Crypto Bulls Reap Rewards as Long Positions Crush Shorts This Week
Bitcoin hodlers and altcoin overweights just got vindicated—markets rewarded conviction as longs outperformed in a volatile week. ETH and SOL leads the charge with double-digit gains while leveraged bears got liquidated.
Key moves:
- BTC reclaims $62K as institutional inflows return
- DeFi tokens surge 20%+ on ETF speculation (because Wall Street always needs a new narrative)
- Memecoin degenerates somehow still outperforming TradFi blue-chips
The lesson? In crypto winters, diamonds hands > spreadsheet jockeys. Just don’t look at the 10x leverage wreckage in the derivatives markets.
Performance Recap (Fri 25 Apr → Friday 02 May)
|
Asset |
Positioning |
25-Apr Price |
02-Apr Price |
Change |
Verdict |
|
BTC |
Underweight |
$93,300 |
$96,890 |
+3.8% |
✅ Continued to hold strength — we stayed long |
|
ETH |
Overweight |
$1,765 |
$1,838 |
+4.1% |
✅ Slight overweight paid off |
|
SOL |
Overweight |
$151.5 |
$150.0 |
-1.0% |
❌ Momentum Faded quicker than expected |
What We Got Right ✅
Despite our expectation of a dip, we maintained a combination of long positions and cash, allowing us to catch a strong part of the upside performance.
Overweighting Ethereum, which outperformed Bitcoin this week is a choice that paid off.
What We Got Wrong ❌
Markets are up 4% this week and our elevated cash level led to a slight underperformance of the benchmark.
➡️
Altcoin strength has come earlier than projected — ETH, SUI, and others are catching flows. We anticipated rotation later in May.
Key Lessons
📉
BTC dominance declined over the weekend, and altcoins outperformed on relative basis. This kind of subtle signal could be the early stages of an alt season.
🏦
While ETF flows slowed, corporate buyers (e.g., Strategy, MetaPlanet, TwentyOne) helped underpin BTC. These non-retail actors remain the key foundation for resilience.
⏳
We’re well positioned to catch dips, but the market hasn’t cooperated yet. In the next rotation, we may stagger re-entries rather than hold such a large cash position.
What next?
Our conservative posture helped us reducing the volatility but recent developments show digital assets momentum could extend further, allowing us to increase our exposure again. However, we missed a modest ETH rebound and early altcoin rotation. ETF flows are slowing, momentum is fading, and macro risk looms — but the market has yet to correct.
We’re watching for confirmation of a breakout or a true reversal. For now, staying defensive gives us flexibility — but we’re ready to re-engage if altcoin strength persists and macro data doesn’t derail the trend.
Our benchmark is a market-cap weighted index composed of Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Solana (SOL) — the three most widely held and institutionally tracked assets in the space. Weightings are determined based on each asset’s relative market capitalization at the start of the review period.
When we refer to “neutral weight,” we mean a position aligned with the benchmark weight. An “overweight” position indicates we hold a larger allocation to that asset than its benchmark weight, reflecting higher conviction or expected outperformance. Conversely, an “underweight” position means our allocation is below the benchmark weight, typically due to near-term risks or weaker conviction.
