There’s something to be said for culture coins or organic community tokens being the next runners in the current sea of slop. People want to bid quality tokens that can actually win and hold mindshare for more than 24 hours, because it’s a fundamentally healthier position to take in any portfolio. You might think “price go up” is all that matters, but crime candles built on pure inorganic volume don’t create anything lasting beyond the initial run-up. There’s longevity in something inherently funny or interesting that actually resonates with people, especially when the core holders are bag workers who want to push it long-term. That’s why I think it’s interesting to see @a1lon9 incentivizing a reward structure for these kinds of tokens on pump fun. It makes sense to support the ones that bring real cultural value and a sticky brand presence within your ecosystem. I don’t know about you, but I’m starting to see the next meta take shape. Food for thought.

Here’s some alpha. You need to look at meme coins now like we did at NFTs in 2023. Most of the upside is gone on everything but a few tokens through market saturation. That doesn’t mean you can’t make money in these conditions, just that it’s exponentially harder to do so, and the returns are diminished. The smart move is to identify which tokens will be the most culturally relevant to the industry when every other meme has run to zero. Think Pudgy Penguins as an example. Why did they work when every other NFT died? Because they’re meta-resistant. They held value outside of some broader “NFTs = bullish” narrative. Same thing applies to memes. Find the ones that maintain relevance when “memecoins are dead” becomes consensus.

Once something becomes consensus and you catch yourself thinking “I should buy more” that’s exactly when you should sell. Nothing dumps harder than unanimous "up only" sentiment among CT retards.

The best traders I know have pivoted entirely to mid/high-cap memes. Very few of these tokens launched in 2025. They won’t touch a new launch, regardless of the narrative. Do with that information what you will.

Once a market reaches saturation, there’s very little value in using a “better” or faster trading tool. Most of the edge has already been removed through friction reduction. Faster entries, DCA tools, multi-wallet buys - none of it matters if you're simply picking the right coin. Think fartcoin: getting in at $1 million vs $1.5 million is a marginal difference if you sold at $1 billion. What good is a fully optimized toolset if you sell a 1000x runner for a 2x, or the dev rugs you? Absolutely zero. Your setup didn’t protect you from your own bad decision-making. That’s why, IMO, this industry doesn’t need more trading tools - it needs better tooling for decision-making. The ROI on improving your ability to assess entries, exits, thesis conviction, and profit-taking far outweighs any bot with 100 shiny features. It’s a cliché, but the best trader in your GC is probably out-trading everyone with Phantom on a broken phone - while trench retards with 10 monitors in paid FnF slop groups are selling for 20% gains and still losing money because they’re functionally retarded. And that’s the core issue. You are your own worst enemy - but no one’s building rails around that dysfunction, behavioral bias, or impulsivity. Shaping behavior and reigning in your retardation is the last blue ocean in this industry. Someone needs to build a solution.

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but being 'ethical' isn’t something you turn on and off given the opportunity. Half y’all hating on KOLs who dump on their following are just mad you don’t have the audience to do the same. Study those with influence who are above the grift.

CT has been irreparably harmed by the need to constantly be “trading”. I see it in every single GC I’m in - people spamming CAs, hunting for "value" 12+ hours a day. My dudes, there simply aren’t that many winning trades. And on fresh pairs, it’s statistically impossible for you to win these days. You simply can't succeed without some kind of information edge - and if you do have that edge, why are you compulsively clicking buttons? It doesn’t matter how much you want it you can’t manifest profit by repeating what no longer works. To win, your strategy needs to reflect the realities of the market. Sometimes, that literally means doing nothing. Godspeed, kings.

My mantra in crypto has always been to give away advice and alpha for free. Some might call that crazy, but the universe has a funny way of rewarding us.

As a former product designer, and someone who’s been involved in numerous successful launches, if I could give some real ‘alpha’ to anyone launching a product in this industry, it’d be this: - Do you have a realistic budget? - What problem does your product actually solve? - Who are your competitors, and what are they great at? - What’s your product’s real point of difference? - Do you actually know how to G2M? - If your product includes a token, do you actually know what it takes to make it cook? Too many people fail at launch because they didn’t consider the above - which, IMO, are the literal basics to launching anything successful and should be treated as fundamentals. I’m seriously considering putting together a checklist for founders because it’s so annoyingly avoidable and I want you to be successful. Hell, I’ll even talk to you for free if you want a sense check pre-launch, because it shouldn’t be this frustrating. Now go and build me something with a juicy TGE I can retire off.

If anyone’s looking for a ‘home’ in crypto, I’ve been quietly cultivating a small, invite-only GC for people genuinely passionate about finding angles, trades, and undervalued sectors the market is missing. It’s not an alpha chat - spamming bundled slop CAs is the exact opposite of what it’s about. But if you’ve consistently got a thesis, are tapped in, and want to share and learn from others with a similar mindset, hit me up. You don’t need to be a whale or have 100k followers - just a track record for sourcing value. Capping this intake at 5 more people. Let’s make money together.