Alex Masmej
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Joined November 2012
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My experience with the FBI: a wake-up call to public-facing crypto people. “Hey, are you Alexandre Masmejean, CEO of Showtime Technologies, Inc? This is the FBI calling in from Los Angeles.”. Last week I had a very strange call that surprised me so much I didn’t know whether I
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🚨BREAKING: our next app 10K will launch on Solana!. No drama y'all I’ve always backed the Base community and Ethereum is like family (for my big break in 2020 with $ALEX). Why SOL is simple: the liquidity & volume win short-term and multi-chain doesn't make sense. I don’t have a
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If Polygon continues to get community traction, it can have enough funding to actually pull off zkRollups. It also puts pressure on their PoS to decentralize quicker and have devs spin up their validators. Community precedes technology.
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“If a small country is smart enough, they would buy a ton of Bitcoin with their local currency and announce after Bitcoin is their new reserve currency. Bitcoin would skyrocket and that small country would become one of the richest in the world”. @naval on Clubhouse right now 🔥.
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In April 2020 I had:.- $2,000 in the bank.- a travel restriction locking me in my parents’ house in Paris.- huge dreams. Today I have:.- 7M+ in @tryshowtime’s bank.- a 1 bedroom in San Francisco.- huge dreams. Great to zoom out.
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This is a milestone for @tryShowtime 🎉. We are reinventing social networks from the ground up with a protocol powering all social interactions. It will be owned & governed by its users, free of Web2 advertising. This is how we empower creators & onboard billions to crypto. ⚡️.
We're excited to announce that we raised a $7.6M seed round from @paradigm alongside @3LAU @Cooopahtroopa @JarenGlover @coin_artist @jinglanW @minal_hasan @parisrouz & more 🌟. This will help us create a social network owned by its creators. It's showtime!
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Zoom ($48.8B) is now worth more than the 7 largest airlines combined ($46.2B). 🤯.
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Did FRIEND burn too much cash?. At 10M views, assuming an average 0.03% conversion rate, @AviSchiffmann will likely get around 3,000 pre-orders. That’s 3,000 * $99 = ~$300,000 in revenue. Since the domain name purchase is on a payment plan, FRIEND runway is likely healthy given.
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Kids will create a crypto wallet before they open a bank account. Kids will work for a DAO before they get a job. Kids will create NFTs instead of posting on Instagram.
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Stoked to announce @tryShowtime pre-seed round led by @dragonfly_cap w/@robotventures @Bo11inger & angels incl. @Melt_Dem @balajis @minal_hasan @parisrouz @AndrewSteinwold!. On Showtime, creators make money from *their* content. #NFT. Thread + we're hiring
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nothing surprised me more than this crazy web3 rebrand lmao
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Ethereum is currently in the “dial-up” internet era. Next year, Ethereum 2 (and L2) is broadband. We are not mentally ready for how fast this will change the world.
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Anyone noticed that no Bitcoin influencer is less than 30 years old?. Whereas on Ethereum. .
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Landing in San Francisco in 83 mins. San Francisco is the focal point for the ambitious. It’s time to build.
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Just paid $1.5K for a call with the GOAT this morning 🐐📱
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It's October, let's kickstart @base season together 🔵. Introducing Drakula: watch videos, get the alpha, trade Base tokens. Live today on the App Store, download at
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Coinbase is about to become more valuable than Goldman Sachs.
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Uniswap.Showtime.Rainbow. on Polygon is all you need to discover web3.
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The Facebook leak shows that owning tons of user data is not an advantage anymore. It’s a *liability*. @tryShowtime pre-loaded 100,000+ profiles without owning anyone’s content. This is the future we’re building towards.
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Ether is money. for DeFi. Ether is reputation. for DAOs. Ether is security. for Ethereum. Ether is Bitcoin. for tBTC. Ether is a ticket. for Kickback. Ether is voting. for TCRs. Ether is betting, insurance, whatever you want. Ether is a Turing-complete currency.
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WHAT'S NEXT FOR SHOWTIME?. Soon, @tryshowtime will go from a website displaying NFTs to become the social network that will onboard 1,000,000,000 people to web3. I am very grateful for the team we've built and literally cannot think about anything BUT our upcoming launches. 🧵.
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Update: holy s**t, this headband is a game-changer 🤯. My review: 10/10, RIP Adderall — was on for 2 years, stopped this year and now I've found something that isn't melting kids' brains like Done or Cerebral did to get shit done. At first, I honestly thought @neurode_labs was.
