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Senior product and growth designer with 10+ years building B2B SaaS products. Writes about crypto, AI, design, SEO, and startups. Also co-founder of Contentbase and owner of Fiala Studio.

Founder, Breakflare · 184 posts

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  • Methods 9 min read Erik Fiala Erik Fiala

    Why Breakflare snapshots in UTC and how to plan around it

    Build a UTC crypto snapshot research habit: treat the daily cut as the start of the research day, convert local time once, and lock agent rules to that clock.

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  • Market context 8 min read Erik Fiala Erik Fiala

    Restaking-adjacent mids: attention vs unlock risk

    Restaking tickers in CoinGecko ranks 51-500 can print high hype while unlock calendars dominate risk. Pair Breakout Index with dated unlocks before starring.

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  • Workflows 8 min read Erik Fiala Erik Fiala

    Set Telegram alerts off the rank 51-500 shortlist

    Bind Breakflare Telegram alerts to Breakout Index™ and confidence gates on CoinGecko ranks 51-500. Audit mutes weekly so alerts nudge you back to the board.

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  • Methods 9 min read Erik Fiala Erik Fiala

    Meme vs Infra: Different False-Breakout Rates

    Memes fail the hype-without-climb test more often; infrastructure can fail the quiet-climb test. Same Breakflare columns, different patience in rank 51-500.

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  • Methods 8 min read Erik Fiala Erik Fiala

    When a Coin Exits Rank 51-500 Into the Top 50

    Graduation into CoinGecko's top 50 ends Breakflare's mid-cap breakout job. Archive the row, stop band agent rules, and put attention back on 51-500.

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  • Workflows 8 min read Erik Fiala Erik Fiala

    Crypto Alerts Plus the Dashboard: Two Tools, One Promote Rule

    If the ping would not survive a board look, the ping is wrong. Align Breakflare alerts with the same rank 51-500 promote rule you use when starring by hand.

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  • Workflows 8 min read Erik Fiala Erik Fiala

    Star Names on the Band, Then Prune Weekly

    Stars are mid-cap hypotheses with a review date. Keep a small Breakflare star list in ranks 51-500, then prune anything that fails confidence or 7d momentum.

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  • Workflows 9 min read Erik Fiala Erik Fiala

    Crypto Alert Thresholds That Do Not Wake You for Noise

    Good thresholds copy your promote rules. If you would not star a rank 51-500 row by hand, it should not ping your phone. Set BI and confidence floors.

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  • Workflows 8 min read Erik Fiala Erik Fiala

    A One-Page Crypto Attention Research Journal

    Four lines per day beat a novel: sort used, stars, skips, one process miss. Keep a private journal beside the rank 51-500 board to catch hype-only habits.

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  • Workflows 9 min read Erik Fiala Erik Fiala

    Never Auto-Trade Thin-Confidence Rows

    Make low confidence a hard Trading agent skip in paper and live. If you would not star a rank 51-500 row, the agent should not buy it.

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