Selection of the best threads | 01/01 - 01/03

The best knowledge on crypto curated for you

GM frens. Welcome to the first edition of 2023 for the selections of the best threads.

I hope you started 2023 focused on your goals and that it is a real determination, with the consistency to keep it through the whole year.

If you missed the latest airdrops edition, you can find it here:

Airdrops to hunt | 12/28 - 01/01

Let’s start right away with the best content and alphas from Crypto Twitter in the past few days!

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In today's edition of the selection of the best #crypto threads (01/01 - 01/03), we'll have:

• A list of protocols to keep an eye on in 2023

• Crypto realizations and avoiding past mistakes

• How to take advantage of market volatility

And much more! 👇

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Whether it be because of new narratives, technological innovations, a place to take as a leader protocol in an ecosystem, or any other reasons, there will be projects that will perform better than others in 2023.

You need to find them.

LouisCooper_ presents a few here.

Louis Cooper (💙,🧡) 🍄 @LouisCooper_

Want to know where to hedge your bets this year? Here's my list of protocols to keep your eyes on heading into 2023. A mix of established and upcoming projects from real yield to NFTfi. 🧵 👇 (Part 1)

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A few thoughts on what we should understand and do better for 2023, to avoid repeating past mistakes.

11 billion-dollar crypto realizations, written by ajcrypto333

AJ | Don't read my tweets (🪡,🧵) @ajcrypto333

🪶11 Billion-dollar crypto realizations from 2022 (Read these and conquer 2023)

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Do you know how to measure the volatility of the crypto market?

And how to use this data to your advantage to make money on it?

A thread on CVI, written by korpi87

korpi @korpi87

It's been a pretty boring time pricewise... Calm before the storm? Crypto Volatility Index (CVI) is almost at ATL. If you believe some volatility is coming very soon, you can make money on it. And you don't have to predict if prices will go up or down! See how: 🧵👇

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Preserving your capital should be your top priority, especially in a BearMarket. There are no earnings without initial capital.

One of the best way to preserve your capital being to not lose it in rugs and security issues.

Slappjakke teaches us about security.

slappjakke.eth 🤌 @Slappjakke

Time to step up the security and due diligence awareness after all the rugs happening recently Let's take a look at some important security measures and best practices 🧵👇

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Arbitrum is still the place where innovation thrives.

First it was DeFi, now it's GameFi.

Even long-established projects are now coming to Arbitrum.

Here's a summary of the latest developments in the Arbitrum Ecosystem, written by TheDeFinvestor

The DeFi Investor @TheDeFinvestor

It's been a great month for Arbitrum. Here's a summary of the latest developments in the Arbitrum Ecosystem👇

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If you want to invest in this growing ecosystem that is Arbitrum, here are 12 Arbitrum protocols to keep a close eye on in 2023.

A thread by 0xFlips

Q @0xFlips

Arbitrum has been dubbed the home of GameFi in Crypto, over the last few months its fast become a hub for DeFi too. Here's 12 Arbi DeFi protocols im keeping a close eye on in 2023 🧵

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I believe you are familiar with ETH Staking and the Liquid Staking services, if not you can learn about it here: https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/liquid-staking-and-its-benefits-a-deep-dive-by-lido

You should also learn about re-staking, a new solution that could revolutionize Ethereum.

A thread on the subject written by OlimpioCrypto

olimpio @OlimpioCrypto

This might be one of the next big things. New platform @eigenlayer, a "re-staking" solution. No discord. No airdrop announcement. No token details. Not a lot, yet. Real alpha, hidden in Coinbase's 2023 Report. 🧵 What is Eigen and how it might revolutionize Ethereum:

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Knowing and understanding data is the way to make a wise investment, to see if the past growth and projected growth fits your investment plan.

The_Babylonians shows us how the major chains have performed through 4 different measures.

TheBabylonians 🌴 @The_Babylonians

As we step into 2023, here are a few visual charts to see how the major chains have performed so far The 4 key KPIs to measure adoption trends are a) Daily Active Addresses b) Daily transactions c) TVL & d) Unique Contracts Deployed All data is extracted from @Artemis__xyz

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I believe a lot of you are not crypto beginner here.

However if you happen to be a beginner, or if you have beginner frens, here are a few things to know before getting into crypto.

A thread by CryptoGirlNova

Crypto Nova @CryptoGirlNova

1) 10 things I wish I knew before getting into crypto. 🧵👇

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We always hear about the flippening, and even if it always seemed far from happening, it might be closer now.

Now that people actually use DeFi & NFT protocols, and that the "store of value" narrative for BTC took a hit, ETH could become the leader.

Thoughts on it by 0xFlips

Q @0xFlips

The flippening really is inevitable, permanent and not that far away. Some thoughts👇 👇

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BONUSES:

11 Crypto Predictions for 2023, by milesdeutscher

Miles Deutscher @milesdeutscher

11 Crypto Predictions For 2023. 🧵👇

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An on-chain research to find evidence that DCG and FTX conspired to attack LUNA and stETH.

