Episode 13 of Crypto Market Wizards, a new interview series focused on crypto traders in the trenches of the liquid markets. Today we have Alex Kruger talking about his journey from trading TradFi to becoming crypto-pilled. He shares his bull case for risk assets in 2024 and why bears have continued to bang the bearish drum despite being wrong for the past couple months. Crypto Market Wizards is an ad-free and sponsor-free podcast. Guest's Twitter: https://twitter.com/krugermacro Premium Discord: https://whop.com/humble-farmer-army Free Newsletter: https://hfaresearch.substack.com/ Taiki's Twitter: https://twitter.com/TaikiMaeda2 HFAResearch Twitter: https://twitter.com/HFAresearch Taiki's Twitter: https://twitter.com/TaikiMaeda2 Free Telegram: https://t.me/+3LgpNxIgJ4IzY2Fh HFA Research Dashboard: https://hfaresearch.io/ PODCASTS: Crypto Market Wizards: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6bwqqJO_txgGQySGK5-HSuTPp0LjeGqA Steady Lads: https://www.youtube.com/@0xSteadyLads Taiki is the founder of HFAResearch, a DeFi-focused research company founded in 2021 with a mission to create high-quality, digestible content that helps separate signal from noise for DeFi enthusiasts. We were frustrated with the lack of authentic educational content on Crypto YouTube/Twitter and took matters into our own hands. Timestamps: 0:00 Alex Krüger Background 01:49 Differentiating The Majors 06:14 Views on Macro Environment 11:46 Bitcoin Price Outlook & Flipping Gold 19:37 Overcoming Bear Market PTSD 22:22 Best & Worst Types of Content to Consume 26:20 Views on ETH 35:16 Views on SOL 40:08 How to Make it This Cycle 43:58 Building Conviction & Cutting Losses 46:34 Common Traits of Successful Traders 51:14 Managing Emotions 55:51 Advice to Younger Self