@JoelKruger
An FX and crypto strategist at the exchange group LMAX whose own posts lean on Ethereum. He was too early on Ethereum in May, when he wrote of $2,400 that “I don’t think we’re that far away” at $2,131; it fell to $1,566 first. But his 6 July double-bottom call hit its $2,200 target on 20 August, and his September Bitcoin levels played out.
In short. Joel Kruger is a markets strategist at LMAX Group and is often quoted by CoinDesk on Bitcoin and Ethereum. On X he posts as @JoelKruger to about 30,000 followers, but rarely: 36 of his own posts fall in our price window. On our sample of seven calls from 14 April to 8 October — four on Ethereum, three on Bitcoin — the record is 5 played out, 1 went against, 1 open. The miss was his May call that Ethereum would soon clear $2,400. He repeated that bullish stance on 21 May, 28 May and 2 June while Ethereum kept falling.
Joel Kruger is a markets strategist at LMAX Group, a London-based operator of institutional FX and crypto exchanges, including LMAX Digital. CoinDesk and other outlets quote him by name on Bitcoin and Ethereum several times a month. His X bio reads “Global Macro Strategist @LMAX // Digital Asset Fund Manager”. It does not name the fund, and we did not find it.
Weiss Ratings has an expert page for him as an NFT analyst and the editor of its NFT Wealth Builder publication. That page says he has “over two decades of experience with currencies” and calls him one of the world's most accurate Bitcoin forecasters. That is Weiss's marketing, not our finding, and this page tests his calls itself.
His method is chart levels and macro: double bottoms, measured moves and resistance levels, read against the dollar, Treasury yields and the Fed. On X he also posts FX trades, such as a EUR/USD long at 1.1165 in October.
This page grades Bitcoin and Ethereum calls only. X search returned nothing for this account, so the reading list is his profile feed (847 of his own posts since February 2025, 36 of them in our price window) plus CoinDesk articles that quote him. We charted his own posts and his own words in quotation marks. We left out CoinDesk's paraphrases of his levels, such as “$83,000 as the next major upside level” on 24 August. We also left out his 7 May “short equities/long eth from now into year end” trade, because it is a relative trade we cannot grade on Ethereum's price alone. LMAX's daily crypto notes are unsigned, so we did not quote them.
Sources: x.com/JoelKruger (captured via api.fxtwitter.com) · CoinDesk · CoinGecko
Levels with macro behind them. Joel names the level that would change the picture — $2,400 on Ethereum, $76,000 or $82,820 on Bitcoin — and ties it to the dollar, yields and the Fed. His best calls came near the lows: “buying when there's blood in the streets” on 5 June and the 6 July Ethereum double bottom. His weak spot is Ethereum enthusiasm that runs ahead of the chart: in May and early June he kept saying the turn was close while Ethereum fell another 26.5%.
Mostly bullish on crypto, and especially on Ethereum. We did not find a bearish Bitcoin or Ethereum call from him in the window.
Seven dated calls from Joel Kruger — four on Ethereum, three on Bitcoin — charted against real price. Five are his own X posts; two are his words quoted by CoinDesk. The tally is 5 played out, 1 went against, 1 open. The 14 April re-engagement call, the 5 June “blood in the streets” post, the 6 July Ethereum double bottom, the 2 September $80,000–$82,820 upside area and the 15 September “Buy the dip” played out. The 18 May call on Ethereum’s $2,400 level — “I don’t think we’re that far away” — went against. The 8 October Ethereum dip-buy above $2,400 is open.
“Will now be looking for opportunities to take advantage of dips in $ETH here. Plenty of formidable support into $2,400 area. Outlook highly constructive for digital assets and most of Fed hawkishness priced in = tailwind.”
Posted at 15:26 UTC; the 8 October mark was $2,573 and the next, on 9 October, $2,473. The dip came: Ethereum fell to $2,420 (−6.0%) on 15 October, but it has not closed below $2,400. It sits at $2,426 (−5.7%). The support is holding so far, but the rebound has not come — open.
𝕏 Post“Plenty of formidable support into $2,400 area” — @JoelKruger on X↗ x.com“Downside associated with CLARITY is limited and should be short-term in nature. Market expectations have already been positioned for this to not happen. So only real risk is for major upside surprise. TLDR: Buy the dip”
Posted at 14:59 UTC, as the CLARITY Act vote neared; the 15 September mark was $78,173. The dip came the next day, at $75,590 (−3.3%) on 16 September. It was short, as he said: Bitcoin rose to $86,597 (+10.8%) on 22 September. It sits at $81,512 (+4.3%). Played out.
𝕏 Post“TLDR: Buy the dip” — @JoelKruger on X↗ x.com“the key upside area remains $80,000 through the May high near $82,820.”
Said in an email to CoinDesk, published at $77,416 during an Iran-driven selloff. Bitcoin closed above $80,000 at $81,265 (+5.0%) on 4 September, dipped to $75,590 (−2.4%) on 16 September, then cleared $82,820 with $86,597 (+11.9%) on 22 September. It sits at $81,512 (+5.3%). Played out.
SourceSolana, ether, xrp lead majors slide as Iran strikes drive a broad risk selloff — CoinDesk↗ coindesk.com“ETH double bottom formation looking more promising. A break of $1,850 will trigger pattern and open a measured move towards $2,200.”
