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#BTC since 2017

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People watch 👀
People scroll 📱
People reply when you yap enough 🗣️

Analytics don’t lie 📊
Chart’s going up 📈
Keep yapping, ignore the noise 🤫

Thanks to @KaitoAI and @GiveRep for the push 🔥
Maybe someday it pays or at least gets me noticed 😅

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Whoever said “money can’t buy happiness” really knew what they were talking about 😔

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@matt_elevenlabs 11B

[pashov @pashov]

I made $600k USDC in ~20 months of doing solo smart contract security audits ('23-'24)

It all started when I was reading the Uniswap V2/V3 docs. I saw some whitehat (now OG in the space, @samczsun) had done a "solo" audit for them.

I was like "what? Solo audit? How good must have he been, so that he can do audits just by himself?". I felt motivated and impressed, but I was just starting out still, so I moved forward and forgot about it.

I started actively posting my journey on X - public learning for web3 security. I did some contests on code4rena/Sherlock and had a busy calendar to do every contest possible. One of my posts gathered attention, and I got a comment.

"Would you do a review for me? DM".

I did an "audit" for $600 USDC for 6 hours of work. Found 2 High and 2 Medium severity issues. Made a PDF report. The dev was very happy with the work. I published on socials - got a second comment/DM and did a second solo audit.

From then I went on to do 50+ solo audits and make $600k, working all by myself, so having pretty much 100% profit. Bought a few nice things, upgraded my lifestyle a bit, but I also truly fell inlove with ethical hacking and building sustainable businesses - creating long-term value for all parties involved.

That's how I started Pashov Audit Group, my current web3 security audits company, where we secured many many many billions of dollars for blockchain projects. Been a fun journey, but I am far from satisfied.

I will be using crypto my whole life, my wife and my kids will be using it, and their wives/husbands and kids. It's a long-term thing. That's why short term profit isn't something I get excited about. I'm a long-term thinker, and the only way to prove it is to keep going. Ending this year on a positive note - 2026 will be huge for all of us🔥

If you liked the story, Retweet and leave a comment about it, I'll make sure to respond to the good ones🫡

[SKYLINE🥷 @SkylineETH]

airdrop farming used to be the easiest money in crypto, now it’s basically a full-time job with minimum wage

2020 uni:
did 1 swap
got like $12k

2021 ens:
registered a name
$15k airdrop
(no points, no seasons)

2022 aptos:
minted a free nft on testnet
$3k for clicking a button

2023 arbitrum:
bridged once, did a few txs
another $3k

2025:
you farm 100k+ volume, do 200+ txs, mint nfts, borrow/lend, beg for xp on discord, pretend to be active in 20 communities, write threads, post content, farm 8 different point systems for 6 months straight…

and they hit you with:

here’s $50
(20% tge, rest 4-year vesting)

[; @171off90]

BCCI's 12 year streak of not losing a home series started when Dhoni sacked Gambhir permanently.

It ended when Gambhir came back into the team in a leadership capacity.

I know that Dhoni is a time traveller, but I can't prove it...

[Cape 👊 @heycape_]

I lost over $70,000 in the past 30 days all from revenge trading (and some holdings)

That is considering the fact that I alraedy have a decent part of my port in stables

Yeah, it hurts. it hurts bad..

You can probably tell from the frequency and type of my tweets lately lol.

Everyone lost money

But at some point, you gotta stop and ask yourself, so what if you lost money? So.. what?

1. It's not like I never lost a bunch of money before
2. I made it all back, not once, but multiple times

Sitting in that mindset of 'losing' or what if I didn't do this or that doesn’t bring miracles.

What's done is done.
If anything, it drains you even more.

If you've made it back once, you gotta know you can make it all back again. I’m down, but I’m not out and it’s not zero.

I saw a tweet yesterday that stuck with me: (from @loopify)

We need to start accepting our current portfolio as our new portfolio

Most of us are trapped in our brain and always comparing our current to port ATHs.

We see everything through that lens, "back in x months I was up XX, but now I’m down XXX.”

I should have done this or that
That mindset RUINS you.

It leads to revenge trades, over-leverage, chasing dips, and just more pain.

I been there. Still there, done it all lol. (many times)

It’s freaking toxic. It’s mentally exhausting.
And truth is it needs to stop.

We HAVE TO ADAPT.
We HAVE TO SURVIVE.

The times have changed and we gotta accept the fact that some coins may never return and some might go lower.

And THAT IS OKAY. (we came into crypto expecting volatitility, this is part of the game)

The priority now isn’t a “make it all back asap.”
It’s capital preservation. (STAY ALIVE)

Even slow DCAing into spots is fine. Or do smaller trades if u must, but end the mindset of "I want to making it all back asap".

This will take time, maybe months, or maybe a year

But slow progress beats mental exhaustion and a never recover.

You don't see a winner staying bitter
They stay grounded
They stay positive
They always have the attitude to rewrite their wrongs, learn and do it better.

Stop forcing miracles.
End mental exhaustion
Remove negative
Take a breather (go vacay, gaming, whatever for a month or so)
Focus on "surviving" instead
Because the ones who survive this cycle… are the one with ability to write the next one. (think @waleswoosh, think @icobeast)

Thanks for reading 🫡

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@MyriadMarkets Not much but still worth sharing

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https://t.co/eOSkn2HSX4

[MYRIAD @MyriadMarkets]

Real Madrid closes out El Clásico 2 - 1

Resolved ✅

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Preparing for prediction market meta @MyriadMarkets
If you miss @trylimitless then don't fade @MyriadMarkets

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Sure — here’s a cleaner, more polished rephrasing of that post while keeping the same tone and excitement:

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🚨 Huge opportunity alert — potential 20–50X on the table!

