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fomo founder Seyong says not everyone is built to trade like Cupsey and Cented, scanning the market and making rapid fire plays.
Seyong: “I don't think everybody's meant for that.”
Seyong: “I tried the whole, you know, 16 hours in VC, like really just scanning every new pair, trying to understand it. And I'm really bad at it, to be honest.”
Seyong: “I take probably even in those days, like three plays a week.”
Seyong: “There are things that I really feel compelled by narrative-wise, and I'm just like, this makes a lot of sense, let me go trade the thing.”
Maurits says people see the money he spends on his vlogs, luxury trips, and travel and assume he’s blowing most of his money on his lifestyle.
Maurits: “I save a large majority of everything I make. I actually spend very little in comparison to what I make. I’ve invested, and I have money set aside forever. I’m not like some people who make $100K a month and spend $101K that month.
I have one life, and I want to make it the coolest possible one. I’d rather do all this fun stuff in my twenties and then write poetry in my thirties. I’m 20, I’ve literally just grinded away for years, and now I’m traveling the world and enjoying it. It’s exactly what I want to be doing.”
Maurits reveals the story behind his name “MAURITSNEO”
Maurits: “I was clipping Andrew Tate content when the ‘Tate purge’ wiped out all of my pages, which ended up forcing a rebrand to something I could build my own identity around.
I was getting cooked in terms of reputation stuff, and tying my name to someone else was just not smart from a branding standpoint. Neo I thought was perfect. I was very much into The Matrix, and this is like a character instead of a person.”
insentos says the trading style of his group, grandFNF, has influenced him to move away from constant scalping and take bigger, higher conviction positions that he can hold for longer.
insentos: “I still scalp and trade short-term, but now I’ll occasionally take a big swing where I put that month’s profits into a high conviction trade. That’s also how my group trades. None of them are really sniper scalpers. Everyone is more focused on big plays and big P&Ls.”
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Maurits reveals that putting the price in his vlog titles is one of the biggest reasons they get attention on youtube, but he thinks lifestyle content is reaching its limit.
Maurits: “Whenever a title has, like, a dollar sign, it just performs better. It’s a perfect hook because it’s curiosity, like, how do you spend that much? What does that look like? And it’s aspiration as well. It’s like, oh, I want to see what that’s like.
But I feel like I’m pushing the limits. I don’t know how much more expensive things can get. There’s not that many more expensive cars. It’s very difficult to spend more on a vacation or a trip. At some point, it’s just minimal differences. So I feel like the whole lifestyle content is kind of topped. I’m very much bearish on lifestyle purely.”
Maurits reveals that putting the price in his vlog titles is one of the biggest reasons they get attention on youtube, but he thinks lifestyle content is reaching its limit.
Maurits: “Whenever a title has, like, a dollar sign, it just performs better. It’s a perfect hook because it’s curiosity, like, how do you spend that much? What does that look like? And it’s aspiration as well. It’s like, oh, I want to see what that’s like.
But I feel like I’m pushing the limits. I don’t know how much more expensive things can get. There’s not that many more expensive cars. It’s very difficult to spend more on a vacation or a trip. At some point, it’s just minimal differences. So I feel like the whole lifestyle content is kind of topped. I’m very much bearish on lifestyle purely.”
Maurits reveals the biggest amount of money he ever lost was $250K overnight at just 17, while he was still in school.
Maurits: “In terms of realized losses, I had a Perps trade when I was like 17. It was like $250K overnight. It was the night of my English exam, and there were conflicts in the Middle East. I was slamming the bottom with 8–10x longs with most of my portfolio. I woke up, they had launched missiles, and I was completely liquidated. The entire market was down like 14% on Bitcoin, ETH, everything. The most frustrating part was the next day was a god green candle. If I had just waited 12 hours, it would’ve been a seven-figure PnL and changed the trajectory of my whole portfolio.”
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Maurits has spent hundreds of thousands on luxury trips, and people are now calling him out saying he is spending more than he makes.
maurits spent;
– $412K for one week in Japan
– booked a $70m private jet flight to ibiza
– $572K spent on a Monaco vacation
– $200K spent in Dubai for just a few days
– $180k Lifemaxxing in Bali
– $168k for a week in Egypt
And many more...
Maurits; People see numbers like these and assume I'm spending everything i make on vacations.
Maurits says that’s not the case.
Maurits: “I save, like, a large majority of everything. I actually spend very little money in comparison to what I make. So to a lot of people it looks insane, but I am very responsible. I’ve invested. I have money set aside forever. I’m not like some people who will make 100K a month and spend 101K that month. I save most of what I make.”
“I have one life. I want to make it the coolest possible one. I’d rather do all this fun stuff in my 20s and then in my 30s write poetry than vice versa.”
“I’m traveling the world. I’m 20. I literally just grinded away for years, and I’m enjoying it. At the same time, it is exactly what I want to be doing.”
Maurits has spent hundreds of thousands on luxury trips, and people are now calling him out saying he is spending more than he makes.
maurits spent;
– $412K for one week in Japan
– booked a $70m private jet flight to ibiza
– $572K spent on a Monaco vacation
– $200K spent in Dubai for just a few days
– $180k Lifemaxxing in Bali
– $168k for a week in Egypt
And many more...
Maurits; People see numbers like these and assume I'm spending everything i make on vacations.
Maurits says that’s not the case.
Maurits: “I save, like, a large majority of everything. I actually spend very little money in comparison to what I make. So to a lot of people it looks insane, but I am very responsible. I’ve invested. I have money set aside forever. I’m not like some people who will make 100K a month and spend 101K that month. I save most of what I make.”
