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Co-founder @AthinaAI (YC W23)
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Apr 8, 2023 β€’ 14 tweets β€’ 6 min read
ChatGPT doesn't know how to get you free money (yet), but Twitter does.

Here are 10 accounts you MUST follow for airdrop alpha...

πŸ’Έ πŸͺ‚ πŸ‘‡ Image These guys are literally giving you step-by-step instructions for free money πŸ€‘.

If that's not alpha, I don't know what is.
Apr 4, 2023 β€’ 12 tweets β€’ 4 min read
One of the biggest use cases for crypto is tokenization.

And it's bigger than you think... πŸš€πŸš€ Image Note that just because crypto is used to tokenize an asset class does not mean that the crypto market cap will grow by the same magnitude.
Mar 29, 2023 β€’ 17 tweets β€’ 4 min read
This 20th-century invention might help your normie friends understand NFTs... One of the most important innovations of the 20th century was:
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The Shipping Container.
Mar 28, 2023 β€’ 6 tweets β€’ 1 min read
Stop comparing AI and Crypto.

AI is bloody amazing today (and will get exponentially better in the coming years), but its inception was ~80 years ago. 80 years later, you can bet your ass you won’t be using credit cards and SWIFT transfers to make payments.
Mar 25, 2023 β€’ 16 tweets β€’ 4 min read
Real-World Crypto: How DeFi Can Help Millions of Farmers In Africa and India

(Day 1/14)

πŸ§΅πŸ‘‡ Image This is part of a series of blog posts I'm writing about the REAL world use cases of crypto.

Subscribe at shivsak.substack.com

I only write about the REAL stuff.

No BS, no spam, no news.
Mar 21, 2023 β€’ 19 tweets β€’ 4 min read
The real value of NFTs is something that very few people are talking about.

Here’s why I believe the NFT market will be worth TRILLIONS by the end of the decade. πŸ‘‡ Like most, I used to think of NFTs as nothing more than overpriced JPEGs… until I read @punk6529’s thread.

Mar 20, 2023 β€’ 9 tweets β€’ 2 min read
Crypto regulation can move financial innovation forward or backward 10 years.

It all depends πŸ‘‡ πŸ‚ πŸš€ Bull case:

β€’ Good regulation that doesn't choke builders, users, or investors.

β€’ It allows normies, financial institutions and businesses to adopt crypto comfortably as long as they file their taxes appropriately.
Mar 17, 2023 β€’ 10 tweets β€’ 2 min read
The failures of the last 12 months have given crypto a really bad rep:

β€’ FTX / Alameda
β€’ Celsius
β€’ 3AC
β€’ SVB / USDC

But few recognize that these were not "failures of crypto". In fact, ALL of these were failures of poorly regulated, centralized systems.

If there's a lesson to be learned from these failures, it's not that "Crypto is bad" (as mainstream media and governments have decided after last year).
Mar 9, 2023 β€’ 5 tweets β€’ 2 min read
Blockchain can reduce global borrowing costs by > $35 billion. The cost of borrowing globally is in the trillions.

The archaic and opaque nature of the legacy financial system has made it hard to reduce these costs.
Feb 25, 2023 β€’ 9 tweets β€’ 4 min read
Been meeting with lots of interesting web3 founders.

Some interesting projects I've come across last week... @loch_chain is building a really cool crypto forensics & analytics tool

Founder: @Prithvir12
Feb 24, 2023 β€’ 15 tweets β€’ 4 min read
Did a Q&A Twitter Space with @KidFromSky from @snapmuseio today - was an interesting chat about the challenges for web3 mass adoption.

Here's what we discussed πŸ‘‡ Q. What do you think of crypto education for mass adoption?

Education helps, but it's not the solution for mass adoption.
Feb 7, 2023 β€’ 4 tweets β€’ 1 min read
I've been connecting with a bunch of web3 founders these last few weeks.

I feel super optimistic after meeting so many amazing builders. The quality of web3 projects I'm seeing now is waay more impressive than 6 months ago.