@vultisig is running one of the shortest campaigns ever on Kaito — just 72 hours long.
Their TGE is set for October 28th, with listings already confirmed on Kraken and several other exchanges.

Quick Breakdown:

Only the top 300 creators will get whitelisted to buy $1K each at a $3M FDV.

Yappers get access 24 hours before the public sale.

That means Yappers will be buying in at 23x cheaper than VCs who invested at a $70M FDV.

As a bonus, @vultisig is also giving away 16,500 USDC to the top 30 creators:

🥇 Ranks 1–5: 1,200 USDC each

🥈 Ranks 6–10: 750 USDC each

🥉 Ranks 11–15: 450 USDC each

🎯 Ranks 16–30: 300 USDC each

Personally, I’m just aiming to make the top 300 first.
Let’s get this rolling! 🔥

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$BNB season, more green candles more profit
@MyriadMarkets

[Moei @0xMoei]

airdrops are dead soon

tho i constantly opposed this view during the bearmarket, i believe crypto is now in a major adoption phase, and we're at the peak of the airdrop meta

millions will join crypto
> airdrops will be an outdated marketing tool for projects
> and peanuts for users

airdrops are at their peak
> teams are selling tokens instead of giving them away
> major projects are failing to reward users
> community managers favor friends and neighbors for roles
> collusion replaced competence

in my view, for now, the only winners in this and the next cycle are creators

if you can't build content, a community, an audience, a project, a tool, or a nft, you're merely a losing consumer

tho, i'm not saying that incentivization is gone. there's always opportunities in crypto. projects will test and fail until a new reward meta emerges

but until then, start creating content!

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@idOS_network
empowers you to reclaim ownership of your crypto identity:
Verify once
Secure, private, decentralized KYC storage
Decide which apps access your data.

[Unipcs (aka 'Bonk Guy') 🎒 @theunipcs]

i don't know who needs to hear this

but the best thing you can do right now is take a break

shut it all down: laptops, mobile phones, social media, etc

resist the urge to revenge trade, to open new leverage positions, or to try to make it all back immediately

today's liquidation event is the biggest altcoin liquidation event i've ever seen in my time in crypto

a lot of altcoins crashed 70 - 80% in minutes, most exchanges weren't working, stop losses didn't work for many, and many reported their buy orders weren't going through

we're going to be hearing a lot more about today's event: funds and market makers that got carried out, individuals that got liquidated on all they had, and people whose financial fortune has been drastically reversed

i wish i could tell you that i wasn't affected by this event, but i took a pretty big hit as well on leveraged positions

we can't always control events that happen to us, but we can always choose to take it in stride

do i think it is okay to buy the dip?

i think yes. a lot of coins are down massively and i do not believe the bull run (or Q4 rally) is over

however, please only buy spot and don't touch leverage if you have to buy the dip

i understand the temptation to long the 'bottom,' especially with many altcoins down massively. but if they can nuke 70–80% once in minutes without any bounce or relief, they can do it again

take as much break as you need right now, and pay very special attention to your mental health

tune out social media, because there will be a lot of insensitive comments flying around — and more toxicity that could compound your mental state isn't what you need right now

realize that if you made it once, you can make it all back again — and more!

but only if you survive and are in the best state of mind

'the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD' — Job 1:21

[Arthur Hayes @CryptoHayes]

Caption contest, whatever I think is the funniest / most insulting comment wins 10 ZEC.

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@CryptoHayes Even his reflection probably filed for emotional damage

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@CryptoTeluguO @paradex Invite code for waitlist
https://t.co/yI4G3YZGVg
https://t.co/byKOsnsfYJ
https://t.co/RHUu8cL6BR

[Alex Svanevik 🐧 @ASvanevik]

$100 invested in the BNB ICO would be $810,000 today 🤯

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Update on $YB sale on @legiondotcc 🚨

FCFS sale has been cancelled on Legion & now will happen on @krakenfx at 2PM UTC

- merit cap raised from $2M to $2.5M

- rest $2.5M FCFS on Kraken (not on legion)

and we'll know our merit raise allocations soon 🫡

still 80x oversubscribed

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Just deposited $5000 to participate in the @YieldBasis presale.

> $200M FDV
Target raise: $5M — but it has already pulled in over $150M

Less than 5 hours left to apply, and FCFS begins tomorrow.

I usually don't go heavy into presales — in fact, I rarely participate at all unless I'm confident it's going to perform exceptionally well. But this one looks like it could be a strong opportunity.

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YieldBasis, created by Michael Egorov (founder of Curve Finance), is a novel AMM protocol designed to let Bitcoin holders earn yield from trading fees — without facing impermanent loss.

It works by allowing users to deposit tokenized BTC (like wBTC, cbBTC, tBTC), while maintaining 1:1 price exposure to Bitcoin. Thanks to Curve’s infrastructure and dynamic rebalancing mechanisms, it eliminates impermanent loss and turns idle BTC into a productive, yield-generating asset — all while preserving the behavior of simply holding BTC directly.