X Cryptocurrency Noise: Four Steps to Filter Quality Accounts and Avoid Being Overwhelmed by Irrelevant Posts
(Background: The gambler’s mindset ultimately leads to loss, and mathematical analysis teaches you the survival rules for investment.)
(Contextual Supplement: Is gold still worth investing in? Is the most renowned safe-haven asset outdated?)
On X (Twitter), there are many high-value cryptocurrency-related accounts that can provide numerous alpha signals; however, the amount of noise (disruptive information) is exponentially greater, making the user experience and ability to obtain effective information on crypto Twitter quite poor. Below are steps to help you establish a timeline to benefit from the following accounts:
- Look bullish at the lows
- Look bearish at the highs
- Identify high-performing altcoins
First, find accounts that can select high-performing altcoins at the right time.
Search for accounts that can predict altcoins.
- Identify high-performing tokens
You can visit CoinGecko to check the best-performing tokens over the past 30 days.
- Note the dates of interest
You need to find the date before the price increase. For example, for $LIQD on Hyperliquid, check the data from May 14 to June 1:
- Advanced search filtering
Use the browser version, click here.
Search for $LIQD
Input the dates
Query early bullish accounts
Follow them / Note their account names, add them to your X list
- Is it purely luck?
If you really want to know if they are accurate in their predictions every time, you can review all the tweets released by that account for verification (it’s unlikely to be accurate every time in the crypto field, but if they can pick right once out of 100 times, it might be worth looking into).
Search for accounts that can judge market direction correctly.
You can use the same method to find accounts that judge the direction correctly.
- Find the dates of interest
You want to find bullish accounts at the lows; in this case, check accounts between April 5 and April 12:
Additionally, you want to find bearish accounts at the highs; in this case, check accounts between January 17 and January 31:
- Advanced search filtering
Use the browser version, click here.
You can use the “All search terms” search bar to look for phrases like “bullish Bitcoin,” “Bitcoin lows,” “bullish $BTC,” or “$BTC bottom.” Then input your dates of interest, namely April 5 to April 12. Then perform the same operation with the “All search terms” search bar to search for phrases like “bearish Bitcoin,” “Bitcoin highs,” “bearish $BTC,” or “$BTC top.” Then input your dates of interest, namely January 17 to January 31. - Note these account names
You can create a list of accounts that correctly judge the direction under extreme market conditions. - Is the directional judgment dull?
You need to check whether they are always bullish or always bearish. Simply perform a quick manual audit of the accounts:
(Bullish) (from@____)
(Bearish) (from@____)
Plus other keywords that indicate their bearish or bullish sentiment. If they are bullish all year round, they won’t provide much useful information; similarly, if they are bearish all year round, they also won’t provide much useful information.
Conclusion
To find alpha on X, you need to spend more time than usual, as those “clowns” are always the loudest. You only need to create two lists:
- Accounts skilled at selecting altcoins
- Accounts that judge direction correctly
When the market is as volatile as it is now and altcoins are scattered, you need all the help you can get. This article is inspired by Ignas, who has done a lot of work, but not all of it; you can use this method to find accounts that yield significant returns.
Note: Below is Ignas’s list:
- Protocol Deep Dive: Castle Labs
- Industry Deep Dive: Kairos Research
- Data-Driven Narrative Research: OurNetwork
- Degen Paradise: blocmates.
- Monthly Market Reports and Data Dashboards: OAK Research
- Enhancing Your Understanding of Cryptocurrency: Chorus One
- For Traders and Degen Investors: Onchain Wizard
Venture Capital Research (beware of some biases, but you can gain VC insights):
- Zee Prime Capital (article contributed by Matti)
- Dragonfly (visit their website for research)
- Placeholder (posts have decreased in 2025 but are still valuable)
- Galaxy (frequent research, market updates)
- Multicoin Capital (investment arguments often spark controversy, but insightful)
- a16z crypto (on topics like regulation, token economics, stablecoins, etc.)
- Paradigm (similar to a16z, but the findings are also excellent)
- Binance Research (CEX research for beginners and veterans)
Notable Sources:
- Blockworks Research
- Delphi Digital
- Nansen Research
- Messari
Independent Creators:
- The DeFi Investor (@TheDeFinvestor)
- Crypto Linn (@crypto_linn)
- Zeneca.xyz (@Zeneca)
- Patrick Scott (@patfscott)
- 0xJeff (@Defi0xJeff)
- hoeem (@crypthoem)
- Duo Nine (@DU09BTC)
- arndxt (@arndxt_xo)
- jay (@0xjaypeg)
- 2Lambroz (@2lambro)
- Route 2 FI (@Route2FI)
- Aylo (@alpha_pls)
- Viktor DeFi (@ViktorDefi)
- The Daily Degen (@thedailydegenhq)
