The hustle and bustle, the noise, it's all yours. It seems like only I am silently losing money... Losing money in the A-shares market, then in the crypto market... It's truly making me emo. 🙃🙃🙃

Someone texted me warning that gas prices would skyrocket at midnight tonight. Then, thinking it would be quieter around 9 PM, I eagerly headed out to fill up. But no, even at this hour, the line was still so long! Are we all short of a few dollars? Huh? Huh? Huh? I guess I'll just consider it a 50-dollar bargain; I should have filled up with gas anyway, since it was less than a third of the original price. 🙃🙃🙃

I have to say, Director Zeng really knows how to direct! Of all the period dramas I've watched, some scenes in *The Jade Chaser* really got me all excited. I even wanted to try the same flirting techniques tonight! 🙃🙃🙃 I'm so impressed! 🙂

The market never rewards those who "look right." It only rewards those who can manage their cognitive biases and risk exposure and consistently put their knowledge into practice. I've failed miserably in terms of consistency in my trading... Perhaps it's also a matter of mindset. 🙃

The biggest problem in the market right now isn't that prices haven't risen, but rather that the rise lacks quality. After a sharp market drop, BTC prices are recovering and rising, but trading volume is declining. There's no narrative, and no short-term speculative hype. Most altcoins are only passively pulled up due to the BTC/ETH rebound, without any sustainability. What does this mean? It means that funds haven't truly returned, but are instead engaged in a cutthroat battle within a zero-sum game. Some people see this as the end of a bear market? But the more realistic scenario is that this might just be a rebound amplified by sentiment. If the macroeconomic environment doesn't improve and liquidity doesn't truly increase, the market is likely to enter a period of prolonged, volatile decline and slow, gradual drops, and a longer period of stagnation. We all believe that a bull market will continue, but the height of that bull market depends on your initial capital during the bear market and what you bought at the right time. Therefore, for now, waiting is still the best solution.

BN's VIP level requirements have indeed dropped significantly... I compared BN, OKX, and HYPE before, and felt HYPE offered the best value, followed by OKX. Getting VIP1 on BN was quite difficult; the previous requirement of 25 BNB was enough to deter me... I'm not very bullish on BNB, so naturally I'm reluctant to buy it. But the transaction fees for HYPE contracts with 100 staked BNB are far lower than on BN. This time, the entry requirements have been drastically lowered, it seems the "casino" knows that "gamblers" have been badly burned this round... The "casino's" data is the most accurate and reflects the true situation best. If they maintain the high VIP entry requirements, I estimate more and more small and medium-sized funds will leave and enter other centralized exchanges or the currently popular HYPE. Even someone as lazy as me has scattered a lot of funds on HYPE... Now, everyone in the market is playing a zero-sum game, and exchanges are no exception. I've often heard people say that every bear market will sacrifice a first- or second-tier exchange; I wonder if this round will repeat itself? Failing to adapt to market conditions I think it's easy to be eliminated... regardless of whether you are currently or have ever been number one. That's good, let the competition intensify. This way, retail investors can profit more. However, whether you can make money in such a zero-sum game market still depends on real skill... Now, and for a long time to come, I believe it's still a time when simply holding cash will outperform 80% of the market... So, lying low, doing nothing, is fine~ This is probably the optimal strategy for most ordinary people who want to profit from major market trends. 🙂🙂 #BTC

Remember, Bitcoin is just a rebound, a rebound, a rebound... This rebound to $76,000 has reached a resistance level. Personally, I don't think Bitcoin can rebound to $82,000 at most. Currently, it's more likely to have entered a moderate range-bound trading pattern. It could range between $62,000 and $82,000; we need to continue observing. The current state is a market correction after a sustained decline. How the market corrects requires further observation. More information about the consolidation pattern will emerge over time. Right now, it's a test of patience and confidence! 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂 #BTC

Today's workout: ✅ 4km brisk walk, 3km jog, 4 sets of each of 4 different weight machines. I told my wife that if I haven't lost weight by the end of this bear market, I'm going to get those weight-loss injections… She wouldn't allow it, saying she'd keep a close eye on my workouts 😅😅😅 One of the activities at the hotel in Sanya required participants to be under 85kg, and even with my shoes off, I was still 88kg… I wanted to participate but couldn't, while my wife could but was too scared… One of my major goals this year is to continuously short my weight from 88kg to 70kg! I'm going to be a big short seller and continuously short my own weight 🙂🙂

2026, another year of my birth sign... A 12-year cycle, I don't know what to say. My past sorrows were those three thousand strands of hair falling onto the table. My present sorrows are those clumps of white hair growing vigorously at my temples. This 12-year cycle of life, I think, has already surpassed the brilliance of most people. 14 years of trading, 5 years of full-time trading, I'm really tired... In these past few years, I've lost my youthful spirit and worn down my mental strength... I'm really a little tired.

I don't know if history will repeat itself, but at least now is not the time to "buy the dip." Waiting is also a strategy. #BTC