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HYPE on a Run - Can the Rest of Crypto Catch Up?

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HYPE on a Run - Can the Rest of Crypto Catch Up?

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AI is displacing the human brain.

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Stats worries 100 times more about crypto security than Chase Bank security.

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ETH has become public enemy number one on Stats' timeline.

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The problem with going down 90% is you can do it again.

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The fundamentals of ETH feel weak.

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Bitwise and 21Shares bought $16 million worth of hype in the last 24 hours.

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Other PFP projects and generative art projects are struggling due to too much supply and recent losses.

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The big thing missing for AI products is attention and distribution.

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Hype brought perps trading into their book, which kicked off its narrative.

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Crypto Twitter has transitioned its focus from majors to hype.

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Everything is working for the hype narrative right now.

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Hype has cash flows, a big user base, and narrative.

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The idea of a new buyer base coming for crypto assets is a dead narrative.

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2021 NFT optimism is hard to repeat.

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Bijan Maleki is the RV community manager, filling in for Mando.

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Regulatory things are creating a better narrative for hype globally.

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ETH has held its $2,000-$3,000 range for a few months.

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Andreessen Horowitz is saying positive things about hype.

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Hype hit an all-time high yesterday.

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Bored Apes floor price is currently around 9 ETH ($20,000).

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The L2 narrative for ETH has died.

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DeFi has taken big hits due to AI hacks and poor risk-reward.

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Members of the ETH Foundation are leaving.

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There have been big institutional sellers of ETH.

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The ETF narrative, a tailwind for ETH, is now tired.

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The idea that Bitcoin's rise would lead to ETH's rise is dead because other assets have ETFs now.

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The skills Stats finds important now are building a trusted brand.

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NFTs making a comeback will look different than 2021.

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AI can help with social media and attracting clients.

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The cultural technology wave of NFTs proved to be less strong than hoped.

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The Walmart partnership for Pudgy Penguins was more for news flow and branding than for revenue to buy back NFTs.

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Stats believes crypto is more of a momentum space than a contrarian one.

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Hype has taken over as the darling child of the crypto space.

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Eli Scheidman is seeing interest in Xcopy and CryptoPunks.

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Strength is seen in the CryptoPunks market, with the floor at 33 ETH ($70,000s USD).

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The model of NFT projects finding outside revenue sources and sustainable ones has no single success story.

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Hype is using profits/revenue to buy back its own token.

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NFT project teams often use revenue to grow the business, not to buy back NFTs.

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Pudgy Penguins is talking about a potential IPO, which means revenue would go to shareholders, not NFT holders.

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The use case for NFTs that has worked is collectibles and people feeling connection to the art, project, team, and traits.

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Many people are sitting on losses in NFTs.

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AI is the current narrative and buzz in the space.

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People are making money from AI trades.

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Stats was at Uber, which was disrupting how the world moves.

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Uber used a technological edge, regulatory indifference, and a willingness to break the law to displace the taxi industry.

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Uber had billions of dollars to create network effects through brute force.

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AI feels like a totally different category than Uber's disruption.

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There is a lot of supply created in NFTs in 2021-2022.

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AI is doing everything humans do, but better, in many ways.

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We are not yet there with robotics or fully with the thinking side of AI.

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AI touches literally everything.

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With AI, pretty much anything you want to make in software can get a working model up quickly.

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Hype has one of the better cash flow arguments in crypto.

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AI cannot build distribution for you.

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Bitcoin is not going anywhere.

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Guys like ThreadGuy, Clemente, Easy Raul, and Mando have power due to attention in the crypto space.

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Alex (formerly NFT God) is sharing his open Claude journey, building apps and products publicly.

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Gary Vee says the easiest way to start something is to learn and publicly share the journey.

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Stats is a CryptoPunks OG and was one of the first 50 employees at Uber.

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Monarch Core is available for half off at $50 for the first year with promo code REALVISION.

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