As a London-based crypto quant with a finance PhD, I’ve decoded the hidden signals behind the noise. While BTC and ETH dominate headlines, the real alpha lies in Layer-2 chains with institutional-grade infrastructure—Starknet, Chainlink, and AAVE. These aren’t speculative memes; they’re systemic upgrades to financial primitives. Here’s what the data—and Borges—tell me is coming next.