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Passed L2 of CFA | Ohio Sports | Hiking and Skiing | BD @AvaLabs | All views are my own | DYOR/NFA

Colorado, USA
Joined December 2011
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
I’m telling you, the only way to save the market is to get Michael Burry on @UpOnlyTV.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
There needs to be if then orders for crypto exchanges, like if BTC is $30k buy XYZ token.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
Very excited to announce that tomorrow is my first day working for @avalabsofficial. I accepted a position with the Business Development Team specifically focused on DeFi. I want to thank everyone that has helped me in my career and life and especially thank Ava Labs for this.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
I really don’t think having 30 different algo backed stables is going to end well but that’s just me πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
Avalanche currently has the best EVM experience and it really isn't even close.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
Thread below on why I sold my real house, to buy land in DFK. 1/210.πŸ§΅πŸ‘‡.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
4 months
-Off the Grid crushing.-Dexalot crushing.-Folks Finance crushing.-Pulsar launching.-(Redacted) launching.-9000 launching.-New defi protocols on the way.-Enterprises and institutions on-boarding and launching.-Winter is comingπŸ”Ί. Avalanche and L1 SZN.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
How about a magic trick? I’m gonna make this Bitcoin disappear πŸ˜‚
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
Going to do a thread on this L1 Wars (Sol, Avax, Near) space I guess so that if people can't/aren't listening can have a recap. Lol, I need to eat dinner while I do it so hopefully, I don't miss anything. Emin = Avax, Anatoly = Sol, Illia = Near for the thread responses.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
2 years
I am super excited to see that @intainft, a structured finance platform building on Avalanche, was chosen as a finalist for the Wells Fargo Innovation Challenge 2022. Congrats to the team @mitzelseric @SidIntain1, keep up the great work!
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
Jewel DAO, where we buy as much OTC locked Jewel and miners as possible then create veJEWEL too.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
The DFK and Avax tag team really is going to be a match made in heaven isn’t it?.
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3 years
Hype
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
FTM $6, ONE to $1 and JEWEL to $50, all before Q1 is over but you wouldn’t believe it.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
If Ethereum should be valued as a consensus or security layer, why does it have 30x the mcap of Atom?.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
I am listening to the Powell nomination hearing right now and will make a thread on what he says/my thoughts from someone with a TradFi background for those that don't want to listen. It should give clues of the macro environment in the future.
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3 years
My opinion is that @PopsicleFinance will be Dani’s master crescendo @danielesesta.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
Categories I am bullish on: .-Appchains.-Subnets.-Gamefi.-Stablecoins.-Infrastructure.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
So let’s recap, in the past few weeks we have had a bunch chains announce their version of subnets who’s main chains go down twice a week and now we are having a bunch of chains announce their own native Algo stables πŸ˜‚
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3 years
What I really want is Crystalvale on a subnet that uses Jewel as gas.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
17 days
Both @delaunch and @yellowcatdao have brought a lot of new faces to @avax recently, exciting times!.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
2 years
First, they ignored elastic subnets, then they ignored AWM, and now you are going to miss HyperSDK anon. Blink and it will be a year from now and everything is built on Avalanche. Pay attention.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
Ethereum's most popular game is on a sidechain but ETH maxis want to critique subnets? Hmmm. .
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
Luna and Avax are the only two in the top 15 I will be buying once the dust settles.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
I think a lot of people forget what crypto does for individuals that live in places with a chaotic economy or government. It gives those in less fortunate situations access to financial freedom and stability. It is an escape from their current nationstate similar to a lifeline.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
β€œBabe, can we finally buy that nice home we have been saving up for?”. β€œNo, I am buying land in DFK” . πŸ˜‚.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
2 years
β€œO you like this? Yeah it’s new” @coopernicus01
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
I have been thinking a lot about how I want to position once we get clarity, something like JEWEL/LUNA LP, JEWEL/FTM LP, AVAX/FXS LP, and ATOM/JUNO LP is what I am feeling.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
$ROCO market cap, $35M, $XAVA market cap, $135M. XAVA holders are getting a greater portion of the upcoming @Talecraftio IDO/IGO but one is a pure launchpad, the other is an in game currency, and has an NFT marketplace….
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
@DeItaone Bullish, SEC can’t do shite if it is shutdown πŸ˜‚.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
2 years
Dexalot daily volume for June, I guess they just like CLOBs and Subnets. @dexalotcom @avax
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
11 months
So hyped for this Space tomorrow, I think it will be one of the most fun and well-attended of the year! Not to mention the last-second addition of @GeckoInuAvax as well.
