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Joined March 2021
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Mad Lads didn't make me rich.
They gave me a new life. This is my journey !
On mint day, I tried everything to mint a Mad Lad... and I missed.
I went into depression for 2 days watching the floor price fly while I couldn't afford one. I genuinely believed I'd missed the opportunity of a lifetime.
Then life gave me one more chance.
A SUI airdrop landed in my wallet. I trusted SUI, held some, sold some. Minted OXBT.
I sold SUI + OXBT and bought my Mad Lad for 87 SOL.
It was the biggest purchase of my 2ยฝ year crypto journey.
The day I became a Mad Lad was one of the happiest days of my life.
I posted it on X... and something I'll never forget happened.
Armami, Tristan, and the Mad Lads community welcomed me with open arms.
That wasn't just validation.
It felt like I had found my home.
Then came the impossible...
โข @PythNetwork โ Returned my entire 87 SOL investment.
โข @dymension โ ~$8,000.
โข @wormhole โ ~$16,000.
โข Vesting airdrops, whitelist spots, Discord roles, giveaways, and countless opportunities followed.
I looked at my wallet and said...
"FOCK IT... this is MAD MONEY."
But the biggest flex isn't the airdrops.
The biggest flex is this:
Mad Lads got me on my first-ever flight when I couldn't even afford a first-class train ticket.
Mad Lads changed my lifestyle.
#MadLads helped me take care of my family.
Today, if I'm standing where I am, it's because of this community.
You'll never see my Mad Lad listed on a marketplace.
Not for 500 SOL.
Not for 1,000 SOL.
Not for any amount.
Because this isn't an NFT anymore.
It's the turning point of my life.
Thank you @MadLads
Thank you @armaniferrante
Thank you @tristan
Forever a Mad Lad. WAO โค๏ธ
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Balu.eth ๐ ๐๏ธ retweeted
Itโs an honor to partner with SK Securities to bring Koreaโs capital markets to Backpack Securities. Tokenization is the most important update to global finance this year. This is it. Weโre in the midst of history.
Backpack and SK Securities are partnering to expand global access to Korean equities.
The partnership combines SK Securitiesโ institutional expertise in Koreaโs capital markets with Backpackโs global reach to bring Korean stock trading to eligible investors through the Backpack app.
Building on our existing U.S. securities platform, the partnership also lays the foundation for collaboration in tokenized securities and real-world assets, connecting established capital markets with blockchain-based financial infrastructure.
Another step toward a single globally regulated financial marketplace.
Balu.eth ๐ ๐๏ธ retweeted
Backpack and SK Securities are partnering to expand global access to Korean equities.
The partnership combines SK Securitiesโ institutional expertise in Koreaโs capital markets with Backpackโs global reach to bring Korean stock trading to eligible investors through the Backpack app.
Building on our existing U.S. securities platform, the partnership also lays the foundation for collaboration in tokenized securities and real-world assets, connecting established capital markets with blockchain-based financial infrastructure.
Another step toward a single globally regulated financial marketplace.
Balu.eth ๐ ๐๏ธ retweeted
.@BackpackOnchain's 1:1-backed U.S. equities go live as loan collateral on @kamino.
Balu.eth ๐ ๐๏ธ retweeted
Welcome back to Backpack ๐
New look. One extra Mystery Box for eligible returning traders.
Trade $10K. Unlock 2 boxes. Stock rewards up to $1,000 per box.
Unpack Real Stocks โ backpack.exchange/quests?id=โฆ
Balu.eth ๐ ๐๏ธ retweeted
Backpack Securities connects traditional brokerage positions to @Solana's onchain credit markets through 1:1 redeemable tokenized equities.
The Backpack Market is live on @kamino, curated by @AllezLabs.
Borrow USDC against $SPCX, $MU, $SKHY or $SNDK without selling.
Introducing the Backpack Market on Kamino.