Just received my @neurode_labs 🧠. It’s a magical headband that improves focus by stimulating the brain, it’s a growing startup trend that could also help with sleep, enter a meditative state, etc. Excited to try it out @nathaliegou !!! Thanks for having me as a beta tester
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Web3 today → Tomorrow. Web → Mobile.Ethereum → L2s.Gas fees → No gas.Metamask → Phantom / smart wallets.Crypto art NFTs → Phone camera NFTs.Music NFTs → Music NFT Royalties.Token-gated DAO → Social tokens.Seed phrase → Social recovery.Dumb airdrops → Targeted airdrops.
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woke up bullish on @base 🔵. I have 1 ETH to spend on fun Drakula memes. Which token should I buy next?
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It’s 2024 and I still have no clue what @berachain nor @monad_xyz bring to the table besides being yet another fast L1.
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Hot 🥵. Optimism.Ultrasound Money.DeFi.NFT.PoS.V3.EIP-1559. Summer ☀️.
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Two major changes to Ethereum will improve its UX so much in 2023 that everyone will forget about CEXs:. • Mainstream wallets (MPC + EIP4337): self-custodial, yet indistinguishable from Robinhood: easy login & key recovery, smart guardrails. • EIP4844: true DeFi, 100x cheaper.
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Ethereum L2s are just growing so much it doesn’t make sense to build on anything else. ZK rollups will come and just end the scalability trilemma soon enough. Solana can act as a hedge and Cosmos as a roadmap/long-term inspiration, sure. Is this even a hot take anymore?
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I’m the creator of $ALEX, the first social token creator, and I must admit:. $ADA is the most successful social token of all.
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Imagine a blockchain where capturing CO2 was the consensus mechanism.
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Hey you. If you got excited by $YFI. Please note $UNI is making:. - more fees than yearn. - more fees than Bitcoin. - more daily volume than Coinbase. Dear @APompliano I warned you. Fair distribution. Yield farming pools are all ETH pairs. $UNI <-> $ETH symbiosis. $UNI is a SAINT.
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I’ve ideologically boycotted Black Mirror. Technology makes me dream: we can build a future where tech makes life cheaper and humans free, letting bots handle logistics (AI) + our economy (crypto). I‘ve always chosen optimism; it’s been a delight so far ⚡️.
Idea partially inspired by @pmarca: we need more storytelling and “high culture” based on an optimistic future with tech. I stopped watching Black Mirror ( a great show) because I was tired of a dystopian future being the only thing portrayed in all pop culture.
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This week DoorDash is a perfect example of what’s wrong with IPOs 💡. DoorDash gave $0 to its restaurants, drivers or users. meanwhile, Uniswap gave away $500,000,000+ to their users. How does crypto fix it? Thread 🧵⤵️.
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Breakout year for DeFi! A large breakthroughs was retroactive airdrops to early users. So far $UNI, $TLN, $MIR, $BADGER, $1INCH. Apps who MIGHT release a token:.🦊 @metamask_io.🪙 @dydxprotocol.⚖️ @SetProtocol.🌊 @opensea.⚡️ @zapper_fi.🛡 @DeFiSaver.☂️ @opyn_.💰 @SlingshotCrypto.
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Thrilled to finally share that I’ll be moving to San Francisco later this week!. After 2 years on & off, this is it 🥳 🇺🇸. Anyone vaccinated who I need to meet?.
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Wrong. Reject VCs unless you’re hot. Investors waste your time and just mine intel. I made this mistake way too many times.
Fundraising is simple; you must go from rejection to rejection with no loss of enthusiasm. Founders, this is a numbers game. Never let your head drop. The next meeting could be the one. Keep going.
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Not hard to see why Base is the hottest narrative in crypto. Coinbase is throwing dozens of engineers to solve complex onchain UX problems. Coinbase has 100M+ users ready to be advertised with crypto apps. The @base community is strong because it’s so clear to see where we’re.
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Honestly, @jessepollak and @base are legendary. Coinbase isn’t even involved in @base day-to-day. Base had to succeed independently, and boy for a 1-year old chain they’re crushing it. 💙.
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Showtime is live! Discover and show off your NFTs: This is by far the thing I’m most proud of - still so early. Super proud of our team and people who helped make this happen: @Alex_Kilkka @nicoglennon @akhi1n . Grateful to know you all! #itsShowtime.
We’re excited to reveal Showtime 🎉. Showtime is a social network to browse and show off your NFTs across Foundation, Zora, Superrare and more!. Creators, share us your profile #ItsShowtime
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Alright, shill me your @base tickers. Yes this is engagement bait but I'm looking to load up. AI coins, videocoins, good memes with distribution, etc.
