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Let’s leak some alpha for the community. In the past few months we have given multiple freshers their first interns in crypto: - Marketing interns with @M3tameshX - Tech team @Timelock_Trade Will bring in these guys on spaces in the upcoming days to share their experience. We also made a lot of content for someone new to this Wild West: 1) What is Truth?? with @dvcoolster (before starting out your career having this clarity of why you’re doing things is really important) 2) A complete guide to getting into web 3 with @Neutron975 and @Sidhanth_here 3) Community Call on Economics and Philosophy of Crypto with @ravixkr 4) 3 thought provoking livestreams with @ravixkr and @Sidhanth_here: - Will Bitcoin ever go to zero?? - Digital Democracy - Blueprint of the Modern Society Overall there is a lot going on the sidelines: - docs - projects - content Trying to create value left, right and centre. What’s next?? - More community led projects - Docs - Crypto Starters Pack - Content - Network State :)

@0xriskyvision This is breaking the flywheel of innovation The capital for experimentation is literally drying up Soon they will see no opportunity left to invest in

I’ve received versions of this message from multiple crypto VCs now. Let me quote one in full: “After careful evaluation, we have decided not to move forward with an investment at this time. Our assessment considers various factors, including innovation, market potential, differentiation, and alignment with our investment strategy. While your project has strong merits, we only proceed with investments when all our criteria are met at an exceptional level. This decision is not a judgment of your technology or business but rather a matter of fit with our current strategy.” Cool. Now let me translate that. “We don’t invest early anymore. We wait until you’re de-risked. Ideally, post-traction. Preferably close to TGE. With momentum already priced in.” Let’s be honest about what’s happening in crypto VC right now. Most funds don’t want to take risk. They want: • High conviction • Near-TGE • Clear liquidity timeline • Reduced execution risk • Social proof from other funds That’s not venture capital. That’s private equity with a Telegram account. VC was supposed to fund risk. VC was supposed to back conviction before metrics. VC was supposed to support founders before it’s obvious. Instead, the industry has turned into: “Show us growth.” “Show us revenue.” “Show us traction.” “Show us token demand.” “Show us market validation.” “Show us other investors.” “Show us safety.” At that point, what exactly are you underwriting? Momentum? This is crypto. The entire point of this industry was asymmetric bets. Early support. Radical innovation. Backing weird, uncomfortable ideas before the market understands them. Now most funds only want allocation in already working machines. We’ve grown significantly in 3 months. Real product. Real integrations. Real capital on-chain. Real partnerships. And still the same template response. “Exceptional level.” Exceptional compared to what? A TGE-ready protocol with 12 funds already in? Crypto VCs complain the industry isn’t growing. They complain innovation has slowed. They complain retail isn’t excited. But they’ve structurally stopped funding the risk layer. They want to enter when: • Risk is reduced • Narrative is validated • Liquidity is near • Downside is capped That’s PE behavior. And when early capital disappears, only two things happen: 1. Founders bootstrap harder and ignore VCs entirely 2. Innovation slows because only already-connected teams survive If crypto VC becomes late-stage allocation capital, then the real risk capital will come from angels, operators, and builders. And honestly? That might be healthier. To every founder reading this: If you’re getting these emails, it’s not a reflection of your conviction. It’s a reflection of where capital is in the cycle. The irony? When the market turns and the same funds are chasing allocation in “breakout protocols,” they’ll call it foresight. But backing something before it’s obvious - that’s venture. Right now, most crypto VCs don’t want venture risk. They want venture returns with PE safety. And that’s exactly when you realise why this industry struggles to compound long term. - Sudipan

No excuses now. This is where you start your crypto investing journey.

Just pure magic 🪄

Something is cooking for newbies to crypto

Interesting livestream

recently made this project: echo chainlink by default has support for specific chains. if a new chain is launched, and you need oracle, you need to have a whole new infrastructure setup. instead, i used @0xReactive to implement it a different way. reactive networks have something called an "inversion of control contracts". it listens for events on a blockchain, and when it matches, it emits a callback. so my reactive contract listens for a price feed update. [ say btc/usd feed on arbitrum] and as soon as there is an update, it emits a callback on my chain [say "six-seven"] and it updates the price. > essentially, "six-seven" doesnt have chainlink support, but with just a callback contract of reactive network i am able to support same pricefeeds, same security. demo video: youtu.be/QsHibcL1-7w?si… check it out at : github.com/tirth2004/aggr…

> LFG > WAGMI > NGMI > We’re doomed > It’s so over > Bottom out > Top is in > We are so back > Who’s dumping? > Maybe I was wrong > No one can save us > Run it back, turbo > Next year will be mine > I’m a genius for buying this dip

What about putting content over here, such a snake.

On it To make IIT fun

Proof of reserve is gonna be the strongest meta 💪

We cooked in the process

@Sidhanth_here Bro gets reach only on updates

Things I did today (day 21/1000): - SLEPT like half the day; welcome to winter arc - had a few meetings; updated the marketing strategy, making a list of partnerships and updating a few more things - read a few pages of keep going - discussed about finding an alternate career while things slow down in crypto - made some travel plans for dec; I hope 🤞 I go for one atleast 😭 - watched friends and slept again [Chill but busy day]

@ravixkr Yessssss

Hoping for the side events to be lined up all the way till Pune !!!

gmainnet . @monad Mainnet is finally here. If you qualified for the $MON airdrop, your tokens are already waiting in your claim wallet , Mainnet season has officially begun. At Timelock, we’re ready for the first wave of MON holders. Lock it. Trade it. Move it with confidence. Are you ready for Mainnet? Send $MON to $1. Like, RT, and drop your $MON address 👇

gmonad

@yourasianquant @Timelock_Trade @memesteroid @monad A lot more coming soon

Weekly Update #10: What @Timelock_Trade got done this week > Timelock Perps (Perps without liquidations) went live last week > @memesteroid became the first memecoin on @monad to utilize Timelock Builder Codes to launch perps for PROID/USDC perps on their own domain > Timelock Perps reached -- $2.5 Million Volume -- On just a $300K TVL PROID/USDC pool -- @memesteroid LP made $7.5K swap fees + shared 50% of $6K perp trading fees -- Made total of $10K in a week, $500K ARR and 150% APY, all paid in USDC Next steps/asks: > Onboard more memecoins on Monad for perps > Grants from Monad (for audits, marketing and expanding team) > Actively raising at a $20M-$25M valuation > Users can trade PROID/USDC perp with 2000x+ leverage on perps.timelock.trade or perps.memesteroid.fun

Who else????

It’s just the beginning.

It’s over for you the day you believe you’ve become a crypto expert.

Just believe in crypto for a few months