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The @SolsticeFi tournament is officially LIVE!
Solstice Finance is a Solana-native platform building what many are calling the Ethena of SOL.
Climb the ranks: Hit the Top 100 to secure your share of the 1% token supply of their forthcoming token $SLX.
Bi-weekly rewards: Top 25 players every two weeks will earn $USX (Their Synthetic Stablecoin) rewards.
Learn more about Solstice, and get the link to their leaderboard in the thread below! 🧵👇
I think people dislike like the word "luck".
Let's replace it with "chance"
If you are good looking person. That was chance.
If you were born in a country that allowed you to thrive. That was chance.
If you had good parents. That was chance.
If your parents were able to send you to good schools. That was chance.
If you were born with intelligence. That was chance.
If your personality naturally attracts people to follow you. That was chance.
If your boss is genuinely interested in your success, and therefore helps you grow and become successful. That was chance.
Now, you get credit for taking those items of chance or good fortune and maximizing them. But you started with a better set of "raw materials" than 95% of the world's population.
If you held the memecoin that 1000X... That was chance. Yes.. it took some balls to hold it. But chance got you there.
If you minted a bunch of Bored Apes.. and now you are rich. It was a series of events that led you to that point... most of them by chance... then you maximized the opportunity
The quicker you learn the lesson above... the better human being you will become
Introducing Xeet Leagues
Today we're kicking off our first two competitions:
1⃣The Crypto Creator Leaderboard
2⃣The Xeet Leaderboard
You can earn Xeets daily simply by posting quality on X!
There will also be a weekly Xeets update every Wednesday, starting next week.
Your overall ranking on the "Crypto Creator Leaderboard" will determine whether or not you qualify for your own card in our inaugural Xeet League!
You only have a few weeks to climb up the leaderboard before we lock in your rankings!
Note: These leaderboards will change drastically on the days when we do a weekly update. Additionally, we are continually training our AI. That will impact these leaderboards as well!
The thing about NFT season is that it doesn’t exist
There are NFTs that are going to make it.
There are NFTs that are not going to make it.
Period.
Yes…
There are periods where coordinated pumps will increase prices.
There are periods where expected airdrops will pump prices.
There will also be low periods from a floor price standpoint.
But if you keep thinking of NFT projects as cyclical speculative assets… then you are going to miss the boat on some real businesses and communities that will set the stage for the next iteration of the digital age
Real NFT communities are more than speculative…
The majority of people on CT are a part of at least one NFT community … probably many of them…. And likely, 8 out of 10 of the NFTs that they hold are held for speculative reasons
But for most of us there is that one… maybe 2 communities that are special
They hold an emotional value…. Not just a speculative value.
THOSE are the communities that will last.
The financial aspect won’t go away… but it will be less about “what can I sell this for” and more about “what would it take for me to part with this”
Digital cults…societies…communities….or whatever you want to call them.
Those NFTs and the communities behind them are what will last
We just bought back the remaining consigned @Making_Coffee_ bags with @WenSwap_io
Consigners earned a margin that gave them the equivalent of a 15.8% APY
Bonus --- they supported a group of farmers in El Salvador and Costa Rica
Sometimes when I get frustrated with @ThePlagueNFT performance as an asset.... I think about all the good we have done in the world.
I think it is important to share those things every once in a while... so below is a thread of some (but not all) things we have done since mint
We just bought back the remaining consigned Kenyan Coffee with @WenSwap_io .
Consigners earned a 21% GM equivalent to a 26% APY
Bonus --- they supported a group of farmers in Kenya
These guys have been a tremendous help to @xeetdotai already.
I have known @Phin_totten since the early days of NFTs. He has prove himself as one of the premier marketing guys in Web3, and he knows how to build the right way.... as evidenced by his success with @AbstractChain so far.
My guy @masoncags is an absolute beast. His insights have already helped us change Xeet League and the Xeet leaderboard for the better. More importantly, he knows how to get things done and who can help us get them done!
It is an absolute pleasure to have these guys as advisors.
As you can see, we are bringing all-stars into the fold here at @xeetdotai@vohvohh will bring some great insights into Xeet League and our Xeet Leaderboard, but she also brings first hand experience on what it is like to be on the ground floor of a new platform taking on a large incumbent!
@0xBreadguy brings a wealth of knowledge from the tech side and most recently the tech startup side. More importantly, I just like the way he thinks. I have no doubt that he will bring some insights into the conversation that we would have missed without him!
I look forward to working with these two on making Xeet a success!
Both of these guys are super impressive individuals.
I ran into @icobeast when he had 100 followers. We were arguing about some Wizard NFT project that was burning the NFTs of their holders.
After that interaction, I followed him and have since watched him take over the timeline and turn into one of the most respected people in the space.
I have a similar story with @emilios_eth. I notice him teaching people how to reply properly to posts. After that interaction, I kept seeing his intelligent takes over and over again on the timeline. It is no wonder his following is growing like crazy. But more importantly, the quality of his posts, and the deep insights are a breath of fresh air!
Glad to have both of these guys advising us!
I received a Kaito airdrop for no reason.
I was not trying to earn it.
And since majority of my engagement comes from being a founder, I said I would use my airdrop for a good cause.
I am happy to announce that we have commissioned @Cayden_and_Nico to do a painting for the Top 40 Frog holders.
We will be buying each painting for $100 each.
I first ran into Cayden and his dad early in the @ThePlagueNFT journey. We were happy to help him then, and I am happy to help him again today.
You can see Cayden's story below.
More info for those Frog holders will be given in Discord this weekend.