Welcome to the alpha please newsletter. I curate five alpha tweets every Friday; that’s it, that’s the newsletter.
1. The latest on the ETH merge from the devs
A thread summarising the discussion from the Ethereum all core devs meeting today. Lots of debate about the difficulty bomb…
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2. On Token Distribution
ve-tokenomics, Balancer’s Liquidity Bootstrapping Pools… As we all know, token distribution can make or break crypto projects. Derek explores recent trends.
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3. NFTs are momentum assets
What the NFT data says.
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4. Estimating the value of $OP
L2 token season is fast approaching with Optimism announcing their token and this anon has attempted to assess its value.
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5. Exploring the asymmetry
Those with the skills and dedication can make large profits in this space. This thread identifies those areas with asymmetric upside. But, just to be clear, making $10m is still not easy. Misaka is saying it’s not that hard.
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@alpha_pls tweet of the week
A simple bit of wisdom that you might need to hear today.
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And that’s your alpha.
Not financial or tax advice. This newsletter is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Do your own research.