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Internal innovation, it just starts because you're so overwhelmed with just meeting the existing demand of the existing product that it's very hard to, unless you're, you know, there are founder leaders who do it and they're, they're, uh, but they're already kind of wired for that, right?
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371: What Founders Still Get Wrong in Crypto with Guest speaker William Quigley from WAX + Tether
They're hiring people to innovate.
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371: What Founders Still Get Wrong in Crypto with Guest speaker William Quigley from WAX + Tether
It's very hard.
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371: What Founders Still Get Wrong in Crypto with Guest speaker William Quigley from WAX + Tether
Okay, I've said this to other people.
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371: What Founders Still Get Wrong in Crypto with Guest speaker William Quigley from WAX + Tether
Maybe I should have kept this to myself.
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371: What Founders Still Get Wrong in Crypto with Guest speaker William Quigley from WAX + Tether
But yeah, I think the most useful guide for when to sell your crypto and when to buy it is the fear and greed index.
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Because crypto, with the exception of stable coins, they're backed by some collateral.
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371: What Founders Still Get Wrong in Crypto with Guest speaker William Quigley from WAX + Tether
But Bitcoin and all the other traditional tokens are, their price is based exclusively on sentiment.
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That is how they differ from traditional stocks.
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371: What Founders Still Get Wrong in Crypto with Guest speaker William Quigley from WAX + Tether
Stocks have sentiment.
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They're affected by sentiment, but that sentiment is generally driven by a change in fundamentals of the underlying business.
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371: What Founders Still Get Wrong in Crypto with Guest speaker William Quigley from WAX + Tether
So there is no underlying business associated with, let's say, Bitcoin, right?
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371: What Founders Still Get Wrong in Crypto with Guest speaker William Quigley from WAX + Tether
So it is 100% driven by sentiment.
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371: What Founders Still Get Wrong in Crypto with Guest speaker William Quigley from WAX + Tether
Therefore, if you want to understand, let's say, when to be acquiring Bitcoin, you would want to acquire it when the sentiment is awful, when people are just depressed, right?
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And so this is why the Fearing Greed Index is such a useful guide.
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371: What Founders Still Get Wrong in Crypto with Guest speaker William Quigley from WAX + Tether
You would also be forewarned against piling into Bitcoin when the fear and greed index is very optimistic because more than likely at that point, prices are reflected in that optimism.
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So you can use that sentiment indicator
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as a good general guide.
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At some point, maybe it doesn't work, but historically, it's been a very good gauge and I've used it.
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Wherever you see the most opportunity currently.