Alex E

Alex E

CEO Aether Capital. Full-time trader. 10 years in financial markets. Sharing market insights, not financial advice.

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ZEC, are you coming back home or not? Honestly, today ZEC really threw me off balance. Good thing BSB managed to bring in a small profit of $361. ZEC, buddy, come back and eat with us. Stop wandering out there, alright? I've reheated your meal a few times already. 🥲 Trading futures is truly thrilling. One slip and the swings hit hard. This experience was a wake-up call for me. From now on, I must manage my positions better and never rush like that again. Control is everything in this game.
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Ethereum's macro structure is looking rough right now, and I want to share a transparent breakdown of my current view on $ETH. Back on June 13, 2025, when I first talked about ETH with you all, I was confident. Price was around 2400. I bought in at 2200 and set three clear targets: 4300, 4900, and 5300. By the end of August, ETH broke its all-time high but never reached that 5300 target. So I sold my entire position at an average of 4400. Looking at the bigger picture now, things are not great. As the chart shows, ETH touched the major Gann angle 2/1 line but reacted weakly. It then fell back below that line. When a key support level like this fails to hold, it's a serious warning sign. Right now, a similar scenario is playing out on the 3/1 line. Since 3/1 isn't our primary observation point, I'm watching the 4/1 line closely. If ETH drops below 4/1, the next trend direction will be very concerning. If ETH stays below 4/1 for an extended period, even when Bitcoin starts its next bull cycle, ETH may only see a single large-scale relief rally. For my strategy going forward, I plan to reallocate part of the position I was saving for ETH and increase my $CRCL allocation instead. When I build the next position, I'll share the exact entry points and allocation ideas in the group. Stay sharp out there.
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Is now the best time to buy Ethereum? The sentiment around ETH is getting ugly, fast. BlackRock sold ETH. Harvard dumped their $87M ETH ETF position from Q4 2025. Bankless fully exited their ETH bags. For some, this looks like institutions and OGs losing faith. For others, it smells like peak capitulation. Right now, ETH sentiment is deeply divided. So we tracked the hottest bullish and bearish takes on Ethereum. Bearish TrustlessState is bullish on the network, but bearish on the EF and ETH as an asset. His critique isn't that Ethereum is useless, it's that EF leadership, execution, and market perception are failing holders. blknoiz06 sees ETH as weak and irrelevant right now, especially compared to stronger narratives like HYPE, SOL, VVV, and ZEC. His attention has clearly shifted to HYPE as a better market opportunity. Bullish RyanSAdams sees the EF as important, but not enough to drive ETH's next phase. His core point: ETH can still win, but it needs more builders and organizations actively caring about pumping ETH price. econoar views the current EF drama, weak ETH price action, and Bankless selling as classic capitulation signals. To him, this looks more like a bottom signal than a reason to lose faith. ryanberckmans says when David finally turns positive on ETH again, that might be the real signal to buy hard. For now, ignore the noise, keep building, and let Ethereum cook. As of today, ETH is down 57% from its all-time high and 28% year-to-date. Are you buying when everyone is fearful?
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Good afternoon, fam! Market recap time. As outlined in yesterday's post, the broader market is seeing a recovery oscillation. The support zone between 76,000 and 77,000 remains solid. As of now, BTC is hovering around 78,000, with ETH at 2,145. ETH continues to follow BTC's lead closely. Expect intraday range-bound movement with no major volatility spikes today. Key Levels to Watch: BTC Resistance: 78,000 / 78,500 / 79,200 Support: 77,600 / 77,000 / 76,400 ETH Resistance: 2,150 / 2,180 / 2,230 Support: 2,100 / 2,060 / 2,000 Strategy for the day: Buy the dips, take profits on the rips. Classic range play. Now, a quick check on some gas tokens: BNB has been showing strength, currently sitting around 650. SOL is lagging behind the pack. Market sentiment is still weak for it, now near 86. OKB is almost forgotten by the market. If you're patient, this might be a solid spot for DCA around 80. On the altcoin front, no sector is leading an independent rally yet. The movers are still Alpha plays and contract-driven coins with wild swings. $US, which we mentioned yesterday, held up well and even saw a nice pump. The only real hotspot lately is $HYPE. Looking at the chart, it feels like a new high breakout is brewing. Stay sharp, manage risk, and enjoy the ride.
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BTC and ETH are trading sideways, even as geopolitical tensions between the US and Iran escalate. That tells me the market is absorbing the noise, which is usually a sign something unexpected is coming. I'm eyeing a potential move higher into June. BTC targeting 88-90K, ETH aiming for 2700-2900. But here's the catch: if BTC closes below 75,400 on the weekly timeframe, that's my signal to reconsider the whole setup. No hype, just watching the levels. Stay sharp out there.
