Andy's Alpha #17 - Another Crab Market Week? CPI Data + Macro Notes

Early opportunities I've heard of, builders delivering alpha, timely releases coming soon, and state of things!

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This week we have CPI data and some other macro headlines, I’m pretty bullish right now. Not saying things are going to explode but I bet we see some decent price action.

Feels like its the calm before the storm…

Also, I spoke with two teams today with some alpha:

1. Raft.Fi → wen token? Soon. There will be some announcements coming soon probably. If you have been paying attention, we’ve been covering them for a reason.

2. CatalystAMM → Currently in testnet, team is super giga brain. Finished a raise. Basically trying to oust every other AMM out there by being on every chain with really good execution. Was introduced by a VC and I think theres plenty there to be seen. Would probably try out the testnet and mess around with their community quests and things.

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Today’s Inspiration

“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” — Michelangelo

Approved Alpha

Salazar alpha

Huge token unlocks for AVAX this week…maybe a good short?

SocialFi:

Maverick Protocol:

Ignas on some thoughts of working in crypto, people missing the OG Ethos. Important read, why are you here?:

Events this week:

Tron…oh goodness:

Premia:

New ponzi:

FriendTech:

Buffer Finance:

Helpful tools:

Layer 2 Roundup:

Blockpour:

D8X:

Memecoins:

Friendtech:

Ripple, Stellar and Chainlink:

Print3r:

Hot narratives:

Liquid staking:

Arbitrum:

Spiral DAO:

9 upcoming token launches:

Lowcap gems (be careful fam):

Solana:

Bond Protocol:

RWAs:

Chainlink:

Plena:

Best dApps:

BTC:

Big week:

Braavos:

Current FED funds:

Convex Finance:

Arbitrum Incentive Program:

UMA:

Timely News

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals.

Bitcoin zooms above $27K.

Crypto exchange JPEX has pointed the finger at its third-party market makers for “maliciously” freezing funds, which led to the exchange being forced to hike withdrawal fees to battle a liquidity crisis.

Stay safe fam:

Data Analysis

ETH flows leaving exchanges rapidly, maybe was a big whale:

Base L2 dominating other Rollups:

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