Bethann Huestis ibr1

The Fear and Greed Index has reached 11. Since 2022, it has fallen below 10 only twice: once in May and once in June, both at the bottom of a bear market. So now it will either rebound or fall further to the bottom. Is 9.5 the bottom? I think that's unlikely; at least it should be 7-8. In the short term, we have already transitioned through panic selling! 😀$ETH

Let's talk about ICP
The latest product is Caffeine
Everything else is the same + dog farm manipulation

Let me take a look at Caffeine, although it’s not really necessary
Because programming capabilities cannot surpass the latest GPT
It looks okay
He should have built a web3 project framework based on GPT's programming capabilities
GPT also directly provides code

Caffeine not only gives code but also builds web3 project frameworks and deploys them directly
Look, the dapp is directly created
Automatic deployment + automatic writing of project specification documents
ICP has its own cloud service
So it can be deployed automatically

Market value is 3.8 billion
Just in terms of programming capabilities, it is inferior to some large models
But other large models are general-purpose
This one is specifically optimized for web3 dev
It’s also relatively clumsy
After a few tries, it’s just a facade
Functionality is lacking
I think the appearance is delicate and thoughtful, but the internal strength is not as good as GPT

I believe this thing is something packaged from a large model
Although it's not a low-cost outsourcing project, it ultimately lacks its own hard power
It's mainly to match the story told for manipulation

But this story is really not clever enough
It's not as clever as the story of ZEC
Clever to the point of making people feel frustrated and helpless

Rationally, I know I shouldn't buy, but it’s painful to see it rise
I couldn't help but buy some ZEC and ICP to trap myself first, haha

From: Bit Fool

I sent a few messages... and I've made nearly 200 dollars now😅$ETH
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In 2016, I did something that made my parents cry in frustration—I invested all my savings for a down payment on a wedding house, which was 80,000 yuan accumulated over two years, into Bitcoin at 450 dollars each‼️💸

At that time, my mind was filled with the thought, "When the opportunity comes, it must be seized." A year later, while renting a homestay in Chiang Mai, my phone popped up with my account balance—2.3 million! 🤯 At that moment, I truly believed that fate had given me a winning lottery ticket.

But the bear market came more ferociously than a typhoon🌪️. By the end of 2016, my account was like a deflated balloon, shrinking from 2.3 million to 220,000... I sat at the small table in the homestay, meticulously calculating every expense, while the cicadas outside made my heart race with anxiety—turns out the so-called "opportunity" hurts a lot when you fall.

After going through many liquidations and losses, I finally figured out four "survival rules":

🚫 First, do not venture into areas outside your understanding. In my early years, I heard people say that metaverse land could appreciate, but I rushed in without even understanding its purpose and ended up losing 220,000 in a week. The painful lesson taught me: money outside of your understanding cannot be earned;

📊 Second, ensure proper position allocation. Now, I invest 50% in Bitcoin and Ethereum, 30% for cross-platform arbitrage, and 20% as reserve funds. Last year, when ETH corrected to 1200, I relied on reserve funds to average down and didn’t miss the rebound;

⚖️ Third, never use leverage! The time I fully invested in contracts and faced liquidation, I returned to square one overnight. Later, I directly disabled the contract function on the exchange—leverage is not a profit amplifier; it’s a principal harvester;

🧠 Fourth, discern the news yourself. Those signal groups and influencer recommendations? They are all traps! I only trust on-chain data and white papers. Before the FTX collapse in 2022, I noticed discrepancies in reserve funds and withdrew my assets in advance to avoid disaster.

Now, I no longer crave for explosive growth, only seeking a steady annual return of 20%. So far this year, I have just completed 18%📈. On this path in the crypto world, being able to survive is more valuable than anything else.

Many people are trapped in the ups and downs, not because they don’t work hard, but because they lack a bit of clarity. The market is always there; find the right direction, and Sister Lin will guide you to take fewer detours.💡

#加密市场观察 #美国加征关税 #加密市场回调

Just discovered that the token unlock schedule for @Aster_DEX on Binance @binancezh has suddenly changed.

It’s a bit overwhelming to see, except for the S3 airdrop unlocking on December 15, 2025, totaling 200 million $ASTER , all other unlocks have been moved to September 2026, still with a small amount unlocking.

A large unlock will have to wait until 2035, brother @cz_binance is building!

I just logged into Binance today, and after receiving a verification code on my phone, I encountered this situation. Have you encountered this situation?

I checked Weibo and didn’t expect it to be true

I suggest that project parties in the cryptocurrency circle and AI model companies learn

Win, win big

The forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds. The CZ autobiography that was just circulated is false news.

