one thing for certain is that both sides agree that it is late in the current pokemon tcg cycle as it has already been running for awhile (i agree, because i've seen friends collecting and selling for awhile now), and it will also go through a bear market soon

BUT tcg as a market is still early in the grand scheme of things (years)

common advice from TCG enthusiasts: stick to OGs and the "btc" equivalent of pokemon cards like charizards, because the rest will get printed to the ground

illiquid market, don't get caught bagholding if you see it purely as a financial asset or trade

i like this

https://x.com/aurafarmer15145/status/1963274180956205380?s=46&t=nluSw7cwYGx8zFxfoYi5Iw

DeFi Development Corp. (Nasdaq: DFDV) announced it acquired 196,141 SOL at an average price of $202.76, bringing total holdings to 2,027,817 SOL (about $427M). With 25,573,702 shares outstanding, this equals 0.0793 SOL (≈$16.70) per share. — link

if you have a small portfolio and are struggling, you can consider just streaming on pumpfun because the incentives are pretty insane

take advantage of it before the pool of streamers dilute

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the trade is not in streamer coins, but in being a streamer

https://x.com/spunosounds/status/1963826189417525510?

On the next network upgrade, to improve liquidity and reduce user friction, spot pairs between two spot quote assets will have 80% lower taker fees, maker rebates, and user volume contribution.

The USDH ticker, currently reserved by the protocol, will be released by a validator vote in a transparent, onchain process.
+ The USDH ticker is well-suited for a Hyperliquid-first, Hyperliquid-aligned, and compliant USD stablecoin.
+ After the next network upgrade, validators will be able to vote to allow a user address to purchase the USDH ticker. Voting is fully onchain through a Hyperliquid L1 transaction, in the same way that delisting votes work.
+ As USDH is a canonical ticker with high demand, validators will vote on the team best equipped to build a natively minted, Hyperliquid-first stablecoin. Teams interested in being considered for the ticker may submit a proposal in the USDH Discord forum and should include the user address which would deploy the USDH ticker if selected by a validator quorum. Note that the approved team must still participate in the usual spot deploy gas auction.

For context, spot quote assets will become permissionless in the future, starting with testnet. There will be a staking requirement and slashing criteria to be announced.

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If fully realized, this would be the CEO largest pay package in history. https://t.co/PKUHj1abYp
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