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Gold is plummeting right now! It has already fallen to over $4,700, and the previously popular silver is also dropping to the 6-figure range. The $120 silver may have become a cyclical historical peak. If calculated by war metrics, gold should surge, but the problem is that the forces are unequal this time. The United States and Israel working together are completely suppressing Iran with no chance of reversal.

How are we supposed to play this year? I lost money in crypto last year, and this year I'm losing money in both crypto and the A-share market. Last year I moved some funds from crypto to the A-share market. I only bought two stocks, one of which is Luokung Technology. I originally expected the AI boom this year would drive tech stocks to keep climbing, but recently many tech stocks have been falling sharply. Luokung Technology is dropping close to my cost price, and several technical indicators are also abnormally volatile!

How to Play This Year?
Last year I only lost money in crypto. This year I'm losing money in both crypto and the A-share market.
Last year I moved some funds from crypto to the A-share market.
I only bought two stocks, one of which is Longrise Technology.
I originally expected this year's AI boom would drive tech stocks to climb steadily.
However, recently many tech stocks have been falling sharply.
Longrise Technology is nearly dropping to my cost price, and several indicators are showing abnormal volatility!
Some people are worried whether there's bad news, and the ones dropping sharply are a

The market is so awkward, this morning everyone was still shouting that $BTC was about to surge to 80K USD, and this afternoon it just crashed hard.
I discovered a pattern: recently every time there's bearish news from overseas over the weekend, everyone thinks we'll see a decline on Monday, but Monday never drops that much or even rises, then it starts falling from the next day.
This has happened several times already, including last time over the weekend when people thought Iran was about to attack—it was the same script, kind of amazing.

My neighbor works at a foreign company. We were chatting over the weekend, and she mentioned that her company is preparing for layoffs. There were also rumors a while back that Meta was planning to do massive layoffs of 20%, affecting over 10,000 employees. The reason for the layoffs is that #AI spending has driven up costs, forcing them to cut labor expenses. At the same time, AI applications have also increased their productivity, so they don't need as many people.

My neighbor works at a multinational corporation, and I chatted with her over the weekend. She mentioned that the company is preparing for layoffs.
There were also recent rumors that Meta is planning aggressive layoffs of 20%, affecting over 10,000 employees.
The reason for the layoffs is that AI expenditures have driven up costs, making it necessary to reduce labor expenses. At the same time, AI applications have also increased productivity, so they don't need as many people.
By extension: it's estimated that Microsoft and others will also conduct layoffs, and domestic tech giants will likely

Everyone's talking about deflation, but everything feels expensive to me right now. A casual grocery run with a few bags easily costs two or three hundred. A decent takeout meal starts at forty or fifty. The barber downstairs went from five or ten yuan to thirty, and that's the friend price. I don't know if CPI data is up or down, but my bank balance is definitely deflating at a visible rate. The only thing that hasn't gone up is my crypto position.

Everyone's talking about deflation, but in reality everything feels expensive these days.
Grab a bag of groceries at the supermarket, and 200-300 yuan is gone just like that.
Order a decent meal from food delivery, and you're looking at 50+ yuan minimum.
The barber shop downstairs went from 5-10 yuan to 30 yuan, and that's the friends-and-family rate.
I don't know if the CPI data is up or down,
but my account balance is definitely deflating at a visible rate.
The only thing that hasn't gone up is probably my position size.

Beginner entering the circle: I want to do value investing.
Three months later: I want to do trend trading.
Six months later: I want to play Meme coins, Meme coins are the secret code to reverse fate!
One year later: As long as I can break even, I'll believe anything.

Newcomer to crypto: I want to do value investing.
Three months later: I want to do trend trading.
Six months later: I want to play Memes, Memes are the secret code to change my destiny!
One year later: As long as I can break even, I'll believe anything.

Just give it to Doubao and you'll be annoyed 😂

During bear markets: Research fundamentals, examine technical architecture, read whitepapers, analyze tokenomics.
During bull markets: Damn, this meme avatar looks pretty cool, let's go all in.
Web3 investing is essentially a study of emotional cycles.

During bear markets:
Research fundamentals, examine technical architecture, read whitepapers, analyze tokenomics.
During bull markets:
Holy sh*t, this meme avatar looks pretty cool, let's go all in.
Web3 investing is essentially a study of emotional cycles.

Recently, I was chatting with some friends in the industry and noticed an interesting phenomenon! During a bull market, everyone is a seasoned trader, top analyst, or a veteran who has survived multiple cycles. When the bear market hits, everyone becomes unsure, says they’ve already cleared their positions, or claims to be just a small retail investor. So I now have a very simple way to judge: when all the big shots in your social circle start calling themselves small retail investors, there's no doubt—it's a bear market.

Today is Monday. Here's a look at the morning routines of different industries:
Traditional finance men: At 8 a.m., dressed in tailored suits, holding a Starbucks, walking into a high-end office building, opening Bloomberg to check macroeconomic news.
Internet workers: At 9 a.m., squeezing onto the subway, replying to DingTalk messages while silently cursing the boss.
Web3 traders: At 2 p.m., disheveled and startled awake from bed, grabbing their phone to see that the stop-loss set last night has been triggered.

Been researching data on Ave all day! I found a Chinese meme that's been trending and rising! Is this matchstick grandma, the little girl who sold matches, grown up to become a grandma? I checked out their official website to understand the mechanism. Matchstick grandma has a built-in decline buyback and burn mechanism, no wonder so many people are rushing in. So FOMO! I said I wouldn't play Meme this year, but I couldn't resist.

Bull markets are on-chain meme hype, losing hundreds or even thousands of dollars in a day, and I barely blink! When I ordered takeout at noon, I saw the delivery fee was 6 bucks, and I instantly thought this merchant is too shady. I decisively switched to another place, and in the end, to reach the discount threshold, I stubbornly took more than ten minutes. In the crypto world, losing 100,000 is just a pullback! In real life, spending an extra dollar feels like being ripped off! Is it just me?

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Going home for the New Year and meeting a matchmaker, they asked what I do. I thought for a moment, I can't say I'm trading cryptocurrencies, or I'll be seen as a gambler; I can't say I work in Web3, or I'll be seen as involved in shady activities; I definitely can't say I mine coins, or I'll be seen as an unemployed drifter. So I had a sudden idea, pushed up my glasses and said: I work in distributed ledger technology, focusing on early-stage venture capital and liquidity management in cross-border payments and digital asset rights confirmation.