In this five‑minute monologue, the creator marks five years of producing crypto‑focused YouTube content and distills the hard‑earned lessons about the influencer ecosystem. He argues that influencers are primarily profit‑driven, that virtually every token launched by an influencer ends up worthless, and that most creators accept paid sponsorships and often do not own the assets they promote. He stresses the importance of disclosing sponsorships, taking profits on any price pump, and only trusting creators who actually hold the tokens they discuss. He contrasts his own practice (and that of a colleague named Megan) – personally investing in the tokens they recommend – with the broader “corrupt” environment, and advises viewers to absorb many perspectives but filter out the nonsense, noting that this approach has been his most profitable strategy.
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It's officially been 5 years for me on crypto YouTube making crypto videos, and here's what I've learned over those 5 years. I've seen behind the scenes of the influencer industry, like in crypto, right? Number 1, nobody has your best interest in mind. Nobody. They're all just trying to make money. Number 2, it's probably smart that you also try start making money and making content around crypto because it's a very good way to make money, uh, and to make some extra money that you can put into crypto. And it's fun to discuss crypto, discuss your opinions. Number 3 is that most of these tokens created by influencers— actually, all of them— go to zero. They will end up at zero. So if you're lucky enough that it's pumping, you need to sell. You need to take profit. Number 4 is basically everybody is paid to talk about certain, you know, coins, right? Every crypto influencer, content creator has taken a sponsorship at one point. And let me tell you something, you would too if you had what they had and you had the opportunities. There's like a 99% chance that you would also take that sponsorship money. There is nothing wrong with that. You need to just make sure you're disclosing that, hey, these people paid me and these people are a partner, uh, and you know, whatever. This is the project I'm talking about. Uh, and number 5, a high percentage of these guys and girls don't actually hold the tokens they're talking about. They don't even hold them, right? That's the difference. With me and Megan is that we actually hold the tokens we talk about, and we're in the same boat as you. We invested our personal money into this. So a lot of these guys don't even hold the tokens they're telling you to buy. So it's, it's a really corrupt, uh, place. And, you know, absorb all perspectives is what I say, um, and then filter out the BS, right? You need to still absorb I've made more money absorbing perspectives from people on Twitter, people on here, than ever, than any other strategy. So listening to influencers and people talking about crypto and talking about new gems and stuff has made me more than anything else.