Someone used @cz_binance to inquire about the autobiography's title and cover image, then wrote a fake CZ autobiography using AI and uploaded it to an overseas bookstore website.

As a result, after domestic media reported it, they directly took away $300,000.

True beastly behavior.

Big Fur, The Sun Shines Bright

People often say that jobs are hard to find and that the pay is low. I say my girlfriend works as a livestreamer at a 4S store, and she makes over 10,000 a month. The comments say that livestreaming is all about looks and that it's a job for the young.
In fact, these people have no idea that a woman with only a middle school education would be immediately rejected for a BBA offer.
The cryptocurrency world is actually similar. The person in the picture below, Kuaidong, I met him back in 2019.
At that time, he was working in operations at the BFX exchange, and his monthly salary was less than 10,000. Moreover, at that time he only had a high school diploma!!
You heard me right, high school!
This is the most important reason why he was later rejected when he applied to Binance, OKX, and Huobi.
Later, he self-studied Japanese, went to Japan, and switched to becoming a self-media personality. Now he has become one of the most influential individual self-media figures in the cryptocurrency world.

The rhythm of this round of altcoins is somewhat strange.

What rises is not what you hold;
What falls is all in your heavy positions.

When you buy at a high, you turn around and draw the door;
When you short for hedging, you get pulled into a liquidation;
When you hold still, you end up questioning life during sideways movement.

The market has no logic; only the dog dealers are leading the game, harvesting liquidity whether it rises or falls.

Waiting for the altcoin season, in the end, you only waited for the altcoin祭.

$ICP $FIL $MMT

The world is just a huge makeshift theater.

Ordinary people like us save tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of dollars, and we have to write down the mnemonic phrases on steel plates and put them in fireproof safes; while Cambodia's top scammer Chen Zhi holds 130,000 BTC—about 15 billion dollars—he actually just threw the private key into the old system of the mining pool, even too lazy to do the basic operations like BIP-39 mnemonic phrases, hardware wallets, and multi-signature. As a result, when U.S. law enforcement took action, the wallet was pried open on the spot.

Note that this pot does not blame the Bitcoin protocol; it is purely a “tycoon” lacking security awareness.

Of course, some speculate that he may not want to exchange but dare not: the amount is too large, and the on-chain traces are too heavy; moving it could attract the attention of the entire network.

For retail investors, there is no need to panic—our volume is still not enough for a “national-level” cracking package. Just remember one thing: once the funds scale up, definitely use a hardware wallet; also, regularly change addresses and clear authorizations for hot wallets.

As for whether “quantum computers will turn private keys into dust in an instant,” when that day comes, the first to collapse will be the traditional banking payment system; the crypto world will also upgrade its cryptographic suite, and mainstream public chains have already left a backup plan in their roadmap.

#加密立法新纪元 #加密市场回调 #美国ADP数据超预期 #比特币

Reflections in the Cold Winter.

The last time I wrote this was during an event hosted by Binance in Okinawa last year. This time, it has moved to Jeju Island, but I feel that the market has become even more fragmented. Aside from the market conditions, I have noticed that most practitioners seem to be facing conflicts.

Conflicts in perspectives and opinions, conflicts in cryptocurrency prices, and conflicts in impressions, but for various reasons, I believe they can all be attributed to the intensified market competition, with more smart money entering the space.

1. Commission on trades is still the most profitable. From my conversations with various CEXs and DEXs this year, product design, user growth, and brand operation are all leaning towards attracting new users and commissions.

2. It can basically be considered the highest priority across the board, feeling it can stand alongside user experience. This means that bloggers and representatives who attract new users are receiving unprecedented levels of attention.

3. For example, last year's product discussion meeting was mainly attended by those focused on research and content. This year's product discussion meeting had many who were involved in reverse commissions, user acquisition, and trading signals, directly communicating with the product vice president and aligning with the corresponding business leaders on-site for direct point-to-point communication.

4. Additionally, the method originally employed by marketing department employees to receive feedback from the market and convey it to various departments has undergone significant changes this year.

5. During this trip, I basically met with the relevant leaders of every popular business, from the Binance wallet and the exchange to contracts, and even Aster.

6. When each business begins to operate directly and personally engages with the market, communities, and major clients, this was indeed unimaginable a few years ago. Back then, there were only a few market representatives at exchanges, while today, you can find dozens online, and even meet them in person offline.

7. Although more people have come to events this year, familiar faces are decreasing, and participants speaking English and Southeast Asian languages have noticeably increased. I also understand that the industry needs more newcomers; apart from the Chinese market, there are more places in Asia that need to expand.

8. I don't know how many people will still be active on the front lines this time next year. At least I know a few participants from last year who have chosen to retire and take a break this year; they have also faded out of daily Twitter and exchange updates.