5 Alpha Tweets - Why Russia Can't Evade Sanctions With Crypto, EVMOS Airdrop & More

Edition 9

Welcome to the alpha please newsletter. I curate five alpha tweets every Friday; that’s it, that’s the newsletter.

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1. Why Russia can’t use crypto to evade sanctions

Despite a media agenda to push this narrative, it is simply false and Jake breaks down exactly why this rhetoric is nonsense.

Jake Chervinsky @jchervinsky

1/ Russia can't & won't use crypto to evade sanctions. Concerns about crypto's use for sanctions evasion are totally unfounded. They fundamentally misunderstand: - how sanctions work - how crypto markets work - how Putin is actually trying to mitigate sanctions I'll explain 🧵

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2. Be less retail

Lessons on how to approach investing from an institutional investor/crypto retail degen.

BowTiedNightOwl | DeFi @BowTiedNightOwl

Institutional investors vs. Retail investors Inst’l investors approach markets completely differently from retail. As an inst’l investor by day and crypto retail degen by night, here are 4 lessons from inst'l investing and how you can use them to improve your approach. 🧵

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3. Blockchain architecture diagrams

Really simple and nice visualisation of all the different L1/L2s.

HanSolar.eth @hansolar21

1/n Architecture Diagrams on Mainnets/L2 Link below to explore on the whiteboard (feel free to comment) miro.com/app/board/uXjV… #ETH #SOL #AVAX #DOT #ATOM #OSMOSIS #JUNO #LUNA #EVMOS #CELESTIA

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4. Maximising LUNA yield

Most people want more LUNA right now. An explanation of the different LUNA derivatives and the different yields they provide.

SJ 🌖⚡️ @dopeboyshanee

Okay, so we have $bLUNA, $stLUNA, $LUNAx, $nLUNA, $cLUNA, $yLUNA and $pLUNA What are all these LUNA derivatives, and how can I use them? 🌖 👇

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5. EVMOS - An EVM for Cosmos

This thread gives you the lowdown on EVMOS and why there is so much hype surrounding it.

If you have been an Ethereum user over the last few years, it’s very likely you are eligible for the EVMOS airdrop.

AP @alexdphan

Evmos - The next-gen EVM Hub I present the Evmos Resource Cannon: • What's Evmos • Features • Ecosystem / Protocols • Tokenomics • Airdrop / Dashboard • Compatible w/ Cosmos • Dev Tools • Bull Thesis / trend • Articles + more The one-stop thread of info for Evmos

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@alpha_pls tweet of the week

It’s been a rough time in the crypto markets for many recently. Here is a thread I wrote about a friend’s mistakes and some valuable investing principles.

Aylo (alpha please) @alpha_pls

A friend of mine panic sold all of his crypto last week. After speaking with him, I wanted to write something to help others avoid his mistakes. Here are 9 investing principles that 99% of people in crypto should adhere to:

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And that’s your alpha.

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We launched a Discord channel

It is a space for all general crypto chat and will almost certainly contain alpha. It’s free to join, just click the image. As you may have seen on Twitter, I originally launched the discord channel to organise the lobbying strategy against HMRC in the UK, so it also has a dedicated section for that.

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Not financial or tax advice. This newsletter is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Do your own research.

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