Author
@scottmelker scottmelker
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High-output crypto media perma-bull synthesizing macro, regulation, and rotation narratives
Curates and editorializes the daily crypto macro/news cycle,
trader score
+1.93
hit rate
75%
mean α
+1.63%
signals 14d
450
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: 75% hit rate, +1.63% mean alpha, trader score +1.93. Their last-14d mentions, direction-adjusted, have moved -3.2% since posting (mean over 117 mentions with price data).
Recent signals15receipts included
| date (PT) | ticker | author | sent | what they said | since then | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | · | @scottmelker | · | Bank of America warns that the $1T AI investment boom may end in a major downturn. | · | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-16 | · | @scottmelker | · | WTI surges above $100 as US-Iran tensions raise supply and inflation risks. | · | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-16 | · | @scottmelker | · | Three Japanese banks completed a joint yen-stablecoin cross-border payments pilot. | · | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-16 | BTC | @scottmelker | -0.15 | The author warns against relying on commercial hardware wallets for Bitcoin self-custody. | · | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-16 | C | @scottmelker | -0.10 | Bank of America reportedly receives a $1.2B money-laundering fine; peers' historical fines are cited. | -2.9% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-16 | WFC | @scottmelker | -0.10 | Bank of America reportedly receives a $1.2B money-laundering fine; peers' historical fines are cited. | -1.8% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-16 | UBS | @scottmelker | -0.10 | Bank of America reportedly receives a $1.2B money-laundering fine; peers' historical fines are cited. | -2.7% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-16 | JPM | @scottmelker | -0.10 | Bank of America reportedly receives a $1.2B money-laundering fine; peers' historical fines are cited. | -2.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-16 | BAC | @scottmelker | -0.30 | Bank of America reportedly receives a $1.2B money-laundering fine; peers' historical fines are cited. | -1.3% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-16 | MSTR | @scottmelker | -0.05 | Possible MSCI deletion is acknowledged, but the author dismisses $3B selloff fears as minor versus volume. | +6.7% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-16 | BTC | @scottmelker | +0.80 | Buy Bitcoin to opt out of inconsistent inflation and Fed signals. — After discussing hot PPI and falling hike odds, the author explicitly says to buy Bitcoin. | · | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-16 | · | @scottmelker | · | Sandy Kaul expects crypto's next rally to broaden into infrastructure protocols. | · | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-16 | · | @scottmelker | · | Tokenization is framed as democratizing securities lending and borrowing. | · | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-16 | V | @scottmelker | +0.25 | Visa moves USDC prefunding into production with Inyo Global as its first enabler. | +1.3% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-16 | USDC | @scottmelker | +0.20 | Visa moves USDC prefunding into production with Inyo Global as its first enabler. | · | tweet ↗ |
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.