AN OPEN LETTER TO @YouTube AND NEAL MAHON.
Dear @YouTube
I built a media business that broadcasts on your platform.
Our business has exploded and we are growing rapidly.
We have over 1,1m subscribers.
We employ over 100 people globally and we work tirelessly to deliver on our mission of building the most profitable community in the world.
Despite our success,
I am constantly anxious. I don’t sleep at night and I am scared to scale my business.
Why?
It’s not because of any real market or business risk.
It’s because I know that at any moment I could get a Youtube strike, or a series of strikes , that may force me to close the entire business overnight and destroy my work and that of my 100 employees.
Even though our channel hasn’t been affected , many of our partner channels and fellow creators have suffered this fate.
As one of the larger players in the industry, I feel I have a duty and an obligation to take on this fight.
100s of crypto content creators are making the same videos they have made for years, with similar content and style, only now they are getting strikes or being deplatformed.
And the worst parts,
1. They have absolutely no idea what they are doing wrong and so they can’t change.
All they get is a vague message that the video contravened the community Guidelines, of which there are many.
2. The appeal process is flawed, seems to be an AI and unreliable.
Worse yet, is that since Youtube has network effects and a monopoly of sorts there are no real viable alternatives, and so if it happens to you , your business is gone.
One of our partners and member of our group of companies , @FefeDemeny has a channel called the 100x club.
He comes from a humble background!
He is hardworking, ambitious and makes great content.
He built a business from his garage, started from zero and was just getting momentum.
Recently his channel has been under attack by the Youtube algorithm, he received warnings and strikes and despite all the strikes being removed on appeal - today his channel was removed permanently!
The worst part is that he has no idea why.
He has become really conservative with his content, he follows all the known guidelines, he follows all the processes and he still received the strikes.
Now he cannot make content for a week and his ability to keep funding his business is impaired.
He, like many others in this industry, is a business creator with good intentions and great content.
We have made millions of hours of content on your platforms.
We have brought in Billions of dollars of ad revenue.
Despite this our businesses are under threat constantly.
He is not the only one. It’s happening daily to creators in our industry and we have no idea why.
At this point it is clear that there is an issue with your flagging software.
It seems like a setting is too sensitive.
And this issue is costing honest people their businesses and their livelihoods.
We are not asking for any favorable treatment or for you to change any rules,
All we are asking for is clarity.
We want to understand why some channels are randomly getting strikes so we can understand and comply.
We would also appreciate it if you could review your algorithm as it may be set to sensitive or it may be picking up false positives.
As a monopoly of sort you have a duty to ensure that you are fair to all creators, the same creators that build your business.
We would appreciate a real response for a real human, someone with real power and some action that can assist us in maintaining our businesses that we have worked so hard to build.
I write this on behalf of many creators.
I look forward to a response.
If you want to help creators, please share this far and wide. You are helping save people’s businesses.
My contact with Coinbase Support has been "directly via the Help Page"... Usually via a call back from support, because the chat times out too often.
A few observations i would like to share . 1) Front line support is pretty solid and helpful, except when they serve as a go between with Compliance. 2) I can see the cases that are opened when i call, but then they are always closed with no resolution... Thus, everytime I call, i have to re-explain my situation... after 7 weeks of calls, that has become quite exhausting. 3) Front line support has stated that my concern has been escalated to the highest level. That was the feedback on my first call in July... 7 weeks at the highest level of escalation and zero communication back to me ??? Something seems amiss.
I did ask what the average wait time was and was told it could take 1-6 months... Really?? Be Better @CoinbaseSupport.
@CoinbaseSupport So, on July 23rd, i fell victim to a browser cookie hijack. The hackers were able to access my coinbase account, converted all of my assets to SOL and then withdrew all of the SOL from my account. I was alerted to the conversions on the mobile Coinbase app, and promptly "locked" my account and contacted Coinbase Support. The response was that a review would be conducted and i would be notified by email on how to regain access to my account. It's been 6 weeks, and i have heard NOTHING from Coinbase. I have called Coinbase every week requesting a status and get told the same thing... "The account is locked to protect me, and i would receive an email when the review is complete." One would think that, as the victim, i might be consulted with and kept informed about the status of said review. But nothing. The weekly calls will continue and at some point Coinbase might tell me what assets remain, what addresses were used, what settings got changed that allowed for withdrawals without the 2FA scrutiny... I just have a lot of questions that Coinbase does not seem to care in answering...
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📈The Alpha Corner - 02nd April 2025 📈
(2 minute read to stay upto date with the markets)
1. Markets
- Bitcoin network activity is in a bear market.
- $BTC faces the 200-day MA at $86,200 and the 50-day MA at $88,300 as key resistance ahead
- In Q1 2025, Bitcoin dropped 12% marking the worst quarter since 2018.
- Small Cap Stocks IWM approaching a Bear Market after falling more than 18% from the November peak
- Mega Cap Tech Stock Valuations are suddenly looking a lot more attractive
- This is not a joke. NMAX, is up 110% today
2. Trump and Tariffs
- Israel eliminates all tariffs on US goods to avoid President Trump's reciprocal tariffs.
- Vietnam has cut all tariffs on American goods in response to Trump’s reciprocal tariffs
- Mexican President Sheinbaum says a response to US tariffs will be announced on April 3rd.
- White House says President Trump "made up his mind" on tariffs and "Wall Street will be just fine."
3. Bull Run Buzz!!!
- Eric Trump says Bitcoin is one of the greatest stores of value.
- $GME, has completed its convertible note offering, raising net $1.48 Billion.
- Metaplanet Purchases Additional 160 BTC
- A new bill to allow the state investment board to invest in Bitcoin and crypto has been introduced in Minnesota
- BlackRock officially registers as a crypto asset firm in the UK.
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- On April 1, Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded a total net outflow of $158 million, while Ethereum spot ETFs saw a total net outflow of $3.5825 million.
- $ETH has dropped nearly 35% since Eric Trump recommended buying it two months ago.
- Circle stablecoin issuer files for IPO.
- In March 2025, crypto companies raised $3.5B, a 246% jump from February's $1.01B. This is the highest amount since early 2022!
- Elon Musk plans to step down from his role as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) by the end of May
- Vaneck US registered a $BNB exchange-traded fund in Delaware
- Mastercard Is Developing Crypto Payment Systems For It's 3.5 Billion Card Holders.
- Tether Increases Bitcoin Holdings to 100,521 BTC
- DeFi is currently in one of the lowest interest rate environments in history, with the average APR for stablecoins weighted by TVL at just 5.8%.
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Every year, I do this series where I lay out my predictions for the coming year.
Last year, I got a lot right (the H1 $BTC correction, growth of the AI sector, big airdrops).
But I also got a some things wrong (ETH and Cosmos eco underperformance).
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