The Only Crypto Projects That May Survive Long Term

Watch on YouTube ↗  |  May 30, 2026 at 13:00  |  14:00  |  Milk Road Macro
Speakers
Kyle Reidhead — Head of Research, Milk Road

Summary

The video discusses recent crypto market rotations, focusing on Hyperliquid, Venice, and Solana. Kyle Reidhead argues that most price moves are driven by capital rotation within crypto, not new money, and that Solana is overindexed on retail users. He sees Venice's growth as justified but is cautious on Hyperliquid and dismisses pre-IPO perpetuals.

  • Hyperliquid's price rally is attributed to capital rotation and product diversification, but lacks underlying metric growth.
  • Solana is viewed as overindexed on small retail users and unlikely to attract institutional adoption.
  • Venice (VVV) has real growth in subscriptions and revenues, making its price appreciation fundamentally backed.
  • The lack of new capital entering crypto is a recurring theme, with most flows being rotations from established positions.
  • Pre-IPO perpetuals on Hyperliquid are considered too risky and unregulated, with companies like Anthropic disavowing them.
  • Lyra (LYRA) is noted as a good product but faces token unlock uncertainty.
Trade Ideas
Kyle Reidhead Head of Research, Milk Road 2:44
Growth justifies Venice price rise.
Venice (VVV) has actual growth in subscriptions, revenues, and users, unlike other crypto movers like Hyperliquid and Zcash. This real usage growth justifies its price appreciation, making it a more fundamentally supported asset.
Kyle Reidhead Head of Research, Milk Road 4:41
Overindexed on small users, avoid.
Solana overindexed on small retail users with small capital, which is not suitable for institutional adoption – the key driver of sustainable growth in decentralized finance. Kyle sold his Solana position and believes it has been stagnant, and that Hyperliquid could surpass it if it gains institutional trust.
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This Milk Road Macro video, published May 30, 2026, features Kyle Reidhead discussing VVV, SOL. 2 trade ideas extracted by AI with direction and confidence scoring.

Speakers: Kyle Reidhead  · Tickers: VVV, SOL