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This altcoin is up 62% while the market is flat...

Name: This altcoin is up 62% while the market is flat...
Uploaded: 2026-01-24T09:16:50+00:00
Duration: 1 min 10 s
Channel: Ben Simpson
Description: YouTube clip (Ben Simpson) explaining why the altcoin 'Syrup' is up ~62% since December while the broader altcoin market is largely flat. The speaker…

24 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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YouTube clip (Ben Simpson) explaining why the altcoin 'Syrup' is up ~62% since December while the broader altcoin market is largely flat. The speaker attributes Syrup's outperformance to fundamentals: a new buyback model (MIP019) that sends 25% of protocol revenue into token buybacks, strong revenue at Maple (approaching $100M ARR), and large institutional lending activity (a $500M loan) which increases protocol revenue and funds buybacks. The speaker advises preferring fundamentally strong projects over meme/hype tokens when allocating altcoin exposure.

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62%.

6% (up).

56%.

25% of protocol revenue.

Approximately $100 million ARR.

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I want to share with you why this altcoin behind me is up 62% since December. Why the entire crypto market has been flat. Check this out. Now I just posted this for our clients. Syrup is up 62% outperforming the others market cap by 56%. Others, which is the altcoin market cap outside the top 10 is only up 6% since December. Now why is the case and why is this altcoin performing so well and why have I had it in my portfolio for such a long time? Is it is such a fundamentally strong project that generates real revenue, not hype it. You have to focus on fundamentally strong projects. Syrup recently had an update their new model MIP019 that has a 25% buyback of all the protocol revenue that used to buy Syrup. And guess what? Maple is approaching $100 million in annual recurring revenue. The institutional loan growth has had just had its biggest loan ever. $500 million loan, right? When that happens, it generates revenue and then it goes back to buy the token and that pushes the price up. So when looking at your altcoin allocations in your portfolios, make sure you only all to fundamentally strong projects. The crypto market right now is not rewarding meme coins or hype related tokens follow fundamentally strong projects and it will outperform the market.