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AvalancheπŸ”Ί
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Memecoin szn is here 🫑. This week, we have a special DeFi session on Spaces, bringing together reps from @CoqInuAvax, @nochillavax, @TECHimproving, and @KimboAvax to talk about the power of community, why they launched on Avalanche, and more!. πŸ—“οΈ Thurs. March 21 @ 7 PM EST
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
🚬 nice V-shaped recovery with many more subnets launching soon and a few big surprises 🀫
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
4 years
@DeItaone Never trust Ackman!!! This is the man that said hell was coming, made billions shorting the market then went long equities knowing the printer was turning on. He prolly has a billion+ dollar position.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
EVMOS airdrop fumbled the bag, Crystalvale airdrop my new best friend.
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3 years
I’m not usually a maxi, but there are really only two ecosystems I have interest in right now.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
Gonna need some sort of in game chat on DFK like RuneScape so I can talk smack while pwning some noobs.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 months
Avalanche will be one of the leaders of the DeFi Renaissance, especially post ACP-125, but you wouldn’t believe it.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
10 months
The Avalanche boys are cooking.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
2 years
"A permissioned KYC'd L4 that uses USDC as the gas token that rebuys ETH with all fees generated. It is revolutionary and the best idea in years. Ethereum is the world's computer and the future of settlement systems even within institutions." . -0xEvan.eth 6 months from now
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
1 year
1/ I think a lot of people are sleeping on @salvor_io borrow/lend.
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3 years
gm gc
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
I am feeling very grateful tonight. I am happy I met all of you frenz and I am glad y’all accepted me. Hopefully we can have a great 2022 regardless of bear or bull and grow together.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
9 months
So Binance really sold the top, converting their whole insurance fund to USDC? πŸ˜‚.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
11 months
Nice lil memecoin index spun up on Balancer today πŸ‘€
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
10 months
We have a pretty long list of tokenless protocols that will prolly have airdrops…. @TheArenaApp.@StructFinance .@HubbleExchange .@ArrowMarkets .@TheCavalRe.@fwxfinance .@LEVR_bet .@DeltaPrimeDefi.Redacted Subnet.Rush 2.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
4 months
The thing about the Avalanche ecosystem is that it is built for sustainability, it’s not only focused on short term narratives crypto natives play, but it is set to have the best long term adoption of any network. We truly do it all, gaming, institutional, enterprise, defi, etc.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
Juno:.-Scalable smart contract chain.-CosmWasm.-Strange Clan NFT Marketplace.-Hedge against EVM scalability.-Rust dev migration from Solana.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
Buy native Bitcoin on exchange -> Send to Bitcoin address in Core Wallet -> Bridge to Avalanche C-Chain -> You now have BTC.b on Avalanche C-Chain.
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3 years
This is hype tbh, a new EVM optimized to control state growth.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
2 months
Pretty confident the Avalanche trenches will continue to heat up, especially post Etna.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
Subnet Spring.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
1 year
In case you guys were wondering who we were working with next
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
7 months
Avalanche onchain SZN is just getting started
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
Kinda getting sick of all this locked Jewel FUD. I own zero Jewel right now and I am trying to stay objective. Price has found a floor between $6-$8 and the people that are buying locked Jewel either were never going to play the game or had to buy an army of miners to unlock the.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
There is so much happening on Avalanche the next few months and Summit really is the kickoff for it all, can’t wait for the future!.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
2 years
1/ Real yield or yield generated without using token incentives has been a hot topic in DeFi. In my opinion, it should have always been what teams were building toward from the beginning. Avalanche has some of the best opportunities for sustainable real yield of any ecosystem.
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1 year
Polygon really just makes up words for things that already exists and think people will get fooled and be in awe of their technical excellence, like brother why would you call a messaging/bridging layer β€œaggregation layer” πŸ˜‚.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
Very excited for Institutional DeFi with native KYC to really kickstart DeFi for regulated institutions πŸ”Ί
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1 year
Fees on Arbitrum were $40+ during the sell off? This is how we scale πŸš€ πŸš€.
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3 years
Best r/r still is JEWEL LPs.
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3 years
$JOE market cap to TVL is criminal tbh.
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3 years
Wedding vibes
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1 year
Frenz
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3 years
Not gonna lie, I kinda want to get one of those Beanz NFTs….
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One of the better launches I have seen in a bit, also some great game theory. Congrats @nobsfud @ketfromwyoming @yellowcatdao!.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
What are some features in Avalanche Core wallet that would make you use it over M3tamask?.
