Short videos do not lower your learning difficulty, but rather make it impossible for your brain to enter the "deep processing mode necessary for enlightenment".
Step 1: Fragmented attention → Unable to maintain a sufficiently long chain of thought → Learning remains superficial
Step 2: The faster the pace of short videos → The brain becomes increasingly impatient with slow information → Automatically escapes when encountering long texts, technical issues, or abstract concepts
Step 3: The brain is accustomed to "a reward every few seconds" → The ability to delay gratification necessary for deep learning decreases → Reading, practicing, and reasoning all become "like hard labor"
Step 4: Unable to maintain long chains of thought → Unable to build models in the mind → No matter how much is learned, it cannot form a "sudden insight structure". Further down the line, the brain will form a closed loop: encountering difficulties in learning → feeling stuck → instinctively wanting quick stimuli to alleviate discomfort → opening short videos → dopamine spikes → further decrease in learning tolerance → becoming more easily stuck.
After a few cycles, your brain will learn one thing: as long as you need to enter deep thinking, it will magnify the pressure in advance, forcing you to escape. To put it more simply: short videos do not relieve pressure, but provide a "numbing" escape from pressure until attention and energy are fully squeezed out. In the long term, it can lead to "brain rot".
After being in the crypto space for a long time, you will find that those who can truly leave an impact are not the ones who shout out trades or pile up profits with a few charts, but rather those who do the right thing in the unnoticed corners.
Many employees at Binance may not even know about the charitable work done over the years, and very few in the circle actively mention it. But the more such actions of 'not taking advantage, not seeking attention' occur, the more old users respect it. Because you know, when an institution is willing to pull out money even when no one is watching, that is the true essence.
Having been in the circle for so long, I've seen too many people make their first bucket of gold and then start to compete, shifting their focus to rivals, market trends, and reputation; even those who initially bullied others didn't stand up to do good when they needed to, and later continued to ride on the coattails of others. They forget the initial intention of wanting to improve the lives of themselves and those around them.
Donating is never about comparing numbers, but about willingness. Those who are willing do not wait until they are wealthy to start; those who are not willing, even if their positions soar, will never have that moment.
I don't know what others think, but I have always believed that the essence of crypto is not about getting rich quickly, but about making the distribution of resources fairer, allowing abilities and goodwill to be amplified just a little. If we are making money here but pretend not to see because 'this is not an obligation', then this industry, no matter how high its market value, will lack a soul.
Moreover, you might not realize that: Like @嗯哼Enheng Build , the long-term builders in BNB who are willing to lend a hand will, in turn, strengthen the entire community's recognition of Binance's values, which is more important in the long run than any rise or fall.
Many people in the circle like to make jokes about words like 'goodwill' and 'sense of responsibility', but those who can really turn the page during a bear market and continue after the industry is reshuffled are not just those chasing temporary heat.
So I actually feel that this is not about 'doing good by following others', but more about using one's own way to continue the most scarce elements in this industry.
Money will run out, but values will remain. Those who act understand this power.
Yesterday this giant whale's new wallet: "0xEFA12c0926bc79E07F352f94B4b0a51C5dF37Df8"
So far, it has purchased $31.46 million of $WLFI , since the wallet was established, without cost consideration for purchases, plus the WLFI launch next year, the debit card launch, full coverage of #USD1 ecosystem, a series of Trump policies will inject into WLFI, is it really coming?
The industry has become more realistic. Many teams no longer talk about vision, but rather about user volume, scenarios, costs, and compliance—these hard issues. There is a lot of idealism on-chain, but what really determines the direction is whether we can create something that people will use. Staying clear-headed is more important than staying excited. @PancakeSwap @TinTinLand
The probability of making money through entrepreneurship ≠ the highest, the efficiency of making money through investment ≠ the simplest.
In fact, most ordinary people are harmed by a saying: "First earn the first pot of gold, then go invest."
But they overlook another saying: The way to make the first pot of gold determines how far you can go in the future. Entrepreneurship can lead to wealth, but entrepreneurship can also ruin people. You need to face the dark side of human nature head-on, You have to bind friendship, connections, clients, and supply chains to yourself. Success will push you to the table, failure will bring you back to the mundane. I have seen many smart people who failed in entrepreneurship, Feeling so exhausted that they don't want to bet on anything anymore. They are not lacking in ability; it is their gambling spirit that has been drained by society.
On the contrary, those who approach business lightly, with low costs and low organization: Do not compete in the office, do not compete in the high-end supply chain, Just focus on a low-cost money-making model, iterating wildly. If you can use these models to grow your principal to a certain scale, Only then can every step in investment qualify to discuss efficiency.
Ultimately, a person can turn their life around mostly by two steps— First step: Earn money to a volume that can change your fate. Second step: Place the money in a position that can outpace inflation. Entrepreneurship is only suitable for those who want to gamble with their lives. Investment is only suitable for those who already have chips. The most underestimated path for ordinary people—small but beautiful cash flow business + stable investment compound interest without rushing, without gambling big, without being a hero, without talking about dreams. It is about constantly making yourself richer, having chips, and having the right to choose.
This path is very boring, but boredom is the fortress of ordinary people.
Hakimi Concept Stocks: Joyoung Co., Ltd. Joyoung Soy Milk has launched Hakimi North-South Green Bean Milk, driving Joyoung Co., Ltd. to a trading limit.
The only meme that broke away from Big Brother @CZ and Sister @Yi He .
A-share narrative, this is quite impressive, if you want to be safer, directly hedge and arbitrage between Hakimi and Joyoung Co., Ltd., done!!!
