
From trading in Tier 1 banks to becoming a Full Degen Ape. #DeFi got me.
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[1/9] A quick technical tip🧵you MUST do before aping to avoid rugged (ex of unicornodes)
Even if you have 0 knowledge about coding, a 14 yo child can spot those technical red flags.
A bonus note on why we need a better KYC agency.
Let's dig into it : audit vs launch 👇
If this thread convinced you to try out gTrade on whether crypto, FX or commo, pls give it a like/RT.
Feel free to use my ref link: gains.trade/referred?by=atla…
💡Don't forget to enable 1 click trading from start, so that you don't have to interact with your wallet at every order
Tagging the chads
@thiccy____ @alpha_pls @SmallCapScience @rektdiomedes @TaikiMaeda2 @karl_0x @blknoiz06 @Ren_gmi @ColdBloodShill @HighStakesCap @Louround_ @NyuuRoe @fejau_inc @ReetikaTrades @PopcornKirby @awawat @TraderMercury @DeFi_Made_Here @thedefiedge @Route2FI
I've seen a lot of FUD around @MEXC_Official withdrawals.
I'd like to share my own experience and story as a perp trader (40% of my volume was on mexc), and a mexc user for over a year and half, and why I unfortunately ended up withdrawing most of my funds.
I first joined MEXC because of their low trading fees: 0% for makers and 0.01% for takers (now it's 0.03%); liquidity is suprisingly better than some top exchanges, and volume is very decent. The UI/UX is good enough, surprisingly better than most big crypto exchanges. But things took a turn four months ago. After ranking high in their PnL leaderboards twice, I tried to withdraw between 5% and 10% of my total assets, and that's when the problems began.
I kept getting a message saying, 'Unable to withdraw due to risk control issues.' It took a while, but after talking to support, they let me withdraw again. That's when I read their terms and found out they can freeze accounts without any explanation.
I wasn't comfortable with that, so I decided to cut down my trading volume to 5%. I had to shift my positions from MEXC to other platforms, but every time I tried to withdraw, it got blocked and I had to contact support again. Then, out of nowhere, they said I needed to complete KYC to withdraw the rest of my funds. 1/What
I argued that KYC wasn't necessary since there was nothing odd about my trading and I always used the same whitelisted addresses. After some back and forth, they admitted I didn't need to complete KYC, and I could withdraw again.
So, I ended up pulling all my funds out of MEXC. It's a pity because I really liked their platform, especially the UI/UX (though they don't offer cross-margin trading)
Two odd details :
- Perps on MEXC are really weird. Orderbook bbo are always very close to Binance ones (?), funding rate matches Binance's too at all time (?). Also their futures API isn't public.
- Once, a customer service rep told me I could create extra accounts for subaccount issues, but later another support person said they could freeze accounts if they're accessed from the same IP – which seems contradictory
Anyway, my purpose is not to FUD MEXC as I was able to withdraw everything. The UI/UX on trading is great; but the withdrawal process is the worst I've experienced, which is why I removed most of my funds.
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Replying to @Justin_Bons
Give me any current L1 that manages to scale without compromising a big feature.
$112m of BTC-USD 'wash' trading within an minutes on @synthetix @Kwenta_io ; and the count still going up.
44 tx of instant long and short of 99 BTC
Not sure if this is a right usage of $OP incentives to drive organic adoption.
Not denying all the amazing work that @synthetix & @Kwenta_io core contributors have achieved in the perp dexes space.
Just think it's a poor design and usage of $OP incentives, and hope it would be improved in the future.
10950% APR (not APY)
This is the current rate you get for holding a long position on $YGG
The true definition of market manipulation; cf @YieldGuild and their MM @DWFLabs (clowns)
From $30m to $150m mkt cap within 3 days
Binance had to set drastic funding rate and many CEXes followed
And some portfolios that have been vesting & selling $YGG suddenly stopped selling.
Clowns
.@synthetix through @Kwenta_io has consistently surpassed GMX v1 Volume for an entire week now
Here are the top reasons why this is happening.
On-chain perp dexes should take note
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This post is written out of my own free will (no partnership, no ambassador etc).
Tagging some CT ppl with cool content:
- @thiccythot_
- @RyanSAdams
- @TaikiMaeda2
- @Louround_
- @0xfoobar
- @vishal4c
- @0x_____________
- @definikola
- @adamscochran + @cz_binance
and some others CT with cool content
- @haydenzadams
- @ChainLinkGod
- @TraderMercury
- @Dynamo_Patrick
- @ThorHartvigsen
- @Tree_of_Alpha
- @AltcoinDailyio
- @bneiluj
- @thesaint_
- @thedefiedge
- @CryptoGirlNova
- @Slappjakke
- @2lambro
- @sandeepnailwal






