Understanding that the Crypto-Sphere is an event driven market which hedges to spot narratives, catalysts, potential gems early before it gains wide traction. Being or positioning early on a project is the greatest skill a Crypto degenerate should possess. Let’s dissect how to use the Twitter App and other tools to find or scout for early crypto gems.
Information asymmetry is the best strategy you can have in this event-driven market. You’ve got to make the strategy yours too, evenalthough there are tons of informational tools. Twitter as a social media holds the most important information on Crypto as projects drop product nuggets timely there.
Here are four strategies I’ve highlighted and have proven to work consistently over time in positioning early in the Crypto space.
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Twitter Lists
Your Twitter lists or the list of your favorite influencers in the crypto space are home to a lot of credible information and catalyst. They are organized and contain other accounts that they follow or they get informational materials from.
The lists get you an organized view of the Projects they’re interested in; Narratives in trend or they expect to come; Potential catalysts to a particular project which you get to be early on it.
CASH-TAGS ($)
Cash-tags are names of tokens that carry $ prefix. They represent a token’s identity. E.g $BTC, $ETH or $Matic. Searching for a particular cash-tag on Twitter can open doors to more cash tags of various other tokens. They could either be of the same narrative, or hint at the next potential Gem.
Whichever it may be, you get to see them much more earlier, you also have to understand the concept of DYOR. Different projects may have similar cash-tags— A project may also have a dual token system.
Venture Capitalists Page
Venture Capitals are a group of investors in the cryptocurrency space, e.g. BinanceLabs, A16Z et al. They talk about projects they’re incubating or actively investing in, they are catalysts of their own.
CEX Announcement Page
CEX- Centralized Exchanges are primary source for transacting cryptos seemingly; they actively post news updates, listing information, industry’s trending market movers for example Gateio Startup, KuCoin Updates, Binance Feed et al talks about; New listings; Upcoming events Buy competitions; and Giveaways. Central Exchanges serve as catalysts, especially CEXs with a large customer base and Venture connections.