$1.7 billion in hacks occurred last year, in 2023. Infrastructure attacks and code exploits were prevalent.

That's where a lot of projects could focus this year, especially on the security side/backends.

(re-calling)

New coins, full of hope, lacking bagholders, and with a team still not rich and incentivized to create hype.

new run new coins, People forget about the old stuff, people tend to forget about the older IPhone model when the next one comes out...

Many projects are/will be closing funding rounds. Scanning for projects with good potential could fall under that category, especially those with strong teams that are not hyped enough.

A friend from the 2018 run, who shares very in-depth insights and shares real-time thoughts (totally free), can be found at https://news.1rj.ru/str/moonbagsnotes.

$XAI airdrop (official announcement pending) but got some insight

25% of addresses may receive less than or equal to 290.319 $XAI.
50% of addresses (median) may receive less than or equal to 290.3 $XAI.
75% of addresses may receive less than or equal to 1307.18 $XAI.

The market is reacting to news that the SEC might reject the Bitcoin ETF, as evidenced by the price action

Suits are testing liquidity [with the rejection news coming from their end.]

They're frontrunning the holders, u can sell on this news & they can continue the run forward with the ETF.

Volatility is what they thrive on, benefiting from fees, spreads, and margins.

While half of the crowed was discussing the SEC ETF,

someone else was buying clips of $BTC valued at approx. $400m+. during yest dip.

Including a couple of fresh wallets as well, could be insider buying in anticipation of positive news from the SEC.

Justin Sun withrew 11266.61 ETH from Binance ($25,266,275)..

What changed in the last 3 years? The market is still trading on positive average funding rates,

while a few coins on Binance saw extreme negative funding rates, ex, $TRB, $ETC,

And these coins made new all-time highs and were fully manipulated price-wise, actively by cartel.

Funding rate heatmap 3-years.

Something changed in the last 3 months: the market went heavily long into perps coins, causing some spikes and shakeouts, and a notable OI wipe lately.

perps Liquidations... 2y

Looks like it;'s DWF received $PORT3 tokens

0xA75b66dC806AA1EeddC28Bd92c476769c118caED

Today 7 exchanges will launch it simultaneously.The project has been in operation for more than 2 years, and the speculative institutions are all top-notch in the circle (Binance Labs, DWF Market Maker, Jump Capital, Kucion, etc.)

Binance's recent listings' perf % worth adding to the watchlist, along with Launchpad coins. Tokens from Binance's Launchpad often perform better compared to tokens that lack substantial liq.

discus

ETF Fees..

PORT3 Foundation Sold Some tokens Initially after launch, now buying back.

BTC nw around $47k. A few days ago, fresh BTC buyers were buyin at dips of $42k/$41.xk.

A wallet, which has received $2,880,000,000 USDT from Tether Treasury in the past 3 months, is now depositing funds into multiple exchanges.