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6 days agoNews Editor

Chris Burniske says long-tail assets are holding up even as Bitcoin weakens

Placeholder partner Chris Burniske said market volatility has not fully erased risk appetite, even with Bitcoin moving lower. In a post on X, he said long-tail assets are still showing potential upside momentum while BTC declines, a sign that investors have not completely stepped away from risk. Burniske also said long-term investors continue to build positions in areas they see as valuable, even at current levels. He added that the market is facing a strong "wall of worry," and said that if it can move through that barrier, the outcome could be striking. He said that may happen after the midterm elections. Foresight News added that long-tail assets generally refer to smaller, less-followed, relatively illiquid assets that are numerous in type and can carry meaningful aggregate value.

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13 days agoNews Editor

Chris Burniske says current market looks more like an early bull phase, urges long-term token accumulation

Placeholder co-founder Chris Burniske said long-term investors should stop obsessing over perfect entries and exits and instead build token positions through a planned accumulation strategy. In his view, long-term investing should not be confused with short-term trading. Burniske suggested using a previously successful holding as a benchmark and then sizing target positions by comparing token supply across networks. He gave examples using ETH, SOL and TIA: with Ethereum’s total supply at about 120 million, a past holding of 10 ETH would translate to roughly 53 SOL based on Solana’s supply of about 636 million, or about 97 TIA based on Celestia’s supply of about 1.16 billion. To reach a TIA network share 10 times larger than the original ETH share, an investor would need about 970 TIA. For ZEC, he said investors could use their ideal BTC holding as a reference because ZEC’s supply is similar to Bitcoin’s. On market conditions, Burniske said many crypto assets are down more than 20% to 40% from their highs, while BTC is down less than 10%. He said that setup looks more like an opportunity in an early bull market than a warning sign of a bull trap, while still advising investors to keep cash on hand and deploy it in tranches if prices fall further.

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13 days agoNews Editor

Chris Burniske says current market looks like an early bull-cycle opportunity, favors buying

Placeholder partner Chris Burniske said he sees the current crypto market setup as an early bull-market opportunity rather than a warning sign of a bull trap. In a post on X, he argued that Bitcoin has remained relatively resilient while long-tail assets have continued to bleed, with many tokens down 20% to more than 40% from their highs, compared with a decline of less than 10% for Bitcoin. Burniske said he agrees more with the view that Bitcoin has already absorbed much of the market’s risk appetite and that most of the adjustment may already be behind the market, rather than the view that a sharp Bitcoin drop would trigger severe consequences. Even so, he cautioned that prices could still move lower and said remaining capital should be deployed in tranches, with position sizes at each level matched to the probability that level becomes a local bottom. For long-term investors, he said the focus should be on systematically accumulating token holdings instead of obsessing over exact entry and exit points. He also suggested using network ownership share as a benchmark, citing ETH and SOL as an example.

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3 months agoNews Editor

Chris Burniske says stock rebound may be a dead-cat bounce, with crypto likely to bottom first

Placeholder partner Chris Burniske said in a post on X that, while he does not consider himself a stock expert, he believes “the spell has been broken” and views the recent sharp rebound as a dead-cat bounce. He added that he expects cryptocurrencies to take the hit earlier than equities, but also to bottom earlier than the stock market. Foresight News noted that a dead-cat bounce refers to a short-lived and often sharp rebound during a broader downtrend, such as a bear market or a major correction. In that setup, prices may jump suddenly, but the move lacks fundamental support and sustained buying interest. The rebound can then fade quickly, with prices falling again and in some cases setting new lows. The remarks were attributed to Burniske’s X post cited by Foresight.

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4 months agoNews Editor

Chris Burniske says patient Bitcoin holders and internet hard money users stand to benefit, with ZEC as BTC’s most credible complement

Placeholder partner Chris Burniske said a recent reading of Lyn Alden’s book Broken Money strengthened his view that Bitcoin and other internet-native forms of “hard money” are most likely to reward patient participants over time. In a post on X, Burniske also argued that ZEC stands out as Bitcoin’s most credible complement. He said the market saw a wave of impatience between 2016 and 2025, with many people treating Bitcoin as just another technology platform rather than understanding it more deeply. In his view, Bitcoin is closer to a social reset than a simple technical upgrade, and that kind of transition takes decades to play out. Burniske added that impatience is now shifting toward other areas that appear faster, pushing the market back toward an atmosphere closer to 2015 and earlier. He said that setup is likely to reward those who have consistently understood Bitcoin from the start.

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