Posted at 16:30 UTC; the 6 July mark was $1,784 and the next, on 7 July, $1,799. Ethereum dipped to $1,742 (−2.4%) on 9 July, then broke $1,850 with $1,890 (+5.9%) on 15 July. He repeated the call on 14 July. The $2,200 target came with $2,252 (+26.2%) on 20 August, and Ethereum went on to $2,775 (+55.5%) on 22 September. It sits at $2,426 (+36.0%). Played out.
𝕏 Post“ETH double bottom formation looking more promising” — @JoelKruger on X↗ x.com“Nothing is certain except death, taxes.....and buying when there's blood in the streets. #bitcoin #eth”
Posted at 11:12 UTC; the 5 June mark was $1,769 and the next, on 6 June, $1,582. It was early: Ethereum fell to $1,566 (−11.5%) on 26 June. It then rose to $2,775 (+56.9%) on 22 September and sits at $2,426 (+37.1%). Bitcoin, also tagged, went from $63,811 to a low of $58,566 (−8.2%) on 1 July, then to $86,597 (+35.7%) on 22 September. A buy near the lows — played out.
𝕏 Post“buying when there's blood in the streets” — @JoelKruger on X↗ x.com“Good news right now is that when ETH finally clears $2,400, things are gonna get crazy. This is the most important level in crypto. And I don’t think we’re that far away.”
Posted at $2,131. He stayed bullish as Ethereum fell: “ETH will be just fine. Higher!” on 21 May at $2,127, a $2,160 trigger on 28 May at $2,022, and a $2,050 trigger on 2 June at $2,004. Ethereum fell to $1,566 (−26.5%) on 26 June. It first closed above $2,400 on 22 August, at $2,515 (+18.0%), three months later. It sits at $2,426 (+13.9%). Not near — went against.
𝕏 Post“when ETH finally clears $2,400, things are gonna get crazy” — @JoelKruger on X↗ x.com“Overall, the past 24 hours reflect a market that is beginning to show signs of re-engagement,”
Quoted by CoinDesk at $74,482. He named $76,000 as the key resistance. Bitcoin closed above it at $77,126 (+3.5%) on 18 April and rose to $82,018 (+10.1%) on 11 May. The rally then failed: Bitcoin fell to $58,566 (−21.4%) on 1 July. It sits at $81,512 (+9.4%). The re-engagement lasted four weeks — played out, short-term.
SourceBitcoin price news: BTC completes rebound from Feb. 5 crash — CoinDesk↗ coindesk.comOutcomes are our read of the stated claim against real price, not his own scoring. Every quote is verbatim from the page linked on its card: an X post, or a CoinDesk article quoting him in quotation marks. Prices are CoinGecko daily marks taken at 00:00 UTC, so a call is measured from the mark at the start of its day, and intraday highs and lows do not show. Four posts came later in the day: 5 June at 11:12 UTC (next mark $1,582), 6 July at 16:30 UTC (next mark $1,799), 15 September at 14:59 UTC (next mark $75,590) and 8 October at 15:26 UTC (next mark $2,473). The 2 September quote was from an email to CoinDesk published at 05:01 UTC that day. The 5 June post tagged both #bitcoin and #eth; we chart it on Ethereum and give the Bitcoin figures in the summary. Near-term marks can flip.
Joel's X posts and his comments to the press are free. Here is how his work is paid for, and what he has a stake in.
He is a markets strategist at LMAX Group, which runs institutional FX and crypto exchanges, including LMAX Digital. LMAX earns from trading volume, so busier crypto markets are good for his employer. LMAX also sponsored The Tie's Out East Summit, which he praised on 23 July.
His X bio says “Digital Asset Fund Manager”. It does not name the fund, and we did not find it, its holdings or its fees.
Weiss Ratings lists him as the editor of its NFT Wealth Builder publication. We did not check its price or whether it is still published.
He has posted “Bullish $ETHFI” (4 May) and cheered ether.fi's token buybacks (13 August). We found no disclosure of whether he holds the token.
“buying when there's blood in the streets.”
5 Jun 2026 · Ethereum bottomed 21 days later“And I don’t think we’re that far away.”
18 May 2026 · $2,400 came three months and a 26.5% fall later“TLDR: Buy the dip”
15 Sep 2026 · Bitcoin +10.8% a week laterQuotes transcribed from his own public sources; stated views, not recommendations.
Joel posts on X a few times a month and hosts occasional live shows there; most of his market views reach the public through press quotes. We graded X posts and CoinDesk quotes only.
A markets strategist at LMAX Group who covers FX and crypto. CoinDesk and other outlets often quote him on Bitcoin and Ethereum, and he posts as @JoelKruger on X to about 30,000 followers.
On our sample of seven dated calls from April to October 2026: five played out, one went against, one is open. The miss was his May view that Ethereum would soon clear $2,400; it fell 26.5% first.
Mostly bullish, especially on Ethereum. We found no bearish Bitcoin or Ethereum call from him in the window.
His posts are free. He works for LMAX Group, which runs crypto exchanges, his X bio says he manages a digital-asset fund (not named), and Weiss Ratings lists him as editor of an NFT publication.
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