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My crazy web3 journey...

– Founded my own web3 gaming project
– Grew it to 75,000 token holders in three weeks
– Managed $2MM+ marketing budget
– Built and launched 2 custom dApps
– 72 smart contract infrastructure
– $1B+ in trading volume
– Market cap of $200MM
– Sold 50,000+ NFTs

🐻 Wiped out by the bear market in 2022.

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Worst launch of 2026?

TROVE - down 95% in 24 hours (raised $11M+).

What happens when you suck $11M+ in liquidity through a public round and then launch?

Expect hardly any buying pressure at launch.

All that selling pressure (internal / presale)? 

If only listed on a DEX, it will likely not take much selling pressure to tank the entire price with such a configuration.

This is also an example why balancing DEX/CEX for a launch is critical.

If only a DEX?

Any selling pressure only has the DEX liquidity pool to sell into.

The result?

Price often crashes rapidly depending on liquidity config. 

As I discuss in the video, I personally saw a $20K decrease in LP cut off $5MM in market cap valuation on a $50MM FDV token.

So, selling $11M of tokens, only having a DEX and likely wanting to sell some tokens to build a treasury?

Won't work. 

There's no net new buying pressure as $11M has already been sucked out.

Don't expect a team to provide lots of LP depth on a DEX if their plan is to sell tokens.

Not saying that's what happened with TROVE.

But, something smells very fishy here!

It'll be interesting to see what comes out in the coming days regarding root cause.

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Death of InfoFi? That might just be a good thing.

Majority of "InfoFi"? Useless noise and low quality content.

How can one understand what's actually working from a marketing standpoint if they fill their pipeline with noise and fake data?

That said, I am a fan of a different kind of "InfoFi".

One that connects social activity and support by customers to actual value creation and rewards. 

Instead of using such marketing tactics which just create sell pressure through people dumping rewards?

What if they had an actual product or something of value to buy?

In this case, InfoFi might just work as it's connected to real value.

What if a loyal customer could create a legitimate post supporting a business and earn when a sale occurs? 

Someone supporting a brand finds out that their support led to some sales, earning them some commissions to claim.

Isn't this what "InfoFi" was promising in many ways?

Instead, we got a bunch of low quality bot AI slop polluting our socials and data streams with noise. 

Nothing is tied to any real value creation (as they view the fake impressions/activity as the value).

What do you think about InfoFi?

Personally, I still think it'll thrive when integrated into a real business use case vs fake social activity and token farming. 

As an example, I worked on an InfoFi product earlier this year that integrated a shop, ticket sales and many other things with Sean, who supports a lot of my content here. 

It was not about shilling tokens, but tying activity to actual value creation (sales) and driving value through revenues.

When any founder can log in and execute a Kaito dump campaign, that's not a healthy thing for holders.

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Back from social media detox and looking forward to 2026!

For me, end of year is a time of reflection...

– What worked last year?
– What didn't work?

– Where did I spend my time?
– Did this help me reach my goals?

– What did I do that was smart?
– What did I do that was stupid?

The New Year isn't about making a list of a bunch of resolutions I won't keep. 

It's about uncluttering my mind, stepping back, then looking objectively at everything I'm doing.

We are at the starting point of tokenization and I expect 2026 to be an amazing year for web3.

BTC price? Who knows 😂

But, I've never been here because of the Bitcoin price.

After all, I started consulting when BTC was $15K in 2022 after the Luna crash. 

I am here to build, not chase a Bitcoin price.

Wishing you and your families all the best leading into 2026!

The reason why many tokens fail? 

They're designed to... (here's how) 👇

– 15-20% to investors who dump
– 10-15% airdrop allocations w/high FDV
– Attached to a product making no money
– Launched into a community built by KOL marketing
– Lopsided short-term deals selling tokens at a discount

I can go on and on.

What's even worse?

Those copying the same playbook from prior failures and thinking they'll get a different result.

Example: That new DeFi platform with an airdrop campaign that'll end up with no liquidity or activity just one week after launch if they're lucky.

If something is treated like a liquid instrument to be sold into oblivion for insiders or freeloaders to profit?

Don't be surprised when it fails.

Instead?
– Real product and revenues
– Actual community of users
– Proper value capture / utility
– Limited insider dumping
– Existing business > onchain

Watch tokens this cycle launch at lower FDVs, less to insiders and more community focused.

