"There's an increasing convergence between the fortunes of the crypto market to the broader global trad macro factors... whenever S&P or NASDAQ go up or down, Bitcoin and much of the crypto world... follows very closely." Crypto currently lacks an internal catalyst (like a new DeFi summer). It has become a high-beta proxy for US Tech. The speaker notes that because it is a midterm election year (2026), Trump is "incentivized to achieve certain outcomes" (rate cuts/higher markets). If the administration pumps the stock market for political reasons, crypto will rise purely on correlation. Long exposure to US Indices and Major Crypto assets as a play on political stimulus. Decoupling where stocks rise but crypto lags due to regulatory headwinds or lack of innovation.