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1/ We have had a near complete reset in the venture/startup scene in crypto.
@garrytan
and I have gone through the top three mistakes founders make in crypto and how to overcome some of these mistakes.
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The bar has never been lower to become a crypto VC
Based on internal reviews by founders within the Alliance community, there are fewer than 10 VC firms that are highly ranked
The rest are rated poorly, and the common feedback is that they are uninformed, passive, and only care
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Following meme tokens that are trending today
Grok at $150M FDV
Go F*uck yourself (Elon) at $2M FDV
d/acc at $2.7M FDV
Cybertruck at $5.2M FDV
Changpeng Zhao at $1M FDV
Benance at $1M FDV
MAGA at $15M FDV
Charlie Munger at $30K FDV
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1/ We are running one of the most sophisticated experiments in the history of startups. Most Web2 goals take 7-10 years to accomplish, in Web3 it could take 2 years or less?
Too much, too fast
With Andre leaving, let's revisit why it's challenging for founders building in Web3
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You hear about the Coinbase mafia but not enough about the 0x mafia. Startups that are coming out of the 0x team is staggering
The quality of founders/team/culture/product are magnets for world class talent
It is all about who you hire and type of culture you want to perpetuate
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DeFi Alliance launched an accelerator program dubbed
@acceleratedefi
The accelerator is led by
@jumpcapital
@CumberlandSays
@CMTDigitalLtd
@volt_cap
@QWQiao
and I will lead along with ecosystem partners
@StaniKulechov
@kaiynne
@rleshner
@loi_luu
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It should be clear to founders/investors that the 'move fast break things' mentality from Web2 will not work in crypto
By overlooking security and prioritizing growth you are effectively telling your users to go to your competitors or worse leave crypto permanently
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1/ After spending a year working on
@alliancedao
, I have come to the conclusion that most DAOs will probably fail. Why?
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We’re just getting started.
1/ We’re happy to announce a new strategic partnership with
@foundersfund
which will equip Alliance-accelerated founders with increased access to resources and mentorship.
To kick off this partnership, Alliance co-founder
@lmrankhan
sat down with several Founders Fund team
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Vesting may need to undergo a transformation from the typical 1-4 years to a longer span, such as 2-7 years or even beyond.
The facade of low float and high FDV will eventually fade, and memecoins represent a positive step towards diverting retail liquidity from this game.
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Solana is currently in a similar position to Ethereum back in 2018/19. Many considered DeFi a fad or a speculative casino doubting Ethereum's recovery from the 2017 ICO era
It felt as though it was over, with nothing tangible to hold onto except worthless shitcoins, a few clunky
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Degens are the lifeblood for early stage crypto startups.
We are looking for degens to attend Alliance's demo day and support founders coming out of our accelerator program.
Feel free to DM if you are a degen who enjoys trying out new products, willing to risk capital or have
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1/ How do we get DAOs, decentralized teams, contributors to operate as efficiently as traditional companies?
Disable Discord for the community and remove it publicly
Stop on boarding the public to your community and focus on mission aligned front line contributors to start.
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NFTs I am holding in my vault for the long term.
Ethereum:
@pudgypenguins
Solana
@MadLads
@tensor_hq
Cosmos/Stargaze
@badkidsart
Bitcoin/Ordinals
@nodemonkes
Base
@MochimonsNFT
Any other ecosystems I am missing?
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I used to use Phantom for Solana and MetaMask for Ethereum, respectively.
It was quite laborious to switch between the two when bridging back and forth, but I did it anyways.
Recently, Phantom started to support Ethereum and annoyingly asks me to connect Phantom instead of
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I’ve noticed numerous teams aiming to develop new competing ERC404 standards, originally created by the
@Pandora_ERC404
team.
Many credible startups, including
@alliancedao
founders, are already building around the 404 standard.
Instead of trying to create new standards to
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After memes it’ll be socialfi season again.
With Farcasters transaction frames update, Friendtech V2/airdrop, district01 launch, chat3 referral push and fantasy main net launch on Blast
One of main beneficiaries of all of the above will likely be 0xPPL
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After reviewing hundreds of Alliance investor reviews, one of the biggest gripes from founders is not receiving a response after the pitch, or in founders' terms, being ghosted.
Seriously? Investors have some of the most incredible opportunities in the world, and can't we simply
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At Alliance, we welcome any founder from any ecosystem, regardless of the tribes that exist. We are an alliance of crypto ecosystems, and we focus on helping founders solve today's problems.
Often, investors and ecosystems push founders to build within their ecosystem to align
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1/ Announcing the first cohort of the Chicago DeFi Alliance:
◽️
@0xProject
◽️
@dydxprotocol
◽️
@KyberNetwork
◽️
@idexio
◽️
@opyn_
◽️
@SetProtocol
◽️
@synthetix_io
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For those that missed eth defi summer 2020 I expect something similar with Bitcoin. The upcoming launch of Runes, L2s, memes/ordinals and defi protocols is the perfect storm brewing.
