That day when I was browsing information, I saw a post from the project team AB, and my mind went blank. Suddenly, all the sounds around me disappeared, and I was stunned there.

At that moment, I didn't even finish reading the message, and my brain automatically filled in the gaps: zerobase was hacked.

Why was I reacting so strongly? Because I had money stored there. Then I quickly tested it and found that many top exchanges had blocked this website. I was even more devastated—couldn't access the site, couldn't withdraw my money?

Oh my God, there are $20,000 inside. Does that mean I risked $150,000 for just 521.8 cents in interest?

After calming down, I started to recall the whole story of this project. It was a few months ago when I saw that zerobase's stablecoin yield was around 11%. Feeling good about it, I deposited some coins. Earning interest while receiving governance tokens felt pretty comfortable, and I sold those governance tokens for tens of thousands.

Later, stablecoins like xusd and usdx experienced a crash, so I quickly redeemed all my coins from zerobase and moved them into some relatively safer projects. Recently, I felt the storm had mostly passed, everything that needed to be settled was settled, and after the founder made a statement on Twitter, I thought about putting some funds back in. Learning from this lesson, I didn't dare to invest too much this time.

Thinking back now, this is my investment textbook. High returns always come with high risks. Even if stablecoin yield farming and governance token income are tempting, you must consider the platform's credibility and risk tolerance. That $20,000 lesson was worth it.