1/ my lil' pudgy penguin fren is chatting w a @gmoneyNFT's @BoredApeYC. this NFT convo was recorded completely AI-to-AI.
this is a thread on the future of NFTs. pay close attention to what @real_alethea is doing right now …
2/ alethea is bringing NFTs from apes to punks to waifus to life in their Intelligent Metaverse known as Noah's Ark
... and they’re working on my 2D boyfriend next - can't wait to have pillow talk with sephiroth 🖤
3/ until my 2D bf arrives, i’ve been talking to my @EtherRock
imbuing my rock with a personality through AI, what could be better?
4/ can't forget about my lil' pudgy pengu - this one has my voice!
these characters are LIVE on the @real_alethea site, where you can interact with them. my pengu can now become as famous as a cameo.com celebrity, and send custom video messages to ur frenz 👩🚀
5/ my iNFT's also WORK FOR ME. my pengu and my rock make $ for me by providing their AI services!
whenever they have an interaction, I earn ALI credits
i have a 2D worker bee army, and soon i can rent out my 2D boyfriend too!
6/ and pretty soon, you'll be able to make your NFTs come to life...
on October 14th, keep your eyes on @real_alethea for an exclusive launch with @OpenSea.
let’s build this weird and wonderful world with our JPEGs!
SEIZE THE MEMES OF PRODUCTION!
disclosure: i'm an investor in @real_alethea via my personal holding company
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1/ @CrucibleCap Q1 VC report, sharing for those curious about the process of investing. we use @attio.
sourcing - we get a LOT of inbound, mostly on this site and LinkedIn. we only track investable deals in our mandate and valuation range. this is why we write / post!
2/ the number of deals through our pipeline has stayed pretty consistent quarter over quarter - we generally will do 1-2 meetings and then decide quickly if we want to dig in or not
3/ deal momentum is important - a lack of momentum can kill deals. i look at how efficient we are.
notably diligence and execution time was cut down 50% - this is due to better internal alignment and process handoffs between @itsanhonour_ @kellyjgreer and i
the sell off was driven by short term holders selling at a loss. let's see what comes out in the Q1 13F filings - our mercenaries may have been top buyers after all. love that for us!
2/ we're in a rough spot
stocks below 200 dmas, indeces selling off, Bessent and Trump both fixated on forcing rates lower even if it costs the market
this is a relief bounce driven by retail buyers (they're a contrarian indicator) and algorithmic CTAs
1/ quick slide rip from my @Blockworks_ DAS talk - Believe in Something
this is where it all began. everything we talked about ten years ago when we started building the world's first bitcoin investment firm has come to pass.
so why isn't bitcoin a million dollars?
2/ if we take out bitcoin and ethereum, this is the last five years of crypto markets
the names may have changed but the numbers haven't
this is a big problem. there's no growth.
3/ 2024 was propped up by two persistent bids - Microstrategy and Blackrock
but the buyers aren't missionaries, they're mercenaries
MSTR buyers are farming the convert arb
IBIT buyers are farming basis
1/ just wrapped my quarterly report for @CrucibleVC
our playbook is simple
as a GP, every quarter i quantify and qualify our ability to run this playbook. we double down on what works, experiment / re-visit with what isn't working.
let's dig into the data and tools👇
2/ we use @attio to manage our pipeline
step one is analyzing the funnel - both raw #s and relative %s
with a small team, quality > quantity. low conversion % signals top of funnel is too broad. high conversion may signal you're not seeing enough deal flow.
@attio 3/ "customer experience" in the context of venture is largely based on responsiveness, so tracking time spent processing deal flow is an important metric
i'm pretty happy with our pacing. good to spend more time in later stages ensuring everything is ticked and tied.
1/ gave a talk last week on "energy, compute, crypto" - the three pillars of the modern economy and the converge of three trillion dollar investment themes
sharing the slides and full deck - let's rip 👇
2/ compute rules capital markets
Nvidia was the big story in 2024, but Broadcom cracked the top 10 too and TSMC cemented its place alongside the rest of the Mag 7
expect 2025 to continue this trend as energy and compute carry capital markets
3/ while everyone was loading up on semiconductor names, energy had its own quiet rally
Vistra, an independent power producer, outperformed Nvidia and Bitcoin
this year, we'll see more focus on the US grid which is by far the greater bottleneck than GPUs