What are your thoughts about this year?

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What are the best web3 podcasts and who runs them?

I'm interested in joining as a guest (if they'll have me!)

My goal is to shortlist 3-5 so I'm not overwhelmed. 

👉 Appreciate suggestions, comments or reposts for reach!

Also, I'll be pushing some of my content to YouTube this year in longer formats where I can go into more depth.

I've considered starting my own podcast, but I've got too much going on already.

At some point, that will also be happening as I have a lot of great guests I'd love to chat with.

Thanks!

Are token launches dead?

Or, were most tokens dead on arrival by design?

Here, I contrast $AVICI, which raised $3MM from the public and launched after the October 10th market crash.

Largely, only the community has tokens here.

There are also milestones controlled through governance alongside a monthly budget released for the team to build.

Think about what's been happening:

1. Insiders buy the token early (or get it free).

2. Project launches at high FDV

3. PvP between insiders and community

Web3 might just be the only market where the investors literally sell into and extract value from the customers - overwhelmingly.

For any VC to create returns (DPI) they need to make money.

In web3, the money is not made via enterprise value, liquidity events such as IPOs, etc. 

Instead, the money is extracted from the customers platform/community base.

Essentially, any VC that might be deemed "successful" in web3 has largely made money by selling into the customers/community of the very product they funded.

They didn't have to be "right" at picking a good company that customers loved and grew revenues through traction.

A potentially different path?

Let's recognize that blockchain rails drive immense efficiencies.

Through this tech, the ability to build a thriving high revenue/employee company is there - and we've seen it.

This is enterprise value and actual value creation!

Now, it is my opinion investors can/should still get tokens.

The problem is when they're given so many and the only way for them to have a liquidity event is to dump them...especially at high FDVs.

Personally, I believe the future of tokens is a more measured and intentional approach.

Also, vesting possibly tied to KPIs so all stakeholders are aligned.

In the case of Avici, it's been interesting watching it play out even in bad market conditions.

Although this is only one data point, if one bought all of the MetaDAO launches aside from Avici they'd be up pretty nice so far!

It's not that tokens don't work.

Many aren't using them right or doing the same thing and expecting different results. 

Because if you have lower FDVs and measure what you give to insiders, who will be dumping on the launch?

The reason why people dump is because they believe it's overvalued to begin with!

Start at a more reasonable valuation through more reasonable fundraising strategies?

Now you're positioned for much better success than otherwise!

Watch the $200MM-$300MM FDVs repeatedly crash and burn after mere weeks as they can't maintain liquidity / enough volume to support their valuation after initial launch hype. 

Anyway, we'll end it here!

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Struggling to raise money in web3?

I asked Michael Graham to share how he's helping founders raise through grants. 

Many ecosystems have very generous grant programs.

Those looking to raise money?

They'll need to understand how to navigate these individual ecosystems, build up their network and position themselves properly as competition can be fierce.

Ecosystems will want to fund projects that drive value and are in alignment with their tech.

How you position yourself is absolutely critical.

I thought it'd be helpful for founders who might be struggling to become aware that there are other ways to raise capital!

Give the five minute video a watch!

👉 Follow my friend Michael Graham and consider contacting him if you'd like help pursuing grants.

The first crypto project I bought was a scam.

Millions of first-time users had the same experience. Rug pulls. Tokens that vanished overnight. Projects that weren't around the next week.

So their brain did what brains do: flagged the whole space as dangerous.

Put your hand on a hot stove once and get burned.

You going to do it again? Likely not!

Here's what many traditional projects offer:

→ No connection to real assets/value
→ No legal structure beyond a foundation or offshore entity
→ No chain of custody
→ No way to verify what you're actually buying

You're basically praying your purchase isn't worthless.

RWAs change this completely.

When real world assets come onchain, you get:

→ Clear legal ownership structures
→ Regulated platforms with compliance requirements
→ Chain of custody for the underlying assets
→ Real value, not speculative promises

This isn't just better tokenomics.

It's trust and legitimacy in what's being purchased.

If you can borrow against a tokenized asset with confidence, that asset has real credibility. You're not hoping it exists. You know it does.

