On one side, all kinds of meme shitcoins in the group chat are flying every day, and the stories of the golden dogs are getting more and more fantasy-like, making everyone feel itchy and constantly think that missing out means missing out on a fortune. On the other side, when looking at the L2s and old mainstream coins in our own hands that were once called “value investments” and were all about ecosystem narratives, they look absolutely惨不忍睹.

What’s even more annoying isn’t that they’re not going up, but that when I checked the unlock calendar this week, my head immediately started hurting. ARB, STRK, and CRO, these old acquaintances, are about to face big unlocks again.

To be honest, every time I see this kind of unlock announcement, I can’t help but wonder. They talk all day about ecosystem prosperity and technological vision, but in the end, the tokens just keep getting dumped into the secondary market. Retail investors already have weak buying power—how can they withstand this kind of constant “physical bloodletting”? No wonder capital is all running toward memes now. Memes may not have grand narratives, but at least they’re fully circulating, without insider bags, and without this timed-bomb-like unlock pressure! It’s better for everyone to rely on their own skill to chase shitcoins than to spend every day in fear of becoming the one left holding the bag.

The market trend right now is brutally real: capital votes with its feet, so who still wants to hear you talk about long-term value? New coins open high and then fall, old coins unlock and get dumped, while those useless memes have instead become liquidity black holes.

So I just want to ask everyone: in your current holdings, how much have you actually kept for these so-called “value coins”? Facing the upcoming large unlocks, are you planning to cut losses and switch into memes, or are you going to tough it out to the end? Let’s chat in the comments, and while we’re at it, give the bros a clear path—how are we supposed to get through this life?