Crey

Zoom out! When the storm arrive, Zoom in!
Enjoy the Ride.

[AI Panda @AIPandaX]

A guy was ready to drop $1,500 on a new OLED TV because his 3-year-old Smart TV was freezing up and took 5 seconds just to respond to the remote.

He unplugged it. Deleted old apps. Cleared the cache. The lag kept coming back.

He went to Best Buy to get a replacement.

The home theater installer in the blue shirt stopped him: "Before you spend a grand, let me show you something."

He grabbed a remote and shook his head.

"There are 8 hidden tracking settings throttling your TV's processor right now. Manufacturers turn them all on by default. Nobody tells you they exist. Let's fix this."

Here's what he showed him in the next 8 minutes. 🧵

[Crey @Crey__I]

@ONE_PIECE_TC #JoinMyAllianceOPTC Lasst uns zusammen segeln!

[Substantial @IamSubstantial]

We did it! And by "We" I mean we, the artists, fans, family, friends, and BELIEVERS! We will never take your belief and support for us for granted.

Thank y'all so much. Forever grateful. Updates coming soon! @BopAlloy

[Crey @Crey__I]

@CryptoGirlNova Great and true words Nova

[The White Whale @WhiteWhaleLabs]

A Post-Crash Pilot Debrief from The White Whale

$62M - gone in a flash. But as was repeatedly pounded into my head in pilot training: any landing you can walk away from is a good landing.

As I’ve been processing yesterday’s events, I want to share a few thoughts from a place of honesty, vulnerability, and accountability - as I always have.

Let’s start with why I faced such a large liquidation, and then I’ll share some observations from the last 18 hours.

First and foremost: I got too fixated on the goal.
At one point this year, my unrealized PnL sat at 98 out of 100 million. Counting profits from other platforms, I had actually surpassed that goal - but because some of those platforms lacked HyperLiquid’s transparency, it became a mental game of “proof, or it didn’t happen.”

Heading into late September, my thesis was that because everyone expected a dip, it wouldn’t happen - and I wanted to be positioned in case I was right. I wasn’t. But I remained calm; I’ve survived every “black swan” this year and turned each into profit before.

That 100M milestone meant more than numbers to me. Years ago, I built a real-world company with that same amount as my exit target goal. But I walked away - choosing peace over profit. Running it had made me miserable; I was a prisoner to my own creation. So being able to finish that prior goal, this time on my own terms, became a form of redemption. A personal validation that I’d found a better way.

I’ve always been stubbornly resilient. Knocked down, yes - but never out.

That same determination that helped me survive life’s earlier chapters also made me impatient to start the next one. I wanted to move beyond daily trading and begin shaping the future of this space - helping build what comes next, not just benefiting from it.

Crypto is wild, beautiful, and broken in equal measure. My background has always been consumer-first: if you do right by people, your reward eventually comes. That principle belongs here, too - and I intend to bring it here.

But I rushed. I let excitement override discipline. And that’s on me.

While the timeline was full of “crime season” posts (ironically including my own), I’ve always believed this: you can’t claim the victories if you won’t own the failures.

Yesterday, when someone asked how I was handling it, I admitted I cried in my wife’s arms. Some mocked it with “no crying in the casino.” But I shared that moment intentionally - because sometimes, it’s okay to not be okay.

Vulnerability, especially among men, needs more voices.

And for the record - I’m still up for the year. I’ll recover, rebuild, and rise again.

A few quick observations from the wreckage:

L2 failures, once again.

During peak activity, Arbitrum and Base failed me - transactions hung while I tried to move stables. Solana, meanwhile, stayed rock solid. It wouldn’t have saved the position (nothing could outrun that $3200 ETH / $138 SOL wick), but once again Solana proved it performs when it matters most and earns more of my loyalty by the day.

Leverage isn’t the villain.

Some rushed to say, “See, that’s why leverage kills you.” I reject that. Leverage is just a tool - like a knife, a car, or money itself. Tools aren’t evil. The hand that wields them determines the outcome.

The humanity in the aftermath.

Amid the trolls celebrating others’ losses - a dark side of this space I’ll never understand - I also witnessed incredible compassion. People offering comfort, solidarity…even five individuals offering to send me money to help rebuild. I refused, of course - but the gesture hit me hard. It reminded me that for all the toxicity, there’s still goodness here.

Most days I’m the one offering support, not receiving it. Yesterday reversed that dynamic - and it meant more than I can express.

This wasn’t my proudest moment. But every chapter - even the painful ones - has purpose. If this experience reminds even one person to stay humble, to manage risk, to remain human through the chaos, then it wasn’t wasted.

Losses teach what profits never can: where strength truly lives. And mine was never in the number - it’s in the will to rebuild.

🫡 From the depths —
The White Whale 🐋

[Crey @Crey__I]

@CryptoGirlNova I understand exactly what you mean. I did this for my boss and safeguarding his investment atm. I had to endure a lot of mockery and laughter at work from colleagues who knew about it. Those who aren't in the market have no idea what it's really like.
Thank you for sharing it.

