The Anxiety of the Elite Class in the Crypto World: Money is Here, but the World Lacks Direction

The real anxiety in the crypto world is not from retail investors,
but those who have already "broken away from the underlying logic" -
Earned quick money, experienced big fluctuations, stumbled upon narratives,
They know what it means that "money comes too quickly and leaves too quickly."

The more you earn, the more anxious you become.
The higher you stand, the less escape routes you have.

1️⃣ The trend is downward, they discovered for the first time: relying on strength cannot save the market.
In an upward trend, everyone thinks they are very smart;
In a downtrend, even the experts begin to doubt themselves.

Their problem is not losing,
But:

The effective methods from before have suddenly all become invalid.

The model error increases.
High frequency can't get meat
There is no continuity in the wave segment.
Narrative lifecycle shortened
Going long has no elasticity
Short selling lacks a sense of security.

This is the most terrifying:
It's not losing money, but rather the framework has collapsed.

2️⃣ The core of elite anxiety:

It's not that there are no opportunities, it's that opportunities can no longer support large amounts of capital.

Ordinary people are anxious about "missing out".
Elite anxiety "cannot be contained."

Their money has already grown to:

Don't rush.
Cannot be reckless.
You should not casually expand your position.
Cannot make mistakes in a bad market.
The drawdown of the yield curve must also be stable.

This leads to a paradox:
The more money there is, the fewer things can be done.

The more elite, the more trapped in a
"Earning too slowly will cause anxiety,"
"Earning too quickly exposes risks"
in the death zone.

3️⃣ The biggest anxiety is not the market, but that "global assets are all at a premium."

They are not unaware of how to buy,
All assets in the world have become worthless to buy:

The premium on high-quality assets in the US stock market is severe.
Gold has soared to the sky.
The national debt is locked by interest rate expectations.
Real estate has no liquidity.
The crypto trend is downward, with weak rebounds.
The new chain narrative is too short.
meme pure probability
AI colonizes web3, devouring all long-term space.
They are holding cash in their hands,
but do not know where it can grow safely.

With money, the world has no direction.

4️⃣ The pain of elites is not a survival issue, but the "disappearance of identity."
What this group of people fears the most is not losing money,
What I fear the most is:

"Will I never be able to make money like I used to?"

This is a sense of identity collapse.
It is a sense of location crisis.
It is directional aphasia.

Because they are clear that their greatest value is:

Understand the cycle
Capture the narrative
Leading Consensus
Advance layout

But now the speed, structure, and narrative of the entire market make it difficult to utilize these skills.

This is the source of anxiety.

5️⃣ Ultimate Truth:

The higher the player stands, the more they are trapped in "high cognition uselessness".

The middle class in the crypto world is afraid of going to zero,
The crypto world is afraid of missing out.
But what the elites in the crypto world fear is:

"Is this world no longer suitable for me to make money?"
When the trend is downward, the structure is broken, the narrative is chaotic, asset premiums are present, and cycles are prolonged —
Even elites can feel a sense of suffocation:

What else can I rely on to keep winning?
Where else can I find the next fat piece?
Will the boundaries and laws I am familiar with still exist in the future?

This is the deepest anxiety.
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