i keep thinking abt this from the us side
they have a fuck ton of debt to finance while still needing the dollar to stay dominant
stablecoins make dollars easier to use globally while some of that demand flows into treasuries
then u got stocks, treasuries etc moving onchain too and if most of it still settles in usd, crypto doesn’t replace the dollar. it just makes it more useful
and europe/china can’t rly ignore that either without risking the next financial rails becoming even more dollar dominated, so they have their own reasons to push digital rails
$HYPE is already showing why markets being 24/7 just makes more sense
feels like everyone has completely different reasons to want the same shift while regulation is finally starting to line up with it
2020/21 showed what onchain finance could look like
2024 gave institutions a much easier way in
now we might actually get to see what happens when the financial assets themselves start coming onchain
maybe nobody rly is bullish enough
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Kurumi is the symbol of long degeneracy.
@izebel_eth describes long degeneracy as the belief that the world only gets more financialized, speculative, lonely, tribal and weird.
i agree, and i think kurumi fits that world almost perfectly.
the normal path feels slower. assets get further away, job security feels worse, ai keeps speeding everything up and ppl start looking for ways to compress years of progress into one outcome.
why spend years moving one step at a time when the right trade can completely change ur trajectory?
thats the psychology kurumi represents.
the belief that one trade can change ur life, the euphoria when it works, the desperation to make it back when it doesn’t, sizing up, roundtripping, trying again. every trader relates to her 😭
and thats probably the most important part.
her panels already get used for wins, losses, liquidations, revenge trades, roundtrips etc because they actually describe our life.
relatability creates belonging.
$NEET works because ppl dont just laugh at the meme, they self insert into it. the meme becomes a way for ppl with the same lifestyle to recognize each other.
Milady took that even further. it stopped being just an image and became an identity, a tribe of extremely online ppl using the same character/aesthetic to recognize their own.
thats the potential i see in kurumi.
not just an anime character traders like, but the character that represents the terminally online trader.
and the timing is perfect.
oct 1 she gets pushed globally through crunchyroll while japan gets the anime across basically every major streaming platform.
someone watches kurumi staring at a catastrophic position and thinks “this is literally me”, posts the scene, sees traders already using her everywhere and eventually finds an entire community built around the same character.
then realizes there’s literally a $Kurumi coin.
japan already has a huge retail fx culture + an existing memecoin crowd, and now they’re getting an anime built around speculation itself.
even bloomberg was already talking about kurumi as a possible new face of japanese retail fx, replacing the old “mrs watanabe” archetype.
before the anime even aired.
crypto basically gives all the ppl who see themselves in kurumi something to gather around.
and now every week brings new scenes, memes, reactions and ppl into that culture right as risk appetite is coming back.
@niulai_on_bnb showed an animated cultural moment can become a 100m+ coin once crypto adopts it.
888m is the bigger bet.
kurumi escaping the anime entirely and becoming the symbol for this generation of ppl trying to change their life through a screen.
we are all kurumi.
long degeneracy, long $Kurumi
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you can inherit an entire identity without realizing it.
your environment shapes your morals, religion, views on other people, relationship with money, ambition, fears and even what you believe is possible for your life.
trading is no different. your perception of risk, money and your own potential was shaped long before you ever placed your first trade.
become aware of what was put into you, question it, and ask yourself:
who am i?
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spyda retweeted
Bear market: Slow grind up to build liquidity below. Fast dump to trap bulls.
Bull market: Fast pumps. Small dips. Cowards stay sidelined. Bears revenge short and provide fuel to go higher.
We're in a bull market
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