Author

@scottmelker scottmelker

High-output crypto media perma-bull synthesizing macro, regulation, and rotation narratives

Curates and editorializes the daily crypto macro/news cycle,

trader score
+0.27
hit rate
50%
mean α
+0.19%
signals 14d
352

Grade = how their written analysis reads (A best). Trader score = how their last-20 timestamped calls performed vs SPY.

Their picks, scored

Across their last 20 scored bets: 50% hit rate, +0.19% mean alpha, trader score +0.27. Their last-14d mentions, direction-adjusted, have moved +6.2% since posting (mean over 41 mentions with price data).

Recent signals15receipts included
date (PT)tickerauthorsentwhat they saidsince thenreceipt
2026-08-28SOL@scottmelker+0.25Goldman Sachs is reported as the largest known holder of spot Solana ETFs, with about $88.1M exposure.·
2026-08-28BTC@scottmelker+0.55Schwab's crypto research director says the currency-debasement trade has returned across gold and Bitcoin.·
2026-08-28SOL@scottmelker+0.45Solana passed a proposal doubling disinflation to 30% and reducing future issuance by 18.9M SOL.·
2026-08-28·@scottmelker·Fed Chair Warsh says the economy is strengthening and business investment is rising.·
2026-08-28·@scottmelker·Fed Chair Warsh says markets are not under excessive pressure from current interest rates.·
2026-08-28·@scottmelker·Fed Chair Warsh says the labor market appears stable.·
2026-08-28·@scottmelker·Prediction markets are framed as a $100B annual-revenue opportunity spanning regulation, sports and AI agents.·
2026-08-28·@scottmelker·Fed Chair Warsh says the primary current task is bringing prices under control.·
2026-08-28·@scottmelker·Fed Chair Warsh says the 2% inflation target will remain unchanged.·
2026-08-28HYPE@scottmelker+0.75Hyperliquid is presented as a lower-valued, higher-revenue alternative capable of attracting flows from Ethereum.·
2026-08-28ETH@scottmelker-0.65Hyperliquid is presented as a lower-valued, higher-revenue alternative capable of attracting flows from Ethereum.·
2026-08-28HYPE@scottmelker+0.55Tokenomics-based ecosystems are expected to expand into products unavailable in traditional finance.·
2026-08-28ETH@scottmelker+0.35Tokenomics-based ecosystems are expected to expand into products unavailable in traditional finance.·
2026-08-28SOL@scottmelker+0.35Tokenomics-based ecosystems are expected to expand into products unavailable in traditional finance.·
2026-08-28·@scottmelker·Warsh took a hawkish path, emphasizing economic strength and persistent inflation rather than easing.·

Grade is our human read-worthiness rating; trader score is a rolling 20-bet hit-rate/alpha composite — different things, often disagreeing. “Since then” is direction-unaware in the table; the summary line above adjusts for which way they leaned.