Crypto in depth
The youngest, most volatile market with its own rules: it trades 24/7 with no close, has public on-chain data no other asset offers, and extreme leverage that causes moves you won't see in stocks. Here is what really drives it beyond the hype.
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Halving & the cycle
The issuance of new bitcoins halves roughly every 4 years (the 'halving'). It is programmed, inelastic supply: no matter what, fewer new coins enter over time. Historically, each halving has preceded a major bull cycle with a lag of months, though four cases are not a law. It sets the psychological clock of the crypto market.
Funding rate
Perpetual futures don't expire, so a periodic payment (the funding) keeps their price glued to spot. Very positive funding = longs pay shorts, a sign of excess bullish leverage and euphoria (flush risk). Negative funding = extreme pessimism. It is one of the best thermometers of sentiment and leverage in the whole market.
Cascading liquidations
With high leverage, a move against you triggers forced liquidations; each liquidation pushes price further and triggers the next, in a cascade. That is why crypto wicks are so long and violent: it isn't human panic, it is leverage blowing up in a chain. Big players hunt exactly those liquidity zones to 'run stops'.
BTC dominance & stablecoins
Bitcoin dominance is the % of total market value held in BTC. When it rises, money is hiding in Bitcoin; when it falls, it usually rotates into altcoins ('altseason'). Stablecoins (USDT, USDC) are the ecosystem's cash: their growing market cap signals liquidity waiting to enter, and they are the refuge when everything drops.
24/7 & on-chain data
Crypto never closes: there is no weekend gap like in stocks, and the most brutal moves often happen on Saturday or in the small hours, with thin liquidity. Its unique trait is on-chain transparency: you can see large-wallet moves ('whales'), coins entering or leaving exchanges and the network's real activity. No other asset offers this public X-ray.
Correlation with the Nasdaq
The uncorrelated 'digital gold' narrative has aged badly: since 2020, Bitcoin increasingly behaves like a risk-on asset and tracks the Nasdaq and global liquidity closely. When central banks tighten, crypto suffers with tech; when they inject liquidity, it rises with it. Ignoring macro and rates because it's 'crypto' is an expensive mistake.