Crypto Ponzis & Game Theory w/ Jordi Alexander

Episode 10 of Crypto Market Wizards, a new interview series focused on crypto traders in the trenches of the liquid markets. Today we have Jordi Alexander talking about his journey in crypto and the negative sum nature of ponzi coins. He shares major lessons learned from his experience playing tradfi and crypto markets, and what new participants should be aware of when trying to make money in the markets.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Jordi's TradFi/Crypto Background
6:40 Work-Life Balance & Time Management
12:50 Lessons from Poker
19:23 (-4,+2) Games in Crypto
27:07 Truth about Crypto Narratives
33:07 ETH $6-7k in 2024
40:48 Dangers of Shorting Crypto
46:52 Traits of Successful Traders
51:52 Misconceptions about Crypto
1:00:15 Advice to Younger Self
1:06:08 2024 Predictions
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This is got to be one of my favourite crypto channels.

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Jordi is always fyre! Always so refreshing to hear his thoughts. Much appreciated

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Always a blast listening to Jordi…great guest

[@tr0wb3d3r5]

Fantastic insights, ty a lot🔥

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Thanks taiki for bringing diverse guest on the podcast, really refreshing to hear from Jordi, especially in this wild wild west crypto world

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great episode! Thanks Taiki and Jordi!!!!

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the analogy about the whale calling station = meme coin retail just makes so much sense

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Love the measured approach and thinking around the crypto hype. A reality check ❤️❤️❤️

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thank you for the content. really valuable.

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Hey Taiki, great podcasts man, you really get some smart people on here and ask some intelligent questions, listened to all of them, appreciate the effort.

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Presale magic at its finest - Staxum STX is the one to watch.

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This little views? That’s a shame. Great talk Taiko and Jordi! ❤

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I want to see more about alchemy and the relation with the market!!! I'm a alchemyst apprentice, and I'm doing a research about the relation between the Architect and the project he made

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This was as good as Ansems, thanks

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Presales are where I find my winners, and Staxum STX is on my radar for a jaw-dropping 200x potential

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Not a shill, but that Times Square announcement was hard to ignore. Staxum will be big!

[@rahult500]

Hoping someone can help me understand something Jordi said. At 1:04:13, he says "You can literally just put on a future basis and just get 40% on your money when the bank's gonna pay you 3-4%...". What does this mean? What kind of investment type is that? Thank you.

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Also want to know what he means by this

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Not here to shill, but the Times Square ad for Staxum made me Google it.

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👀

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Re: ETH, why would something with such high friction ever become the de facto community/internet money while Solana is labeled “gambling”?

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44:55 who? Vla-eet?

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360p??

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