『Demystification Theory Four: VCs Are Not Above Everyone Else』
VC, short for Venture Capital, is also known as risk investment in Chinese. It refers to investing on the basis of assuming a certain degree of risk.
The VCs in the market are mainly divided into two categories: those that perform well are called top investment institutions, while those that do not perform well are called large retail investors.
At the same time, the main work of VCs is divided into four areas: fundraising, investment, management, and exit, where fundraising and investment are pre-investment work, and management and exit are post-investment work.
The former primarily focuses on raising the funds required by the institution and diversifying the investment across different projects within a certain period (with KPIs); the latter mainly provides a series of services for the projects invested in by the institution, offering appropriate help and guidance, so that profits can be earned when exiting after the subsequent project TGE.
In short, it's a traditional Web2 gaming platform with some Web3 integration mechanisms (NFTs, Tokens, and interactions among them).
I must say the game mechanics of this project really left me stunned; it turns out I'm not suited to play this kind of game.
Overall, the best way to participate is to grind for their whitelist beforehand. It is said that you can get an NFT whitelist just by posting a tweet. Currently, the floor price is 0.4 ETH, and the peak is 1 ETH.
As for the future utility of the NFTs and Tokens, I find it hard to evaluate. It's likely that the project team just couldn't delay any longer and decided to launch quickly while liquidity is still decent.
For game projects, if players can't easily understand how to play at a glance, I think it's hard for them to sustain.
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Lastly, a reminder: if there are family members claiming this today, remember to sell in time. I just looked at the tokenomics, and there's a lot of sell pressure.
Airdrops and marketing provided over half of the circulating supply on the day of TGE.
I've noticed that everyone has been really into free-to-earn projects lately, today I’ll share some clear incentives or promising projects 1️⃣ Huma Finance @humafinance Yesterday, Huma officially announced that it will allocate 0.5% of tokens to incentivize Kaito Yap users https://x.com/humafinance/status/1924450239710433777 I have mentioned in the TG channel before that the Huma team values the community. In several podcasts, Richard @DrPayFi has repeatedly emphasized the importance of the community, many of which I agree with Here I also recommend everyone to listen to Ruby @rubywxt1 and Star @starzqeth's Day1Global podcast. There is quite a bit of information about Huma
‘Crypto Elevator Advertisement: Kaito's Long-Tail Traffic’
Elevator advertisements are not unfamiliar to everyone; when going out every day and taking the elevator, one is constantly attracted and brainwashed by some catchy advertisements until they are ingrained in the genes.
I still can't forget the slogan I saw as a child: 'No gifts for the festival this year, only brain platinum for gifts.'
Until one day, I found myself alone in the elevator, looking at the 360-degree fully wrapped advertisements, and suddenly realized.
Isn't this just like seeing a large number of influencers tweeting about various projects in Yap Kaito every day?
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Looking back at my initial views on Kaito and InfoFi — 'It has expanded the long-tail traffic effect a bit more.'
The Third Theory of Disenchantment: Beware of First-Time Founders
Why do investors prefer to invest in serial entrepreneurs rather than first-time entrepreneurs?
The answer is simple: the probability of first-time entrepreneurs stumbling into pitfalls is much higher.
Let's talk about some advantages of serial entrepreneurs: First, they have experience throughout the entire project process and know what to do and when. Second, they know how to interact with investors. Third, if they have a successful project experience, their personal credibility and endorsement are strong.
This is why Babylon, a leader in Bitcoin staking, had a very easy time in early financing, relying on the personal experiences and charm of the project Founders.
In contrast, first-time entrepreneurs should be wary of encountering the following types of people: ➣ Those who pretend to understand but do not. ➣ Those who do not take the experiences and lessons of predecessors seriously.
The former is particularly evident among those who switch careers to start businesses in traditional industries; they always rely on their past experiences and never think about adapting flexibly to align with market trends.
As a result, whenever they want to make a big push, they end up getting into trouble.
The latter resembles a novice in trading; investors, having been exposed to numerous projects and participated in many project processes, have effective solutions for some issues that arise during project development.
However, first-time entrepreneurs may have an obsession with their own methods of handling matters, assuming theirs is the optimal solution. They end up spending a lot of time and energy in trials, only to find that the solutions provided by investors are the simplest and most efficient.
Many first-time entrepreneurial projects fail during the trial process because they run out of money and lack sufficient cash flow to sustain project development.
