There is too much redundant information on encrypted Twitter. How to find alpha efficiently?

Problem: Crypto Twitter is flooded with noise, making it hard to find valuable alpha signals (valid information) amid excessive redundant content.
Solution: Curate high-quality accounts to build a timeline that helps identify:
- Bullish lows
- Bearish highs
- Outperforming altcoins

Steps to Find Alpha-Efficient Accounts:

Identify Top-Performing Tokens:
- Use platforms like Coingecko to track tokens with the highest 30-day gains.
- Note dates before price surges (e.g., $LIQD’s rise between May 14–June 1).
Advanced Twitter Search:
- Filter by token ($LIQD), dates, and bullish tweets to find early predictors.
- Follow/note accounts and add them to an X list.
- Verify consistency by reviewing their historical tweets (even 1/100 accuracy may be valuable).
Market-Direction Accounts:
- Search phrases like “bullish Bitcoin” or “$BTC bottom” for low periods (e.g., April 5–12).
- For highs, use “bearish Bitcoin” or “$BTC top” (e.g., January 17–31).
- Avoid accounts with constant bullish/bearish bias—seek those accurate at extremes.

Conclusion:

Create two lists:
- Accounts skilled at picking altcoins.
- Accounts with accurate market-direction calls.
Recommended sources include VC research (e.g., a16z, Paradigm), analysts (e.g., Messari, Nansen), and independent bloggers (e.g., The DeFi Investor, Zeneca).

Inspiration: Method adapted from Ignas’ work, with additional high-yield account recommendations.

Author: hoeem , Crypto KOL

Compiled by: Felix, PANews

There are many high-value accounts on Crypto Twitter that can provide a lot of alpha signals (valid information). However, the amount of noise (interference information) is a hundred times that of the former, so the user experience on Crypto Twitter and the ability to obtain valid information are very poor.

Here’s how to create a timeline that will help you benefit from the following accounts:

Bullish lows
Highs Bearish
Ability to select outperforming altcoins

First, find accounts that pick outperforming altcoins at the right time.

Finding accounts that can predict altcoins

1 : Find out the top performing tokens

You can visit Coingecko to see the best performing coins over the past 30 days.

2 : Note down dates of interest

You need to find a date before the price increase.

For example, $LIQD on Hyperliquid.

To view data between May 14 and June 1:

3 : Advanced search filter

For browser version, click here .

Search $LIQD
Enter Date
Find early bullish accounts
Follow them/note their account name and add to X list

4 : Is it just pure luck?

If you really want to know if they are right every time, you can check all the tweets posted by the account to verify (in the crypto field, it is unlikely to be correct every time, but if you can get it right once out of 100, it might be worth knowing).

Find the account that correctly judges the market direction

The same method can be used to find the direction to determine the correct account.

1 : Find a date of interest

You want to find accounts that were bullish at the lows, in this case, looking between April 5th and 12th.

Additionally, you want to find accounts that were bearish at the highs, in this case looking at accounts between January 17th and 31st.

2 : Advanced search filter

For browser version, click here .

You can use the “All Search Terms” search bar to search for phrases like “bullish bitcoin,” “bitcoin lows,” “bullish $BTC,” or “$BTC bottom.”

Then enter the dates of interest near the bottom, which is April 5-12.

Then do the same using the “All Search Terms” search bar to search for phrases like “bearish bitcoin,” “bitcoin highs,” “bearish $BTC,” or “$BTC top.”

Then enter the dates you're interested in, January 17-31, near the top.

3 : Write down these account names

It is possible to create a list of accounts that have made correct directional judgments in market extremes.

4 : Is direction judgment slow?

You need to see if they are consistently bullish or consistently bearish.

Simply manually review the account quickly by:

(bullish) (from@____)

(Bearish) (from@____)

Add in other keywords that indicate its bearish or bullish sentiment, and if it was bullish all year, you won’t get much useful information, and if it was bearish all year, you won’t get much useful information either.

Conclusion

Finding alpha on X takes a little longer than usual, because the clowns are always the noisiest. You only need to create two lists:

Accounts that are good at picking altcoins
Account with correct direction judgment

When the market is as volatile as it is now and altcoins are fragmented, you need all the help you can get. This article was inspired by Ignas, who has done a lot of work, but not all, on how to find "high-yield" accounts.

Note: The following is a list of Ignas:

Protocol Deep Dive: Castle Labs
Industry in-depth research: Kairos Research
Data-driven narrative research: OurNetwork
Degen's Paradise: blocmates.
Monthly Market Reports and Data Dashboards: OAK Research
Improve your understanding of cryptocurrencies: Chorus One
For traders and Degen investors: Onchain Wizard

Venture Capital Research (beware of some biases, but can get VC insights):

Zee Prime Capital (Article contributed by Matti)
Dragonfly (visit their website for research)
Placeholder (fewer posts in 2025, but still valuable)
Galaxy (frequent research, market updates)
Multicoin Capital (investment thesis often controversial, but insightful)
a16z crypto (regulation, token economics, stablecoins, etc.)
Paradigm (similar to a16z, but also has great survey results)
Binance Research (CEX research for beginners and veterans)

Well-known sources:

Blockworks Research
Delphi Digital
Nansen Research
Messari

Independent blogger:

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)