washed

@notpratty Tbf I didnt know until all this started, but if you’re trying new markets def should dd a bit and figure out what you’re trading

got a strange feeling that CT is stuck in the wrong oil because they dont know the diff between wti and brent

@whisperofaergo There is tho

@notwashed There is no onchain brent though

Doing my best to mark local bottom

STRC is a good ponzi, but don’t see how people are getting oneshot by it Orange coin is going through a bit of an identity crisis and Saylor raising more funds doesn’t move the needle

@apewoodx need peptides for creativity

ai isnt the problem we just need better drugs to reinspire a creative period again simple

High Leverage without liquidations. Don't be like James Wynn.

@lesabrefomo @tryfomo Right but its no different than VVV or other runners we’ve had lately, its mostly the same capital buying these things Until there’s major dormant capital unlocked, fomo just acts as a top signal

@notwashed @tryfomo tao is a 6b project I think it can handle additional flows ok this isnt a 400k trash coin on sol/base

subnets on @tryfomo would go crazy

@lesabrefomo @tryfomo In a bear market, gradual flows > concentrated flows All fomo support does is speed up the lifecycle of the trade as fomo buyers have and will continue to be used as EL until conditions improve

@tryfomo everyone saying that this is a bad idea doesnt understand that crypto operates solely on flows (or is not properly allocated yet) opening up a major new source of flows is net positive regardless of the participants

@SBF_FTX @realDonaldTrump Stop trying, he already said no pardon

The current spike only highlights how much oil prices have lowered under @realDonaldTrump. 🛢️: Trump (2017-2020): $58 Biden (2021-2024): $83 Trump (2025): $68 Average price over the whole of 2022: $99 Price yesterday: $100 Calm down.

@lukas16t @jvb_xyz I agree, if we come out with a decisive victory and a legitimate regime change it’s great but the likelihood of this playing out quickly and cleanly is pretty low

Might be an unpopular opinion but after listening to @jvb_xyz talk about the situation I can’t unsee it. The regime going down is generally a net positive for the world long term, they’re truely a North Korea but instead of keeping to themselves, they’re expansionists and this game of us going back and forth with the Middle East will never end unless things change over there.

he's dusting off the covid playbook and expects the same result not great

@flocko I mean that’s best case scenario and has relatively low odds of playing out Also failing to factor in an already weak economy leading up to the war. Unless the markets are purely a meme atp, I don’t think they’ll react well to the usual Trump playbook

@notwashed after they seize kharg and choke regime the market will slingshot upwards lol

@buyerofponzi Tops form when the buying stops

Highest retail allocation to stocks in American history btw

people don't realize how bad things are bc the trump admin interfered with the very system designed to inform everybody how bad things are

found a pretty big inefficiency in the market trump is under the impression that we still live in the 50s and dont know whats going on across the globe. doesnt feel like markets have priced in us having internet access and seeing that tankers are being blown up

guy who's been telling his followers to not trade oil because they have no edge thinks he has an edge buying spy puts

@Cold5x Why does retail prefer options > perpetuals in tradfi then? I keep hearing the argument that perps are easier than options yet options are retail’s preferred instrument by a mile

@notwashed I can teach someone how perps work in 30-60 seconds. I can teach someone how options work in 3-4 hours, at minimum. Never discount the power of a low barrier to entry. Options have their place but they are not eating the perps market.

feels like a good time rt this another case of crypto being extremely slow to things. options make up 63% of all spx trading volume, yet there is still very little focus on this instrument there's use cases for both perps and options, silly to pigeonhole yourself and ignore options because perps are the meta

drv is probably a good bet since only real game in town right now but I don't think anyone is close to being a consensus for options being said options are the breakout product of 26', apart from it being too obvious that retail trades options = retail trades crypto options hl vol on oil this weekend shows we aren't alone, there is life out there but we see many options platform fall into the same trap -> get pmf and pivot to perps or "everything app" instead of doubling down on assets / short term strike liquidity I did buy drv because they're the only game in town, and I'll prob buy the next few legit games in town as well. but drv still falls victim to many of the issues that face every crypto option platform -> letting you into a position, but forcing you to hold via rfq or empty book when you want to close. Why products continue to take the sides of MMs over users with shit like this is beyond me, but it's standard across every crypto options book, not just derive. Until shit like this is solved the only game in town is the only game in town. Being said derive is a good product overall and not trying to shit on them (since I do own bags now) options are superior to perps in crypto if you enjoy high risk, assets do move 20% a day unlike eq the object of not getting liquidated in markets as volatile as crypto is so unbelievably based, if staying alive is the name of the game options have the highest reward with least risk. yea you expire worthless, theta decay, but you can always load up another 15% call the next day, and one wild day makes up for every loss

founders (casino owners) in crypto only respond to competitors taking mindshare from them pump is the prime example of this. they signaled from day 1 they did not really care about the longevity or the state of the trenches. they only started to listen to traders when bonk came along and started taking mindshare. bonk starts to fall into irrelevancy and pump starts back up with their cancerous features like front loaded creator rewards. now they have gone silent again. money is drying up and it is not because of competition this time so they are alright with it. if a new platform comes along and starts catching steam then alon likely wakes up and does some grifting to repeat the pattern. trenches are cooked regardless of changes being made. sure better mechanics can give us a short term trench revitalization but nothing will fully bring us back pleading with alon on the tl is fruitless and sad. pump should be left in 2025 but this is unlikely as most of their current fanboys are victims of stockholm syndrome and will end up becoming the bored ape pfps of this cycle think it is likely we see a blur moment sometime soon in the trenches. despite the memecoin game being pretty much done and majors looking awful, trenchers still want to trade memecoins as it is a comfort spot so someone will come along and give them a better playground to do so. don't think bonk was the blur moment as it was too short lived and they didn't innovate at all. if we get a finale to the launchpad saga you better book profits and run for the hills this time