Based on this, when we research a first-time entrepreneurial project, we need to focus on the following two points: ➣ Does the founding team have sufficient awareness and understanding of the market? If they have irreplaceable past project experience, that would be even better, like Huma. ➣ Are the Founders 'cooperative'? First, they should listen to investors' advice; second, they should heed the feedback from community members.
If they lack both, I can only say, 'Good luck to them!'
Theory of Disenchantment II: The Truth and Falsehoods of White Papers
The original purpose of white papers was to help everyone better understand the project's vision and what it does, aligning with the project party.
This is also why, to this day, when researching projects, everyone tends to prioritize looking at the project white paper, and I am no exception.
But have current project white papers changed compared to before?
In the past, white papers were carefully written word by word by the founders. Especially before GPT was widely applied, during the ICO period, various project white papers were everywhere, and the ones with charisma or 'value' raised quite a bit of money.
Although most projects either failed to launch or were rug pulls in the end, we can at least say they were seriously 'scamming.'
Today's white papers have visions that are drunkenly boastful moments, complex formulas that are randomly generated by GPT, content that is hastily written by hired writers for a few thousand RMB, and money that is tricked from investors.
Don't think that a white paper you can't understand means it's a good project; perhaps the project party doesn't understand it either, but what they want is for you to be confused.
A seamless process; do you think the white paper is meant for retail investors? No, no, no, it's all about the money. Let's just say, how good can a project white paper be if it is written by someone who hasn't participated in the entire project process?
Of course, this doesn't mean that all projects are like this; it's just an example of a phenomenon.
So next time you look at a project white paper, remember to keep your eyes wide open!
After Layer, People can also take a look at Teacher Ao Ying's public calls
From the weekly chart, it indeed dropped to the target, and there was a rise yesterday. Currently, it is in a sideways adjustment, and one can look for entry points in smaller time frames.
I stayed up all night watching, and now I think around 0.0313 can be a point to consider for entry.
However, Teacher Ao Ying said he would increase his position if it returns to around 0.029, after all, he has a relatively large position.
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A New Trading Opportunity
Recently, market liquidity has been good, and BTC is currently in a pullback consolidation. Some altcoins have shown strong upward performance recently, so they will generally follow BTC's lead.
At this point, we should look for altcoins that have experienced significant declines recently, because according to the mean reversion principle, coins that have dropped significantly often indicate that they have reached their bottom, and the trend is likely to reverse upwards.
Recently, market liquidity has been good, and BTC is currently in a pullback consolidation. Some altcoins have shown strong upward performance recently, so they will generally follow BTC's lead.
At this point, we should look for altcoins that have experienced significant declines recently, because according to the mean reversion principle, coins that have dropped significantly often indicate that they have reached their bottom, and the trend is likely to reverse upwards.
Short-term support level for $BTC is around 102300
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$BTC has started to pull back, recent emotions have been too heated and it should cool down a bit before gathering strength to rise again.
From a personal daily perspective, I see a pullback around 99,000, and many altcoins will follow this correction.
Once the pullback is in place, it should continue to rise, and at that time we can consider some strong altcoins mentioned earlier (DOGE, PEPE, ONDO, COW, KAITO).
Currently, the consensus on $Moodeng is very strong, so it can be prioritized.
However, everyone should still DYOR (Do Your Own Research) haha.
$BTC has started to pull back, recent emotions have been too heated and it should cool down a bit before gathering strength to rise again.
From a personal daily perspective, I see a pullback around 99,000, and many altcoins will follow this correction.
Once the pullback is in place, it should continue to rise, and at that time we can consider some strong altcoins mentioned earlier (DOGE, PEPE, ONDO, COW, KAITO).
Currently, the consensus on $Moodeng is very strong, so it can be prioritized.
However, everyone should still DYOR (Do Your Own Research) haha.
The First Theory of Demystification: The Matters of DEX
In every cycle, a large number of different DEX will emerge, but are there really that many differences between them? Are the project teams really that fantastical?
Previously, I have seen some DEX project teams; the tech-savvy ones love to promote various model advantages, while the finance-savvy ones love to boast about having xxx behind them.
Before that, we need to clarify what the core positioning of DEX is — casino.
Every transaction you make is no different than exchanging real money for pachinko balls in Japan.
Based on this, one key point for a DEX to succeed is — make everyone spend money without feeling it, and make everyone enjoy spending.
