After researching the $GENIUS airdrop rules, the project team has retail investors’ psychology pegged to perfection. The “face” of it is truly hard to put into words.

“Claim now, deduct 70%; lock for one year to receive the full amount”—what is this, tokenomics? It’s just blatantly obvious PUA.

It’s like someone owes you 100 dollars, tells you you can only get 30 right now, and that the rest will be destroyed; want the full 100? Wait a year.

They precisely exploit loss aversion, forcing most people to proactively “serve a sentence.” The initial circulating supply is extremely distorted—the float is as light as paper. Whether they pump or dump all depends on the market maker’s mood, and retail investors can only sit back and watch.

Everyone who’s been around crypto knows this: in the crypto world, one year is about a century in traditional finance. After a year, will the project still be around? Has the team run away? How much hype is left? All of it is unknown. Betting the full amount on air for an uncertain next year has a risk-reward ratio that’s ridiculously low.

In this circle, liquidity and time are what are worth the most.

My sincere advice: once you get the allocation, claim the 30% and leave—just treat the airdrop as if it’s only this much. Real money in hand—whether you swap it for BTC, ETH, or use it for low-risk arbitrage—can achieve a much higher capital utilization rate over a year than locking and dead-waiting.

Brothers who choose to lock for a year are real warriors. I just hope that at this time next year, you’ll still remember you have this money 🤷‍♂️#原油小幅上涨