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2 years
What if GREE was just the start of the flurries before a snow storm of announcements? πŸ€”.
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3 years
πŸ˜‚
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
I decided to make a Medium and start writing. Writing was never my strong suit so I need to practice. My first two articles are going to be an Introduction and a piece titled Portfolio Theory While Sailing Through Stormy Waters. I am going to try to keep both short and sweet.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
@blknoiz06 β€œThe Elves from the East have coordinated with the Trolls of the West to launch a 51 percent attack on the realm unless we trade them a dreadknight”.
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3 years
What happens as Avax gets more scarce from deflationary pressures while everyone’s favorite games and projects want their own subnets? πŸ€”.
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7 months
Did a lil skydiving today
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3 years
The spaces we hosted tonight was recorded so if you missed it feel free to take a listen and thank you to those who came on and supported! .
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3 years
Juno, Celestia and Pocket are my dark horse bear market picks.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
The total crypto mcap by 2030 will be between $20T and $50T. I know it seems like you have to make it as quickly as possible but sometimes staying alive and preserving capital is just as important.
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2 years
0/ Word on the street is that these guys are using Avalanche's newest DeFi protocol.
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9 months
1/ After reading through ACP-77, I think people don’t realize the big points about it and why it is so important…. -It will drastically lower the upfront needed capex to run a subnet (~$560k if someone runs 8 validators).
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
11 months
Avalanche is turning into a premier chain for trading memecoins, it is very obvious.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
4 years
@redditinvestors Nah the boomers saw their retirement portfolios tick a notch down and now The House is running to get the stimmy passed by Friday.
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3 years
@gabrielhaines Can you imagine looking out your window on a Monday night and seeing this shit? πŸ˜‚.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 months
Future NBA Champion, the @cavs, are building in partnership with @uptop_xyz on @avax. Pretty hyped for this one as a guy from Ohio who has been watching the Cavs my whole life.
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Cleveland Cavaliers
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The Cleveland Cavaliers today announced the launch of their new fan engagement program, Cavs Rewards, in partnership with fan rewards platform @uptop_xyz. The program is designed to enhance the fan experience and turn fans’ everyday purchases into unforgettable Cavaliers
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
This is a rough draft of what I have been working on this weekend. I wanted to get it out as soon as possible as markets change quickly. Also, there is a snowstorm coming so I need to go to the store. πŸ˜‚
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
9 months
The next year in Avalanche is probably the biggest ever in its history tbh.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
If subnets have close to $0 gas fees with the same speed as C chain I am going to be so hyped.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
Make sure you guys leave some milk and cookies out for Soren the Tall tonight
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3 years
The fact the total crypto market cap is only $1.5T but crypto continues to be one of the most heavily talked about topics is all you need to know πŸ˜‚.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
It’s funny in crypto how much people favor and value something that isn’t out and live yet to something that is a great working product making improvements each day.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
I think there was a lot of people that totally derisked going into the holiday and are now about to be offside.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
This panel about modularity and scalability with IBC, Avalanche and Celestia representatives might be the most fire thing ever if it happens.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
5 months
Secondary market for active loans within Salvor, this is super cool!.
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Salvor πŸš’πŸ”Ί
5 months
πŸš€ Non-stop shipping! Phase 1 of Derivatives is now live!. We're excited to launch Phase 1 of Derivatives, allowing lenders to sell their existing loans to other lenders. πŸ”. More info can be found on Salvor Gitbook. Since Salvor Lending is Peer-to-Peer, lenders have to wait for
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2 years
I am very proud of the Avalanche ecosystem for staying positive and continuing to build and grow even during the tough macro backdrop.
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3 years
I have underinvested by A LOT πŸ˜‚.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
The biggest goal I have for 2022 isn’t a physical or monetary journey, it is getting a job working in Web3/crypto/digital assets.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
3 years
@JStein_WaPo @jasonfurman Lmao this is the biggest boomer energy I have ever read πŸ˜‚ if the government can’t tax it it shouldn’t exist, as all the big banks launder billions a year.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
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The Avalanche trenches are kinda popping off rn.
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
2 years
During my interview process Luigi made me tell him my social security number, credit score, family history including name of the family pet, exact height, weight and blood type….
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Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
1 year
Just got a $500k grant from @Optimism, which NFT floors on @avax should I sweep?.
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@MattSchmenk
Matt 9000πŸ”ΊπŸ”βš”οΈ
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@MylesLGarrett @mcuban Yo what am I watching? This shouldn’t be allowed? A man this big should not be able to do this. Man gonna bring down the rims.
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