Early this month, I shared a short @arc thesis and early plays on my degen channel on TG. (→ Thesis: ARC is Circle/USDC's only blockchain that they incubated, with USDC as gas, & support from various instis.)
Back then, premium was around 50-80%. Today, the premium is roughly 100+%.
Essentially you're paying $2 for $1 on ARC, as a tax on getting funds on chain. If you remember how it went with Robinhood, those who managed to bridge in early and ape clear winners made good money.
However, you need to be extra careful with the money, since you already lost 50% of its value. I like to think of it as apeing at 2x the valuation i see. If i believe the project can blast past that val, then it's worth apeing.
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Here's how to get started
Network
Name: ARC Mainnet
Chain ID: 5042
Currency: USDC
RPC
• https://t.co/Ls4J2VAWWJ
• https://t.co/2kClUxTpe3
• https://t.co/TMaqp86Rua (working last i checked)
• https://t.co/0WINhjSDfB
• https://t.co/5pvodvkMR5
Explorers
• https://t.co/97MkiGRGlf
• https://t.co/qiYEJUjpog
Bridges
• LiFi, Dyorswap, Wormhole (Not yet live)
• Only way right now is via OTC → https://t.co/4ki38caPhU (pay a 60-100% premium)
Charts & bots
• @BasedBot : https://t.co/zYCDvXgqMM
• @ArcDEXScan : https://t.co/teUuFfMVcG
• @fomo (not yet live)
• @gmgnai : https://t.co/W9jkVrogEa
Trending Tokens
• https://t.co/cQs2kKXEc2
Launchpads
• https://t.co/teUuFfMVcG
• https://t.co/NIUcGPKEfZ
• https://t.co/hZc5PCJooK
• https://t.co/KMXlqfdTBv
• https://t.co/LIrHimjlGj (Testnet only)
Telegram Trade Bot
• basedbot: https://t.co/zYCDvXgqMM
• maestro: https://t.co/MxKtkUSx5C
DEX
• https://t.co/teUuFfMVcG
• https://t.co/8dlrJLvD8b
• https://t.co/VZtQWJu76l
• https://t.co/h8yOUqWSml
• https://t.co/DuItfXNdqF
NFT Marketplace
• https://t.co/qIfFfcLtjy (Testnet only)
NFT Projects
• https://t.co/JM2WJSAiPr (minted out)
• https://t.co/jAvvjqQZbf (not yet live)
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ARC will have a >$100M coin runner for sure - our goal is to find that runner and not get rugged along the way
Let me know which tokens you're looking at in the comments !
If you made it this far, here's a link to the degen channel (by approval only): https://t.co/DXfEx3f9R5
Unpopular opinion: @arc is hot, but its eco looks like a copycat of Robinhood
as you might know, i’ve spent the past few days digging through Arc projects before public mainnet
the clearest signal: 50+ launchpads already exist
well you know Robinhood started the tokenized stock + memecoin launchpad war with @ponsdotfamily, @longdotxyz and others
then the same model then expanded to:
- Solana: $STONK, $EMBER
- BNB Chain: $BREW
- Now Arc: dozens of similar platforms
imho, launchpads are EAST TO FORK
and there is a reason devs keep choosing this model → it generates REAL FEES only with a “low” effort
current launchpad sector metrics:
- $241.4M TVL
- $77.3M fees in 7D
- $25.2M revenue in 7D
$PONS alone generated $45.9M in 7D fees and $7.5M in revenue
on a new chain, a launchpad is one of the fastest ways to attract liquidity, create assets and capture trading fees
i see the same pattern with gamified NFTs
the narrative gained traction on Robinhood → now devs are bringing similar concepts to Arc and Ink
my concern is the lack of native, differentiated protocols on Arc
i’ve tried to find projects that could create a new category or narrative, but there are only a few
most major Day-1 deployments are established DeFi protocols such as Uniswap, Aave and Fluid
strong infra, but they are not uniquely Arc
for now, my main Arc thesis is the LAUNCHPAD WAR
i expect it to be brutal from the first day of public mainnet
there may be more 50+ competitors, but I believe only 1-2 will survive and eventually control most of the volume
that's why i worked hard to filter out the real leader this week
S-tier rank projects are those i believe have a real edge before launch
- @liftdotfun
- @minarafun
- @TradePools
- @akadotfun
- @Arguspad
- @TollyLabs
still to much, but i think at least one of them will outperform and thrive
i could be completely wrong if Arc mainnet launches with several strong native protocols that are still under wraps
@jerallaire might already notice this situation, real founder keeps building iykyk
but i’d rather plan around the facts & signals available today than speculate about products i haven’t seen
Arc will receive major attention at launch
i wonder how quickly that attention converts into sustainable liquidity and how long it stays there
hype may come and go very quickly
be ready, be wise fam!
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