Written by lookonchain, that you should definitely follow for everything that is on-chain related.

Lookonchain @lookonchain

Su Zhu, the founder of 3AC, tweeted that #DCG and #FTX conspired to attack #LUNA and $stETH. Is the depegging of stETH/ETH in June related to #FTX? 1.🧵 Let's try to find some evidence on chain.

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A Bonus on NFTs. We don’t talk much about NFTs here but I’m still invested in the field.

Here is how CirrusNFT turned 0.6 ETH into 1000+ ETH trading NFTs. Narrated by LambolandNFT

Lamboland @LambolandNFT

How @CirrusNFT turned 0.6 eth into 1,000+ eth trading NFTs:

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Learn the Real Yield Greek Alphabet as it is used in the options world.

A thread by Slappjakke

slappjakke.eth 🤌 @Slappjakke

It's time to learn the Real Yield Greek Alphabet as it's spilling out of the options world Delta Neutral? Gamma neutral? Theta vaults? Let's become greek culture enjoyoors together 🧵👇

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To go further: Projects

This category is for people looking for projects to research.

If you did not have enough content with the previous threads, you’ll learn more about new projects here.
NFA, DYOR.

10 DeFi Protocols to research (ThorHartvigsen)

Thor Hartvigsen @ThorHartvigsen

Thread🧵 Fresh alpha for 2023🔮 The past few weeks have been spent on reading defi reports on narratives for this year. With this in mind, I've collected much of the data and have gathered 10 Defi Protocols you should pay close attention to in 2023🔎 Let's dive in👇

Portfolio overview + projects investment thesis (Roberta66961503)

Rob Acosta🐻⛓⚛️ @Roberta66961503

Inspired by posts from @rektdiomedes about his portfolios on different chains, I thought I'd write my own thread about my current portfolio allocations, with reasoning, and thesis. Plus give you my shortlist of protocols I'm watching, or planning future allocations for. A 🧵

Synthr_defi overview (TheDeFISaint)

Permissionlessness.ETH 🦇🔊 @TheDeFISaint

Here's what coming from Synthr DeFI this 2023 🎯 @synthr_defi is to become the infrastructure layer for all cross chain DeFi applications. How??

Axelarcore numbers (flowslikeosmo)

Emperor Osmo🧪 @Flowslikeosmo

One of the biggest stories of 2022 was the launch of @axelarcore and with it a flow of capital into the Cosmos. With the recent launch of their $60M fund, Axelar is the easiest "pick and shovels" play for this bear market. Let's dig into the numbers 🧵👇

ThalesMarket overview (hellf17)

Thomas Ψ (💙,🧡).bee🐝 @hellf17

Happy new year to all you guys! Let's start this year sharing some gem on #Optimism: A thread on why I think that $THALES is destined to thrive and suceed @thalesmarket @optimismFND

Complete analysis of TraderJoe_xyz (ThorHartvigsen)

Thor Hartvigsen @ThorHartvigsen

Thread🧵 A complete analysis of Trader Joe & $JOE. @traderjoe_xyz has become increasingly popular as of late due to: 📌 A growing DEX narrative 📌 Arbitrum launch 📌 Liquidity book But how well is Trader Joe doing in terms of revenue, users, treasury etc? Let's take a look👇

Lifiprotocol presentation (RiddlerDefi)

RIDDLΞR (💙,🧡) @RiddlerDeFi

1/ Moving funds can be a shitshow without the right tools 🔩 $LIFI is a bridge & DEX aggregator that brings it all together 🤝 How to bridge & catch every alpha call on time👇🧵

GammaSwapLabs analysis (0xTindorr)

Tindorr 🚢 @0xTindorr

GammaSwap is launching on Arbitrum and will lead DEX narrative to the next level. They are innovating "impermanent gains", enabling users to trade on volatility. A thread on GS potential and how to engage and become early users in this protocol. @GammaSwapLabs @arbitrum $GS

Vela_exchange presentation (MoonKing___)

MoonKing @MoonKing___

The FUD on CEXs grows stronger after @FTX_Official fall, and DEXs rise higher in popularity 📈 A new #DEX is coming to @arbitrum after rebranding and it has quite some surprises planned up for this year 🗓️ Here's a thread about the news from @vela_exchange 1/19 🧵

0xPolygon zkEVM presentation (CarlesR)

Carles Rodriguez @CarlesR

Have you ever wondered what @0xPolygon zkEVM is? Let me explain it to you in a few words: ➡️Polygon's new zkEVM is a layer 2 solution that provides security and decentralization for smart contract developers. 🧵1/4

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That’s it for today frens!

Thank you for sticking around, your future self will thank you.

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