Even bearish times have silver linings.
Dec 30, 2022 β€’ 11 tweets β€’ 4 min read
Solana is down 96% from its bull market top in November 2021.

Here's a quick look at what's going down on Solana. 🧡 πŸ‘‡ The Price:

β€’ November 2021: $258
β€’ December 2022: $10

-96% πŸ‘€ 😨

(from @CoinMarketCap)
Dec 29, 2022 β€’ 8 tweets β€’ 2 min read
Here’s why Crypto payments haven’t gone mainstream πŸ‘‡ 1. Web2 solutions are good enough.

web2 solutions that are β€œgood enough” already exist for the masses.

Card payments are convenient enough for retail or online purchases.
Dec 28, 2022 β€’ 8 tweets β€’ 3 min read
You've heard about Gamestop and AMC, but did you know that Volkswagen became the most valuable company in the world for a day?

Here's the story of how it happened...

🍿 🎬 🧡 πŸ‘‡ Like Gamestop and AMC, the stock price was driven up by something known as a Short Squeeze.

The Leapfrog team made a video explaining what a short squeeze is...

Oct 29, 2022 β€’ 13 tweets β€’ 6 min read
5 ways to earn $ in crypto during the bear market
(other than trading / investing)

🧡 πŸ‘‡ 1. Earn bounties

@noahedelman02 curated this awesome spreadsheet with different bounty and grant programs - there's over $110k and counting in bounties on this sheet, check it out!

tally.so/r/wkbb2Z
Oct 22, 2022 β€’ 27 tweets β€’ 13 min read
"The Web3 Pulse Check 2022"

The crypto landscape is constantly changing.

But what is the data saying about the state of crypto in 2022?

We looked at the big narratives, trends, and adoption metrics in the world of web3 and prepared a report 🧡 πŸ‘‡ This report isn't an in-depth analysis, but rather a pulse check on what the data is saying about the market & adoption.

We covered:
β€’ Layer 1s
β€’ Bitcoin
β€’ Ethereum
β€’ Layer 2s
β€’ DeFi (Lending, DEX, etc)
β€’ Security
β€’ Interoperability
β€’ Infrastructure
β€’ NFTs
β€’ Regulation
Oct 13, 2022 β€’ 4 tweets β€’ 1 min read
When you apply for immigration visas, they ask for ALL kinds of documents – education credentials, bank statements, etc

They're trying to mitigate risk, but they ask for PDFs / JPEG as proof... 😳

PDFs & JPEGs are not designed as systems of proofs - they are too easy to forge. Always makes me think of this NFT use case.

NFTs are infinitely better than PDFs or JPEGs when it comes to providing a guarantee of authenticity.
Oct 11, 2022 β€’ 15 tweets β€’ 5 min read
Tokenization isn't going to happen all at once.

It will be incremental.

The first assets to get tokenized will be those that are easy to tokenize.

Like... Tickets 🎟️ 🎫

We made a video πŸ‘‡ 🍿 🧡 You can watch the full video on YouTube here:
Oct 8, 2022 β€’ 17 tweets β€’ 6 min read
I asked some crypto Twitter big-brains for their best advice to those looking to kickstart a career in web3.

Here's what they said πŸ‘‡ These creators might not be looking for jobs in Crypto, but they have spent a lot of their time networking with builders, founders, and teams in web3.

So they have a great sense of what web3 companies are looking for and how to build a career in crypto.
Sep 26, 2022 β€’ 8 tweets β€’ 2 min read
There are a lot of benefits to tokenizing real world assets like stocks.

But the 2 models for tokenizing stocks that I've seen so far both seem quite flawed πŸ‘‡ Tokenization of stocks is valuable because:

β€’ Anyone anywhere across the world can buy or sell stocks without restrictions

β€’ Stock tokens can be plugged into other smart contracts (for example, as collateral to borrow money against)

β€’ Tokens are easily transferrable.