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Cap'n Jack
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    Cap'n Jack
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    May 13, 2024
    Today is my first day as Head of DeFi at @berachain! For those who don't know me - I've been in the trenches of the Berachain community for almost three years, and as @SmokeyTheBera used to say: "it's when, not if" I came on full time. Grateful to have found the ulitmate
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    Cap'n Jack
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    Feb 6, 2025
    Crazy launch day. Being on the ground as Berachain comes to life is incredible- and celebrating it with the ecosysterm that cared for 3+ years is even better. Seeing a lot of confusion/misinformation today, so figured it was worth clearing up (long-form incoming): Concern One:
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    Cap'n Jack
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    May 16, 2022
    1/ I've interviewed approaching 100 research analysts over the past 6 months. Information asymmetry in crypto is extremely high- yet the majority of interviewees aren't doing differentiated work in the space. A quick list of the best way to set yourself up to get hired:
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    Cap'n Jack
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    Mar 26, 2025
    > Start losing money > Pretend the coin doesn't exist They're just like me fr
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    Cap'n Jack
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    May 30, 2023
    Replying to @ChefTrillie and @ChefTrillie_
    The ECF matchup we all expected: Caleb Martin vs. Derrick White
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    Cap'n Jack
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    Sep 25, 2025
    If you deposited $1 across 111 wallets you would've gotten $1m in $XPL for $111
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    Cap'n Jack
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    Feb 8, 2025
    Beras, I can't control the market. I can control how I react to it. - I will work harder than anyone. - I will support our community harder than anyone. - I will try every new dApp and give product feedback. - I will support the builders who supported us. Onward. Bera/Acc.
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    Cap'n Jack
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    Nov 17, 2024
    Memecoin LP II: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love IL *This will be longer form. For the basics on LPing Memcoins (why, how, risks) check the quoted post below* Eight months ago I wrote about my experience LPing COST. It went fairly unnoticed at the time, but tripled in
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    Cap'n Jack
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    Mar 29, 2024
    Almost no one is using concentrated liquidity correctly for memecoins (some of these pools are generating 100k% APY). Some long-form alpha on how to structure/think about pools, starting with a few premises: 1) You think a coin is good, and want to particpate in upside 2) You
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    Cap'n Jack
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    Apr 21, 2022
    Tokenomics matter. If it’s not obvious already it will be very soon.
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    Cap'n Jack
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    Jan 30, 2023
    gm - Incredibly excited to say that I'll be joining @0xPolygon next week to Lead DeFi Business Development. While others are fearful, it's time to double down on creating a builder-friendly, powerful, and accessible platform to drive Ethereum growth. Up Only
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    Cap'n Jack
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    Mar 24, 2025
    Proof of Liquidity is live! Confused on what PoL is? How it compares to PoS? Coming at you with a whiteboarding session from the @LayerZero_Core offices explaining the basics
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    Cap'n Jack
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    Feb 3, 2025
    and Boyco is CLOSED! Thank you to everyone that deposited , gave feedback, and cared enough to take time to participate in any capacity. Building this has been a joy and a labor of love - getting to work with 35+ smart and motivated teams. oneard to Mainnet 🔜 Q5 is here.
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    Cap'n Jack
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    Feb 10, 2025
    Berachain inflation is fundamentally misunderstood. Remember, 100% of PoS inflation is in BGT. Inflation is only realized when BGT is burned to BERA. Why burn BGT? APY for delegation is low. So, if BGT APY is growing faster than inflation, folks won't burn & inflation isn't
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    Cap'n Jack
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    Jan 31, 2022
    Redacted $BTRFLY writeup coming tomorrow. I don't think anyone is actually prepared for the magnitude of the returns that are going to be coming from this protocol & I have math to prove it. But hey, it's confusing because of the ████ so you probably should ignore it.