The projects winning right now aren't the ones with the cleverest utility loops.

They're the ones where users can buy something real on day one.

That's the shift:

"Hope this isn't a scam" → "I own something real."

And that's how we bring in the next wave of users who actually stay.

The waste is slowly being flushed down the sewer.

Just like the dot-com bubble, real value will emerge leading to incredible growth.

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Challenge with RWAs and tokenization?

Here's what matters in 2026... 👇

It's not enough to tokenize assets and bring them onchain.

Once they are there?

– How are they monetized?
– How is money made upfront?
– How is money made continuously?

The last thing we need is tokenized assets coming onchain to broken business models. 

We already had many years of broken models and failed mechanics.

Now?

We have a golden opportunity:

Through regulation, real assets can now come onchain in many regions. 

Rather than trying to make up and sell fake value like many do in web3?

We get real assets with real demand and real value attached to them.

Tokenizing not only adds efficiencies to processes, but creates NEW ways of monetizing and using these assets. 

This is where the innovation will come from.

🔑 Key point: Don't just tokenize - focus on distribution and business model.

What gaps do you see with RWAs and tokenization?

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Doing more with less resources?

A founder's perspective on operations in the age of AI.

Most founders?

– Small teams
– Raising resources
– Struggling to do everything

I see so much focus on "automation" and "orchestration".

However, such things are usually NOT done until quality is sufficient.

In this video, I'll break down how to think about quality and how focusing on it is where the value is unlocked.

Through improving quality:
– More consistency = higher quality outputs
– Less frustration among team members
– Better / less stressful to do tasks
– Capacity to do work grows

In practice:
– Find the bottleneck
– Use AI tools to improve quality as much as possible
– Don't worry about "automation" or "orchestration"

Even if you have to manually paste between a few software solutions, does it really matter if quality is high and you hardly have to mess with it?

The orchestration is not where the time is eaten, which I show in the video.

Find the hardest thing to do and make it easier to do alongside improving quality.

Outside of tokenomics, I will be sharing some tips and tricks to help those building in web3.

We'll touch numerous topics, all designed to help get value if you apply the materials or concepts.

What topics should I cover next?

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Massive unlock for $BERA < 1 week.

What will happen when ~$75MM+ unlocks in a day?

In today's three minute video, I cover:
– The massive inflationary event happening soon
– How the cliff equals greed not sustainability
– Why it might not be as bad as we expect
– The one metric that matters most

Whenever we look at unlocks, there's one thing we want to pay most attention to (check the video).

What do you think will happen with Berachain?

Personally, I don't think we need people in bear costumes running chains serious businesses are built on.

Maybe I'm old fashioned, though 😂

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I build & scale brands in Web3.

Serial entrepreneur with 2 exits and a track record of multi 7-figure businesses.

Founder of Cryptorsy Ventures, where we're backing/scaling web3 unicorns from $0 to $1B and beyond. 

Highlights from my journey:
- Raised >$300M in private & public liquidity for web3 projects
- $25B+ mcap of companies I've worked with (Hedera, Bybit, ICP, TON, Kaia & others)
- Founded KOL & VC/Angel investors syndicate with over 20M reach
- Advised several startups on their 100x next moves
- Hosted multiple exclusive events in crypto

... And just having fun shaping the next era of the Internet :)

Active public speaker, investor, and web3 advisor.

If you're scaling/raising, let's talk 🤝

See you at the top!

Vlad Svitanko

Nikita (Head of Product at X) just killed a $23 billion industry in one tweet.

One small change with APIs, and boom – goodbye InfoFi.

TLDR on InfoFi:
> you post AI slop on X
> get rewarded for yapping (Kaito)
> farm tokens
> projects paying you for creating "vanity metrics"

And guess what happened?

MILLIONS of bots flooded Crypto Twitter.

To the extent that >85% of the activity in web3 became fake.

Now X revised API policies, and it totally nuked InfoFi.

So you can't pitch anymore, "we have social media traction on X" by paying $17.23 infofi prize pool

Imagine what they can do to 99% of wallets, chains, infra, and web3 apps when Nikita announces:

"now X is everything app"

????

If you're building something cool in web3, hit me up in DMs and let's talk!

Founder of Cryptorsy Ventures: backing & scaling web3 projects. Public speaker, advisor, angel investor/VC.

