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These past couple of days, I can clearly feel the market is cracking, with orders thin as paper. I wanted to "buy the dip," but as soon as I did, I ended up trapping myself... Honestly, during liquidity droughts, it's better to survive first and then think about bottom-fishing. The NFT side is even more obvious; the floor price looks great, but when you actually try to buy, you find lending limits shrink and collateralization isn't strong, which makes the mindset go haywire: wanting to pick up bargains but also afraid of becoming the bagholder.
And those new L1/L2s that are issuing incentives while pulling TVL—veteran users complain "mining, selling," which sounds funny and frustrating—everyone knows it's just a script, but still, some keep rushing in as fuel. Anyway, I’m currently doing two things: keeping enough cash on hand and not forcing it; taking my time to choose art I really like, and not using "faith" as a stop-loss. That’s all for now.