Bitcoin's Halving May Draw Attention to Related Tokens as Traders Eye Both Tech and Meme Coins

• Bitcoin's upcoming halving event may spur bets on related ecosystem tokens like RUNE, STX, and ORDI • Traders expect a "barbell strategy" of investing in both technical and meme coin projects • RUNE and STX have already hugely outperformed bitcoin in the past year • The soon-to-launch Runes protocol could attract meme coin hype to Bitcoin from Ethereum • Interest in Bitcoin-based NFTs called Ordinals has recently spiked while wider NFT volumes plunged 95%