Want to turn $1,000 into $10,000? Hunting moonshots isnโt luck, itโs process. This is Phase 1: the fast, practical steps to find low-cap projects worth researching.
1. Begin with reliable dashboards: CoinGecko, CoinMarketCap, and the CEX listing pages. Filter new listings and build a candidate list. Target market caps roughly $10Mโ$50M. Ignore tokens with tiny daily volume, look for at least ~$500K in tradable liquidity so you can enter and exit.
2. Sector focus (donโt chase random hype): Pick sectors with real tailwinds. Right now watch: DeFi 2.0 (security + composability), AI ร blockchain, Layer-2 scaling, cross-chain liquidity, and NFT infrastructure (utility, not just images). ๐ A good sector lift can turn a mediocre token into a 10x, a dead sector usually crushes even solid projects.
3. Community signal: Check Telegram/Discord chats and skim history - real questions and debates beat emoji spam. On X, look for organic replies, not only retweets and bots. Rapid, huge jumps in followers often mean airdrop farming. You can check them on telemetr.io (The second picture for reference)
4. Quick red flags: - Fake social engagement or bought followers. - Low liquidity or tiny order books. - Empty developer activity or a dead roadmap. - Aggressive token unlocks with big insider holdings.
Phase 2 will dig into tokenomics, on-chain signals, and risk sizing.
You can create a trading bot without writing a single line of code. Today AI can generate clean, accurate Pine Script that can raise a strategyโs success rate toward ~50%. Itโs that simple๐
A. Quick steps (4 lines): 1. Paste your indicator code into the template - replace placeholders (Code in the picture below๐).
2. Send the prompt to ChatGPT. It should return a full Pine code strategy.
3. Paste the returned code into TradingView Pine Editor and compile.
4. If errors appear, paste the error text back to ChatGPT with: โWhy this error and fix it. Show corrected code only.โ. ChatGPT will explain to you why and give you the code to fix the strategy (The second picture)
B. Common fixes to ask AI for:
- Missing function names or deprecated calls โ update to v6 equivalents.
- Type or scope errors โ fix variable declarations/assignments.
- Plot vs. strategy functions mixed โ convert plots and add strategy.entry/exit.
Quick compile checklist:
- Strategy compiles with no errors.
- Plots match original visuals.
- Start/End inputs exist and work.
- Only long entries created.
- Add ATR stop-loss to improve the winrate (Use the prompt in the third picture to get the stop-lost code).
- Backtest runs with commission/slippage included.
Thatโs it! Use the template, iterate on fixes, and repeat until clean. Want me to share more the template with higher winrate?
How do you gather trading information before you place a trade? (Part 3)
If you made it this far, you genuinely want tools that add real insight and help you make right decisions. Part 3 covers four pro tools, use them together to see momentum, fundamentals, and sentiment before you trade.
TradingView: TradingView is the charting hub. It gives real-time charts, powerful indicators, and community scripts you can use right away. Use its screeners and alerts to find setups, combine indicators to backtest, and follow ideas from traders in the public script library. If you trade with technicals, this is where you build and test patterns.
DeFiLlama: DeFiLlama shows where capital actually sits in DeFi. It tracks TVL, fees, and liquidity across chains and protocols. Use custom dashboards to compare chains, spot rising TVL, or find airdrop signals. For fundamental DeFi research, this is the fastest way to see which ecosystems are growing or bleeding liquidity.
Santiment: Santiment blends on-chain metrics, social volume, and developer activity. It helps you spot whale accumulation, sudden social spikes, or development slowdowns that arenโt obvious from price alone. The UX can be clunky, but the signals are useful when you want to catch narrative shifts before they hit the charts.
LunarCrush: LunarCrush is a social analytics engine. It aggregates posts, influencer activity, and trending topics across X, Reddit, and more. Use TopicRank and CreatorRank to find which stories are gaining steam and which creators are actually moving markets. Itโs the fast way to spot early FOMO or fading narratives.
One-line workflow: Chart your setup on TradingView, confirm DeFi health on DeFiLlama, check on-chain and social leads on Santiment, and use LunarCrush to time narrative moves.
How do you gather trading information before you place a trade? (Part 2)
Trading isnโt simple. Noise and unverified narratives can lead many of our investment decisions astray. Thatโs why Iโm following up Part 1 to share more crypto analysis tools.
