🔥 Portfolio Battle Results: Community vs AI vs SimpleSwap Five intense weeks are behind us – and our Community takes the victory! But numbers alone don’t tell the story – this experiment showed how the 2025 market truly behaves under pressure. 📉 Macro backdrop Trump’s tweet about a 100% tariff on Chinese goods triggered a short-term liquidity crunch – liquidations hit $20B+ in a single day. Leverage traders took the biggest hit, while investors who simply held their positions (or even bought the dip) improved their entries. By Monday, the market had already stabilized – showing how much sturdier the structure has become, even under pressure. 📊 Portfolio breakdown 💙 SimpleSwap -12% Focus on altcoins ( $ETH, $ONDO, $LINK ). With $BTC dominance around 58%, such a setup naturally underperforms. Still, all holdings remain fundamentally strong, especially $LINK, which led recovery among top-20 assets. 🧠 AI Portfolio -4% Diversified and well-balanced mix of fundamentals ( $ETH, $LINK ) and narratives ( $APEX, $WLD ). Final result: -4%, despite high volatility. $APEX and $WLD both showed massive rallies – a solid confirmation that AI caught the right trend. 👥 Community Portfolio +3% Classic and defensive: $BNB, $BTC, $ETH, $SOL, $XRP. A modest but positive result – a sign of maturity and strong decision-making during uncertainty. ⏺ Why altcoins are still under pressure Many expected the altseason to kick off this summer – and technically, the setup was there. But with $BTC dominance holding between 56-58%, liquidity remains centered around Bitcoin. We’re still in a BTC-led market – altcoins can rise, but not all together. Still, strong rebounds from assets like $LINK show early signs of rotation – the market may slowly start shifting toward high-quality alts. ❓ The takeaway Even in a volatile cycle, discipline and understanding of market structure make the difference. We’re in a transition phase – altcoins are consolidating, building momentum for the next leg. When altseason finally comes, it’ll catch everyone off guard. 💪 The Community showed its true strength. Over 1,500 participants independently picked a lineup that outperformed both AI and the team. No coordination, no luck – just collective insight and belief in fundamentals. Collective intelligence beat both the algorithm and the team 👏