Kamino is expanding loans backed by tokenized equity on Solana with @Backpack Securities, bringing 1:1-backed, redeemable tokenized U.S.-listed equities directly into onchain credit markets.
Balu.eth ๐ ๐๏ธ retweeted
๐จ TOMORROW ON UNVAULT LIVE! ๐จ
Weโve got a LOT to talk about! ๐ฅ
๐ EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK: Get a live look inside parts of the UnVault beta marketplace!
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๐ถ FCF & HOOJA UPGRADES: Big news about whatโs coming for these collections!
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Balu.eth ๐ ๐๏ธ retweeted
48 hours since Hype Hub went live.
Hundreds of NFT communities are blowing up our DMs for Access Pass WL.
We canโt answer them all, so we opened applications:
โ collab.hypest.gg
Hereโs why everyone wants in.
Fantasy Top did $10M in fees in two weeks, with no cap on who could play.
Hypest is the hyperspeculative version: CT influencer cards earn tokens in real time from how their posts perform.
But the seats are capped. The Access Pass is the only way in, and only holders earn.
50% of the mint seeds a locked liquidity pool.
Once the seats are gone, every new player has to buy one from someone already inside.
Right now: top 1,000 in Hype Hub get GTD WL.
Soon: Phase 2 registration opens for everyone.
Mint price and details coming soon.
Need a Hype Hub invite? Every playerโs handle is a code. Grab one below.
Balu.eth ๐ ๐๏ธ retweeted
Got a feeling about BTCโs next move?
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The @sovrentech Operator Pass is now live.
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The Sovren Operator Pass is live.
โ Claim: operators.sovrentech.io
โ Join Discord & post why you'd run a node
โ Refer friends to climb the leaderboard
One operator wins a $3,000 Sovren node license. Top operators get Triton Cloud credits & ecosystem perks.
Ends 8th Nov.
Balu.eth ๐ ๐๏ธ retweeted
The Sovren Operator Pass is live.
โ Claim: operators.sovrentech.io
โ Join Discord & post why you'd run a node
โ Refer friends to climb the leaderboard
One operator wins a $3,000 Sovren node license. Top operators get Triton Cloud credits & ecosystem perks.
Ends 8th Nov.
Balu.eth ๐ ๐๏ธ retweeted
FIRST EVER PUBLIC ONCHAIN DINOSAUR SALE
66 million years and 2 months in the making.
Today, Deaton the Triceratops was officially acquired for $600,000, funded by $TRCH1 holders.
The future of owning history is happening on @Solana.
Balu.eth ๐ ๐๏ธ retweeted
$6B+ in cumulative trading volume in just over 4 months.
And we're just getting started ๐
JUST IN: @Backpack Securities just crossed $6B in cumulative trading volume across its tokenized assets.
Leading the charge is $SPCX, with $2B+ in volume since launch and the first asset to surpass 110K unique holders.
A big milestone for tokenized assets on Solana. Shoutout to @sunrise and the broader ecosystem for helping drive this growth.
The tokenization wave keeps building.
Data powered by @birdeye_data.
Balu.eth ๐ ๐๏ธ retweeted
๐จAttention Ethereum node operators: Do you want to receive blocks ๐-๐๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐๐?
Optimum's high performance data propagation protocol -mump2p- is now available to all!
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Balu.eth ๐ ๐๏ธ retweeted
These are TurboCards: A 999 NFT collection commemorating Optimum's mainnet launch on Ethereum.
Each card maps to a real Ethereum slot where we boosted a block's journey across the network, featuring stats detailing just how fast it traveled and the economic edge created.
Balu.eth ๐ ๐๏ธ retweeted
The Optimum team is pleased to announce our first mainnet deployment, mump2p on Ethereum. With mump2p, data moves across all of Ethereum 2-3x faster, boosting validator performance and network health.
$3.4B of Ethereum stake is already being boosted by mump2p, and weโre now opening up free access for all Ethereum node operators.
