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Honestly, if you're new, usually the move is to stick to top 10 crypto at first. If you really want to try meme coins though, check in whatever app youre using for a section where it says "trending" or "new". Look at the all time charts. Most of them launch, pump initially, developers take their money and get out, the coin will crash astronomically. Most of them never come back to all time highs, once in a while, one of them will, but there will still be price activity at the bottom. Its very tough to analyze whether they will bounce back a bit, or just keep slow bleeding out. It's probably 95% luck.
If i were you, I would choose a couple from the top 10 that you want to build a position on. Keep the bulk of your investment there. I like ether, solana, hyperliquid. Btc is usually a staple too, but not for me. So, if you have a few thousand to invest, for example, I would go with something like, $1000 BTC, $1000 ETH, $750 SOL, $500 HYPE... then, if you choose a meme coin, keep it between $20-$50. That way, if the price nukes, no big loss, but if it has a crazy 2000% run, you can still catch the upside and make a few hundred.
You got a few different types. Btc makes up over half the total crypto market cap, so its king, everything follows it to a point. Then you have your well established utility coins like ether and sol, which are pretty safe bets when it comes to crypto. If you want lower cap utility tokens which have more potential upside, you can check out coins like Keeta or Morpho, those are projects that aim for network usage and utility, but are still small enough that they can massively fail, or they can see explosive gains if they catch on. You have to be careful when choosing low cap utilities, there are SO many of them, most of them are gonna be duds, so aim for the ones with goals and partnerships that you like. Keeta is partnering with LayerZero, and they are trying to tokenize real world assets like gold and oil for the UAE. Morpho has a crazy disproportionate amount of value locked on chain, and they just partnered with coinbase to make their DeFi lending protocol seamless and easy. Thats why I like them, but they're still risky plays.
Meme coins are a completely different category. They operate on traders and hype alone. All gamblers. Now that doesnt mean you cant make money off them, but it does mean they aren't a long term investment. If you make profit on one, lock it in, sell a good portion of your tokens. Don't round trip them. Watch them closely, develop a strategy, and dont risk too much.

Mohammad Marandi, Prof. and advisor to Iran's negotiation team adds "Trump regime forces in Kuwait, the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Jordan are mobilizing for a potential blitzkrieg, possibly alongside Zionist forces, against the Iranian people," warning "the Islamic Republic stands ready with a swift and crushing response."
is this true? is trump going to attack Pickaxe Mountain? sell everything tomorrow

He may not be able to break the grip through the status quo (whatever the hell that is) . I could imagine a scenario with more bombs and a land embargo.
The new UAE pipeline is scheduled to open in mid-2027, China is looking for oil trade routes through the North Sea, and the green energy revolution has sped up. There are also new pipelines in Iraq being discussed for 2-3 years. Iran will never have as much leverage as they do right now.

UAE and Saudi Arabia already have pipeline operational. Second UAE pipeline will be completed by mid next year.

A lot of people are asking me, they come up to me, they say, “Sir, what about Iran?” And I tell them, Iran—they were begging me, crying, actually crying, tears streaming down their faces. Very tough people, these Iranians. They said, “Please, Mr. Big Trump, don’t bomb us, please!”
And I said, “You better open that strait. You better do it fast.” And they said, “Sir, we’ll open it immediately.” Beautiful. Nobody thought it could be done.
And then they said they would convert to Christianity—can you believe it? The whole country. Tremendous. I said, “You don’t have to do that.” They said, “Please, sir, we insist.”
And everyone—the UAE, Saudi Arabia, everybody—they were clapping, they were applauding. It was beautiful.
Then a very respected historian came up to me and said, “Sir, Moses parted the Red Sea, but you opened the Strait of Hormuz.”
And I said, “Moses did a very good job. Very good. But frankly, mine has more traffic.

