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I always wanted to be part of the @Azuki community but it always seemed a little bit out of my league 😅 About 2 months ago I couldn’t believe the FP of Azuki! In my eyes it has always been the gold standard on the NFT space in terms of Art, Culture and Community ⛩️🔥

Okay. I'm ready to talk about this. It was the worst month of my life. Also ironically the greatest blessing god has ever given me. Last month I was held in the Cayman Islands facing 15 years in prison. The charge: illegal firearm importation. Here's what happened. More importantly what I learned. Short answer: no. I haven't been smuggling guns. In the States I legally carry a gun on me at almost all times for self defense. Part of this is ensuring I am trained. Hence why I routinely go to the range to shoot. When I do I pack the firearm I intend to use in in a backpack. Last month I was in a giant rush to make a private flight and didn't fully check my backpack before leaving. In it was a small firearm I missed. It was discovered when I went through immigration. At first I assumed I'd just be sent home. Then my wife did some quick research. She pointed out the minimum sentence for importing a gun is 15 years. The police who showed up confirmed it. To say I nearly pissed my pants is an understatement. This was completely my fault. I'm an idiot. The point of this post isn't to blame or complain about anything. The laws there are fair. I'm a grown man capable of checking his bag before flying. The point is: for three weeks on the island (on bail), I got to take a long hard look at my life. I've built a high net worth and a company I love, with people I love working with. I have a beautiful wife who is my best friend. I do whatever I want all day every day. My parents are alive and I get to see them almost every week. Still, despite all this, I often wake up annoyed I haven't done enough with my life. Asking myself "is this it?" In fact I'm pissed half the time, feeling I can do better. Which is ironic. I made $20,000 a year in the military. If you'd told me then I'd achieve a 9 figure net worth and all the above, I would've assumed I'd consider my life a dream. The twist truly hit me on the island as I watched everything I worked hard for in my life held at "gunpoint". Pun intended. Everything I worked so hard to get — poof. Didn't matter for shit. The way the law works there are simple : if you can't prove it was an accident, the minimum is 15 years. It became glaringly obvious. Not only was I an absolute idiot who couldn't pack his own bag. I'd also become a fool who couldn't enjoy the blessings I already had. I'd taken all the people in my life and the success totally for granted. Blind. Blind. Blind. Nothing like a 20-year potential sentence to make you realize: waking up with fun stuff to work on, then chilling on the couch reading with your wife at the end of the day — that's about as good as it gets. I should be euphoric 24/7. To go from having it all, to potentially not even having the option to piss and shit when you want — that's a wake up call if there ever was one. Luckily, the Caymans is a fair place. I was found under exceptional circumstances during my trial. AKA the judge and the courts reviewed the case and agreed it was an accident. I still love the island. It's probably my favorite place to vacation. Just check your luggage before you go. Ha. My point is this: be present. Enjoy your life. One day something could happen — even by complete accident — and yoink it all away. I have so many friends who'll read this and by all definition live a "dream life" — and yet are dissatisfied just like I was. If anything this is the default for most successful men. Not the exception. I'm writing this to help you stop. It took god slapping me across the face with my own ignorance to see it. It was painful and scary. Dark. But honestly, it was the greatest blessing I've ever received. I'm writing this from my office at home, giddy as absolute fuck about my life and everything I have the option to do today. If anything, I'm sad about how much time I wasted feeling otherwise. Don't be ignorant and stupid like me. You might not get the blessing of a 15-year prison threat in a foreign country to wake you up. Wake up. Appreciate what you have now.

The next fresh class of crypto millionaires will be made on $Ton Not Solana or Ethereum You’ll see

How crazy do u have to be to hold GOOGL stock at 4.6T waiting to double at 9.2 trillion market cap 😂 Who gives a fuck about going from 4.6T to 9.2T besides the insiders/majority owners of that stock. YOU are a fucking hair in their asshole when u hold their stock. U are a single grain of sand in the desert Don’t tell me there’s not enough liquidity Don’t tell me you would rather buy at 4.6T market cap to pull a 2x with TIME?? but wont buy and hold at 50M market cap on something that can go to 13B for you? one of the most explosive and exciting rotations ever in human history will be natural rotation from some ultra high and extended stocks, into 3-5 OG memes that catapult past 10B+ Am I saying everyone’s gonna dump Google to buy memes? Ofc not… But am I saying that some people are gonna have an increased appetite for risk and return? After how much their stocks have went up.. Yes.. and will they be able to find it in a few select legendary memes? Yes. Wake up There is so much liquidity out there Some of it hitting OG legendary memes is inevitable There is no way you can justify buying at 5T market cap and not at 50M on legendary memes that we use and love in our daily life.

