In the past two days, the group chat has blown up again—just one KOL post: a single image plus a line like “The opportunity is here,” and it’s enough to throw people’s mindset off. I got caught by it too. With a shaky hand, I wanted to chase it—then I looked back and realized it wasn’t a strategy at all; it was my emotions making the market. To put it plainly, who really ends up paying for impulsive buying? The group and the KOL are definitely to blame, but the person who clicked confirm is still me. If I end up losing money, I can only blame myself for not adjusting my parameters properly.

Especially now—whenever a new L1/L2 drops incentives, it starts pulling TVL right away. Old users complain about “digging, selling,” and I didn’t believe it at first. But then I watched the funds come in and move back and forth again and again, like clocking in for work. Going forward, I plan to keep it simple: treat group messages as noise, treat KOLs as prompts, and if I really decide to act, I’ll first open the “idiot-proof” spreadsheet—at least to give myself an extra 30 seconds of hesitation.