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@MaksimXBT Yep. Same number, totally different market context.

@Altcoinbuzzio 60% dominance doesn't mean the same in a bear market as it does in a bull run

Bitcoin dominance broke 60% this week, 60.66% as of today. First clean break of an eight-month accumulation range. $ETH against $BTC hit fresh yearly lows. Altcoin Season Index at 39/100. Outperformance in this regime is a name-picker's market, not a sector trade.

@cexscan Yeah, that’s usually the part that decides whether a network sticks around. Launches and milestones get attention, but real apps and actual usage are what change the conversation long term.

@Altcoinbuzzio We'll see if any actual dev activity follows this pump, or if it's just another self-contained loop. Plenty of noise, but the real test is always on-chain volume.

Pi Network Protocol 23 activated this week Smart contracts on mainnet Native DEX PiDex launched 421K active nodes 10B+ $PI migrated Five years of testnet now meet the only test that matters, whether developers ship ANYTHING on $PI.

@gogecccc People still follow it when big firms start putting actual allocations on paper. Even if markets ignore it short term, it usually gets attention eventually.

@Altcoinbuzzio Are u buying the dips 😅😅who still following this 😅😅

Asset manager T. Rowe Price filed its TKNZ active crypto ETF April 27 Proposed weights: 42.83% $BTC, 19.09% $ETH, 10.56% $XRP, 7.93% $SOL 11 more eligible names: $LINK, $HBAR, $ADA, $SUI, others They picked the crypto hierarchy, not an index.

@cexscan Yeah, feels like they’re trying to define what “institutional crypto” looks like before the market fully agrees on it.

@Altcoinbuzzio Interesting to see them trying to play kingmaker with their allocations. Wonder if the market cares more than they think it does when daddy T. Rowe speaks.

@ThisRikka Feels more like different risk appetites than a clear right or wrong call right now. BTC still looks like the common ground though.

@Altcoinbuzzio ngl seeing goldman cut eth 70% while T Rowe still gives it 19% is wild divergence whose conviction are u betting on here?

Two crypto filings, one hierarchy. Goldman Q1 13F: $700M bitcoin held Ether cut 70% XRP and Solana ETFs zeroed T. Rowe Price's TKNZ crypto ETF: 42.8% $BTC 19.1% $ETH 10.6% $XRP 7.9% $SOL Alignment on crypto hierarchy is becoming an institutional norm.

At 60.66% bitcoin dominance and Altcoin Season Index at 39, the next altcoin rotation is a triage, not a tide. Goldman's Q1 13F is the triage in motion: $700M bitcoin kept, XRP and Solana ETF positions zeroed.

Italy's largest bank just opened its first-ever Ethereum position. Goldman cut $ETH 70% the same quarter. Same 90 days, opposite bets. Neither filing prices the custody risk. Our next video does.

@cexscan Yeah, not the calmest week for extra supply to hit the market. Gonna be interesting seeing how traders react with NVDA and FOMC both in the mix.

@Altcoinbuzzio Yikes, that's a lot of new paper hitting the market right into NVDA earnings. Hope someone's got their finger on the sell button.

Two unlocks land on May 20 $ZRO releases 25.71M tokens $32.55M at current prices 2.6% of total supply $KAITO releases 17.6M tokens $8.58M 4.7% of released supply Roughly $41M of new float lands inside the FOMC-NVDA macro window.

@Tradera_Edge That’s pretty much the pattern so far. Institutions may explore different sectors, but BTC still looks like the core position they size around first.

This is the signal inside the noise. Institutions can experiment with narratives, but when it comes to real balance sheet exposure, they keep choosing Bitcoin first. $BTC remains the institutional base layer. Everything else still has to prove staying power. Never chase the hype. Never trade from FOMO. Follow the data, structure, and capital flows.

Goldman Sachs filed 13F on May 15 $XRP and $SOL ETF positions sold to zero $ETH ETF cut roughly 70% to $114M $BTC ETF held near $700M across BlackRock and Fidelity The bank kept bitcoin and exited everything else.

@cexscan Bitcoin still seems to be the comfort zone for a lot of institutions once markets get shaky. Everything else usually gets treated as higher-beta exposure.

@Altcoinbuzzio Just goes to show who's really playing the long game here. Institutions only care about the btc bid once the dust settles.

Pyth Network unlocked 2.13B $PYTH on May 19, roughly $92M at current prices. The release expanded circulating supply by about 37% in a single event. Allocations split between ecosystem growth, publisher rewards, private sales, and protocol development.

@ZIGChain This is what real adoption looks like 👏

BREAKING: $20M in solana:EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v is now deployed across the ZIGChain ecosystem, with stablecoin capital accounting for over 50% of the TVL. That composition matters as much as the number. Not idle capital, not token emissions BUT capital hard at work funding private credit, PayFi, and invoice factoring to generate real-world yield powered by ethereum:0xb2617246d0c6c0087f18703d576831899ca94f01 Markets and accessible to everyone with zero minimums on @Valdora_finance, @NawaFinance, @defaprimitive, and @PermaPod_xyz. This is what onchain finance looks like when real economic activity meets distribution. Nothing compounds alone.

Wednesday May 20 stacks four events 1) The April 28-29 FOMC minutes drop 2pm ET 2) NVIDIA Q1 FY27 earnings after the bell 3) $ZRO unlocks $33M 4) $KAITO unlocks $8M into the same window Altcoin volume rarely thrives on macro-volatility days.

@ScamcoinSPL Fair cynicism, But that’s also where the industry seems to be heading less “outside the system forever,” more fighting over what the rules look like once crypto is inside it

@Altcoinbuzzio bipartisan support for pretending this industry is normal

Two altcoin founders backed CLARITY. Charles Hoskinson of Cardano $ADA: 'massive substantial improvement.' Brad Garlinghouse of Ripple $XRP: waiting for perfect legislation 'could slow progress.' Senate Banking: 15-9 bipartisan. Cross-camp founder alignment on US policy is rare.