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Last night in the early hours, this token surged to a $9M market cap, nearly a 4x from its ATH. Driven by curiosity, I dug deeper into the AVC team.
First, about the platform—Paragraph is a project started by Austin Ward and Parul Singh. What were they doing before? One was an engineer at Mirror, the other a content creator. The key point is that their team info is fully public, their backgrounds are solid, and they've dabbled in both the Web3 publishing and DeFi spaces. They even received early support from a16z Crypto.
Even more interesting is their roster of investors: USV and the venture arm of a certain compliant platform both invested, which really boosts their credibility.
4 times the translation for only 9m market capitalization? Feels a bit early.
When USV comes in, it’ll be different; compliance really adds points.
I like the transparency of the team, much more reliable than those anonymous ones.
But whether content creators can make projects work... it still depends on the follow-up.
I just want to ask if it’s still worth chasing at this $9 million market cap, or if it’s going to be another ghost story that drops back down after a week.
The team’s transparency is definitely a plus, but there are way too many scammers in Web3, so you really have to look carefully.
a16z endorsement + USV backing, could it be that this time it's really not a play to suckers?
The combination of Mirror engineers + content creators sounds quite reliable, I appreciate the transparency.
These days, there are indeed not many projects with Compliance venture capital backing, we still need to proceed with caution.
Wait, it's all institutions lifting the platform, can retail investors still make money?
A team with engineers from Mirror is definitely solid, at least it's not just pure hype. But the part about the compliant VC department is a bit vague—who exactly is it?
USV getting on board is fine, but there are also Compliance venture capitalists joining in... Projects like this are really rare in our circle.
USV's investment is the real key here. Having a16z Crypto's endorsement is different. But does the team's public identity really guarantee anything...
A fourfold increase this fast, better watch out for the bag holders' story...
These platform projects all look pretty similar. Even with people coming out of Mirror, it's hard to say what they can actually achieve. Better to observe for now.
Getting hyped just because compliant VCs are coming in? Still need to see if the product can actually survive.
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9m market capitalization quadrupled? Wait a minute, which round is this number from, and is it still at this price level?
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I really respect that the entire team is public; it's definitely better than those anonymous suckers who play people for suckers.
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Austin Ward, I remember him being very skilled back in the Mirror days, so it wouldn't be surprising if Paragraph really takes off this time.
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Hey, wait a second, USV has invested in many projects; the key still lies in whether they can actually deliver results.
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Is the compliance platform's venture capital department involved as well? This indicates that there are really institutions recognizing it, not just pure speculation.
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I just want to ask, when the market capitalization was at 9m, did anyone enter a position? What price level are we at now?