In this issue:

• Zoom Out & Chill: It’s All Part of the Plan (by ZeHI)

• This Week in Neo Tokyo: The Crypto Gods Will Make It Rain or Make Us Ruined (by DadFuture)

After we released our newsletter last week, with Flower’s Bearish Thesis on the Market, I tweeted:

People like Flower can say my bullish response is “just cope,” but the fact is you can read all the charts, make all your pretty lines and look at things from many angles, but no one really knows what is going to happen. Still, I believe it is pretty clear that the market is getting close to the euphoric stage we have all been waiting for.

I won’t even argue with Flower that recently BTC and most alts have been looking bearish. But that’s how they should look if you step back and observe the wacky environment we’re living through. 

The government in the world's dominant economy is shut down. This is causing a significant decline in liquidity in the system, and the crypto market is always the first to be impacted by these liquidity fluctuations.

Although Trump continues to demonstrate his - likely self-serving and corrupt - support of the crypto market with moves like his recent pardon of CZ (crime season for the W), this phase of No-King POTUS’ reign has been stifling the sustained crypto action needed for any significant aggressive moves up or Alt Szn. He’s now playing out the machismo wave of his Art of the Deal act with China & the rest of the world (tariffs), the Democrats (gov shutdown) and Powell (forcing rate cuts). 

With mid-term elections upcoming, and a healthy economy as his self-proclaimed main measure of his success, it is extremely unlikely he is going to keep this going too much longer. Once the trade talks die down or are resolved, the government shutdown ends and QE begins with some significant rate cuts, market sentiment and price action will certainly be way more bullish…

Do you want to sell into this fear and buy once that bullish fervor starts infecting the masses, anon?

Yes, the charts have been looking ugly and we’ve been seeing Extreme Fear rise in the crypto astral. But we must remember, periods of extreme fear often precede major bullish moves in crypto. It’s one of the most consistent emotional and liquidity-based patterns in the market. Are we going to get those required extreme fear and liquidity purges from bullish charts?... I think not.

We can leave you with one bullish chart though, since I know many like that sort of thing. 

The short-term will likely remain volatile and unpredictable, and no one knows what madness could emerge on the horizon to shake up our pretty plans. If you’re already well-positioned, I’d suggest chilling, staying safe, and focusing on health, relationships and self-care to be good and ready to ride this next wave and achieve your goals for this cycle.

Citizens, if this week felt like the calm before a crypto storm, you're not wrong. While nobody knows if this will be a shitstorm or if the crypto gods will make it rain, one thing is for sure: NT will always be your digital home.

NT is all about the community, and its success at this point will continue to depend on the efforts and successes of the initiatives generated by the community.

Firestorm highlighted the week's media and event schedule while expressing pride in our content quality and consistency, much of it driven by volunteers and sheer passion. Over four years: 145 Market Mondays, 96 Interlinked episodes, 118 Newsletters (shoutout to this being #119), 53 Friday Gaming Spaces, 110 NT Plays events, and hundreds of AMAs and live streams. Every day, every week.

KTrap & TVD’s project Grid Phantoms minted its Genesis collection, designed partly to add new utility and support for $BYTES. They transmuted 1227.41 $BYTES from Syndicate fragments, with the Resistance Vault now holding 1296.41 BYTES. Ktrap called it the first of many, potentially a new rogue dynamic for $BYTES tokenomics.

Subcoder delivered his usual killer NT Insider session, covering the week’s biggest web3 topics. As always, the second half opened the mic to all citizens for questions and web3/crypto banter. Don't be shy, this is your home.

Kerberus dropped an EPIC investor update in the Discord channel visible only to those with investor roles. If you invested but couldn't access it, DM Metro a screenshot of your dashboard showing the investment for the right role.

ByteStreet shouted out a huge thanks to all the members who completed the Investment Preference Survey, noting that feedback is gold. If you haven't filled it out, there is still time via the Google form. They plan to use the input, plus data and lessons from the first raise, to curate the next investment from high-potential opportunities and spot improvements for future rounds.

There was still time to nominate for Most Valuable Citizens in the Citadel. MVCs are the NT leaders who've shown top initiative, drive, and determination to boost the community and network value. Winners were set for announcement at the next Town Hall, with the form available in the Citadel.

This Week’s NT Content

Short Scoops

Until next week, citizens.

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