Twenty One Capital Goes All-In: Bitcoin Exclusively Over Ethereum & Solana | US Crypto News

Move over altcoins—Twenty One Capital is putting its chips on black. The investment firm just announced a Bitcoin-only strategy, ditching Ethereum and Solana entirely. Here's why they're betting big on the OG crypto.

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No more hedging. No more "Web3 ecosystem" buzzwords. Twenty One Capital’s pivot screams conviction—or desperation, depending on which crypto Twitter troll you ask. Their thesis? Bitcoin’s scarcity and institutional adoption trump altcoin volatility. (Tell that to the Solana maxis.)

Blood in the Water?

The timing’s spicy. With Ethereum’s upgrade delays and Solana’s latest network hiccup, Bitcoin’s ‘digital gold’ narrative is back in vogue. Meanwhile, TradFi analysts are still trying to explain memecoins to their bosses.

One thing’s clear: In a market obsessed with shiny new tokens, Twenty One Capital just went full contrarian. Whether that’s genius or hubris? The charts will decide—right after this leveraged futures wipeout.

Crypto News of the Day: Twenty One Capital Snubs Ethereum and Solana Plans

Ethereum remains in the spotlight amid growing institutional adoption for the largest altcoin on market capitalization metrics.

The network has just turned 10 years old, and the industry is reflecting on its past, pondering its future, and understanding how a blockchain dream grew up.

As the world forays into the beginning of the next decade, corporate treasuries are rising. Standard Chartered predicts these financial resource managers will hold 10% of Ethereum’s supply. Notably, as of July 30, they hold just 1%.

As public companies ramp up their Ethereum holdings, Twenty One Capital chooses to buck the trend, sidestepping ETH and Solana (SOL) from its holdings. Instead, it will focus on Bitcoin (BTC), accelerating the Saylorization trend as indicated in a recent US Crypto News publication.

In an interview with Bloomberg, Strike founder and CEO of Twenty One Capital, James Mallers, revealed that the firm holds over 43,000 BTC and has $1.3 billion in unrealized gains.

The Bitcoin maxi also highlighted the firm’s plan to pioneer a new way to evaluate asset growth .

“We’re not trying to beat the S&P in dollar terms. We want to outperform in bitcoin terms—this is the sovereign monetary network we’re betting on,” Mallers said in an interview.

Against this backdrop, Mallers articulated that Twenty One Capital will not touch Ethereum or Solana, calling Bitcoin the new sovereign currency and not a tech stock. Focusing on BTC, neither Ethereum, Solana, nor other smart contract chains have a place in Twenty One Capital’s portfolio strategy.

For Mallers, holding ETH or SOL WOULD betray the company’s founding principles.

“We’re not allocating to ETH or SOL. That’s not our philosophy. Bitcoin is not a tech stock. It’s a sovereign monetary asset. This isn’t about yield farming or L2 TPS metrics. It’s about money,” he said.

Why Twenty One Capital Won’t Touch Altcoins

Mallers went further, drawing a line in the SAND between monetary networks and what he sees as speculative tech platforms masquerading as currencies.

While some asset managers see diversification as essential, Mallers insists that Bitcoin is the most diversified asset in history because it transcends borders, regimes, and counterparty risk.

“We’re building exposure to a global monetary system—not buying into protocol upgrades or new tokenomics,” Mallers said.

He argued that Ethereum’s constant technical evolutions, like The Merge or the Pectra upgrade, turn it into another tech cycle.

Ethereum Dismissed, But Its Builders Keep Building

While Jack Mallers dismisses Ethereum and solana as “tech stocks” unfit for sovereign-grade money, some in the ecosystem still focus on Ethereum’s role as the backbone of decentralized infrastructure.

Alon Muroch, co-founder of SSV Labs and Core contributor to the SSV Network, offered a contrasting long-term vision.

“By 2035, Ethereum could power billions of daily transactions, integrating quantum-resistant cryptography and AI-driven smart contracts to create the foundations for the open digital economy,” Muroch said in a statement to BeInCrypto

Despite Mallers’ clear Bitcoin maximalism, Muroch points to a broader future for Ethereum that transcends its classification as a tech platform. Fundstrat Capital CIO Thoman Lee agrees.

“On Ethereum’s 10th birthday, ETH is arguably the most important macro theme for the next 10 years as Wall Street moves to financialize its business on the blockchain,” Lee said in a post.

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• Another crypto giant eyes Wall Street with $15 billion valuation.
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• Crypto Scandals: Pastor promises wealth from God while widow loses $17 million to romance.
• World Liberty Financial invests $10 million in Falcon Finance, a synthetic dollar project.  
• BNB’s all-time high euphoria fizzles as mid-term holders dump bags.
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