I hope youโll try these tools and make smarter investment choices.
Artemis Artemis shows on-chain capital flow and sector trends in real time. Use Chain Compare and the Digital Asset Treasuries view to spot where institutional money is moving and which chains or sectors are heating up.
CoinGlass CoinGlass is built for derivatives traders. It shows open interest, long/short ratios, funding rates, and a liquidity heatmap (Legend). Use it to spot squeezes, liquidation zones, and short-term sentiment shifts.
Crypto Bubbles Crypto Bubbles is a simple visual scanner. Coins are bubbles sized by market cap and colored by performance. Use it for quick idea generation โ find fast movers or weak coins before you dig deeper.
CoinStats CoinStats is a portfolio manager that syncs wallets and exchanges. It tracks P&L, DeFi positions, and NFTs in one dashboard. Use it to monitor holdings and spot exposure across multiple accounts.
One-line combo Watch flows on Artemis, check derivatives and liquidity on CoinGlass, scan market leaders quickly with Crypto Bubbles, and manage risk with CoinStats.
How do you gather trading information before you place a trade?
For me, I use several crypto analysis tools, and this is part one of the best ones on the market.
TokenTerminal: TokenTerminal reads crypto like a company report. It shows fees, revenue, and sector leaderboards. Use it to find projects that actually earn money and to compare which platforms make real revenue.
Glassnode: Glassnode is your on-chain microscope. It turns raw blockchain data into signals about holders, supply shifts, and profit/loss. Use it to check whether whales, retail, or miners are driving a move.
Messari: Messari gives research and context at scale. It hosts deep reports, fundraising data, and narrative tracking. Use it to vet teams, roadmaps, and the bigger story behind a token.
CryptoQuant: CryptoQuant tracks exchange flows, reserves, and funding rates. It alerts you to big inflows/outflows and liquidity shifts. Use it to spot when sell pressure or accumulation is about to change price action.
How to combine them: Start with TokenTerminal for fundamentals. Check Glassnode for on-chain health. Scan CryptoQuant for liquidity risk. Read Messari for the narrative and fundraising context. Only trade when at least two tools point the same way.
World Liberty Financial ($WLFI): Is This the Crypto-Trump Play?
World Liberty Financial $WLFI) launched this September with heavy attention, not for its tech but for its symbolism. Founded by Donald Trumpโs sons, WLFI brands itself as a political-financial token, thriving on headlines and sentiment rather than DeFi innovation.
Its debut was marked by the unusual move of blacklisting Justin Sunโs wallet, a signal that the project wants to stand โanti-establishmentโ even inside crypto.
Price action has been highly volatile, 40-70% intraday swings, sharp spikes on political news, and sudden corrections when momentum fades. The team also froze 272 wallets, officially to prevent hacks, though critics see it as centralization. Either way, it shows an effort to control whale exits before the next cycle phase.
WLFIโs behavior mirrors Trump Mediaโs DJT stock: both surge when Trump dominates the news and fall just as quickly when hype cools. The key difference is regulationโDJT trades under SEC rules, WLFI lives in cryptoโs wild west.
At its core, WLFI is not about blockchain utility but about narrative finance. For traders, itโs a short-term play driven by politics and sentiment. For observers, it highlights how markets are blending with culture and politics in real time.
Most tokens launch with hype and hopes. $AFIRE launched with working products, real users, and a growing economic engine.
Built by the AI Fire team (quietly shipping for over 2 years), this project came out swinging:
โ 249K+ members in their AI Hub group โ 88K+ followers on their AI Mastery page โ 72K+ ACTIVE Subscribers -> top 20 AI education platforms globally
But $AFIRE didnโt launch with โcoming soonโ promises. It launched with live utility:
โ Lock or burn $AFIRE to unlock 500+ premium AI stuff โ Access $300K+ in partner discounts, tiered perks โ Staking, NFT passes, governance, and more all in next 12 months
Itโs rare to see a project merge #Web3 mechanics with off-chain adoption this well:
1๏ธโฃ On-chain: token-gated content, ve-staking, burn-to-access models 2๏ธโฃ Off-chain: one of the largest AI learning audiences in the world
This one feels different. And if you missed the first few hours of trading โ it may not be too late.