Pick the 3-5 best memes you have the most confidence in to reach deep into the billions And HOLD them to billions. Sell half on a double or get your initials out when you want is actually good. It leads to reduced sell pressure at much higher market caps. If everyone does this.. it’s sustainable, and we can ACTUALLY hit 10B+ on memes If everyone wants to rotate into dog shit immediately Our potential gets reduced massively and the ceiling of memes is reduced Make sure your friends understand this.

@rogermoonCrypto @AnyoneFDN its market cap is bizarrely undervalued in context of what it does.

@DurovPD When the time is right. The top memecoins on Ton will take flight 100x-1000x

@ZssBecker The time is coming 💪 We need a video before it’s too late 😉

The state of alts is nuts. I just spoke to a AI project .Their annual revenue is DOUBLE their market cap. They are printing money. Yet they are at a 1 mil market cap, the coins are fully diluted. Even in TERRIBLE conditions this coin should be at a 20 mil market cap. These coins will reprice at least 3-5x the second Bitcoin starts its leg up. They are everywhere right now. I don't know when the market returns. I do know these are at outrageously oversold prices and an easy 3-5x bunt when it does return.

If I never tweeted again The real G’s already got what you needed from me to make 100x-1000x in the next wave without me Teach a man to fish/think Some of you know you’ve already won

The next billion dollar memecoin will be on TON.

EVERYONE CALLED FOR ALTSEASON IN 2025. AND WHAT HAPPENED? IT NEVER CAME. Everyone who blindly believed it got chopped. Got rekt. Lost patience. Now look at sentiment today. Everyone says altseason is DEAD. “Altcoins will never run again.” “BTC only.” “memecoins killed alts.” And that’s EXACTLY why this gets interesting. Because when alts start moving now, nobody will believe it. They’ll call it a relief rally. They’ll call it a fake pump. And while they’re coping, ALTCOINS WILL KEEP RUNNING. Slowly at first. Then violently. Then faster than 2021. I’m calling it early. 2026 WILL BE THE BIGGEST ALTCOIN SEASON EVER. Not louder. Not cleaner. BIGGER. Bookmark this. Come back in 6 months. Not one year. Six months. This market always rewards those who move BEFORE consensus. Ignore this if you want. But don’t say nobody warned you before the rotation hits. AI is coming. And this might be the last real alt run before the game changes forever. Save it. All I’m asking is that you pay attention. If you still haven’t followed me, you’ll regret it.

Speaking about the deep contradictions in human nature, Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada said: “Some people dream of having a swimming pool at home, while those who have one barely use it. Those who have lost a loved one feel a profound sense of loss, while others often complain about the relatives still in their lives. Those without a partner long for one, while those who have a partner often fail to appreciate them. The hungry would give anything for a meal, while the full complain about the taste of their food. Those without a car dream of owning one, while those who have a car are always looking for a better one. The key to happiness is gratitude—to truly see and value what we already have, and to understand that somewhere, someone would give everything for what we take for granted.”

@brian_armstrong $UTYA

Market conditions like this usually spawn the best products, and the best memes. Ignore price, keep innovating. And post more memes.

@CrashiusClay69 Whenever Crash talks I shut up and listen 💪

Role call to see if anyone around today for a Spaces?

@Zagabond @Azuki IKZ ⛩️

2026 for Azuki is about clarity and execution. Confidence in who we are today. At peace with who we’re not. Clear on where we are now, excited about where we’re going next. It’s going to be a very fun year.

MrBeast just started watching One Piece and changed his pfp to Luffy Kai Cenat is talking about how much anime has changed his life It feels like anime is starting to take over in the west and I couldn’t be more excited for the Azuki manga to release next year.

As a parent, I think this video has taught me something useful. I recommend that you should try it on your kids, too. I have also shared it with my wife. Credit: joe_drummer_boy on IG.

I used all my money to save the Azuki floor. What have you done today?

@masoudrahhal @pudgypenguins @Azuki Nice pick 💪 Welcome to the best NFT project/community of the world 😉🤝

Just added an Azuki to the collection One of the most iconic NFTs in the space culture, art, and community in one. Where’s the Azuki community? Show some love P.S. Pudgy didn’t show any love when I joined them 😅 cc: @pudgypenguins

@Carl_m101 The GOAT of pfp and community 💪🤝

I still believe in NFTs. Which teams are you betting on?

@Sekigahara_ETH @Azuki YES 💪

Do you actually own your dream @Azuki ❓⛩️