{"id":16529,"date":"2023-05-11T05:11:16","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T09:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo2.dedicatedhost247.com\/crypto\/hall-of-flame-cointelegraph-magazine-8\/"},"modified":"2023-05-11T05:11:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T09:11:16","slug":"hall-of-flame-cointelegraph-magazine-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo2.dedicatedhost247.com\/crypto\/hall-of-flame-cointelegraph-magazine-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Hall of Flame \u2013 Cointelegraph Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>Will Clemente III has 680,200 followers on Twitter thanks to his viral crypto analysis content. He co-founded blockchain research firm Reflexivity Research with Anthony \u201cPomp\u201d Pompliano while still a teenager. <\/em><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-who-is-this-guy-anyway\"><strong>Who is this guy anyway?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Will Clemente III is still only 21 years old, but his keen insights into the industry mean he\u2019s followed by some of the biggest names in crypto and 680,200 others.<\/p>\n<p>But what\u2019s the \u201cIII\u201d thing all about?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I am a third,\u201d he laughs about his family name.<\/p>\n<p>He explains that he \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/toss-in-your-job-and-make-300k-working-for-a-dao-heres-how\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">dropped out of school <\/a>in August 2021 while in sophomore year to work in crypto.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clemente\u2019s decision has paid off, as the 21-year-old now boasts influential industry figures like MicroStrategy co-founder Michael Saylor, Messari CEO Ryan Selkis and Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal among his large follower count.<\/p>\n<p>A bit like a teenage pop sensation being discovered by Simon Cowell, Clemente was originally discovered by<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/top-people-in-crypto-and-blockchain-2021\/anthony-pompliano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> Anthony \u201cPomp\u201d Pompliano<\/a>, the venture capitalist and podcaster who proposed they start a blockchain research firm together, before Clemente was even legally allowed to take a sip of beer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPomp said, \u2018Why don\u2019t we start a research firm?\u2019 so we launched Reflexivity Research in September 2021,\u201d Clemente explains.<\/p>\n<section class=\"adv-banner adbutler-ad adbutler-ad__desktop\">\n<div class=\"container\"><!-- 1456x180 [img] --><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/servedbyadbutler.com\/go2\/;ID=169476;size=728x90;setID=601214;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fcointelegraph.com%2Fmagazine%2Fcrypto-analyst-21-anthony-pompliano-william-clemente-crypto-twitter-hall-of-flame%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img src=\"https:\/\/servedbyadbutler.com\/adserve\/;ID=169476;size=728x90;setID=601214;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fcointelegraph.com%2Fmagazine%2Fcrypto-analyst-21-anthony-pompliano-william-clemente-crypto-twitter-hall-of-flame%2F;type=img\"\/><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/servedbyadbutler.com\/adserve\/;ID=169476;size=728x90;setID=601214;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fcointelegraph.com%2Fmagazine%2Fcrypto-analyst-21-anthony-pompliano-william-clemente-crypto-twitter-hall-of-flame%2F;type=img\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"adv-banner adbutler-ad adbutler-ad__mobile\">\n<div class=\"container\"><!-- 600x500 [img] --><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/servedbyadbutler.com\/go2\/;ID=169476;size=300x250;setID=601213;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fcointelegraph.com%2Fmagazine%2Fcrypto-analyst-21-anthony-pompliano-william-clemente-crypto-twitter-hall-of-flame%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img src=\"https:\/\/servedbyadbutler.com\/adserve\/;ID=169476;size=300x250;setID=601213;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fcointelegraph.com%2Fmagazine%2Fcrypto-analyst-21-anthony-pompliano-william-clemente-crypto-twitter-hall-of-flame%2F;type=img\"\/><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/servedbyadbutler.com\/adserve\/;ID=169476;size=300x250;setID=601213;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fcointelegraph.com%2Fmagazine%2Fcrypto-analyst-21-anthony-pompliano-william-clemente-crypto-twitter-hall-of-flame%2F;type=img\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Clemente explains that, as he gained an obsession with crypto, he lost a girlfriend \u2014 but not before she<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/bitcoin-senegal-why-how-african-country-using-btc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> bought Bitcoin herself<\/a>, in the hope Clemente \u201cwould pretty much shut up about it.\u201d It didn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter learning that Bitcoin is probably the thing you want to own most, I became obsessed, and my girlfriend said you need to find a group of people to ramble on [about it], as she was getting sick of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Even if you thought BTC could go to $10K from current prices, with a 2025 target of $180K you&#8217;re looking at a 1:9 risk-reward ratio with 50% potential downside but 900% upside.