From Following Market Makers' Losses to Standing Shoulder to Shoulder with BlackRock: My 2026 On-Chain Survival Experiment
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Everyone who has persevered in the crypto world once thought they were the genius who could 'outrun the reaper.'
Not long ago, I was monitoring Arkham Intelligence in real-time, closely watching every transaction by Wintermute and various market makers. I thought that capturing the anomaly of '5 million dollars entering the market' would allow me to take a slice in the millisecond-level competition.
The result was that I was 'taught a lesson' by the institutions.
When you are in front of the screen, your heart racing for a 2% fluctuation, manually clicking to place a contract order, the AI algorithms of market makers have already completed the wash trading, pinning, and harvesting in a few microseconds. I realized that retail investors trying to compete with institutions in the short term are like charging at automatic artillery with a wooden spear.
This illusion of 'quick in and out' not only consumed my principal but also drained my energy and life.
So today, I decided to officially transform.
From today onward, I will no longer be that short-term gambler who is played around by market makers. My Arkham monitoring radar is still on, but its focus has changed:
From 'fighting' to 'following': I no longer care how Wintermute pins the price; I only care about how BlackRock is laying out the big picture. As long as the institutions stay, I remain as steady as a mountain. From 'contracts' to 'spot + airdrops': I will give up those high leverage positions that keep me awake at night. I will use time to exchange for value, focusing on top-tier testnet opportunities like Monad and Berachain that have high financing and zero cost. From 'speculator' to 'recorder': I will share with everyone at Binance Square the whale accumulation logic I monitor, zero-cost strategies for grabbing profits, and the principles of long-term investment.
Having limited funds is not a reason to leverage; it is the motivation to learn 'compound interest' and 'patience.'
In this 'Institutional Age of Exploration' initiated by BlackRock, we do not need to run faster than the institutions; we just need to stand on their shoulders and see the direction of the tide clearly.
I am [Your Name/ID], an evolving 'long-term observer.' If you are also tired of being harvested back and forth, feel free to follow me, and together we will re-examine this market from an 'institutional perspective.'
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