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Early-stage projects with mechanical demand drivers will outperform large-cap assets like Ethereum in this cycle

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Too little corroboration in the last 3 days to call a trend (1 article). Watching for it to gain traction.

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"Early stage projects with mechanical demand drivers have multiplied past large caps in every cycle since 2017, and the presale window is where that starts."

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