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![AlphaRider_ Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::1241547304605229056.png) Donald Raph [@AlphaRider_](/creator/twitter/AlphaRider_) on x 2109 followers
Created: 2025-07-23 20:54:40 UTC

Exactly my story, lmao 
Bagged the mid NFTs  not by choice, but cuz that’s what we could reach.

The elites like CryptoPunks and BAYC?
Already retail-gated, way past our budget.

Even Moonbirds had whitelist lotteries for the chosen ones.
The scraps left for public mint felt like grinding on nightmare mode.

Eventually copped X Azukis, thought I was making a boss move.
Then I realized holding X elite NFTs does less for me than flipping XX mid ones with actual momentum.
So I sold them, no regrets

Sometimes it’s not that u faded blue chips but we couldn’t even afford to fade them properly. 💀


XXX engagements

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