Japan Crypto Trip: The Lowdown 🇯🇵
I got back from Japan a few days ago. Because of jetlag and some urgent meeting I am posting here my feedback and summary just nnow.
✅ Pros
Legal & Corporate Backing: Crypto is fully legalized, with big corporations actively pushing the industry forward.
Partnerships & Investment: Great potential for finding partners and investors for your project.
Amazing & Affordable Food: You can find incredible quality food at surprisingly cheap prices, from local spots to convenience stores.
❌ Cons
Language Barrier: Most people don't speak English, making communication tough. Hire a translator if you want to make your trip more efficient.
WebX Conference: A disorganized, promotional event with no real chance to connect with founders. Booth staff were not knowledgeable.
Heat & Cost: Brutal heat and crazy expensive taxis ($100-$200 rides) make getting around a nightmare.
Pro-Tips for Your Trip
Choose Your Route Wisely: Avoid layovers in China if you can. My experience was awful—long queues, rude staff, and flight delays of 4-5 hours. Stick to democratic countries for a smoother journey.
Get a Suica Card: As soon as you land, buy a Suica card. Load it with about $300 (in yen) and use it for all your public transit and even in many convenience stores. It’s a lifesaver.
Prep for Side Events: Don't rely on the main conference for networking. Register for side events in advance on the lu.ma app. It's where the real connections happen. BTW here is my luma link.
Want to share your own Japan experiences or have questions about the Web3 scene? Drop them to me in DM!
I got back from Japan a few days ago. Because of jetlag and some urgent meeting I am posting here my feedback and summary just nnow.
✅ Pros
Legal & Corporate Backing: Crypto is fully legalized, with big corporations actively pushing the industry forward.
Partnerships & Investment: Great potential for finding partners and investors for your project.
Amazing & Affordable Food: You can find incredible quality food at surprisingly cheap prices, from local spots to convenience stores.
❌ Cons
Language Barrier: Most people don't speak English, making communication tough. Hire a translator if you want to make your trip more efficient.
WebX Conference: A disorganized, promotional event with no real chance to connect with founders. Booth staff were not knowledgeable.
Heat & Cost: Brutal heat and crazy expensive taxis ($100-$200 rides) make getting around a nightmare.
Pro-Tips for Your Trip
Choose Your Route Wisely: Avoid layovers in China if you can. My experience was awful—long queues, rude staff, and flight delays of 4-5 hours. Stick to democratic countries for a smoother journey.
Get a Suica Card: As soon as you land, buy a Suica card. Load it with about $300 (in yen) and use it for all your public transit and even in many convenience stores. It’s a lifesaver.
Prep for Side Events: Don't rely on the main conference for networking. Register for side events in advance on the lu.ma app. It's where the real connections happen. BTW here is my luma link.
Want to share your own Japan experiences or have questions about the Web3 scene? Drop them to me in DM!
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Andy Piratoff pinned «Japan Crypto Trip: The Lowdown 🇯🇵 I got back from Japan a few days ago. Because of jetlag and some urgent meeting I am posting here my feedback and summary just nnow. ✅ Pros Legal & Corporate Backing: Crypto is fully legalized, with big corporations actively…»
Organic growth in telegram
Friends, you might have noticed how the number of views on my posts are changing.
This is because I'm testing different methods for organic channel growth. Unfortunately, I don't yet have a complete set of knowledge about promotion on Telegram. But I want to share something absolutely cool: nicknames that you can attach to any channel, bot, or app. In the Fragment app, you can buy nicknames as NFTs. Currently, I have two additional nicknames pinned in my profile header: @satoshi_nakamoto and @banker. Each of them drives views. Before this, I had nine nicknames attached, many of which were worth more than $20,000. That's why the number of views on my posts was high.
How did this become possible? The thing is, if you own nicknames, you can rent them out for any period. I was happy to take advantage of this opportunity. Thanks to my friend who has been investing in these nicknames for a long time and now has more than 200 popular names. For example, he is currently selling one of the nicknames, @banking. It can also be rented. If anyone is interested, message me privately. What I like most about this story is that Pavel @Durov continues to pleasure us with various new tools for organic channel growth. I've counted at least six of them: giveaways, gifts, hashtags with stories that can now be searched on Telegram, nicknames, and much more. Nicknames rightly hold an important place in such promotion. The feature is not new, but with the popularization of blockchain and activities related to the Fragment platform, plus the arrival of corporations in the world of blockchain, this feature can take on new colors.
I am an opponent of buying ads in channels and a supporter of organic growth. In the near future, I will have a number of meetings about Telegram promotion. It is quite likely that my team and I will get more fully involved in this game.
P.S. I am deliberately not writing about the downsides of some of these things; they definitely exist. One of them is the KYC requirement for buying nicknames through Fragment. But this is an inevitability that we face. I am 99% sure this is a requirement of the Apple and Android markets, which simply migrated to Telegram and Fragment, respectively. Perhaps in the near future, I will make a table with a visual analysis of the pros and cons of this story.
