{"id":21071,"date":"2025-05-15T01:51:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T01:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/15\/sell-the-news-isnt-just-a-phrase-will-it-hit-altcoin-again\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T01:51:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T01:51:22","slug":"sell-the-news-isnt-just-a-phrase-will-it-hit-altcoin-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/15\/sell-the-news-isnt-just-a-phrase-will-it-hit-altcoin-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Sell the News Isn\u2019t Just a Phrase. Will It Hit Altcoin Again?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not all good news is a buy signal. Sometimes, the most positive headlines mark a turning point \u2013 a phenomenon investors know all too well as \u201cSell the News.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Wave_of_Good_News_%E2%80%93_and_a_Swift_Market_Correction\"\/><strong>A Wave of Good News \u2013 and a Swift Market Correction<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"\/><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first week of May 2025 saw a flood of positive headlines pour into the crypto market. Bitcoin surged past $103,000 for the first time since January. The Fear &amp; Greed Index jumped from 48 to 70 in just three days, while the total global crypto market cap added over $160 billion, surpassing the $3.2 trillion mark.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_152799\" style=\"width: 766px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-152799\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/alternative.me\/crypto\/fear-and-greed-index\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Alternative.me<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ethereum\u2019s ecosystem also got a major boost as the long-anticipated Pectra upgrade was successfully deployed, pushing ETH above $2,250 \u2013 its highest level since late March.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the same time, U.S. jobless claims dropped to 228,000, below expectations of 234,000, fueling investor optimism that the Fed might hold interest rates steady or even begin a rate-cutting cycle in Q3. The bullish sentiment spread quickly, sending altcoins like SOL, AVAX, TON, and INJ up by more than 15% over just four trading sessions.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_152800\" style=\"width: 884px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152800\" src=\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image6-2.png\" alt=\"A Wave of Good News - and a Swift Market Correction\" width=\"874\" height=\"530\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152800\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-152800\" src=\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image6-2.png\" alt=\"A Wave of Good News - and a Swift Market Correction\" width=\"874\" height=\"530\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-152800\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: CoinGecko<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet within less than 48 hours, the market reversed sharply. Bitcoin slipped below $101,800, Ethereum fell back to around $2,100, and many altcoins shed between 5% and 10% of their value. Investor sentiment turned cautious, with capital rotating out of the week\u2019s top gainers. Once again, the crypto community echoed a familiar phrase: \u201cSell the News.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_152801\" style=\"width: 1321px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152801\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152801\" src=\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image5-4.png\" alt=\"A Wave of Good News - and a Swift Market Correction\" width=\"1311\" height=\"696\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152801\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-152801\" src=\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image5-4.png\" alt=\"A Wave of Good News - and a Swift Market Correction\" width=\"1311\" height=\"696\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-152801\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: CoinGecko<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Good_News_Doesnt_Always_Mean_Price_Gains_Lessons_from_Market_History\"\/><strong>Good News Doesn\u2019t Always Mean Price Gains: Lessons from Market History<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"\/><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In traditional finance, the saying \u201cBuy the rumor, sell the news\u201d is an unwritten rule backed by decades of market behavior. But in crypto, where reactions are faster and greed often outweighs fundamentals \u2013 the phenomenon becomes even more pronounced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most classic examples was the launch of the ProShares Bitcoin Futures ETF (BITO) in October 2021. In the lead-up to approval, BTC rallied nearly 40%, from $43,000 to an all-time high of $67,000. However, just three days after the ETF began trading on the NYSE, Bitcoin reversed sharply and entered a months-long correction, ending the year at $47,000. Investors had expected good news to drive fresh inflows, but instead, it marked a sentiment top.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A similar pattern emerged in January 2024, when the SEC rejected multiple Spot Ethereum ETFs and markets dipped only modestly. Then, as rumors of approval resurfaced in late February, ETH surged from $1,650 to $2,300 in just 10 days. But after the SEC officially greenlit four Spot ETH ETFs in March, ETH unexpectedly dropped 12% during the first week following the announcement.