Hey guys, hope you haven't forgotten about me and missed my musings. The #crypto conference season in Dubai has come to an end, which lasted for two weeks and included Blockchain Life, Binance Blockchain Week, The Gateway, and hundreds of side events around these conferences.
Key Highlights:
Blockchain Life - I wrote a review about it here. A top-tier event with a large number of participants (13k+).
What Happened at The Gateway?
I met many owners of young crypto startups, who are passionate about their ideas, building Web3 products, and trying to connect with TON Foundation, TON Society, and other quasi-TON organizations to get support, grants, or at least some marketing help from the blockchain. As a relatively seasoned participant in the TON community, I didn’t spill the harsh truth to these young talents
In general, the booths could be divided roughly in half between projects owned by or funded by quasi-TON companies like TOP and those who are navigating the market independently without any help from the blockchain's representatives.
It was amusing to attend one of the closed parties where only project founders who had achieved success without the help of the "TON Mafia" gathered. I fondly recall jokes about the coalition...
What’s Next for TON?
TON representatives on stage spoke a lot about this year’s achievements. When it came to the future, there seemed to be a clear contradiction. Some speakers were betting on DeFi products and pledged to support utilitarian projects, while others suggested that the main narrative for 2025 would be meme coins and launchpads, which replaced the previous craze for “tap-to-earn.” They even launched TON Memelandia with a prize pool of $1.25 million.
By the way, the tap-to-earn trend faded as quickly as it emerged — it's practically forgotten now. The #TAP2Earn concept is not just out of fashion; it's downright cringe. But new derivatives have appeared, such as #Learn2Earn, #Photo2Earn, and even #Blink2Earn
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Yours, @PilotDAO
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In June 2024, Telegram introduced Stars — an internal currency for paying for digital goods and services, which allows Telegram and its content creators to bypass App Store and Google Play bans. Now users can support authors, pay for subscriptions and make purchases without leaving Telegram, but giving Apple & Google up to 30% of the commission🫠
The Stars system helped Telegram avoid being banned in the App Store and Google Play, as these stores began to have serious complaints due to the fact that digital goods were sold bypassing their commissions. This solution allows content creators to keep their income within the ecosystem, allowing Telegram to further develop the economy of its mini-apps and bots.
Within Telegram: In the My Stars section, you can buy stars via Google Pay and Apple Pay.
Fragment: Stars can also be purchased on the Fragment platform for TON cryptocurrency, which can be cheaper. It is worth considering the volatility of the TON exchange rate and fees.
@PremiumBot: For users of APK or PC versions of Telegram, you can buy stars via the @PremiumBot bot, without store markups.
This is what the prices for 1K Stars look like in some countries / currencies converted to USD:
Please note that you will only see such prices when using the PC version of the messenger. If you try to buy from an iPhone, then depending on the region, up to 30% commission will be added to the price.
At the moment, stars cannot be exchanged for fiat YET.
However, they promise to withdraw Stars on the Fragment platform. At the same time, Telegram intends to give the equivalent of $0.013 for one “Star” at the start.
The Telegram Bot Platform terms and conditions say that the rate may be revised in the future*
Stars can also be
Since October 2024, Telegram has introduced the ability to send gifts that can be sent as congratulations or tokens of attention to friends and content creators.
An interesting feature of gifts will be the ability to convert them into NFTs on the TON blockchain, which will allow these digital assets to be resold or exchanged in the future.
When selling / "cashing out" a gift by the recipient, Telegram charges a commission of 16%.
Telegram Stars is a powerful tool for supporting content makers and making purchases within the platform. The system makes a full-fledged internal economy possible and helps Telegram bypass the prohibitions of large corporations.
In the future, the integration of stars with TON can significantly expand monetization opportunities for authors and turn Telegram into a platform for digital commerce and interaction with content.
Wishing everyone Profit and Stars
Yours, @PilotDAO
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GM Folks!
We are "overheated" by all possible indicators, especially about RSI. Just look at the attached chart - RSI Heat Map. $BTC at the moment without rollbacks flew to $90,000. Most Altcoins also rushed after the grandfather and allowed us to earn good money. But there is no growth without corrections. The faster the growth, the lower it will fall later on the correction.
