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ted (not lasso)
@ted
dumb but genuine question: who is ansem and why do half a million people follow him?
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matthewb.eth
@matthewb
he studied compsci at georgia tech, traded crypto for several years with a small but growing following. exploded in popularity in 2023 largely as a result of his SOL thesis since ~ $8 post-FTX (now $170+), which was probably the best trade anyone could take with size over the last 2yr. at this point I’d broadly characterize him as an influencer and SOL maxi, but he’s also gotten involved with the memecoin meta by championing WIF to 5B and many others. he remains controversial mostly as a result of onboarding celebrities to launch coins and occasionally soft shilling lower caps.
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ted (not lasso)
@ted
thanks, this is helpful. traded crypto professionally, or for fun? what was his SOL thesis? and has he built anything? or done anything with his digital community?
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@alexpaden
traded crypto professionally is the wildest thing i've ever heard yall need to be stopped
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ted (not lasso)
@ted
there are crypto hedge funds… you know that, right?
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@alexpaden
i was too harsh and drawn out here, sorry ted. the important takeaway imo is my definition of professional and the implications of claiming to be “the coldest n***a alive* it’s easy to social engineer the poor or desperate and that’s usually what’s going on in these situations (ct influencer trading advice)
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matthewb.eth
@matthewb
I’d agree for low caps but his SOL thesis was smart and saved myself and many others from losing a ton of money bagholding ETH
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@alexpaden
i don’t have much opinions on sol tbh but i’m glad it worked out for you👍 i’ll read his thesis sometime.. maybe if we’re lucky we can go head to head someday
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matthewb.eth
@matthewb
I definitely agree with your views on influencers manipulating followers re: low caps, clearly it’s ethically unsound. but I also remember his account before it got huge and he did provide actionable trading insights. the ETH -> SOL rotation was pretty obvious in retrospect but he nailed it. that said, if you’re trading on 5+ year time horizons I think you can safely ignore pretty much everyone on CT and buy BTC/ETH and hold.
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