Data shows that a senior professional at a leading exchange experienced a 30.03% increase in assets over the past year. At first glance, this is a good result, but compared to the profit-making effect of the A-share market during the same period, it doesn't seem so impressive. In other words, if your trading return over the past year exceeds 31%, you have actually outperformed many well-known industry figures.

The underlying issue reflected here is worth pondering. Why is this the case? Because the choice of track often matters more than personal ability. Those who have benefited from the crypto boom have a clear logic for getting rich — some run exchanges, some build mining pools, some operate media outlets, and others issue projects. These roles inherently come with traffic and influence advantages.

And what about purely making money through trading coins? The failure rate for this path is extremely high. To put it plainly, these platform operators and project teams might not even have an advantage in returns if they compare themselves directly to ordinary traders. The key difference is — they choose a model with continuous income streams, while you choose high-risk trading and gambling.

No matter how volatile BTC is, the logic of making money ultimately differs from theirs. So rather than blindly following influencers, it's better to first think clearly about what kind of game you are actually participating in.