Is the Altcoin Season Over? A Data-Driven Analysis by Jason, CFA

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Is the Altcoin Season Over? A Data-Driven Analysis by Jason, CFA

Is the Altcoin Season Over? A Cold Hard Look at Crypto’s New Reality

The VC Exodus: Smart Money Left the Building

The first red flag? Venture capitalists aren’t just reducing exposure - they’re gone. Having analyzed fund flows for a decade, I’ve never seen such rapid departures. As one (formerly optimistic) VC told me last week: \“We were idiots not to just buy Bitcoin.\”

There are two types of departed VCs:

  1. The predators who always planned exit scams (looking at you, MOVE ecosystem)
  2. The true believers now nursing 60-90% losses on projects like Eigenlayer

Innovation Drought: When Memes Become Mainstream

The crypto space has moved from disruptive to… dull. Let’s face facts:

  • ICOs gave us Ethereum
  • DeFi birthed Uniswap
  • NFTs created new asset classes

This cycle? We got inscriptions - a technical footnote at best. Meanwhile, external innovations like CRCL’s payment solutions show where real disruption is happening.

Compliance is the New Innovation

Love it or hate it: No serious institutional money flows into non-compliant assets anymore. The next crypto unicorns might IPO on NASDAQ rather than issue tokens. This changes everything about valuation models.

Where Does That Leave Us?

My current framework for evaluating crypto assets:

  1. Does this appeal beyond crypto natives?
  2. Can institutions easily access it?
  3. Is there regulatory clarity?

That’s why my portfolio currently focuses on BTC, CRCL (compliant stablecoins), and selective plays like Hashkey’s HSK. Memes? Only Labubu passes the \“mainstream recognition\” test.

The game has changed. Play accordingly.

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## Altcoin का संजय दत्त मोमेंट!

VCs भाग रहे हैं, इनोवेशन सूख गया है, और अब तो मेम्स भी बोरिंग हो गए हैं! क्या यही है Altcoin का अंत?

## Bitcoin की वापसी

जैसा कि एक VC ने कहा - “हम बेवकूफ थे जो Bitcoin नहीं खरीदे!” अब सिर्फ BTC, CRCL और HSK ही बचे हैं जो पास हो पाएंगे “मेनस्ट्रीम टेस्ट”!

आपका क्या है इस पर विचार? क्या Altcoin का मौसम वाकई खत्म? कमेंट में बताइए!

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알트코인 시즌 끝났다?

내가 봤을 때 진짜 끝났어. VC들 다 도망갔고, 이제는 인스턴트 멘토처럼 보이는 인스크립션만 남았지.

“우리가 왜 비트코인 사지 않았을까?” 하는 말 들으면서도… 이젠 규제 따라가는 게 신규 혁신이래.

그래서 내 포트폴리오엔 BTC와 CRCL뿐. 랩버브루는 제외하고도 ‘메인스트림 인정’ 받은 유일한 멤이다.

너희는 어디에 투자해? 댓글로 공유해봐! 😂

#알트코인시즌 #비트코인 #크립토현실

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