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DeFi Analyst sometimes • Web3 Researcher and Content writer • Art-head • May the force be with you.

Joined April 2022
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i talked about the GPU problem a while ago and i wanted to actually look into how $YOM works instead of just mentioning it, so I did in their pitch, they skip the centralized data center, and just pull compute from a distributed network of GPUs that already exist it sounds good on paper. every decentralized infra project says that though guess what they actually use all that for? GAMING,LIVE STREAMING, REAL TIME AI INFERENCE the stuff where a few milliseconds of lag ruins everything with centralized cloud your request has to travel to one company's data center, get processed, travel back. doesn't matter how far that center actually is from you that round trip is the lag distributed compute flips it. whatever's closest to you handles it real difference, not a slogan their mainnet only went live back in June, currently sitting right at its all time high around $0.10, market cap just under $13M against an $80M FDV still very early by most measures does it hold up once real demand hits it though? genuinely don't know the logic fits the problem at least that's rare
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THE WORLD IS RUNNING OUT OF GPUS I been noticing this for a few months and it's been bugging me every AI product you and I have used, every new model from "GPT to Gemini" everyone's hyping, it's all quietly renting speed from the same small pool of compute and that pool is getting smaller and smaller every hour we're all out here arguing about which model is smarter someone is actually hogging the compute all of them depend on that's the real bottleneck to me not intelligence infrastructure! specifically the kind that can handle real time stuff like gaming, streaming, live inference without the usual centralized lag infrastructure controlled by three or four companies is exactly the kind of problem decentralization exists to solve spread the compute across a network instead of routing it through one company's servers a few projects are already trying to build that @YOM_Official is one of them
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hey guys, I’m going to bed now, I’ll pick someone tomorrow thanks for all the interest
hey guys im looking to hire an artist, I need to make a new banner. If you know any please tag them below. ps: drop your portfolio or recent work in the comment section
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hey guys im looking to hire an artist, I need to make a new banner. If you know any please tag them below. ps: drop your portfolio or recent work in the comment section
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CZ DOESN'T HAVE THE POWER TO FREEZE ANYTHING but he's got enough motion to make Bitcoin devs seriously consider doing it themselves he went on a podcast last month and said this "if we do nothing, we're basically giving those coins to someone who is going to hack them" he's talking about Satoshi's 1.1 million Bitcoin his idea was to give Satoshi 6 to 12 months to move the coins after a post-quantum migration if they move them, then the community decides whether to freeze them it sounds pretty reasonable then Michael Terpin spoke my mind "freezing coins would create a precedent of permission in a permissionless system" and that's the actual debate not whether quantum computers are a real threat (they are lmao the cryptography behind old wallet formats is genuinely dog water) the debate is whether Bitcoin can freeze a wallet for a good reason without becoming something it was never supposed to be one account put it simply "if they can freeze one wallet, it can freeze any" we watched Arbitrum freeze $71 million a few weeks ago everyone said that was different because it was a hacker this is different because it's protecting the network there's always a good reason some food for thought for you
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Jesus Christ, there’s so much LARPing on the timeline today 😭 “I just give xxx coins to $ANSEM holders…” We know you didn’t send any coins to $ANSEM holders, give it a rest 😭
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1st of the month. Did you pay the bills yet? BILLCOIN doing what Bitcoin can’t - that slow ass boomer coin taking forever while we moving fast asf with @solana
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two months ago this man told a reporter he had nothing to do with a $15 billion crypto fraud network this week Tokyo police disagreed he wasn't arrested for the fraud though he got picked up over a residency form he filled out wrong here's how we got here back in 2015 a man named Chen Zhi started something called Prince Group in Cambodia property development, tourism, financial services, the kind of thing that looks completely normal on paper by 2018 something else was happening underneath all of it scam compounds, pulling in over $30 million a day, running pig butchering schemes you've probably heard the term. someone builds a relationship with you online for weeks, sometimes months, gains your trust, then convinces you to invest in something that doesn't exist the money from that got layered through a real bank, real businesses, yachts, jets, art operating across more than 30 countries before most of the world even knew the name last October the US seized 127,271 BTC tied to this exact network $15 billion at the time the largest forfeiture in DOJ history Chen Zhi got arrested in Cambodia in January, extradited to China this week, one of his senior people finally slipped up not on the scams on paperwork here's what actually matters though behind every number in this story is someone who lost everything to a person they thought cared about them and in a lot of cases, someone who was trafficked and forced to run these scams against their own will crypto didn't invent this kind of fraud it just made it faster, harder to trace, and easier to hide behind something that looked legitimate for years worth remembering next time a project tells you not to ask too many questions about where the money actually goes