I would be happy if you would repost and like it. I wrote the post in one breath, and I hope you enjoy reading such long-reads.
#ton #blockchain #features #fragment
Friends, you might have noticed how the number of views on my posts are changing.
This is because I'm testing different methods for organic channel growth. Unfortunately, I don't yet have a complete set of knowledge about promotion on Telegram. But I want to share something absolutely cool: nicknames that you can attach to any channel, bot, or app. In the Fragment app, you can buy nicknames as NFTs. Currently, I have two additional nicknames pinned in my profile header: @satoshi_nakamoto and @banker. Each of them drives views. Before this, I had nine nicknames attached, many of which were worth more than $20,000. That's why the number of views on my posts was high.
How did this become possible? The thing is, if you own nicknames, you can rent them out for any period. I was happy to take advantage of this opportunity. Thanks to my friend who has been investing in these nicknames for a long time and now has more than 200 popular names. For example, he is currently selling one of the nicknames, @banking. It can also be rented. If anyone is interested, message me privately. What I like most about this story is that Pavel @Durov continues to pleasure us with various new tools for organic channel growth. I've counted at least six of them: giveaways, gifts, hashtags with stories that can now be searched on Telegram, nicknames, and much more. Nicknames rightly hold an important place in such promotion. The feature is not new, but with the popularization of blockchain and activities related to the Fragment platform, plus the arrival of corporations in the world of blockchain, this feature can take on new colors.
I am an opponent of buying ads in channels and a supporter of organic growth. In the near future, I will have a number of meetings about Telegram promotion. It is quite likely that my team and I will get more fully involved in this game.
P.S. I am deliberately not writing about the downsides of some of these things; they definitely exist. One of them is the KYC requirement for buying nicknames through Fragment. But this is an inevitability that we face. I am 99% sure this is a requirement of the Apple and Android markets, which simply migrated to Telegram and Fragment, respectively. Perhaps in the near future, I will make a table with a visual analysis of the pros and cons of this story.
I would be happy if you would repost and like it. I wrote the post in one breath, and I hope you enjoy reading such long-reads.
#ton #blockchain #features #fragment
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Usually I am using @fragmentanalyzer_bot. It is ai tool not perfect but I can say I like it.
So any of you can search and understand the approximate value of the nicknames. In the picture you can see analyze of on of nickname that I am renting atm - @banker
So any of you can search and understand the approximate value of the nicknames. In the picture you can see analyze of on of nickname that I am renting atm - @banker
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Guys I could not stop myself from publish this text right now. Bitcoin reach ATH again 2 hours ago.The price hit crazy 126200 usd per BTC.
What I can say. I love crypto a lot but at the same time I hate it too. Main reason for both that initially this technology is amazing. But what we have right know it is absolutely insane. Just a few details why you should not buy it right now! It is not a popular idea but I want to share it with you.
1. 90% of all money flow in crypto is a loans (margin trading) or even real loans of companies or people
2. We are 2 minutes away from the biggest upheavals in the world.
3. Even security people in Singapore told me that we have to buy BTC. I think in NY taxi drivers already hold it. (who will buy btc next?)
4. USA economy worth ever, European countries too. (what companies will do once it collapse for 10%?)
5. 100+ world conflicts are happening right now in the world. State-Based and Non-State.
P.S. I got sick. But I will publish a report about token 2049 tomorrow.
#btc
What I can say. I love crypto a lot but at the same time I hate it too. Main reason for both that initially this technology is amazing. But what we have right know it is absolutely insane. Just a few details why you should not buy it right now! It is not a popular idea but I want to share it with you.
1. 90% of all money flow in crypto is a loans (margin trading) or even real loans of companies or people
2. We are 2 minutes away from the biggest upheavals in the world.
3. Even security people in Singapore told me that we have to buy BTC. I think in NY taxi drivers already hold it. (who will buy btc next?)
4. USA economy worth ever, European countries too. (what companies will do once it collapse for 10%?)
5. 100+ world conflicts are happening right now in the world. State-Based and Non-State.
P.S. I got sick. But I will publish a report about token 2049 tomorrow.
#btc
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The next 3-4 hours will be crucial for all crypto investors who managed to avoid losing money on Friday's drop. The Asian market closed with a significant decline today, which is logical considering Trump's statements. However, what awaits the cryptocurrency market? If we can maintain the current level of 115k for Bitcoin and 4100 for Ether and slightly increase it, the continuation of the bull run is assured. I recommend opening the exchange charts and observing the movement that will begin once the American exchanges open.
The pre-market of US stocks opened with a growth of more than 2%, which is encouraging, but given the manipulations in the US crypto market, there is no trust in these figures.
#btc #ethereum #nasdaq #snp500
The pre-market of US stocks opened with a growth of more than 2%, which is encouraging, but given the manipulations in the US crypto market, there is no trust in these figures.