#priceless has applied @Aster DEX successfully submitted, currently there are basically no KOLs shouting in the Chinese area, I think $priceless is really a narrative worth diving into, continue to add positions, waiting for value discovery!
$WLFI announced the purchase of $1, just like when it announced the purchase of $B , there is no noticeable reaction from the market, I got on board first, believing in the divine hand of the Trump Group✋
I am increasingly recognizing Binance's logic of doing meme in this bearish market.\nBTC and ETH have already become derivative assets of Wall Street, with prices locked by ETFs and macro liquidity. The true 'pricing power' that belongs to the crypto market is only left with those parts that have not been entrusted to institutions. Memes may seem rough, but they retain the most original genes of crypto: consensus, narrative, and self-entertainment. When VC coins are unlocked linearly and crash, and when blue-chip coins resonate with the US stock market, memes become the only track that can create 'hype' for the market against the cycle. This itself is a big casino; although it is a zero-sum game, whether it's SOL or BSC, if it remains bearish, the gamblers will leave. Just look at Macau now. Only by continuously creating momentum and building legends can there be new stories to tell and new gamblers willing to enter the market, keeping this big pool active!!
We should never choose between easy and difficult, but between wrong and right. We must do the right thing, even if it is very difficult. The wrong thing, the easier it is, the less it should be done.
$GIGGLE is a project similar to Bilibili. You see that Bilibili has been losing money for so many years, and capital believes it has hope. As for GG, the kids being funded now, when they grow up, I don't believe that so many people won't produce a wild farm. Looking at it in the long term, 100B is the target. Value investment, all in!!!
A thought on how to thrive in this cycle of 'non-retail driven': 1. Structural Judgment Don't use 'halving = bull market' as the only anchor. The real switches will be two lines: • Capital Line: Whether 'slow money' such as pensions/ETFs/insurance funds continues to net inflow; • Demand Line: Whether Bitcoin is being used as a reserve/collateral by more sovereign or quasi-sovereign entities. If these two lines are not in sync, it will just lead to a sideways grind.
2. Leading Indicators (focus on three types of data, ignore sentiment) • Capital Side: The 'weekly average growth rate inflection point' of net subscriptions for ETFs/trusts, changes in market maker inventory, divergence between futures basis and implied financing costs. • Selling Pressure Side: The moving average selling intensity of old wallets (continuous selling pressure but decreasing = bottom formation), exchange ratio vs self-custody ratio. • Sovereign Side: The frequency of 'BTC settlement or collateral' pilot events by central banks/sovereign funds/energy companies and mining (even if the amounts are small, the density matters).
3. Positioning Methods (retail mindset needs to shift) • Short-term: Treat 'range' as a friend—profit from volatility, not trend. Use delta-neutral/grid/low leverage intraday to nibble on the 'false sideways true bleeding' arbitrage. • Medium-term: Asset allocation around assets that can absorb institutional demand: BTC cash flow substitutes (high-quality mining stocks/power tickets), stable fee income agreements, compliance-friendly tracks. • Long-term: Only bet on 'non-replaceability' narratives: BTC as collateral/reserve, L2 settlement layer, bridge to real asset settlement. Other high β should only be traded, not invested.
4. Risk Control and Rhythm • When the capital side is rising but the selling pressure side is not easing = false breakout, use options protection or reduce positions. • When the selling pressure side dulls and the basis rises = true inflection point, increase allocation to spot/low leverage long. • At any time, profit-loss ratio > win rate: use event-driven checklists instead of emotional trading (policy/accounting standards/institutional quarterly reports/sovereign pilots are the strongest calendar factors).
In one sentence: The next round is not a performance of 'miners—retail', but a slow variable revaluation of 'sovereigns—institutions'. What we need is not a bigger dream but a clearer evidence chain of capital and demand.
@CZ Purchased coins with my own funds, currently only two, both bought at low prices, the first is $BNB and the second is $ASTER , one is a CEX value coin, the other is a DEX value coin, currently Aster meme track leader, value coin, it's definitely not $adog!!
The first meme deployed by fourmeme based on $Aster, $adog, acquired for 700K, still very cost-effective, CZ has already branded $Aster, will $adog be far from value discovery?
Recently researched X402, many people have looked at a lot of materials on X402 but are still confused. I will make a simple summary to help everyone get a general understanding of the X402 protocol!!
1. Why is everyone talking about X402? The past internet did not "understand money". Payments relied on cards, accounts, and subscriptions, which essentially meant humans were patching machines. But in the AI era, machines are starting to actively call APIs, purchase computing power, and access data; they need a way to "pay for themselves". This is the X402 Protocol. It directly writes payments into the HTTP protocol—when the server returns 402 Payment Required, the client or AI agent can automatically sign and pay with stablecoins (like USDC), carrying payment credentials in the request header. Once verified successfully, resources are automatically released. No accounts, no recharges, no trust in intermediaries. Each request = a payment on the blockchain.
2. Why is X402 said to be the future of AI payments? · It is native to HTTP, allowing any website, API, or AI model to integrate seamlessly. · It is a programmable settlement layer: allowing developers to customize prices and pay per call. · It is the essential infrastructure for the AI agent economy: enabling agents to autonomously buy and sell computing power, data, and services. · It is the real use case for stablecoins: transforming from speculative assets into the settlement currency of the internet.
Coinbase leads the launch, while Cloudflare supports standardized access. This is not a new chain, nor another payment project, but the moment 30 years after the birth of the internet when the "value layer" was written into network protocols. AI will earn money on its own, and X402 will teach it how to pay.