{"id":125126,"date":"2025-03-15T05:18:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T05:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=125126"},"modified":"2025-03-15T05:18:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T05:18:27","slug":"crypto-faces-starkest-gap-between-sentiment-and-fundamentals-blocktower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=125126","title":{"rendered":"Crypto faces \u2018starkest&#039; gap between sentiment and fundamentals: BlockTower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsThe major disconnect between crypto traders\u2019 growing short-term market uncertainty and crypto builders becoming more bullish than ever creates a prime setup for long-term investors, according to a crypto hedge fund founder.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is one of the starkest divergences I\u2019ve seen in sentiment and fundamentals,\u201d BlockTower Capital founder Ari Paul said in a March 14 X post.<br \/>\nOptimism grows among those beyond crypto natives<br \/>\nPaul said that while traders and analysts have turned bearish on crypto recently, crypto developers \u2014 and more broadly, those working for crypto companies less focused on the market cycle itself \u2014 remain much more bullish.<br \/>\n\u201cAll the data points I\u2019m hearing from basically any crypto-related project or company that doesn\u2019t rely on \u201cnatives\u201d near-term is positive,\u201d Paul said.<br \/>\nSource: Nic PuckrinBased on this, he\u2019s confident that crypto is a \u201cgood buy\u201d over the \u201c12 month timeframe\u201d but isn\u2019t sure if it has reached a short-term bottom yet. Crypto analyst Matthew Hyland recently said the only way for Bitcoin to confirm that the bottom is actually in would be to close a week back above $89,000.<br \/>\nHowever, on March 14, the broader crypto market rose slightly, giving traders a bit more short-term confidence.<br \/>\nBitcoin (BTC) spiked 3.16% to $84,638 over the 24 hour period, while Ether (ETH) rose 1.79% and XRP (XRP) jumped 6.01%, according to CoinMarketCap.<br \/>\nOver the same 24 hours, the Crypto Fear and Greed Index, which measures overall crypto market sentiment, surged 19 points to 46, which is still in the \u201cFear\u201d zone but nearing neutral territory.<br \/>\nSource: Dan McArdleMN Trading Capital founder Michael van de Poppe said Bitcoin\u2019s price spike over the past 24 hours has strengthened his confidence in the asset resuming its uptrend by June.<br \/>\nCrypto market presenting opportunity for \u201csustainable value\u201d investments<br \/>\n\u201cClearly made a higher low, clearly touching the highs,\u201d van de Poppe said in a March 14 X post.<br \/>\nRelated: Bitcoin bull market in peril as US recession and tariff worries loom<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s very likely that we\u2019re starting a new uptrend on the lower timeframes going into a good Q2,\u201d he added.<br \/>\nPaul also said it may be the right time to explore traditional venture capital crypto investments with a longer-term outlook.<br \/>\n\u201cA good time to be looking for \u201ctraditional\u201d style VC crypto investments.\u00a0 By \u201ctraditional\u201d I mean longer term, genuinely focusing on sustainable value creation, no quick monetization scheme,\u201d Paul said.<br \/>\nMagazine: Vitalik on AI apocalypse, LA Times both-sides KKK, LLM grooming: AI Eye<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/crypto-market-divergence-sentiment-fundamentals-blocktower-founder?utm_source=rss_feed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsThe major disconnect between crypto traders\u2019 growing short-term market uncertainty and crypto builders becoming more bullish than ever creates a prime setup for long-term investors, according to a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125126"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}