Lately, when I check whether a project is truly doing serious work, I end up not so focused on how “beautifully the roadmap is drawn.” Instead, I watch how the treasury funds are used and whether milestones are delivered on time. To put it simply, most of the money gets poured into a bunch of “market partnerships/community incentives,” while the product side always seems to ship the next version… and that’s when I start to feel a bit on guard. But if spending can be tied to specific deliverables (even if it’s just small features, audits, documentation, or data dashboards), that grounded feeling comes a bit more.

A couple of days ago, I was also bombarded by that kind of interpretation—“ETF fund flows + U.S. stock risk appetite = crypto should go up/go down”—and after hearing it so many times, my brain gets restless too. Later, I set reminders and limits for myself: once the price alert goes off, I’ll take a look, and for each trade I set a hard stop on the maximum number/amount I’m allowed to place. The psychological shift was pretty obvious—I even found myself not wanting to refresh every minute… If I end up losing, I’ll just accept it; at least my emotions don’t end up twisting the parameters out of control. Anyway, for now, I’ll do this: slowly learn to only place orders when there’s certainty.