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remember when JaredFromSubway took a bag off Vitalik himself that was years ago, and this bot has been front running retail trades ever since, pulling millions off normies daily while everyone called it "efficient markets" like that made it noble this week the king of sandwiches finally got eaten someone spent weeks setting up fake tokens and fake pools, the bot saw what looked like easy arb, approved everything, and got drained somewhere between $7.5M and $15M no hack, no leaked key just classic approval laziness, the exact thing it's spent years punishing everyone else for and you guys are losing it with "karma is real" posts like you didn't help feed this thing for years everyone was completely silent when it was printing money off regular people now it loses once and suddenly it's "hunter becomes hunted" and everyone's acting like justice got served pick a lane you weren't against the parasite, you just didn't like which side of it you were standing on meanwhile the rest of the timeline is exactly what it always is BTC stuck at $64k doing absolutely nothing while ETFs quietly bleed out Solana is nothing but $Fartcoin, $Buttcoin, and endless "comment your wallet for 0.1 SOL" giveaway bots actual builders dropping real gaming and NFT updates are getting 12 likes while everyone's busy clapping for a bot eating another bot this is the bar now apparently, pathetic one bot stole from traders for years a smarter bot stole from that bot you guys are throwing a parade for the new thief like it's a win for the little guy half those drained funds are probably already mixed and rotating straight into fresh meme positions as we speak nothing got fixed, nothing got learned same theft, just a different wallet doing it this time revoke your approvals stop riding MEV bots until they get rekt and then acting heartbroken most of you are still exit liquidity, I’m just waiting patiently for the next cycle to remind you "karma" isn't real here it's just whoever has the better script this week
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while half of CT spent the last 18 months turning into AI slop machines farming InfoFi points on platforms that eventually got banned, Pudgy Penguins was just quietly doing this no daily challenges, no gm spam with 47 project logos, no washed KOLs with .sol in their name just penguins sitting on shelves next to Pokemon in every Target in America started as a near dead NFT project in 2022, most people had already written it off Luca Netz bought it anyway and just started putting penguins on shelves instead by 2023 they're a top seller on Amazon, in 2,000 Walmart stores 2024 that's 3,100 Walmart stores plus Target nationwide then Walgreens, then Japan this weekend their TCG, Season 3, a Pudgy and Moonbirds crossover, went live nationwide in every Target not merch. they're in the trading card aisle now, going up against Pokemon directly every toy and every pack has a QR code kid gets it for $10, parent scans it, they're inside Pudgy World no wallet, no token talk, nothing that smells like crypto zero Twitter farming required for any of this 10,000+ stores. 2 million units sold. $13M in revenue that doesn't care what BTC does today everyone spent this whole cycle talking about attention like it's some new currency bot farms, point systems, platforms that got suspended halfway through the season Luca wasn't LARPing any of that he just built something people wanted to put in their kid's hands shelf space beats floor price real attention beats farmed engagement
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so back in october 2025, MegaETH reached out to an artist named Shiro they wanted her to be the cultural backbone of the chain she built 4,520 hand drawn pieces, 500 unique traits, 28 one of ones they pfp'd her work, called it the cultural flagship, used her name to pull new people in she held up her end there was alot of bad signs reward farmers were already reporting net losses after TGE activity was low despite all the real-time execution claims builders were quietly leaving we were already calling it Dead-Fi these things don't appear overnight the launch kept getting delayed november became february communication got thinner every time she asked questions she minted out anyway, raised 130 ETH from her own community, built her own following then Terminal, the thing they "promised" would power her project... just shut down no warning, no conversation they just went quiet ... now her community is falling apart, builders are leaving, and everyone is pointing fingers she posted a full thread this week, check it out on @shiro57102 the other side fired back, called her community the most toxic on the chain, questioned the 130 ETH, said they drove builders away ... but zoom out for a second this isn't about Shiro vs MegaETH this is what happens when a chain raises on culture, uses artists to build credibility, then quietly drops everything the moment the TGE is done her thread just made it visible the signs were there before october we just weren't looking at the right things