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The bull case for @base memecoins 🔵. At first, Base wasn't the obvious choice for memecoins. Solana had a strong start, and so did Ethereum. Even $BALD was frowned upon when the chain first launched, but now Base is embracing memes: $TYBG, $BRETT, $DEGEN (@Drakulaapp saw 1B
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UPDATE: 🇺🇸🇺🇸 O1 visa secured 🇺🇸🇺🇸. The land of the exceptional aliens!
I’m stuck in Paris for the next 3–4 days due to visa issues (renewing my O-1 in May takes longer since the French basically take the whole month off). Anyone I should meet while I’m here? Already hung out with a Friend (@AviSchiffmann).
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It’s insane how working on a user-facing web3 app teaches you about the state of the industry. Here’s a list of “should we build it ourselves or trust an early-stage startup to solve it for us” dilemmas. NFT indexing.in-app wallet.paying users’ gas.deep-linking.on-chain analytics.
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Today I’m thrilled to announce that .Showtime has been acquired by @Meta! 🎉. Over the past year, we loved working with Mark, Stephane & the rest of the Meta team. We join forces in our mission to create a creator-owned, developer-friendly, and open social graph for the world.🧵
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Who is down to do a crypto event in SF next weekend?. Theme: panel on the future of web3 social (NFTs/DAOs). Some @tryshowtime people are in town!.
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Truth bomb: I was rejected by @beondeck SIX TIMES before making it. I had to literally DM Erik Torenberg to get in, or else I would be rejected again because I don’t fit “standards”. Then I found my cofounder instantly 💫. Society is simply testing you: can you break down walls?.
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Unpopular opinion: we need more superstars CEO. Superstars shouldn’t be solely entertainment. They have a great power to inspire people. Elon Musk is the only star I see, because of his marketing/PR genius. We need way more, because the second-order effect of Elon fans are big.
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The ultimate DAO list:.Community @FWBtweets.Web3 incubator @seedclubhq.Rare NFTs @PleasrDAO.Climate action @KlimaDAO.Constitution @ConstitutionDAO.NBA team @KrauseHouseDAO.City @CityDao. Next:.Philanthropic org.Political lobbying.Central bank.Small nation/island.Mars terraforming.
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is an interesting experiment. It's like @friendtech, but for ANY Spotify track, and some % of the fees go to the traders, on top of the artist fees.
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Next week in NFT NYC, let’s fight back against Meta and create a DAO that pushes a different narrative and funds open-source metaverse products. If not us then who? Who’s down to help?.
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Up only doesn’t mean price is up. It means awake all the time.
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Do people outside of France know a @ledger cofounder has been kidnapped with his wife?. and the kidnappers literally cut his finger and sent it to his family to put pressure on a USDT ransom?. and that the USDT ransom was frozen so they literally gained nothing?. Crypto is
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Discover and showcase your favorite digital art. Alpha out now please give feedback.
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Historical NFT collections 🖼. @larvalabs Cryptopunks: first collectible NFTs.@justinaversano Twin Flames: first photograph NFTs.@artblocks_io Art Blocks: first generative art.@dhof Loot: first composable NFTs. What's next?.
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Who you are based on your $ETH entry price:. $0-100: genius, Thiel Fellow.$100-500: dark web drugs buyer.$500-2000: DeFi head, NFT artist.$2,000-10k: tech twitter FOMO.$10,000+: everyone else.
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Two valid truths:.- I owe my career to Ethereum.- I will only build on Ethereum scaling solutions (Polygon PoS today, ZKR tomorrow).
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If you want make money in crypto, don’t trade, you will likely lose money. Solve big problems. Change the world. That makes money.
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Just bought 10 Base tokens on @Drakulaapp, rate my portfolio:. $HIGHER.$mfer.$BENJI.$WOLF.$TYBG.$LOUDER.$TOSHI.$MOCHI.$KEYCAT.$BONSAI. Missing a lot of great @base memes, which ones should I buy next?. Share your Drakula link and I’ll buy it
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This is crazy but @Drakulaapp is earning $1 per minute because our videos are minted on @zora via @base. The Blueprint by @levychain is driving this traction; creators are currently earning $6 per minute 🔥
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Current list of physical things I show people who visit SF for the first time to make them feel like this place is the future:.- riding @Waymo .- scanning @worldcoin .- sleeping @eightsleep.- focusing @neurode_labs .- health @ouraring .- DNA @nucleusgenomics .- Blueprint.
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.@Drakulaapp tech stack.- Base @base (chain).- Zora @zora (mint).- Privy @privy_io (auth).- CB Smart Wallet @coinbase (wallet).- Pimlico @pimlicoHQ (paymaster).- Codex @trycodex (price data).- Splits @0xSplits (fee splitting).- OnchainKit @OnchainKit (swap feature).- Gelato.
my tech stack.- base.- zora.- privy.- stack.- vercel.- github.- farcaster.- viem. all of those work in cursor. what am I missing?.
