How to use Twitter to discover cryptocurrency investment opportunities?

Written by: Aylo

Translated by: TechFlow intern

There's too much alpha on Twitter. With just information from Twitter, you could go from $0 to $100K quickly—if you know how. Here are six ways to get more alpha from Crypto Twitter:

1. Use Twitter Lists

This is a basic tactic, but most people are too lazy to do it. You need to organize your lists by category so you can quickly scan different sectors, links, etc. I’ll be sharing my lists publicly in the coming weeks.

2. Use TweetDeck

If you want to organize the crypto content you see, this is essential. You can add anyone’s public list into TweetDeck. Without using TweetDeck columns, you won’t maximize the effectiveness of your lists.

Additional column tips:

Add hashtags you want to monitor as columns, but modify settings to filter for the most engaging tweets—e.g., minimum 10 RTs/likes. I mute certain keywords like “giveaway,” “contest,” “whitelist,” etc. This helps eliminate noise.

Sometimes, it's also worth adding key narratives as columns—for example, Avax subnets, Eth merge, stablecoin wars, etc. This helps you gauge the strength of certain narratives.

3. Turn on notifications for key individuals and accounts.

Information moves at lightning speed in crypto—especially if you’re a trader. I’ve adopted several strategies:

I have @peckshield on notifications because they’re usually the first to report DeFi exploits. I’ve been able to catch shorting opportunities directly from their alerts.

All accounts I have on notifications influence investments made on my main account. It’s a simple step, yet most people don’t do it.

A few days ago, Terra tweeted that they had purchased $100M worth of AVAX and announced a strategic partnership with Avalanche. Seeing this quickly would give you a clear long opportunity.

But be careful who you choose. For example, don’t follow BitBoy.

4. Use IFTTT

IFTTT is an incredible tool that allows you to automate actions across apps, devices, and services.

IFTTT Tip 1:

You can use IFTTT to save tweets containing specific keywords into a Google spreadsheet. This works for any topic you want to track—e.g., any tweet mentioning StarkNet.

IFTTT Tip 2:

IFTTT can send you a notification every time a new tweet matches your search query. I use this to monitor anyone talking about projects I believe are under the radar, ensuring I’m alerted when big players start mentioning them.

5. Monitor Chad_follows

Chad_follows pushes real-time updates of whom major influencers (Chads) on Twitter are newly following. You’ll discover interesting people to follow and potentially uncover promising early-stage projects.

6. Bookmark Tweets

Develop the habit of bookmarking quality tweets/articles so you can read them later.

Almost every popular crypto topic has a great thread. You won’t be able to read them all in real time. Review all your bookmarks at the end of each week. If you have access to Twitter Blue, sign up and organize these tweets into bookmark folders. The $3/month fee is well worth it for this feature.

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