I saw in the group chat again today that everyone is sharing news about stablecoin depegging. To be honest, I’m pretty tired. There’s too much information, and it really makes me anxious. The way I filter things now is: first, turn off all group notifications, keep only the few DeFi pools I usually play, then look at on-chain data—other rumors, I’ll set aside for now.

Speaking of on-chain fairness, I’ve been thinking about MEV lately. Basically, it means someone can “cut the line” in transactions. You’ve been carefully planting your crops, and you may not even get to harvest before a bot sandwich-steals them. When I was playing with small capital, I was especially afraid of this—especially right after swapping, when the price already slips in and, once you do the math, all the profit gets eaten by MEV. Sometimes it feels just like people cutting the line in a marketplace—only it’s more hidden on-chain.

In any case, what ordinary people can do is to use anti-MEV aggregators as much as possible, or choose pools with low slippage tolerance. Don’t chase that little bit of extra high yield—first make sure you won’t be “cut in line” and eaten. Take it slow; the more pitfalls you step on, the more you’ll understand.