In June 2023, I stood at Pudong Airport with my Master's degree in Finance from the University of Manchester, the farewell words of my mentor still echoing in my ears: 'China needs international talents like you.' Three months later, I signed a labor contract at a brokerage firm in Shanghai — a basic position, with a net monthly salary of 3,000 yuan. Looking at the 700,000 yuan family savings exhausted over two years of studying abroad, I finally understood what 'cognitive dissonance' meant.

The value trap of studying abroad: 700,000 yuan cannot buy back a brunch

My 700,000 expense breakdown is as follows

Expense details

Deadly blow: 2025 financial salary reduction wave, local undergraduates hired at the same time are paid the same as me. When I calculated that I would need 19 years of not eating or drinking to break even, the news of Bitcoin breaking 70,000 USD popped up like a slap in the face.

The turning point began on a night in March 2025. I came across a tweet from BNB Chain:

"$CAILA - The world's first AI meteorological agent, reconstructing the weather economy with DePIN"

I bet my last 5,000 yuan on the CA ecosystem, solely based on three judgments:

  1. Real demand barrier: Backed by the Nubila weather network acquired by IBM, data accuracy reaches 500 meters (traditional services at 10 kilometers), logistics companies are willing to pay for rerouting suggestions during heavy rain;

  2. Token model advantages: No VC selling pressure, all tokens are fairly distributed within the community, staking APY as high as 34%;

  3. Undervalued window: Market capitalization is only 1.4 million USD, while similar project WeatherXM is valued over 50 million.

Step 1: Become a data catcher (bind Marco agent)

  • Claim the Marco NFT identity certificate on the official website to activate weather data collection permissions;

  • Install IoT sensors on the balcony (cost ≈ 0), automatically upload temperature and humidity data daily;

  • Return: Effective data reward of 12.3 CA/day (approximately 6.2 USD) + airdrop weight bonus.

Step 2: Liquidity mining accelerator

  • Convert CA to CA/USDT LP and inject it into PancakeSwap;

  • Enable Marco acceleration vouchers to increase returns, with a combined APR of 57%;

  • Daily return: 5000U principal daily dividend ≈ 7.8 USD.

Step 3: Storm trader strategy

  • Monitor the Caila disaster warning API and go long on related meme coins in advance.

During the May flood warning in Guangdong, a single profit of 2,200 USD

700,000 recovery record: on-chain printing machine in operation

Note: Calculated at an average price of CA 0.5U

Last night, I transferred the last 100,000 yuan to my parents' account. On the screen was the alert push from Caila:

"Localized thunderstorm in Shanghai Pudong, it is recommended to reroute via Yan'an Elevated Road."

I smiled and closed the notification for the brokerage morning meeting worth 3,000 yuan — those colleagues who once mocked me for trading coins wouldn’t understand:

True financial thinking is discovering the value of rerouting commands in a rainstorm, rather than reciting the CAPM model from a PPT.

Thunder roared outside, and my DePIN sensor was encrypting and uploading rainfall data on-chain. At this moment, I clearly heard: the storm of the blockchain revolution has drenched every arrogant rooftop of the old order #CAILA链上AI气象官捕捉下一场Web3风暴 @CAILA_AI