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I can’t stand watching people speak with absolute entitlement about situations they really know nothing about. I feel like I’ve stayed quiet long enough. The constant disrespect, the daily assumption that my silence equals to weakness, it’s become unbearable. Not just for me, but for everyone who actually believes in me and trusts me. I did not “leverage” Megaeth to mint out Netizens. It was the other way around. So if you think this, stop being delusional and so incredibly disrespectful, i've had enough. Let me be crystal clear: the team reached out to me in October and asked if I could launch something on @megaeth because they were “not satisfied with the NFT projects that were already on the chain, in terms of taste and culture”. It appeared to be very clear since the beginning how netizens could’ve been a great opportunity for the ecosystem to flourish. We were defined as the key to reach a new audience and stop stagnating. We were supposed to be the catalyst and the first brick for a new cultural development and the mint itself was meant to be an event of wider adoption. My aim was, from the start, to create a space where people could feel part of something for the first time, welcome as their unfiltered selves. Just pure art, pure culture. I believed in Mega, and I trusted their team with my work, my reputation and my efforts. But it didn’t take long for them to show their real nature. Mainnet was supposed to launch in November. I worked night and day, without breaks, to meet the deadline, only for the launch to be delayed repeatedly without proper notice (mid-November, late November, early December, and so on, until February). The constant disorganization and inconsistent communication made everything incredibly difficult. We had to coordinate an entire project under uncertainty, which even prevented us from announcing a firm mint date until the very last minute. I poured my soul into Netizens because that’s what I always do and I thought we all shared the same mission. Despite all the sugarcoated praise, they were, in reality, not ready to embrace the kind of culture they were asking for, and that we finally brought. Instead of trusting the vision, they chose mediocrity and neutrality. They let people attack me daily, calling me a scammer, undermining everything while I was doing all in my power to make the chain look good. All our efforts felt invisible. Promises were constantly made and broken. We were used for attention and clout, then quietly discarded every time any existing “community” felt threatened by something superior and actually relevant outside their small bubble. I was lied to countless times, the team was clearly not coherent or transparent with us and it started being obvious how they were just promising the same exact things to everyone else. Every time we raised real issues, we were either ignored for days or given empty reassurances that solved nothing. I had made it clear that I would rather leave than stay where I felt unwanted and unappreciated. I thought they understood. I’m no longer sure they ever did. Four days before launch, I was still questioning whether the mint should even happen, given the terrible state of the chain. When I shared my doubts with the team I was told “it’ll be fine because you’re you.” I was then called delusional for thinking netizens looked to me like the only reason for people to come to mega. Turns out the delusional ones were them. They couldn’t even sit still and let the magic happen. Couldn’t trust. Couldn’t support. And especially could not protect the few projects they themselves said deserved it, even up to today. Instead, they enabled the noise, the yes men, the total NPC behavior, all while claiming to be pro-innovation “gen-Zers”. However, It’s ironic how the same people who watched me get disrespected in silence suddenly praised me after we successfully minted out or after I worked at the EF mandate. After all these months passed, the team has gone silent, they haven’t done anything for netizens if not disappointing us. On top of all they’ve acted as if we brought nothing to the chain, turning all my work to dust. As if Netizens mint didn’t bring an insane momentum, that they were not able to make the most of. I’m exhausted from taking the blame for other people’s mistakes. Most atrocious of all, we were never even warned about Terminal shutting down, despite it directly affecting us. Terminal was always presented as our flywheel. We were told to push it hard to our community, it should’ve been our main focus for the future. Guess what? They just let us down again, empty handed. Because they lied to us, we ended up lying to our community. When we questioned about their plans after Terminal ended, they lightheartedly said, “Oh well, we don’t have any plans for NFTs!” It feels like all my efforts were wasted. I feel fooled and disrespected. They leveraged my reputation and my name for their benefit, without any regard for the consequences on me or the people who trusted me. It’s simple soulless behavior. To those who still think they can have a word on this, double check your sources. Question what you’re told. I defended myself when people painted me as the villain for simply pushing back against lies. I was told to stay quiet “to avoid conflict.” As if the internet wasn’t built on friction, on real time conversation, on calling out what’s broken. As if I could just pretend all those words didn’t break my heart. I refuse to waste any more energy trying to save people who don’t want to be saved, as much as I refuse to be disrespected further. I have more important things to do. I have to draw. And that’s irrelevant for so many people But its so relevant for me. And hopefully, I can still do something good for everyone That’s all I’ve always hoped for. You will not bring me down, ever If there’s something that will outlive this, is my art. Forever. Let it be a scar. congrats on fumbling something genuinely special. The curse is real. Have fun dealing with the consequences. @megaeth