[ｔｈｅ ｍｉｄｎｉｇｈｔ @TheMidnightLA]

The next Midnight album is probably our Midnightiest sounding album ever. It’s the purest distillation of what we do and everything we love about making music together.

[Crey @Crey__I]

@CryptoGirlNova Congratulations @CryptoGirlNova 🎊 I truly appreciate you inspiring posts. Keep up your great work.

[Nova @CryptoGirlNova]

1/ I was hacked this week for the first time in 8 years.

Both my crypto wallets and entire socials were compromised.

It didn't happen through clicking any obvious phishing links.

I hired an expert and what he told me was shocking.

Here's the untold story and how to avoid it 🧵👇

[hoeem @hooeem]

Aethir has a market cap of $260 million with an annualised revenue of $36 million.

This makes it a top 20 protocol in regard to annualised revenue above tokens that have a market cap on the BILLIONS.

Why is Aethir so undervalued when it is making so much money? 🧵👇

[ardizor 🧙‍♂️ @ardizor]

You missed $BRETT - it did 1168x
You missed $SYNC - it did 67x
You missed $WIF - it did 60x
You missed $POPCAT - it did 23x
You missed $MYRO - it did 22x
You missed $TRADE - it did 14x
You missed $BONK - it did 10x
You missed $PONKE - it did 8x
You missed $ANALOS - it did 1000x
You missed $BALLZ - it did 20x

those who don't miss my calls make millions, so I scanned hundreds new lowcaps...

will send my new 100x play to a few who like, reply and follow me, gl

[Crey @Crey__I]

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[TAPCAT 🎲 @CatTapCoin]

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[Nova @CryptoGirlNova]

In 2020 I lost everything I had. Both in real and in crypto.

It was my second cycle and I had done quite well for myself so far.

I often get the question from people losing everything how I was even able to get back from that.

Let alone rebuilt to a 6 figure + portfolio.

First of all, I wouldn't say I was suicidal or anything but it was certainly depressing.

But in this case you basically only have 2 options.

You have to remember that life goes on regardless what you decide to do.

Either you do nothing and life stays as it is and you'll have to live with it.

Or you pick yourself back up and you restart. Even entirely back from 0.

Again life goes on regardless from here and what happened to you.

All I knew is however unfortunate it was and however unfair it was what happened to me and to see all my hard work go to waste.

However I could self-pity myself and hope for a miracle etc.

If I don't do nothing anymore and quit nothing will change yet again.

So I restarted because that was the only thing that I saw that I could do.

I didn't want to settle for nothing yet again.

You can't make money from nothing so I went to look for a regular 9-5 job again.

(I actually was able to quit my job already and sustain myself before losing everything)

I started with my small savings every month. I connected with other individuals to built a network. I used the knowledge I already had. I did more of what I know worked and less what I knew didn't work.

(to give some examples: less bagholding, use TA together with FA, invest in IDO's, listen to no one, even influencers are often normal people, nothing is guaranteed, risk management, ...)

All of this brought me again to where I am today.

After years finally even further to where I was before losing everything.

Retired already? No
Where I am already? No

But closer everyday and nothing would have changed if I gave up back then.

It might sound cliche because most people make it sound super easy to just say you don't have to be a b*tch and just f*king do it!

But it's not easy. It's super hard to pick yourself up again sometimes and that's okay.

But the worst thing you can do is self-pity and yeah you do have to get back up and get out there again.

Because no one else is going to do it for you and that's what I did.

I know I will get there that way because I almost am.

Nova out 🤝

[hoeem @hooeem]

AI, Gaming, and DePIN are three of the hottest narratives this cycle.

There’s one common denominator.

> GPUs

If you can find protocols that can facilitate GPU capacity on-chain then you can passively invest in all three narratives.

Here’s what I wish I knew sooner: 🧵👇

[Fang Gang @FangGangNFT]

Ready to start this #FangsOutFriday with a banger?

We’re releasing our first ever mystery bag figures at @NFCsummit, next week.

This drop will be super limited to 30 resin figures, hand finished over the course of a month, divided into four rarity tiers: Fluorescent Green (1/1), Gold, Silver and Bronze.

There’s also 5 poses to collect.

Each figure will be accompanied by its digital collectible, to be minted on @base, claimable with the unique code included in the bag.

This is drop cements our direction into expanding as an artist-led character brand - with craft at the core of everything we do.

Excited for you to find out “What’s in the Bag?!” 👀

[SingularityNET @SingularityNET]

We are excited to announce a multi-billion token merger with @Fetch_ai and @oceanprotocol to create the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance, the largest open-sourced, decentralized network, and accelerate the race to AGI. Learn more: https://t.co/zT8Q1HbkEv

[Crey @Crey__I]

@CryptoverseCNFT @JungleMike congrats and welcome.

[Crey @Crey__I]

@CryptoverseCNFT looks dope!