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Alliance is a network state of founders, with our mission being to help founders find product-market fit and become household brands in the future.
We aim for successful founders to return that favor to aspirational founders who want to become the next Coinbase.
If you want
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I've been around the fundraising block over the past 7 years, and it's clear today most U.S. LPs are risk off crypto, while those in Asia and the Middle East are risk on. There's a lesson in that.
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Announcing Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
There are many types of hackathons available for you to join, and I encourage everyone to participate in them to learn more about building in crypto or to explore new ideas.
So, why should you consider MVP? Think of MVP as an intimate
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Chicago DeFi Alliance Results
Cohort
@opyn_
@synthetix_io
@idexio
@KyberNetwork
@0xProject
@SetProtocol
@dydxprotocol
New Alliance Members
@AaveAave
@kyled116
@QCPCapital
@gauntletnetwork
@ideocolab
@ledger_prime
@kyedidbotton
@FractalWealth
@hiFramework
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Announcing Cohort
#3
applications for the
@defialliance
accelerator + results for Cohort
#2
Liquidity isn't the only challenge facing defi founders but it's building in light of new regulations + recruiting
We are adding 3 new support structures 👇
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Why is the market valuing Wormhole at $15B FDV and both Across/Synapse sitting at $200M FDV. Pretty insane imo.
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Why did Alliance align so well with Founders Fund?
All of the partners are founders or were early in the success of household-name companies. Often, they choose the path of highest resistance, but over a long period of time, it proves to be right. This aligns well with
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Crypto founders if you have been in situations where investors have pulled term sheets or stalling -- please hit my DMs.
Willing to spend some time to help.
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There has been extensive discussion about market structure and speculation regarding the VC and memecoin meta. These trends were apparent as early as August and became even more pronounced by November 2023. If you were in the trenches, you likely have already capitalized on this
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No matter your competitor’s financial, resource, or branding advantages, the best products often stem from limited resources.
Constraints push founders to listen to customers and generate creative ideas, driving new product development and applications.
Consequently, those
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To win consumer crypto, you must master the art of capturing attention and aligning incentives. There are countless ways to draw attention, but the most effective method is to do something unique or bizarre.
This ensures you gain someone's full attention, as prior methods
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Waking up this morning is a bit different than usual. It’s a big day for
@tensor_hq
, one of the hardest working teams I have ever worked with in crypto.
Ironically, it was two years from this exact day that I was introduced to them, but back then, the markets were bearish and
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The two biggest problems that I see in crypto before we onboard 100M users
- Private key management
- Account Abstraction
People don't realize how big of a deal EIP 4337 + Coinbase's MPC really is. The above brings a 10x UI/UX + product/security improvement to crypto apps.
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Investor capital is heavily skewed towards infrastructure and not enough towards consumer. And it’s is going to change with the likes of
@pumpdotfun
@fantasy_top_
@friendtech
@teamcircletech
@earlyfans_xyz
@0xppl_
@sofamon_xyz
Crate and many others.
Bitcoin + consumer summer
15 years after Satashi, 40% of the discussion on consumer apps is about 🚀⛽️🚀
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1/ What should crypto founders do when fundraising in today's environment and or have rounds that have stalled?
I have talked to 40+ founders over the past two weeks and here are is the feedback I gave them
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Eventually people will realize
@tensor_hq
is the defacto nft marketplace on Solana.
Then they’ll realize the only way they can get exposure is by trading or buying a Tensorian.
You’ve been warned.
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@Alliancedao
is coming to India
I am hosting three events including Bengaluru, Mumbai and my hometown Hyderabad!
We are looking to meet aspiring founders that are building in crypto or are crypto curious. Space is limited so please fill out the below forms indicating which
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If you want to know where the future of crypto is going this cycle, study
@alliancedao
Batch 12
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In about a year DAO treasury went from $1B to $11B
Given the hyperbolic growth, It is likely the total amount of DAO treasuries will hit $1 trillion within the decade
The race is on for founders to find the balance between product, capital and community
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I am hosting an intimate founders/investors mixer with
@santiagoroel
@ Token2049 Dubai
Apply if you’re a founder / investor in the space.
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🚨A few announcments from
@acceleratedefi
🚨
1/ Launched Liquidity Launchpad program for institutions
2/ Cohort 2:
@saddlefinance
@AcalaNetwork
@paraswap
@perpetualprotocol
@swapnet_defi
@tokenlon
@DDX_Official
@vegaprotocol
@perpprotocol
@loopringorg
@deversifi
@MonteCarloDEX
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It has been four years since we launched Alliance and today marks a major milestone in our journey to serving crypto founders. We want to foster an environment that enables our founders to win against all odds.