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Notifications on for Ray = generational wealth pipeline. Simple as that. bag worker season is back👀
Bag working season is back. The last time I truly bag worked a coin It did over a 350x. (BULLISH) documented all on TL. I think it's time to bag work again and send something else even HIGHER. I think I may have just found the perfect coin to send. 👀
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state of CT lately jan: Altszn is coming feb: Altszn is coming mar: Altszn is coming apr: Altszn is com... Bitcoin pumps we`ve been at the wrong bus stop for 4 months straight😂😂 Altszn is never coming back
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RAVE is down 95% now no hack, no exploit, no news just yesterday, you guys called it a gem at $28 while it was crashing, the team posted a thread most of us read how they denied manipulation but they said something important they confirmed they planned to sell unlocked tokens to fund operations their words ZachXBT called it a coordinated pump and dump across Binance, Bitget and Gate put $25,000 on the table for whistleblowers Bitget CEO opened an investigation same day Binance CEO followed team is denying everything two exchange CEOs are investigating 752M tokens are still sitting there y'all read the breakdown before any of this was public the structure always talks first
I asked this yesterday. so I found out that only 25% of the supply was even out there during the whole run the other 75% locked up tight most of it sitting in 3 wallets only three wallets lmao when that little supply is floating around, it doesn't take much to move the price hard so when it ran, it really ran CT saw the candles and did what we do best — FOMOed now the smart ones tried to short it , which is fair honestly, the structure looked weird but here's the thing … when a token is heavily shorted and price keeps going up anyway, those short positions start bleeding eventually they get forced to close, which means they have to buy to exit that buying pushes price higher which squeezes more shorts which forces more buying it just feeds itself $43M in liquidations later, mostly shorts now i'm not saying anything but those same 3 wallets started moving tokens to exchanges right around the time the squeeze kicked off funny timing don’t you think? by the time y'all were buying, FDV was already past $10B 75% of supply still locked, still waiting the price moved. the unlock schedule didn't care so yeah, find the next one if you want just find out who's holding the other 75% first because they already know when they're selling y'all just don't yet
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A summary of the RAVE -95% price fluctuation from $26 to $1 over the past 24 hours. RAVE Timeline: April 18, 2026 7:26 am UTC: I posted a call to action for Binance, Bitget, & Gate to investigate RAVE market manipulation and offered a $10K bounty. 10:56 am UTC: I posted an update increasing the bounty to $25K. 11:18 am UTC: Bitget publicly acknowledged the call to action. 2:08 pm UTC: Binance publicly acknowledged the call to action. 3:06 pm UTC: RaveDAO posted claiming they have no involvement. 4:19 pm UTC: Gate publicly acknowledged the call to action. In the days leading up, on April 13 & 14, I confronted RaveDAO co-founder Yemu Xu (wildwoomoo) but have yet to receive an answer. RAVE launched in Dec 2025 on Binance Alpha with a 1B total supply. The addresses below, linked to the initial distribution, control ~95% of the RAVE supply (h/t Mlm): 0x9831156F1a6E506Fca41503590b42F07c2e80f54 0x8Ed6245C3276307E1A9D9Dc872E98A0E770070fd 0x6020656d1EF182173E45D4Fc375BDD5a48c674B0 0x2664cB80a5ee7D8EC05fe7C752dD62E078056E6d 0x2D81F8AeBf3e58A5e638006c9fd8F38C5220ecab 0x31694d761A8e851cFFbCd286aC54D01e5Ce5aFe6 0x0A1F07993a51CcEb4f52CA67765AECeADDA790d7 0xEB74Df8588cFC1C179Df4bd96C0bB8B227B9bE92 0x53d7d52301366DC14E1916b14eFeC1aDD8F3487b I found suspicious CEX activity in April 2026 tied to RaveDAO team addresses onchain, which potentially contradicts their recent statement: Bitget 0x2dc20f2180582172f5450c5d71e23fa438a7031b 0xa3a02aeb97fc1737c66f50d07d024799c137891d 0x2d95eb42525e6087e0cb7869f98da6838ed2e743 Gate 0x31711246b05d71e9eda5e38a3abb654020ee3353 Given the supply concentration, the team at minimum knows who is responsible for this price action. A simple litmus test: $6B in market cap was wiped out on just $52M of 24hr liquidations (h/t CoinGlass). That ratio points to a manipulated and unsustainable valuation. RAVE is not the only token with manipulation we have seen on major centralized exchanges. It's just the most blatant, reaching a top 15 market cap within 10 days before dropping 95% in hours. Other projects with highly questionable price action recently include: SIREN, MYX, COAI, M, PIPPIN, RIVER. Exchanges need faster intervention on manipulation. Detection at scale isn't easy, but each day of delay means retail traders absorb losses while platforms collect fees on the volume. The outcome is the same regardless of intent. While it's good the exchanges responded, I find it unlikely this activity wasn't spotted internally before I raised it publicly. I recognize how much this behavior takes from retail traders, and I plan to investigate similar movements in hopes of identifying the responsible parties. I want to reiterate that I did not take a position. If I had, I would have been liquidated myself. I also could not anticipate if or when the exchanges would comment publicly. My $25K bounty will remain active since the only DMs received were unverified claims rather than non-public information with supporting evidence as requested.
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