Five takeaways from Consensus 2023, the biggest crypto conference in the U.S. 🧵

1/ With an oversaturation of L1s, crypto is missing a new narrative
All previous bull cycles had a narrative that drove excitement & price action, ranging from ETH Killers (2016-17), DeFi (’20), NFTs + Gaming (’21). There’s no prevailing narrative today, and crypto as a result feels adrift.

2/ New Layer 2s are coming, and they won’t stop coming
Given the ever decreasing costs of launching an L2 through template-like deployments or shared network securities models combined with the persistent premium for L2 valuation, expect a hyper-saturation of L2s in the coming months.

3/ Regulatory environment: slow progress in the U.S., opportunistic in Asia
Everyone is seeking clarity on the U.S. regulatory approach to crypto, while Hong Kong is fighting to recapture the flow of funds and innovation that had previously moved to Singapore.

4/ More dry powder at the seed stage
Seed-stage VCs are resuming deployment after a period of observing from the sidelines. Numerous funds have reported active Q1s and are poised to maintain their momentum, anticipating a robust half-year of funding through 1H 2023.

5/ Crypto gaming is experiencing a reset
Teams are still building new games, new gaming infrastructure is being developed, and investors are still deploying capital, now more responsibly and selectively. While crypto gaming hasn’t been figured it out yet, don’t sleep on it.

Full story: https://blog.coinlist.co/five-takeaways-from-consensus-2023/

🛠️ We are thrilled with the massive amount of interest in the upcoming sales and listings.

Unfortunately some of our onboarding partners are unable to scale to meet this demand in a timely fashion and we’re seeing a small percentage of users stuck in the KYC stage of onboarding.

This is unacceptable and we’re tackling this head on with our partners to implement a solution.

If you’ve registered for the recent sale, we will prioritize your review. Creating a new entity will not push you through the process faster.

Thanks for sticking with us 🙏

👀 How the queue system works on CoinList 👀

1/ Users registered for a sale will receive an email with a link to enter the queue prior to the start of the sale.

2/ To access the link, log in to your CoinList account associated with the email address that received the link.

3/ This link (also available on your dashboard) will direct you to a url unique to your account and gives you one spot in the queue.

4/ All users arriving at the queue before the start of the sale will be placed in a waiting room. Please note that arriving at the waiting room early does not give you a better place in the queue.

5/ When the sale starts, users in the waiting room are assigned a random place in line, ahead of those who arrive after the sale starts.

6/ Users arriving after the sale starts get a first-come, first-served place in line after those in the waiting room.

7/ When it is your turn, you will have 10 minutes to enter.

8/ Your purchase will be finalized when your deposit clears. You do not need to pre-fund. If your deposit doesn’t clear immediately, that’s fine.

9/ As a reminder, we prohibit the use of bots. If you use bots to purchase tokens, your account will be terminated (and potentially lose funds) and your purchases will be canceled.

10/ Beware of phishing attacks and CoinList impersonators during this time of heightened interest.

Due to the number of allocations for this sale, we could not invite as many Karma holders as we would have liked. The Karma amount required for Priority Queue invitations for this sale was cut-off at 3,150.

Each sale requires a different cut-off that we calculate after the registration deadline based on the number of allocations available and other factors driven by the project team.

We are constantly looking for ways to reward our loyal Karma community base. Be on the lookout for exciting opportunities ahead 👀

🔥 NEON COMMUNITY SALE ON COINLIST 🔥

Registrations for the Neon Community Sale are now open! Neon is an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) on Solana that brings Ethereum compatibility to the Solana blockchain.

The sale begins on June 8, 2023 17:00 UTC and has one public option:

— Supply: 50,000,000 tokens
— Price: $0.10 per token
— Lockup & release: 100% unlock on or around July 17, 2023

Announcement » https://blog.coinlist.co/announcing-the-neon-community-sale-on-coinlist/

Register here by June 5th at 12:00 UTC » https://sales.coinlist.co/neon/

❗️ Account verification on CoinList will be down and undergoing maintenance on Monday May 22nd starting 21:00 UTC. Thank you for your patience as we work to improve our customer onboarding experience.

Eligible users have until June 5th to register for the upcoming Neon Community Sale on CoinList.