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"b-cta-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"b-cta b-cta--inline\">\n<div class=\"b-cta__image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/recommends\/binance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/binance-logo-6219389_1280-300x300.webp\" class=\"image-fit wp-post-image\" alt=\"binance-logo-2\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/binance-logo-6219389_1280-300x300.webp\" class=\"lazyload image-fit wp-post-image\" alt=\"binance-logo-2\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_152802\" style=\"width: 2009px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152802\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152802\" src=\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image1-15.png\" alt=\"Good News Doesn\u2019t Always Mean Price Gains: Lessons from Market History\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1191\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152802\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-152802\" src=\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image1-15.png\" alt=\"Good News Doesn\u2019t Always Mean Price Gains: Lessons from Market History\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1191\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-152802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: TradingView<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More recently, in April 2025, Pudgy Penguins\u2019 $PENGU token soared to $0.48 after a Walmart partnership announcement and a spike in Google Trends interest. Just one day later, the token crashed over 60% as the team unlocked a large tranche of tokens for the community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The meme coin market has also repeatedly echoed this pattern. In December 2023, BONK on Solana jumped over 300% in six days as rumors spread of a major centralized exchange partnership. Yet just two days after the news was confirmed, BONK lost nearly half its value within 48 hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Market_Sentiment_When_Expectations_Outrun_Reality\"\/><strong>Market Sentiment: When Expectations Outrun Reality<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"\/><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \u201cSell the News\u201d phenomenon rarely happens because the news itself is bad, rather, it\u2019s because the market has already \u201cpriced in\u201d the good news, with expectations running ahead of reality. According to CryptoQuant, between April 28 and May 10, stablecoin inflows to exchanges rose by 27%, indicating that investors were proactively preparing liquidity to \u201cride the news.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_152803\" style=\"width: 1563px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152803\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152803\" src=\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image4-3.png\" alt=\"Market Sentiment: When Expectations Outrun Reality\" width=\"1553\" height=\"626\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152803\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-152803\" src=\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image4-3.png\" alt=\"Market Sentiment: When Expectations Outrun Reality\" width=\"1553\" height=\"626\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-152803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: CryptoQuant<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, during the same period, the number of whale wallets (holding between 1,000 and 10,000 BTC) remained largely flat, suggesting that the new inflows came primarily from short-term speculators. This aligns with a common pattern in crypto, where price rallies are often driven more by FOMO than long-term accumulation.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_152804\" style=\"width: 1562px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152804\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152804\" src=\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image2-11.png\" alt=\"Market Sentiment: When Expectations Outrun Reality\" width=\"1552\" height=\"854\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152804\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-152804\" src=\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image2-11.png\" alt=\"Market Sentiment: When Expectations Outrun Reality\" width=\"1552\" height=\"854\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-152804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: CryptoQuant<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technical indicators also flashed warnings. On May 9, the daily RSI for both Bitcoin and ETH surpassed 70, signaling overbought conditions. Meanwhile, trading volume began to decline even as prices kept rising \u2013 a classic setup for a potential reversal. Data from Glassnode further showed a modest uptick in BTC deposits to exchanges on May 10, which coincided with the market\u2019s short-term top.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"\/><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"\/><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \u201cSell the News\u201d phenomenon is an inherent part of market cycles, especially during unsustainable rallies or when information spreads too quickly. However, that doesn\u2019t mean every piece of good news should be viewed with skepticism. The key lies in analyzing the substance of the news and the capital flow that follows it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s no one-size-fits-all answer to whether you should hold or sell when good news breaks. But three fundamental principles can help guide decision-making:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, assess the underlying value of the information. A technical upgrade (like Ethereum\u2019s Pectra) may offer long-term benefits, while token listing announcements or airdrops often provide only short-term upside.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second, monitor capital flows. If TVL, active users, and on-chain metrics remain largely unchanged after a major announcement, there\u2019s a high probability the rally is sentiment-driven and unlikely to last.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lastly, establish your exit strategy in advance \u2013 including clear profit-taking levels or leverage reductions. Making decisions amid volatile market moves often leads to emotional reactions and unexpected losses.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/free-crypto-signals-evening-trader-channel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Trading with Free Crypto Signals in Evening Trader Channel<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/sell-the-news-isnt-just-a-phrase-will-it-hit-altcoin-again\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=sell-the-news-isnt-just-a-phrase-will-it-hit-altcoin-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not all good news is a buy signal. Sometimes, the most positive headlines mark a turning point \u2013 a phenomenon investors know all too well as \u201cSell the News.\u201d A Wave of Good News \u2013 and a Swift Market Correction The first week of May 2025 saw a flood of positive headlines pour into the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[9],"tags":[21],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/template-new-nfte-1024x576.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21071"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}