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These days, I've been seeing a bunch of people watching the "Unlock Calendar" again. I understand that kind of selling pressure anxiety... but I'm more worried about the chronic inflation in the blockchain game pools: the output is increasing more and more, but the new players/spending can't keep up. The pool still looks like it's turning, but it's actually being dragged down by itself. To put it simply, everyone is mining, but few are actually spending, and in the end, they can only take turns covering each other for a while.
I just took 12 USDT to do a quick test of a certain game's "Yield Pool," watching the inflow and outflow on the chain for half an hour. The more I looked, the more it seemed: rewards are accelerating in release, but the consumption side isn't upgrading in sync. When the staking unlock wave hits, emotions collapse, and the pool becomes even harder to sustain. I might also be mistaken, so I'll note this down and come back in a couple of days to correct it.