Official CA: 0xdb7a5c2d6eb2229B50e9450298428034B7E210dd
๐ What makes it special? - First-mover with USD1: $B is the first token to be paired with USD1, the stablecoin issued by Trump-backed World Liberty Financial (WLFI). This alone sets it apart. - WLFI support: Not just lip service โ WLFI publicly bought and promoted $B, a huge vote of confidence for a memecoin. Insane trading volume: At peak moments, $B has hit $1โ2M per minute in trading volume. That's massive for any token, let alone a meme-driven one. - Riding the โTrump x Binance x Stablecoinโ narrative: This is a potent mix of political clout, exchange support, and a stablecoin-backed ecosystem. Naturally, itโs driving a ton of attention and FOMO.
๐ In just days, $B went from a niche meme coin to center stage in the BNB Chain ecosystem โ all thanks to being at the intersection of: - Meme culture - WLFI support - Stablecoin narrative - High-frequency trading Itโs not just hype โ itโs strategy + momentum.
๐ฅ โIf blockchains are so secure, why are there so many hacks?โ
A fair question โ especially after the recent $CETUS exploit on Sui. So letโs break it down. Most of what you hear arenโt blockchain hacks โ theyโre app-level issues. Here are some examples:
๐น Ethereum (June 2016) The DAO got exploited via a smart contract bug (reentrancy). $150M gone. Led to a huge debate and the ETH/ETC hard fork. ๐น Sui (May 2025) Cetus Protocol was hit โ $200Mโ$260M drained from a liquidity pool. $162M got frozen, rest moved to Ethereum. ๐น Binance Smart Chain (Oct 2022) PancakeBunny and Venus lost ~$60M from oracle + contract errors. Sparked concerns over overall security quality of BSC at the time. ๐น Solana (Aug 2022) Slope Wallet users lost $9M; staking bug added another $5M. Layer 1 stayed intact, but users panicked. ๐น Avalanche (Dec 2021) Platypus Finance DeFi app got exploited for $8.5M. Not Avalanche's fault โ core chain remained secure. ๐น Polygon (Aug 2021) $600M yanked from PolyNetwork via a bridge flaw. Again, not a Polygon issue โ bridges are often the weak spot. ๐น Tezos (Sep 2020) ICP staking pool glitch โ $20M lost. Core protocol untouched. ๐น Cardano (Dec 2022) MuesliSwap DEX got hacked for $3M. Just a Layer 2 app, not the base chain. ๐น NEAR (Aug 2021) Ref Finance exploited for ~$3M via smart contract bug. NEAR chain stayed secure. Devs responded fast with asset recovery and a Frozen List.
๐จ The Truth: These arenโt Layer 1 failures โ theyโre: DApps (like DAO or MuesliSwap) AMMs/DEXs (like Cetus or Platypus) Bridges (like the Poly hack) Wallets (like Slope Wallet) Staking infrastructure issues
๐ The underlying chains? Mostly untouched. But public trust still takes a hit.
โ As of now, base chains like Bitcoin, Ethereum Classic, Avalanche, Cardano, and NEAR have never suffered a core protocol exploit. So yeah โ blockchain itself is secure. Itโs everything built on top that gets messy. Stay smart. Donโt just look at the chain โ look at the app.
Cetus Gets Hit โ $223M Drained in Major Crypto Hack on Suiโs Top DEX
Cetus, the biggest DEX and liquidity hub on Sui, just got rocked by a massive $223M exploit. The culprit? A vulnerability in the smart contract โ not the Sui network itself, but still a serious blow to DeFi on the chain.
๐งจ What Went Down Attackers drained most of the liquidity from Cetus by exploiting a weakness at the application level. Chaos followed: multiple SUI-based tokens tanked by over 75% as the pools emptied out.
๐ธ The Good News? Roughly $160M of those stolen funds were frozen quickly and are now being prepped to return to liquidity providers. The Cetus team, backed by Suiโs core devs, is chasing down the remaining $60M.
๐ง Cetus Is Back Online The exploit has been patched, and trading is back up and running. Things are stable โ for now.
๐ข Community Reacts Even CZ jumped in, posting on X: โWe will do what we can to help Sui.โ
๐ Stay Alert If youโre holding $SUI or $Lping on Cetus, keep an eye on official updates. Recovery is in motion โ but the stormโs not over yet.
