'Still Choppy Markets' Ahead For Crypto: Ayesha Kiani
THE SO WHAT
If professional allocators are openly calling for choppy crypto markets even as prices rise, they’re telegraphing a tradeable volatility regime, not a clean bull run. Builders should budget for harder fundraising and more episodic user flows—optimize for resilience and runway, not a straight line up.
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