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A few interesting coins catching my eye right now. $HYPE is looking clean. It feels like a new ATH is just around the corner. $LIT is showing strength like never before. It's basically trading as the "catch-up play" to HYPE, with a valuation that still looks fair. $WLD is riding the OpenAI wave. The narrative is strong. $USELESS is making a powerful comeback. Low-cap meme with high attention and a fresh peak. $NEAR has excellent relative strength. The AI story is alive and well here. $GRASS is another AI play in the mid-cap range. It's bouncing off support once again, showing resilience. $ZEC — the chart says everything. It looks poised to at least sweep the 2025 high.
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Living peacefully as a trader is genuinely one of the best life hacks out there. The biggest losers? They are the ones constantly chasing, chasing, and chasing some more. They tell you: You need to grind, work 100-hour weeks, and hustle to build your edge. Honestly, that might be the biggest lie ever told. Maybe it works for those desperately trying to escape poverty, but even then, there are better paths. For the rest of us still here, the more you rush and fantasize about a specific lifestyle or material things because of social media programming, the more you get pressured into panic and forced action. Time is not running out. If it were, you'd already be gone. What difference does six more months or even a year make? You've been here for years already. Opportunities come to you, but you must act when the time is right. In a battle, if you constantly seek opportunities, you often put yourself at a disadvantage just to land a hit. But if you wait patiently, your opponent's mistakes will come to you, and you simply capitalize. Let the fools surrender to price or time because they need the fastest horse right now. Look at the best recent trades: ZEC and HYPE. Do you think those traders were sitting there overtrading? No. They saw the setup, let it come to them, and blocked out all the noise. They have mutual assurance. A team on the same path. You have the same thing. The super privacy cycle has been identified. Now all that's left is patience with the additional moves within the same sector. Do you agree that BTC will set a new ATH? Of course you do, or you wouldn't be here. And if that's true, you already know how to profit from that event when institutions or big players look for the next thing to catch up to ZEC or HYPE after BTC resumes its uptrend. It might be mid or late cycle, but it will happen. It's the oldest story in the book. Human nature never changes. The stage is set. You just need to survive. ~ Dr. Axius.
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GM ZEC fam Zcash just hit a new yearly high and the momentum is getting serious. The breakout is clean, volume is surging, and traders are starting to whisper that ZEC could outperform ETH in the coming weeks. That's a bold take, but the chart doesn't lie. Strong move, solid volume, and eyes are locked. Now comes the real test. Can the bulls hold this level and keep the trend alive? Or is this just a blow-off top before a pullback? We're watching the next few sessions closely. ZEC is making a statement. Stay sharp.
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Started off having some fun on ETH, feeling good about the profits. Calculated the gains, looked solid enough to grab a couple more cats on the side. Classic move, right? Then the itchy fingers kicked in. Opened a HYPE position. Then a ZEC one. Hesitated on the exit yesterday. Ended up taking a small loss and cutting the trade. Lucky I did. Woke up today and would've been completely wrecked. Trading is a brutal mirror. Let emotions take the wheel, and you're not trading anymore. You're playing Russian roulette with your portfolio. Surviving a few bad calls doesn't mean the method was right. It just means the bullet wasn't for you that round. Real money is hard-earned. Every step feels like thin ice. Stay sharp, stay disciplined, and respect the cut.
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Breaking news straight from the White House — and it's massive. The US government has officially declared war on crypto regulation as we know it. Not a review. Not a reduction. A full-scale elimination of unnecessary rules. Straight up abolition. For years, regulators tried to crush crypto. Now, the same government is clearing the path. The shift is real, and it's happening fast. Here's what just got greenlit: The CLARITY Act is speeding through. A proposal to slash capital gains tax to zero. A national Bitcoin reserve strategy is already locked in. And now, the White House is systematically dismantling every last regulatory barrier. That 20 trillion dollars that's been waiting on the sidelines? They're building the highway for it. The question isn't if this changes everything — it's whether you're positioned for what comes next. Are you ready? 🚀