Building a Crypto Portfolio for 2025 | Dan Matuszewski & Roshun Patel
In today's episode Dan from CMS and Ro from Hack join us to explore what's truly different about this crypto cycle and what patterns are destined to repeat. We examined the notable absence of credit markets compared to previous cycles and investigated why leverage hasn't built up in the system this time around. We unpacked the evolving L1 landscape, debated token distribution models, and analyzed the return of "hot money" flowing through various sectors from memecoins to NFTs. We closed out by diving into institutional perspectives on market structure and potential risks, providing listeners with a comprehensive framework for building their crypto portfolio strategy for 2025. Thanks for tuning in!
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:57 Tungsten Cube & Pepe Mural Stor
04:47 Is this Cycle different?
15:20 Biggest Risks in Crypt
22:24 Eth/Btc & Sol/Eth Chart
25:26 New Altcoin
30:28 The L1 Trade
37:25 Skale Ad
38:05 Magic Eden Ad
38:49 Toku Ad
39:39 Ledger Ad
40:24 Death of Crypto Venture
55:14 Crypto's IPO Craze
58:34 A16z/s Monopol
01:05:08 Do Dino Coins Run
01:08:14 Chasing the hot ball
01:10:13 When you Retire
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Winning In 2024 With CMS Holdings | 1000x
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We're back with the first episode of 2024!
This week, Dan Matuszewski of CMS Holdings joins the show for a discussion on trading crypto's next bull market. We deep dive into CMS's trading strategy, surviving previous bear markets, narrative trading in crypto & what to expect in 2024 post Bitcoin ETF approval.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(01:44) Trading Crypto Cycles
(09:48) CMS's Trading Strategy
(11:12) Surviving The 2022 Bear Market
(20:09) The BTC/Alt Rotation
(24:54) Trading The 2024 Cycle
(28:44) GBTC
(31:40) Narratives In Crypto
(39:05) Getting Rugged
(41:56) Crypto's 2017 Mania
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Dan Matuszewski's (CMS) Trading Playbook
In this episode of Empire, we are joined by one of crypto's best traders: Dan Matuszewski. Dan is the founder of CMS, a crypto OG and a prolific trader/investor. We discuss upcoming catalysts, the Coinbase trade, punting on L1s vs L2s, lending markets, what it's like managing a crypto fund and more. This is one of my favorite conversations that you won't want to miss!
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(00:35) Surviving FTX
(08:52) Market update and upcoming catalysts
(15:41) The industry is starved for action
(17:40) Deploying in private vs public markets
(21:50) Trading macro
(23:43) Is the lending market dead?
(27:02) Base and the Coinbase trade
(31:30) Punting L1s vs L2s
(34:10) Regulation
(41:25) Anything under a $50M fund doesn’t make sense
(44:11) Blockworks Research
(45:45) Anything under a $50M fund doesn’t make sense
(49:16) Fund sentiment, LSD trade and inefficient markets
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Resources
CMS Peary on LSDs
https://cmsholdings.substack.com/p/lsds-rocketpool
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CMS Intern
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Inside the mind of crypto’s top traders | Dan Matuszewski (CMS) & Avi Felman
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In this episode of Empire, Jason and Mike are joined by Dan Matuszewski (CMS Holdings) & Avi Felman (GoldenTree). If you don't know these two names, don't forget them - two of the best traders and sources of alpha in crypto.
This episode is one of my favorites yet; check out the highlights below:
- Is macro crypto's master
- This will lead to crypto's divergence with Macro
- How will ETH perform with the merge
- What are the new, hidden narratives
- The tradeoff between CeFi and DeFi
- Is DeFi ready to take off
- Retail open-term lending is dead
- Regulators have two options
- Why VCs are in trouble
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(00:00) Introduction
(01:08) The intersection of macro & crypto
(12:47) How Will ETH's Price React to the Merge?
(17:50) New Narratives & Market Leverage
(25:28) A Catalyst for DeFi
(29:10) What's About to Happen in CeFi?
(31:37) Your DeFi Project Isn't Sexy
(35:45) Can DeFi Tokens Accure Value?
(41:23) Why You Should Avoid Low Float Tokens
(44:27) VCs Are In Trouble
(49:20) Avi and Dan Run Wild
(51:06) Wrapping Things Up
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CMS Holdings co-founders say DeFi claimed trader attention before bitcoin's volatility spike
In this week's episode, Cho and Matuszewski give the trader perspective on bitcoin and the DeFi scene, including:
How Circle Trade went from making an "ungodly" amount of money to being sold off to Kraken
Whether the market is at "peakFi"
Why big news events are having less of an impact on bitcoin price swings
An overview of the crypto brokerage wars, and how crypto firms will get "more violent" with each other over time.