When the group message popped up, I was in the middle of rebalancing my portfolio. With a slight tremor, I almost had the illusion of swapping USDC for UST. No, it's that some group's "internal screenshots" are spreading rumors again that a certain stablecoin is about to depeg, and the accompanying images are always those blurry, mosaic-like on-chain monitoring shots.

I counted, and today I've already seen three "absolutely reliable" sources, two of which contradict each other. Over on the KOL side, they're all singing the same tune: "Run first and pay respects later." Run? I only have two thousand dollars in my pool, and gas is more expensive than slippage. Running would be totally pointless.

Actually, what's most draining isn't money—it's attention. Right after you adjust your position based on one piece of news, the next message says that was FUD, and it goes on in a loop. My current approach is: set the group to Do Not Disturb, unfollow half of the KOLs, and just glance at the rest before bed. After all, if something really goes down, I can't outrun the MEV bots anyway. Might as well sleep first.

What two thousand dollars taught me: information overload itself is a cost, and often it's more expensive than the actual trade.