In the past two years, I was thoroughly educated in the NFT secondary market: staring at the heat-ranking charts every day, seeing others repost and thinking I’m still in time, only for it to usually end with rushing in to grab the last baton. Once liquidity gets pulled, no matter how good the profile picture is, it’s just wallpaper. Later, I defected to DeFi, thinking I’d be more rational—but attention is still attention. Even with a new shell, it can still harvest you the same way. The more lively the on-chain stories get, the more I start getting an itch to act.

Now I’ve set myself a down-to-earth rule: I don’t chase what “everyone is talking about today.” I only look at how “I’m going to get there.” Before entering the market, I write out an exit path. Win or lose, once the trigger condition arrives, I leave—don’t get romantically involved with the hype. Recently, debates over privacy coins, mixing coins, and the boundaries of compliance have been tearing everything apart. I’ve been watching too, but honestly, these topics are the easiest to light up people’s emotions. The more they argue, the more people want to all in and take a side… I’ll just cut down my position first, keep some ammo, and wait for the noise to pass before seeing who’s still around.