The more hate I get in my comments about a coin I like, the stronger my conviction
Has worked out so well so far for UNI / ENA / NEAR / ZEC
Was on a call recently and we chatted about this - consensus in crypto is quite a scary thing as there is no marginal bid outside of our circle esp once everyone is aligned. V different from TradFi land where there is a perpetual marginal buyer from passive flows like 401Ks, mutual funds, pension funds etc. so even tho the asset has reached “investable consensus” there’s still the next buyer
Crypto on the other hand… if you actually think back to a time when a trade became consensus, VERY OFTEN the local top came in shortly after and then a corrective wave came. Ofc the strong ones eventually goes on and make new highs - one good example for this is HYPE on every consensus that PERPS is the future and hype is the cleanest expression of that trade. It is, but it’s consensus, and outside of our circle there’s not much marginal bid (which will change in time ofc as the asset matures)
That’s why I like the non-consensus trades NOW because of where we are at in the current cycle. Any uptick in risk appetite and we get a reprice in valuations off the back of BTC/ETH/SOL beta + maybe some premium in uptick on fundamentals
Getting exposure to risk now > later, so i can focus on cutting instead of adding risk. Anw long winded way of saying consensus in crypto is not always a good thing