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Usually not a fan of lazy clones, but @SwerveFinance is an interesting experiment given the overhang that @CurveFinance has with its launch.

Its (incentivized) growth has been pretty impressive ๐Ÿ‘‡
1/ @SwerveFinance began with ~$200M TVL a week ago and has quietly climbed to $900M today with 1 single pool.

Comparatively, @CurveFinance has 8 pools totaling ~$1B in deposits. Image
2/ One of my main concerns with holding is the aggressive inflation schedule.

I've warned people about this, and those who listened avoided financial seppuku: a stunning $37 -> $1 drop.

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3/ proposes a less aggressive inflation schedule.

In ~12 months time:

will increase supply by ~1400%+
will increase supply only by ~98%

Coupled with a much lower valuation, this could imply less sell pressure / more speculative holding to bet on upside.
4/ Borrowing from @lawmaster - if you believe Total Value Locked is a reflection of a network's value, 's current fully diluted value implies gross undervaluation.

Even with significantly lower volumes, still appears undervalued on a volume basis. Image
5/ The main risk with is death by irrelavance.

When rewards meaningfully reduce, will depositors flock to the next farm/ go back to Curve? Or will they value the lower inflation and community-first ethos over short term fees? The next week will be crucial to monitor. Image
6/ Even at current price, after adjusting fully for inflation, is still cheaper than a lot of ghost chains ever *after* today's market wide selloff ๐Ÿ‘€

Caveat: valuations are tricky in crypto and price can change at the drop of a dime.
7/ Disclaimer: have some exposure to

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How to Get Rich in Crypto (Without Getting Lucky) - Part II
3 years ago, I wrote a thread about how people got rich in crypto based on 100s of convos with founders + investors on @theBlockcrunch.

This thread is a follow up providing principles for speculators + builders, based on my new learnings as an investor.

There are two ways to compound wealth: hold assets that appreciate over time, or swap them for ones that appreciate faster.

Statistically, <1% of people who try the latter succeed over time.
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Few thoughts on $MNT and why I'm long

TLDR ๐Ÿงต
1/ Yesterday, @BitDAO_Official successfully migrated its token to @0xMantle, a new Layer 2.

Mid-curvers saw this as a "sell the news" event but objectively the migration represented a significant event that is now derisked. Image
2/ I've stood by my view that tech is necessary but not sufficient; distribution is king.

Despite the rebranding of $BIT to $MNT, @0xMantle is effectively @Bybit_Official's attempt at creating their BSC, but one that is more in line with Ethereum's L2-vision.
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After my interview with @ArkhamIntel released today on @theblockcrunch, I dug into some of the claims made on the show.

Here's a short follow-up thread to address one of the comments made.

1/ On the episode, I asked @RealMiguelMorel why it took so long for @ArkhamIntel to rectify the issues regarding user's emails being publicized. Specifically, I brought up @NFTherder's claim about being able to tie emails to wallet addresses.

2/ Miguel cites that the claim has "never been verified", that images may be doctored and that "it is impossible to do so", "on Arkham and elsewhere on the Internet".

Given the responses I've gotten for this statement, I decided to fact check this.

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After months of work...

Finally dropping our 30-page report on $FIL on @theBlockcrunch, commissioned by @protocollabs!

This is the one read you need to be completely caught up with @Filecoin's past traction and future plans.

A few highlights: Image
1/ Over the past 2 years, @Filecoin has quietly exploded in growth since the launch of its FIL+ campaign

Year over year, this represents a 1800% growth in usage - in a time when most charts in crypto went the opposite way.

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2/ Filecoin's dominance against other "storage networks" is almost comical.

No single Web 3 storage network provides *remotely* as much capacity as Filecoin has in the 2.5 years since its launch.

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DVTs is one of the most overlooked narratives for $ETH.

One of the leading projects just raised $12.5M from VCs.

Only one token is tradable today (see below) ๐Ÿ‘‡ Image
1/ Now that the Merge + Shapella are completed, Ethereum's vision as a PoS network is realized.

To recap, there's 4 main ways holders can stake their $ETH today: Image
2/ Currently, Staking-as-a-Service, Pooled Staking and CEX's control majority of stake.

While some of these services are more decentralized than others (e.g. @Rocket_Pool vs. @LidoFinance ), client diversity remains a concern. Image
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How one of the first NFT trading funds makes money ๐Ÿ‘‡

- via @theBlockcrunch Image
1/ Most NFT funds in crypto focus on picks-and-shovels (@opensea), exchanges (@blur_io) and companies (@yugalabs).

@sgsand1 raised a $4.5M fund to ONLY do NFTs

Here are the highlights in a 50-min interview on @theBlockcrunch where I tried to pick his brain
2/ "The most common mistake NFT traders make is trying to seek index exposure"

i.e. diversification into poor quality assets in a correlated sub-asset class is not smart diversification
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