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Wolf Of All Streets worries about a world where Bitcoin hits $1M: Hall of Flame
Scott Melker is the host of The Wolf Of All Streets Podcast and author of The Wolf Den newsletter.
“If I tweeted about a small cap [crypto] of some sort right now, the price would probably change by like 50%,” says Scott Melker, better known to his 904,800 Twitter followers as The Wolf Of All Streets.
Melker says he takes this responsibility seriously and won’t share tweets that might “impact the market” – but this makes Twitter “a lot more boring” from his end. In fact, Melker declares that Twitter “stopped being fun” when he reached 100,000 followers.
“That’s when I went through a phase of a real love-hate relationship with Twitter because that’s when I guess 10% of the people who respond to comments were trolling at any given time.”
All you can really post to 900,000 followers is “Bitcoin and inspirational quotes” because “everything else” will land you in hot water.
After graduating from Penn State University with an Anthropology degree in 1999, Melker tried his hand at a “million” other things — finding the most success in his 20-year stint as a DJ.
Shortly after finishing university, he also started his own magazine in Philadelphia called 101 Magazine, focusing on street culture and city vibes.
It caught the attention of a “huge” magazine called Frank 151, which acquired it, and Melker became the editor-in-chief of both.
During that time, he had the opportunity to attend “insane” parties and rub shoulders with legendary acts like the Wu-Tang Clan and Outcast.
The music industry led him to try crypto trading in the first place.
“I just happened to look into crypto because there was a bunch of DJs trading it,” he says.
He first started trading on the Gemini crypto exchange in 2016 and recalls buying Bitcoin to send it to another exchange, Bittrex, so he “could buy Ethereum and Ripple.” ETH was “under 20 bucks” back then, he notes in a cheeky humble brag.
Rather than some lofty higher purpose, he says the main attraction was making cold hard cash.
“I was really just trading, trying to make money to support a new family; it had nothing to do with what Bitcoin was or what the asset class was.”
What led to Twitter fame?
Melker initially started stacking up followers when he was “trading the market well” and posting about it on Twitter. At that point in time, his content was “100% charts and trades.”
However, Melker didn’t want his account to be based on trades because it’s “fickle.”
So, he transitioned toward a more holistic approach to his content within the crypto industry.
“I would love to tell you there was some strategy that I took to grow my account, but it was always just me doing whatever I enjoyed doing the most at any given time.”
Melker has observed a direct correlation between his follower growth and the performance of the crypto market.
During previous bull markets, he has experienced an insane influx of daily followers.
“There was a time when I was getting a hundred thousand [followers] in two months,” he says.
Melker used to “literally respond to everybody” who commented on his tweets or messaged him, but that ship has now sailed.
“That’s like a full-time job, and then you just get to the point where you literally can’t open all your DMs anymore,” he says.
But it’s best not to refer to him as an “influencer.”
“I hate the term influencer because, to me, I’m just a student of crypto, and it’s something I’m passionate about and want to learn more about.”
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What type of content do you do?
Melker’s content revolves around crypto news and keeping people up-to-date with what’s happening in the market.
He likes to share his take on what’s important, and “what’s kind of noise and not signal.”
“[My content includes] all the lessons that I’ve learned in my streams and podcasts, but I would say it’s generally educational/informational content about this market.”
Melker emphasizes the overwhelming pressure he faces whenever he decides to “fire off a tweet,” considering how many followers he has amassed on Twitter.
“Twitter is like a movie where you throw a grenade in a room and walk away, and there’s a huge explosion behind you. That’s how I feel every time I send a tweet now,” Melker says.
Extreme beef: Gary Gensler
Melker is not a fan of United States Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler.
He admits that his Twitter is filled with many “angry tweets against Gensler.”
“I literally contributed to aggressively getting #firegarygensler trending on Twitter,” he declares.
He explains that his problem with Gensler is his recent regulatory actions, which he perceives as a “massive overcorrection” targeting crypto firms.
He believes that it stems from a sense of embarrassment over the fact Gensler was meeting with Sam Bankman-Fried before the collapse of FTX and didn’t realize “he was a fraud.”
