By the end of the year, according to Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Mike McGlone, blue-chip crypto assets will outperform other commodities. McGlone argues that after the US stock market sinks more, leading digital assets Bitcoin (BTC), top smart contract platform Ethereum (ETH), and ETH challenger Solana (SOL) will restart their climb, according to a new interview on the Scott Melker podcast. He believes that a more severe equities market correction will push the Fed to reconsider its stance on monetary tightening, resulting in bull runs in risky assets such as cryptocurrencies. “Right now, I see cryptos as basically a pawn in the ebbing tide. The Fed will keep jawboning, until the stock market – that’s the number one indicator, until [the stock market] goes down enough that [it] makes the Fed pause…That’s when I think we’re going to see what’s already happening, accelerate. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and I don’t know the other ones, maybe Solana, to resume their outperformance trends, and they’ve already done a good job.” McGlone believes that the Federal funds futures rate, which captures investor expectations for where the official federal funds rate will be at contract expiration, might serve as a “bottom indicator” for the crypto market. A reversal in sentiment may be beginning, according to the analyst, if investors hit a peak level of caution on the Fed funds futures. “My key theme is if you want a good bottom indicator for Bi...
