Quit My Day Job?

It’s been two weeks since my last update. I have been working my @ss off, and I have been geeking out on researching the Federal Reserve, inflation, Fiat vs Currency, and other fascinating topics. My big takeaway is threefold: 1. Don’t panic sell, be calm, and wait for the cycle to move forward, 2. Don’t…

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Shimmer EVM is ALIVE (on testnet)….

So this week after testing staking with 40,000 $SM on BitForex, I dropped the rest of the Shimmer bag into their staking feature while we wait for the Shimmer EVM testnet to work out it’s bugs and fully launch. At that point, I expect many more yield-earning opportunities. For that reason, I chose a number…

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The First Shimmer of Staking….

TODAY – A big surprise today!!! I saw on Twitter that BitFinex has initiated Shimmer $SMR staking! I set up 4 stakes to get that Yield Going! EVM is around the corner so I want to keep most of my $SMR ready for the higher yields I am expecting…. Shimmer BitForex Stake 10,000.00 4.00% Flexible…

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Too Many NFTs? – CryptoGin

FEBRUARY – So Yield is the key to my plan. I converted some of my $SMR to $MIOTA in order to buy 3 CryptoGin OG NFTs. I just could not pass up the opportunity to buy in and support one of the first real-world Crypto-NFT-PRODUCT rollouts on the Iota Shimmer Network. Each of the NFT’s…

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Community Activities Pay Off

EARLY 2023 – Nothing is better for a portfolio than Free Assets! Participating in various activities on Discord and Twitter yielded 3 SUPER Awesome NFTs: NFTs DeepR Subbie (won) NFTs TangleSwap Souls (won) NFTs Shimmer Shimmer OG (won) My favorite by far is the Shimmer OG NFT which is a spinning coin with intricate pocket…

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NFT Hail Mary

JANUARY 2023 As I am a HUGE FAN of Alfons Trekner I found one of the first Shimmer NFT collections by the artist as a “Test Collection” of Ugly Bots. With Ugly Bots appearing again in the main artist account, I went back to the test account and bought out the remainder of the Test…

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Initial Setup

DECEMBER 2022 Sold my Prius for $20,000 and invested in 215,000 $SMR and 12488 $SOON and one Ledger Hardware Wallet. I staked 4000 of the $SOON for a year in hopes of turning it into over 5000 $SOON, and staked the remainder for a shorter time so it would be available for Shimmer EVM and…

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