🚨BREAKING: TRUMP INSIDER WITH A 100% WIN RATE JUST GOT FULLY LIQUIDATED

He went all-in and lost $190M in 3 days..

Before that:

> 19 winning trades
> $145M in profit

Likely Barron Trump.

That's exactly how much he reportedly made from crypto in 2025.

Now think about this for a second:

If someone with INSIDER ACCESS, a 100% win rate, and $145M in profits can still get completely wrecked...

What makes you think YOU can beat this game?

Prediction markets. Trading (please no leverage). Memecoins.

Doesn't matter.

This space is heavily manipulated with a bunch of insiders rigging the game.

The casino always wins, not the individual player.

Man, crypto is wiiiiild 🤯

Building cool stuff in Web3? Send me a DM and let's talk!

Everyone says "I wish I invested $100 into Bitcoin in 2010."

No, you don't.

You wish you had $2.8B today.

You don't wish you had the stomach to:

- Watch $100 becomes $1.7M and don't sell
- Watch $1.7M become $170k and sit still
- Watch $170k goes to $110M and do nothing
- Watch $110M shrink to $18M and do nothing
- Watch $18M surge to $390M and don't fix profits
- Watch $390M collapse to $85M and do nothing
- Watch $85M become $1.6B and do nothing

... and then it eventually hits $2.8B through this crazy roller coaster.

That's not "holding." That's psychological warfare against yourself.

For 14 years straight.

The person who actually held $100 from 2010 until now?

They're either dead, in prison, or clinically insane.

But all of a sudden, finally $100 becomes $2.8B 

Only then you sell. 

And walk away with $2.8 billion to your name.

Nothing magical, right?

At 18 I thought:
- $15,000 Rolex is cool
- 100,000 followers is cool
- $250,000 Lambo is cool

What I realize now:
- 1 Bitcoin is cooler
- Gym at 10 am on Monday is cooler
- Having a relationship with God is cooler

Funny how success changes.

I just met a guy who turned $600 into $5M in 40 days (no trading)

He vibecoded a prediction market app for streams

Spent like $600 for AWS servers + subscriptions

Took him 40 days to build a FULLY functioning app ready to use

(and this guy wasn't even coding before)

Now the app is worth $5m+

But you know what's crazy?

He asked a couple of development agencies for a quote to build this app...

- team of 7 developers
- 4 months
- $150k

Is what they replied 😂

Guys.. please, develop your bullsh*t barometer (very undervalued skill)

The era of one-person unicorns is officially here

You can build anything by being only one (even not techy) person

Greatest time EVER to build cool things

Building in web3? Hit me up in DMs and let's talk!

POV: you spent $1,000,000 on the ad but $1 on the design

“simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”

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Career trajectory you'd like to show your mom

Man, i am tired of web3.

Founders build startups for VCs, PR Outlets, themselves, Taylor Swift, and whoever else... 

But not for the actual consumer.

Narrative won't pump your token forever.

There is no stupid retail left who is buying these scams.

All web3 projects are gonna die.

ROI on KOLs & paid ads & PR is smaller than ever because crypto doesn’t have products.

It only has magic pills that were never supposed to cure you.

Small hope of 100x coin that fades away in 15 mins? Nahhhh.

No consumer = no business = no future.

At the end of the day, the richest people from dotcoms were BUILDERS. 

Those who shipped real products: Amazon, Uber, Netflix, Facebook & 100s of others.

2026 is the time to shift from projects to businesses.

We're done investing in just pitch decks with fancy ideas.

Building something cool in web3? Hit me up in DMs and let's talk!

This guy secretly stole $4.7 billion from 590,000 people with a "banking revolution" promise.