#btc #ethereum #nasdaq #snp500
After Friday October 10 collapse in altcoins many people started to awake. Some of them saying that centralized exchanges is a scam. Remember the Atom price that fall down on Binance to 0.001 usd?
Today I will show you that bybit is a scam too. You know that when you trade with a leverage it is a loan right? so based on my today short position I calculated APR that they have from me on on trade COAI token? it is crazy 17520% a year. Make judgement themselves guys.
#bybit #scam #centralizedexchanges
Today I will show you that bybit is a scam too. You know that when you trade with a leverage it is a loan right? so based on my today short position I calculated APR that they have from me on on trade COAI token? it is crazy 17520% a year. Make judgement themselves guys.
#bybit #scam #centralizedexchanges
Hey guys! I started to use Arena social. It is a web3 sociafi app. Detailed analysis will be in this channel soon. Today in a couple of hours will be my stream about DeFi. Please join. All that you need to have a X (twitter) account.
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Andy Piratoff pinned «Hey guys! I started to use Arena social. It is a web3 sociafi app. Detailed analysis will be in this channel soon. Today in a couple of hours will be my stream about DeFi. Please join. All that you need to have a X (twitter) account.»
Hey guys! Long time I did not post anything. My false. I was working hard last 3 weeks. Now I am on the way to Montenegro, Serbia and Liberland.
Soon will be interesting news from my side. But before I ll post some content from my trip to Balkans want to share with you my thoughts about market. (thanks God now I have time and can switch my focus from routine things while I am on the airplane)
1. Bitcoin, crypto and potential alt season
Imho whales finished their crazy manipulation with dumps of the bitcoin. Why they do this? the answer because they have access to unlimited fiat supply. It was coordinated dump with huge leverage from top players. Most likely we will see price increase for the top tokens next couple of weeks, even if Trump will attack Venezuela it will not make negative impact anymore. Shave the hamster event is finished. Rich btc addresses became even more rich.
Do not expect altseason this time. Most likely it will be stable slow grow only for projects who is bringing value to the market, and who have loyal userbase.
Look at defilama statistic. Interesting things are happening there. Ethereum is less profitable than hyperliquid, Kamino+Orca is bigger than all fees on Solana.
In my opinion we are right in front of RWA and DeFi boom mixed with Tradfi support.
Forget about social fi, game fi, and NFTs. It is too early for all these things. Some experiments can be successfully done but not more than that.
2. Trading, hodling or farming
My personal strong recommendation is do not trade at all. Learn information about Defi projects 1 by 1 on the daily basis and little bit invest on them if you like it and understand it. Before you personally did not understand it never touch it. At the same time with a small allocation try to use as much as possible defi tools.
Definitely all the finance in 10-15 years will migrate there.
Later this week I will post my feedback about arena social fi platform and it will be interesting post about countries that is good for crypto startups.
3.Research and education
Every day spend 10-15 minutes for learn something new. Read articles in Cointelegraph, find a few channels where you can learn something new, join calls, find interesting regular streams about crypto and if you feel enough confidence and have enough energy try to join any projects that you like as an Ambassador or even helper in any role. Mass adoption is here but definitely it is not only trading or investing.
Soon will be interesting news from my side. But before I ll post some content from my trip to Balkans want to share with you my thoughts about market. (thanks God now I have time and can switch my focus from routine things while I am on the airplane)
1. Bitcoin, crypto and potential alt season
Imho whales finished their crazy manipulation with dumps of the bitcoin. Why they do this? the answer because they have access to unlimited fiat supply. It was coordinated dump with huge leverage from top players. Most likely we will see price increase for the top tokens next couple of weeks, even if Trump will attack Venezuela it will not make negative impact anymore. Shave the hamster event is finished. Rich btc addresses became even more rich.
Do not expect altseason this time. Most likely it will be stable slow grow only for projects who is bringing value to the market, and who have loyal userbase.
Look at defilama statistic. Interesting things are happening there. Ethereum is less profitable than hyperliquid, Kamino+Orca is bigger than all fees on Solana.
In my opinion we are right in front of RWA and DeFi boom mixed with Tradfi support.
Forget about social fi, game fi, and NFTs. It is too early for all these things. Some experiments can be successfully done but not more than that.
2. Trading, hodling or farming
My personal strong recommendation is do not trade at all. Learn information about Defi projects 1 by 1 on the daily basis and little bit invest on them if you like it and understand it. Before you personally did not understand it never touch it. At the same time with a small allocation try to use as much as possible defi tools.
Definitely all the finance in 10-15 years will migrate there.
Later this week I will post my feedback about arena social fi platform and it will be interesting post about countries that is good for crypto startups.
3.Research and education
Every day spend 10-15 minutes for learn something new. Read articles in Cointelegraph, find a few channels where you can learn something new, join calls, find interesting regular streams about crypto and if you feel enough confidence and have enough energy try to join any projects that you like as an Ambassador or even helper in any role. Mass adoption is here but definitely it is not only trading or investing.
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