Recently, I keep seeing a bunch of people using ETF capital flows and the risk appetite in the U.S. stock market to explain the ups and downs of the crypto market… Sure, narratives are never in short supply. But for someone like me who mines for returns, the most realistic thing is: if gas is too expensive, I don’t want to move; if I move too little, I’ll miss opportunities.

These days I’ve basically reached a compromise: small, frequent, trial-style operations that leave out L2 still feel genuinely convenient—if I really want to scale up the position or hold long-term, I still try to go back to the mainnet and get it done in one go. Yes, it costs more, but it feels reassuring. To put it plainly, I treat complexity as my enemy: if I can avoid cross-chain steps, I avoid cross-chain; if I can reduce signatures, I reduce signatures.

Greed is greed, but you still have to be a bit tough-minded: before every time you enter a pool, write down your exit conditions first, then go through the bridge, the contract permissions, and the liquidity depth—if it doesn’t meet your requirements, just move on. No matter how tempting the APY is, don’t treat yourself as fuel.