Did anyone buy some vix calls for Middle East plunging us back into the dark ages? Maybe if we exit out of extreme profit vix calls we can transfer it into gold or Coca Cola bottle caps before the financial system collapses…
BREAKING: Iran has new intelligence warning of a major US-Israeli ground and air operation against Iran, citing a rapid military buildup across Gulf bases, per senior Iranian officials.
Mohammad Marandi, Prof. and advisor to Iran's negotiation team adds "Trump regime forces in Kuwait, the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Jordan are mobilizing for a potential blitzkrieg, possibly alongside Zionist forces, against the Iranian people," warning "the Islamic Republic stands ready with a swift and crushing response."

Das Problem für den Iran ist, dass die Fettis mit der See Blockade den Großteil ihrer Ölexporte verhindern
Die Hoffnung war, dass Trump vor den Midterms aufgibt. Die Forderungen der Iraner sind aber so hoch, dass Trump die Midterms erst Recht verlieren wird, wenn er aufgibt.
Alles, was man Trump vorwirft, gilt auch für den Iran. Man kann nicht wollen, dass jemand ohne off ramp aufgibt. Wenn man einen Deal erreichen will, muss man glaubhaft sein. Usw.
Letzten Endes hat ein dummer US Präsident schlicht mehr Ressourcen, um so ein standoff wirtschaftlich länger durchzuhalten, als der beste iranische Stratege.
Zudem ist die Gefahr nicht symmetrisch. Die USA zerlegen die US Finanzen direkt. Der Schaden, den die Iraner zuführen, ist mehr politischery strategischer Natur. Die Amis brauchen die Straße von Hormuz nicht für ihr Öl, sie brauchen keine UAE Standorte für Datacenter, keine Waren aus Israel. Primär benötigen sie aus der Ecke Helium und ggf Inputs für die Düngemittelproduktion.

Ok, so takeout Kharg so we won’t need to blockade with as many resources- hit it every 45-90 days while they try to rebuild. Take out power generation facilities around Tehran.
The strangulation on the economy of Iran will push them back to the table
Escort tankers from Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia and let iran stew

They're the ones losing out on hundreds of billions in oil export revenues. The US can blockade them too. Iraq Koweït Quatar are also big losers. UAE and Saudis at least have some pipeline capacity to bypass Hormuz.
Meanwhile US controlled oil and gas gains global market share, while solar and renewables are expanding. Not sure that "no deal" is that bad of a situation for the US to be honest.

at this point its more likely UAE and japan selling

I'd pay 95% for retail ready gold eagles. We sell them all day long and they are in very high demand. That said you should not sell any of it unless you have more important investments to buy. Because there is a huge problem in the global economy. Commodity inflation is starting to creep higher. Oil is also a big factor as UAE has left OPEC and OPEC+ which means the UAE has told the United States to go fuck itself. We are selling to everyone now and that means they can trade in Yuan and Dollars. And guess what happens next? The European Union and the likes decide to buy Yuan and China’s Debt treasuries instead of USD because it's more profitable to buy oil in Yuan. It means certain inflation and a possible default on national debt as our interest payment becomes our number one expense. In 3 years gold will be 8k per ounce or higher. And possible record highs in the next 6 months. Also I would tell you to look at the shortage on 100 ounce silver bars. Almost every wholesaler is out of silver rounds and bars. As a dealer I try and hold 33% in PM’s and the rest is traded daily. Shits about to get real soon.

Hab vor Beenden meines Masters in Winfo geschaut wo man als motivierter junger Arbeitnehmer mehr Netto Sparquote bekommt.
Die Schweiz ist da natürlich auf Platz 1, aber Irland (tech Hubs), UAE und USA wären auch interessant.
Ich würde jeden empfehlen auszuwandern, die Opportunitätskosten in DE zu bleiben sind riesig, weil man durch Steuern & Sozialabgaben so ausgenommen wird.
Würde in Thailand kein Eigentum erwerben - rechtlich zu unsicher und auch unflexibel, wer will schon in der Regenzeit dort sein…
Am besten 6 Monate in SEA und 6 Monate in DE/Südeuropa - dafür braucht man aber das nötige Kleingeld.
Sonst noch Fragen? 😆