RT Ignas | DeFi (@DefiIgnas)I invested €13,930 in crypto in total.All from 2017 to 2020.Not a cent more of my fiat has gone into crypto since then.Only out to filthy fiat (to feed my familia). My salary was simply too low to invest more, and I quit my job in 2022.Luckily, I made great trades over the years: being early on ETH, later this cycle buying SOL, and finally rotating to HYPE at $12 USD.But to be fair, it was airdrops that made me.More precise, the DeFi summer airdrops:- I farmed $YFI from day one- ...

Sexy proposal by Aave Labs:- 100% of the revenue to the DAO- Aave branding IP given to a new FoundationI've been critical of Aave Labs exactly due to value leakage from the DAO.But this seems like a big compromise from Aave Labs that $AAVE holders should like.Instead of revenue, Aave Labs would ask for an annual budget from the DAO.I truly believe that whatever the amount, builders, BD, marketing etc. should be generously rewarded for their work.We've seen what happens when builders are not paid well. Ether ...

Base app charges a 1% swap fee.That’s why I wouldn’t use it beyond 'testing' the app.But a 1% fee is very attractive if I knew I’d get a $BASE airdrop.Heck it, maybe even a 5% fee is worth it.This is what Vitalik writes: "Charging users fees, but paying them back in protocol tokens, I think is also reasonable: it's effectively turning your users into your investors by default, which seems like a good thing to do."I believe more apps could rank up their fees in exchange of tokens.It's been done in the past: ...

I invested €13,930 in crypto in total.All from 2017 to 2020.Not a cent more of my fiat has gone into crypto since then.Only out to filthy fiat (to feed my familia). My salary was simply too low to invest more, and I quit my job in 2022.Luckily, I made great trades over the years: being early on ETH, later this cycle buying SOL, and finally rotating to HYPE at $12 USD.But to be fair, it was airdrops that made me.More precise, the DeFi summer airdrops:- I farmed $YFI from day one- Got $UNI, $CRV, $DYDX and al ...

RT Ignas | DeFi (@DefiIgnas)I'm glad $ZRO pumped post ZERO L1 announcement:Their execution was great. All involved parties coordinated timely, the technical write-up has good storytelling, especially the founder's personal relationship with crypto.Touching.It's awesome that they didn't launch a new token! They could have chosen to do it.I'm also glad to see devs shipping products. I love the fact that they're offering competition to Canton with similar institutional partners for tokenization.Even if market ...

We can’t have nice things.VIKTOR (@thedefivillain):State of the market$UNI(It was criminal to pump this large cap this much tbh) https://t.co/lXn2j4AMKL ...

Healthy market if UNI pumps after such news!Imagine if this headline failed to pump it.This UNI purchase by Blackrock validates that tokens with utility are worth investing.$AAVE could be next if they didn’t have equity + token collision. https://t.co/8txdAmOvOpAndy (@andyyy):JUST IN: BLACKROCK IS BUYING $UNI ON THE MARKET AFTER 'MOVING INTO DEFI' WITH ITS BUIDL PRODUCT https://t.co/8G48zVNJMk ...

finally, I am glad ZRO pumps as it shows the market still cares.If this execution could not pump zro, what hope do other alts have? ...

I'm glad $ZRO pumped post ZERO L1 announcement:Their execution was great. All involved parties coordinated timely, the technical write-up has good storytelling, especially the founder's personal relationship with crypto.Touching.It's awesome that they didn't launch a new token! They could have chosen to do it.I'm also glad to see devs shipping products. I love the fact that they're offering competition to Canton with similar institutional partners for tokenization.Even if market makers are playing with $ZRO ...

RT Ignas | DeFi (@DefiIgnas)Crypto isn't cool because we optimized for Boomers.ETFs and regulation are necessary, but we sold out the original spirit to get them.In the process, we sidelined the actual majority. 2025 Gemini survey found 51% of Gen Z owns crypto.More than Millennials (49%) and Gen X (29%).Even worse, by focusing on dumping on boomers, we've completely sidelined Gen Z.They're cooked by tradfi, worried about AI taking jobs, unaffordable housing...And crypto fails to offer a solution.Now I bet ...