With Rate Cuts and Upcoming Elections, What’s the Best Play in Crypto?

With the Fed cutting rates, what’s the next move for crypto? Two macro investors discuss Bitcoin's sluggish summer, how the 2024 elections could impact crypto markets, and much more. 🔥 EPISODE LINK 🔥 CHECK OUT THE EPISODE LINKS AND DETAILS HERE 👉 unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/wi... 👈 The Fed just made its first rate cut in years, slashing 50 basis points off interest rates—but what does this mean for the crypto markets? With Bitcoin lagging behind traditional finance, and the looming U.S. elections, uncertainty is growing. In this episode, Quinn Thompson of Lekker Capital and Travis Kling of Ikigai Asset Management break down the major factors influencing the markets: from Bitcoin’s sluggish summer and the unwinding of the Japan yen carry trade, to why the 2024 elections could be a pivotal moment for crypto. Are these the catalysts we’ve been waiting for, or should we brace for more turbulence ahead? Also, they cover which assets could benefit the most under a Trump administration, and why they believe SOL could have a negative catalyst in the near future. Show highlights: 🔹 Why the Fed cut rates by 50 basis points and what the chances of a recession are in the U.S. 🔹 Why Bitcoin has underperformed the broader TradFi markets this summer 🔹 The risks of the unwinding of the Japan carry trade for crypto 🔹 How the election results might matter differently for different sectors of the industry 🔹 Whether rate cuts affect stablecoin yields in DeFi 🔹 How the approval of Bitcoin ETF options will affect the price of BTC 🔹 Whether Bitcoin miners will be affected by AI’s need for computing power 🔹 Ether’s lagging performance this year and what might be a huge catalyst for ETH 🔹 How SOL will manage through the huge unlock in early 2025 🔹 What Quinn and Travis think about investing in memecoins 🔹 How the rise of Base will impact Coinbase Visit our website for breaking news, analysis, op-eds, articles to learn about crypto, and much more: unchainedcrypto.com Thank you to our sponsors! ➡️ Polkadot polkadot.network/ecosystem/com... ➡️ Mantle meth.mantle.xyz/campaigns ➡️ Gemini http:/gemini.com/unchained Guests: ⭐️ Quinn Thompson, CIO of Lekker Capital ⭐️ Travis Kling, Founder and CIO of Ikigai Asset Management Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:09 Fed rate cut and recession chances 12:34 Bitcoin’s underperformance this summer 14:56 Risks of Japan carry trade unwinding 21:30 Election impacts on crypto sectors 38:00 Rate cuts and DeFi stablecoin yields 43:00 Bitcoin ETF options 49:31 AI’s impact on Bitcoin miners 54:38 Ether’s lagging performance and future catalysts 1:03:19 SOL’s 2025 unlock concerns 1:10:39 Investing in memecoins 1:18:15 Base’s rise and Coinbase impact _______________________________________________________ #bitcoin #ethereum #crypto #cryptocurrencies ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Subscribe to our channel! CHECK OUT THE CRYPTOPIANS → www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFzunC... WEBSITE → unchainedcrypto.com UNCHAINED DAILY NEWSLETTER → unchainedcrypto.substack.com LAURA'S TWITTER → twitter.com/laurashin UNCHAINED TWITTER → twitter.com/unchained_pod FACEBOOK → www.facebook.com/unchainedwith... INSTAGRAM → www.instagram.com/laurashin/?h... LINKEDIN → www.linkedin.com/in/laurashin MERCHANDISE → unchainedpodcast.company.site ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ NEW EPISODES OF UNCHAINED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY! ALONG WITH BITS & BIPS AND THE CHOPPING BLOCK Apple → podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/... Spotify → open.spotify.com/show/1cJrrfGY... RSS Feed → feeds.megaphone.fm/LSHML476194... YOUR NO-HYPE RESOURCE FOR ALL THINGS CRYPTO!