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🐻 Is September Really Always Bearish?
Plus, why you need to throw out your copy of the Intelligent Investor.
Ivan
September 03, 2025
Happy Wednesday!
Bitcoin always suffers in September, as do other cryptocurrencies: can this September disprove this stubborn narrative?
The Intelligent Investor is ‘dead’, according to a prominent investment expert. It’s time for the ‘ideological investor’ — and here’s what that means.
Plus, September’s surge in volume and volatility is here. Tonight at 6 p.m. ET, former hedge fund trader Chris Capre goes live to show how he’s positioning for the market’s first big moves of the month. If you want to take advantage of post-holiday momentum, start here.
TOP STORY
As Bitcoin consolidates above $110,000, market commentators are debating whether recent price action is a prelude to a reversal or if more downside is to come.
In a podcast update on Sep.1, prominent trader Mayne reaffirmed that “crypto is not dead,” highlighting that current pullbacks remain part of the broader uptrend.
He said Bitcoin’s rebound from the $110,000–$112,000 range validated his demand-zone strategy, calling it a key confluence of the 2024 high and a weekly bullish order block that previously pushed BTC to $130,000.
What does that mean for BTC, and what about ETH and SOL?
SPECIAL OFFER
The holiday is over, and September’s surge in volume and volatility is here. This Wednesday at 6 p.m. ET, former hedge fund trader Chris Capre goes live to show how he’s positioning for the market’s first big moves of the month. These are the same 1–5 day strategies he’s taught to over 34,000 traders. If you want to take advantage of post-holiday momentum, start here.
QUICK N DIRTY
Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, XRP are still consolidating as the markets await labor data later in the week: here’s what’s driving the market today.
Dogecoin is stuck below the $0.22 mark and just won’t move: is it because whales are choosing to sit on the sidelines?
Bitcoin and Ethereum are taking a breather after the recent downturn. But is this consolidation bullish or bearish?
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FINTECH FOCUS
The long-standing framework of value investing championed by Benjamin Graham no longer applies in today’s markets, according to Jeff Park, Chief Investment Officer at ProCap BTC.
In a post published on Tuesday, Park argued that investors must now navigate a landscape shaped less by financial models and more by ideology, geopolitics, artificial intelligence and culture.
Park described the traditional Graham-inspired approach as “Newtonian investing,” built on tools such as discounted cash flow, WACC and CAPM, which assumed stability under the Washington Consensus of open trade, deregulation and fiscal restraint.
So how do investors need to change their approach?
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