<\/p>\n<p>Invest 1% of your portfolio, you&#8217;re risking 0.5% with 9% upside to your overall holdings. No brainer.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Will Clemente (@WClementeIII) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WClementeIII\/status\/1548833890629992448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">July 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-what-led-to-twitter-fame\"><strong>What led to Twitter fame?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Early on, Clemente recognized the importance of grabbing the attention of prominent figures in the crypto industry to get his content out to a wider audience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wrote a report on Bitcoin\u2019s role in the financial system, published it, and tagged all the crypto influencers I knew. Preston Pysh found it, retweeted it, and shouted me out. I owe him credit to go from 300 followers to 3,000 followers,\u201d Clemente says.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>After Pysh retweeted Clemente\u2019s report, Pomp stumbled upon it and invited Clemente to be a guest on his podcast \u2013 <em>The Pomp Podcast<\/em> \u2013 which boosted his follower count to 5,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom there, it gave me the confidence to go from 5,000 to 10,000, and it just took off after that,\u201d he says.<strong> <\/strong>\u201cI owe Preston and Pomp big time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Clemente appears unfazed by the enormous <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/stop-crypto-community-imploding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">size of his audience online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c600,000 \u2014 it\u2019s just numbers on the screen,\u201d he declares.<\/p>\n<p>That said, he\u2019s even getting recognized on the street these days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWhen you see people recognize you, that is weird. Four people recognized me, while I was on a walk. That\u2019s when it hit me\u2026 this is actually real.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"article-suggest\">\n<p>Read also<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-suggest__items\">\n<div class=\"article-suggest__item\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/financial-decentralized-exchange-dex\/\" class=\"article-suggest__subtitle display4\"><br \/>\n                            <span>Features<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Are You Independent Yet? Financial Self-Sovereignty and the Decentralized Exchange<\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"article-suggest__item\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/iranian-miners-say-bad-regulations-killing-great-potential-in-industry\/\" class=\"article-suggest__subtitle display4\"><br \/>\n                            <span>Features<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Inside the Iranian Bitcoin mining industry<\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"h-what-to-expect-on-his-twitter\"><strong>What to expect on his Twitter?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Clemente <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WClementeIII\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">tweets <\/a>almost every day, sharing a combination of crypto-related news and insights and retweeting trusted content from others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy Twitter is a combination of Bitcoin and crypto data points, cool data points, different data sources, other research, whether it\u2019s coming from me or others I\u2019m endorsing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clemente doesn\u2019t consider it beneath him to take the free quizzes on crypto exchanges <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/reformed-altcoin-slayer-eric-wall-shitposting-scaling-ethereum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">to earn altcoins<\/a> for himself, either.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Down so bad started doing the altcoin quizzes for $3 on Coinbase<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Will Clemente (@WClementeIII) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WClementeIII\/status\/1528838922196992000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">May 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-twitter-beefs\"><strong>Twitter beefs<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>Mild beef: Bitcoin maxis<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clemente is a polite young man who actively avoids conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>Despite emphasizing his respect for the <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/bitcoin-2022-will-real-btc-maximalists-please-stand-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">perspective of Bitcoin maximalists<\/a>, he has faced criticism from the community after shifting from talking solely about Bitcoin on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came in as a hardcore Bitcoin maximalist, then I shifted from Bitcoin as the only thing to look at, which is when I started copping it from the Bitcoin maxi community,\u201d Clemente states.<\/p>\n<p>But he was prepared for the backlash and decided it was worth it in the long run.