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Stoked to unveil the piece I’ve been working on with @a16z: Why Creator Tokens Will Precede Community Tokens. It’s also the first time that I write retrospectively on the $ALEX token. TLDR thread below:.
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Tech people background: Stanford, Berkeley, in their 20s, FAANG engineers, generalist VC associate, all Americans. Crypto people background: lumberjack, pornstar, molecular biologist, Elon Musk’s brother, could be 17 or 54 and from literally anywhere ???. Built different.
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Hot take on Reddit digital collectibles: they’ve done it right. Crypto, like any technology, is made to be abstracted and invisible. You’ve been told the opposite simply because it is currently borderline impossible to do so, but the underlying web3 infra is changing very soon.
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This $UNI airdrop should remind ALL OF US the value that users bring to networks. Facebook is worth $726B. They could have pretty much done the same and give $FB to early users. I am betting that this future will happen and we will all be better off.
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My O-1 visa renewal has been approved 🫶. Thank you America 🇺🇸.
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I keep coming back to this prescient @balajis tweet. Six months later I crowdfunded 20,000$ via the $ALEX on-chain ISA. This allowed me to move to SF and found a startup @tryShowtime - Balaji even showed support at my pre-seed 🙏.
As background, a personal token would allow anyone to directly invest in you. You’d be a business, man — and receive all incoming revenue through an on-chain corporate vehicle. Selling tokens would sell rights to this revenue, like a crypto version of @LambdaSchool ISAs.
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The "creator economy" is the crypto economy. Full stop. It's almost impossible to make a living in Web2 outside of click-bait. It rises the floor for how much you can make online, attracting creators who can finally make a living without being desperate about monetization.
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Introducing @Drakulaapp onchain videos. Videos are now auto-minted on @ourZORA, making it easy to go viral onchain. To celebrate, earn 1000 DRIP per mint (limited time)! Mint my AI music video in my next tweet:
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Introducing Drakula $DEGEN Onchain Creator Fund. Our goal @Drakulaapp is to reward the incredible work of video creators like you with 20M DEGEN (~$333,000) – up to $1,000/week per creator. Let's free ourselves from TikTok & shape our onchain future together. Learn more/apply ⬇️
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I’ve been shadow banned 100%. I literally have 31K followers. Like this please since it’s private now.
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Introducing ‘Control My Life’. Use my cryptocurrency $ALEX to vote on my life choices, starting today. Thread:
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Milestone: 100,000 $ETH have now been burnt thanks to EIP-1559. That’s over 310,000,000 dollars smoked in only three weeks 🔥 bullish.
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NFTs will revolutionize advertising. Advertisers are about to go direct.
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Thrilled to unveil free minting. Creating a NFT has never been easier. Live on Polygon for whitelisted artists, instantly tradable on Opensea (until Showtime marketplace rolls out) 👇.
ANNOUNCING 𝐹𝑅𝐸𝐸 NFT MINTING. Apply now to be a Genesis Creator:.⭐️ Create art & collectibles for free.⭐️ From 1 unique to 10,000 editions.⭐️ Soon open to all.⭐️ Live on @0xPolygon. BONUS: to celebrate, early Showtime users can claim our Genesis NFT drop, link in thread 🎁👇
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Not in YC.Not a Thiel fellow.Not in Forbes 30U30. Just a cracked French kid who launched his cryptocurrency to make it 🫡.
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Facebook first connected Harvard students, then connected the world. Amazon first sold books, then sold every imaginable item. NFTs first traded digital art, then it will trade all internet content.
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.@maticnetwork deserves praise for what they do in the Ethereum ecosystem. got a grant crazy fast from their team to help build @TryShowtime— very pro & friendly interaction. Whilst OR might heat up the competition, Matic has been a reliable, *live* L2. Thanks @sandeepnailwal!.
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Many founders in the space fall into the trap of acting like jerks on CryptoTwitter because the algo seems to reward it but that’s a B player move. Your company PMF should be the focus not your snarky micro-influencer tweets. The best founders drive engagement by excitingly.
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I raised $7M with purple hair from the Catacombs of Paris at 5AM a year after creating a meme coin on Crypto Twitter. If that doesn’t convince you that the world has no rules and you too can improve society, I invite you to watch this excellent short speech by @FEhrsam:.
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Doing a clubhouse room tomorrow for the launch of @tryShowtime, talking about the future of NFTs and social. Who’s keen to join and co-host? 🌟.
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Imagine not buying a memecoin on @base 🔵 . Like the biggest most successful crypto company will go full force behind Base. Blockchains have always struggled with finding users. Coinbase found users! 100 million of them!. And they will all download @Drakulaapp
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