Solana Weekly #120 - Long-Term Wealth Building with Solana: Gaius on The Vault, The Library, and Why Patience Wins
Gaius, CEO of The Vault and founder of The Library, joins the show to discuss why long-term thinking beats trading in crypto. We dive into community validators, surviving the post-FTX downturn, why Solana's developer culture is its secret weapon, and the case for staking over speculation. Plus: token economics that actually reward holders, the maturation of the Solana ecosystem, and why ignoring the noise might be your best strategy.All the links: linktr.ee/solanaweeklyConnect with Gaius:The VaultThe LibraryTwitter Get full access to The Dramas of Thomas Bahamas at thomasbahamas.substack.com/subscribe
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Solana Weekly #119 - Discovering Opportunities on Solana: Oh Me on Building Kyzzen's Opportunity Platform
Oh Me, founder of Kyzzen, joins Thomas to discuss his platform's evolution from NFT education to becoming Solana's premier opportunity aggregation platform. After three years of bootstrapping with zero funding and zero team turnover, Kyzzen is launching its first NFT collection: Kyzzen no Sekai, an AI-assisted anime art project offering holders exclusive access to advanced analytics tools.Oh Me shares his unconventional framework that simplifies all crypto opportunities into just 6-7 categories, regardless of sector. He challenges the "generational wealth" narrative, instead focusing on financial freedom through sustainable income streams like DeFi yields, staking, and airdrops that work in any market condition.Key topics include:Why Kyzzen pivoted to focus solely on money-making opportunitiesThe hybrid art approach combining hand-drawn traits with AI generationAdvanced portfolio analytics and risk management tools for NFT holdersInvestment philosophy: your biggest enemies are greed and carelessnessRunning 140+ projects through Twitter Spaces in 34 weeksThe state of Solana's regulatory environment and future outlookOh Me brings a refreshingly honest perspective from his banking background, emphasizing research, risk management, and long-term thinking over speculation. A must-listen for anyone serious about building sustainable wealth in crypto.More in depth show notes at solanaweekly.fun/episodes Get full access to The Dramas of Thomas Bahamas at thomasbahamas.substack.com/subscribe
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Solana Weekly #118 - KRTV on Saga Monkes and the Solana Lifestyle
Solana Weekly with KRTV from Saga MonkesThis episode features host Thomas Bahamas interviewing KRTV, creator of the Saga Monkes NFT collection on Solana and advocate for both NFT's and Solana in general. They explore NFTs' resurgence, Solana's ecosystem advantages, meme coins vs. NFTs, DePIN challenges, the Saga phone's history, and Saga Monkes' origin.https://x.com/krtvdepthttps://x.com/sagamonkesMore show notes at solanaweekly.fun/episodes Get full access to The Dramas of Thomas Bahamas at thomasbahamas.substack.com/subscribe
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Solana Weekly #117 - Finding Nirvana and a Store of Value
Episode OverviewIn this episode of Solana Weekly, host Thomas interviews Sid from Nirvana Finance to explore their innovative approach to creating a crypto-native store of value on the Solana blockchain. The discussion dives into the challenges of value storage in crypto, the unique mechanics of the ANA token, and how Nirvana aims to provide stability and transparency in a volatile market. * Support the Show: Subscribe to Solana Weekly on your preferred platform, leave a review, and share the episode on LinkedIn or Twitter/X to amplify Thomas.More in depth show notes at solanaweekly.fun/episodes Get full access to The Dramas of Thomas Bahamas at thomasbahamas.substack.com/subscribe
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Solana Weekly #116 - Nansen CEO Alex Talks Crypto Cycles and OnChain Analytics
Join host Thomas Bahamas on Solana Weekly for an awesome chat with Alex Svanevik, CEO of Nansen which is the gold standard in crypto analytics. They explore tokenized assets blending TradFi and crypto, market cycles and "chain wars," Solana's edge in RWAs, regulatory ironies pushing retail into meme coins, and Nansen's evolution from DeFi tools to AI agents for real-time on-chain insights.Top 3 Takeaways:Crypto's "sandbox era" of speculation is hardening infrastructure for real assets like tokenized stocks on Solana.Regulations should enable positive-sum investments (e.g., equity in protocols) over zero-sum meme games.Nansen democratizes analytics with labeled addresses, staking ($2B+ TVL), and upcoming AI for portfolio tracking and alpha discovery.Listen for the full dive into the future of finance!Links:Nansen: https://nansen.aiAlex on X: https://x.com/ASvaneviktwitter.comSolana Weekly on X: https://x.com/solanaweeklypodtwitter.comEpisodes: https://solanaweekly.fun/episodes Get full access to The Dramas of Thomas Bahamas at thomasbahamas.substack.com/subscribe
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