๐จ One of the wildest crypto hacks of 2025 just hit Coinbase users โ $65M stolen in a phishing campaign that spiraled into a full-blown DeFi thriller. The hacker didnโt just disappearโฆ they taunted top blockchain investigator @zachxbt on-chain with โL bozoโ - slang term for the person as a "loser" and a mock YouTube link โ after laundering $42.5M through THORChain and moving another $22.6M in ETH. Turns out, the phishing wallet was tied to a Coinbase insider leak where former support staff sold off the KYC data of 69,000+ users. Hackers demanded a $20M ransom to keep that info private โ Coinbase refused and flipped it, offering $20M as a bounty to catch them. Total fallout? Could cost Coinbase $400M+ in remediation. The hackerโs still out there. Still moving money. Still mocking investigators. This is DeFiโs dark reality โ and it's only getting more chaotic. #HackerAlert #defi #ThorchainDeFi #coinbase
๐๐ซ $BTC just hit a new all-time high โ but donโt expect fireworks yet. ๐ Google searches? Quiet. Retail traders? Still asleep. Crypto Twitter? Loud as always, but thatโs nothing new. ๐คซ The public isnโt rushing in. Itโs classic โ hype always follows price, not the other way around. Meanwhile, something else just hit a record: global M2 money supply is at $22.03 trillion. More money in the system than ever, but no matching growth in goods or services. Just... more cash floating around. This silent build-up? Could be the calm before something big. Keep watching.
๐จ Solana Mobile just dropped WEB3 PHONES ๐ Their next-gen Web3 phone โ Seeker โ starts shipping Aug 4, 2025. It's the follow-up to the Solana Saga and already pulled 140K preorders from 57 countries... at just $500 a pop. ๐ฅ So whatโs the hype? - ๐ Built-in Seed Vault for your private keys - ๐ธ Native crypto wallet baked into the phone - ๐ชช Seeker ID = your Web3 passport (.skr domain) - ๐๏ธ Solana dApp Store with no fees - ๐ก TEEPIN infra = no more middlemen like Apple or Google And itโs all powered by $SKR โ their native token that goes to users, builders, and hardware makers, not just VC whales. Their message is clear: No more being locked in someone elseโs system. You own it. You run it. ๐ฑ Web3 phones just got interesting. Ready for the Seeker season? #solana #Web3 $SOL #SeekerPhone #Seeker
๐จ Trump-backed DeFi project just lit a fire under BNB Chain! World Liberty Financial (WLFI) made its first big move โ buying up $B, the memecoin from BUILDon, and publicly backing the team. ๐ฅ What happened next? - $B skyrocketed 500% in under 6 hours, hitting a peak $282M market cap - WLFI praised $Bโs use of USD1, their stablecoin, for deep liquidity and fast transactions - BUILDon added $600K liquidity to the $B/USD1 pool and launched a $200K trading contest with Four.Meme - WLFI called this โreal builders choosing real assetsโ โ and clearly, the market agrees Oh โ and Binance just listed USD1 too ๐ DeFi on BNB Chain just got spicy.
๐ค๐ค [WILL YOU MAKE IT IN CRYPTO?] Each year, the barrier to entry into the GMI fam gets higher. โข In 2016, it was enough to be early. 90% of coins printed. Whatever shit you aped. โข In 2021, it was enough to be curious. Early DeFi was generous, and yield was everywhere. โข In 2023, it was enough to be consistent. Farm daily, follow guides, play the meta โ get airdrop. โข In 2024, you had to be degen. Either a memecoin dev or a maniac with zero risk tolerance. โข In 2025? You need to be a brand. A blogger, a yapper, a name people recognize. 2 success parameters now: Clout and capital. Have neither? You play in a hard mode. VCs will always win. Influencers will almost always win. Airdrop farms will probably win. Memecoin devs will either win or quit. Founders will either win or pivot. And retail? If your main motivation is fast money: 74% will lose. 35% will end up at zero. 1% might win. It's no longer about fast money. 2x is a lot. 5x is legendary. Adjust your appetites or get rekt. Shared by Stacy Muur
Investing in altcoins can be super rewarding, but it comes with its fair share of risk. Stay patient, manage your capital wisely, and donโt let FOMO drive your decisions!