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Liquidity doesn’t enter crypto randomly… it moves in cycles.
If you know where it flows first, you stop chasing and start positioning.
Here’s the usual playbook 👇
1. Bitcoin first
Big money doesn’t gamble; it rotates into Bitcoin as the “safe” entry.
This is where liquidity starts.
2. Then Ethereum
Once confidence builds, capital expands into Ethereum.
More risk, more upside; but still “blue-chip” territory.
3. Large caps wake up
Top alts (SOL, BNB, etc.) begin to run.
This is where retail starts paying attention.
4. Mid caps & narratives
AI, RWAs, DePIN, Gaming…
Liquidity rotates into stories people can believe in.
5. Degens arrive last
Memecoins go crazy.
Everything pumps.
This is where emotions peak and smart money starts exiting.
The mistake?
Most people enter at step 5 and call it “bad luck”.
The edge?
Track liquidity, not hype.
Money always leaves clues.
Position early.
Exit when the crowd feels invincible.
That’s the cycle.