Raoul Pal’s Moron Trade: Crypto’s Great Unwashed 🤑

In his latest tête-à-tête, the indefatigable Raoul Pal, with a wink and a smirk, sharpened his blade against the great unwashed of the crypto masses. “My dear fellow,” he intoned, “the plebs shall invariably flock to XRP, Doge, and Cardano, regardless of your refined protests. Why? Because they’re as cheap as a gin and tonic at a third-rate club, and the masses, bless their hearts, are utterly besotted with nominal prices.” 🍸💸

With the air of a man dissecting a particularly amusing farce, Pal divided the crypto landscape into three tiers of folly: the “idiot-proof” layer-1s, the “middle”-a veritable quagmire of DeFi esoterica-and the pièce de résistance, the “Moron Trade.” “Not an insult, mind you,” he assured, “merely an observation of the nouveau riche’s penchant for the cheapest trinkets in the window.” 🛍️🤡

Why XRP, ADA, and DOGE Are the Darlings of the Dunderheads

Pal, with a flourish, elucidated the psychology of the on-ramp. “Imagine, if you will, the poor dear stumbling upon Bitcoin’s $116,000 price tag-‘Good heavens,’ they cry, ‘I can scarcely afford a sandwich!’” 🥪😱 Ethereum, too, is dismissed as “rather dear.” But ah, XRP at $3, Doge at $0.22, and Cardano at $0.78-“Elon likes Doge, you know,” they murmur, “and Cardano sounds frightfully clever.” 🧠✨

The result, he declared with a dramatic sigh, is as predictable as a society wedding gone awry. “Flows, my dear, flows! They gravitate to these baubles like moths to a flame, utterly oblivious to fully diluted value or liquidity. It’s quite the spectacle.” 🦋🔥

Yet, Pal’s framework allows for a modicum of sophistication. On one side, the “idiot-proof” layer-1s-Solana, Sui, and their ilk-“go up a lot, and are less risky, provided one isn’t a complete ass.” On the other, the “middle part,” a veritable minefield of DeFi tokens requiring “timing, patience, or a brain.” And then, the “Moron Trade”-“Just buy the cheapest thing in the top 10, darling. It’s what the masses do.” 🛒🤪

Pal, ever the showman, tied his musings to his grand cycle narrative. “We called the Banana Zone in August 2024, you know,” he boasted, “and those who followed our ‘Don’t Fuck This Up’ thesis are now rolling in it. Sui at +650%, XRP at +630%, Doge at +210%-it’s all part of ‘The Everything Code.’” 🍌📈

In sum, Pal’s map is clear: the masses will continue to clutch their low-unit-price darlings, while the savvy few shall bask in the glory of adopted layer-1s. The DeFi middle? “Harder than a crossword puzzle at a debutante ball,” he quipped. 🧩💃

At press time, XRP traded at $3.27. Quite the bargain, wouldn’t you say? 🛍️💰

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2025-08-11 11:05