“I have one life. I want to make it the coolest possible one. I’d rather do all this fun stuff in my 20s and then in my 30s write poetry than vice versa.”
“I’m traveling the world. I’m 20. I literally just grinded away for years, and I’m enjoying it. At the same time, it is exactly what I want to be doing.”
– be Maurits ( @mauritsneo )
– Dutch family background
– grows up in South Africa (Cape Town area)
– normal kid, obsessed with competition
2019
– 13 years old
– plays competitive Fortnite
– runs cash wagers against school kids, then players across the country and internationally
– winner takes the pot via PayPal
– beats one kid who can only pay in crypto
– downloads a wallet for the first time
– receives his first $10 on-chain
– first contact with crypto
2020
– COVID lockdowns
– has only a couple hundred dollars
– gets into Bitcoin, anti-government mindset
– tries trading, loses the small amount he has
– still 13–14, doesn’t really know what he’s doing
late 2020
– goes down the “red pill” route
– discovers Andrew Tate extremely early
– starts running Tate affiliate theme pages
– age 14–15, still in school (grade 9/10)
– pages hit 20–30 million views a month
– first real online money
– he was making $10k - $15k/m
early trading years
– starts trading crypto more seriously
– public claims over time:
– turned $20k into $1M in 24 hours
– over $1.5M made publicly
– $2.8M+ in documented trading profits
– also took a $250k single-day loss
Cape Town
– paddle game with friends
– everyone else is playing
– Maurits is on his phone the whole time sniping memecoins during peak season
– first impression many people get of him: the kid who never stops grinding
present
– 20 years old
– holds equity in fomo (the social trading app doing tens of millions per month in revenue)
– builds personal brand around crypto, trading, and internet markets
– creates content and shows (including Guess the Crypto Millionaire)
– still the same competitive kid who just wanted the PayPal
Maurits:
“I loved the competitive and the money element of it. I had the most fun when there was something on the line.”
I am NOT exaggerating when I say:
This 20yo has smartest thinking of the entire crypto industry.
I DARE YOU to go through the chapters of this podcast and telling me you don’t want to watch.
The Chapters:
1:34 Running Tate theme pages w 30M+ views/month at 14
10:05 The @GadzhiIman advice he paid $25K for that led him to 100X his net worth
23:53 Happier at 15 before flying a $90K/h private jet
31:37 How he retains top talent
45:40 How he earned a seat at @fomo
48:33 Why he turned down a multi 6-fig/mo deal
58:52 How he’s creating viral content to take crypto mainstream
1:05:32 Sell the thinking (what actually makes creators money)
1:10:07 The viral FOMO “insider” dinner (what it really was)
1:20:13 Money, network or value: what he'd rather lose
1:40:51 The biggest ROI opportunity right now in content until AI takes over
1:42:04 His biggest losses and biggest revenue month
youtu.be/FDsZZlnG1fY?si=4JwT…
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Joa Flip says the first time he saw Maurits, he was already sniping memecoins and grinding on the street back when maurits was 14 y/o
Joa Flip: “I remember when i saw you, you were not playing half of the time like others, and I was like, what? That’s when I realized, okay, this guy’s really into something here. Meme coins were going big, and you were sniping. I just wanted to play, and you were actually grinding on the phone.
Maurits says AI could make human creators far less relevant within the next 5–10 years as social media becomes completely personalized.
Maurits: “I do think the biggest influencers in five years might just be the top of the range AI models. You wouldn’t even know which creators are AI and which aren’t. The endgame is a completely personalized feed where every scroll is exactly what you want to see. Imagine that with AI. Not one reel I see will be something I don’t like. It’ll give you exactly what you want, keep you on the platform as long as possible, and give you the most amount of dopamine.”
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Maurits says he never had a full-time job in his life and always thought he’d never work for someone else. Now, at 20, he’s part of a company making over $35M a month.
Maurits: “I never had a real, full-time job. I thought in my life I’d never work a job. I’d never be part of a team. I want people to work under me.
And at fomo I was first just a user, then I became an affiliate, and then I sat down with an incredible team out here in New York. They were like, ‘Yeah, can you help with that?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, probably I can do that.’ It’s the first time where I was like, okay, I’m not working for myself now. I’m part of something much bigger than I am. I’m a small part of it, but I’m part of a team that basically all feels like family. And now I’m seeing the inside of a startup that’s already over a million-dollar company, making over $35 million a month.”
“I have one life. If I’m lucky, I have 85 years. I want to have the coolest possible experiences in those 85 years. I want to try the best food, go to the most beautiful villa, drive the fastest car, and experience all the crazy experiences. I’m happy that I’m getting it done young.
Maurits explain why he spends so much money on vacations, luxury experiences, and enjoying life at such a young age
Maurits; I also save the large majority of everything. I actually spend very little money in comparison to what I make. I have money set aside forever, but I have one life, and I want to make it the coolest possible one.”
Maurits says he never had a full-time job in his life and always thought he’d never work for someone else. Now, at 20, he’s part of a company making over $35M a month.
Maurits: “I never had a real, full-time job. I thought in my life I’d never work a job. I’d never be part of a team. I want people to work under me.
And at fomo I was first just a user, then I became an affiliate, and then I sat down with an incredible team out here in New York. They were like, ‘Yeah, can you help with that?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, probably I can do that.’ It’s the first time where I was like, okay, I’m not working for myself now. I’m part of something much bigger than I am. I’m a small part of it, but I’m part of a team that basically all feels like family. And now I’m seeing the inside of a startup that’s already over a million-dollar company, making over $35 million a month.”