The Balkanization of blockchain/cryptp/NFT seems well underway. It’s pretty much impossible to keep track of it all. You have to pick your sectors and 100% you should count on missing big things somewhere else.
Currently the major areas that seem to have opportunities seem to be:
1) Bitcoin + Ordinals + Runes - this is an expensive game to play and the momentum feels like it has ebbed heavily. My involvement in this sector is almost 100% through OnChainMonkey - they have a great Alpha channel in their Discord.
2) ETH L2 BLAST- I've given this virtually no attention as it very much feels like this is where the majority of influencers, gambling, speculation, farming, grinding is taking place. All of those embody my least favorite parts of crypto - but they are also where it seems like the majority of money is made. I simply don't want to spend my time in that kind of energy. My window into this world is looking at X and also through the Zen Academy Discord’s Alpha channel.
3) ETH L2 BASE + Farcaster, $DEGEN - This sector, on the other hand is very much where I enjoy spending my time. Farcaster is made up of builders, creatives, and people who are social to be social - not social to farm money. There are airdrops, new projects that actually do things, conferences, and interaction that goes beyond engagement farming and grinding for WL. Here’s my invite link for Farcaster: https://warpcast.com/~/invite-page/11286?id=ef691b56
4) Solana - Shitcoins - Solana shitcoins + memecoins offer a low risk and potential high reward. Using things like Pump.fun, Raydium, and Jupiter exchange. This is fun gambling - like throwing a few coins in a slot machine. Gas fees are low, the memes are fun, and there are airdrops and some innovation. To get in on this action just get a Phantom Wallet, fund it with a little Solana and get on the exchanges above.
5) ETH NFTs and Tokens - Let's be honest, mostly dead. Who wants to deal with expensive jpegs when you can deal with more fun stuff. I still believe that major collections and funded projects can bring big rewards at some point in the future but most of the ETH NFT field has become boring, botted, and sadly - worthless. Ultimately, I think Yuga, Cool Cats, Gutter Cat Gang and a few others will make a big comeback - but it might be a while.
6) Gaming, Cardano, Metaverse etc I'll be honest. I don't really see anything I'm excited about that I haven't already mentioned above. A couple of card games that keep building (Raini, Doctor Who, Parallel) on L2s, a few media and publishing projects, Otherside appears to be moving forward.
I try to share what I can when I come across what seem like good opportunities. I do most of that in the Baoism Discord’s Blockchain Chat channel. Everyone is welcome there and you are especially welcome to share any opportunities or cool things you may come across there.