Market Research & Insights

Market structures, volatility analysis, and catalyst narration. Actionable insights into all things crypto markets.

Jun 22, 2026

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11 min read

We Sold the Panic | Monday Alpha #71

The edge has shifted from selling the calm to owning the convexity.

marty

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Told You Vol Was Cheap | Monday Alpha #70

Jun 8, 2026

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9 min read

Told You Vol Was Cheap | Monday Alpha #70

The vol was mispriced, the hedge was cheap, and now the regime has flipped.

marty

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Gave It Back, Got a Deal | Monday Alpha #69

May 25, 2026

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7 min read

Gave It Back, Got a Deal | Monday Alpha #69

Vol collapsed, skew steepened, and now diplomacy decides direction.

marty

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Vol Got Crushed While You Weren't Looking | Monday Alpha #68

May 11, 2026

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6 min read

Vol Got Crushed While You Weren't Looking | Monday Alpha #68

Everyone bet on collapse, and BTC climbed anyway.

marty

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Price Up, Vol Down, Shots Fired | Monday Alpha #67

Apr 27, 2026

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8 min read

Price Up, Vol Down, Shots Fired | Monday Alpha #67

Vol has reset, risk appetite is back, but the next big move hinges on whether peace holds.

marty

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Vol Crushed and People Are Offside | Monday Alpha #66

Apr 13, 2026

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14 min read

Vol Crushed and People Are Offside | Monday Alpha #66

The market is pricing peace before it arrives.

marty

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Don't Be A Panican? Oh, I Am Panican Alright | Monday Alpha #65

Mar 30, 2026

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12 min read

Don't Be A Panican? Oh, I Am Panican Alright | Monday Alpha #65

This is a trader's market. Watch out on April 6th.

marty

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Global Tensions Rise, Will BTC Follow Through | Monday Alpha #64

Mar 2, 2026

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10 min read

Global Tensions Rise, Will BTC Follow Through | Monday Alpha #64

Crypto might be finally getting its moment to prove what it's made of.

marty

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Feb 16, 2026

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8 min read

Lower For Longer? | Monday Alpha #63

Brutal charts, empty narratives, and a market waiting for a catalyst it no longer believes in. It's not looking good.

marty

Market Research & Insights

Feb 2, 2026

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6 min read

1) What | Monday Alpha #62

Forced liquidations, shattered correlations, and the kind of pain that historically sets up the next cycle’s best entries. Remember FTX?

marty

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Digital Gold or Digital Lead? | Monday Alpha #61

Jan 19, 2026

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6 min read

Digital Gold or Digital Lead? | Monday Alpha #61

When I bullpost it is the top and when I bearpost it is the bottom. Follow for more tips.

marty

Market Research & Insights

Jan 5, 2026

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9 min read

Survival in 2026 | Monday Alpha #60

Unclear consensus, regulatory clarity incoming, alt underperformance to continue. All these insights and more in our first Monday Alpha of 2026 by Kyan x Marty.

marty

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Dec 22, 2025

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13 min read

2025 Wrap-Up | Monday Alpha #59

Expectations vs reality: 2025 edition.

marty

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Trading Competition Stage 2 | Monday Alpha #58

Dec 1, 2025

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9 min read

Trading Competition Stage 2 | Monday Alpha #58

Stage 2 is starting with a 25,000 USDC prize pool. Maybe we should've all just stayed on testnet.

marty

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Nov 18, 2025

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8 min read

Tuesday Alpha - Trading Comp Edition

Let's ask the hard question... When bounce?

marty

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Monday Alpha #56 | Tops Take a While to Form

Nov 3, 2025

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11 min read

Monday Alpha #56 | Tops Take a While to Form

Basis has been good, ETH has been bad. Kyan Testnet Competition is dropping soon. Market analysis, narratives, alpha, and more in our biweekly newsletter by Kyan x Marty.

marty

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Crypto Rinsed, TradFi ATH | Monday Alpha #53

Sep 21, 2025

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9 min read

Crypto Rinsed, TradFi ATH | Monday Alpha #53

Weekend bull market, CZ emerges, markets nuke. Violent delights have violent ends.

marty

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Structured Products in Crypto | An Introduction

Sep 18, 2025

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10 min read

Structured Products in Crypto | An Introduction

What the heck are structured products and why should I care? Here's the introduction, with an extra bit of alpha on why you should care. Trade options, perps, and multi-leg strategies seamlessly with low latency on Kyan.

Weka, +1

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The Institutional Playbook Continues | Monday Alpha #52

Sep 7, 2025

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10 min read

The Institutional Playbook Continues | Monday Alpha #52

Vols keep sliding, SOL is running the BTC/ETH institutional playbook, Nasdaq is inching toward tokenized securities, and big U.S data next week sets the stage.

marty