date approaches - not only will it affect the ETH ecosystem itself, there's a chance that it could have significant ripple effects on the tokens minted on top of it as...

RyanTanaka

The Ethereum Foundation announced a soft-deadline for the long-anticipated ETH2/Consensys/"Merge" - which will move ETH's current proof-of-work systems over to proof-of-stake. DeFi and finance people tend to prefer PoS over PoW as an economic engine since it's more similar to how the banking industry operates. It also had the added benefit of being more secure,...

09:26

RyanTanaka

On Friday the (currently volatile) stock market rallied a little, putting Wall Street somewhat at ease. But an interesting thing happened that day that never happened before - crypto assets actually went down, instead of up. If you're a crypto holder you're probably prefer to see the pattern reversed, but it's still an interesting pattern worth exploring further....

13:17

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Tezos continues to beat the markets (both in crypto and in fiat) as of this week, growing as much as 20% in the last 5 days while most other assets continues to slump. This growth is being driven by increased transactions and traction - particularly around the NFT marketplaces. A more detailed look at the history and growth potential of the chain. teia.surf...

07:29

RyanTanaka

As of this week, Tezos (XTZ) was one of the few coins that actually ended up in the green, showing a type of independent movement that has never been seen before. What's driving the excitement behind the project that caused people to buy the dip?

17:53

RyanTanaka

The more positive way of looking at LUNA, and other crypto disasters in general, is that these sorts of systemic problems eventually all get caught as the foundation falls underneath. In fiat, these sorts of issues get covered up, bailed-out, and hidden behind tools like quantitative easing as people get pushed out into the streets through inflation and housing...

11:41

RyanTanaka

Bear markets are often when long-term traders make their big moves - assets that seem to stabilize or even do well (MANA, MKR in the last few days) often show that a project has dedicated supporters and some legs to stand on during the "tough times". It's easy to make money during bull runs, but it's the projects that survive during bear markets that often lead to...

14:14

RyanTanaka

Detailed analysis shows that crypto usually outperforms the stock market, even during its "winter" phases. What are the patterns to look out for? (Real growth is often very subtle.)

15:48

RyanTanaka

A pretty rough week for the markets - especially crypto. The recent dips are a result of mainstream money (crypto curious, but not necessarily dedicated) leaving the space as a response to inflation woes and the Federal Reserve planning to increase interest rates over 2022. The US housing markets are also set to slow down as well, possibly leading to a recession...

16:41

RyanTanaka

An analysis of the recent dip in crypto (and stocks as a whole), similarities and differences from the 2017 rally (and crash), and how it might affect the trajectory of the crypto ecosystem as a whole. The money leaving the space currently is likely mostly from traditional investor types who probably saw the NFT/crypto craze in the media and got curious, but got...

19:56

RyanTanaka

The market is down right now but these are also good times to take a look at what might be the "next big thing". Had you got into the metaverse a year ago, you will most likely be up right now. Otherwise, you're probably in the red. (Yes, even Bitcoin and Ethereum.) The metaverse is this year's clear winner in terms of performance, and it's not too surprising...

RyanTanaka

Looking at the charts during downturns may not be as fun as looking at them during bull runs, but if you're a long-term trader it's important to keep tabs on how things are performing even when the prices are down. The pattern up until recently was that when stocks went up, so did crypto, and visa versa. The "volatility" of crypto assets often makes the prices go...

09:46

RyanTanaka

The metaverse (Decentraland especially) has a lot of hype behind it but the utility aspects of it is still underbuilt in its current form. Will it eventually get there? A look at a few things being worked on in the background during this bear market.

RyanTanaka

The recent news about Elon Musk (who is an avid fan of Dogecoin) buying Twitter sparked rumors of a possible rally around Dogecoin in the near future. On Apr 25th the coin climbed over 20% in price in one day. As the chart shows, however, DOGE quickly tanked shortly after its initial climb - which has mostly been the pattern of the coin in the last few years. The...