GM. This is the Never Die Newsletter, where I share whatever crypto news and content I feel like, every week, short and sweet, right to your beautiful little inbox.

This week we have:

• When we should expect the next Altseason 📈

• Introducing The $1,000 To $100,000 Portfolio 💎

• New Solana ETF Application Filed 🔥

NEWS📰

🎮 VanEck Backs Web3 Gaming Startup Gunzilla

VanEck’s crypto fund has invested in Gunzilla Games, creator of the Web3 game Off The Grid, marking its second investment in Web3 gaming. Previously, VanEck invested in Parallel, a Web3 card game leveraging NFTs.

🌍 Asia Leads the World in Crypto Developers

Asia now leads in crypto development talent, rising to 32% from 13% in 2015, while North America’s share dropped from 44% to 24%, indicating a shift in blockchain innovation towards Asia.

📈 Canary Capital Files for Spot Solana ETF

Canary Capital filed for a spot Solana ETF, following recent XRP and Litecoin ETF applications, to provide brokerage access to Solana. Other firms like VanEck and 21Shares have also applied for similar ETFs.

📊 NYSE to List Grayscale Crypto Index ETF

NYSE Arca seeks approval to list Grayscale’s crypto ETF, featuring a diverse asset mix including Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana, competing with simpler Bitcoin and Ether ETFs from Hashdex and Franklin Templeton.

💰 Libeara & FundBridge Bring US Treasurys Onchain

Libeara and FundBridge Capital have launched the Ultra Fund, a tokenized U.S. Treasurys fund on Ethereum, offering digital access and efficient management. Plans include expansion to Arbitrum, Avalanche, and Solana for broader crypto investor access.

🔄 Tron Switches Oracle Provider to Chainlink

Tron DAO’s DeFi apps JustLend and JustStable will now use Chainlink data feeds, replacing WinkLink to enhance ecosystem growth through Chainlink's Scale program. 

 📉 Coinbase Drops After Missing Q3 Earnings

Coinbase's Q3 earnings missed expectations, leading to a significant share drop as trading volume fell 18%. Despite this, transaction revenue grew 98% year-over-year, driven by subscriptions, stablecoins, and its Base network.

💳 Visa Partners with Coinbase

Coinbase and Visa have partnered to allow eligible Visa debit cardholders to instantly deposit, withdraw, and buy crypto on Coinbase. This feature provides U.S. and EU customers with real-time access to funds, enhancing trading flexibility around the clock.

💸 Infinex Secures $67.7M from Patron NFT Sale

Infinex’s NFT collection, Patrons, surpassed $67.7 million in investments within six weeks, backed by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund. The platform, announced that Patrons NFTs can now be traded on marketplaces like OpenSea, with a starting price of 1.22 ETH.

🇺🇸 Trump Pledges Bitcoin Support

Ahead of Election Day, Republican candidate Donald Trump reiterated promises to make all Bitcoin in the USA and to pardon Ross Ulbricht. Trump also vowed to end VP Kamala Harris’ war on crypto.

Alt season Incoming?

In this week’s video, I explore whether we’re about to see the next big crypto altseason. Altseason is when tokens other than Bitcoin soar in price, sometimes going up 10x, 100x, or even 1000x. I break down the data, current trends, and what I think might happen next.

Introducing The $1000 To $100,000 Portfolio 🏆

I recently started a new series on Tiktok where i’m attempting to turn $1000 into $100,000 through extremely high risk/high reward plays.

I’m doing this just for fun but have gotten a few people who asked for a place where they could follow along transparently on what I’m buying. So i’m trying out each week including my $1000 to $100,000 portfolio in this newsletter. I reserve the right to change this later, i’m just experimenting with it for now.

Keep in mind this is MAX RISK and I 100% might just lose all my money. It’s just for fun and entertainment and very different than my normal investing process.

The Current Portfolio:

UNA bought at $1.6 Million in Market cap | Dexscreener | Swap

WINR bought at $13.3 Million in Market cap | Dexscreener | Swap

New* Baba bought at $111,000 in market cap | Dexscreener | Swap

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Currently just waiting for an alt rotation for WINR and UNA to potentially pop. Baba is my max risk meme play on Solana. It’s more of a Hail Mary, we’ll see what happens. I think the meme is funny and got in with some of my normal funds at an earlier market cap. Decided to also allocate a small amount for this experiment as well.

Again this is for a Tiktok series I’m doing just for entertainment purposes to see if it’s possible. I’m not joking when I say it’s highly likely I take major losses along the way. This is just for fun.

AIRDROPS 🪂

To Claim:

Scroll (Airdrop claim)
mETH (Airdrop claim)
Optimism (Airdrop 5 claim)
Mode (Season 2 )

To Farm:

Fluid: Lend/Borrow Funds
Gearbox: Earn/Borrow/Farm
Symbiotic: Restaking your ETH
BonsaiDAO: Restaking your ETH
Contango: Defi Looping

SOME TWEETS

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