Episode 20 of Crypto Market Wizards, an interview series focused on crypto traders in the trenches of the liquid markets. Today we have yieldfarming, an amazing onchain farmer that grew his account from 10k to $6M. He discusses his crypto journey and takes on the current yield/airdrop farming meta. He shares lessons on why selling/dumping is good, and why most tokens are worthless scams. I hope you enjoy the conversation and learned a lot from hearing how he thinks about the farming market.
The audio quality is low this episode but I still hope you got value from this; had a lot of audio file issues I couldn't overcome. This was recorded on July 3rd.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Who is yieldfarming?
3:21 2021 Bull Market Stories
11:16 7 figure with Pendle
15:31 Thoughts on the current farming meta
27:32 What to Farm Now?
32:04 Advice for Making It
43:47 Smart Contract Risks
46:54 Crypto as a Means to an End
51:03 State of the Markets
58:17 Learning When/How to Sell
1:01:06 Hyperliquid
1:03:11 Market Edge
1:07:22 Advice to Younger Self
1:09:08 Final Banter
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