Enter Alliance HQ - NYC.
Introducing the Alliance HQ
Over the last three years, Alliance has accelerated 12 cohorts, 200+ startups, and built a community of more than 500 founders.
While we have organized a series of offsites, our founders and mentors have primarily interacted virtually. Today, that
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Investors telling founders they wont allocate if they continue building on Solana
Some investors are sentiment driven + spread too thin.They wont understand L1/L2 ecosystems as deeply as founders do and likely giving bad advice
This feedback could break a company so be vigilant
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Founders, investors, and market players frequently lose their competitive edge when they become too attached to specific ideologies or engage in tribalism, rather than adapting to new market directions.
Have no preconceptions, biases and start every day in crypto with a new
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Looking for founders interested in the intersection of sports X crypto -- DM if you are interested in building in this area.
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Alliance is actively supporting those developing within the 404 domain, including startups like
@wasabi_protocol
and
@metastreetxyz
.
It’s a rare occurrence when a novel primitive emerges that not only addresses issues faced by current users but also broadens the scope by
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Founders that try to embrace the true "ethos" of crypto will fail. But the founders that embrace what users want will succeed.
Choose your battle.
i'm sick and tired of seeing this narrative of crypto founders who are mad b/c "gambling/casino products" are winning instead of their personal high-brow, decentralized, useless-product-but-has-a-good-ethos.
let's get one thing out the way: everything is a fucking casino.
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While I empathize with the degens, I'm open to exploring more sustainable methods to incentivize them to hold tokens.
Some time ago, someone did the math, and it appeared that over 90%+ of airdropped tokens were insta dumped by farmers.
My only advice to the Eigenlayer team is
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I have published “Handshake, ENS and Decentralized Naming Services Explained”
@zkCapital
Publications
@HNS
@ensdomains
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Done with the SBF drama and decent closure from the bad actors from previous cycle.
Never leaving crypto. Time to look forward and build.
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Turns out you don’t need liquidity incentives, ecosystem money or partnerships to attract new users.
You just need to embrace speculation. We saw that with defi, NFTs and now meme coins.
Give users what they want.
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I foresee many ETH “killer” chains pivoting to side chains for Ethereum.
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1/Announcing the Chicago DeFi Alliance with
@DRWTrading
@jumpcapital
@CMTDigitalLtd
We will provide start-ups in DeFi with a support structure leveraging trading expertise from Chicago to help validate product offerings with traders and attract liquidity
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Going back to India this week. Feel free to DM if you'd like to catch up.
Hosting
@alliancedao
meetups in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Mumbai between Dec 7th-15th.
Feel free to DM and I can send over details.
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Investors will be using investment DAOs in the next few years to access deal flow.
VC funds will need to offer more services to compete with investment DAOs.
Frictionless capital will win.
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I would much rather collaborate then compete with others in crypto. The space is still nascent, the largest app has 5M monthly active users.
Why not build and grow the pie together?
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We’re hiring for roles across all areas of the defi alliance — if you’re heading to Lisbon, DM us!
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Alright I am going deeper into the Ordinals / BRC 20 markets -- Any recommendations on what I should buy? And or apps I should use?
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Heading to Lisbon for
@solana
's Breakpoint Event w/
@rriccio
.
We are hosting a startup clinic! An extension of the
@defialliance
program for founders/developers heading to Lisbon.
Hit us up here
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Why pay for Twitter Premium when you can just play
@fantasy_top_
and get boost replies included with the experience.
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5/ Attention – As
@cobie
mentioned you are fighting for attention and in Web3 attention dissipates quickly, so if you aren't building something compelling or vetting your community then you are already losing community.
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I've noticed discussions on NFTs, airdrops and fungible tokens lately.
Here's my perspective: NFTs are designed to foster tight-knit communities because their non-fungibility reduces the velocity and distribution of their holder base. So, if you aim to build a close-knit group,
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1/ Opensea is often compared to the likes of Ebay however they are fundamentally different. One offers tangible products while the other offers you the ability to own and experience culture.
And culture is social.
NFT Marketplaces will eventually become social platforms…Why?
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In order to get mass adoption in crypto?
Build products that compete and take share away from the incumbents. A lot of mindshare has been dedicated to solving technical challenges and or building experimental primitives
But not enough time spent on growth + customer acquisition
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Aspiring founders and engineers need a level playing field, with as many obstacles removed as possible, to bring their ideas to a minimum viable product in crypto.
The more experiments we can conduct, the more products we can introduce to the masses. We aren't taking enough
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2/ Customer Acquisition Cost - Merging customers/investors into one group is akin to CAC on leverage. It's an incredible weapon to bootstrap a community/product to start but horrible if things aren't working your way. Demand should come from your product, not token incentives.
