When to Buy Altcoins

PLUS: Central banks are buying gold

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In today's newsletter:

• 💡 When to Buy Altcoins

• 📣 Solana, Litecoin and Hedera ETFs to Begin Trading This Week

• 📈 Central banks are buying gold

Let’s dive in!

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💡 Insight

When to Buy Altcoins

Let’s talk about one of the biggest mistakes altcoin traders make:

They buy altcoins without checking what Bitcoin is doing.

Here’s why that’s a problem:

• Bitcoin sets the tone for the entire crypto market.

• If it’s strong, altcoins can fly.

• If it’s weak, altcoins usually get wrecked—even if they look like good setups.

So here’s a simple rule of thumb you can use:

When Bitcoin is trending up with strong price action, it’s safer to take trades on individual altcoins.

When Bitcoin is choppy or heading down, it’s time to be more selective—or stay out.

Let’s break that down 👇

What does “productive” price action mean?

This is when Bitcoin is:

• Trending up (higher highs + higher lows)

• Showing strong volume and momentum

• Not getting rejected hard at key levels

🟢 In this case: it makes sense to take trades on strong altcoin setups. You have the wind at your back.

What does “distributive” price action mean?

This is when Bitcoin is:

• Ranging sideways in a messy, unpredictable way

• Getting sold into strength (every pump gets dumped)

• Breaking down from support levels

🔴 In this case: altcoins usually underperform, and even good setups can fail. Risk goes up. It’s better to wait or reduce exposure.

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📣 Update

Solana, Litecoin and Hedera ETFs to Begin Trading This Week

Four exchange-traded funds tracking separately Solana (SOL), Litecoin (LTC), and Hedera (HBAR) will list this week, expanding the slate of spot crypto ETFs trading in the U.S. following a long list of altcoin funds proposed to regulators.

The Canary Litecoin ETF and Canary HBAR ETF are already effective as of this writing and will begin trading on the Nasdaq on Tuesday. Bitwise said that it’s Solana Staking ETF is also effective and will debut on Tuesday, while the Grayscale Solana ETF—a conversion from an existing closed fund—will list on Wednesday, Bloomberg ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas wrote on X Monday.

Read more →

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📈 Signal

Central banks are buying gold

Central banks are dumping U.S. Treasuries and buying gold at a record pace because they believe U.S. inflation will inevitably tick upward due to tariffs, ever-growing debt and Fed’s rate cuts.

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