⚡️ ANNOUNCING THE ARCHWAY COMMUNITY SALE ON COINLIST ⚡️

Registrations for the Archway Community Sale are now open! Archway is a Cosmos-native Layer 1 blockchain that allows developers to capture the value they bring to the network through novel, developer-centric economics.

The sale begins on June 15, 2023 at 17:00 UTC and has 1 public option:

— Supply: 30,000,000 ARCH tokens
— Price: $0.20 per token
— Lockup & release: 40-day lockup period with 25% unlocked at distribution, with remaining 75% following an 8-month linear vesting schedule

Announcement 👉 https://blog.coinlist.co/announcing-the-archway-community-sale-on-coinlist/

Register by June 12, 2023 👉 https://sales.coinlist.co/archway/

⏰ Have you registered for the Neon Community Sale yet? ⏰

Time is running out. Registrations close in less than one week: June 5, 12:00 UTC.

Neon is an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) on Solana that brings Ethereum compatibility to the Solana blockchain. The sale begins on June 8, 2023 17:00 UTC and has one public option.

Register now 👉 https://sales.coinlist.co/neon

Earlier this month, we announced the Neon Community Sale on CoinList, taking place on June 8th, 2023 at 17:00 UTC.

Neon EVM is an Ethereum Virtual Machine on Solana that allows developers to scale Ethereum dApps by using Solana as the settlement layer, thus opening up Solana’s user base to Ethereum dApps.

This week, we sat down with the Neon EVM team to learn more about the real world problems they solve, their target audience, use cases, token utility, and thoughts on the future prospects of the Ethereum and Solana ecosystems.

Check it out 👇

https://blog.coinlist.co/a-deep-dive-into-neon/

CoinList x ZetaChain 🛠️

Incentivized testnets are a critical part of ensuring decentralized networks are battle-tested and ready for mainnet.

We recently sourced over 25,000 testnet applications within a single week for ZetaChain’s testnet — attracting nearly 5x more quality validators than before.

Case study 👇

https://blog.coinlist.co/zetachain-sees-major-increase-in-testnet-applications-through-coinlist/

Two weeks ago, we announced the Archway Community Sale on CoinList, taking place on June 15th, 2023 at 17:00 UTC.

Archway is a Cosmos-native Layer 1 blockchain that allows developers to capture the value they create to the network through novel, developer-centric economics.

We sat down with the Archway team to learn more about the real world problems they solve, how they differ from other L1s, target use cases, ARCH token utility, and tradeoffs of building on Archway vs. launching your own AppChain.

Let’s dive in.

Deep dive 👉 https://blog.coinlist.co/a-deep-dive-into-archway-the-value-capture-chain-for-the-cosmos/

Register for the sale 👉 https://sales.coinlist.co/archway

❗️The Neon Community Sale on CoinList starts in 30 minutes ❗️

As a reminder, here's how the queue system works:

1/ Users registered for a sale have received an email with a link to enter the queue prior to the start of the sale.

2/ To access the link, log in to your CoinList account associated with the email address that received the link.

3/ This link (also available on your dashboard) will direct you to a url unique to your account and gives you one spot in the queue.

4/ All users arriving at the queue before the start of the sale will be placed in a waiting room. Please note that arriving at the waiting room early does not give you a better place in the queue.

5/ When the sale starts, users in the waiting room are assigned a random place in line, ahead of those who arrive after the sale starts.

6/ Users arriving after the sale starts get a first-come, first-served place in line after those in the waiting room.

7/ When it is your turn, you will have 10 minutes to enter.

8/ Your purchase will be finalized when your deposit clears. If your deposit doesn’t clear immediately, that’s fine.

9/ As a reminder, we prohibit the use of bots. If you use bots to purchase tokens, your account will be terminated (and potentially lose funds) and your purchases will be canceled.

10/ Beware of phishing attacks and CoinList impersonators during this time of heightened interest.

🔥 Community Sales are back!

The CyberConnect Community Sale on CoinList has added more than 9,500 unique new token holders from 112 different countries to the CyberConnect community, with $5.4M in CYBER tokens purchased throughout the course of the sale.