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought I\u2019ll probably take the shit for a month or two, and then it\u2019ll slowly fizzle out,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-suggest\">\n<p>Read also<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-suggest__items\">\n<div class=\"article-suggest__item\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/cryptocurrency-epicenter-moving-from-east-asia\/\" class=\"article-suggest__subtitle display4\"><br \/>\n                            <span>Features<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Is the cryptocurrency epicenter moving away from East Asia?<\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"article-suggest__item\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/bitcoin-narrative-truth\/\" class=\"article-suggest__subtitle display4\"><br \/>\n                            <span>Features<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Becoming of Bitcoin: A Narrative Untainted by Illusions of Truth<\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"h-twitter-likes\"><strong>Twitter likes?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Clemente says he treats his Twitter feed like a crucial data source and carefully chooses who he follows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI follow a little bit of everything, I view my Twitter account as a Bloomberg terminal,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also follow meme accounts for fun I guess amongst the serious stuff,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>He\u2019s a fan of accounts that share on-chain analysis insights, including Dylan LeClair and the lead on-chain analyst for Glassnode, Checkmate.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-predictions\"><strong>Predictions?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Clemente isn\u2019t one to get easy likes with big price predictions but anticipates that the price of Bitcoin could reach six figures sometime between the fourth quarter of 2024 and the first quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the \u201cmarket has bottomed on a multi-year view.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clemente also believes that the majority of those who are buying Bitcoin <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/crypto-winter-can-take-toll-hodlers-mental-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">at lower prices<\/a> are in it for the long haul.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople buying down there aren\u2019t looking to sell at a double, they are looking to hold at a multi-year,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to see major price appreciation over the next two years,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Clemente says it\u2019s important to <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/what-actually-use-bitcoin-el-salvador\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">consider that countries will<\/a> \u201cbegin to take steps towards moving off of dollar system reliance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf that\u2019s true, in my view, it gives a high probability that they may take at least a small position or conduct a small portion of trade in Bitcoin, given it\u2019s the purest decentralized bearer asset on Earth,\u201d Clemente says.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cMost market participants base their expectations of Bitcoin adoption on the future outlook of the global macroeconomic landscape, but I think people underestimate the geopolitical significance of Bitcoin.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"subscribe subscribe--inner\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"subscribe__inner\">\n<div class=\"subscribe__content\">\n<p>Subscribe<\/p>\n<p>The most engaging reads in blockchain. 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He&#8217;s also a standup comedian and has been a radio and TV presenter on Triple J, SBS and The Project.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"news\">\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/crypto-analyst-21-anthony-pompliano-william-clemente-crypto-twitter-hall-of-flame\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Clemente III has 680,200 followers on Twitter thanks to his viral crypto analysis content. He co-founded blockchain research firm Reflexivity Research with Anthony \u201cPomp\u201d Pompliano while still a teenager. Who is this guy anyway? Will Clemente III is still only 21 years old, but his keen insights into the industry mean he\u2019s followed by some of the biggest names in crypto and 680,200 others. But what\u2019s the \u201cIII\u201d thing all about? \u201cYes, I am a third,\u201d he laughs about his family name. He explains that he \u201cdropped out of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[40],"tags":[148,5972,5971,130],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo2.dedicatedhost247.com\/crypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo2.dedicatedhost247.com\/crypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo2.dedicatedhost247.com\/crypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo2.dedicatedhost247.com\/crypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo2.dedicatedhost247.com\/crypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo2.dedicatedhost247.com\/crypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo2.dedicatedhost247.com\/crypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo2.dedicatedhost247.com\/crypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo2.dedicatedhost247.com\/crypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo2.dedicatedhost247.com\/crypto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}