✍️It's just greed, not stupidity. The times don't allow it anymore.

Recently, I haven't been trading crypto much, and I've been pondering some questions. Why have we stayed in this circle all along, unwilling to explore other circles, always stuck in "path dependence"?
Once you're used to making money on one path, you feel more and more confident, but switching to a new version is damn hard.
🌟There are too many wealth myths here
Don't forget what drew you into this circle:
1. In 2011, using a computer to mine thousands of bitcoins with just a few dozen dollars in electricity costs; now worth hundreds of millions of dollars;
2. Participating in MMM, hoarding tens of thousands of bitcoins, now worth billions;
3. Engaging in online DOTA trading, mysteriously receiving bitcoins;
4. Joining ICO in 2017, overnight returns of hundreds of times, earning dozens of times requires legal action;
5. Participating in trading mining in 2018, with FCOIN leading to daily returns of several times;
6. Experiencing DeFi Summer in 2020, seeing APRs of 1,000,000%;
7. Investing in NFTs in 2021, realizing that just by manually filling in email addresses, you can farm things like Sunflowers and Moonbirds, and with a little manual effort, get rich quick;
8. Joining MEME in 2021, accidentally buying $SHIB , being forced to sell more and more, just like what V God said—I never thought donations could turn into billions of dollars;
9. Participating in @solana@ memecoin in 2024, experiencing 0-1 billion in a single day;
10. In 2025, after @realDonaldTrump@ posted a $Trump , friends around me asked if I bought it, then asked me to buy for them, and I ended up holding at the peak;
It seems that 2025-2026 has no other stories, no new innovations.
You might say you were attracted by these stories, but if not, forget I said anything.
🌟The bigger the volatility, the greater the profit, but also the higher the risk
Useless or useful, this has always been a paradox within the circle.
VC coins and memecoins are also eternal topics of discussion in 2024-2025.
Back then, people said memecoins were much better than VC coins, after all, both are useless—why not have a fair launch? Instead, why give low-cost tokens to VCs?
But in reality, all VC funds are losing money unless they start shorting at token launch or OTC trading.
Because these VC tokens can really fall, but memecoins can fall even more, since there's no logic to it.
Buying the dip in VC might have a safety net, but with memecoins, it's mostly about aesthetics and expectations set by others.
Anyway, at least they once "prospered."
The bigger the volatility, the more it can go from 0-1B, or from 1B back to 0—it's all about whether the direction is right.
There’s nothing particularly fun—just create big waves, and that’s what brothers think is the perfect “circle.”
🌟Casino Leverage
Thinking back to when the market was boring, everyone was using high leverage on BES, sometimes playing with altcoins.
Since this round, with various MM controlling the market liquidity, altcoins have been played with new tricks.
There’s no longer a so-called “value or meme”—it’s just about high control or retail traders.
For a long time, there was only one $TRB , but even in the past week, countless types of coins have appeared, like $STO $SIREN $BULLA $DEGO , and today $TRU shot up again.
Talking with a VC+OG+MM friend, now buying coins is just gambling—once you get liquidated, don’t add margin. Either you’re chosen to be pushed up several times, or you get liquidated at -50%.
It looks like a good risk-reward ratio, but only participants know—it’s not that simple. Backroom deals and market makers are all teaching you lessons 😂.
🌟Everyone is just greedy, not stupid
Why do people prefer to go long rather than short, even though shorting has a higher success rate?
Because everyone thinks the profit from going long is infinite, while shorting profits are limited.
Plus, everyone is attracted to the endless gains in crypto, not the limited ones.
The market is huge—just endure a bit.
In the past, when encountering a “one-line headcut” coin, people would criticize it, but now everyone wonders why they didn’t get on the train. After all, some have gained 1000-2000%, even 10,000%.
Most people will tell you not to gamble—these risk-reward profiles are different. That’s correct, but saying the right words doesn’t always lead to doing the right thing.
Remember your original intention.
This circle is changing—you don’t withdraw liquidity, others will, and before you know it, the table is flipped.
The times are progressing. When it’s not the right time to greed, better to stay low-key and develop quietly, everyone.