Here are just some of the latest news that are heating up the market:
When positive news pours out of every iron, try to filter and look for reasons for negativity in order to fixate in time. It is in such moments of Euphoria that the load that has accumulated while everything was growing non-stop is usually dropped. People have relaxed and think: we have already broken through the accumulations, levels, and then - To the moon.
What are the targets for
The inclined + level indicates that the main correction point will be around $80,000.
I admit that we will reach $90,000 - 92,000.
$BTC dominance is again under 60%, so Alta will not seem like a little during the correction. A rollback of 10-20%, and for some assets, I expect 30% at the moment.
What to do?
It's too late to fly into a LONG on $BTC. If you keep a long-term portfolio on the spot, hold tight. I don't even touch the cold wallet, although my hand reaches out to give away $DOGE and other Alta, which has already made x3+, but we haven't been choosing the market for these Xs for 2 years and patiently waiting.
Prop up futures with stops. There will be a moment when we land and longists with x20 stops will be in great pain.
P.S. I remember that I promised a post about $TON
Profit, Endurance and NFA DYOR* to everyone
* Not financial advice. Do You Own Research.
Yours, @PilotDAO
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GM Folks!
As I predicted in my last post this week there was a local correction in $BTC and as a result in the entire #Cryptocurrency market. We took another ATH of $93,270 and fell by $85,000
I set up buckets (limit orders) to buy those Alts that I wanted to add to my Long-Term Crypto bag, but the prices reached my limits only for some…
What did you buy/what Alts did you enter?
First of all, let's figure out what L2 is on ETH?
Layer 2 is a general term for solutions that are built on top of the Ethereum mainnet (layer 1) to improve the scalability of the Ethereum network.
L2 is not a competitor to the Ethereum mainnet, but rather complements and enhances it. The guys from CRYPTUS gave a good analogy: Etherium is Amazon, and L2 ETH solutions are DHL, UPS, which Amazon sends delivery orders to when it can't handle the load on its own network.
My Top L2 ETH Blockchains:
$ZK - ZKsync - #132 line CMC - Market cap. 3.01 $ B
$STRK - Starknet - #79 line CMC - Market cap. 4.51 $ B
$OP - Optimism - #51 line CMC - Market cap. 6.88 $ B
$ARB - Arbitrum - #44 line CMC - Market cap. 6.18 $ B
All these L2 blockchains have received solid investments.
For example, Arbitrum - 123$M, Optimism - 267$M, StarkNet - 283$M, ZKsync - 458$M.
Let's talk about each one in turn:
$ZK is one of the most interesting assets for me and can easily give 1000% profit. It is currently trading slightly above the Funds' purchase level. What does this mean? The average purchase price by funds was $0.126, now we are at $0.143. Accordingly, funds will definitely not sell at this level.
$STRK was supported by the founder of $ETH himself - Vitalik Buterin. In the recent update of $ETH (EIP-4844), they even finished the protocols for more efficient interaction between $STRK and $ETH, which increased compatibility and reduced the cost of transactions by 90%.
$APT - Aptos - #22 line CMC - Market cap. 13.79 $ B
$SUI - Sui - #14 line CMC - Market cap. 37.37 $ B
Sui - a decentralized platform for first-level smart contracts is being made by the guys from FB. Initially, this blockchain was developed in "Morda-Kniga" for the Diem blockchain, but regulators did not allow them to launch it on the social network. The team did not abandon their creation and created the SUI blockchain.
$APT and $SUI, in my opinion, can easily give 500%+, but they have already flown high.
$APE - Apecoin - #94 line CMC - Market cap. 1.16 $ B
It is difficult to call the guys a meme anymore. It all started with the NFT Collection of "Monkeys" on the Etherium network, and it was a huge success: all 10,000 "monkey" tokens were sold in just 12 hours. After that, BAYC's fame and the price of digital items in the collection only grew. In 2021, Monkeys were sold for millions of dollars, now the floor per monkey is ±10 $ETH.
Today, APE is one of the largest NFT ecosystems, which includes famous NFT collections.
I bought some more for my bag this week while they are giving normal prices.
