🥛 What I’m buying in the dip 💰️

Welcome to the 14th version of the Degen PRO Report.

What’s up, degen.

I feel very old these days - but also weirdly young.

I’ve been in crypto for five years now, riding what might be the end of my second cycle, and man… it’s aged me. But I still feel like a total rookie when it comes to real finance.

I was in film before all this. I didn’t know about equities, commodities, or even what a “Debasement Trade” was. Still green as hell.

But I couldn’t ask for a better place to work and learn. Every pod, every newsletter, every PRO Report teaches me something new.

And the more I consume, the more fired up I get to dive back into the trenches - hunting gems, farming airdrops, and catching the next signal before it rips.

I’m working for you, degen. No matter what the market does.

Let’s get to it.

🧠 VIBECHECK

For the 5th week in a row, the market feels incredibly polarizing.

I find myself repeating the same narratives:

“too many metas”
“up or down based on a tweet”
“cycle top or extension to 2026”

It’s exhausting.

I would say things were comfier on the way up the last two years, despite aggressive drawdowns, than they are now.

We knew the direction was up, and that we should just spot + chill. But now? That’s a much harder call if you’re on a degen timeframe.

And now we’re seeing a major bleed out of alts and degen coins. It is becoming so much harder to hold anything outside of the majors than it was in the summer. And good conditions could very much return quickly, but capital preservation is the name of the game I’m playing.

📚 WEEKLY RESEARCH

The Zora ecosystem makes a comeback

Here we go again with Zora, one of my least favorite apps on the timeline. I know I sound like a broken record, but their airdrop was a mess, they abandoned their own L2 for Base, the app’s clunky, and the branding just doesn’t hit.

But… I can’t deny what’s happening. ZORA is being heavily championed by Coinbase, and whether I like it or not, it’s clearly destined for a major run.

Here’s why:

$ZORA got listed on Robinhood, a first among Base tokens.
They’re launching a $2M “believe fund” to add much-needed liquidity to their top tokens.
It’s back hovering around a $1B FDV, this time on sustained momentum, not just hype.
Over 16 tokens now have $1M+ market caps.

So yeah, I still don’t love the platform. But I love opportunity, and right now, there’s clear energy on the platform. If good conditions return, and the parent token moons, I’ll be looking for an entry to the fastest runners.