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Spicy beef: ZachXBT
ZachXBT, a pseudonymous on-chain researcher, accused Melker of pumping and dumping shit coins to his followers in 2021. It was a troubling time for Melker, who received threats and became the target of white-hot anger.
Melker vehemently refuted the claims and announced he would steer clear of tweeting about projects with small market caps altogether.
Melker says he doesn’t want his audience to get the wrong idea and prefers to focus on the educational stuff. He reiterates that he “was passionate” about trading altcoins, but says it can be difficult to navigate the boundaries of what you should and shouldn’t talk about as your following grows.
“You don’t just show up with 900,000 followers one day and understand what you can and cannot tweet about.”
Price predictions?
“There’s nothing that makes you look dumber than a price prediction,” Melker states. He should know, given he took an optimistic swing at predicting Ethereum would hit five figures in 2021.
However, he is bullish on Bitcoin hitting six figures in the next bull run.
“I think the next cycle would be somewhere between 100 (thousand) and 250 (thousand),” he declares.
But Melker believes that after that, the market will see another huge decline before it hits half a million.
“Then we drop down to 60 (thousand), and it’s boring forever. Then, we pop up to half a million, like we continue these four-year cycles.”
However, Melker doesn’t want “to live in a world where Bitcoin is a million dollars.”
“The faster it happens, the worse the world is,” Melker says.
“Because if Bitcoin goes to a million dollars. It means that everything else has exploded, including the United States dollar, and we’re living in some Mad Max dystopian future.”
“Where you and I are those guys without faces painted going to gas town, fighting off the enemies,” he describes, referring to the 2015 movie Mad Max: Fury Road.
But maybe in a couple of decades.
“I would like to see Bitcoin at a million dollars in 20 years, following reasonable cycles,” he adds.
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After an eventful and highly volatile trading week, bitcoin’s price movements calmed during the weekend, and the asset sits quietly at $63,000.
Most altcoins have also stalled on a daily scale, but the weekly timeframe shows some impressive gainers from the likes of TAO, SUI, APT, and others.
Bitcoin Stalls at $63K
The week started with a price decline that drove BTC from over $60,000 to under $58,000. More volatility was expected mid-week when the US Federal Reserve met to discuss lowering the interest rate. Once that meeting took place and the US central bank cut the rates by 0.5%, BTC went on a rollercoaster with several big moves.
However, the bulls prevailed after the fluctuations and pushed the cryptocurrency from under $59,500 to over $64,000 registered on Friday. It became bitcoin’s highest price tag in over three weeks.
Nevertheless, the asset failed to maintain its run and retraced by just over a grand. Since then, it has been predominantly trading sideways at around $63,000. Still, it’s up by 4.6% on a weekly scale, which has pushed its market capitalization to just over $1.240 trillion.
Its dominance over the alts, though, has declined by 1% in the past few days to 54% (on CG) after soaring to 55% earlier this week.
Top Gainers
As mentioned above, the week quite well for most crypto assets. Ethereum is up by 7% in this timeframe and sits close to $2,700 now. SOL has increased by a similar percentage and is up to $147. BNB (5.5%) is above $585, SHIB has soared by 6%, while AVAX has gained almost 10% and trades north of $27.
Nevertheless, the top gainers from the larger-cap alts are TAO (47%), SUI (37%), and APT (28%). As a result, TAO sits at $477, SUI is close to $1.5, and APT trades at $7.85.
The total crypto market cap has added over $100 billion since last Sunday and is up to $2.3 trillion on CG now.
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Global crypto exchange Bitget has announced a multi-million dollar partnership with iconic Spanish football league La Liga.
The company revealed the collaboration, which makes it La Liga’s official crypto partner, at the just concluded Token 2049 event in Singapore.
Strategic Partnership with Global Reach
In a statement released by Bitget on September 19, the Seychelles-based crypto exchange said the union is part of its attempts to gain a bigger foothold in Asia and Latin America, where football is hugely popular.