You will find that mainstream well-known DEXs have extremely streamlined UIs in their trading interfaces, with no candlestick charts, just a few simple buttons, and even the word 'sell' does not appear throughout the process.
Most people do not care whether your machine uses screws made with high precision in Germany, nor do they care which factory owned by which boss manufactured your machine. What they care about is whether they can win and whether they can feel pleasure.
Thus, to assess the strength of a DEX, one should look at their customer acquisition ability and retention ability, and only then their financial strength. Technical strength can be directly passed; there is no technical aspect in making DEX.
Recently, I will start synchronizing the secondary content from my personal channel to the square for everyone's convenience.
Recently, market liquidity has been quite good, and it should continue to gain momentum. From what I've seen, many trading bloggers generally believe that we are currently in a primary upward wave phase. The biggest characteristic of this phase is that there won't be significant pullbacks for people to get on board, causing many to miss out until they finally get in at the peak, only for it to start dropping and correcting.
Therefore, the best response measures are either to hold only spot positions or to look for other targets with a better cost-performance ratio. There will be many opportunities in a bull market, so don't just hold onto one and miss out on easy money.
The targets I've been looking at recently: $DOGE $PEPE $ONDO $INIT $PARTI $COW $KAITO
Recently, the discussion around @ethos_network has been quite high, but most bloggers' tweets are mainly introductions to related protocols and participation methods. I won't write too much about repetitive content; today, let's talk about the problems Ethos may encounter and thoughts on future development. Statement: No conflicts of interest, just purely expressing opinions, aiming to be a 'Wow, amazing' type of investor. 𐄣𐄣𐄣𐄣𐄣𐄣𐄣𐄣𐄣𐄣 Project introduction and market background. In one sentence, introducing Ethos — an on-chain version of 'Dianping,' which improves/reduces the credibility of related users through comments, staking assets for guarantees, and initiating Slashes.
Recently, the market has been sluggish. Some time ago, I saw @0xBeyondLee posted about the UniFAI @UnifaiNetwork AI project, so I did some research and experienced it myself. Today, I want to talk about this project and provide some participation ideas.
In the previous wave of AI Agents, the most mentioned application scenarios mainly fell into two parts: automated execution of on-chain transactions and assisting users in making investment decisions.
The advancement of these two application scenarios faced many obstacles at the time. When executing transactions, users would consider various security issues, such as whether their account private keys would be leaked and how to properly store personal sensitive data. When assisting in trading decisions, the efficiency, accuracy, and visualization of obtaining real-time data were also frequently considered by users.
Review and Retrospective of AI Agent Track Judgments
Today I saw Brother Haotian's article @tmel0211 https://x.com/tmel0211/status/1862705766630908047 This reminds me that I previously wrote an interpretation of the AI Agent track. So today, let's review it; it still seems quite accurate. In the tweet, I made some predictions about the future of the AI Agent track, mainly 4 points 👇🏻
https://x.com/weihaoming/status/1836779097651024249 From the current market environment, these four points still hold quite well. 1. Agent + new narratives in different fields
The Collision of Privacy and Regulation: The Reversal of the Tornado Cash Case and the Rebirth of the Track
When I saw the news about the Tornado Cash sanction case being overturned, the first thought that flashed through my mind was, 'This is a huge victory for the privacy track.' Here’s a brief overview of my thoughts 👇🏻 Disclaimer: This article is for communication and discussion purposes only, with no investment advice, DYOR. 1. The ever-burning flame: Tornado Cash Tornado Cash is probably the most well-known privacy protocol in the Crypto world today. Launched in 2019, Tornado Cash aims to allow users to conduct on-chain transactions while protecting their privacy. Privacy, a term that appeared alongside decentralization, has always been controversial.
The evolution and finality assumptions of the Meme trading platform in this cycle
1. Introduction Many people call this cycle the Meme Supercycle. Meme has indeed attracted a lot of capital participation, and the market is showing a grand scene of everyone competing to become a P player on the chain. In this process, we found that the way users speculate on Meme has undergone some obvious changes compared with the previous cycle, which is reflected in the use of trading platforms, trading habits, target selection logic, etc. Among them, the trading platform, as a display place for the gathering and game of various forces, is very suitable as a case for analysis. The recent security incident of Dexx @DEXXai_EN has once again raised users’ concerns about the security of trading platforms. Unfortunately, when one Dexx falls, users rush to the next one. Platforms such as gmgn, Phonton, and Bullx have all welcomed a wave of new users.