Last night, I had a small gathering with three veterans deeply involved in Web3. After a few glasses of whiskey, one senior who had been through the grind for 12 years said something that made me get up in the middle of the night to check industry data — this is not "left hand pouring into right hand"; it's clearly a big player laying out a "支付宝级" strategy for Web3!
During the dinner, when talking about the industry leader Aster, I casually remarked, "Isn't this just repackaging for profit?" My senior directly waved his hand and said, "You only see the surface, you don't understand the ambition of the ecological closed loop." His words awakened me: back then, Taobao had already monopolized e-commerce; why did Jack Ma insist on creating Alipay despite the pressure? At that time, no one believed in third-party payments, and what happened? Alipay bridged the last link of trust in transactions, solidly building an impregnable ecological moat, transforming Taobao from a "trading platform" into a "basic infrastructure for life."
This logic applies exactly to the current Web3. The predecessors have dissected it even more thoroughly: 'Currently, the centralized model is the foundation of traffic, but decentralization is the industry's ultimate fate — instead of waiting for others to overthrow, it's better to revolutionize yourself first.' He revealed that recently many low-profile whale-level players have been quietly laying out Aster, and the core is not betting on short-term fluctuations, but on 'the next generation of trading rules.'
This reminds me of how many people laughed at Tencent when it strongly promoted WeChat, saying 'QQ is already good enough, there's no need to do this'? What happened in the end? Those who understood the ecological value of WeChat either made a fortune through public accounts or captured the social e-commerce opportunity to achieve social mobility. Now, Aster is essentially the Web3 version of 'WeChat replacing QQ' — not denying the past, but building infrastructure that adapts to the future.
As an analyst who has been observing the industry for 6 years, I have to say a truthful statement: ordinary people trade on short-term volatility, while the wise bet on long-term patterns. The biggest wealth dividing line in Web3 has never been about the amount of capital, but about the cognitive gap — what you think is 'unnecessary' may be a 'necessity' in someone else's eyes; the 'risk' you are entangled in is precisely the disguise of opportunity.
Opportunities never announce themselves, they are always hidden in the misunderstandings of the majority. Those who couldn't understand Alipay back then are still complaining 'why didn’t I use it earlier'; those who looked down on WeChat can now only envy 'if only I had started a public account earlier.' And now, those who understand Aster's layout are quietly seizing the tickets for the next wave of opportunities.
I have already led the team to dissect the underlying logic of Aster, and will continue to break down its ecological closed loop and landing rhythm — no fluff, just real logic; no slogans, just hard data. If you are still entangled in short-term K-line fluctuations, you might miss the next 'WeChat-level' opportunity ~ Follow me, and I'll help you penetrate the industry noise, uncover the underlying secrets of the big players' layouts, and next time at the drinking party, you'll be sharing your story of seizing the opportunity!
