actually id like to speak on this when i first heard about fomo, i faded it. it sounded like an app that had been tried 100 different times, but with a pretty good name. then fast forward half a year, and they were still building, iterating on their product. a friend asked if i could use his code to sign up, and finally i tried it. it was an amazing experience. and within a few weeks it was the talk of the town. but what we all saw was just the tip of the iceberg. there's no way it was that could all of a sudden. that was from a long time of love and care for a good user experience. if you've ever actually used the platform, you can tell the team has their users best interest in mind. of course they care about the business and making revenue, but i dont think they optimize for it. you can "feel" it. after speaking to more of the team in depth, this feeling is validated. they care a LOT about the people that use their product. they understand it needs to be a symbiotic relationship. there's a lot of conflicted thoughts right now surrounding the state of onchain trading and those conversations are good. if there's no place for them, then so be it. if there needs to be positive change, i hope that happens. but what fomo has built when it comes to social trading can be expanded to any asset class, now and in the future. one of the best apps ive ever used since owning a phone.

fomo has pretty much taken the harder road every single time. this has only made us stronger and stronger. > declined venture money during our seed round while not taking salary for nearly a year > built a mobile app instead of a terminal in early 2025 when every terminal under the sun was making millions a day > re-invented social trading despite endless failed attempts > grinded through the bear market despite onchain volumes falling off a cliff after $TRUMP > pioneered crosschain trading when activity only lived on one chain at a time > showed crypto apps that they can market to non-crypto native audiences and actually succeed > became the first application to be the #1# trading app in both onchain trading and perps > decided against building products that would generate enormous revenue like launchpads because revenue isnt everything > never took a single dollar to integrate chains or launchpads (and passed ALL INCENTIVES back to users) > never paid traders retainers to trade on our platform we at @fomo have always led from the front. this is merely the beginning.

with all the recent negativity surrounding our industry, i wanted to make a list of things that drew me to crypto, and more importantly, kept me here: > full ownership of your money, the ability to send $1m+ anywhere in the world in under a minute (minimal fees) > smart contracts that allow code to verify and execute agreements without needing to trust a middleman > enhanced physical experiences through info onchain (i.e. airdrops live at a show) > communities that form through shared asset ownership (nfts, top memes, etc.) > exploring new technology and the ways it can improve our society > open access to anyone with an internet connection, what felt like a "fair" playing field to make it > access to some of the smartest people across multiple industries, connected through shared interests with all the noise, sometimes it's easy to lose track of what's important prioritize what you find engaging, ignore the rest, or simply log off

if i could go back in time, i would love to learn more about risk management earlier, and become more disciplined about sticking to those systems as my mom always says, "it's not how much money you can make con (son in viet), it's about how much you can keep" im good at making money, but there are a lot of leaks in my systems because i dont know when to turn it off, or dial it down i keep the same risk tolerance in environments that no longer deserve it for example: > rotating profits into new trades right away > selling trading cards for 5-10x, but buying more packs/gacha (for the love of the game) > short term lifestyle inflation systems that i need to respect: > always maintain calm, come back to neutral > after every big trade or loss (this usually just means time away, 2-4 weeks) > put $ into things that are slower to liquidate (cds, brokerage, t-bills, real estate, even silly material things) never redeploy profits there is definitely tuition to be paid if you're a trader in any market, but there comes a point when you begin to overpay you can either feel that pain over and over again until you finally learn the lesson, or be self aware enough to shortcut the process by being focused and firm with yourself making money is one skill keeping it is another

i know crypto looks bleak right now, but remember there will always be opportunity ive roundtripped millions over the last years, but the % ive been able to keep has dramatically improved my life (and this is all of life's opportunities, not only crypto) if you make a lot in a short amount of time, remember to always pay yourself in the moment it may feel counter intuitive, and opportunities feel abundant (they are), but you will never regret it easy to say now, but just keep in the back of your mind