Raoul candidly opens up about dealing with massive FUD in early 2023, the impact it had on him, and how he not only overcame the FUD but also doubled down on personal branding and ended up being one of the few ones who publicly went all in SOL when it wasn’t a consensus trade last year.

We also go through many other topics:

- how the crypto industry is literally built to make you “fuck this up”

- where the big blow ups might come from this cycle

- why some NFTs are about to go Bananas and why Beeple and Xcopy are the alpha

- why Raoul is now more interested by NFTs than by meme coins

- what’s the “next SOL”

- what could make Raoul change his mind on $SOL

- why people in their early 30ies are f*cked and why everyone has “2 jobs” today

- why diversification is dead

- Crypto, the super massive black hole!

- the Banana Zone (of course)

And much much more!

This conversation is a masterclass on how to build wealth in crypto over the next 8 years (not 8 weeks!) and on how everyone can benefit from this truly generational wealth building opportunity!

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00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:36 JUP / MNT / ASTR Partnerships

00:02:48 Raoul's Mission

00:05:01 Make your own Choice

00:05:36 Who is Raoul Pal?

00:06:31 Getting into Macro

00:09:46 Taking the Leap

00:11:33 Shares VS Cash

00:13:17 Running a Hedge Fund

00:16:33 Being Business Wired

00:18:39 Founding Real Vision

00:23:13 Explaining the 12% Hurdle Rate

00:25:46 Wage Deflation

00:27:32 The Retirement Crisis

00:29:03 How to Retire

00:31:09 Understanding Liquidity Cycles

32:50 “Number Go Up”

43:06 Self-Custody in Crypto

44:27 Secular Trends

44:21 Crypto VS NASDAQ

49:30 Thinking Exponentially

52:14 Diversification is Dead

53:48 Concentrated Bets

56:18 The Great Solana Bet

01:03:10 Shifting Crypto Narratives

01:07:56 Why you should be paranoid

01:11:28 Cycle Transitioning

01:14:08 Making Crypto a Living

01:17:48 What will be this cycle's LUNA moment?

01:23:00 Leverage Risks

01:25:09 Learning by Doing

01:27:18 2020-2021 Cycle Lessons

01:28:50 Dealing with Massive FUD

01:32:01 Coping with Stress

01:36:58 Why Personal Branding is key

01:41:38 Power of Memes

01:43:46 “Don’t F*** This Up”

01:46:37 Why Crypto is a $100 Trillion asset class

01:50:59 Meme Coins VS Social Tokens

01:52:20 Are NFTs Dead?

01:57:24 Luca Netz & Pudgy Penguins

01:59:39 The Magic of this Time

02:03:00 Banana Zone

02:06:17 Meme Coins

02:08:25 What's 'the next SOL?

02:13:30 Raoul's favorite Projects and Teams

02:14:42 Why Raoul has no Children

02:16:26 Next 12 Months Prediction