Today I'm announcing @CounterPartyTV. The next chapter of the Threadguy stream.
@macdegods and I are building this together.
CounterParty is the evolution from a janky stream with a webcam and a whiteboard background to the next generation of finance media.
“Round one” of the Threadguy stream saw genuine traction and PMF. it was obvious there was demand for the product and I realized I loved doing it.
Interviewing and platforming the brightest traders, founders and thinkers making money on the internet.
Round two is building the stream into a full scale operation. This is my way of going all in on the future of crypto and finance.
Initially the @CounterPartyTV account will be used for clips, announcements, writing/research and be the hub for our entire operation.
I will also use this post to announce we are hiring.
(More info in my next post and on the first CounterParty tweet.)
Live five days a week. Three interviews a day. My only goal is to educate my audience and help them get fucking rich.
I have a thesis that Crypto/finance creators will be the most important niche in content and grow exponentially from here.
The trend of “making money on the internet” is forever in an up only growth phase.
Crypto is at all time highs. Pokemon cards are breaking records. CSGO skins look like the M2 chart. And 14 year old kids are making 6 figures a day running roblox servers.
Traditional media outlets are late to the trend as they always are. We’ve known this.
The reality is the world runs on streaming and short form video. This is why billion dollar crypto funds and platforms are investing in streaming.
Crypto creators will grow cult-like audiences because the best ones will help their audience make money. No other creator can do that.
I am supremely confident that what you currently know as the Threadguy stream, now CounterParty, will be the biggest financial show in the world.
I have nothing to sell you. We aren’t raising capital. There’s no token. The stream is entirely made possible from incredible partners like Phantom wallet.
If you see the vision like I see it and want to work on the ground floor at the future of the internet & finance, come work with us.
I am deeply grateful for everyone that has supported the revamp of my content. I genuinely feel I have a chance to do what nobody else can and finally found my passion again.
For now, nothing practically changes. I will still be streaming from “Threadguy” on Twitch and X and I will still be platforming the coolest names in new money.
Extra note: Important to emphasize that Macdegods is an absolute killer. If you are doing anything cool in crypto it’s irresponsible to not know who he is. If you’re interested in working with us you will go through him. He has played an integral role in me getting my shit together and revamping the show for round 2. Lots to look forward to.
It's just getting started.
i deeply want to see internet capital markets work but i can't shake the "celebrity memecoin" parallels
think about it
> person knows almost nothing about crypto launches
> they do it because it's hot
> make a lot of money up front
> Hype it for a day or two. spaces. tweets.
> maybe a threadguy podcast if you're lucky
> initially bigger named celebs (better tech) pump harder until enough get destroyed and they all become the same
(what's 100mm followers vs. 10mm ARR)
then they slowly move on
> no rep risk bc they're not crypto native
> no social hit because all of their circles already hate crypto
> no follow up or follow through. nothing they did was illegal or "wrong" and at least they tried (honestly)
the vision for ICM is beautiful and it REALLY felt like sidelined capital was pouring in for the first time in a long time. but abruptly stopped
the problem isn't 2% fee/flywheel/liquidity/etc/etc/etc
the problem is that the game in it's current form is solved and not a single launch has shown ANY ability to drive fomo and bring new speculative capital in beyond the first hour
EVERY launch has played out something like
> launch coin
> tweet ca (catalyst)
> spaces (catalyst but usually awful)
> maybe official believe team support (final catalyst)
> MAYBE nikita bier reply (ACTUAL FINAL CATALYST)
> chart destroyed
the other side of the game (UNSOLVED)--> a dev that can evangelize a community and drive REAL fomo to fucking rip the chart, but there's nothing to say that will happen.
Shaw made you feel retarded for fading ai16z the whole way up.
topped at multiple billions.
Iggy/mother was the BEST celebrity coin. she proved competence. pushed on socials non stop. did the media tour. teased integrations. hosted the crazy party, etc.
It topped at 250mm
neither of these archetypes exist right now.
Imo it's no longer a credentials game: JellyJelly is a 20mm topper today
It's a game of can the founder of a new icm launch punish everyone that sells day one, figure out some "utility/integration" ponzi mechanism to drive price really high and make everyone feel like a complete moron for not top blasting your networth at 25mm
the capital on the sidelines wants to play this game. but in it's current form there's no reason to.
I'm not sure what the solve is and I REALLY hope they figure it out as I have a LARGE bag of believe, am a fan of ben pasternak and have always been and will continue to be an alliance/imran maxi
So in an attempt to hear Haliey Welch’s side of the Crypto scam story, I agreed to do her first podcast back.
I had heavy stipulations including;
1) Not allowing markets to be manipulated by leaking this episodes existence before a resolution was found.
2) Her team finding a REAL solution regarding the money she made, where that should go and what to do with the $HAWK project moving forward.
These were nonstarters and we were told this episode would only ever see the light of day if we explicitly green lit it.
These incompetent retards leaked and/ or inside traded the token. We noticed a random spike in volume on the coin 2/2 along with random messages asking us if we did the podcast. Very clearly her team was not as solid as they claimed to be. They completely blew it and we called the episode off right then and there.
Now today, the episode “randomly” gets leaked. The price of $HAWK is pumping and they completely fucking fumbled the bag, yet again. What a fucking mess. Poor girl, it’s a wonder how she found herself in this position in the first place.
Now @HalieyWelchX I’m going to speak to you direct and say the exact same thing I said to you on spaces that night. Fire everybody, your teams fucking retarded.
***FULL DISCLOSURE NOBODY FROM OUR TEAM HAS EVER/ WILL EVER OWN $HAWK TOKENS. HIGHLY ADVISE ANYONE FOLLOWING THE STORY STAY FAR AWAY FROM THIS AS A MAJORITY OF THE SUPPLY IS OWNED BY UNKNOWN “DEVELOPERS.”***