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dumb but genuine question: who is ansem and why do half a million people follow him?

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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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- he charts pretty regularly so I would consider him a professional trader, though like all good traders on CT his feed is 90% shitposts

- his SOL thesis was pretty much the origin for everything you read on your timeline: monolithic is much easier UX vs. modular, cheaper fees than ethereum is more consumer-friendly, and early on that it was grossly undervalued < $20 and oversold due primarily to FTX

- afaik he is still building https://www.bullpen.fi/ and has a TG group as well, though most folks are likely just reading his tweets

- he’s definitely an active conference goer, I’ve seen him around. breakpoint too obv, not just ethereum events. not sure he’s planned or hosted events for his community specifically, though.

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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yeah, I also find his vibe sleazy at times. he is very young too, like < 25 afaik.

don’t think he launched it but he was an investor in the onlyfans competitor on solana. I forget the name of the app.

Good summary! 616 $degen

I’d also add that he’s immature and misogynistic and also launched Ansem’s Angels essentially pimping out women and often posts from strip clubs etc.

occasionally shilling is a crazy statement lmfao