> born 1965, Ukraine
> moved to Israel as a child
> served as a fighter pilot, moved to America
> serial entrepreneur, founded 8 companies
> invented Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
> net worth: $50+ million
> 2018: launches Celsius Network
> pitch: "Unbank yourself"
> traditional banks paid 0.01% interest, Celsius promised up to 18% annually (what??)
> Peter Schiff called him a fraud in a public debate
> nobody listened
> $25 billion in assets under management
> 1.7 million customers worldwide
> he became a crypto celebrity
> "we're democratizing finance"
> behind the scenes: gambling with customer deposits
> secretly sold $48 million of his own $CEL tokens
> May 2022: crypto market crashes, Terra Luna implodes
> June 12, 2022: withdrawals frozen with $4.7 billion locked
> 590,000+ people couldn't access their money
> July 13, 2022: bankruptcy filed
> $1.2 billion deficit revealed
> retirees lost life savings & college funds vanished & families destroyed
> Alex blamed "unprecedented market conditions"
> July 2023: arrested, 7 federal charges
> May 8, 2025: sentenced to 12 years in federal prison
> must forfeit $48 million

This guy is Alex Mashinskiy, former CEO & Founder at Celsius Network.

The man who promised to "unbank" you... then robbed you worse than any bank ever could.

Building legit stuff in web3? Hit me up in DMs and let's talk!

Bitcoin's price today is $60,934.

Wait... what?????

It ACTUALLY costs $60,934 to mine 1 Bitcoin.

And just recently, Bitcoin was trading at $126,000.

You know what it means?

It means that hopium made Bitcoin 2x more expensive than the actual cost.

So whoever says "Bitcoin is fairly valued"...

Go back to school and learn economics 101.

2 things here:
> most people have no idea what they are buying
> we can easily go from $89,000 (today) to $60,934 without big drama

But what if Satoshi wakes up tomorrow?

Or Saylor starts selling?

Just saying...

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Guess 12 random words and get $128 billion

Why has nobody done it yet?

Dan Romero (CEO of Farcaster) just showed how to waste $150M building what nobody wants.

Farcaster raised $150M at a $1B valuation.

Just got acquired by Neynar.

Neynar raised $14M... building dev tools FOR Farcaster.

Wait... what?????

The timeline is INSANE:

> 2022: raises $30M from a16z
> 2024: raises $150M from Paradigm at $1B
> 2025: DAUs drop 40%, revenue drops 85%
> 2026: acquired by their own dev tools company

Founders are stepping back. After 5 years.

Dan Romer buys a house and gets a lot of hate for that.

But you know what's wild?

They didn't launch a token.

They didn't shill vaporware.

They actually tried to build something real.

And it still didn't work.

Because nobody cares about "decentralized social media."

Your mom doesn't want to own her data.

She wants to scroll cat videos without thinking.

Decentralization is a feature, not a product.

Building in web3? Hit me up in DMs and let's talk!

How to make $107,000,000 in crypto at 19 y/o

Here's a full guide:

> wear Trump last name
> be 19 years old
> be born into a US president's family
> never place a single trade
> never take any risk
> be Barron Trump

But that's just a basic package.

Next up is the exact playbook:

1. Fast cash.

*3 days before the inauguration*

- Convince daddy and mommy to make one post on their X account.
- Launch 2 memecoins attached to their names. ($TRUMP and $MELANIA)
- Extract nearly $350,000,000 in fees & sales from the launch.
- Chill for the rest of your life.

PS.: Trump's paper holdings were >$20 billion from just 2 memecoins.

2. Long-term play.

> Family sets up DT Marks DEFI LLC
> Ownership: Donald Trump 70%, family pool 30%
> Launch World Liberty Financial (WLFI)
> Barron listed as "co-founder"
> DT Marks DEFI LLC receives 22.5B WLFI tokens
> Token sales raise $675M+
> 75% of revenue (after first $15M) goes to the family LLC

Napkin math:

($675M – $15M) × 75% × 10% = ~$49.5M pre-tax

Roughly $38M post-tax.

But wait, there's more:

> WLFI launches stablecoin USD1
> Backed by dollars and Treasuries
> USD1 business valued at ~$880M
> Family owns 38% of holding company

38% × $880M = $334M family equity

Barron's slice? ~$34M

Let's sum it all up.
$38M (WLFI token sales) + $34M (stablecoin equity) + memecoin profits (roughly 10% from $350,000,000) = $107,000,000

Not bad at 19 y/o right?

There are levels to the game.

Building in web3? Hit me up in DMs and let's talk!

My 11 y/o brother just vibecoded his first productivity app.

It took him:
- solid 20 hours
- youtube video on how to vibecode
- a couple of mental breakdowns with "I HATEEEEEE AI"
- $0

He plans to launch TikTok shorts to get users into the app.

