1/ I'm a big fan of @POKTnetwork and what they are building, so I am pleased to say I have become a brand ambassador & will be creating more content related to $POKT over the coming weeks/months.
To kick off, let's dig in to how $POKT is doing currently.
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2/ Relays are going parabolic and recently hit a new daily ATH.
3/ Pocket Network is doing around 350 million relays each day.
4/ This is amazing growth and occurring across multiple chains.
5/ To put this into perspective, Infura are doing 6.5 billion RPC requests just for Ethereum, so this shows the potential growth for Pocket Network is massive.
6/ The revenue Pocket is pulling in is staggering.
With total network revenue exceeding $56 Million in December, Pocket Network is already comparatively amongst the Top 5 revenue producers for all blockchains and blockchain applications globally.
(data from Token Terminal*)
7/ More and more $POKT continues to be staked.
The amount of staked $POKT has now surpassed non-staked $POKT.
8/ And the number of active validator nodes is now sitting around 22k and growing exponentially.
9/ Buying $POKT has been tricky, as you had to buy OTC, but four exchange listings (@HuobiGlobal , @gate_io , @MEXC_Global & @XTexchange) went live last week. Making it much easier for everyone to purchase any amount of $POKT.
11/ There has been some talk about the inflation of $POKT being an issue recently.
Staking $POKT is currently very profitable, with nodes being rewarded with around 300% APY. This has led to lot of discussion about the effects of the increase in supply.
12/ In order to create a more predictable inflation schedule, there is a new governance proposal which looks to encourage sustainable inflation, protecting rewards against a decrease in relays and sensibly reducing rewards as Pocket Network grows.
$LOOKS has done more daily volume than OpenSea for 6 days in a row.
A few more observations 🧵👇
2/ The number of users on @LooksRareNFT continues to go north.
3/ OpenSea still completely dominates in daily transactions, but shows how much potential exists for @LooksRareNFT if they can also start to gain in this metric.
1/ #Chainlink makes blockchains inherently more useful.
I want to show you what happens to the demand for L1 tokens when Chainlink oracles are integrated.
Anyone who spotted this trend would have made a significant amount of money in 2020 and 2021.
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2/ Looking at the dates when price feeds went live across various different L1s we can see a clear trend.
The price of L1 tokens rise massively once they have integrated @Chainlink price feeds.
3/ Once developers get access to secure, decentralised oracles they are able to build their dApps more quickly; and in many cases, can only then release their dApps because they can trust the security of the Chainlink network.
How did the month of November look for the crypto markets?
Let's look at the monthly closes 🧵👇 $BTC $ETH
The Crypto Market Cap maintains it bullish structure with the monthly candle closing at 2.58T. Higher targets remain on the table for the months ahead.
The Alt Market Cap recorded its highest ever monthly close.
1/ What next for the crypto markets? And what should you be doing?
Here are some thoughts👇
2/ Let’s first off start by saying: no one fucking knows anything about the short term.
3/ I think you have valid bull and the bear arguments with the crypto markets and broader markets right now, as we are at a point where there is much uncertainty.
1/ The right founder and their leadership is often a defining factor in why a blockchain project progresses & succeeds beyond the “good idea” stage.
We are going to dig into some leaders in the crypto space.
First up, who is Sergey Nazarov? $Link
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2/ For those unaware, Sergey Nazarov is a 32-year-old tech entrepreneur and the co-founder of #Chainlink.
3/ He is the son of Russian immigrants who moved to New York in the early '90s. His parents were engineers and they introduced him to computers at the tender age of five.