La Liga is home to some of the most successful football teams in the world, including Real Madrid and Barcelona, which boast hundreds of millions of fans worldwide. Games between the two, popularly known as “El Clasico,” are reportedly watched by upwards of 650 million people in over 180 countries.
The league also features some of the biggest stars in football, including Kylian Mbappé, Vinícius Jr., and Robert Lewandowski. With nearly 27 million followers between them on X alone, Bitget expects that its indirect association with such players gives it a massive platform to grow crypto adoption.
A recent report by Chainalysis shows that of the top 20 countries for crypto adoption, 13 come from the two regions Bitget is targeting. India, Indonesia, and Vietnam lead the charge among Asian countries, while Brazil, Venezuela, and Mexico are the highest-rated LATAM nations.
Interestingly, the same set of countries boast some of the most rabid football support, with a 2022 Nielsen survey on the state of world football showing Vietnam, Indonesia, and Thailand having some of the highest percentages of people interested in football in Asia.
Driving Crypto Adoption in Emerging Markets
The deal, reportedly valued at millions of dollars, is set to last for up to three years. It is part of Bitget’s commitment to growing crypto awareness through sports, aligning with its “Make It Count” philosophy.
By teaming up with La Liga, the company is looking to bring Web3 solutions to millions of football fans globally, especially in Asia and Latin America, where both organizations see significant potential.
Gracy Chen, Bitget’s CEO, echoed the sentiments, highlighting the growing connection between crypto and sports.
“Our partnership with La Liga is more than just a sponsorship. It’s about accelerating crypto adoption within sports and creating exciting opportunities for fans and athletes alike. We see sports as a powerful avenue to spread awareness about Web3 and blockchain technology,”
Backing up Bitget’s foray into sports, a recent report from Doors3 indicates that 75% of sports fans are eager for more personalized and privileged experiences, which technologies like Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) can offer.
Such innovations, some of which LaLiga has previously adopted, are transforming how supporters engage with their favorite teams, by offering virtual interactions, voting rights on club matters, as well as exclusive digital content.
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TL;DR
- Santiment ranked Oasis Network (ROSE) as the top AI cryptocurrency in development activity.
- Despite its 80% price rally over the past month, Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (FET) did not make the list.
The Leaderboard
Artificial Intelligence (AI) cryptocurrencies have been quite trendy lately due to the rising prices of many of the tokens encompassing that niche. The crypto analytics platform Santiment recently ranked the top 10 such assets in terms of monthly development activity, and in the following lines, we will present the results.
Oasis Network (ROSE) took first place with a score of 85.07. Near Protocol (NEAR), the largest AI-related cryptocurrency by market capitalization, occupied the second place. It is worth mentioning that the coin topped the previous ranking.
The Graph follows next in third place, whereas Oraichain (ORAI) and Bittensor (TAO) are fourth and fifth, respectively.
The rest of the AI cryptocurrencies down the line include Ocean Protocol (OCEAN), Golem (GLM), Aleph.im (ALEPH), Masa (MASA), and iExec RLC (RLC).
To conduct its research, Santiment touches upon numerous factors, such as tracking GitHub commits and code activity for development insights, monitoring on-chain data and observing social media trends to gauge community and market perceptions.
Which One is Missing?
It is interesting to note that one of the largest AI cryptocurrencies, with a market cap of over $4 billion, did not make the list. This is the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (FET), which was formed by the merger of three major AI-related blockchain platforms: Fetch.ai, SingularityNET, and Ocean Protocol.
The asset’s price has been rallying lately, registering an 80% rise on a monthly scale. It currently trades at around $1.60 (per CoinGecko’s data), with some analysts envisioning much more substantial gains in the future.
Crypto Rover (a popular X user with over 800,000 followers), for instance, predicted FET could be “a great play this cycle,” seeing its price exploding to as high as $10 in the following months. Captain Faibik contributed, too, setting a midterm target of $3.90.
$FET Descending Broadening Wedge Upside Breakout is finally Confirmed..✅
Midterm Target : 3.90$#Crypto #FET #FETUSDT pic.twitter.com/QF4xkcVSWk
— Captain Faibik (@CryptoFaibik) September 20, 2024
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