SBO - Investor - Community leader - Jiujitsu

Joined December 2013
People are funny … You can spend a lot of time and energy speaking about things that have helped you build personal value and financial independence and people will say… “prove it”, “show, don’t tell” or “he’s all talk” etc. Then you start showing people and they will say things like “he’s an asshole”, “he’s just bragging now”, “why should we support you if you don’t need it”… 😂 If you are making content to truly help people then be ready for negativity cause it does not matter how genuine you are about it, it will come. Also understand you are never good enough for everyone and hurt people, hurt people. You can give it all away and people will say you didn’t give enough or to the right people or at the right time… I guess what I am trying to say is, make sure you are doing what you are doing in life for the right reasons and believe in yourself cause I promise you… most of “them” don’t. #IBCGang #contentcreators
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Ehhhhhhh I’m just tracking what the chart is showing… nothing more $ATOM @cosmoshub
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Check out my video about the recent situation within the Cosmos ecosystem. Let me know what you guys think. youtu.be/9HWZVyGWzbo?is=X2v0…
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I’m over here having fun while other #crypto influencers are starting to come back with optimism … 😝🤪🤦🏼‍♂️ #fun #outdoors #america
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Let's see if I was right... "Shared this a while ago" cosmos:native @cosmos
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Dang… Was actually crossing my fingers and toes for this one to survive, not because of any kind of financial reason but, because they had a good idea/project To infinity and beyond gentlemen ✊ @Jackal_Protocol #crypto #blockchain
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Faith isn’t pretending you don’t have doubts
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Still here … just watching in silence. Hope you all have been enjoying the spoils of debt restructuring and the world economy shift #money #silver #gold #Bitcoin #Ethereum #RealEstate
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Holy shit! If I read another post from a team using the phrase “the future of finance”… It’s like you guys just keep regurgitating the same shitty ideas. For fucks sake, please start thinking outside the box 😤 #Blockchain #crypto #tech #defi #games #music #sports
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Was trying to tell yall… #Silver
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Merry Christmas friends
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Sitting here watching people that I consider friends and or at least close associates still talk about Cosmos drama… Meanwhile, I’ve been sitting here enjoying my precious metal calls like #silver and $PAAS. I hope y’all been listening and paying attention #PreciousMetals #Investing #Money
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White belts usually over complicate things (totally normal and expected) but it’s really not that hard…. Just SMASH! 😅👍 #JiuJitsu #grappling #wrestling #MartialArts
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Received a few DMs asking where I have been… Guess you could say that I have been touching grass 😅 #investing #outdooradventures
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The short answer to your questions ( I can provide the Long form and details if you want )… 1. Where ATOM’s Sell-Pressure Comes From •Main source: Inflation → staking rewards. ~48M new ATOM/year (~10% inflation), though only a fraction is actively sold. •Validators & large delegators sell some rewards for expenses → structural sell-pressure. •Community-pool spending and team distributions cause minor additional sell-pressure. 2. Where Buy-Pressure Comes From •Speculators buying on exchanges. •Stakers seeking ~13–16% APR. •Liquid staking demand (Stride, pSTAKE). •Cosmos DeFi use (collateral, LPing). •Protocols using ATOM for security (ICS consumer chains). Protocol-level revenue today is tiny — it’s not a meaningful source of buy-pressure yet. 3. How ATOM Actually Flows Today Three main behaviors: 1.Traders: Buy → hold → sell (no utility). 2.Stakers: Buy → stake → sell part of rewards. 3.DeFi users: Buy → use as collateral/governance → rotate out. Most ATOM buyers eventually sell some or all of their rewards, creating a recurring dribble of sell-pressure. ⸻ 4. How Much Revenue Would Actually Matter? Right now inflation costs ~$100M/year. You need: •$10–20M/year in real revenue → meaningful narrative shift. •$20–50M/year → enough to partially offset dilution. •$50–100M/year → enough to fully replace high inflation if inflation is cut down to 2–5%. In short: Even $10–20M/year meaningfully changes the story. But to truly replace inflation as the “security budget,” you’d need much more. ⸻ 5. How ATOM Holders Reacted to Inflation Cuts (Prop 848) •Proposal passed narrowly and caused major conflict. •Led to Jae Kwon’s fork ATONE. •Split the community between “high inflation = strong security” and “low inflation = modern tokenomics”. •Takeaway: Inflation cuts trigger strong social/political pushback if not introduced carefully. ⸻ 6. How to Avoid Backlash When Cutting Inflation To reduce inflation safely, you need: ✔ 1. Gradual phases — not a cliff. Spread cuts over 1–3 years. ✔ 2. Lock-based rewards. Lower inflation but reward long-term stakers so APR doesn’t collapse. ✔ 3. Temporary support from treasury / ICS revenue. Use early fee revenue to “top up” rewards while new revenue streams grow. ✔ 4. Strong governance process. Wide community alignment before the proposal hits the chain. ✔ 5. Clear narrative: lower inflation = less dilution + sustainable growth. @cosmos $ATOM
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Here’s what I missed the most when it comes to. #Crypto 👇
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Hope you all rotated and are in a great position to celebrate this holiday season 🎅
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Happy Thanksgiving friends! May blessings be upon you and your loved ones
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