DeFi Alpha Call #25 Recap

Hello Defiers! This is a recap of our latest DeFi Alpha Call that took place on 31/11/2022 in Discord.

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Market Overview

We finally broke out of the range last week, and it was an upside break as expected.

Prices have now reached the next level of resistance in the 1550 to 1600 area.
There’s still another Fed hike on the way, so now is not the time to be married to positions. Expect volatility.
We are in the seasonally strong period for markets as a whole. The fourth quarter is usually friendly to bulls.

If we see a pullback from here, it would set up an inverse head and shoulders pattern. If it plays out, ETH should target 1800-2,000 next.

There will be a lot going on this week. We have the Fed on Wednesday, which everyone seems to have forgotten. Everyone is caught up in the excitement of the rally and some euphoria is back.

DOGE

It doesn’t make sense. That’s why they’re called “meme coins,” right? But I did see something interesting on Twitter about how spot buying from Coinbase was fueling this rally. Now, if that’s the case, I think this rally could last a while because people are actually buying instead of just speculating on perpetuals and forcing market makers to buy spot to keep prices in line.

NFT Roundup

Aopanda. Yesterday, these pandas were released, and they’ve already done a lot of volume in just about a day. It seems that these characters are popular in Japan. Full disclosure, I own a few.

Slowly, Art Blocks have been coming up again. Old collections have been going up steadily. Squiggles are now up to 16 ETH while Contractionswent crazy right from the start.

RTFKT dropped a collaboration with Rimowa, a high-end luggage maker from Germany.