AI is going to make him 100+ videos.

Strong hooks + triggering visuals + converting CTA.

And trust me, at least 1 video will go viral and bring him hundreds of users.

I mean wowwwww..

We are about to have 15 y/o billionaires building their one-person unicorns.

You literally have zero excuses now.

🚨BREAKING: U.S. SEC REMOVES CRYPTO FROM ITS 2026 PRIORITY RISK LIST

And CZ just said, "I could be wrong, but Super Cycle incoming."

Well, having:
- governments buying Bitcoin
- FED printing $$$
- interest rates going down
- every single hedge fund deep-pocketing crypto

and stablecoins taking over the banking industry...

You can't be wrong.

The Super Cycle is definitely coming.
- Vlad

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I’d say TikTok is the most net negative for society.

It combines all 7 sins.

And brings it to the absolute extremes.

Thoughts?

I need to confess my worst professional sin. (i'm not sorry)

Here's what I do before treating anyone seriously:

I usually text them on a weekend and clock their response time.

If it takes more than 3 hours:
- no investments
- no partnerships
- no deals

How can you be serious about your craft but stay OFF on weekends??

Obsessed people don't take days off.

So yes.. I enjoy checking on people by texting on weekends. 

Put me in jail for that.

But guess what? I've been right every single time with this test.

Dedication beats talent.

This guy built the biggest social media platform. Some believe he also created Bitcoin.

> born in 1976, St. Louis, Missouri
> started coding at 15, wrote dispatch software still used by taxi companies
> dropped out of NYU one semester before graduating
> got a massage therapist license (yes, really)
> co-founded Twitter in 2006
> sent the first tweet ever: "just setting up my twttr"
> got FIRED from his own company in 2008 (same year as Bitcoin whitepaper came out)
> started Square, now worth $40B+
> came back as Twitter CEO in 2015
> got pushed out AGAIN in 2021
> changed his title to "Block Head" (Bitcoin reference)
> eats ONE meal per day & fasts entire weekends
> walks 5 miles to work every single day
> bought a $4.5M mansion for one of his supermodel girlfriends
> sits in a "Satoshi" t-shirt with Jay-Z and Beyoncé at the Super Bowl
> donated $21M to Bitcoin devs like he owes them something
> publicly shamed Tether for only giving $250k
> some people think he's Satoshi Nakamoto
> tweeted "You don't own Web3. VCs do." (Marc Andreessen blocked him for this)
> asked if he's Satoshi? He just smiles...
> now builds Bluesky to replace Twitter
> net worth: $12 BILLION

This guy is Jack Dorsey.

He literally changed social media forever. And maybe money too.

Building in web3? Hit me up in DMs and let's talk!

Here's my 7 predictions for 2026 (my favorite is number 5):

1. No altcoin season, consumer crypto supercycle instead

2. >69% startups won't need VC capital to start

3. Bitcoin hits a new ATH $150k+

4. AI agents replace 70% of ops roles in startups

5. We see a first one-person $1 billion company in web3

6. Privacy, prediction markets/gambling/perps, stablecoins continue to dominate

7. Founder personal brand > company brand 

Anything you'd add?

If you're building in web3, hit me up in DMs and let's talk!

This guy has 2 guesses left until $770,000,000 in Bitcoin completely disappears

> 2011: he makes educational Bitcoin videos
> gets paid in BTC (worth a few thousand dollars back then)
> 2012: forgets his password
> stores it on an IronKey – 10 attempts before permanent lockout
> fails 8 times
> 2 attempts left
> today: that wallet holds $770,000,000

He tried everything:
> hypnosis
> therapy
> meditation
> literally anything to bring his memory back

Nothing worked.

His next move?

Make a deal with hackers.

And ohmygwaddd! One team cracked the IronKey hardware.

They figured out how to use lasers to bypass the hardware entirely. 

It could create an infinite number of unlock attempts. Great deal, right?

But Stefan said no and refused.

He says, "I already shook hands with the other guys."

They cracked IronKey USB, but didn't crack Stefan Thomas (ironically).

So yes... only 2 attempts left before almost $1 billion vanishes forever.

You can protect your wealth with a password.

But you'll never protect it from yourself.

Building in web3? Hit me up in DMs and let's talk!

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