Airdrop: Grinding alpha trading efforts to score points, with a high threshold of over 200 points, even if you grind until you puke, you still can't compete with the big players; even the accounts painstakingly earned can be mistakenly judged as witches, resulting in all efforts being reset.
Contracts: One moment it's the cool gambler's operation, the next moment it's Buffett's steady approach like an old dog (because just blew up), anyway, I haven't seen many contracts making people rich, but there are plenty of explosions.
Spot: Not to exaggerate, but in 2025, spot trading will be even harder than contracts; how many coins have been directly sold to the retail investors since the beginning of the year? Buying at the peak and "waiting" at the bottom, you can only rely on some big shot with a crazy idea to take over.
Making money is hard, today I'll teach you how to spend money. 😅
Solayer's payment card, also known as the "Emerald Card," is now available for application.
What are the fees for Solayer?
Those who participated in the $layer IDO can receive an Emerald Card for free. Those who did not participate in the IDO but received an airdrop will have a card fee of $10, while those who did not participate at all will have an annual fee of $79.
Why should I use the Solayer card?
1. For daily purchases, this card allows you to avoid C2C withdrawals, endure low exchange rates for small amounts, and deal with many unreliable merchants' dirty money, reducing the risk to your bank card.
2. Like other physical credit cards, it can be used for online and offline payments in over 200 countries and 150 million merchants;
3. It can be linked to Apple Pay and the Apple Store, as well as to purchase services like ChatGPT that require foreign credit cards (which is quite handy).
4. Solayer has a native stablecoin called sUSDC, which provides a 4% yield from U.S. Treasury bonds; this 4% yield can only be described as a light drizzle in the crypto world, but it stands out for its stable and risk-free returns. Moreover, its sSOL staking interest is the highest single-coin SOL staking APR I've ever seen, at 9.57%; to know that typical single-coin SOL interest is around 5%, it's nearly doubled.
5. This card offers reward points on daily spending, which is like receiving coins back; it reminds me of my previous招商银行 card, which had thousands of points with no use, while Web3 is more practical, willing to give back as it sells.
Currently, the downside of this card is the $79 annual fee, but it avoids the risks of multiple small C2C withdrawals, can be linked to services like the Apple Store that require foreign credit cards, and has returns that can cover costs, making it quite appealing.