Name: TraderMayne - What It Was Like Trading Crypto In 2013
Uploaded: 2026-08-13T10:00:23+00:00
Duration: 4747 s

Speakers

Thread Guy — Crypto influencer, independent

TraderMayne — Trader

Summary

TraderMayne and Thread Guy discuss how crypto trading has evolved from 2013 to today, comparing old-cycle risks to modern onchain tooling. They then cover current market setups, including Bitcoin accumulation, Hyperliquid, Pump.fun, Ethereum relative strength, and NASDAQ. The conversation also touches on selling Breakout to Kraken, trading psychology, and the rise of onchain perps.

TraderMayne argues prior crypto eras only look easy in hindsight and older traders faced different risks.
He says 2021 was the easiest cycle relative to available tooling, but the easiest cycle for any trader is usually the second one.
He is cautious on Bitcoin's bottom but has started accumulating and would buy more on weakness or a weekly structure break.
He is bullish on Pump.fun based on its revenue and a weekly swing-failure-pattern reversal.
He wants to own Hyperliquid and compares it to an early BNB-style trade.
He sees Ethereum versus Bitcoin as the most bullish in five years but still wants confirmation.
He is long NASDAQ and sees onchain perps and everything apps as a key crypto trend.

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Thread Guy Crypto influencer, independent 28:12

Bitcoin downside limited but inflows uncertain.

He argues Bitcoin's downside risk is now fairly negated—even a wipe to $50k would not be much worse—and Bitcoin offers upside as an uncorrelated risk to the AI trade; but the next big leg depends on massive capital inflows back into crypto, which is still a question mark.

TraderMayne Trader 31:01

Memecoins are lottery; most get destroyed.

Memecoins are lottery tickets with survivorship bias; most participants get destroyed, and as derivatives of crypto majors they are even more worthless in a downside scenario, so traders should treat them as risky speculation.

TraderMayne Trader 32:25

Coinbase and Robinhood become everything apps.

The trend toward perpification of everything is making major platforms like Coinbase and Robinhood converge into banking, trading, and everything apps, and onchain 24/7 trading is a powerful crypto use case that can pull money back onchain.

TraderMayne Trader 56:49

Pump.fun bullish on revenue and chart.

Pump.fun is bullish independent of unlock concerns: it put in a weekly swing-failure-pattern reversal, its revenue is still printing about a million dollars a day, and he is officially bullish unless it closes back below the reclaimed low; near current levels it may be prudent to trim some if entered low, with breakout above 3500.

TraderMayne Trader 66:00

Long NASDAQ expecting continued extension.

He is long NASDAQ and wants to see the current move extend rather than pull back and chop; continued extension is bullish for overall risk, while a stall would signal a return to a range and potentially a larger correction.

TraderMayne Trader 66:36

HYPE is early BNB-like accumulation.

Hyperliquid's strong revenue matters now, and he already owns HYPE and plans to buy more; he views it as an early BNB-style trade and would buy aggressively if Bitcoin gives one more leg down.

TraderMayne Trader 67:17

Ethereum most bullish versus Bitcoin since years.

ETH/BTC has been in a long downtrend but is now making its most bullish structure in five years with a trendline breakout and attempted higher low; short-term ETH looks strong and could outperform if Bitcoin rallies, though ETH could still trade below $1,000 if Bitcoin makes another leg down, so it is a key chart to monitor.

TraderMayne - What It Was Like Trading Crypto In 2013

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