Ignas From rekt to CEX to All in DeFi
His story, research process & what he thinks is required to make it in crypto
In this interview
📍How he fell into crypto rabbit hole
📍His Counter-Narratives Thesis
📍His top threads & post on Research & Critical thinking
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Ignas The DeFi Researcher
lgnas is one of my favourite researcher. I am honored to have him joining this interview. He always produce research & insight from different point of view but not just follow what CT says
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https://ignasdefi.notion.site/
Story of how Ignas join crypto
Joined crypto in 2018.Bought the top and kept losing money. Started to research why and ended up working for a CEX.
During the DeFi summer I started to focus on DeFi only and never looked back. In fact, just a month ago I quit CEX to focus on DeFi full time.
His research thesis & method
I focus my research on counter-narratives, or unpopular opinions. This means looking at something that people are building, but the narrative hasn't picked up yet. Examples are RWAs, DeFi Options, SBTs, On-chain Indexes.
Can find my logic behind it on my thread about counter-narratives. But these trades require time, so I include short-term bets. I look at DAO proposals, On-chain data, Discord chats, AMAs too.
His favouite movie!
Pinky and the brain is my favorite movie.
It's also represents two personalities of every trader: the DYOR, cautions and the one you does research. But the other side of us is FOMO, short-term thinking that just wants do get rich now!
What do he think its required to make it in crypto
"what do you think its required to make it in crypto" Critical thinking and having a special edge in some area. It means not blindly following the crowd, but thinking for yourself.