Relatively quiet this week, with the US jobs news meaning the Fed doesn't change interest rates, which means BTC and ETH start climbing a little.

Why? Not a clue, that's how it is. 😆

I have to say that I am amused by the sudden flurry of "IS THE BEAR MARKET FINISHED?!" articles that's flooded the crypto space. I mean, the FaG is still down at 23 (Extreme Fear), prices are wobbling around at the lowest they've been for ages, but crypto writers are so desperate to get a click or two that they're already shouting... the same nonsense we get every time anything moves.

Anyway, here are this week's numbers:

Back into 5 figures, which is a relief. Nothing's really changed apart from the markets: no new trades or anything, at least until prices go back up to around $2,350 for ETH and I can move what I'm holding.

I've been thinking about what to do with the "little extras" - faucet and GPT income - and whether it makes a significant difference to anything, but that's really just my idle mind wandering while there's no trading to focus on.

In detail:

• Trading up 19.41%
• Copy Trading down 29.13%
• Banking up 8.75%
• Overall up 9.43%

I moved most of the remaining Copy Trading funds out this week and put them in Trading. That explains the big differences in those categories. Of course, now that I've reduced their equity, they're all trading really well and making me second-guess it. But no, I'm not going to put any back in: I've been burned big twice and that's quite enough. If they're good, the funds will build up on their own (it accumulates because I don't withdraw).

The tracking's not doing anything interesting, of course. No movement, no change.

Everything will go green when the markets pump again. 😎

'26 Picks

The Picks didn't move as much as the big coins this week, though most of them shifted upwards. While BTC and ETH jumped about 10%, the Picks mostly managed half that amount or less.

The long haul continues. It's getting easier to sit back, in a way, because it's such a long wait and there really isn't much I can do until things move. And with August approaching, I'm starting to wonder if there will be a mini-pump before everyone buggers off on holiday. Which, in turn, makes me wonder if I should take no-loss sales on the Picks, since they're not moving much. But no, I won't.

HODL, HODL, HODL.

How are things looking with your portfolios? Anything interesting happening?