This is GCR.
One of the greatest traders the crypto space has ever seen.
I spent 18 hours researching his story.
Here's how he turned $3,000 into millions of dollars🧵 ↓
. @GiganticRebirth, also known as Vivek (irl name), was a gifted kid.
From Montessori to a top Private School, he was set for success...
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As a smart kid, GCR got a scholarship to study computer science at Georgia Tech (2013-2017).
There he first learned about Bitcoin (in emerging technologies class).
But he didn't take it seriously, until...
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He landed a software engineering job at Capital One
There, one of Vivek's co-workers onboarded him into crypto.
He invested just $3,000 (in 2017).
For 2 years, he balanced dev work with crypto trading on the side until one day everything changed...
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In October 2019 he became a father.
Wanting to be a good dad he quit his job and went full-time crypto (since he could do that at home).
This is where his journey really begins ↓
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During COVID, the markets were volatile, and GCR took advantage of that.
He missed the DeFi bull run due to parenting, but something else caught his eye...
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While DeFi was growing fast Bitcoin was stagnant.
He knew this would change sooner or later.
So he made his first big trade: long BTC at 10k
And it worked...
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BTC went parabolic to 38k.
GCR sold and opened a trade with a new thesis:
“Rotation to altcoins is imminent”
Trying to find the best ones Vivek spent weeks researching.
And he found the next plays...
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In early 2021, SOL was an underdog blockchain.
After reading the docs and listening to the interview of
@blockgraze - GCR made the move.
He bought SOL at $1.5.
But he didn't stop there...
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He also got into Avax.
Vivek's thesis is: "When you buy an L1 token, buy its main defi coin + memecoin too."
So he bought $JOE...
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As the bull market shifted to altcoins, JOE did a 100x.
Solana followed.
Then his other trades: Moonriver, Fantom, AXS... all went parabolic.
And the best part - GCR shared all his moves on Twitter.
So people noticed...
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In just 1 year he went from a no-name trader with 3k followers to being read by top VCs and 100k followers.
Since then he worked his way up to almost 300k followers despite a long bear market.
After reading his whole story the only question you might have is:
Why is his twitter name GCR?
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As a kid, Vivek loved money.
In the market, "GCR" had the goal of making a lot of money, hence the name (G)etting (C)razy (R)ich
GCR's Twitter mirrors this duality, with posts of him having fun and his crypto research.
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You're a legend for sticking till the end!
Here's some timeless alpha from GCR as a reward:
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