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Have seen many friends make 7 figs and blow it all because they refuse to sit in cash
Conversely, the ones who kept it understand that you don't need to always be in a trade
The formula is
-> Successful trade
-> Sit in cash
-> Wait for obvious asymmetry
-> Size in
Sitting in cash might feel unproductive, but it's a necessary evil imo. Don't let the feeling of "falling behind" make you force plenty of low conviction trades
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@BeanzzSOL @ilyagent Literally my only conviction brotha let me get stocks 😂😂😂
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trenches are in shambles because people started idolising multi wallet traders.
people look up to characters like cented and cupsey and want to be like them.
there is no issue with their trading style, the issue is that younger people want quick money, when these traders never encouraged this kind of behaviour.
the people we should blame are the people on CT who post monthly PNLs while having 100 different wallets, encouraging others to do the same.
the people we should blame are the communities that were horrible to people who would lead and contribute to the ecosystem, e.g Lexapro who was great for the scene and ran projects to hundreds of millions. and when they went to 0 he was left to blame.
and for that reason you don’t see many people wanting to take a lead anymore. how can you lead when the community on CT is shit, why would you want to lead to be blamed in the end. why would you want to lead when people rather multi wallet slop and pvp eachother.
stop idolising shit behaviour, retail doesn’t like us, governments don’t like us, now most of CT doesn’t like eachother.
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@s3llhigh @slingoorio You are literally a fake stolen pic of a women from a country I can’t even remember where it is on the map 😭

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How did I scam literally anybody. You quite literally have nobody to blame for the coin going down so u chose the nearest face ME.
People like YOU are there reason no KOLs cto shit anymore. Your fucking unbearable and a complete asshole.
You ignore the fact that since the second it started i've worked my cock off, SET EVERYTHING up and didn't take a second to myself in a hope to MAKE SOMETHING for other people.
If I was a scammer, I wouldn't of roundtripped over $40,000 despite quite literally everyone privately telling me to sell.
Fuck you dude
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Charts going up and a little fish luckily getting into a bundled crime (or an insider pretending to be one) turning 3figs into 6figs+ is still the best marketing for CT.
This keeps the machine running on these launchpads and continues to lead the lamb (you) to slaughter.
They know you’re all gambling addicts and don’t have the IQ to identify and invest/trade in quality.
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I'm actually fully focused on ONBOARDING now.
Trenching in fun, I love it, and I've made more money than I ever expected.
What I love even more, is growing socials and connecting with people. Those who know me, know that.
Happy to have touched 300 followers on TikTok and 100 on YouTube.
But the journey starts now.
Onboarding Arc.

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Earlier today I made a big move in anticipation of this announcement. In a single transaction, I locked 500 million coins...forever.
A movement does not belong to the person who lit the match. It belongs to the people who carry the flames.
As I’ve mentioned publicly, I’m dealing with an ongoing family crisis involving my children. It has taken a real toll on my mental health. On top of that, the daily pressure of “do more to pump our bags” - when I’ve already done more than any person leading a CTO in this space ever has - is disheartening at best. And beyond all of that, I’m losing some of my passion for crypto in general.
For $WhiteWhale holders: yes, there is a continuity plan. While permanently locking $13 million worth of supply should be the greatest parting gift I could give you, I know the @WhiteWhaleMeme page needs to stay active and keep producing fresh, creative, and funny content. My dear friend and loyal companion @vincenzomaiett has agreed to selflessly take on that responsibility. DEX LP operations will also continue under one of the sharpest LP minds I know, with my ongoing oversight behind the scenes.
When you look at my record - with millions given to charities on-chain, millions distributed to members of CT, and millions more spent accumulating a more proper supply structure for $WhiteWhale - the reality is that, since 10/10, I have officially given more to crypto than I’ve taken from it. I’m okay with that. I believe in karma. I don’t believe good deeds should be performed with the expectation of reward, but I do believe the universe provides in due course.
I came into crypto deeply passionate about what I believed it represented: the original promise. Permissionless finance. Decentralization. True financial freedom.
