According to the source, venture discussions are centering on ETH, SOL, HYPE, WLFI, and the Base ecosystem, flagging these as current narrative leaders drawing market attention (source: X post dated 2025-09-03). For trading, this narrows the near-term watchlist to these tickers and Base for potential attention-driven volatility and liquidity rotation during headline cycles (source: X post dated 2025-09-03). The source also questions whether mindshare translates to long-term value, indicating traders should separate short-term sentiment trades from longer-horizon fundamentals when sizing positions (source: X post dated 2025-09-03).

According to @cas_abbe, Ethereum recorded 6,069 mentions by VCs and angel investors over the past month, with discussions up 35.77% and unique investor interest up 17.82%, highlighting a clear increase in institutional and angel focus on ETH (source: @cas_abbe on X, Aug 28, 2025). Bitcoin declined in both mentions by 12.63% and unique investors by 12.42%, indicating waning VC mindshare for BTC during the same period (source: @cas_abbe on X, Aug 28, 2025). For trading, the documented shift in VC attention supports monitoring ETH versus BTC relative strength and liquidity signals in ETH ecosystem deal flow as a sentiment gauge, without inferring price direction (source: @cas_abbe on X, Aug 28, 2025). The cited text did not provide specific Solana data, so no SOL conclusions are drawn here (source: @cas_abbe on X, Aug 28, 2025).