I still remember that darkest moment when the FTX empire collapsed, shaking the entire industry, while Mysten Labs behind SUI was pushed into the spotlight due to having received a $100 million investment from FTX Ventures in September 2022. The pressure of a $96 million buyback hung over our heads like a knife, and everyone thought the project was doomed. But the team gritted their teeth and persevered, pushing forward through the storm, and finally launched the mainnet as scheduled in May 2023.

The days after the TGE were even harder. The secondary market was full of pessimism, with the coin price plummeting from $2 to $0.3, and the community was rife with FUD. But SUI did not falter; instead, it proved itself with strength—whether in underlying infrastructure, product iteration, or TVL growth, it climbed back step by step, even becoming one of the best investment targets after BTC. At that time, SUI seemed so weak that it could disappear at any moment, but it held on. This resilience is the rarest Builder spirit in the crypto world.

Recently, the Cetus hacking incident ($250 million) was indeed a blow, but today's SUI is no longer the shaky newborn of the past. Its ecosystem is more mature, its technology base more solid, and its resources much richer. SUI and the Cetus Foundation are fully capable of working together to face this crisis. I believe, just as proven countless times in the past, that SUI will once again demonstrate its resilience and weather the storm together with its ecological partners.

This is the story of SUI—a Builder that grew in adversity and earned respect through strength. It teaches us: true value is never buried by short-term turmoil. $SUI