$DOGE - Dogecoin - #6 line CMC - Market cap. 55.64 $ B
I wrote about Dogecoin 2 weeks ago in detail. I hope you listened and made a big profit from this, because then it was worth $0.17. The growth in 2 weeks was 230%, and at the moment it reached 250%. My hand reaches out to give away the position, but my mind tells me to HODL!
Guys, do you already have a heavy bag with alts and memes? Share in the comments or at least in reactions
Profit, Endurance and LFG DYOR* to all
* Do You Own Research.
Yours, @PilotDAO
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Hey Folks, Good night!
I’ve been quiet for a few days, but for a good reason. I’m launching a new format just for you—Podcasts on YouTube.
The past few days have been all about preparing for filming. My amazing team built a studio and got everything ready for the shoot in just a week. Real legends!
Spoiler Alert: We’ve already recorded episodes with
Market Update:
The market sentiment is quite mixed right now—overheated and in need of a cooldown. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m expecting a
Today, I just want to wish you patience! ✨
Let me quote the immortal words of Jesse Livermore: “Few people ever succeed in the market because they lack patience.”
P.S. I’ll continue in the next post..
Yours, @PilotDAO
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Good Sunday evening, folks! Don’t miss the chance to grab free tokens. Bybit Launchpool currently allows you to farm MAJOR, MORPHO, and THRUST.
Bybit Launchpool is a platform enabling crypto exchange users to earn passive income in the form of new tokens simply by participating in staking. New cryptocurrencies, like MAJOR, are distributed among pool participants.
Let’s break down the participation terms and take a closer look at the new tokens hitting exchanges soon.
USDT Pool
- Minimum: 100 USDT
- Maximum: 2000 USDT
MNT Pool
Minimum: 100 MNT
Maximum: 5000 MNT
As for MAJOR Additional TON Pool
- Minimum: 20 TON
- Maximum: 1000 TON
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Create a Bybit account and complete KYC-1.
💡 Participate in Token Splash to farm extra tokens.
Stay Profitable and Keep Farming
Yours, @PilotDAO
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Hey folks, have you noticed the recent activity in $NOT and $TON? Until yesterday, liquidity hadn’t really reached our beloved blockchain, even though $BTC dominance dropped from 62% to 58% in just three days, sparking solid growth in altcoins. Yesterday, it was $TON’s turn, and today $NOT joined the party…
It seems someone got overexcited with $NOT, entering the market in a rush and causing some serious slippage.
And here’s the kicker:
#TON reacted with a strong price increase on this news, quickly reaching a resistance zone.
Many of you know that Telegram sells TON via OTC* at a discount. At one point, I was offered to buy TON at around a 40% discount
*OTC - Over-The-Counter deals are financial transactions conducted directly between parties without using an exchange.
What I found during my analysis:
Two major unlocks have already occurred. The funds went to this wallet, which immediately distributed them to exchanges.
The latest unlock was on November 4, and $TON’s price dropped from $4.86 to $4.59. While it’s unclear if these events are connected, the next unlock could present an opportunity to short.
I’ll keep monitoring the situation. Fingers crossed that the holders of unlocked TON / VCs won’t take profits during unlocks and shift into meme coins.
Yours, @PilotDAO
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Good morning, guys! Almost 2 weeks have passed since my last analysis on the channel of promising coins for purchase (including Starknet). Since then, the price has grown from $0.44 to $0.70 - by 60% and this is just the beginning.
#News
You can stake in the native wallet of the Argent blockchain. A week ago, Doha was 40%, now it has fallen to 18% per annum.
My guys are already setting up a node and indexer. I plan to become a validator of the Starknet network.
Goals
Next levels: $0.73, then $0.93, $1.10. I expect that in this cycle we will update ATH $7.
Profit, Endurance and LFG DYOR to everyone*
* Do You Own Research.
Yours, @PilotDAO
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A warm winter day today... The sun is not shining, but it's warm in the soul)
In the next six months, only 25% of coins will be in the market.
#News
The other day, ONDO Finance integrated LayerZero to implement tokenized transfers for products based on US treasuries. They started with $USDY in the Etherium, Arbitrum and 0Xmantle networks.
Goals
154 days in reaccumulation inside the Bullish Pennant. 1st goal: $10.2 2nd goal: $14.85
Profit, Endurance and LFG DYOR* to all ✨
* Do You Own Research.
Yours, @PilotDAO
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