The event drew massive demand on CoinList, with over 525,000 unique registrants for the sale. Congratulations to the entire CyberConnect community on their successful community sale!

https://blog.coinlist.co/cyberconnect-community-sale-drives-9-500-new-token-holders/

👀 What do top crypto projects like Filecoin, Helium, and DIMO have in common?

They're all DePIN, Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks, a growing sector in crypto that offers the most real-world implementation of blockchain to date.

In this piece, we explore what DePIN is, why it’s important, its various categories, notable examples, and potential impact on our future.

At CoinList, we’re excited to support DePIN projects across every stage of their lifecycle.

https://blog.coinlist.co/crypto-trends-2023-decentralized-physical-infrastructure-networks-depin/

👀 The Archway Community Sale on CoinList starts in 1 hour 👀

As a reminder, here's how the queue system works:

1/ Users registered for a sale have received an email with a link to enter the queue prior to the start of the sale.

2/ To access the link, log in to your CoinList account associated with the email address that received the link.

3/ This link (also available on your dashboard) will direct you to a url unique to your account and gives you one spot in the queue.

4/ All users arriving at the queue before the start of the sale will be placed in a waiting room. Please note that arriving at the waiting room early does not give you a better place in the queue.

5/ When the sale starts, users in the waiting room are assigned a random place in line, ahead of those who arrive after the sale starts.

6/ Users arriving after the sale starts get a first-come, first-served place in line after those in the waiting room.

7/ When it is your turn, you will have 10 minutes to enter.

8/ Your purchase will be finalized when your deposit clears. If your deposit doesn’t clear immediately, that’s fine.

9/ As a reminder, we prohibit the use of bots. If you use bots to purchase tokens, your account will be terminated (and potentially lose funds) and your purchases will be canceled.

10/ Beware of phishing attacks and CoinList impersonators during this time of heightened interest.

❗️Reminder: If you participated in the Archway Community Sale but have not completed your purchase, you must do so before June 21 at 23:59 UTC.

If you do not complete your purchase by then, your purchase may be cancelled entirely and you may be banned from all future CoinList sales.

https://sales.coinlist.co/archway-community-sale

Throwback to our piece on useful Web3-native growth metrics.

Ideology tends not to sell long term. Most Web3 projects are startups that will either become sophisticated about their users and growth metrics — or bust 💥

https://blog.coinlist.co/boom-or-bust-how-web3-startups-measure-growth/

Are you working on a new crypto startup?

CoinList is accepting applications from crypto entrepreneurs interested in participating in our revamped edition of the CoinList Seed program.

The deadline to apply for the Summer 2023 batch is July 24, 11:59pm PT.

What you get ➡️

— Demo your project to 8M+ crypto adopters
— Warm intros to a diverse network of crypto builders and institutions
— Access a virtual curriculum on building a crypto startup (tokenomics, GTM, cybersecurity, and more)
— Attend exclusive industry events

https://blog.coinlist.co/announcing-the-revamp-of-coinlist-seed/

🔥 We are excited to announce that the Neon EVM Community Sale on CoinList has added more than 10,700 unique new token holders from 83 different countries to the Neon community, with $5 million in NEON tokens purchased throughout the course of the sale.

The event drew impressive demand on CoinList, with over 700,000 unique registrants for the sale that sold out in 29 minutes. Neon shows commitment to early adopters of its network — rewarding around 9,000 Neon network participants and high CoinList Karma users with Priority Queue access to the sale.

Neon looks forward to successfully distributing tokens to its community in July.

https://blog.coinlist.co/neon-community-sale-drives-10-700-new-token-holders/

CoinList x bitsCrunch

Are you an adopter interested in contributing to the future of early-stage crypto projects?

bitsCrunch, an AI-enhanced data network that delivers high-quality NFT analytics and forensic data, is running a phased incentivized testnet to test all aspects of the protocol as it progresses towards decentralization.

Today, we are calling all eligible users in our community to join “Task 3” of bitsCrunch’s incentivized testnet! Complete the required activities on the Unleash NFTs platform and earn rewards for your contributions.

Join now 👉 https://coinlist.co/bitscrunch-testnet

Announcement 👉 https://blog.coinlist.co/announcing-bitscrunchs-incentivized-testnet-on-coinlist/