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If
@MakerDAO
proposal approved, would be one the largest protocol migrations we will see
Watching closely
-Balancing incentives by locking SAI for DAI+DSR
-Deleveraging $90M in SAI and re-leveraging in DAI
-Balancing stability between SAI/DAI
Learning moment for $ETH community
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Millennials spend most of their time with their families.
Zoomers are mostly single and have all the time in the world to explore online communities.
That's why Zoomers will crush it in crypto in the next decade, as crypto permeates every corner of mainstream culture.
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0/ I have published “Solving Identity for the New Decentralized Economy” I explore the current identity problems, and discuss why open finance, gaming and others will not hit accelerated growth until identity is solved.
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We are recording Good Game Pod today with
@QwQiao
and planning a live
@fantasy_top_
pack opening
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Nominated
@civickey
as they are truly allowing frictionless trust with everyday applications. Thanks
@VinnyLingham
Have a fintech company you love? Whether it's one you own, work for or use, nominate it for our Fintech 50 list here
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The pendulum in crypto is reflexive and swings violently from one side to the other.
There was a moment where Appchains/L2s seemed to be the answer to scalability, but it turned out to be much more complex. Specifically, there were many competing factions within the Ethereum
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It’s funny to see CT characterize retail as low IQ degenerates.
But those same people failed to realize that they were once noobs in crypto and likely bought a shitcoin to enter the space in the first place.
It’s nice that you spent a lot of time understanding the differences
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Incredibly excited for the
@defialliance
to be supporting the
@0xProject
team alongside
@jumpcapital
@nascentxyz
@PanteraCapital
and many others.
0x Labs has raised $15M in Series A financing to accelerate the growth of decentralized exchange markets on a global scale.
Read the full announcement here:
Here's to the year of the 0x 🐂 and beyond!
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You can discern much about the diversity of users via L1/L2s simply by examining the quality of meme coin tickers.
The more a ticker resembles a cesspool, the greater its retail penetration, as opposed to apolitical or generic tickers, which likely indicate lower retail
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3/ Token Vesting - In Web3 I have seen an avg 1-2 years of vesting for teams/investors. Unfortunately, this why we see some founders leave. Lack of incentives for both parties to continue building multi-generational companies. I would advocate for 4-7 years vesting
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With Filecoin launch a few weeks away, I’d keep an eye on Sia, Storj and Arweave
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Tomorrow I will be chatting with
@StaniKulechov
of
@AaveAave
We are going to dive deep into
1 How he started Aave
2 What he looks for in talent
3 How he hired his team
4 What tools founders need early on to be successful
5 Future of AAVE
Register 👇
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Starting to see founders in there late teens / twenties and they are really good.
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Hey New York…Look up
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I will be speaking with
@loi_luu
of
@KyberNetwork
*tomorrow* as part of
@acceleratedefi
"Secrets to Building a Successful Crypto Startup"
We are discussing a NEW announcement by the Kyber team that will change the course of Kyber's future
Don't miss it
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This is the beginning of the Points Age. Curious to see what develops next!
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We are joined by
@MapleLeafCap
and
@QwQiao
of Accelerate DeFi to discuss Secrets to Spotting Trends in DeFi
We will discuss how Maple Leaf Capital got into Web 3 + current investment strategies + spotting new trends before others
(Major alpha leakage) 👇
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Also…three new hires being announced this week.
DeFi Alliance is a team of 12 and looking to double our team in 6 months.
If you’re a degen or looking to work crypto full time. DM any one of us.
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Founders don’t invite investors on your cap table purely for social signal, I’ve seen this mistake happen way too many times.
Typically the announcement will pass by with founders expecting 1000s of leads. But in reality 2 leads and you’ll be left to build your company
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2/ Regulations – If you don’t have regulatory clarity on the mechanism design of your DAO then I am assuming you don't have monetization down. Both go hand in hand. Lawyers / Legal firms are in high demand so founders will either have to learn or likely breaking regulations
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@Dogetoshi
Kraken was the first exchange to support Ethereum which legitimized it further — about a year later Coinbase went on to support it.
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Planning to record our last
@goodgamepodxyz
podcast for the year with
@QwQiao
- what would you like to hear about?
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Excited to announce our investment into
@magic_labs
alongside
@naval
@lightspeedvp
@placeholdervc
Magic has cracked the crypto user experience so that we can onboard the masses.
Try it for yourself
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The mission for
@acceleratedefi
is to unblock hurdles for DeFi Startups
Our first focus was to bring the best DeFi startups and the largest market makers together
In collaboration with
@KyberNetwork
, we have our first working onramp for market makers
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How about building a reputation through hard work and dedication to the industry vs shit posting and thought leadership?
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Music NFTs are likely a failure. However, there is a way to successfully crack music + crypto that can compete with YouTube and Spotify head on.
The issue is that everything developed to date has been highly skeuomorphic, and we need to let go of prior biases when creating
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