Ironically, the reason for my prior success in this space is the same reason I’m now losing my passion for it. Before 10/10, I had accumulated nearly $100 million in PnL from a trading thesis that began with a very simple assumption: everything is manipulated. From there, my thesis evolved into this: a trader’s job is to identify the signs of manipulation and move in harmony with the Apex Predator class, rather than becoming its prey.
Eventually I had to confront the contradiction in that.
How can I be passionate about free and open finance while operating under a thesis that says, at its core, it’s all a lie?
That kind of cognitive dissonance has a cost. It shows up as stress, guilt, shame, and anxiety when your actions no longer align with your beliefs.
Knowing something academically - and even profiting from that knowledge - is one thing. Seeing how the sausage is made with your own eyes is another. Running a coin opened my eyes to a lot. On one hand, if I ever go back to trading, I’ll be better equipped than ever, with sharper instincts and a deeper understanding of the brutal arena that is crypto. On the other hand, it’s hard to feel excited about magic internet money when you know how much of this space actually works.
The sad truth is that founders and thought leaders in this space know what I know, and many of them know much more. That is part of why we need to break the culture of idolizing founders. We praise them as honorable people building better tools, but underneath it all, they know just as well as I do that much of what they are building on top of is rotten to the core. And yes, I believe a beautiful cake sitting on a pile of dung eventually takes on the taint of dung.
But the reality is that there is not much anyone can do about it. That is one of the consequences of so-called decentralization.
Crypto is global. You cannot regulate an entire planet. A VPN and a protocol hiding behind the letters D-E-X mean that nothing will ever fundamentally change because somebody in power decided it should. If real change comes, it will come organically - when the people stop feeding the machine.
And while those comments are about crypto more broadly, let me say something directly to the trenches.
Pump.fun is a cancer on this space. You know it, I know it, and yet you keep engaging with it. Its entire business model is built on volume and volatility. The trenches are fragile because they were designed to be fragile. I’ve been preaching liquidity design and liquidity shape for months now.
But here’s the harder truth: most of you would not show up for a proper liquidity shape. Because the 1,000x fantasy would be mathematically reduced, even though very generous returns could still remain on the table. You have been sold a dream with odds closer to a national lottery ticket than an investment opportunity. You see the occasional winner and cling to the hope that one day it might be you. Meanwhile, the real winner is the machine that keeps you playing.
Narrative matters far less than mechanics. If narrative alone were enough, Punch would have broken through the way its mindshare deserved. With all that attention, and with all that narrative weight, it still could not break the nine-figure curse even while being actively crimed. Only a couple of coins have managed that in recent history, and $WhiteWhale was proudly the first. Same with Kilroy - the original meme, an incredible narrative, and still: crickets. Because mechanics matter more than people want to admit. (I am not an active holder of any examples I've given).
So this is me stepping away from CT.
Not out of hatred. Not out of self-pity. And not without love. My biggest reward from my crypto journey has been meeting some really wonderful avatars from all across the globe. (Ironically the really nasty avatars are the worst part of all of this)
I am choosing my children. I am choosing my mental health. I am choosing to step back before this space takes any more from me than I’m willing to give. For long ago in life I learned that you're no good to anyone if you're not okay. And right now, I'm not ok. And it's okay to admit that.
To the people who truly believe in me, believe in this movement, and stood beside me through all of it - thank you. I will carry that with me. Always. This was always for you. I trust you'll continue to bear the torch.
And as for the future: I’m not closing the door. Maybe one day, when the storm has passed and the fire returns, I’ll have something left to say. Maybe one day I’ll come back. But if that day comes, it will be because it’s authentic and not because I feel the public pressure to "dance puppet, dance".
In the mean time...take care of yourself, and each other. Protect what's worth protecting, and abandon the things that aren't.
🫡 From the depths —
The White Whale 🐋
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how does this have 119m views in less than 10 hours?
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This is basically a confirmation that Moonshot is a fully paid actor designed to try and steal your hard earned money
Listing a 95% bundled crash chart from a known rugger is next level insane 😭😭
Moonshot@moonshot
LOL ($LOL) is now verified on Moonshot.
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